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Saying No to the Empire Is Not Enough

Max Elbaum Convergence
We won’t stop US wars, effectively tackle climate change, stave off US-style fascism, or halt the march to a nakedly might-makes-right world order without a vision for a transformed role for the US in today’s interconnected world.

Growing Resistance in Trump’s USA

Paul Garver Chartist
Although the congressional elections in November 2026 may push MAGA back for a while, the longer-range prognosis for US democracy depends primarily on the grassroots mobilization of the widest possible spectrum of the American population.

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Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence

Les Leopold Common Dreams
No matter how you slice the demographics, aside from Democratic and Republican Party operatives, a new working-class political party independent of the Democrats and Republicans is really popular.

A Coup Is Coming. Only the Socialist Left Can Stop It.

Sam Lewis Convergence
MAGA is clear about its intent to attempt a coup, centrist forces at the heart of the Democratic Party will be unable to resist it. We need a movement led by the socialist left and a presidential candidate like AOC to resist the coup.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was Political Art at Its Best

Cruz Bonlarron Martínez Jacobin
It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wastela

Which Bad Bunny Halftime Show Did You See?

Petra R. Rivera-Rideau and Vanessa Díaz The New York Times
Bad Bunny made history at the Super Bowl on Sunday, giving voice to Puerto Rican history and culture, and doing so in Spanish at a time when that alone could get you picked up by masked immigration agents.
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