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Major Unions Are Calling for an End to Israeli Military Aid

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the Gaza genocide are growing.

Venezuela Contra Mundum

Maria Paez Victor Counterpunch
The USA is imposing collective punishment on Venezuelans with illegal sanctions for daring to assert their sovereignty in deciding that only they, the Venezuelan people, in fair elections, can determine their governance.

Joe Biden Wanted This

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
No one forced Joe Biden to run for president — or to facilitate a genocide. His unlikely conversion to economic populism was a triumph for the Left, but he ultimately proved his own worst enemy.

Banlieue Vote Pivotal in French Left’s Upset

Amba Guerguerian The Indypendent
Voters from Paris’s marginalized immigrant communities turned out in large numbers to vote for leftist coalition that championed wealth redistribution and Palestinian statehood.

Election 2024: The Path Forward

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
There are 106 days to reconsolidate the Anti-MAGA majority. We, not just Democratic campaigns, but also civil society, the free press, and everyday Americans, have a big task ahead of us. We have risen to the challenge before, and we can do it again.