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Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible. Cuomo’s campaign was bankrolled by $25 million from some of the worst actors in American life

Providing an alternative to establishment politics and an increasingly right-leaning party made all the difference for Mamdani, argues politics editor Lex McMenamin in this op-ed. Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference

As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

At the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, U.S. antiwar activists drew lessons for stopping the war on Gaza...“Vietnam does remind us that occupation is not necessarily forever...”

Readers Comments: Zohran Mamdani Wins!; Before Zohran, There Was Comrade La Guardia; Trump Shames America, Nuclear Options, Negotiation, Netanyahu; Path to Pushing MAGA out of Power; World Council of Churches: Call to End Apartheid, Occupation; more;

The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.

Readers Comments: Juneteenth Freedom Day; No to U.S. War with Iran; Real Democratic Civil War; Future of Left Jewish Identity; Suzanne Crowell - Presente; Hotline When People Have Immigration-Related Court Hearing; Live-stream Socialism Conference

The whole world on alert

Faced with the destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and the systematic deprivation of Palestinians’ right to health, Israel’s medical establishment has disregarded the field’s most basic ethical principles.

Under any interpretation, Israel's attack is clearly illegal under international law, not that anyone seems to care anymore. Israel's attack on Iran is best understood as a continuation of its attempt to remake the Middle East through force.