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Everyone Should Be Calling for a Cease-Fire in Palestine

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
Israel is bombarding Gaza, slaughtering civilians en masse and vowing to turn it into a “city of tents” following this weekend’s horrific violence. An immediate cease-fire to end the cycle of bloodshed couldn’t be more urgent.

How Cities Can Transform Democracy

Charlotte Cator LSE Review of Books
This study of "of the political meaning of the city under global urbanisation," writes reviewer Cator, is particularly timely "in light of ongoing global housing struggles and a widespread surge in the cost of living."

NYC Transit Retirees Join Fight Against Medicare Advantage

Joe Maniscalco Work Bites
TWU Local 100 retirees opposed to the Medicare Advantage contract the union signed with Aetna are dreading January when their new privatized health insurance is slated to kick in. They were at the Marriott on Oct. 6 for a retirees meeting held at th

Clarence Thomas Has Yet Another Huge Conflict of Interest

Vishal Shankar The American Prospect
Revolving Door Project research reveals that right-wing elites in the Horatio Alger Association stand to benefit from a lawsuit attempting to destroy the CFPB. The group has close ties to Clarence Thomas

Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War

Haaretz Editorial Haaretz
The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The military and intelligence failure does not absolve Netanyahu of his overall responsibility for the crisis.

No Lessons Learned

Dr. James J. Zogby, President American Arab Institute Washington Watch
It’s distressing to see this nightmare unfolding precisely because we’ve been down this same road so many times before and, by now, should know exactly where it leads. It takes us back to where we began.