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New Year, New Crimes: The Challenges of 2026

Portside Moderators Portside
The murders of Pretti and Good. Venezuela. ICE occupation. In 2026, the wannabe dictator and his stooges are committing even more blatant crimes, aiming to divert attention from old crimes, sabotage the upcoming elections and avert accountability.

Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times
Gettysburg was supposed to be the blow that forced the United States to negotiate an end to the Civil War. What Lee did not anticipate was the iron resolve, the ferocious tenacity, of the Union defenders.

Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

Evan Gorelick The New York Times
A flurry of posts from the White House, Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security have included images, slogans and even a song used by the white nationalist right. The posts have referred to neo-Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing...

New Year, New Crimes: The Challenges of 2026

Portside Moderators Portside
The murder of Renee Good. Venezuela. ICE occupation. In 2026, the wannabe dictator and his stooges are committing even more blatant crimes, aiming to divert attention from old crimes, sabotage the upcoming elections and avert accountability.

Friday Nite Videos | January 16, 2026

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That's How Every Empire Falls | John Prine. 60,000 Trump Voters Just Elected a Socialist. Minnesota Tells ICE To F**k Off. "Who's Shitting on Who?" What Bernie Learned Running For President.

It’s Dangerous To Overestimate the Left’s Strength

Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara Labor Politics
Be excited about Zohran, but sober about our movement's shallow roots. The big question now is whether we will be able to lean on that hope to rebuild a powerful working-class movement in workplaces and neighborhoods across our city and nation.

Working Families Party -2026 the Right Time for a Wave of Wins

Rachel Leingang The Guardian
The progressive party is now active in 18 states and much of its expansion happened in the past five years. The party believes 2026 will be a wave year for the left nationwide, so it will be aggressively recruiting candidates for state legislatures

2026: A Year of Reckoning

Portside Moderators Portside
As a reader of Portside, you know it’s been a rollercoaster year. While many economic, legal and academic elites rushed to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, millions of people resisted the lawless grab for absolute power - Here's how you can help.
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