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A Year After Oct. 7, JVP Says: ‘We Cannot Only Mourn'

"We must fight like hell for the living," said the anti-occupation group Jewish Voice for Peace. "Today, we recommit ourselves to that fight."

Interview: Imperialism, Putin and the Global Left

Russian socialist Ilya Matveev discusses imperialism today, the nature and development of capitalism in Russia and China, and the need for a global left alternative.

This Week in People’s History, Oct 9–15

Photo of a woman wearing and academic gown and hat climbing a staircase, with the caption: Breaking Barriers: Women and the Law
A Long Time Coming, and How! (1949), A Work of Towering Imagination (1959), August Wilson Takes Broadway (1984), The Truth Hurts (1999), If Only There Had Been More Advertising (1929), ‘We Are Everywhere’ (1979), Was Nixon Listening? (1969)

The Far Right, a Reactionary Backlash

The antithesis to the far right is the defence of feminism, the concept of class versus nation, the defence of peace, diversity, equality, social justice, solidarity, ecology, and a common world.

Goodman Theatre’s Inherit the Wind

Director Henry Godinez recognizes that today’s divisive political environment might change how the play’s themes of “questioning facts, censoring knowledge” are perceived.

Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?

In another election, she might have been asked.

The People Fleeing Climate Disasters

Researchers now estimate tens of millions of Americans may ultimately move away from extreme heat and drought, storms and wildfires. The Southern United States stands to be especially transformed.

The Making of the Springfield Working Class

Each generation of this country’s workforce has always been urged to detest the next—to come up with its own fantasies of cat-eating immigrants.

Killing Hezbollah Leaders Failed 30 Years Ago

Instead of debilitating Hezbollah, Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah may prove to be a major PR boost for the embattled organization.

Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word

There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.
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Culture

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Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Lloyd Green The Guardian
This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.

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Who’s in Charge Here?

W. D. Ehrhart
This poet has a skeptical say about the Higher Powers who control twelve-step programs.

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Socialism: A Logical Introduction

Matt McManus Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer McManus calls this new book "a lucid defense of American democratic socialism."

Labor

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Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?

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The UAW’s Rank-and-File Takeover Isn’t Over Yet

Keith Brower Brown / Jane Slaughter Labor Notes
Rank-and-file autoworkers democratized their union, elected president Shawn Fain, and won a landmark strike. Now they will have to win local officer positions, dominated by the old guard, to hold bosses to their word and maintain a fighting union.

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Climate Change–Induced Disasters Are Killing Workers

Alex N. Press Common Dreams
Two people walking through flooded streets with houses in the background. Eleven of Impact Plastics’s workers were at the company’s Tennessee factory when Hurricane Helene hit. Two are confirmed dead, four are still missing. Workers say the company did not let them leave until it was too late.

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Longshoremen Strike Deadline Looms Large Over Economy and Election

Taylor Giorno The Hill
Tens of thousands of longshoremen at 14 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are poised to strike early Tuesday morning if their union and employers cannot reach an agreement by midnight, which could disrupt the economy and the election.

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