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Lawmakers Left Gap in Flood Warning System

Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean Stockton The Lever
Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.

Taking a Stand Against Israel’s Gaza Genocide

Raymond Deane Jacobin
Avi Shlaim is one of Israel’s greatest historians. In his latest work, Shlaim excoriates the genocidal violence that Israel has inflicted on the people of Gaza and takes a fearless stand against what he calls “Zionist fascism.”

Socialism Is Good Politics

Hamza Shehryar CounterPunch
Build movements from the ground up. Refuse to back down on core principles. Refuse to let the right set the terms of the debate. Because no matter what the strategists or the pundits on legacy media outlets say: Socialism is good politics.

Struggle for the Freedom Charter Goes On

Ronnie Kasrils Mail & Guardian
The Freedom Charter’s vision will not be won on moral terms alone. It will require effective political organisation, ideological clarity and courage. The charter was born of struggle. It must now be defended and renewed through struggle.

Friday Nite Videos | July 11, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Answers 30 Questions in Five Minutes. Elon’s Grok Chatbot Turns Hitler | The Daily Show. Shocking Update on Epstein Prison Video. Apocalypse in the Tropics | Documentary. Canada Released Otters into a Dying Sea.

A New Far-Right American Party?

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. His next target: democracy itself.