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SCOTUS Wades Back Into the War on Trans Kids

Henry Carnell; Madison Pauly Mother Jones
Scotus is considering Greenlighting Conversion therapy. The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ “treatments” are ineffective and dangerous.

Go See One Battle After Another Right Now

Eileen Jones
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another deserves all the hype it’s getting. Run, don’t walk, to this thrilling, hilarious, moving, and all too prescient portrait of American radicals on the run from right-wing authoritarians.

Gaza Has Sparked Italy’s Biggest Protests in Years

Jacopo Custodi Jacobin
Today’s general strike in Italy paralyzed transport and brought two million people into the streets. Even after years of setbacks for organized labor, it staged a historic protest in solidarity with Palestine.

This Week in People’s History, Oct 8–14, 2025

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French soldier on foot in Vietnam in front of a U.S.-supplied tank
Vietnam’s Slippery Slope (1950), History-Changing Hurricane (1780), Saying ‘No’ to Real Un-Americans (1960), Live, from New York! (1975), The Army Against Civilians Isn’t New (1925), Deer Island or Devil’s Island? (1675), She Sure Had Rhythm! (1930)