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Even in Exile, the Left Must Fight To Popularize Its Vision

Simon Black Jacobin
After Trump’s victory, the Left must confront right-wing faux populism while facing a Democratic establishment hostile to the class politics that could actually defeat it. We can’t stop now, but we must organize on our own terms.

The Great American Turkey

Livia Gershon JSTOR
The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.

How Trump Plans To Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress

Molly Redden ProPublica
The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches. If successful, he could wield the power to punish perceived foes.

Anti-Zionist Israeli MP: ’I Will Never Surrender

Marcus Barnett interviews Ofer Cassif Tribune Magazine
Ofer Cassif — currently suspended from the Knesset for opposing genocide in Gaza — discusses Israel’s descent into fascism, building the movement that can defeat Netanyahu, and why he will never give up the fight for Palestinian freedom.

This Week in People’s History, Dec 4–10

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A 1969 Black Panther Party poster by Emory Douglas
Black Panthers Under the Gun - I (1969), Teddy Roosevelt Gives U.S. Imperialism the Nod (1904), Racist Terror in Vicksburg (1874), Black Panthers Under the Gun - II (1969), Coltrane Lays Down a Masterpiece (1964), A Rocky Start for Gay Rights (1924)