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The precariat rose up, with passion, desire for change, and votes. The issue was an excess compensation tax on corporations to fund social, economically integrated, affordable housing across Seattle which earlier had passed with a 26 percent margin.

Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in America, showing well-organized progressives can beat the power of big money.

One US goal for the meeting was to induct Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, that Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Kazakhstan joined, recognizing Israel in return for US economic and security pledges to throw the Palestinians under

Trump roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, defended Trump’s claim that the Democrats had engaged in “sedition”. Watch original message.

Dusk or dawn for climate justice?

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents about 37,000 skilled craft, patient care and service workers, struck because of the UC’s alleged failure to present members with a fair contract.

The November 4 election gave us a huge boost. But for the 2026 midterms, success requires both electoral majorities and preparations for a popular uprising at vote-counting sites, state capitols, courthouses, workplaces, and schools.

Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.

Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in a vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special economic zone governed by billionaires, with no question of self-determination for Palestinians.

His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family.