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What a Second Trumpocracy Would Mean the Coming Crisis of 2025

Clarence Lusane TomDispatch
The 2024 election will not resolve the authoritarian attraction that the Trump vote represents. So it’s time to prepare now, not later, for the political crisis that will undoubtedly emerge from that event, whatever the vote count may prove to be.

Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal

Claire Fahy, Julian Roberts-Grmela, Sean Piccoli and Erin Nolan New York Times
A large demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its military operations in Gaza.

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rules

National Labor Relations Board NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a new rule on defining joint employers (like McDonalds), overturning the Trump Board rule.

Tumultuous Times for the Left in Europe

Nick Wright Morning Star
With the left coalition NUPES rapidly disintegrating in France and the formation of a new party led by Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany, it’s been a dramatic recent period for Europe’s progressive forces.

Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star

Hank Kennedy Cosmonaut Magazine
Anti-fascists, leftists, socialists, radicals, and revolutionaries looking for a horror film to watch this October should seek out one of Bela Lugosi’s classics. But please broaden your horizons beyond Dracula. You won’t regret it.

The Enduring Limits of American Power

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
The decline of U.S influence should not feed the narrative that anarchy has been loosed upon the world. The choice is not between a U.S.-led world and a Joker-led world.

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2023

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AOC | The Daily Show. A Prison Lullaby for Donald Trump. Unexpected News on Televising Trump’s DC Trial. Angela Davis: 'Palestine Is a Moral Litmus Test.' MAGA Mike Johnson.

Tidbits – Oct. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and Apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; More..

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Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War - Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; Announcements; more....