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At the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, U.S. antiwar activists drew lessons for stopping the war on Gaza...“Vietnam does remind us that occupation is not necessarily forever...”

As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

Providing an alternative to establishment politics and an increasingly right-leaning party made all the difference for Mamdani, argues politics editor Lex McMenamin in this op-ed. Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference

Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible. Cuomo’s campaign was bankrolled by $25 million from some of the worst actors in American life

Resistance works

A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump

The high court has dealt a savage blow to due process and has rewarded the administration for defying court orders.

"The people of New York City proved that a movement powered by hope, courage, and working people can beat the money of billionaires," said one Mamdani supporter.

Surveillance and self-protection