What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism

A new book by Danish MP Pelle Dragsted argues that socialists can start building economic democracy even before capitalism is fully overcome.

Global Sumud Flotilla: Humanity Sets Sail

The flotilla sails as a lawful act of civil society, seeking to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver essential humanitarian aid to a starving population

What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats

The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem.

Is Domestic Violence a Crime in Trump's Eyes?

“If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can’t claim 100 percent [reduction in crime],” the president said Monday.

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025

Culture wars turning from cold to hot

Why Trump Shouldn’t Get a Nobel Peace Prize?

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites

This is a betrayal of history’s fundamental purpose: to learn from the past. If we ever aspire to become one nation, the entirety of our past, including the enslavement of an estimated 10 million people, must be acknowledged as our shared history.

This Week in People’s History, Sep 10–16, 2025

Police evicting a family of farmers in Ireland during the 19th century
Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism During the Potato Famine in Ireland

A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh

The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.

D.C. Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment

“Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents. It’s D.C. today but could be any other city tomorrow."
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Culture

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Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback to gritty 1970s filmmaking but set in the Giuliani era — the perfect setting for downwardly mobile 2025

books

One Nation, Not Under God

Stephen Rohde Los Angeles Review of Books
This book was first published in 2019 and is a classic whose relevance has only grown over time. Reviewer Rohde offers a detailed tour of this important work.

film

Highest 2 Lowest Is a Cringeworthy Remake of a Classic

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest attempts to remake a beloved Akira Kurosawa film about the injustices of a class-stratified society all while sidestepping class. Even Denzel Washington can’t save this misfire.

Labor

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How To Fight the Boss and Authoritarianism

Alex Caputo-Pearl Jacobin
In preparing to strike, United Teachers Los Angeles learned how to build broad backing for common-good goals and prepare for nonviolent action to achieve them — lessons that can be used in the fight against rising authoritarianism.

labor

Raid of Hyundai EV Plant in Georgia

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
A spokesperson for South Korea's foreign ministry said that "the economic activities of our companies investing in the US and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated."

labor

Labor: Turning the Corner? It Will Take More Than Mobilization

Michael Eisenscher Portside
We need to build a labor movement that recognizes, articulates, and practices values that are fundamentally different from those of the market, namely values of solidarity, equality, inclusivity, community, and democracy.

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Hawaii Workers Rally Over Trump Policies

Victoria Budiono Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Workers Not Billionaires rally in Honolulu mirrored actions across the nation, where workers marked Labor Day by demanding that their voices, not just the wealthiest Americans, shape the country’s future.

Friday nite video

Could the Epstein Vote Take Down Trump?

Epstein survivors are pushing back against Speaker Mike Johnson’s claim that withholding the files protects them, raising the question: who is really being shielded?