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Struggle for the Freedom Charter Goes On

Ronnie Kasrils Mail & Guardian
The Freedom Charter’s vision will not be won on moral terms alone. It will require effective political organisation, ideological clarity and courage. The charter was born of struggle. It must now be defended and renewed through struggle.

Friday Nite Videos | July 11, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Answers 30 Questions in Five Minutes. Elon’s Grok Chatbot Turns Hitler | The Daily Show. Shocking Update on Epstein Prison Video. Apocalypse in the Tropics | Documentary. Canada Released Otters into a Dying Sea.

A New Far-Right American Party?

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. His next target: democracy itself.

Why Do Fascists Dream of Alligators?

Asher Elbein Defector.com
The real animal is subsumed by the fantasy, in the way that the real human lives under threat—every man, woman and child under the gun of a government carried away with its own gleeful cruelty—become nameless statistics or worse, fodder for photo-ops

What Can Zohran Accomplish?

J.W. Mason Dissent Magazine
Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned toward other ends; changes political calculations for others...

Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris Housing Victories

Ian Brossat, Interviewed by Harrison Stetler Convergence
As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the left-wing city hall’s record and what lessons it might have for Zohran Mamdani in New York.
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