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Socialism Is Good Politics

Hamza Shehryar CounterPunch
Build movements from the ground up. Refuse to back down on core principles. Refuse to let the right set the terms of the debate. Because no matter what the strategists or the pundits on legacy media outlets say: Socialism is good politics.

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...

Tidbits- June 19-Readers Comments: Key Characteristics of Fascism; National Guard, Marines, 3000 Seized by ICE Each Day – Nuremberg Laws Went Into Effect in 1935; No Kings Day – This Saturday in More Than 2000 Communities and Cities; Resources; More

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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

Looking Backward Autobiographically

Victor Grossman MR Online
I still retain sparks of hope that 2025 will not see more gains for the biblical Four Horsemen—War, Pestilence, Famine and Devastation—but rather more struggle, at least a little forward and upward motion. Inshallah!

Tidbits – Oct. 24 – Reader Comments: Elections – Ten Days To Go; Hard Lessons From 1968; Gaza War: Jews for Ceasefire; Learning From the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Calling for a Peace Movement; Project 2025- Why It’s Bad-Comic Resource; Announcements

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Reader Comments: Elections - Ten Days to Go; Hard Lessons from 1968; Gaza War: Jews for Ceasefire; Learning from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Calling for a Peace Movement; Project 2025- Why It’s Bad-Comic Resource; Announcements; Cartoons; more....

Tidbits – Oct. 17 – Reader Comments: Swing State Confidential; Ta-Nehisi Coates-Letter From Israel; Palestine–the Last Year; While You Were So Worried Socialism Would Take Your Freedoms; CIA Says No Evidence Iran Has Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon

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Reader Comments: Swing State Confidential; Ta-Nehisi Coates - A Letter from Israel; Palestine-The Last Year; While You Were So Worried Socialism Would Take Your Freedoms...; CIA Says No Evidence Iran Has Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon; more...

books

Socialism: A Logical Introduction

Matt McManus Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer McManus calls this new book "a lucid defense of American democratic socialism."

Tidbits – May 2 – Reader Comments: UAW’s Fain in Solidarity With Students; Letter to Columbia Pres Shafik; Students Need Our Support Now; Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community; Research Tools for Organizers; Setting a Larger Table-Religion & Socialism

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Reader Comments: UAW's Sean Fain in Solidarity with Students; Letter to Columbia President Shafik; Students need our support now; Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community; Research Tools for Organizers; Setting a Larger Table - Religion & Socialism; more
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