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Italy’s “Strike for Gaza” has lessons for US labor and the left. he active participation of unions in No Kings and the defense of immigrant workers would heighten their power and build a stronger left union presence in the US.

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Our election system is reaching a breaking point. Imagine for a moment that it’s late on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Republicans have kept their majority in the Senate, but too many House races are still uncalled to tell who has won that chamber

In Livorno, a port city off the coast of Tuscany, a coalition of labor unions, local organizations, and everyday people have blocked container ships from moving cargo.

“The Jewish Majority” statement is an effort to stem Mamdani’s surging lead – and his popularity with young leftist Jews. The fundamental goal of the letter is all-too plain: it seeks to combat the growing “political normalization of anti-Zionism.”

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. School curriculum had been restricted before, notably during the Red Scares

Mass unrest and power shifts

A new book, published just before the ceasefire deal, describes in granular detail the conditions for dismantling apartheid in Israel-Palestine.

"When we have somebody in power who's actively dismantling our rights — free speech, due process, freedom of the press — it's really hard to be a soldier right now."

Once an organization is designated as an Foreign Terrorist Organization, providing “material support” to it becomes a federal crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison