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129 results in /leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect OP/ED News Anon 3.0 06-10-26 01:26:41 No. 2926905
EDITORIAL: Republicans Think Work is Woke ( Erik Houdini) I would just love to know how in the fuck preventing more people from going to college is gonna fix our economy. I would love to know how forcing colleges and stopping them from offering different degrees based on the income they make is going to somehow make the wages of everybody go up. Most motherfuckers, when presented with this question of how do we fix the economy, would say something like, We need more job programs. We need more education programs. We need to get people trained and get them back to work. That's pretty common fucking sense, but it seems like the current American regime is speedrunning having a population of uneducated homeless people. Because the way I'm looking at it, rent's never gonna go down and wages are never gonna go up. So what's the plan? They're just gonna keep raising rent until we're all homeless? How are the landlords gonna make any money? You want to work on the windmills? You want to climb the windmills and do repairs, do that good blue-collar work? Can't do it. They cut the programs. They cut the initiatives. They cut the rebates, and a whole bunch of companies went under and a lot of jobs were lost. Hey, you want to work on solar farms? You want to install solar panels, make good money doing that? Can't do it. They cut the programs. Republicans said, Nope. No green energy. Don't care if it makes new jobs. Don't care if it puts people to work. Don't care if it gives people a future. Don't care if it's good blue-collar work. Nope. It's too woke. Hey man, look, maybe you want to go to art school. That's your passion. You want to go get a degree in fucking environmental design so you could work on Elder Scrolls 6, which is probably never gonna come out. Well, too damn bad, because the Republicans said that program had to get cut too.
https://houdinimagazine.com/articles/2026-10-04-editorial-republicans-think-work-is-woke No, Digger Is Not a Misunderstood Masterpiece You may have heard already that Digger, the new film cowritten and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant, Birdman) and starring Tom Cruise, is an expensive box-office bomb that got many annihilating reviews. One of the better ones sums it up perfectly: “It’s like being trapped
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AJAEE warns disputes between private operators could trigger another rate hike The Association of Retirees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AJAEE) warned Thursday that ongoing disputes among private companies operating critical components of the island’s power system could soon result in higher electricity bills for consumers. The organization argued that Puerto Rico is now confronting the consequences of having handed control of essential infrastructure to contractors whose business interests, they said, outweigh the island’s energy security.
https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/ajaee-warns-disputes-between-private-operators-could-trigger-another-rate-hike Democratic lawmakers urge FAA not to drop rule requiring epinephrine on all flights The lawmakers said it was crucial given "the on-flight presence of food items containing unlabeled allergens, a steady increase in the number of children with food allergies, the increased prevalence of a tick-borne illness that could create life-threatening allergies and the very real possibility that more than one passenger may require epinephrine during a single flight."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/democratic-lawmakers-urge-faa-not-drop-rule-requiring-epinephrine-all-flights-2026-10-05/ Obama to appear at Abdul El-Sayed rally in critical Michigan Senate race The former US president will appear with El-Sayed and the gubernatorial nominee, Jocelyn Benson, on 24 October, the state’s Democratic party announced on Monday. The rally falls on the first day of the state’s in-person early voting period and 10 days before election day. “Get. Ready,” El-Sayed wrote on social media as he confirmed the appearance.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/obama-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-race Newsom signs law prompted by Berkeley housing projects that dodged labor stand Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 10/5/26 News Anon 3.0 06-10-26 00:28:19 No. 2926897 [Reply]
Mayor from Colombia’s north claims De la Espriella’s armed men intimidated him In a video message, Sincelejo Mayor Yahir Acuña said that armed men positioned themselves behind him while the president accused the mayor of corruption and threatened to pull municipal funds. The accusations were partly published on the social media pages of the president, who accused Acuña of being “a person who, like you, faces 13 corruption charges, has a video in which he explains how to embezzle funds from the PAE, and, on top of that, is set to stand trial in the Supreme Court of Justice on charges of illicit enrichment.”
https://colombiareports.com/mayor-claims-de-la-espriellas-armed-men-intimidated-him/ Brazil’s MST Wins Four Deputy, Four State Assembly Seats Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) won eight legislative seats in Sunday’s general elections, consolidating its strategy of bringing its main demands into institutional politics. Those demands include agrarian reform, family farming, agroecology and the fight against hunger and inequality.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brazils-mst-wins-four-deputy-four-state-assembly-seats/ Brazil's Lula weighs VP Alckmin as next finance minister to woo centrist voters Alckmin, a veteran centrist, unsuccessfully challenged Lula for the presidency in 2006 and has served two terms as governor of Sao Paulo. He also ran Lula's Development, Industry and Trade Ministry until earlier this year, making him a key interlocutor with Washington since the US imposed sweeping tariffs on Brazilian goods. Alckmin is widely considered a moderating force in Lula's government, with strong ties to the business community, although critics say his influence has been overshadowed in Lula's current term by policies widely seen as tilting to the left.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-weighs-vp-alckmin-next-finance-minister-woo-centrist-voters-2026-10-05/ Post too long. Click here to view the full text. OP/ED News Anon 3.0 03-10-26 23:59:42 No. 2925551
Brazil’s Communists ahead of the elections: Alliance with Lula or political independence? With Brazil heading to the polls in October, three communist parties are approaching the elections from sharply different positions. The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) remains fully committed to the re-election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the PT-led coalition, while the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) is presenting its own presidential ticket headed by Edmilson Costa, and the Revolutionary Communist Party (PCBR) is calling for an independent revolutionary left position outside both the Bolsonarist camp and the Lula-led broad front. For the PCdoB, the immediate priority is defeating the far right and securing another Lula government. The party has officially endorsed the Lula-Alckmin ticket and is campaigning inside the Brasil da Esperança federation with the PT and PV, arguing that a new Lula term should deepen national development, reindustrialization and social policies. Its leaders present Bolsonarism as a neofascist, pro-US force and frame the election largely as a confrontation between the democratic-popular camp and the far right. That strategy, however, also exposes the central contradiction of the PCdoB’s electoral line: for years it has subordinated its communist identity to alliances led by the PT and to the management of capitalism through broad coalitions. Its 2026 campaign again ties communist activity to Lula’s re-election rather than to an independent communist presidential project. From a class standpoint, this leaves unresolved the question of whether repeated support for social-democratic and social-liberal governments can produce a genuinely independent political pole for the working class.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/10/brazils-communists-ahead-of-elections-alliance-with-lula-of-political-independence.html France: an explosive situation Since the beginning of September, social tensions have been rising day by day. As we write, tens of thousands of high school students across the country are taking to the streets to demand decent learning conditions. The government is responding with insults and police repression. On 29 September, many school students joined the powerful mobilisation
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Voters favor Democrats on key issues but lack faith in either party to solve problems: AP-NORC poll Voters are deeply dissatisfied with President Donald Trump and his Republican Party heading into the Nov. 3 midterm elections, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, and Democrats have built a clear advantage on pressing issues such as the cost of living and healthcare over just a few months. But the survey also points to a bigger problem for both parties: Few registered voters think either party is able to solve important problems or help Americans like them.
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-republicans-trump-midterms-prices-healthcare-congress-109768f7544c9e0fcc7e716de0dc2157 US FDA closes cyclospora lettuce parasite probe, finds strong link to Taylor Farms Mexico FDA said its investigation could not definitively determine how the contamination happened, but two samples showed cyclospora was present in the environment where lettuce was grown and processed. One sample was found in a tank that held outgoing wastewater at Taylor Farms de Mexico's processing facility and the other was in a drainage ditch at an iceberg lettuce grower, it said.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/colorado-cbz-management-court-of-appeals-ruling/73-be091b7d-1649-45a3-a344-0058b0eb49f7 Temecula school board members accuse colleague of placing a listening device under their desk The allegation is the latest controversy for a school board that has drawn attention in recent years over disputes involving book bans, flag bans, arguing at meetings, and even allegations of sexual harassment among board members. According to board members Steven Schwartz and Emil Barham, surveillance video recorded near the end of a closed session meeting on Sept. 22 shows board member Melinda Anderson walking to the desk used by Schwartz and Barham, pulling out an electronic device and attaching it underneath the table.
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Poll: China a more positive influence than US in Latin America The 2026 Latinobarómetro survey showed that for the first time since the annual survey began in 1995, China is seen as a more benign force than the United States. It showed 57 percent of people in Latin America considering the United States to be a positive influence, down from 60 percent in 2020. China, meanwhile, was considered a positive influence by 65 percent of respondents, a jump from the 48 percent it scored six years ago.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/poll-china-a-more-positive-influence-than-us-in-latin-america.phtml https://archive.ph/m8x0f Lula's lead over Bolsonaro narrows ahead of Brazil vote, CNT/MDA poll shows In a first-round scenario, Lula would receive 43.1% of voter support, followed by Bolsonaro (38%), Augusto Cury (3.2%), Ronaldo Caiado (3%) and Renan Santos (1.5%), according to the poll. A September 15 poll had Lula at 40.5%, Bolsonaro at 30.4%, Cury at 6%, Caiado at 3% and Santos at 2.7%
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lulas-lead-over-bolsonaro-narrows-ahead-brazil-vote-cntmda-poll-shows-2026-10-03/ Mexico City March Marks 58 Years Since Tlatelolco Massacre Thousands marched in Mexico City on Friday to mark 58 years since the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre, as President Claudia Sheinbaum called for keeping the memory alive and demanded “never again” state repression.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/mexico-city-march-marks-58-years-since-tlatelolco-massacre/ ‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain Demonstrators on Saturday waved posters calling for a general strike after the measures drawn up to address mass anger over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, and other housing issues, were rejected in par
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Against the Politics of Communal Fear By Bhaskar Sunkara New York City’s new municipal strategy to combat antisemitism comes just days after the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu used his platform at the United Nations to call Zohran Mamdani “the antisemitic mayor of New York” and claim that since his election “many Jews no longer feel safe” in the city. The initiative seeks to expand education, support victims of hate crimes, and fund security at Jewish institutions and other houses of worship throughout the five boroughs. Laudable as any attempt to reduce animus is, the Left should view the plan skeptically. Antisemitism, it goes without saying, is an evil. And it’s an evil that socialists have particular reason to be concerned with. For centuries, the idea that powerful Jewish interests were at the heart of social injustice was widespread. Socialists of August Bebel’s generation called antisemitism “the socialism of fools” for how it steered resentment of capitalist instability and speculation into ethnic hatred. Today Mamdani is right to condemn it. And it is understandable that he wants to give that condemnation a practical policy expression. This makes sense on the level of both principle and tactics for a political leader who has been the subject of a deliberate and baseless attempt to equate his support for Palestinian freedom with antisemitism. Any socialist mayor should oppose prejudice, enforce equal rights, and respond to specific acts of discrimination or violence. The question is whether the administration’s response is proportionate to the problem, and whether its rhetoric helps people assess their circumstances accurately or encourages them to understand their lives through a sense of communal siege.
https://jacobin.com/2026/10/antisemitism-communal-identity-mamdani-universalism Why Russia remains stubbornly insignificant to the Middle East Support for Palestinian statehood has been Moscow's position since the Soviet Union backed partition in 1947, and it has remained so since the Russian Federation's establishment in December 1991. Rather than providing the Palestinians with substantial support against their Israeli colonisers, the Russian Federation has, since 1991, at best offered nothing more than empty diplomatic rhetoric in supp
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‘This Scheme Is a Poison Pill’: Trump Blasted Over Federal School Voucher Program The US Department of the Treasury this week released proposed regulations for the first federal “school choice” program, as proponents call it, drawing a fresh wave of condemnation from critics who have expressed concerns since President Donald Trump signed last year’s Republican budget package.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-school-voucher-program Vance's fraud crackdown may raise costs for US health insurers, enrollees The 2010 Affordable Care Act created income-based government-subsidized health plans for individuals, with 19 million people now enrolled. Millions have dropped out this year as extra COVID-19 pandemic subsidies expired. The Trump administration now says fraud contributed to the growth. Vice President JD Vance said last week the government had removed 760,000 enrollees it believed did not exist or who had been fraudulently signed up by brokers and were unaware of their insurance coverage. Another 400,000 are under review.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/vances-fraud-crackdown-may-raise-costs-us-health-insurers-enrollees-2026-10-02/ Democrats put $3.4M behind Susan Collins allegations The big buy from Senate Majority PAC suggests Democrats think they can turn a complicated investigation into a simple message attacking Collins' willingness to put Maine first. It also suggests they don't think the allegations in the ProPublica story — which Collins vigorously disputes — have broken through with Maine voters. "Susan Collins took illegal campaign money and steered millions in government contracts to the donor," a female narrator says in the ad.
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/02/democrats-susan-collins-maine-senate-propublica https://archive.ph/gdsP3 Florida’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in deca Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 10/2/26 News Anon 3.0 03-10-26 01:16:42 No. 2925123 [Reply]
Lapid says young Israelis backed killing 'everyone' in Gaza Speaking in the interview, Lapid described the exchange as painful and deeply troubling. "I had a painful meeting with a group of very young people, and I heard from them all those statements calling for killing everyone and claiming that there are no innocents," he said. When asked "Even babies?", he said the group replied: "Babies too, because eventually they will grow up and become terrorists."
https://en.yenisafak.com/world/lapid-young-israelis-backed-killing-everyone-in-gaza-3724030 https://archive.ph/y1Yis Pakistan sent four planeloads of weapons to Saudi-backed government in Yemen: Report The Pakistani weapons shipments to the port city of Aden, reported by Reuters on Friday, suggest that Islamabad is increasing its involvement in the war. Pakistan delivered air defence systems, light artillery, drones and anti-drone systems to Aden, Reuters reported, citing a Pakistani government official. In addition, Pakistani military advisers are also on the ground with their Saudi counterparts supporting Yemeni troops.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pakistan-sent-four-planeloads-weapons-saudi-backed-government-yemen-report US sends third aircraft carrier to Middle East amid stalemate in Iran war The deployment, which includes a specialist amphibious attack group, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as midterm elections in the US loom large. Trump has threatened that a post-midterm election escalation remains a viable option – despite his initial promises that the war would last a matter of weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/us-third-aircraft-carrier-middle-east-iran Kandahar governor denies hosting militant leaders’ talks on attacks in Pakistan Sharif alleged at a televised news conferen
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Nikos Romanos Acquitted As Greek Government Pushes Terrorism Cases Testing Greece’s controversial terrorism law, Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos, alongside Argyrios K. and Dimitris P., was acquitted of terrorism charges earlier this year in connection with an explosion in an apartment in Athens in October 2024. For the same case, Marianna Manoura was sentenced to 19 years in prison on explosives and terrorism charges, while Dimitra Zarafeta received an eight-year sentence. The charges against Romanos were centered on a partial fingerprint found on a plastic bag where the accidental explosion occurred in the Ampelokipi neighborhood. The investigation turned into a terrorism case and renewed attention on Romanos who previously gained notoriety in 2008 after witnessing the police kill his friend Alexandros Grigoropoulos, which triggered weeks of unrest across Greece.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/nikos-romanos-acquitted-as-greek-government-pushes-terrorism-cases/ Ireland: Pre-Budget Protest Donald Trump visited Ireland recently. It was a two-day visit so he could play golf. The estimated cost to the Irish taxpayer is reported to be in excess of 20 million Euros (Clare Echo, 6/8/26). Not surprisingly, the visit caused controversy and resulted in mass protests. The latter is a good thing. What is strange, however, was the lack of enthusiasm for a protest held just one week later in Dublin. A protest was called for September 19 th in Parnell Square, Central Dublin, as a pre-Budget demonstration. The budget is due to be announced on October 6 th by Finance Minister Simon Harris on behalf of the right-wing coalition of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. The government is sitting on a surplus, but indications are they intend to do little or nothing to help those in need of support. There are a number of basic issues that highlight a social crisis in the 26 Counties. A big one is housing. Social housing is no longer being built people are waiting years on lists and private landlords are allowed to get away with exorbitant rents. It is not unusual for people to pay 40 or 50% of their income on rent. That’s if you can actually find somewhere in the first place. Many young people are living in the bedrooms they grew up in, since availability is as much
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Most Americans say US-Israel war on Iran not worth fighting: Poll The poll also indicated that, despite their frustration, two-thirds of Republicans surveyed said that higher than usual prices are due to factors outside of Trump’s control, with about one-third saying it was directly related to Trump’s policies. The sombre numbers suggest the president remains deeply unpopular nationally, with some Republicans also faulting him for failing to deliver on promised relief.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/1/most-americans-say-us-israel-war-on-iran-not-worth-fighting-poll https://archive.ph/hikK9 ‘Matter of Life and Death’: Senators Demand Trump Administration Boost Heating Aid as Iran War Hikes Costs In a letter sent to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the senators—19 Democrats along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—urged an emergency appropriation request for “at least $3 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP),” which would supplement the $4 billion already allocated to the heating assistance initiative.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-heating-oil FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen Ellaboudy himself was recorded telling FBI informants, whom officials had introduced into the investigation, that he had to be smuggled into and out of Yemen and that he had hoped to reach the country’s capital to make government-level connections, the affidavit says. He was ultimately unable to make it to Sanaa, the FBI said.
https://apnews.com/article/houthis-fbi-yemen-iran-arrest-3df1b86e80c30d5ce053301f62f51d8e PAC spent $131 million in 17 days to rescue Paxton in Texas Senate race Senate Majority PAC, the main super PAC for Senate Democrats, just launched its bid to boost Talarico and target Paxton. A PAC backing Talarico, Lone Star Rising, has
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Eritrea and Ethiopia shutter embassies as new Red Sea conflict looms The strike punctured Addis Ababa’s relative calm despite Ethiopia’s federal government battling an alliance of rebel movements opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Ethiopia’s regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar. Western and regional officials in Addis Ababa confirmed to Middle East Eye the sound of explosions in the capital due to a drone strike. AFP reported that the explosion rocked the Ethiopian National Defence Force headquarters in the Tor Hayloch area of Addis Ababa. In a statement, Ethiopia accused Eritrea of engaging in “direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence” against it.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/eritrea-and-ethiopia-shutter-embassies-new-red-sea-war-looming Protesters against illegal immigration in South Africa call for more deportations With some brandishing traditional Zulu weapons and singing cultural songs, they marched through Durban’s streets. Police didn’t report any incidents of violence against foreigners during the protest. A similar deadline set for June 30 sparked a mass repatriation of foreigners to their various African countries after attacks on immigrants. The governments of those nations arranged for the evacuation of their citizens.
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-illegal-immigration-protest-tensions-c086e617b555643510541f9c9906ca4b Flydubai co-pilot ‘assaulted’ captain before landing: Initial Saudi probe Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says that a preliminary investigation into the emergency landing of a Flydubai flight this week found that “the pilot was assaulted by his co-pilot, resulting in various injuries to both”. the ministry said on Thursday that an initial investigation into the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was conducted by Saudi authorities with the participation of a security team from the United Arab Emirates.
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CP of the Workers of Spain, Press releases: In light of the mobilizations for the right to housing and the government’s decrees The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) welcomes the scale and determination of the mobilisations for the right to housing taking place across the country, particularly in Puerta del Sol, following the eviction of Maricarmen. The coalition Government has been forced, solely and exclusively as a result of popular pressure in the streets, to approve two Royal Decrees introducing a number of urgent measures, at a time when the relentless rise in rental and property prices, together with the threat of eviction, is making access to housing increasingly difficult for millions of workers. Once again, organisation and struggle have proven to be the most powerful tools at our disposal: they enable us to win gains and to impose our interests. The lesson that we, as the working class, must draw is the need to continue further down this path. For some time now, the number of strikes and mobilisations by different sectors of workers has been steadily increasing in Spain, and the task now must be to strengthen a unified perspective: organisational unity and programmatic unity.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-the-Workers-of-Spain-Press-releases-In-light-of-the-mobilizations-for-the-right-to-housing-and-the-governments-decrees/ Democrats Have Created a Consultant-Driven Echo Chamber Review of Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative by Evan Barker (Threshold Editions, 2026) “The number one rule of political fundraising,” Evan Barker writes in the first line of Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative, “is to never, ever, under any circumstances, speak about it publicly.” Then she spends 288 pages talking about it, and it’s a wonderful thing that she does. Barker’s insider account of her time deep in the bowels of the Democratic Party often reads like The Jungle of Democratic fundraising: Upton Sinclair showed readers how the sausage got made, and Barker shows how the candidates do. By the end, it’s clear that the Democrats are a glorified fundraising organization with an electoral department attached, one that absorbs idealism,
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Hegseth confirms the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals The Pentagon chief announced the creation of a new four-star command to oversee the rollout of autonomous and robotic capabilities in what he called “the fastest peacetime shift in modern military history.” The rollout comes a month after officials said an Army unit based in Europe that specialized in drone warfare had been directed to return to being a traditional infantry batallion, ending its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology.
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-generals-job-cuts-67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029 Millions of student-loan accounts are being transferred to the Treasury — and the first phase is launching In addition to the new support center, the Treasury Department is also seeking to partner with vendors to facilitate collections on defaulted student loans, a Treasury official previously told Business Insider. Involuntary collections, which include wage garnishment and the seizure of federal benefits, are paused, and the administration has not commented on when the pause will lift.
https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-transfer-to-treasury-first-phase-defaults-repayment-launching-2026-9 Senate Democrats block datacenter energy bill, saying ‘toothless’ legislation ‘misses the mark’ The Ratepayer Protection Act failed by a 57-to-43 vote, falling just shy of the 60 votes necessary to advance through the Republican-controlled chamber. Four Democrats – Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and both Georgia senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock – joined Republicans in support of the measure.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/senate-datacenter-energy-bill Groups Call Senate Permitting Deal a ‘Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech’ A bipartisan Senate proposal to overhaul federal permitting rules drew fierce oppositio
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‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities While some of the key demands of the protest have been better lighting and policing, Dhruw emphasised that for anything to change, the country required a deep societal shift where men no longer felt they had ownership over women’s bodies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/30/rapes-triggers-mass-protests-indian-universities Afghanistan’s defense ministry claims forces killed 41 insurgents crossing from Pakistan The insurgents included members of the Islamic State group, the ministry said in a statement issued late Tuesday night. It said it had killed 41 and captured another 62 in the Kamdesh district of the northeastern province of Nuristan from Sunday to Tuesday. The defense ministry said the fighters had crossed into Afghanistan “with the support” of Pakistan.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-border-fighting-62e0c91d68e8f8760f1bb7910ee9b38d Iranians face soaring medicine prices as US blockade and sanctions hit hard The US naval blockade has forced importers on to more expensive air routes, now threatened by new sanctions on Iranian airlines. Bahman Sabour of the Tehran Pharmacies Association said US sanctions do not directly target medicines, but financial sanctions have long discouraged international banks and companies from processing pharmaceutical transactions for fear of falling foul of restrictions.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/iranians-face-soaring-prices-medicine-us-blockade-and-sanctions-hit-hard Sadr orders ‘immediate’ dissolution of anti-US force, calls for reciprocal US diplomacy “We announce the immediate dissolution of the Promised Day Brigade, and the conversion of the Imam al-Mahdi Army into the Ansar al-Imam al-Mahdi Institution,” Sadr said in a Wednesday statement. Sadr also called on the US military to compensate Iraq for
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Cambridge University welcomes Reform, Palantir, and a ‘race realist’ Yet another scandal has emerged at Cambridge University. It concerns James Orr, an associate professor in the Faculty of Divinity who was, until recently, the head of policy for Reform UK and a senior advisor to Nigel Farage. A six-month investigation by Byline Times exposed that the wheels of Orr’s appointment were greased by a secret five-figure donation from none other than Peter Thiel, the shadowy genocidal tech billionaire and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein. And that Orr has been using his academic position to create a recruitment pipeline of Cambridge students into Reform!
https://communist.red/cambridge-university-welcomes-reform-palantir-and-a-race-realist/ Amazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its Workforce Although Amazon is increasingly synonymous with worker surveillance, the logistics behemoth has never been a pioneer in that space. UPS was the first fleet to install GPS in their vehicles back in 1991. Netradyne, the company that makes the AI-powered product Driver.i installed in most vehicles in Amazon’s fleet, had already logged over a hundred million minutes of driving time before Amazon signed the firm on. But with each new iteration of its delivery-aid-cum-surveillance tech, Amazon has proven its knack for taking an existing product and deploying it in a dystopian direction. And other companies tend to follow its lead. “Smart delivery glasses,” Amazon’s latest gadgets, which come with a specialized vest with a built-in battery-pack, were introduced on their in-house news site last October to little fanfare; only a couple of niche tech websites covered it. According to a recent post on r/AmazonDSPDrivers, a Reddit community for Amazon’s scattered global network of Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers, training with the smart glasses at some DSPs has begun. It’s not unlikely that a nationwide rollout may come as soon as this year’s holiday season. On the surface, the aim of smart delivery glasses is to replace the use of the smartphone on the job, allowing the driver to pay attention to their surroundings instead of looking at their phone. For DSP drivers, the smartphone is everything: It identifies packages, provides a walking path from the vehicle to
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EPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contract The lawsuit, filed by two local unions of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), claims the agency failed to justify the contract’s termination and was motivated by a desire to repress political dissent, a violation of the employees’ first amendment rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/29/epa-union-sues-trump-administration US lawmakers including Sen. Warren push energy regulators to reject acquisition of power company AES BlackRock's (BLK.N), Global Infrastructure Partners, alongside Swedish private equity EQT (EQTAB.ST), and other investors, agreed in March to acquire AES (AES.N), in a deal valued at about $33.4 billion including debt, making it one of the largest power sector transactions in recent years. "The private equity industry’s involvement in the public utility market has significant implications for consumers’ energy costs at a time when Americans are facing record high utility bills," said the letter dated Sept. 28, which was directed to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Laura Swett.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-lawmakers-including-sen-warren-push-energy-regulators-reject-acquisition-2026-09-29/ Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds Information is missing on over half of deaths at work of people under the age of 18 in the US because of significant gaps in child labor data, according to a government accountability office (GAO) report released on Tuesday. The report found that between 2013 and 2023, an average of 24 children under the age of 18 died each year due to work-related incidents. Over half of the 260 child fatality cases did not contain detailed data on the cause of death or the industry the child worked in.
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How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims But within hours, the idea that a major terrorist plot had been foiled started to fall apart. The arrested men were all British nationals in their twenties, not foreigners as Farage had speculated. Moreover they were released on police bail, not even going before a judge. As Nazir Afzal, a former chief prosecutor, pointed out, this indicated the men are not suspected of terrorism.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-raf-fairford-bomb-plot-narrative-fell-apart-us-and-uk-made-competing-claims Scotland's Communists stand with Garvaghy Road COMMUNISTS have challenged Police Scotland’s decision to send 200 officers to protect an Orange march in Portadown. Banned as a provocation in 1998, the Drumcree Orange march returned this year after the Parades Commission judged it “low risk,” despite a legal challenge and a three-day standoff.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scotlands-communists-stand-garvaghy-road French police clash with teens blockading schools as unions stage day of protests French teenagers on Tuesday clashed with police as they kept up a blockade of high schools in cities across the country to demand better conditions and more teacher hirings. The escalating standoff came as unions staged a day of demonstrations against a cost-cutting budget drafted by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's embattled government.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260929-french-police-clash-with-teens-blockading-schools-as-union-stage-day-of-protests https://archive.ph/0ne9K Spain proposes ban on evictions as ousted 87-year-old accepts offer to return home Hundreds of people remained camped in one of Madrid's main squares on Tuesday to protest Maricarmen Abascal's removal from her ho
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Palestinian communists seek broad electoral alliance to challenge Fatah-Hamas polarization The Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) is stepping up preparations for the November 28 legislative elections, working to forge a broad left-wing, democratic and social alliance that could emerge as a third political pole beyond the longstanding Fatah-Hamas polarization. PPP General Secretary Bassam al-Salhi said the party does not regard the elections simply as a contest for parliamentary seats, but as an opportunity to rebuild Palestinian political institutions and restore popular participation. Al-Salhi argued that the vote must go ahead, its results must be respected and the process should ultimately produce “one government and one Legislative Council,” overcoming the existence of parallel political structures.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/09/palestinian-communists-seek-broad-electoral-alliance-to-challenge-fatah-hamas-polarization.html Democratic Party Consultants Surround Troy Jackson with Pro-Israel Donors The Troy Jackson campaign in Maine may have found a new way to measure just how far Democratic Party consultants are able to drag a candidate away from his grassroots supporters. This week, as Jackson ventured into the Facebook group set up for his volunteers, he was facing a legion of Maine supporters expressing a deep sense of betrayal, following an exposé by Rebecca Traister in New York Magazine, which had laid out in precise detail how a squadron of mostly out-of-state political consultants had done as much as possible to drain the life from Jackson and his campaign. In the Facebook group, Jackson’s defense of his campaign, and his attack on the reporting, was considered so condescending that supporters concluded there was no way that Jackson himself was running the account—and promptly kicked Jackson out of his own Facebook group, with less than six weeks until election day. Jackson, it turned out, was indeed still manning his own Facebook account, and he has since been allowed back in. But the damage his consultant-run campaign has done to his relationship with Maine voters will take more than a restored account to repair. Interviews with sources in Jackson’s orbit, and a review of campaign do
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ACLU demands immediate withdrawal of PRNG troops from Washington =
More than 150 members of the Puerto Rico National Guard continue patrolling neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., a deployment the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Puerto Rico denounced this week as unjustified and politically motivated.
https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/aclu-demands-immediate-withdrawal-of-prng-troops-from-washington AI giants, unions join forces for data center fight The new group, the American Infrastructure Alliance, wants to partner with state and local officials to create standards and guardrails for data centers in 2027. In return, the coalition hopes to head off moratoriums on new construction. The group is planning initial campaigns in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Indiana and South Carolina. The alliance is backed by Blackstone, OpenAI, QTS and SoftBank Group, along with key unions, including the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/28/ai-industry-unions-data-centers https://archive.ph/abFeB Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns From the outset, Bailey's relationship with Patel was troubled. Initially, Bailey was not invited to meetings, according to two sources familiar with their dynamic, with one adding that Patel instructed staff to refer to him as director, to Bongino as deputy director and Bailey as co-deputy director.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi-official-andrew-bailey-resigns/ Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Over 1,000 drivers, jeepney operators set to join transport strike in Bacolod City The groups said they will stop operations to denounce the Marcos regime’s failure to control fuel prices, which the Oil Deregulation Law allows to rise unchecked. KNETCO said 85% of drivers and operators in Bacolod City are already earning insufficient daily incomes and have been driven into poverty. They will also demand that the Marcos regime remove the value-added tax and excise tax to reduce fuel prices. They will simultaneously push for diesel and gasoline prices to be rolled back to their previous price of ₱55/liter.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/over-1000-drivers-jeepney-operators-set-to-join-transport-strike-in-bacolod-city/ ‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño In Hong Kong, authorities have already been forced to revise workplace policies, after the city experienced its hottest day on record on 9 August. During times of extreme heat, companies are expected to reschedule work, provide cooling equipment and rest breaks for their employees. Employers in the international financial hub could even face prosecution if they fail to provide staff with support at times of sweltering heat. In mainland China a 100-day campaign has been launched to prepare for extreme weather and help safeguard harvests against the opposing extremes of drought and intense rainfall.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/18/how-asia-is-preparing-for-supersized-el-nino-global-warming Airstrike near a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state kills 33 people Monday’s attack occurred in Kyauktaw township, about 340 kilometers (210 miles) west of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, according to the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic armed group based in Rakhine which controls Kyauktaw. It said a fighter jet dropped two bombs near a local market around noon, killing 33 people, including vendors, shoppers and pedestrians.
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Ethiopia’s new rebel alliance faces an old problem We have seen part of this story before, though this time the alliance took longer to form. In November 2021, nine opposition groups hastily announced the United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces. Tigrayan forces and the OLA advanced towards Addis Ababa, while the alliance’s leaders spoke of dismantling Abiy’s government and installing a transitional authority. By January 2022, the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front had left the united front, accusing the TPLF of killing Afar civilians. In December of the same year, the Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement signed a peace deal with the regional government. The federal army counterattacked, Tigrayan forces withdrew from neighbouring regions and the TPLF eventually signed the 2022 Pretoria agreement with the government. That pact required the TPLF to stop supporting armed groups elsewhere in Ethiopia. The same pattern could repeat itself. The lesson is not that 2026 will mirror 2021 exactly. The new alliance includes Fano, whose fighters stood with the federal government against the TPLF during the earlier war and now fight Abiy. The government is also fighting on several fronts. But the precedent shows how quickly a common enemy can stop being enough when battlefield fortunes change. Both Fano and the TPLF claim western Tigray, or what the Amhara call Wolgait-Tsegede. The founding statement offers no settlement. A Tigrayan leadership that abandons its claim risks alienating people displaced from their homes; a Fano leadership that concedes it risks losing the support of fighters for whom the territory is central. Calling the issue a matter for later negotiations buys time but does not create a compromise. The same problem reaches beyond the north: Oromo, Amhara and Somali movements do not share one vision of Ethiopia’s federal order, boundaries or distribution of power.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/25/ethiopias-new-rebel-alliance-faces-an-old-problem Mamdani Says He Supports Palestine, but Let the NYPD Arrest Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Yesterday’s scenes were a betrayal of all of those who protested as well as the hundreds of thousands of voters and activists who brought Mamdani to power — a growing
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‘Working People Won’: Unions Score Deal to Shield Federal Workers From Government Shutdown Firings The settlement announced Friday settles litigation stemming from the Trump administration’s actions during the 43-day government shutdown in 2025, which was the longest in US history. The administration had directed agencies to implement reductions in force (RIFs) targeting workers whose programs it deemed inconsistent with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/federal-employee-unions-settlement 'Anonymous' sent 23 donations at the behest of Mayor Bass in under 2 weeks Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has filed hundreds of state-mandated “transparency” reports intended to disclose millions of dollars donated to third parties at her behest, but at least 23 filings reviewed by The Center Square show her requesting money from "Anonymous." Anonymous donations are legal in some circumstances, but they defeat the purpose of a California transparency system intended to let the public know who elected officials are soliciting for money and what their underlying motivations could be.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_2423b80d-55b8-4265-86e3-393de4e0174d.html https://archive.ph/InSrE How big grocers have been limiting food access in California As Albertsons protects its profits and gears up to close a handful of California locations — which would lower its operating costs — communities might not get a chance to see these grocery stores replaced. In addition to “lease squatting” uncovered by SFGATE’s investigation on “zombie stores,” companies like Albertsons can maintain their power by blocking competitors through the use of grocery restrictive covenants: stipulations written into deed and lease agreements that limit or completely prohibit the operation of a grocery store on a piece of property.
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German school students walk out over compulsory conscription Demonstrations were set to be held in over 100 German cities. It is the fourth nationwide school strike since the movement launched in late 2025. Organisers of the protests say previous rounds of protests involved around 50,000 school students.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/german-school-students-walk-out-compulsory-conscription-draft Poland halted asylum claims at the Belarus border and now wants Europe to follow its example The prospect of an EU-wide approach appeared to move closer on Sept. 16, when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU executive branch would soon propose a new “European emergency response framework” for cases of “engineered and weaponized” mass migration.
https://apnews.com/article/poland-european-union-migration-international-law-refugees-56b5a529a2541dc844d0cf5544bed1b0 Ukraine's steel industry is nearing collapse — and calling for help from abroad Ukraine’s largest steel company, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, said on Sept. 25 that it cannot restart steel production amid a surge in Russian strikes on factories, as the embattled sector calls for more domestic and international support to prevent its total collapse.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-steel-industry-is-nearing-collapse-and-calling-for-help-from-abroad/ https://archive.ph/UesTn Ukraine kills three in strike on humanitarian mission – Russian officials The incident, which also left one volunteer injured, occurred near the village of Novobogdanovka, Zaporozhye Governor Evgeny Balitsky said on Friday. He accused Ukraine of carrying out a “cynical terrorist attack.” Omsk Governor Vitaly Khotsenko pledged support for the affected families.
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Colombia Extradites FARC Dissident Negotiator To The U.S. Rojas, who headed the Comandos de Frontera, a FARC dissident group operating in southern Colombia, was transferred before dawn from La Picota prison in Bogotá to the Catam military base and later to the Combat Air Command No. 3 in Malambo, in the metropolitan area of Barranquilla. De la Espriella handed Rojas over to U.S. authorities inside a military hangar, where Rojas appeared handcuffed and wearing prison clothing while being guarded by Interpol agents and armed military personnel.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-extradites-farc-dissident-u-s/ Former far-right group member found guilty of murdering Argentina rugby star A former member of a violent far-right group was found guilty on Friday of murdering former Argentina rugby international Federico Aramburu four years ago in Paris, following an altercation near the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Loik Le Priol, 32, whom the court said was "animated by the will to kill", was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
https://www.reuters.com/world/former-far-right-group-member-found-guilty-murdering-argentina-rugby-star-2026-09-25/ US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering On 8 September, a day before Rubio arrived, a US patrol vessel intercepted the fishing boat Don Rufo in international waters near Ecuador. “The gringos were all armed as if they were going to war,” said the boat’s captain, Mero Calderón, 50. “I tried to show them our catch to prove that we were there working, but they wouldn’t listen,” he added. “They brought two huge bombs aboard, took us to their ship, handcuffed and blindfolded us, and blew our boat to pieces,” said Calderón, who along with five other fishers, was handed over to local authorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/26/us-airstrikes-ecuador-fishers Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party wins parliamentary Post too long. Click here to view the full text. OP/ED News Anon 3.0 25-09-26 20:29:44 No. 2920575
(Chapo Trap House)1073 - Unsafe, Illegal, and Common feat. Kylie Cheung (9/21/26) Journalist and author Kylie Cheung joins us for a survey of abortion rights in the post-Dobbs landscape. We discuss the anti-abortion surveillance state, the medical establishment’s failure to meet the moment, and the right’s construction of a broadly pro-rape politics. We also discuss the Democratic Party’s failures in protecting abortion and their continual usage of reproductive rights to hold voters hostage despite funding genocide—including genocide of pregnant women—abroad.
https://podbay.fm/p/chapo-trap-house/e/1790054513 A Union Feud Shouldn’t Sink California’s Billionaire Tax While much of the discourse around Prop 40 has understandably been devoted to what it means to tax the billionaires, it is saving Medi-Cal — and not some vague notion of “punishing the rich” — that is the central purpose of the initiative. However, rather than support this pragmatic solution to a looming crisis, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California has officially remained neutral on the initiative, which was put forth by one of their own member unions, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW). Now investigations commissioned by SEIU California and the international union allege that SEIU-UHW’s president, Dave Regan, the man widely acknowledged as the architect of the tax, has attempted to “extort” support for Prop 40 from them, according to the inflammatory headline in the Los Angeles Times, a newspaper owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong. Coming less than two months before the election in November, the allegations against Regan bear all the hallmarks of a politically timed campaign — an attempt to chip away at Prop 40’s popularity. Now SEIU will have to decide which path to take: save health care coverage for nearly fifteen million Californians, or surrender to the billionaires. The key allegations against Regan are that he attempted to “extort” support for Prop 40 from SEIU California by threatening to investigate governance issues at the state council, and that this action was part of a pattern of “bullying,” directed at women in particular. At issue are Regan’s interactions with SEIU California’s then president, David Huerta, and its executive director, Tia Orr, who claims Regan attempted
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US weighs new limits on Cuban travel at the UN as Havana decries Trump’s economic squeeze Even as a sizable Cuban delegation was approved to come to the U.N. General Assembly this week, the State Department is now weighing “strict controls” on the officials who plan to return next month for an annual U.N. vote on the decadeslong U.S. economic embargo on Cuba.
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-oil-embargo-united-nations-trump-cdf46e89c7b33077efd0d8d31e265c18 Senate narrowly votes down resolution calling for end to Iran war All but four Republicans voted against the measure despite concerns that GOP candidates will face fallout in November’s midterm elections from the war’s economic costs. Some Republicans running in tight races have recently broken with President Donald Trump and called for an end to the war to bring gas prices down, a sign of potential voter discontent over the war’s impact on the economy. The Republicans who voted for the resolution were Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Maine’s Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat to vote against it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/iran-war-powers-senate-vote-fuel.html Marking One Year of NSPM-7, Rights Advocates Call On Congress to Rein In FBI’s Spying Capabilities The 19-page report, titled “7Can the FBI Spy on the First Amendment?,” was sent to every congressional office by the advocacy group Defending Rights and Dissent (DRAD), exactly a year after the president signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) in the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-national-security Federal court says Pentagon can label Anthropic a supply chain risk The decision allows the Pentagon to continue to remove Anthropic’s Claude models from its systems and bar the use of its products for Defense Department work. Judges from the U.S.
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Panel calls for giving police option to remotely analyze tokuryū members’ phones An expert panel under the National Police Agency called for giving police the option as swiftly as possible of remotely analyzing smartphones used by members of loosely organized anonymous criminal groups.In a proposal compiled Thursday, the panel highlighted the need for new measures to prevent damages related to crimes committed by tokuryū groups. The NPA plans to submit a bill to revise the police duties execution law to an extraordinary parliamentary session that may be convened early next month, after working out the details of the proposed remote analysis.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/tokury-smartphones-remote/ https://archive.ph/HS9js Philippines: Barricades Erected Against Mining Monopoly in Barangay Yabbi After residents of Barangay Yabbi, in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vicaya, learned that the North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) would be routing its shipments of crude oil and materials through their village – residents decided to take matters into their own hands and erected a barricade, successfully blocking the shipments, Ang Bayan reports.
https://redherald.org/2026/09/24/philippines-barricades-erected-against-mining-monopoly-in-barangay-yabbi/ Pakistan locks down Islamabad as Imran Khan’s party vows to march on capital Public frustration has mounted in Islamabad as the government’s measures to stop Khan’s party supporters having any way to enter the capital has led to the city resembling a high-security fortress. More than 1,000 shipping containers, many fortified with spikes, have blockaded roads and sandbags were placed on bridges, while a key highway into the capital was closed. Public gatherings have been banned in Islamabad and 22,000 police and other security personnel have been deployed across the capital.
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Liberal dilemmas as the ruling class seeks a new vehicle for fragmented Britain ED DAVEY has the perennial problem of Lib Dem leaders — how to make his second division team avoid further relegation. With polls showing just one in 12 voters considering voting for his party the Lib Dems are in fifth place behind Labour, Reform, the Tories and the Greens who have laid siege to a slice of their voters. Where Davey is right is in arguing that some elements in our ruling Establishment favour a Tory/Reform UK coalition. (Davey didn’t put it in these terms because to do so might draw attention to the uncomfortable fact that the austerity policies currently driving some of the support towards Nigel Farage were the centrepiece of Cameron’s Tory-Lib Dem coalition government and Lib Dem Treasury ministers were in the driving seat.)
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ed-davey-liberal-democrats-polls-dilemmas-ruling-class-britain What Are Prediction Markets—and Can They Really Predict the Future? Supporters argue that this process aggregates publicly available information into a real-time forecast, allowing markets to reveal probabilities that sometimes outperform polls or expert opinion. Critics counter that these same incentives can reward speculation, manipulation, or insider knowledge, raising questions about whether they function primarily as forecasting tools, gambling platforms, or something in between. A contract’s price fluctuates with the probability of an event occurring and reflects that prediction. The price is intended to serve as the implied probability of the event occurring. Every contract includes a resolution date and rules that indicate how and when it will be settled. When the resolution date arrives, the market closes automatically, and the bettor is informed about the outcome. One major advantage of prediction markets is their simplicity. Will a given event occur by a certain date? It’s either yes or no. On two of the most prominent markets, Kalshi and Polymarket, a user buys one or more contracts that pay out $1 each if they’re right and nothing if they’re wrong.Unlike Kalshi, Polymarket relies on UMA (Universal Market Access), a decentralized oracle protocol, to resolve markets. Most outcomes are finalized automatical
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution, according to a new report.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/fossil-fuels-trump-donations Homeland Security defends officers in immigrant’s fatal car crash in Michigan Federal immigration officers were about a half-mile away when a man who was illegally in the U.S. crashed a car at high speed and died in Michigan last weekend, authorities said Thursday, attempting to rebut any claim that they were in hot pursuit.
https://apnews.com/article/immigrant-fatal-crash-michigan-3938983d2a55aab9dcb5b42ba6c6cda5 Mikie Sherrill demands NJ lieutenant governor resign after report found improper behavior with women The investigation — first reported on Sept. 4 but commissioned by Gov. Mikie Sherrill more than three months earlier — focused on Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell’s conduct in office. The report found Caldwell engaged in ethics violations, including attempts to promote a romantic partner in a state job — while not disclosing the personal relationship.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/mikie-sherrill-demands-nj-lieutenant-governor-resign-after-report-found-improper-behavior-with-women-01092915 Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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Argentina’s poverty rate rises above 30% under President Milei, reversing recent decline Thursday’s report suggests that progress has lost momentum as unemployment edges higher and rising prices squeeze Argentines’ purchasing power, with average salaries still below where they stood in real terms when Milei took office in December 2023. Average per-capita household income rose 11.5% from the previous six months, while the basic basket of goods used to set the poverty line increased nearly 20%, INDEC said.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-president-javier-milei-economy-inflation-indec-austerity-84acfa87fe1bba6d06b387afbfe6abb7 Illegal Speedboat Incursion Into Cuba Sought a U.S. Military Intervention One of the participants revealed that the group of ten men who departed from the Florida Keys bound for the island with weapons, ammunition, and explosives wanted to “incite the Cuban people to take up arms, control a province for 72 hours,” and then request assistance from U.S. authorities. The Belly of the Beast’s investigation shares the testimonies of four survivors of the incident, which occurred in Cuban territorial waters and resulted in the deaths of four crew members.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/illegal-speedboat-incursion-into-cuba-sought-a-u-s-military-intervention/ Canadian unions oppose changes to country’s labour code The Building Canada Strong Act has been tabled in Canada’s House of Commons, alongside other measures aimed at fast-tracking “project approvals,” strengthening trade links and modernising ports. But unions say this could also mean greater state intervention in collective bargaining when negotiations become protracted by including the appointment of a “special mediator” to bring about a resolution to a dispute, including “binding arbitration.”
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Revolutionary Communist Youth Union (Bolsheviks) denounces State Duma elections as a bourgeois farce The Revolutionary Communist Youth Union (Bolsheviks), RKSM(b), has denounced Russia’s September 18–20 State Duma elections as a political farce serving the interests of the ruling capitalist class, rejecting both support for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and called for so-called “protest voting.” In a statement issued ahead of the elections, the Central Committee of RKSM(b) condemned the ongoing war, which it characterized as imperialist, and its devastating consequences for the working people. It pointed to mounting economic difficulties, deteriorating living standards, military casualties and growing repression, accusing the Russian bourgeoisie of exploiting the war to intensify nationalism, suppress dissent and strengthen its grip on political power.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/09/revolutionary-communist-youth-union-bolsheviks-denounces-state-duma-elections-as-bourgeois-farce.html To Save Humanity from AI, End Capitalism It’s been a whirlwind. Last week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly said we need to slow down AI development because security risks are becoming too high. This is a euphemism for the risk of a catastrophic event, one that would wipe out millions, if not humanity as a whole. This statement follows a public warning by one of Anthropic’s top researchers, Jacob Coxon, who resigned from the company, claiming that “without international coordination we will incur a risk of causing human extinction.” Asked by NBC News whether he “truly believed that AI can kill us all in less than a next decade,” he was blunt and clear: “Yes, I do. And it’s not just me. Many people working in the industry, including … executives, senior researchers, all genuinely believe that there’s a substantial probability that this technology could kill everyone.” Hundreds of other AI researchers and trainers have been sounding the alarm. In August, more than 1,300 employees from top AI companies signed a letter requesting regulation to “pace the frontier” — that is, slow down the development of new, more powerful models — but mass media largely ignored the issue until Coxon’s viral
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With ‘Blood-Soaked War Criminal’ Set to Land in Mamdani’s NYC, Calls Grow to Arrest Netanyahu Romm acknowledged that Netanyahu is shielded from arrest during his official UN visit and that sitting heads of government generally enjoy immunity from national courts, but argued that those protections do not eliminate the United States’ underlying authority to prosecute him under federal war crimes and genocide laws.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-arrest-calls-2026 Trump administration is examining whether a diesel export ban is feasible, Treasury secretary says “We’re examining whether it’s feasible in terms of the overall refining capacity and whether a full or partial ban would work,” Bessent said at a bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations. Trump said Tuesday he’s advocated for a diesel export ban during internal administration deliberations. The president said a decision would quickly be made “one way or another” on whether to implement a ban.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/trump-diesel-export-ban-urkaine-russia-iran.html FBI investigates breach of jobs website as hackers claim ‘very sensitive data’ stolen The claims could not immediately be verified, and an FBI spokesperson declined to comment further. An email to an address associated with the organization was not immediately returned. In its message, ShinyHunters said it would give the bureau one week to correct or remove what it says are false allegations in an FBI public service announcement from May that described the organization as a “cyber criminal group specializing in large-scale data breaches and extortion”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/fbi-jobs-website-hacked Florida fund sues New York Times over alleged anti-Israel bias, demands records The State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA), which oversees the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, and the National Center for
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Israel election committee bars Arab party lists, MKs from October vote The decisions are not final and must be approved by the Supreme Court, which has overturned most such disqualifications in previous elections. Israel’s Central Elections Committee is made up of lawmakers, with seats allocated to parties based on their share of the vote in the general election. … The committee said Abu Shehadeh had supported armed struggle by an enemy state or "terrorist organisation" against Israel and rejected Israel’s existence as a Jewish and "democratic state".
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-committee-bars-arab-party-lists-mks-october-vote Iran and US held direct UN talks, with Islamic Republic's terms to reopen Hormuz hardening Multiple Gulf officials told Middle East Eye that their countries were trying to arrange a "bump-in" between US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, but the logistics were complicated. Qatar took the lead among Gulf states in facilitating the meeting between Witkoff and Araghchi, a Gulf official told MEE. Gulf states were pressing for US-Iran talks at the UN in the days before the General Assembly. Both Qatar and the UAE called for de-escalation and engagement with the Islamic Republic over the weekend.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-and-us-held-direct-un-talks-islamic-republic-terms-reopen-hormuz-hardening Pro-Palestine Activist ‘Close to Death’ on Hunger Strike in Tunisian Prison Wael Naouar, a father of two who was detained in March alongside three other Flotilla organisers, Ghassan Henchiri, Ghassan Boughdiri and Nabil Chennoufi, initiated his hunger strike in protest of the prolonged detention the Sumud 4 have endured without trial.
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[IWW Archives] The Secret History of Tree Spiking In May, 1987, sawmill worker George Alexander was nearly decapitated when a tree-spike shattered his sawblade at the Cloverdale Louisiana-Pacific mill in northern California. This grisly accident sent shock waves through our community, and eventually led Northern California Earth First! to renounce tree spiking. Southern Oregon and Southern Willamette Earth First! joined us, as well as a few Earth First!ers from Stumptown, but that's all. The rest of Earth First! still endorses spiking, and many of them even today react to our no-spiking policy by denouncing us as traitors and dismissing us as wimps, without ever considering the reasons for our actions. Because of this, because there are so many new Earth First!ers who don't know this history, I think it is time to re-examine the issue of tree-spiking. A few years ago, George Alexander and his wife Laurie agreed to talk to me about the 1987 incident. The following account is based on my conversation with them.
https://houdinimagazine.com/articles/2026-09-20-iww-archive-the-secret-history-of-tree-spiking On the attitude of the Communist Parties towards inter-imperialist contradictions and imperialist alliances: Makis Papadopoulos member of the Political Bureau of the CC of the KKE As it happens every time in History, the period of preparation for a great imperialist war increases the need for a substantive discussion, dialogue and theoretical, political struggle within the ranks of the communist movement, in order to formulate an effective revolutionary strategy. Objectively, critical and complex issues are at the center of the discussion, which require investigation and clear answers from each Communist Party. Issues such as: The attitude of communists towards inter-imperialist contradictions and imperialist wars. The attitude towards existing and emerging imperialist alliances, the Euro-Atlantic and the emerging Eurasian axis. The position towards the socialist character of the revolution in our time, that is, in the epoch of transition from capitalism to socialism. The stance of the Communist Party towards social democracy and the rejection of participation in or support for bourgeois governments, as well as towards cooperation with
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CSX to cut 1,100 rail jobs amid record profits into the billions, union says Transportation giant CSX called the The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division on Sept. 14 and told them they’d be furloughing the 1,100 workers by mid-November, according to general chairman Brian Thompson. Those positions range from $80,000 jobs to management positions in duties that involve safety inspections, rail maintenance and construction.
https://wchstv.com/news/local/csx-to-cut-1100-rail-jobs-amid-record-profits-into-the-billions-union-says https://archive.ph/jHhZK Vermont man convicted in shooting of 3 Palestinian students Jurors found Jason Eaton, 51, guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder in the Nov. 25, 2023, attack on Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid in Burlington, Vermont. The verdict came after about two hours of deliberations following a six-day trial.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/21/jason-eaton-convicted-shooting-palestinian-students/91881222007/ https://archive.ph/gse5h Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his back Garcés Pérez said by phone during a news conference Monday that he was shot near the clavicle and that he has not received the medical attention he needs. He said doctors did not remove the bullet because it was close to his spine and ICE was pushing the hospital to release him into the agency’s custody in a hurry.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelan-man-shot-ice-texas-says-s-pain-still-bullet-back-rcna598999 Coca-Cola sued over alleged pollution flowing into Lake Washington Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 9/22/26 News Anon 3.0 22-09-26 18:44:45 No. 2918468 [Reply]
Thousands protest in France against bill expanding protections for police use of force Politicians, rights groups and other activists joined the Paris demonstration, among them Mathilde Panot of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party. "The police kill already," Panot told the crowd, calling for the bill to be voted down in the Senate. "In the Republic there can be no organised police impunity," she added. "In the Republic, there cannot be a category of citizens who have the right of life or death over other citizens."
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260920-thousands-protest-in-france-against-bill-expanding-protections-for-police-use-of-force https://archive.ph/1plYf Nothing ‘to be ashamed of:’ EU’s center-right clashes with Socialists over far-right votes He added he is against putting up a firewall to keep out far-right forces “because it leads into badly behaving kids on the other side of the fence.” “We should go beyond that. On some issues, I think that they [the far right are relatively sane. On some other issues, there’s insanity,” he added, while insisting a majority of votes in Parliament will involve the mainstream parties.
https://www.politico.eu/article/nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-eus-center-right-clashes-with-socialists-over-far-right-votes-mika-aaltola/ https://archive.ph/6kkiS UK's Burnham agrees to Saudi request for refuelling support British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday he had agreed to a request from Saudi Arabia to provide defensive air-to-air refuelling for a limited time period, a move he described as helping to stabilise the wider region. Riyadh requested support after the Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
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Russia: Anti-war communists reject elections amid war and political repression As Russia holds parliamentary elections from 18 to 20 September, two smaller communist parties have rejected the electoral process, arguing that it offers no genuine alternative to the policies of the ruling capitalist class and the ongoing imperialist war in Ukraine. The Organization of Communists and the Russian Communist Party (Internationalists), both of which emerged from a split in the Russian Communist Workers' Party over its support for Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, are not participating in the elections. Unlike the parliamentary Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), both organizations oppose the imperialist war and reject the political course of the Russian government. In a statement issued on 10 September, the Organization of Communists denounced the electoral process as taking place amid mounting economic difficulties, political repression and restrictions on anti-war activity. It accused the ruling class of directing growing resources toward the war while working people face deteriorating living standards and shrinking democratic freedoms.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/09/russia-anti-war-communists-reject-elections-amid-war-and-political-repression.html How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin In Berlin’s state elections, Germany’s most leftwing party Die Linke has won a significant victory – the biggest in its recent history. It could also mean that the city gets its first mayor from the party since the fall of the Berlin wall. That’s partly due to the apparently infinite influence of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose team helped supercharge the German left with the infectious positivity he’s world famous for. But it’s also down to policy – and in particular a long-standing pledge to expropriate housing from the private sector for public supply in a city where rents have soared by 70% in the last decade. Die Linke’s Elif Eralp, a human rights advocate sporting a ‘rent cap’ necklace, may well become Berlin’s first anti-capitalist mayor since reunification. The daughter of Turkish immigrants, she led the party to a clear victory in Berlin’s Sunday election, taking 26%
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ICE Quietly Begins Firing Purge After Ignoring Everyone’s Red Flags ICE officials struggled to process the massive surge of applicants after the Trump administration dangled a $50,000 signing bonus in front of people’s noses, hoping to entice Americans to join the legion of officers tearing families apart. In August 2025, an ICE whistleblower wrote to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General warning that the hiring surge had “overwhelmed” the agency, and that applicants were being cleared for duty “without fingerprints, identity verification, or credit checks.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/215433/ice-firing-purge-after-ignoring-red-flags https://archive.ph/A9DJU US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban The ban left CNN unable to fulfil its duties as Monday’s White House designated pool broadcaster. A coalition of four other networks – ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC, who with CNN form part of a “pool” which take turns providing television coverage of presidential events – said they would not cover events in solidarity with CNN.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/trump-tv-networks-white-house-pool-coverage Charges to be dropped against 5 pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford after mistrial =
The defendants — one current and four former Stanford students — were among thousands of demonstrators arrested on campuses nationwide in 2024 during protests over the Israel-Hamas war. Most criminal charges were dismissed, but the Stanford students went to trial in Santa Clara County.
https://apnews.com/article/stanford-propalestinian-protest-fc0522d837c5584d94d76a0508bb907e Key ally urges Trump to back US farmers amid anger over rising prices Republican senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa called on the US president to place an embargo on diesel exports this weekend and help farmers
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The Mary Wallopers’ ‘Paddywhackery’: an antidote against pessimism In a recent interview with Spill Magazine, Charles Hendy – founding member of the Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers – had this to say about creating folk music today: “People like to think folk music is really people just sitting around singing ‘Kumbaya’… The folk songs of antiquity up until now are not like that. Folk music is not meant to be soft. It is hard music. It is social, political and it is aggressive. We want to inject a bit of that into it.” Ironically, today it’s the leaders of the official ‘left’ who are doing little more than sitting around singing ‘Kumbaya’ while the world burns. The Mary Wallpapers, meanwhile, are releasing their third and best album to date, Paddywhackery. This album isn’t just a criticism of capitalism, but a powerful antidote against pessimism – a clarion call to the working class and the oppressed to recognise their collective power.
https://communist.red/the-mary-wallopers-paddywhackery-an-antidote-against-pessimism/ The Uprising Wastes a Good Class-Struggle Story In 1381, more than a hundred thousand poor English people rose up demanding an end to serfdom. During the uprising, they killed a coterie of hated government officials, and, in turn, the fourteen-year-old King Richard II massacred thousands of them. The best-remembered figure of the English Peasants’ Revolt is one of its leaders, John Ball, whose speeches and sermons captured the spirit of what would eventually, centuries later, develop into socialism. “When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?” he famously asked, meaning that in the Garden of Eden, the Bible’s first people labored only for their own sustenance, with no concepts of lords and serfs. As a socialist and fan of medieval period pieces, I was excited to see the new film The Uprising, which dramatizes the English Peasants’ Revolt and stars Andrew Garfield as a fed-up farmer-rebel. The subject matter has the makings of a thrilling class-struggle movie — and indeed, Garfield and director Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, two films in the Bourne trilogy, and Bloody Sunday) promoted the movie as a tale of resistance to oligarchy. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, “The Uprising feels strikingly of the moment. M
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Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans The Environmental Protection Agency rescinded the Solar for All funds in August 2025 after President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law passed in Congress a month earlier, with Administrator Lee Zeldin calling the Biden-era grant program a “boondoggle.”
https://apnews.com/article/climate-solar-for-all-trump-biden-lawsuit-0bae42fcf85906ea48ee0f6f4d6c83a9 Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs But it also gives Trump wide leeway over its implementation, including which countries could face tariffs, and which tariff rates could be imposed. It also gives the president sweeping discretion over whether sanctions provisions can be waived against certain countries. Controversially, it allows Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on buyers of Russian energy, including China, and on other countries that help Moscow to evade sanctions.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-signs-russia-sanctions-bill Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown The coordination largely took place on Sept. 12, the lawsuit argues, when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging for industrywide cooperation on decelerating advancements in favor of enhanced safety measures. That same day, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk and Google DeepMind’s co-founder and chair Demis Hassabis each publicly responded to Amodei’s proposals in agreement.
https://apnews.com/article/antitrust-lawsuit-ai-slowdown-anthropic-openai-spacexai-google-960af4308161eaf4ed13c383b0ce1c1b FBI warned immigration authorities about fake tradwife dating profiles The FBI’s Chicago field office distributed a memo in February warning the country’s law enforcement agencies that a small grou
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Iran says conditions to re-engage in talks, end war sent to US via Qatar “Our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds and an end to the naval blockade,” said Rezaei, who took over as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council about a month ago. “It is in Washington’s interest to accept these conditions. Trump’s threats will not achieve any results. We are prepared for a decisive war.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/iran-says-conditions-to-re-engage-in-talks-end-war-sent-to-us-via-qatar https://archive.ph/CSeRK Türkiye revokes Iranian Bank Mellat’s operating license after 44 years Bank Mellat is one of Iran’s major financial institutions, with about 47.9 quadrillion Iranian rials ($34.8 billion) in total assets as of March 2026, according to Iranian financial-data provider Shakhesban.Bank Mellat has faced sanctions and financial restrictions from the U.S., European Union, and U.K. over its alleged links to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. The U.S. Treasury first designated the bank in October 2007, accusing it of providing financial services to Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/business/turkiye-revokes-iranian-bank-mellats-operating-license-after-44-years-3228437?s=1 https://archive.ph/xuGxy Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport; Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital Reuters video and photographs showed a huge pillar of black smoke rising in the area, with the airport highway, main terminal building and other facilities in the foreground. At one point in the video, flames were visible rising from behind what appeared to be fuel tanks. The Houthis did not specify what they had targeted in Riyadh, but said they had also attacked an Aramco facility in the Red Sea city of Yanbu, a key Saudi oil export hub.
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Episode 578: X-Risk Premium (TrueAnon) X-Risk Premium: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join Liz to discuss their new book End Times Fascism And the Fight for the Living World. We get into billionaire escape plans, the promise of AI rapture, and why so many visions of paradise start with destroying the world.
https://www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/posts/episode-578-x-169798897 Dispatches from the West Bank: A Palestinian on What Is Happening to His Hometown of Beit Imrin In recent months, attacks against the village have intensified, making fear and caution part of everyday life. According to local and official reports, the attacks have included assaults on homes, the burning of vehicles, attempts to set homes on fire, physical assaults against residents, attacks on livestock and agricultural land, and restrictions on residents’ access to their lands. In one attack in April, settlers reportedly burned two vehicles and attempted to set a house on fire. The Palestinian Red Crescent treated seven people for suffocation and one person for burns. However, what is happening in Beit Imrin cannot be reduced to one or two isolated incidents. The repeated attacks are part of a broader reality placing increasing pressure on the village, particularly with the expansion of a settler outpost in and around the village’s lands. In March, the Commission for Colonization and Wall Resistance documented settlers entering the outskirts of the village with livestock and releasing them among homes and lands classified as Area A. The Commission reported that the village has been subjected to near-daily attacks, particularly following the establishment of a new settlement outpost on one of its hills.
https://www.leftvoice.org/west-bank-hometown-beit-imrin/ Something is rotten in the state of Ukraine Not that you would have heard about it in the western media, but Ukraine has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals reaching the highest echelons of law enforcement in the last few days. On Monday, 14 September, the Prosecutor General fled the country while filing criminal cases for corruption against the heads of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau
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The rich got richer in 2025. The poorest households? Not so much The topline income gains mask a widening divide. Since 1967, household income for the top has risen 121%, while growth for the bottom was 56%. This century alone, top earners saw 33% growth, while the bottom lagged at 8%. That means that for every dollar earned by the 10% at the top, the bottom 10% made eight cents in 2025, a number that has gone down from the 11 cents in 1967.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/09/18/poverty-data-census-bureau-2025/91762430007/ https://archive.ph/q955Y Biden-Appointed Judges Join Trump Nominee to Back CBP Phone Searches Writing for the majority, Judge Steven J. Menashi, the Trump appointee, said border agents can manually search a traveler's cellphone without obtaining a warrant or having individualized suspicion. The court, which includes Hector Gonzalez and Eunice C. Lee, both Biden appointees, ruled that cellphones can be treated as property for border searches, and therefore considered "routine" alongside other personal belongings such as suitcases and notebooks.
https://www.newsweek.com/court-appeals-border-patrol-phone-searches-first-amendment-12457796 https://archive.ph/giIym Working-Class Taxpayers Subsidize Billionaires’ Climate-Killing Private Jets: Report According to the report—which is co-authored by Chuck Collins, Omar Ocampo, Kalena Thomhave, and Emily Wagner—private jets and charter services account for roughly 16% of flight operations handled by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), while noncommercial private jets account for about 7% of airspace activity.
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South Korea will not send military to support US war on Iran, defying Trump pressure However, Lee added that he was reviewing whether to play a greater role in safeguarding navigation in the region. South Korea maintains a naval presence off the coast of Somalia as part of an anti-piracy mission. “[It] is also clear that we must do the minimum as other countries do to protect our commercial shipping and crude shipments, and also the safety of our people,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/south-korea-will-not-send-military-to-support-us-war-on-iran-defying-trump-pressure ‘I spend a bagful of money and don’t fill a bag’: the energy crisis hits Bangladesh An energy crisis paralysing the capital, Dhaka, a city of almost 40 million people, means this has become the only time when the piped gas supply is strong enough to allow cooking. The city now operates in darkness, as people try to continue their lives with power even in public areas shut off early in the evening to preserve energy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/i-spend-a-bagful-of-money-and-dont-fill-a-bag-the-energy-crisis-hits-bangladesh Unemployment in Argentina reaches 7.9%, highest level since 2021 The 7.9 percent unemployment figure represents jobless people available for work and actively seeking employment as a percentage of the economically active. According to the INDEC national statistics bureau, neither the employment nor unemployment figures registered significant variations from the same period last year but the 48.9 percentage for the economically active represents a statistically significant rise of 0.8 percentage points from the same quarter last year.
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Many of the “Michigan Jewish Dems” Backing Mike Rogers Are Actually Already Republican Supporters, Analysis Finds Over 400 alleged Michigan Jewish Democratic and independent voters signed a pledge in late August to vote for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, igniting a controversy and generating questions about whether Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed was losing critical support among a group that typically votes blue by about a 2:1 ratio. But a Drop Site review of signatories in the “Michigan Jews Against Extremism” campaign finds many of the Jewish community leaders involved have deep ties to the GOP, as well as to pro-Israel activist groups such as AIPAC. Nearly 50 were involved in a nearly identical gambit in 2012 that went by the name “Jews for Mitt.” Then-President Barack Obama, the group argued, was so “anti-Israel” that their consciences drove them to abandon the Democratic Party to support Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Among those who signed both the Romney and Rogers pledges are six members of the Schostaks, a politically powerful family behind a major Michigan development company. Bobby Schostak, the former head of the Michigan Republican Party, signed the Jews For Mitt pledge, but this time did not pretend to be a Democrat—he now serves as the Rogers campaign’s finance chair.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/michigan-jewish-democrats-mike-rogers NEIRLAY ANDRADE, member of the Communist Party of Venezuela’s political committee: Venezuela’s fight for sovereignty and independence On January 3 of this year, the US carried out a military assault against Venezuela and kidnapped the de facto President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, while indiscriminately murdering Venezuelan and Cuban personnel who were serving as presidential guards. The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) immediately condemned this action as an act of cowardly imperialist aggression, completely contrary to international law. Likewise, we denounce the absence of a military response by the Venezuelan state in defence of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which were violated by the attack by US military forces and the subsequent daily presence of foreign officers and troops on our territory. The Venezuelan people thus saw for themselves their vul
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Mounting calls for surprise billing fix divide Congress Americans for Fair Health Care, a group representing more than 70,000 providers, said insurers are committing a litany of abuses, including "depriving patients of access to in-network care by terminating provider contracts, slashing reimbursement, imposing patient cost sharing [and] denying NSA-covered services."
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/surprise-billing-congress-insurers-providers-premiums https://archive.ph/0G5vP UPS worker Paul Roberts killed on the job 13 days before retirement Paul Roberts, a 63-year-old UPS worker with 44 years of service, was struck and killed by a company vehicle while on duty at the company’s Customer Care Center in Earth City, Missouri, outside St. Louis, on the night of September 4. Roberts died at the scene. He was due to retire September 17, just 13 days later.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/16/fwep-s16.html Colorado mother, daughter homeless following eviction from low-income housing after both became students The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, or CHFA, oversees the program in Colorado, but residents are subject to specific federal eligibility rules. And for this mother and daughter, their troubles came from "the student status rule." A federal rule designed to keep low-income housing from being used as a dorm.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/mother-daughter-eviction-low-income-housing-students-colorado-housing/ People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
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Labour migration plunges 32pc amid shrinking job markets Labour migration from Bangladesh fell by 32 per cent in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period last year, as several potential destinations restricted or suspended recruitment of Bangladeshi workers. Laos recently suspended recruitment from Bangladesh, while labour migration to major destinations, including Oman, Bahrain, Malaysia, Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates, has declined or remained suspended since 2018.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/314290/labour-migration-plunges-32pc-amid-shrinking-job-markets India-Pakistan navy ship collision sparks alarm over unintended escalation So far, details of what happened remain disputed. Neither government has released video, track data or an independent account – and each statement places the blame on the other’s vessel. But analysts say it underscored the risks of unintended incidents in the seas that could potentially escalate into broader crises, when India and Pakistan have few military and diplomatic mechanisms left in place to defuse tensions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/17/india-pakistan-navy-ship-collision-sparks-alarm-over-unintended-escalation https://archive.ph/GMFuL Pakistan says time has come to implement Mecca defence pact “Makkah Agreement applies to us, and we will fulfil our duty,” said Asif without elaborating on what Pakistan may do. Houthi officials have denied targeting the holy city. "Our operations target its [Saudi] oil facilities and military bases, which are far removed from the sacred sites," Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said.
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Communist Party of Greece (KKE) strongly condemns release of Golden Dawn neo-Nazi Kasidiaris The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has strongly condemned the release from prison of Ilias Kasidiaris, a former leading member of the Nazi criminal organization Golden Dawn, describing the decision as a “provocation” against the organization’s victims, their families and the working people who fought for its conviction. Kasidiaris’ release follows that of almost the entire former leadership of Golden Dawn, which was convicted in 2020 of operating as a criminal organization. In its statement, the KKE also denounced what it called the “crocodile tears” of Greece’s establishment parties. It held both the current conservative New Democracy government and the previous SYRIZA government responsible for the lengthy judicial proceedings, noting that the case took 11 years to reach its present stage and has still not been concluded irrevocably. According to the KKE, this situation could be exploited by Kasidiaris in an attempt to stand in future elections.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/09/communist-party-of-greece-kke-strongly-condemns-release-of-golden-dawn-neo-nazi-kasidiaris.html Deregulation, Not Data Centers, Broke the Grid The public attribution of blame for rising electricity costs is half right. Data centers are indeed driving the first sustained surge in American electricity demand in more than a generation. But the historical record shows that electricity demand — what the industry calls “load” — has grown this quickly before without pushing prices up. What is different this time is not the load itself but the fact that it is landing on deregulated electricity markets that were never built to absorb growth. Today, about a third of US retail electricity sales are in deregulated markets; the rest are served by traditional regulated utilities. That institutional variation — the same load growth running through two different market structures at the same time — is why economists can compare the bills.
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Long-shot push for AI 'kill switch' bill fails in the Senate The bill failed after Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, offered the legislation on Sept. 16 via unanimous consent, meaning all 100 senators needed to agree to the measure. Kennedy said his bill wouldn’t put the federal government in charge of any kill switches, but would require developers to create their own mechanisms, which he likened to an "emergency shutoff."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/16/ai-kill-switch-bill-fails-senate-john-kennedy/91797861007/ https://archive.ph/rkosu Fossil Fuel Advertising Contracts Hit Record High as Big Oil Pockets Billions From Iran War A report published by Clean Creatives on Wednesday reveals that fossil fuel firms across the world have “engaged 802 advertising and PR agencies to shape corporate and public opinion about their products and services,” over the last two years.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/abortion-ban-in-texas Tennessee woman sues Fargo, city detective over AI-aided arrest In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Angela Lipps alleged five counts against the City of Fargo and Detective Lucas Heck, including violation of her civil rights and malicious prosecution. The city has been preparing for a lawsuit from Lipps, according to reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/16/angela-lipps-sues-fargo-over-ai-aided-arrest https://archive.ph/4g7SH Karen Bass’ allies are starting to worry: ‘The energy is with Nithya’ Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 9/16/26 News Anon 3.0 16-09-26 23:13:11 No. 2914523 [Reply]
Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report says The annual report by environmental and human rights advocacy group Global Witness documented 105 killings in Latin America in 2025. Colombia was the deadliest country for the fourth consecutive year, with 39 killings, followed by Brazil with 26. Honduras and the Philippines recorded 12 each.
https://apnews.com/article/environmental-defenders-killings-global-witness-colombia-brazil-2e48546eb027159d2bbabc6a4f40e648 USDA to Boost Food Exports to Venezuela as Local Campesinos Protest Unfair Competition The Agriculture Department also announced that it will lift restrictions to allow foreign banks to back Venezuela-related transactions. … Protesters complained that imports from countries where food production is subsidized, including the US, create unfair competition and risk driving Venezuelan campesinos bankrupt. The latest mobilization was sparked by the reported arrival of a shipment of 355 thousand tons of rice, more than half of the Venezuelan production in 2025.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/usda-to-boost-food-exports-to-venezuela-as-local-campesinos-protest-unfair-competition/ Argentine judge orders suspension of Falklands oil project The plaintiffs sought to block Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum from the so-called Sea Lion oil field, located about 220 kilometers (137 miles) from the islands. The judge ordered the companies to "refrain from initiating, pursuing, carrying out or having carried out any material actions" that would involve drilling, installing infrastructure or extracting hydrocarbons, according to a ruling seen by AFP.
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The Death of David Cobb and the Green Party There is no denying that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have accomplished in one decade that which Greens have not in the thirty years since Ralph Nader ran his first limited test campaign for president on the Green ticket in 1996. First, in the immediate sense, Cobb’s anti-confrontational stance made it possible for the Democrats to campaign using a right-wing argument, that Kerry would be a more competent Commander-in-Chief in Iraq as opposed to pursuing immediate withdrawal. If Kerry had a viable opposition from the Left vocalizing immediate withdrawal of military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, it could have easily reshaped the national dialogue and ended those two abysmal quagmires more than ten years earlier. Kerry’s preposterous hawkishness on Iraq made him the perfect target for Karl Rove and the Swift-boat Veterans controversy where fellow Vietnam GIs publicly accused him of cowardice. In this sense, Kerry’s campaign pulled the entire party rightward, something that became increasingly evident during the first term of the Obama administration.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/15/the-death-of-david-cobb-and-the-green-party/ Russian Elites Are Fighting for Unchecked Power Ignoring a problem is rarely enough to make it go away. Take civilizationism, an approach based on shared culture taken to the level of civilizational identity. Also called civilizationalism, the idea has been around for centuries and has quietly inspired many conflicts. Overshadowed briefly by Cold War ideological conflict, it resurfaced in the 1990s when political scientist Samuel Huntington famously proposed a coming “clash of civilizations,” in contrast to his student Francis Fukuyama’s suggestion of the “end of history.” Huntington’s thesis was heavily criticized in mainstream academia, partly due to his Orientalism and racialized stereotyping. Still, it had its political impact, even beyond Huntington’s own homeland. After Russia’s conservative turn in 2012, President Vladimir Putin started to call his country a “civilization state,” and the civilizational framing later became central to Putin’s speeches. Similar civilization talk has since spread everywhere from Narendra Modi’s India to Donald Trump’s Ameri
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3M, DuPont and more to face lawsuit on Pfas in US firefighters’ protective gear Lawyers for 13 firefighter union organizations and 12 individual firefighters said “turnout gear” that shields against extreme heat and flames leached the chemicals through absorption into skin, ingestion and inhalation. They have called the proposed class action the first to exclusively target firefighter gear containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or Pfas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/connecticut-firefighters-pfas-lawsuit Hundreds of Groups and Lawmakers Demand Trump Not Give Private Developer Part of Yosemite The Washington Sun—formerly known as NOTUS—revealed late last month that federal staffers were under political pressure to keep working on a possible land swap for a quarter-mile strip of the famed park with “a company that, through a web of limited liability companies, is operated by real-estate developer and investment firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-yosemite He Was Banned From Police Work In California But Hired In Honolulu The case illustrates the blind spots that persist in vetting law enforcement applicants in Hawaiʻi. Even during what Denton described as a “very thorough background check,” the office’s investigators did not have access to his personnel records and relied instead on references from three former supervisors including two from the San Francisco department. All of those were outstanding, she said.
https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-officer-banned-hired-investigator-honolulu-cc254b24c54b15f5152a8def8241e913 Senate moves forward with college sports bill The Protect College Sports Act would establish protections for name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation, guardrails for school revenue sharing with student-athletes, along with rules for transfers, eligibility and recruitment. It has been championed by Commerce panel chair
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High fuel prices challenge the German government Drivers are angry. While it's possible to use public transportation in large cities, residents of rural areas have hardly any realistic alternative to driving. Those living in regions near national borders have an advantage. On September 7, filling up a 60-liter tank with E10 gasoline cost about €31 less in the Czech Republic and Poland than in Germany. In Luxembourg, the difference was €28, and in Austria, €25. These figures were calculated by the Federal Statistical Office.
https://www.dw.com/en/high-fuel-prices-challenge-the-german-government/a-79282456 https://archive.ph/e1RVo From defending students’ rights to an ‘informal chat’ with the Security Service of Ukraine – all it takes is one protest: What is happening to Priama Diia? At the heart of this story is a broader conflict that extends well beyond a single criminal case. Priama Diia openly identifies as a left-wing union. Meanwhile, its opponents label the activists “communists” and “radical leftists”, questioning their support for Ukraine. The organisation’s members believe these labels offer a convenient way to discredit their work. They also view a series of encounters with law enforcement officers in different cities as a broader pattern of pressure. The Human Rights Centre ZMINA has previously documented some of these incidents.
https://zmina.info/en/articles-en/from-defending-students-rights-to-an-informal-chat-with-the-security-service-of-ukraine-all-it-takes-is-one-protest-what-is-happening-to-priama-diia/ George Galloway to Stand in Byelection in Attempt to Defeat Green Leader George Galloway has signalled his intention to come out of self-imposed exile in Russia in order to oppose Green leader Zack Polanski in the byelection for Keir Starmer’s former seat. … Galloway framed his candidacy as a direct challenge to Polanski. Speaking on his talk show, Galloway cited Polanki’s support for
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Promises, Promises: AOC, Israel, and the DSA Eager to maintain her image as a left populist as well as the patina of democratic socialism that comes with a DSA endorsement, AOC is changing her tune. After eight years of supporting Israel, she has now vowed to oppose all military funding to the country and promised to oppose any legislation that equates ant-Zionism with antisemitism. But her newfound political clarity on the state of Israel is too little too late. In fact, even a cursory reading of her public statement shows that she is — as the soviets used to say — trying to sit on two chairs with one ass. AOC wants to signal to the DSA that she is willing to vote against additional funding for the Iron Dome while still making it clear to her Democratic colleagues that she supports the defense of Israel and the Zionist and imperialist project the missile system helps to maintain.
https://www.leftvoice.org/promises-promises-aoc-israel-and-the-dsa/ Erik Houdini:Butt-Rock Hauntology, Nu Metal Nostalgia Why are right-wing accounts suddenly nostalgic for Puddle of Mudd, one of the worst bands of the 2000s? This essay explores how the reactionary longing for a "pure" white rock past erases nu-metal's true multiracial, working-class roots. Hauntology is the anti-nostalgia because it is predicated on examining what was lost by past futures, not envisioning the past as a superior future. Are we nostalgic about nu-metal? Or do we see the multi-racial working class background of the artists who produced it, along with its current revival, as producing insights into a future that never came? It seems like a pseudo-intellectual difference, but you can see how it manifests within the discourse. That’s the thing with nostalgia. It is typically framed as a look at what they took from you, but seldom is "they" defined, and it is predicated on an idea that the past was more pure than the present or the future could ever be. It is deeply anti-material, acting on a baseline emotion that capitalism causes. When you participate in the capitalist economy, you cannot help but feel despair for this reality we are forced to drudge through. When you were a child in 1996 and someone bought you an N64 and Ocarina of Time, you were not aware that the climate was collapsing or that most species
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Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University for showing 'deliberate indifference' to pro-Palestinian students Khalil claims Columbia failed to respond to persistent and severe harassment those students allegedly encountered because of their advocacy, despite repeatedly asking Columbia administrators for help in the days and weeks preceding his March 2025 arrest by ICE agents.
https://abcnews.com/US/mahmoud-khalil-sues-columbia-university-showing-deliberate-indifference/story?id=136427312 https://archive.ph/YBSJR ‘Proven Leaders and Voices of Clarity’: Progressives Urge Ocasio-Cortez and Khanna to Enter 2028 Presidential Race =
Two progressive advocacy organizations Monday called on Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to enter the 2028 presidential race, singling them out as “proven leaders and voices of clarity.” Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and RootsAction announced an initiative aimed at lobbying the two congressional progressives to put their hats in the ring for the presidency, arguing they offer a much-needed alternative to establishment Democrats too eager to do the bidding of corporate interests.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-ro-khanna-2028 Pay Pal Founding Board Member Earmarks $40 Million To Hit Back Against DSA Make Liberty Win noted that “self-proclaimed socialists” are running for public office and winning within the Democratic Party, as was the case with New York’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The campaign aims to mobilize young and college-aged activists to knock on the doors of more than 2 million voters in key states.
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Labour told to scrap 50% strike ballot and link to e-balloting NASUWT general secretary Matt Wrack said if the 50 per cent threshold applied in public elections, many of the current cabinet would not be in Parliament, telling delegates in Brighton that it was “scandalous” that Britain was in breach of various International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on industrial action.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-told-scrap-50-strike-ballot-and-link-e-balloting Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+ and HIV support groups Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced on social media that the investigation into 162 suspects, nine associations and 13 businesses was to “protect children, the institution of the family, and public order” in line with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year executive order relating to families and children.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-lgbtq-hiv-crackdown-c782f5318613126fe072d29133e6bf5d Finland shelters under French nuclear umbrella amid Russian, US uncertainty The announcement came as part of a new strategic partnership between Finland and France, formalised by the countries’ foreign ministers in Helsinki on Monday. Finland becomes the 10th European country to join the French initiative, which comes as Russia is viewed as a growing threat and increasing concern over the commitment of the United States to help protect the continent.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/14/finland-shelters-under-french-nuclear-umbrella-amid-russian-us-uncertainty https://archive.ph/b4sD3 Sweden’s political parties launch coalition talks as both blocs try to secure power Sweden’s political parties have launched coalition negotiations as the Social Democrats leader, Magdalena Andersson, started the long and difficult process of trying to form a new government
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’ Interview by Zoe Williams The World Economic Forum get-together in Davos, Switzerland, has always had a twin purpose – to provide a platform for the super-rich to describe all the good they are doing on poverty and climate, and to give us a glimpse into their enviable lives. This year what we witnessed was, quite brazenly, the world’s richest men gathering to discuss the real estate possibilities of a mass grave. At that same Davos, Donald Trump announced his Board of Peace for the reconstruction of Gaza – it has delivered nothing substantial in the seven months since, but more significantly, Klein says, “we’re being hit with so many extraordinary events that it’s hard to hold on to what a big deal it is: they have announced a privatised United Nations”. “I think we understand that wealth compounds, right? Certainly rich people understand that wealth compounds,” Klein continues, speaking to me from her peaceful, roomy study in British Columbia. “But I don’t feel like we spend a lot of time really thinking about the implications of what it means for that much wealth to be compounded, and what that does psychologically. Part of the new shamelessness we’re seeing is just what happens when this amount of financial, mediagenic, technological and military weaponry is concentrated in the hands of this very small, unaccountable group of people. They stop trying to seduce us in any way.”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist The Tragic Events in Chile: A Lesson for the Revolutionaries of the Whole World by ENVER HOXHA In Chile it was believed that the relatively old-established democratic traditions, parliament, the legal activity of political parties, the existence of a free press, etc., were an insurmountable obstacle to any reactionary force which might attempt to seize power by violence. The reality, however, proved the opposite. The coup d’état of the rightist forces proved that the bourgeoisie will tolerate certain freedoms just so long as its essential interests are not affected, but when it sees that these interests are threatened, it
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DOJ went after protesters for felony assault, but juries, judges were unconvinced, AP analysis finds The dismal record has raised questions about rushed investigations and aggressive charging tactics by prosecutors under pressure to show the Trump administration is cracking down on people who assault law enforcement. It comes as the Justice Department is facing broader setbacks in politically charged investigations, with grand juries repeatedly refusing to return indictments and trial juries granting acquittals.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-prosecutions-doj-arrests-54db940f84a0e89c61ba53a2eed43a25 Mississippi police say more arrests to come in death of woman found hanging from tree Police sought and found Jarques Ratliff, 51, who is Black, and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street, authorities said on Friday. Jackson’s police chief, RaShall Brackney, also said on Friday that additional arrests are expected in the case. Ratliff should appear in Jackson municipal court no later than Monday morning, said André de Gruy, Mississippi’s state defender.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/mississippi-police-arrests-tasia-fortune-death-tree Jewish institutions' security spending in U.S. tops $1 billion Synagogues are increasingly moving beyond security guards and cameras to layered, year-round systems that include hardened entrances, trained congregants as security personnel and coordination with police. More than 7,100 volunteers now help protect more than 500 synagogues and events each week, according to Community Security Service (CSS), a nonprofit that now protects more than 500 synagogues across the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/12/jewish-security-spending-holy-days https://archive.ph/xa0fv Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who wrongly checked ‘ Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 9/12/26 News Anon 3.0 12-09-26 22:31:56 No. 2912134 [Reply]
Turkish government escalates its offensive of wage suppression and austerity The Medium-Term Programme (MTP), which sets out the Turkish government’s economic targets for 2027–2029, came into force on September 6, 2026, upon its publication in the Official Gazette with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Presented by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz in the language of “macroeconomic stability” and “fiscal discipline,” the document is an austerity programme drawn up in line with the needs of the Turkish bourgeoisie and international capital.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/11/zzdw-s11.html Prison riot fire in Kurdish-majority town kills at least seven in Syria Violence erupted in the town this week as residents protested over the killing of Sami Shekhmous Hiso, a former Kurdish fighter. Hiso, also known as Sepan, was reportedly kidnapped before his body was returned with bullet wounds on Thursday in the northeastern Hasakeh province. "Seven prisoners have died, and dozens were injured" at Kobane prison, state television reported.
https://www.newarab.com/news/prison-riot-fire-kurdish-majority-town-kills-least-seven-syria Trump says Houthis asked US not to intervene in Yemen The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Yemen’s Houthis asked the United States not to intervene in their spiralling conflict in Yemen with Saudi Arabia. m“The Houthis called us, and they let us know that they don't want to fight with us. They don't want me to go after them,” he said. Trump added that the Houthis are allowing most of the ships through and that there’s just “one country that they’re not too happy with”, promising to “get that straightened out”.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-says-houthis-asked-us-not-intervene-yemen Saudi Arabia shuts down key oil pipeline, blaming drones from Iraq Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline, accusing militants in Iraq of launching drone attacks on the export r
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Salvador Allende: Last Words to the Nation My friends,
Surely this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air Force has bombed the towers of Radio Portales and Radio Corporación. My words do not have bitterness but disappointment. May they be a moral punishment for those who have betrayed their oath: soldiers of Chile, titular commanders in chief, Admiral Merino, who has designated himself Commander of the Navy, and Mr. Mendoza, the despicable general who only yesterday pledged his fidelity and loyalty to the Government, and who also has appointed himself Chief of the Carabineros [national police]. Given these facts, the only thing left for me is to say to workers: I am not going to resign! Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life. And I say to them that I am certain that the seed which we have planted in the good conscience of thousands and thousands of Chileans will not be shriveled forever. They have strength and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested neither by crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/allende/1973/september/11.htm The other September 11: Chile, Allende and the myth of the “peaceful road” to Socialism By Nikos Mottas Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism More than half a century later, the Chilean coup remains one of the clearest historical examples of how far imperialism and the bourgeoisie are prepared to go when their class interests and political power are threatened. Its lessons acquire renewed significance today, at a time when the United States is once again openly reinforcing its political, military and economic presence throughout Latin America, seeking to secure markets, strategic resources, alliances and geopolitical influence across the continent. The experience of 1973 therefore cannot be treated merely as a dark chapter of the past. It belongs directly to the political struggles of the present. We will not dwell here on the criminal role of the United States and the CIA in the overthrow of Allende’s democratically elected government. This has been extensively documented. The more important issue is what Chile teaches us about the so-called “peaceful transition” to socialism or, in other w
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House tees up pre-election vote on curbing data center power bills The bipartisan bill, which will be brought up under suspension, would require state utility regulators to consider rules making data centers cover some of the costs of new power generation.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/10/house-republicans-data-center-power-bills-ai https://archive.ph/wzGp3 U.S. officials declare an end to record-setting cyclospora outbreak, but its origin is still unknown Even with the outbreak deemed over, several questions remain, including about its origin. The parasite is spread through human feces, and it still isn't clear how sewage could have contaminated enough food to sicken so many people.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/u-s-officials-declare-an-end-to-record-setting-cyclospora-outbreak-but-its-origin-is-still-unknown https://archive.ph/VMqTv New police arrests, firings for Flock misuse after our investigation A USA TODAY analysis of publicly released Flock audit logs found that Crutchfield used the service to search a woman’s license plate at least 189 times over eight months in 2025. Days after a USA TODAY reporter called her, the woman filed a petition in St. Lucie County court for a protection order against Crutchfield for stalking.
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Serbian Student Movement Launches Election Campaign with Rally in Novi Sad During the rally, the students presented some of the candidates who will feature on their parliamentary candidate list. Those introduced included President of the Judicial Power Trade Union, Nemanja Duric, Novi Sad cardiologist and Medical Faculty lecturer Ilija Srdanovic, Sombor Faculty of Education lecturer Ljubica Oparnica, and Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy lecturer Jovo Bakic. Other candidates presented were Belgrade Faculty of Chemistry lecturer Radomir Saicic, Novi Pazar political scientist Adem Mavric, and actor Tihomir Stanic.
https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/1201909-serbian-student-movement-launches-election-campaign-with-rally-in-novi-sad https://archive.ph/psYbz Anti-racists to march in Portsmouth on Saturday, six days after far-right intimidation of refugees SUTR anti-fascist officer Lewis Nielsen called recent anti-migrant protests seen in Portsmouth and Dover a “watershed moment,” asking members of the public to join their counter demo at 12pm tomorrow in the coastal city at All Saints Car Park, Church Street.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/anti-racists-will-march-portsmouth-saturday-six-days-after-hundreds-far-right Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Live-streaming his adventure to an audience on YouTube, he jumped over fences, making up for a lack of athleticism with a wild-eyed sense of urgency and determination. “If we’re being sick by the time we get there, we’re being sick – let’s go,” he said, panting as he ran. He encouraged both those he encountered in the street and those watching – “every man and his dog” – to join him. By the end of the night, around 200 people had gathered around the harbour, some wearing masks, confronting riot police in order to stop the arrival of 120 people who had been travelling to the UK in a single dinghy.
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Letters: AI ‘lawyers’, broadband blackspots, cultural hubs under threat, and more After many hard fought class battles, the workers of Britain are – on paper – supposedly owed many benefits and protections against their employers. But the class struggle never ends. By constructing an intentionally Byzantine bureaucracy, the ruling class has prevented exhausted, confused British workers from claiming up to £20 billion in benefits they are owed each year. But now the British state is facing a deluge of claims and appeals which are successfully navigating this obtuse and hostile system – and they are being written using AI! Artificial intelligence can do what workers have for years lacked the time, energy, and resources for: to claim the benefits they are owed, and to file against their employers for unlawful sackings. In front of every hard-won right is a swathe of near-insurmountable bureaucratic barriers to ensure they are never claimed. Supposedly, we all have the same rights under capitalism – the right to hire the best lawyers for tens of thousands of pounds!
https://communist.red/letters-ai-lawyers-broadband-blackspots-cultural-hubs-under-threat-and-more/ Chile – Anti-Imperialist Front: 53 Years Since the CIA-directed Coup d’État This September 11th marks 53 years since the CIA-directed coup d’État—that is, the coup orchestrated by Yankee imperialism through the fascist military junta. It may seem like a long time, but even today, in numerous towns and cities across Chile, young people and large groups gather year after year to protest on September 11. Chile is a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. Imperialist oppression, mainly Yankee, grips our nation, allowing only formal independence and fostering a backward form of capitalism tied to the interests of the great powers, known as Bureaucratic Capitalism, typical of semi-feudal countries. The imperialists are the ventriloquists or puppeteers and the “presidents” are their puppets who, as such, decide very little, acting according to the commands of their masters. Allende’s administration sought to ride two horses at once. On the one hand, it sought to “nationalize” the mining industry by paying millions in compensation to Yankee imperialism, thereby consolidating its position
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GOP uses 9/11 anniversary to bash left-wing Dems Rogers aims to contrast El-Sayed's relationship with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker — who said in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11" (a comment Piker now disavows) — with Rogers' own background as an FBI agent, according to a person familiar with his prepared remarks.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/10/gop-sept11-midterms-democrats https://archive.ph/GGZ0c Trump promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans keep control of the U.S. House and Senate after the midterm elections. "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000," Trump told the crowd at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. "It will be called the Trump dividend."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-promised-5000-checks-if-republicans-win-the-midterms-how-would-that-work Trump lost 23 legal battles over voter data. Now DOJ is demanding election officials hand it over After 23 straight losses in court, the Justice Department is now sending threatening letters to election officials, warning states that they are “currently under investigation” and subject to “ongoing litigation” for access to records related to the 2024 election.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-voter-data-letter-election-lawsuits-b3048223.html Bernie Sanders-endorsed challenger defeats Providence mayor in a Democratic primary Morales tapped into the progressive energy that has fueled a slew of challenges to incumbents this election cycle up and down the ballot. His platform included proposals to cap rent hikes, expand affordable housing and increase taxes on polluters and corporate landlords. Morales cast Smiley as not being up to the task
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Chile Coup Memorial March: Powerful Rally Condemns Kast’s Cuts on 53rd Anniversary A Chile coup memorial march brought thousands of people to the streets of Santiago on Sunday, September 6, as organizations commemorated the 53rd anniversary of the September 11, 1973 coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende. The demonstration, which advanced toward the General Cemetery, was marked by strong denunciations of policies under President José Antonio Kast, particularly regarding cuts to public funding for memory and human rights institutions.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/chile-coup-memorial-march/ Debt piles up for young Argentines, testing support for President Milei Nearly half of Argentina’s 45 million people owe money, and more than 5 million are behind on payments, according to the Center for City Studies, an Argentine nonprofit that tracks debt using central bank data. Borrowers under 25 have the highest delinquency rate of any age group, at 37.6%. “There’s hardly any work for anyone in this country right now,” said Taborda, who borrowed the equivalent of just over $100 through a mobile payment app in 2024 for education expenses. His debt swelled tenfold as interest accrued on missed payments. Forced to rely on others, he said, “You start to feel like a parasite.”
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-debt-economic-libertarian-market-reforms-1b8e2859a012b7c3fa50981c78764b4b Spain’s top court suspends voting rights for some descendants of Civil War exiles The Supreme Court has partially granted the preliminary injunction requested by the political movement Iustitia Europa and the far-right party Vox in separate appeals against a decision by the Central Electoral Board, which on July 16 stated that it could not reject the admission of mail-in ballots from these individuals abroad because doing so exceeded its authority.
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Mass Arrests in Jakarta According to the information currently available, 322 protesters were detained by the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) in connection with the demonstration on 27-28 August 2026. Of those detained, 273 people have been released, while 49 people remain in custody. Of the 49 people still detained, 44 are adults and 5 are minors. The legal status of each detainee should be made transparent, including the grounds for detention, the charges brought against them, and their access to legal assistance and representation. At the same time, serious questions remain regarding the alleged involvement of mass organizations or groups seen wearing white headbands in the incident that resulted in the death of Bambang Setiyawan. If evidence indicates their involvement in violence, all parties implicated should be investigated through a transparent, independent, and impartial legal process. It is unacceptable for law enforcement to take harsh measures against protesters while other parties allegedly involved in violence are not subjected to equally serious investigation. The law must apply equally to everyone, regardless of political affiliation, organizational membership, clothing, social status, or position.
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2026/09/03/mass-arrests-in-jakarta/ KKE on AfD surge in Germany: Capitalist exploitation and imperialist rivalries fuel the far-right “The attack on workers’ and people’s rights by the bourgeois political forces — liberals, social democrats, the pseudo-‘left’ and others — the sharpening social contradictions in every country on the terrain of capitalist exploitation and imperialist rivalries, combined with the absence of a strong, class-oriented labour and communist movement, are the factors that, in Germany and elsewhere, are ‘pushing’ disappointed sections of the people into the nets of far-right and supposedly ‘anti-system’ populism. Moreover, under conditions of preparation for war, such forces become even more useful to the system, sowing the poison of racism and nationalism among workers and the peoples, so that the main culprit remains untouched: the dominant anti-people policy, the EU of capital and war, and the capitalist system itself.
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NASA Map Shows Impact of Water Crisis on Tens of Thousands of Puerto Ricans Meteorologist Wright told Newsweek that the latest drought situation in Puerto Rico is “definitely one of the fastest onsets.” He noted that just three months ago, only about a third of Puerto Rico was considered “abnormally dry,” whereas around 40 percent is now classified as being in extreme drought. According to Wright, “the recent spike is the most dramatic.” A new analysis report prepared for Newsweek by geoscientist Elena Maksimovich, CTO and head of climate data at Everloop, a sustainability and climate-risk consultancy, found that the summer of 2026 in Puerto Rico was exceptionally dry, though not unprecedented.
https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-map-shows-puerto-rico-extreme-severe-drought-conditions-12412340 https://archive.ph/OBVGz New lawsuit filed against Cesar Chavez, alleging sexual assault, union cover up The lawsuit revolves around an 86-year-old woman named only as Jane Doe suing the Cesar Chavez Foundation, the late labor leader’s estate and the United Farm Workers Foundation, saying Chavez raped her in 1973. The woman, who now lives in San Bernadino County according to the suit, is suing the three entities for negligence, negligent supervision, negligent infliction of emotional stress, sexual harassment, violation of Bane Act and the violating of Unruh Act.
https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/new-lawsuit-filed-against-cesar-chavez-alleging-sexual-assault-union-cover-up/ https://archive.ph/fbcL5 Teachers union reaches AI privacy deal with Microsoft The AI privacy standard consists of 10 legally enforceable protections, including an agreement by the tech giant to not use student or teacher data to train or improve an AI model, with the exception of “narrow safety and security” circumstances, according to a Microsoft fact sheet shared with POLITICO.
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Australian state Labor government announces more police-state laws Under the latest wave of new laws, police will be able to forcibly seize and access mobile phones to download all their data and open encrypted messages, even previously deleted material going back for years. NSW police will be able to compel access to citizens’ phones during arrests, roadside stops and other detentions. Full details are yet to be tabled. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the measures, combined with new digital forensic capabilities, would “give police the ability to crack encrypted devices and uncover evidence.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/09/cxya-s09.html Home Minister Sudhan Gurung Shares Stage with Controversial Religious Figures Police investigation has shown that Shriniwas arranged for a गोली (bullet) to be fired at himself in Jatuwa, Biratnagar in Ashad 2075. The police investigation concluded that he arranged for the shooting himself with the aim of disrupting religious tolerance. However, Shriniwas has denied the police investigation. Police investigated after he was shot in Jatuwa, Biratnagar on the morning of Chaitra 25, 2074. The police arrested him at Tribhuvan Airport in Baishakh 2076 and filed a case. The case against him is sub judice. He has been running a 'Hindu State Campaign' for the last 20 years.
https://english.ratopati.com/story/78535/good-governance-gossip-by-keeping-the-accused-together Japanese yen turbulence continues to threaten global financial markets The issue of the yen’s value started to come into greater international prominence earlier this year as it continued to fall against the dollar. This was despite threats from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama that they would intervene against short sellers—those who seek to profit from a further decline—and boost its value.
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Germany’s Far Right Is Close to Power. Appeals to “Defend Democracy” Won’t Stop It. One possibility is that a few Christian Democrats (CDU) who sympathize with the AfD and want nothing to do with Die Linke might switch sides. With its 17.2 percent share, the CDU’s ability to bring people together seems to have hit a low point. Alternatively, the BSW, on 5.3 percent, could be key. Whether BSW will support the AfD, as feared by the anti-AfD camp, or simply cost Siegmund his outright majority (as the AfD itself warned before the election) remains to be seen. Die Linke did a lot worse than polls suggested, on 8.6 percent; the Social Democrats (SPD) did slightly better with 9.3 percent; and the Greens did significantly better with 8.9 percent. If the Greens had failed to win any seats, as seemed possible, the AfD would likely have secured an absolute majority. Groups advocating tactical voting will likely interpret this outcome as validation of their efforts. Yet this overlooks the main consequence of this politics of interchangeability within the “democratic camp.” For it is made up of four weak parties that, taken together, are barely as strong as the AfD alone. The fact that this kind of “defense of democracy” is close to bankruptcy is evident from what “democracy” is being defended against here. For this election saw a near-absolute majority, a record voter turnout of 76 percent, and an enormous mobilization of previous nonvoters, the vast majority of whom went to the AfD.
https://jacobin.com/2026/09/afd-saxony-anhalt-election-nonvoters-left The Imperialist Owl: Duolingo is Sanctioning Iranians Duolingo’s green owl has become one of the most recognizable corporate mascots on the planet. It sends reminders, guilt-trips users over their streaks, and sells itself as a cheerful gateway to language learning across borders. But for Iranians, the owl now speaks the language of U.S. imperialism. As of September 1, Duolingo’s English Test is unavailable not only inside Iran but reportedly to people using Iranian identity documents anywhere in the world. Iranian students seeking admission, scholarships, visas, or a path into international education are being made to pay for Washington’s sanctions regime. Duolingo’s corporate restriction follows the suspension of a U.S. Treas
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NYC officials release unseen 9/11 documents about air quality following the attacks "The very least our city owes the families, survivors and first responders whose lives were forever changed by the September 11th attacks is transparency and accountability," Mamdani said. "For too long, New Yorkers have had to fight for access to records that should have been available to them in the first place. This portal is part of our administration's enduring commitment to honor those we lost, care for those living with lasting health consequences, and give thousands of New Yorkers the answer they've been asking for."
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/9-11-air-quality-documents-records-nyc/ SEC wants to end pay-to-play prohibition for private equity The Trump administration is seeking to rescind a rule that was put in place to stop private equity funds from bribing public officials, following a raft of pay-to-play scandals. The Securities and Exchange Commission claims that the Rule 206(4)-5 of the Investment Advisers Act stifles "free speech" and had too many unintended consequences.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/08/sec-pay-to-play-private-equity https://archive.ph/BUd4Y Connecticut towns are installing license plate reading cameras on school buses More than half a dozen towns — including Vernon, Bridgeport, Danbury, Shelton, Stratford, North Haven and New Haven — have contracted with a company called BusPatrol, which installs the technology on the towns’ bus fleets, then uses it to gather footage of any motorist passing a bus that’s displaying flashing red signal lights. The company’s technicians log the events and provide the recordings to local law enforcement.
https://apnews.com/article/license-plate-readers-school-buses-connecticut-43e4546bb39afc677c671c4916be98e6 1,300 casino workers strike Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor As of Monday
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Houthis strike Saudi Arabian cities in significant expansion of Middle East war Saudi Arabia said it would retaliate after the overnight strikes – reportedly involving dozens of drones and missiles – that targeted several oil facilities in the country’s south. The country would “take all necessary measures to defend its sovereignty”, a foreign ministry statement said, demanding a halt to the Houthi strikes on Saudi territory and oil tankers in the Red Sea.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/houthi-strike-saudi-arabia-oil-facilities-middle-east-war-iran Netanyahu ‘Was Warned Ahead of 7 October but Failed to Act’ The investigation, published by Haaretz on Tuesday, claims that UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed told the Israeli prime minister by phone that the armed group was “preparing for a major event”. Netanyahu did not tell intelligence and military leaders about the conversation, according to the report, which cites unnamed senior foreign sources and a close adviser to bin Zayed who was present on the call.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/08/netanyahu-was-warned-ahead-of-october-7-but-failed-to-act/ Israel bans 11 British MPs and announces closure of UK consulate in East Jerusalem On Tuesday the British government recognised the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, declared the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and announced both comprehensive sanctions on Israeli settlements and a ban on all arms licences and other exports that "materially contribute to the occupation". France and Canada will also ban trade in settlement goods today, marking a significant diplomatic victory for the British government.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-lashes-out-uk-sanctions-and-announces-consulate-closure Up to 100,000 job placements for Neets under DWP retailers’ scheme Usdaw general secretary Joanne Thomas
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Life Under Blockade: an Interview with Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez In Havana in August 2026, Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau interviewed Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, for Cuba Analysis Podcast. Produced in collaboration with Belly of the Beast Cuba, the full episode is available via their channels and website. Below we publish a transcript of the interview.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/07/life-under-blockade-an-interview-with-cubas-minister-of-foreign-affairs-bruno-rodriguez/ Dutch strike wave: welfare not warfare! The Dutch government is trying to impose a budget which cuts billions from the welfare state to spend billions on imperialist rearmament. This week, thousands of workers from across the Netherlands – dockers, rail and transport workers, metalworkers, brewers, civil servants and cleaners – are striking to stop them. This is the biggest strike wave in decades. Its potential is enormous. Just a few hundred dockers in Rotterdam have shut down the busiest port in Europe, responsible for 30 percent of the EU’s container trade, in direct response to cuts that are explicitly designed to fund militarist spending. This movement is just a glimpse of the potentially unstoppable power of even a fraction of the European working class. With a militant lead, this force could bring the ruling classes to their knees and deal a blow against the continent-wide rush to remilitarise, paid for by the working class.
https://marxist.com/dutch-strike-wave-welfare-not-warfare.htm MKP’s Call for “Unity” WHY ARE WE SEPARATE, OR WHAT IS OUR DIFFERENCE? Revolution is, of course, the work of the working class, the other labouring masses and, in total, the masses. The existence of oppressed and exploited classes constitutes the objective conditions of revolution. But without organizing the subjective force that provides leadership to the labouring masses under oppression and domination, it is not possible to carry the revolution to victory. More clearly, the leadership of the vanguard parties over the working class and the othe
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>>2908852 Yah, they mentioned that in the article. Was gonna put that part in but decided on his platform instead.
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The poorest in the US can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty The poorest people in the U.S. face the most acute shortages of affordable homes. But the majority of low-income housing financed in recent years is for those earning 50% of an area’s median income or above, according to a survey of state housing agencies. Some cities are now seeing an uptick in vacancies as rents for these units approach market rates. The result: Apartments designated as affordable sit empty because the poorest of the poor cannot afford them. Meanwhile, some people are forced into homelessness and others into desperate circumstances to pay for housing they can’t afford.
https://apnews.com/article/affordable-housing-shortage-poorest-us-80fab2a0fb645e4d629b0ef7e3c2b496 US labor unions saw membership gains in 2025, mostly in states with bargaining protections States with collective bargaining protections saw an increase of nearly 305,000 union members in 2025, compared to about 107,000 in “right-to-work” states. States with protections have over 10.9 million members out of 76.9 million workers, compared to “right-to-work” states that have 3.7 million members out of 69.7 million workers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/07/labor-unions-membership-increase Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet’s fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Aviation experts said investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed and, if it was beyond the normal touchdown zone, why the pilots did not abandon the landing and circle back for another attempt.
https://apnews.com/article/cargo-plane-crash-miami-airport-amazon-prime-d5118998e880f380a3fd8786e35fd9bb ‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to leftwing authoritarianism in new health department re Post too long. Click here to view the full text. OP/ED News Anon 3.0 05-09-26 22:56:25 No. 2907606
DHS Facial Recognition Software Used Against Minnesota 15 Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has deployed an aggressive facial recognition apparatus for monitoring and tracking domestic political dissidents, raising questions about why an agency created after 9/11 to fight the global war on terrorism is now maintaining centralized dossiers on ordinary American protesters. Four days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, HSI began Operation Puppet Master, their undercover spying campaign that netted conspiracy charges against 15 people who allegedly took part in protesting against ICE. An HSI undercover agent, embedded inside the Signal group chat Whipple Watch, downloaded a selfie posted by Isaac Sant. The photo shows Sant’s face bruised from rubber bullets. The agent uploaded the selfie to Clearview AI’s facial recognition database that turned it into a dossier.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/dhs-facial-recognition-software-used-against-minnesota-15/ The Marxist approach to war In his Philosophy of History, Hegel remarked that “it was not so much from slavery as through slavery that humanity was emancipated.” A similar thing could be said about war, which – for all its horrors and barbarities – has shaped the world in ways good as well as bad. History almost appears to us as an endless series of armed conflicts: wars of imperialist domination; wars of national defence and liberation; colonial and slave wars; and, of course, civil wars. It could be said that wars provide the second most important impulse for historical development, behind revolutions – although even then, many revolutions are the result of wars, or evolve into wars in the course of their unfolding. Unlike the teary-eyed pacifists, Marxists recognise that war is a natural outgrowth of class society. We understand that no serious transformation of society can take place without a pitched battle between the contending classes. Leninism, Leon Trotsky once remarked, is “warlike from head to foot”. And yet, at the same time, we maintain that war is a stamp of barbarism; a black mark on humanity’s record, and a blight on our species. War is rightly reviled and hated by workers and young people – as barbaric, violent, backwards,
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Pentagon Launched ‘Unprecedented’ Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT The polygraph campaign “appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future,” the Times reported. The Times reported that the hunt for leakers has “intensified an atmosphere of deep distrust and paranoia inside the Pentagon” under the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has purged multiple top military officials during his tenure leading the department.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pentagon-polygraph-campaign-leaks ‘Too lazy to do the job’: Democrats dump on Fetterman after WSJ report The Journal’s story recounted multiple instances of Fetterman refusing to meet with constituents in Washington, even for scheduled meetings. In one case, he canceled on three paralyzed military veterans in his office, telling his staff that he was feeling unwell. But Fetterman came into the office shortly thereafter to prepare for a live hit with Fox News.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/04/fetterman-wsj-democrats-criticize https://archive.ph/dVSfW Trump taps massive war chest to help embattled Paxton in Texas Republicans have been eager to see Trump deploy his $400 million war chest in the party's fight to maintain its congressional majorities. "I'm going to spend whatever amount of money necessary to try and help us," Trump said at the White House Friday.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/05/trump-magainc-paxton-talarico-texas-senate https://archive.ph/Na5Jp Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it Post too long. Click here to view the full text. News 9/5/26 News Anon 3.0 05-09-26 22:16:45 No. 2907579 [Reply]
Only 7 of 15 Regime Supply Vessels Reach Embattled Bhamo The flotilla, consisting of tugboats and gunboats, departed Mandalay for Bhamo via the Irrawaddy River on August 21. To clear a path in advance, regime fighter jets and Y-12 aircraft indiscriminately bombed resistance-controlled areas along the river route in Sagaing Region’s Katha Township and adjacent Shwegu Township in Kachin. Despite the destruction of civilian houses, there were only a few reports of casualties, as residents along the route were warned by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied resistance groups to evacuate the areas in advance.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/only-7-of-15-regime-supply-vessels-reach-embattled-bhamo.html Philippine VP Duterte posts bail after arrest order for alleged grave threats "If I post bail, the harassment won’t stop. If I don’t post bail, I’ll be taken to the police. I have no trust in the police, I have no trust in the courts. I do not feel safe at all," Duterte said. She asked who would be held accountable “if I die tonight,” saying police would simply “wash their hands and call it an accident.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-vp-duterte-posts-bail-after-arrest-order-alleged-grave-threats-2026-09-05/ Greeks promised tax relief, wage hikes as protesters take to the streets over cost of living crunch Labor unions and multiple protest groups staged rallies across the city, with farmers driving tractors into the downtown area. More than 3,000 police officers were on duty, closing streets and subway stations near the venue where the prime minister spoke. Greece delivered a budget surplus and economic growth of 2.1% last year, while continuing to reduce its high public debt, but its workers had the lowest purchasing power in the European Union.
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1067 - Bride of DataRepublican feat. David J. Roth (8/31/26)(Chapo Trap House ) Chapo All-Star David Roth returns for a survey of the right-wing influencers running the government: DataRepublican, MomOfDataRepublican, InfantryDort, all of the stars are here! We also check in on another round of liberal struggle sessions about Hasan, and the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos by the cowardess Laura Loomer.
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/1067-bride-of-datarepublican Gloria Steinem Was the Godmother of Neoliberal Feminism Gloria Steinem, the establishment’s favorite radical feminist, died on September 2. The mainstream media has gone all out in praising her, with the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times united in their adulation. The Times called her the “personification of the women’s movement” and credited her with helping to usher in “sweeping cultural transformations across virtually every facet of American life, from the boardroom to the courtroom to the bedroom.” They approvingly quote her self-description as an “entrepreneur of social change.” For many people, she is the only radical feminist they can name, eclipsing the extraordinary women who planned and launched the successful women’s liberation movement starting in 1967. Steinem did wield enormous influence. Ms. magazine and the Ms. Foundation for Women, which she cofounded, came to define what was worthy in the feminist project. But to the women’s liberation pioneers she displaced, this meant silencing the radicals and promoting the anodyne. When Steinem described Ms. as “a kind of connective tissue for women all across this country who felt isolated until we came along and let them know they were not alone,” feminist pioneers saw Steinem as taking credit for work already done by the movement. The women’s liberation movement didn’t need Ms. to publicize it. It had already been on the front page of nearly every mass circulation magazine and had produced ten mass-market anthologies by 1971, selling millions of copies. The movement published one hundred small newspapers and journals, including Off Our Backs, It Ain’t Me Babe, and Woman’s World. And it had already won substantial victories by the time Steinem emerged on the scene. Thousands of working-class women were suing employers for sex disc
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Starbucks anti-unionization case brought by NLRB narrowed by US appeals court In a 2-0 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims that the coffee chain violated federal labor law when a Wichita, Kansas, store manager and assistant manager told employees they closed their hiring portal and reduced hours because of union or other protected activities.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/starbucks-anti-unionization-case-brought-by-nlrb-narrowed-by-us-appeals-court-2026-09-04/ Ro Khanna Demands End to Trump’s Iran War ‘Before the Midterms’ Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Trump aides were seeking to stop the war from escalating for now to keep it out of the headlines and prevent Republicans from losing even more support before November. But once the votes are cast, they said Trump—who won’t have to deal with concerns about reelection—may ramp up military action.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/khanna-end-war-midterms US House passes bill to crack down on university boycotts of Israel The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favor of the "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act," which would have to pass the Senate in order to become law. … U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said in a statement before the vote that he opposed the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement but would vote no because he supported Americans' right to free expression. "It is the only way to ensure speech I do agree with is equally protected," Nadler said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-passes-bill-crack-down-university-boycotts-israel-2026-09-03/ Trump says he will spend up to $500 million of ‘my money’ to help Republicans in midterms President Donald Trump said he plans to allocate $400 million to $500 million from his political operation to help Republican candidates in the No
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Secretive' UAE and Swiss-based firms found to be major crude suppliers to Israel, says report Despite a Turkish embargo against Israel, the majority of the oil shipped by the two companies flows through the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Researchers also identified two subsidiaries of Heritage on the Turkish trade register. While oil giants including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell have faced criticism over their role in supplying oil to Israel during its genocide in Gaza, the part played by a shady network of oil traders in the supply chain has received far less scrutiny.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-two-secretive-firms-became-major-crude-suppliers-israel Yemen's Houthis launch first major offensive in four years Around 129 people have been killed, according to an AFP tally, including 66 government soldiers, 62 Houthi militants, and one civilian, though Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported that dozens of civilians had been killed and wounded in a Houthi ballistic missile strike on a restaurant in the city of Mokha. The city of Mokha is reported to be a key objective for the Houthi offensive, a key port controlled by the government on the Red Sea, with the Houthis assaulting positions on the Taiz-Mokha road to reach the city.
https://www.newarab.com/news/yemens-houthis-launch-first-major-offensive-four-years Thousands join Berlin’s Peace Days to support antimilitarism and solidarity Trade unionists and representatives from DKP branches discussed how to move unions from passivity into active opposition. They laid out the challenges currently faced in their workplaces and turned to a key question facing the movement as militarization accelerates – countering the claim that shifting to a war economy can safeguard jobs and revive Germany’s stagnating economy.
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Philippine Vice-President to be arrested for threats against President Marcos Ms Duterte had already already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges, as well as over alleged financial anomalies. A conviction could derail her plans to seek the presidency in 2028, when President Marcos’s six-year term ends. A lawyer of the vice-president, who has denied the charges, suggested she will post bail to avoid detention while facing trial by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/philippine-vice-president-arrested-threats-against-president-marcos Sri Lanka ex-president's son arrested on graft charges Namal Rajapaksa, who is a lawmaker representing the opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, was arrested following more than five hours of questioning by Sri Lanka's key anti-graft body, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. The order to remand him was issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lanka-ex-presidents-son-arrested-graft-charges-2026-09-04/ 2 trapped workers rescued from hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods When the mountain gave way above the Nepali power plant where Sah worked, he said he chose to stay and help instead of fleeing. "I was in the control room in the tunnel. Normally there are four to six people there, but there could have been 40 to 45 people that day," the 30-year-old told army officials from a stretcher, an oxygen mask strapped to his face, in a video shared by the Nepalese authorities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nepal-rescue-tunnel-flood-9.7332145 Women journalists who have accused Delhi police of assault to move high court In a video released by 4PM News Network, Shaheen alleged that she and Nafisa were beaten and subjected to mental harassment at the police station. She displayed inju
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Sweden’s Employment Protection Act Is a Joke: Labor lawyer Rasmus Hästbacka writes about Sweden’s supposedly strong legal protection for workers. I often find myself in grim negotiations where the employer has already decided to fire workers because they’ve suffered workplace injuries or illnesses – or because they’re union activists or health-and-safety delegates. In such situations, the employer doesn’t care one bit about the Swedish Employment Protection Act, abbreviated LAS. Workers are offered a “voluntary” buyout under the threat of a forced buyout. How does that work? First, you need to understand that firing people in Sweden has never been difficult – at least not legally, only financially costly in some cases. Under Section 39 of LAS, employers can always dismiss workers and then buy them out against their will. Even if you’re fired in violation of the law, and even if a court rules that the employer broke the law, the employer can simply buy their way out of the verdict by paying the damages specified in Section 39. In short, the law literally states that money stands above the law. A forced buyout therefore means that you lose your job even if you win in court. The very name of the law – the Employment Protection Act – is therefore somewhat misleading. A more accurate name would be the Law on Employers’ Right to Fire Workers on Any Grounds They Please.
https://libcom.org/article/swedens-employment-protection-act-joke In the Name of Security: An investigation into the everyday violence of prison strip searches, which incarcerated women say are a tool of abuse. When Karla Padilla started her sentence at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, Calif., in 2023, a guard singled her out. Over the next 15 months, the guard strip-searched Padilla so frequently that anyone near her risked being searched too, and other inmates began keeping their distance whenever that guard was on shift. Most prisons across the country conduct strip searches under a federal policy that requires women officers to inspect incarcerated women. The officer instructs them to remove their clothes, shake their hair, open their mouths, lift their breasts or genital area and then bend, squat and cough. On one particularly cold day in November 2023, while Padilla was cleaning the cha
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ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man in Minneapolis charged with lying to investigators The ICE officer was released from jail last week after Texas’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, refused to immediately sign an extradition warrant that would surrender him to the Minnesota authorities that had charged Castro separately with assault and false reporting of a crime related to the same shooting.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/03/ice-officer-charged-venzuela-man-shot-minneapolis Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming The administration filed its appeal the afternoon before mail ballots were scheduled to be sent out by North Carolina, which on Friday kicks off a wave of states shipping ballots out for the rapidly approaching midterm election. Its appeal was part of a flurry of last-minute litigation as the federal government struggles to implement President Donald Trump’s restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November, and came even as legal wrangling over Trump’s executive order continued in lower courts.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-mail-voting-executive-order-lawsuit-63899f738d28d161b629054a314f161a Congressman Suhas Subramanyam says his phone conversations were recorded by FBI and DOJ In a statement released on Thursday, the Virginia congressman said he was informed that phone conversations he had had with State Senator and President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas were being monitored as part of their investigation into Sen. Lucas.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/congressman-suhas-subramanyam-phone-conversations-recorded-fbi-and-doj/65-cd745cd1-67ae-49f2-a384-99aa451d3726 Trump names Adam Telle as acting army secretary following the departure of Driscoll Telle has been at the Army Office of Civil Works s
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Thousands of Chileans March Against Kast’s Policies The mobilization, which had one of its epicenters near Baquedano Metro station, an iconic gathering point during the 2019 social uprising, coincided with the start of the fifth edition of the Madrid Forum, the international far-right summit being held in Santiago, Chile. On Sept. 3 and 4, the forum, founded in 2020 by Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s Vox party, will be attended by Argentine President Javier Milei, U.S. Undersecretary Sarah Rogers, Heritage Foundation Director Kevin Roberts, European Parliament member Kinga Gal, among other conservative figures.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/thousands-of-chileans-march-against-kasts-policies/ Resistance to Bolivia IMF deal grows as groups meet over fuel crisis Representatives from nine civic and social organizations met on Wednesday in Cochabamba, calling on the government to ease costs as diesel shortages and subsidy cuts hurt households and industry. The meeting adds to pressure on centrist President Rodrigo Paz's administration as he seeks congressional backing for the IMF deal.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/resistance-bolivia-imf-deal-grows-groups-meet-over-fuel-crisis-2026-09-03/ Machado: ‘Illegitimate’ Venezuela regime has no right to strike US oil deal In a video posted on social media, the Nobel peace prize winner said: “Of course the United States is the principal partner Venezuela needs to fully develop its strategic potential. This is what the majority of Venezuelans believe … and it is something I’ve spent my whole life defending.” However, Machado said, the current occupants of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas were “enemies of the US”, saying they did not have the right or the democratic mandate to negotiate Venezuela’s natural resources.
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Communist Party of Venezuela denounces Rodríguez government’s handing over of oil wealth to the U.S. "The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) categorically rejects this latest and serious transfer of national assets carried out by the illegitimate and illegal triumvirate that holds de facto power in Venezuela. Information that has come to light in recent days confirms the transfer of one-fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves to U.S. companies through agreements negotiated behind the backs of the Venezuelan people, without transparency, and outside the constitutional controls that must govern any operation involving the Republic’s strategic interests. Delcy Rodríguez confirmed the transfer of 17 strategic oil fields with approximately 65 billion barrels of proven reserves. According to the list that has circulated, not all of these are exclusively virgin fields. The agreement provides for new developments in fields where oil reserves have already been proven and where operational knowledge has been accumulated over decades. This is neither a minor agreement nor a simple commercial transaction. We are witnessing the transfer of a significant portion of the nation’s primary wealth under conditions unknown to the country and regarding which there has been neither the necessary public debate nor the parliamentary oversight established in Articles 150 and 187 of the Constitution." Once again, fundamental matters of Venezuelan political and economic life are announced from the White House, and Miraflores simply goes along with it.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/09/communist-party-of-venezuela-denounces-rodriguez-goverments-handing-over-of-oil-wealth-to-the-us.html Bolivia: New Roadblocks Challenge Paz’s Repressive State of Exception With less than a month remaining before the legal deadline for the state of emergency imposed by Rodrigo Paz’s government expires, popular discontent is once again growing in Bolivia. Last week, a group of farmers from the province of Marbán, in the department of Beni, set up a roadblock near the San Pablo Bridge. The move disrupted traffic on the highway connecting Trinidad and Santa Cruz and forced the suspension of departures
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Bari Weiss Personally Involved in CBS News Hit Piece on Abdul El-Sayed: Report The CBS piece, which was published on Monday, drew criticism from Democratic lawmakers and progressive journalists for saying that El-Sayed “may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack” due to past innocuous statements he’d made about the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bari-weiss-cbs-el-sayed Teamsters union leaders support Republicans despite members endorsing Democrats O’Brien donated $1,000 to the Republican US Senate campaign of Scott Brown in New Hampshire on 19 February 2026. Brown appeared on O’Brien’s podcast, Better Bad Ideas, on 25 February. The only Teamsters’ local in New Hampshire, Teamsters Local 633, endorsed Brown’s Democratic rival Chris Pappas for the Senate race in April 2025. Teamsters Local 633 did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/teamsters-union-republican-endorsement ‘At a Breaking Point’: Survey Shows Teachers Working Second Jobs, Spending Hundreds on Supplies The pollsters found that a majority of respondents anticipate spending at least $100 to $600 on supplies for their classrooms without being reimbursed. Over a quarter said that school funding issues shift costs to teachers, and supply prices keep rising.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/teachers-buying-supplies Justice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants Under the new opinion, issued by the department’s office of legal counsel, any state that takes federal money through support schemes for low-income Americans, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), must now report undocumented immigrants across its entire state government, not just through the specific welfare office that runs the program.
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Hague arbitration panel says India must honor water-sharing treaty with Pakistan India’s Ministry of External Affairs called the panel an “illegally constituted” body and said India had never recognized its legal authority or participated in its proceedings. The ministry said the tribunal had been established in violation of the treaty and that New Delhi’s decision to hold the agreement in abeyance remained in force.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-india-water-treaty-hague-arbitration-1af8defb6de801b19676656a6224ce30 China Demands Respect for Venezuela Investments amid Oilfield Transfers to US-Controlled Operator Guo added that the economic and trade relations between nations “should follow the principles of equality and mutual benefit.” Beijing’s warning came in the wake of an announced US-Venezuela oil deal that Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez termed “historic” and US President Donald Trump called “the biggest in history.”
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/china-demands-respect-for-venezuela-investments-amid-oilfield-transfers-to-us-controlled-operator/ De la Espriella claims Colombia’s military killed 23, arrested 6 EMC guerrillas In a video, De la Espriella said that “Operation Azarias,” targeted the EMC’s Carolina Ramirez Front and killed one of its commanders, a man called “Tigre” or “Pintado,” in the south of the Guaviare province. A second guerrilla commander, “Victor,” was among the six alleged EMC members who were arrested during the operation, which included air strikes.
https://colombiareports.com/de-la-espriella-claims-army-killed-23-arrested-6-emc-guerrillas/ Brazilian activist demands Tunisia release Sumud Flotilla organisers Israeli authorities released Nabil Channoufi, Ghassan Henchiri, Ghassan Boughdiri, and Wael Naouar from prison and they returned to Tunisia in October. Fellow activists said Tu
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Burnham must stop housing back-sliding IF IT is too early to come to any rounded judgement regarding Andy Burnham’s programme and policies – that should wait until the budget next month — it is not too soon to express concern about his government’s course in relation to the vital issue of housing. Here he is in danger of following Keir Starmer in under-delivering. One pledge after another has been discarded or diluted. First, a suggestion of introducing a private-sector rent freeze was dropped without explanation. This would have been a far more substantive measure to tackle the cost-of-living crisis than anything else the new government has announced, and would have indicated whose side Burnham is on – working people rather than rapacious landlords. Second, a clear commitment to promote council housing has been watered down in favour of more amorphous concepts of social or “affordable” housing. Only three of the more than 30 bodies to get new government funding for construction are actually councils.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burnham-must-stop-housing-back-sliding Rosa Luxemburg: Down With Reformist Illusions—Hail the Revolutionary Class Struggle! Proposals to hold out “the open hand to good will” marked the beginning of the nineties; promises of an inperceptible, “gradual evolution” into Socialism marked their end. Crises, wars, and revolutions were considered outworn theories, mere swaddling clothes of modern society; parliamentarism and trade unionism, democracy in the State and democracy in the industry were to open the gates to a new and better order. …. The actual course of events played frightful havoc with all these illusions. In place of the promised mild social-reformist development of culture there has set in since the end of the nineties a period of the most violent, extreme sharpening of capitalist conflicts, a period of storm and stress, of crashes and turmoil, of tottering and trembling in the very foundations of society. The ten-year period of the economic upward curve of development was compensated for in the following decade by two world-convulsing crises. After two decades of world peace there followed in the last decade of last century six bloody wars and in the first decade of the new century four bloody revolut
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U.S. officials defend deal with controversial Venezuelan oil baron In 2018, Betancourt was listed as an unnamed "conspirator" in a federal indictment of his cousin and seven others in a $1.2 billion international money-laundering scheme involving manipulated currency exchange rates between U.S. dollars and Venezuelan bolivars. Betancourt was never charged in the crimes, which largely occurred between 2014 and 2016, because his attorneys successfully argued he was unaware of the scheme.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/01/us-officials-defend-deal-venezuelan-oil-baron https://archive.ph/7VmWs Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over logging ties as Trump plans to scrap protections Donald Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, represented in his previous roles as a timber industry lobbyist and executive, according to research by consumer advocacy non-profit Public Citizen.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/trump-roadless-rule-old-growth-forests House Democrats fume about GOP's anti-socialism bill House Democrats are grumbling that Republicans are setting one last political trap for them before November by attaching language touting their marquee voter ID legislation to a resolution denouncing socialism. This is a classic election-year tactic by the majority party in Congress, but centrist Democrats say it is also a missed opportunity for a genuinely bipartisan vote to denounce socialism.
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Five years after Saied’s power grab, Tunisia’s old grievances resurface A slogan from the 2011 revolution is being heard again: “employment, freedom and national dignity”. This time, those demands are being fuelled by water cuts, electricity outages, rising prices, medicine shortages and a struggle to make ends meet, problems increasingly affecting Tunisians across social and economic divides.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/five-years-after-saieds-power-grab-tunisias-old-grievances-resurface https://archive.ph/3JEwi Kenyan aviation workers end strike The workers were demanding better working conditions and the implementation of a previously agreed deal. “We are simply calling off our strike action and pleading with our members to begin the process of normalising operations, restoring services,” Moss Ndiema, the head of the workers’ union, told a press conference yesterday.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/kenyan-aviation-workers-end-strike Israeli hasbara influencer Yoseph Haddad launches political party Haddad has also been in contact with several political and military figures about his political plans, including former Israeli military commander Ofer Winter. Winter has been accused by the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) of war crimes allegedly committed during Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, known as Operation Protective Edge, as well as incitement to genocide over statements made in connection with the current war on the enclave.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-hasbara-influencer-yoseph-haddad-launches-political-party Israel imposes curriculum on 45,000 Palestinian students in East Jerusalem Israeli authorities are imposing their curriculum on more than 45,000 Palestinian students in state-run schools in East Jerusalem, as part of a wider crackdown on education in the occupied area of the c
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Where is the climate movement? At a time when climate change is no longer an abstract ‘question of the future’ for Britain, but is making itself devastatingly felt in the here-and-now, it’s right to ask: where has the climate movement gone? For young people today who only have further ecological collapse ahead of them, it can be seriously demoralising to not see anyone taking action to save the environment. It’s no wonder that this summer’s rising temperatures have brought with them a rise in ‘climate anxiety’. So what happened to the climate movement? And will we see its return any time soon?
https://communist.red/where-is-the-climate-movement/ Venezuela-U.S oil deal exposes the total bankruptcy of social democracy By Nikos Mottas, Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism There are moments when political developments strip away every disguise and expose the class character of political forces with unusual clarity. The latest oil agreement between Washington and the government of Delcy Rodríguez is one such moment. After years of “Bolivarian,” “anti-imperialist” and even “socialist” rhetoric, Venezuela’s social-democratic leadership is presiding over a further opening of the country’s strategic energy wealth to U.S. monopoly interests. This is not an isolated commercial arrangement. It follows the reform of the hydrocarbons framework, which widened the possibilities for transnational capital in the oil sector and continued the privileged position of companies such as Chevron. The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has denounced this course as a retreat from national control over hydrocarbons and as a policy increasingly shaped by the demands of foreign capital. The political significance goes far beyond the terms of a single deal. For years, opportunist forces internationally demanded that communists identify solidarity with the Venezuelan people against U.S. imperialist aggression with political support for the PSUV government. Criticism of the capitalist character of the Venezuelan economy, of concessions to domestic and foreign capital, of attacks on workers’ rights or of the persecution of the PCV was often treated as if it objectively served Washington. Recent developments once again show how bankrupt that argument is. The same political current that presented the manage
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Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice Pete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon’s top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit a Washington Post report that four generals and admirals had advised against prolonging the war in Iran. “Of course, we demand candid military advice,” Sean Parnell wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Non-concurs are standard. The Secretary sees them constantly. That’s how you run a real military.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/pentagon-report-pete-hegseth Trump says US will refill its petroleum reserves using Venezuelan oil United States President Donald Trump has said on social media that oil from a recently struck deal with Venezuela will be used to replenish the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil stockpile that the country keeps for emergencies and that has been drawn down sharply in recent years to respond to global supply disruptions and high fuel prices.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/30/trump-says-us-will-refill-its-petroleum-reserves-using-venezuelan-oil https://archive.ph/9IZ9c USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations, Politico reports Although the third project remains funded, all scientists working on the parasite have declined to relocate to Iowa, Politico reported, citing people familiar with the plans and internal documents. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. "None of the research has been disrupted, and research will continue without disruption," a USDA spokesperson said, while pointing to Congress over the funding cuts.
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Who Attended Jake Lang’s N-Word March in Minneapolis? Minneapolis, MN — On Saturday, Aug. 22, Minneapolis residents met white supremacist provocateur and violent J6 terrorist Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang with fierce resistance outside of Minneapolis City Hall once again. For his second hate rally in Minneapolis, Lang planned this one as the "uyghur March” in protest of Shiloh Hendrix being found guilty of disorderly conduct after calling an 8-year-old the racial slur at a playground in Rochester, Minnesota. Instead of arriving unprepared and leaving with a gaping wound in the back of his skull, Lang showed up in the back of a truck with a private security escort following closely behind in an SUV, driving down the sidewalk of City Hall while he and his masked guards doused counter protesters in a generous amount of pepper spray. Minneapolis Police provided additional support to Lang by guarding his truck and punching and pushing counter protesters, arresting a handful, including the person dressed as Spider-Man who had jumped onto the truck and punched Lang. As quickly as they arrived, they left. Halfway through the six-minute performance, Lang snuck away into the passenger seat of the cab, leaving those that remained in the back in something resembling a group fetal position, shielding themselves from debris while dozens of police officers cleared the way for the vehicles to leave. Hours later, the Minneapolis Police Department announced that officers intercepted both vehicles, impounding them and arresting all of the occupants, charging them with probable cause riot and processing them throughout the afternoon at the Hennepin County Jail.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/who-attended-jake-langs-n-word-march-in-minneapolis/ Rezgar Akrawi: Rojava’s Promise and the Dissolution of the SDF: Time for the Left to Rethink the Kurdish Question? From this it follows that criticising the SDF is not criticism of the rights of the Kurdish people. Criticising the ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region is not criticism of the Kurdish cause. Rejecting the nation-state is not a rejection of national identity and national rights. It is a leftist position, one that calls for national solidarity to be freed from subordination to elites and authorities, for the question o
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Judge deals blow to Trump moves to deport pro-Palestinian activists U.S. District Judge Noel Wise in San Jose, California in a blistering ruling, chastised the U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security for how they had deployed provisions of federal immigration law to target non-citizens for deportation for expressing views they wanted to suppress. The judge, an appointee of Democratic President Joe Biden, said that in the United States, free speech, including the freedom to criticize the government and its leaders, was evidence of the strength of the country's democracy.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-deals-blow-trump-moves-deport-pro-palestinian-activists-2026-08-29/ US revises statements suggesting Chinese hackers attacked agencies In a newly edited statement on Friday, the US Department of Justice said that the Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA and other agencies were “among the targets of QTFY”, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group. A previous version of the statement said the government agencies had been among the hackers’ victims.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/us-revises-statements-suggesting-chinese-hackers-attacked-agencies https://archive.ph/bFFV1 Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions In February of this year, federal prosecutors twice sought search warrants for account information for the YouTube channel of Fort and the journalist Don Lemon, both of whom have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in connection to a protest at a Minneapolis church in January that they were covering. A judge twice rejected the request, writing that the government had failed to establish probable cause of a crime and that he wanted Lemon and Fort to be informed of the request so they could have a chance to challenge it.
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Sri Lankan government bans railway workers from using social media The circular came immediately after comments posted by Kasun Chamara, the Secretary of the Railway Station Masters’ Union (RSMU), on its Facebook page, about long-standing problems, particularly the many technical failures on locomotives this year. The railway administration responded to Chamara’s comments by asking for an “explanation.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/29/eowq-a29.html QCPD apologizes for sharing post red-tagging community pantries The Quezon City Police District doubled down on making amends Tuesday, April 20, after it sustained a terrible lashing on social media for red-tagging community pantries. The QCPD shared Monday, April 19, on its official Facebook page an unfounded social media post linking community pantries to the communist movement.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/quezon-city-police-district-apology-red-tagging-post-community-pantries/ CPI(M) protests over exclusion of Kalaburagi from drought-hit list According to CPI(M) members, Kalaburagi district has recorded a 54% rainfall deficit. The district recorded 36% less rainfall than normal in June and 84% less rainfall in July. The prolonged dry spell has caused distress among farmers and led to sowing on less than 30% of the targeted area, the party said. The activists questioned the government’s decision not to declare any taluk in the district drought-hit despite these indicators.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cpim-protests-over-exclusion-of-kalaburagi-from-drought-hit-list/article71405183.ece https://archive.ph/LE08J Trump Announces ‘Biggest Oil Deal in History’ with Venezuela’s Rodríguez Rodríguez stated that the deal will involve private corporations developing 17 “strategic fields” with 65 billion barrels
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Sudan: from revolution to barbarism The counter-revolution has pulled Sudan into the depths of barbarism.
In 2019, the workers had power in their hands, but the reformist leaders betrayed them and handed power back to the regime. By 2022, the revolution was lost. A year later, the revolution’s executioners turned their guns on each other, each backed by a constellation of different foreign powers. Now they have laid waste to Khartoum, launched a genocide in Darfur, and unleashed the world’s most catastrophic famine in 40 years. To date at least 400,000 people have been slaughtered, 4 million have fled the country, and a further 7 million have been internally displaced. More than 30 million are in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 6.3 million face extreme levels of starvation. Two and a half years of war have effectively ripped the country in half. Socialism or barbarism is not an empty phrase, but exactly the perspective that faced Sudan in 2019. Revolutionaries must absorb the lessons of Sudan to prepare for future battles.
https://marxist.com/sudan-from-revolution-to-barbarism.htm Kshama Sawant: Mayor Mamdani, DSA Leaders, and Business Unionist Labor Leaders Are Selling Out New York Public Sector Unions The teaching assistants, who work with students with disabilities, are grossly underpaid and overexploited, with annual salaries starting at under $34,000 and topping out at under $57,000 after about 15 years of work. This is in a city where the minimum individual pay to get by is around $80,000. Not surprisingly, over 1,800 teaching assistant positions, also known as paraprofessionals, remain unfilled. The City Council’s legislation is strongly supported by the United Federation of Teachers, the union that represents over 200,000 workers in NYC’s public school system. Despite the dire conditions faced by the paraprofessional public school workers, and himself having acknowledged that a NYC family needs an annual income of over $300,000 to be able to afford childcare, Mayor Mamdani opposes the $10,000 bonuses. Mamdani, currently the most prominent leader of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), has announced that he will be suing the City in order to repeal the bonuses.
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Trump vows legal order to break up 'nasty monopoly' in food processing U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was preparing a legal order to allow farmers and ranchers to be given the right to process their own food aimed at breaking what he called "a nasty monopoly" among the nation's top processors.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-vows-legal-order-break-up-food-processing-nasty-monopoly-2026-08-28/ After Supreme Court Ruling, 4th Circuit Tosses Verdict Against US Company for Abu Ghraib Torture The US Supreme Court recently delivered a “lethal blow” to lawsuits filed under an 18th-century law, including a case brought by Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib as part of the George W. Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq, whose landmark verdict was struck down on Friday by a federal appellate court.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/abu-graib Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, widely considered the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is scheduled to address about 5,000 members of Indian American groups in the Infosys Theater, located in Madison Square Garden. Titled “Universal Oneness Celebration,” the event is being organized by American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue.
https://apnews.com/article/hindu-nationalist-rss-mohan-bhagwat-new-york-protest-934a58a17a491eeeb71fd9285378121a Public workers union helped sink labor nod for Lander The union’s president, Henry Garrido, said in an interview Thursday that Lander’s audit of New York City’s Health Insurance Stabilization Fund as city comptroller was a factor in the opposition to his endorsement. The report, which recommended the fund’s dissolution, angered the union. “Our members were really upset about that,” Garrido said. Lander has also been at odds with the union after the group backed moving retirees to a M
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Iraqi journalists struggle to access official information A draft Right of Access to Information Law, approved by the Council of Ministers and referred to parliament, remains under discussion as lawmakers consider amendments to some of its provisions. The legislation aims to strengthen transparency and allow citizens, journalists, and researchers to request official data, but has not yet taken effect. Interviewed by Shafaq News, Wissam al-Mulla, a member of the Alliance for the Defense of Freedom of Expression in Iraq, described the absence of official spokespersons at many ministries as a major obstacle for journalists seeking information from government institutions and other organizations.
https://shafaq.com/en/Report/Iraqi-journalists-struggle-to-access-official-information Israeli finance minister unveils plan to ‘Judaize’ Negev, Galilee ahead of elections The plan includes establishing 20 new settlements in Galilee and another 20 in the Negev, along with dozens of farms and measures to facilitate migration to areas he described as “strategic,” with the stated goal of bringing 1 million additional Jewish residents to the two regions.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260828-israeli-finance-minister-unveils-plan-to-judaize-negev-galilee-ahead-of-elections/ https://archive.ph/xWJNz US cuts off major Egyptian bank from global financial system "The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that would revoke Banque Misr UAE’s correspondent banking access to US financial institutions. Treasury assesses that Banque Misr UAE is a critical node for the Iranian regime’s access to U.S. dollars," the Treasury said. "Operation Economic Outcast" was announced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday as part of Washington's efforts to squeeze Iran amid the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Mountains Gave Birth to a Mouse: MKP Within the parliamentary arithmetic, there were those who, like the DEM Party, approached the issue with optimism, offering the lesser of two evils, as well as those who took a direct critical approach. Of course, those who signed and those who did not sign the draft law also began to reveal their stance. It is possible to interpret this dual, and perhaps even triple, difference in attitude as normal reactions in accordance with the principle of democracy. However, it is obvious that where there is no democracy, these reactions and differences do not, and will not, develop on the basis of this principle. In this case, it would not be wrong, and would be accurate, to say that bourgeois and bourgeois clique interests lead to differences in reactions and attitudes. Therefore, it would not be a prophecy to argue that the current differences in reactions and attitudes will continue to sharpen during the legalization process of the bill. It is clear that the ongoing debates and cracks will have much more to say. Without needing to say more about the bourgeois squabbles, we move on to our main topic…
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/36397/ Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan on the August 23rd parliamentary elections "On August 23, Kazakhstan held elections to the unicameral parliament, the Kurultai, as part of the constitutional reform that had been carried out. As a result, the main presidential party, “Adilet,” which was established just a few months ago, along with other parties representing large capital, secured more than 70 percent of the seats in the legislative body. The party of large agrarian capitalists, “Auyl,” came second in the parliament, receiving only 6.26 percent. The other three parties — the CPC, “Ak Zhol,” and “Respublika” — made it into parliament by overcoming the five percent threshold, with minor differences between them in terms of fractions of a percent. Only two associations remained outside the legislative body: the Green Party “Baitak” and the former pro government “communists” party, the People’s Party of Kazakhstan. The main outcome was the consolidation of all political entities around the current president, Kassym Jomart Tokayev, and his party, as part of the restructuring of the political system and the removal of all poss
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Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn The Clean Air Act requires “minor” air polluters to disclose to the public via state agencies how much pollution their proposed project will release, but the proposed new rule from Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would dismantle that protection for datacenter proposals. Instead, it would make disclosure voluntary at state and some local officials’ discretion.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/datacenters-air-pollution-epa US Postal Service says new mail ballot rules tied to Trump order are in effect The Trump administration has sought to impose new rules requiring state election leaders to submit their voter rolls for inspection as part of a broader bid to increase federal government oversight over voting and elections. The post office requirements stem from an executive order issued by Trump earlier this year, requiring the post office to refrain from delivering ballots for mail-in voting to registered voters deemed ineligible when compared to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal records.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/us-postal-service-mail-ballot-rules-trump-order FAA moves to fire two controllers who left work before fatal LaGuardia collision, sources say Several controllers interviewed by Reuters described the workload that night as busy and said other controllers would typically be brought in or stay on past their normal shift end time to manage the heavier-than-scheduled number of flights. One controller told Reuters that there has been a push nationwide by the FAA to crack down on employees leaving on break at the end of their shift and not coming back.
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Military Deployment in Bolivia’s Roads Anticipating New Blockades The government of Rodrigo Paz has deployed Police and Military units after the announcement of road blockades in different areas of Bolivia. In June this year, the government issued a decree to deploy the repression forces of the State before popular protests, such as the road blockades. Therefore, the government imposed a state of exception, which is still ongoing and will last another 22 days.
https://redherald.org/2026/08/26/military-deployment-in-bolivias-roads-anticipating-new-blockades/ Venezuela: Opposition Lawmaker Ecarri Proposes Dollarization Plan Ecarri, a National Assembly Deputy from Alianza del Lápiz, has hired US economist Steve Hanke as an advisor for his plan to change the national currency. …. Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University academic who served in the Reagan administration, has advised countries such as Ecuador and Zimbabwe on similar initiatives. In an article for business magazine Fortune, he confirmed that he has already drafted “a bill for the Venezuelan parliament.”
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-opposition-lawmaker-ecarri-proposes-dollarization-plan/ U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world's largest proven reserves. "Calling this deal huge would be an understatement," one of the officials said. "It is massive." Adding pressure to get the deal signed: the wars in Iran and Ukraine, which have disrupted global oil supplies and raised prices.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/trump-venezuela-oil-deal-talks https://archive.ph/HRScX Israeli forces set to deploy troops to West Bank as settler attacks continue The move was justified by Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir, who said that amid the upcomi
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The Conspiracy Is Us Some of the documents that have been released by the Federal Government during discovery for the case of the MN15 are telling. The 15 are community activists, union activists and officers who were charged by the Feds with conspiracy to inflict harm and commit violence against ICE agents; the latter were carrying out their “duty” of abducting, injuring, and murdering civilians on the streets of the Twin Cities. The defendants face prison terms of anywhere from five to twenty years. The hub-and-spoke network diagram of 18 organizations that the government says they believe were part of, related to, or financially supporting a vast criminal conspiracy to do violence against and obstruct the lawful work of Federal agents. With the word “CONSPIRACY” written in all caps across the top of the page, the document purports to expose the super secret illegal collaboration between a sprawling web of “domestic terrorists” or “Antifa” (a term made up by the right to describe a non-existent organization: Antifa is actually just shorthand for “anti-fascist,” a label that one would hope nearly any well-informed resident of the U.S. could get behind). In the middle of the circle is Direct Action Minnesota (DAMN), the organization alleged to be (literally) “at the center” of this so-called conspiracy, with lines connecting each of the orgs to that hub, like the spokes on a wheel.
https://www.leftvoice.org/the-conspiracy-is-us/ No, the Democratic Party is not shifting on Israel We have now reached a point where the shift in attitudes towards Israel can no longer be ignored. A May poll by New York Times/Siena suggested that nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters did not approve of aid for Israel. Another survey by Quinnipiac University showed that 66 percent of Democrats thought the US was too supportive of Israel. A poll published in April by Pew Research found that 80 percent of Democrats viewed Israel unfavourably – up from 53 percent in 2022. These numbers have made the Democratic leadership realise that open support for genocidaires is becoming too costly politically. Democratic voters, who watched a livestreamed genocide, clearly no longer see Palestine as a secondary issue in their political and moral choices. This awareness has finally come after Democratic leaders sp
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‘Still Crickets’: Warren Reminds RFK Jr. of Pledge to Publish Secret Trump Deals With Big Pharma Nearly two weeks after US Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote to the Trump administration’s top health official in her latest attempt to get answers on “secret pricing deals” with Big Pharma, the Massachusetts Democrat said Wednesday that she is still waiting for the White House to make the terms of the agreements public.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-big-pharma Labor Department taps tech giants for AI jobs data The private sector data would supplement traditional government statistics, giving BLS more information about how companies are adopting AI and what that could mean for workers. Sonderling said the findings will be made public.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/26/labor-department-tech-giants-ai-jobs-data https://archive.ph/PogqT Trump signs order banning some foreign equipment from US energy grid Under the order, certain foreign-produced bulk-power system electric equipment, including associated critical software and digital capabilities that could pose cybersecurity or operational risks, will be barred from being purchased or installed in the United States, the White House said in a statement. The order also asks the U.S. Energy Secretary to impose conditions on the continued use and operation of such equipment to address concerns identified by the Trump administration, the White House added.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-signs-order-banning-some-foreign-equipment-us-energy-grid-2026-08-26/ Brooklyn Dems pass rules to stymie reformers Reformers aligned with Peña vowed to re-file a suit to block the changes in court Wednesday morning, arguing the manner the rules were changed was illegal. A judge already denied a motion to halt the vote Monday, ruling there hadn’t been any harm yet. “I’m disappointed, mostly because t
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Community dangles SACP hat to rejected ANC candidate councillor in Madibeng A councillor chosen by the ANC branch under the Madibeng municipality is being rejected by the party in favour of another candidate, prompting some community members to push for their preferred candidate to contest the ward under the South African Communist Party (SACP) banner. Councillor John Raletele has been approached to stand as an SACP candidate after the ANC moved to reject his nomination for another term as ward councillor in Madibeng.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-08-26-community-dangles-sacp-hat-to-rejected-anc-candidate-councillor-in-madibeng/ https://archive.ph/cMIDQ Dozens killed in rebel attacks on Sudan’s Kordofan, medical group says A medical organisation has accused a Sudanese rebel group aligned with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 27 people, including four children, in the southern province of South Kordofan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Sudan Doctors Network said the killings were carried out by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in Qardud and Abu Hamama, areas inhabited by the Otoro tribe in South Kordofan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/dozens-killed-in-rebel-attacks-on-sudans-kordofan-medical-group-says https://archive.ph/gQEl5 US designates Palestine Action activist group 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' Wednesday's decision comes a year after the United Kingdom banned the group for damaging materials at weapons factories run by Elbit Systems. Elbit is a key provider of weapons to the Israeli military, which has for nearly three years carried out what the United Nations and Holocaust scholars have called a genocide in the Gaza Strip. Palestine Action is now sanctioned in the US "for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods and service
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South African CP, Council of the Left constituted: Now we must organise The inaugural meeting of the Council of the Left took place on Friday, 21 August 2026, at Birchwood Hotel, bringing together representatives of political organisations, trade unions, social movements, community organisations and other progressive formations that participated in the Conference of the Left held in May this year. The meeting formally constituted the Council of the Left and began the important task of translating the Declaration and Programme of Action of the Conference of the Left into organisation, campaigning and collective action. This inaugural Council meeting committed to unity in action, working-class organisation and an immediate programme of struggle focused on: Joining the ongoing mass campaign to reject and defeat the anti-poor Prevention of Illegal Evictions Act Amendment Bill, Defending the Expropriation Act against attacks from the DA, Afriforum, Die Vaderland Stigting and the Free Market Foundation through a combination of court action and mass mobilisation. Mobilising for the Equitable Access to Land Bill to become an effective law for land redistribution and the security of tenure. Using the coming Budget days to campaign for fiscal resources to meet basic needs and address the cost of living. Mobilisation for Parliament to debate and adopt a Cuba Solidarity Bill, together with continued material support for the people of Cuba.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/South-African-CP-Council-of-the-Left-constituted-Now-we-must-organise/ Centrists Despise Hasan Piker More Than They Want to Win El-Sayed’s primary win was a shock to the system for Democratic centrists, involving not just the victory of a pro-Palestine, Medicare for All–supporting progressive in a key battleground state but also one in which the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) didn’t endorse yet played a key role. This put establishment Democrats in a bit of an awkward position: they have long claimed the Left habitually refuses to “vote blue no matter who” come the general election and so pave the way for GOP victories. This wasn’t actually true, but it’s been one of the Democratic center’s most reliable go-to attack lines against their left flank. With the table
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House Dems' pro-Israel wing gains power on key panel In addition to Moskowitz leading Democrats on the MENA subcommittee, pro-Israel Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) were appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/25/democrats-israel-moskowitz-house-foreign-affairs https://archive.ph/zK1im FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Cox after his arrest Baltasar Garzón, a human rights lawyer representing Chambers, revealed the details in an exclusive interview. Chambers is wanted for extradition by the Trump administration for alleged financial support of Hamas, as well as other charges. Garzón, one of Europe’s most famous human rights lawyers, characterized the case as “very strange, one of the most remarkable I’ve worked on”. He told the Guardian the indictment against Chambers was “pretty weak and diffuse”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/fbi-raid-james-fergie-cox-vacation-rental Billionaire-Backed Groups Launch Ad Blitz Against California Wealth Tax The two most prominent groups fighting the tax, which will appear on California’s November ballot as Proposition 40, are Building a Better California and Californians Against Wasteful Spending and Higher Taxes. The former group, funded in large part by Brin, debuted its first television ad on Tuesday, just the start of what’s expected to be a massive propaganda push against the proposed tax.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-ads-wealth-tax El-Sayed pushes to keep affordability message focus amid scrutiny from both sides In each instance, El-Sayed tried relentlessly to stay on message. On Fox, he called opponent Mike Rogers a “beta” and took a jab at Pete Hegseth in a response to a question about the federal deficit, saying Watters didn’t seem concerned that the defense sec
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Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial in occupied West Bank Zvi Sukkot, a member of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party, was filmed smashing the Palestinian Martyrs' Monument in the village of Madama, south of Nablus, with a sledgehammer. In a video posted to Facebook, Sukkot said the memorial commemorated two Palestinians who had killed Israelis and argued that it could not be allowed to remain. “We must take it down,” he said, adding that he wanted the memorial destroyed because children growing up in the village and passing it would be inspired to become “martyrs” themselves.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-lawmaker-smashes-palestinian-memorial-occupied-west-bank Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the incursion was lawful. In a post on X, he said: “In accordance with my directive and following the law we passed, the evacuation of the UNRWA compound in Kafr Aqab, Jerusalem, began today.” After the raid, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Jerusalem Municipality had already commenced work to transform the property into a new educational and community complex.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/israeli-forces-raid-unrwa-training-centre-in-occupied-east-jerusalem https://archive.ph/OGW6r Polish prosecutors charge MEP with Holocaust denial over Auschwitz ‘fake’ claim Poland sought to strip Braun of his parliamentary immunity over the remarks, and the European Parliament approved the request in March. Braun, who has a long record of antisemitic rhetoric, is already on trial over separate alleged offenses, including his use of a fire extinguisher to disrupt a Hanukkah celebration in the Polish parliament in 2023.
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CP of Ireland, Do not ignore the root causes of the cost of living crisis! The cost-of-living crisis has not disappeared and is set to get worse over the coming year. Prices are far above their 2021 level and the next pressure is likely to come again through essentials: energy, food, clothing, transport, heating and housing. These basics are already up multiples of wage increases and every worker now feels the pain during the weekly shop. The return to school is getting harder and harder for families every year. In the Republic, inflation is estimated at around 3.4% currently, with energy prices up 6.5% over the year. In the North, inflation rose to 2.9% in July, driven by household energy costs. The European Central Bank has warned that inflation could hit 5% in 2027 with basic food items rising significantly.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Ireland-Do-not-ignore-the-root-causes-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis/ Whatever Happened to the ‘Enough Is Enough’ Campaign? Launched in August, Enough Is Enough promised to “turn anger” at the cost of living crisis “into action”. It was, by any measure, an overnight sensation. 150,000 people signed up on the first day alone; 450,000 by a fortnight later. Tens of thousands attended rallies nationwide, wanting to hear how to join a political movement to “win back dignity for working class people”. But just a few months later, Enough Is Enough went pretty much silent. No more rallies. No more speeches. Just the odd post from a Twitter account. The most dynamic new campaign on the UK left had disappeared – and no-one seemed to know why. “It feels like a missed opportunity,” said Thomas. “I felt annoyed. What was the point? Was it just a mailing list?” Four years on, Novara Media spoke to nine co-founders, coordinating group members, organisers and key stakeholders – some of whom chose not to be named to protect their professional relationships – to find out what happened. Their recollections paint a picture of overwhelm, strategic contradiction and a desire for total control. Enough Is Enough didn’t collapse by accident: it was undone by the very organisations that created it.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters sentenced over blocking Golden Gate Bridge traffic in 2024 Defense attorneys said demonstrators acted out of a moral responsibility to oppose the devastation from Israeli strikes on Gaza and Washington's support for its ally. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the protest caused a safety risk for those stuck in traffic and there should be consequences when laws are broken. "Throughout history, civil disobedience has mostly involved accepting legal consequences," Superior Court Judge Teresa Caffese was quoted as saying by KQED.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/pro-palestinian-protesters-sentenced-over-blocking-golden-gate-bridge-traffic-2026-08-24/ Trump Regulators Issue Key Permit for Proposed $100 Million Underwater Data Center Off Maine Coast Residents of Eastport, Maine are set to attend a public hearing Monday evening on two proposed ordinances to halt the construction of large artificial intelligence data centers, with proponents of the proposals hoping the coastal city’s planning board will be able to prevent the build-out of a 27-acre, $100 million facility that a Massachusetts-based developer aims to build underwater—right near Eastport’s working waterfront.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-data-center Pressure Mounts on Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair to Abandon Rule Changes Reformers filed a lawsuit Monday, asking a judge to block Tuesday’s vote with a temporary restraining order, Hell Gate first reported. But the first judge assigned to the case recused themselves, saying they may seek renomination from the Brooklyn Democratic Party. A second judge declined to block the vote ahead of time, and reformers planned to refile the suit after Tuesday’s vote if it goes ahead.
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Chileans mark World Water Day by protesting President Kast’s rollback of environmental rules The decrees rolled back by Kast’s administration had been signed during the government of left-wing former Chilean leader Gabriel Boric, whom Kast replaced as president earlier this month. The demonstration, called by several environmental organizations under the slogan “Don’t ‘Kast-igate’ Nature,” drew thousands more participants in 15 cities across the country.
https://apnews.com/article/chile-water-day-president-kast-protest-755a101737bc52ef66417905b0835ea5 Argentine Professors Call 48-Hour Strike Over Funding Law Public universities are not receiving the funding established by the law, despite Supreme Court rulings ordering its implementation. This delay affects both the day-to-day operation of the institutions and the payment of faculty salaries and student scholarships. Argentine unions denounce that salary adjustments in recent months resulted from unilateral decisions, without formal collective bargaining, and were far below inflation. On Sunday, they also warn that they will intensify protests if the Milei administration does not offer concrete responses.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/argentine-university-professors-call-48-hour-strike-over-funding-law/ Venezuelan Parliament Approves Law to ‘Protect’ Real Estate Developers The law also establishes fines for delays in submitting documents, permit failures, non-compliance with regulations, and violations of preventive measures, among other offenses. At the same time, the legislative project establishes incentives for private sector constructors such as greater flexibility to set prices, an end to a prior existing 24-month deadline for completing certain projects, and modified conditions benefiting sellers should buyers fail to make payments. The bill also eliminated the lending banks’ liability in case the real estate project is not completed. For buyers, the change removes one of the parties they could potentially hold accountable in case the purchased home is not delivered.
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Puerto Ricans Fight Back Against Water Rationing and Privatization amid Severe Drought The government of Puerto Rico is rationing water in San Juan and other major cities as a severe drought continues to worsen, with no immediate relief expected. Since August 7, more than 180,000 customers are facing 48-hour water interruptions under a rotating schedule, as the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (AAA) and the island’s government work to address the escalating crisis. July was the driest month ever recorded in San Juan in more than 120 years, and the capital’s fourth-hottest July. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly a quarter of Puerto Rico is currently facing severe drought, while an additional 36 percent is experiencing moderate drought. The drought is intensifying, but thousands of Puerto Ricans had already been dealing with water shortages, with some communities going without reliable water for up to a year. Many residents have been denouncing that the infrastructure that supplies water and is under AAA surveillance has not received adequate maintenance for decades, causing 60 percent of the water to be lost. But Puerto Rico’s water crises cannot be separated from its colonial status, the authority the United States has over the island, and complicit political parties.
https://www.leftvoice.org/puerto-rico-water-rationing-privatization/ SKP leader exposes the limits of Swedish democracy: “A democracy for the establishment parties” With less than a month to go before Sweden’s 2026 general election, Communist Party of Sweden (SKP) chairman Andreas Sörensen has denounced what he described as a political system designed to protect the established parliamentary parties and marginalize forces that challenge capitalism. Speaking in Stockholm on August 15, Sörensen argued that Sweden’s much-praised democracy rests on deeply unequal conditions. Parties that surpass 1% in a parliamentary election receive publicly funded ballot papers distributed nationwide, while smaller parties must finance and distribute their own. Parties above 2.5% also receive substantial state funding, while the 4% threshold for entering parliament further shields the established political forces.
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‘Pathetic Stuff’: Jeffries Rebuked Over Secret Meeting With Kushner The New York Times reported Sunday that the two men “met privately in recent weeks” in order to discuss “potential areas of common ground” if the Democrats regain control of one or both chambers of Congress in the midterms.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jeffries-kushner-secret-meeting Far-right instigator among those arrested for probable cause riot in Minneapolis, police say Police say a confrontation between the two groups happened quickly and chemical irritants were used by both sides. Police also say there is no evidence an MPD officer on scene deployed any irritant. Shortly after, police say Lang and the two others fled the scene after their cars were overrun by counter-protesters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/far-right-jake-lang-rally-arrested-inciting-riot/ ‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive push Polling shows a majority of Democrats oppose military aid to Israel, a position that has slowly gained some traction in Washington. A similar majority of roughly 75% supports the Medicare for All proposed system of universal healthcare and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), three positions shared by El-Sayed. Meanwhile, the Democratic party’s approval rating has reached historic lows, at times sinking lower than Trump’s favorability. “The party is totally lost right now,” Sarwar said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/democrats-abdul-el-sayed-progressives Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run There was a standing ovation in a Black church in South Carolina when Buttigieg was credited for helping bring millions of federal dollars to the area for a project as President Joe Biden’s transportation secretary. A second ovation came as Buttigieg gave a speech warning of a country in “big trouble” while laying out his own
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Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers Next month in the north-west of England alone, 77 newly qualified clinical psychologists will face the prospect of unemployment or leaving the NHS for private practice despite the NHS spending £19.25 million training them over three years, it warns.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unite-protests-outside-no-10-north-over-lack-jobs-nhs-trained-workers French centre-left candidate launches presidential bid amid divided left Centre-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann on Sunday launched his bid for the French presidency, aiming to unite moderate left-wing voters and challenge Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s influence ahead of France’s 2027 election. With Marine Le Pen leading first-round polls, Glucksmann is seeking to position himself as a pro-European, pro-Ukraine alternative to both the far right and hard left.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260823-glucksmann-launches-french-presidential-bid-as-left-seeks-to-challenge-far-right https://archive.ph/zxwLN Clashes erupt at migrant facility in northern Greece The violence began shortly after 9 p.m. when a group of migrants reportedly tore down part of an internal fence and attacked police with stones. Buildings, common areas, security cameras, firefighting equipment and service vehicles were damaged. One entire wing was destroyed, forcing residents to move to another part of the facility.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1313218/clashes-erupt-at-migrant-facility-in-northern-greece/ https://archive.ph/sCzCJ In Kfarchouba, life is 'a big prison' under Israeli occupation of south Lebanon Post too long. Click here to view the full text. OP/ED News Anon 3.0 22-08-26 02:59:00 No. 2897894
A Look Back at SDS, Michael Harrington and the Decline of Marxism According to a familiar narrative, protest is a kind of parlor game of privileged students. When it occurs on Ivy League campuses, it gets its fair share of attention, creating an impression that social/political movements based on long tradition have their point of origin there. (The 170 students arrested at the City College of New York’s Gaza encampment on April 30, 2024, largely people of color, had a median family income less than a quarter of that of the students arrested at Columbia. The news coverage—of their pepper spraying—and reported tasering—and broken teeth and bones—was delayed a few days and then relegated to the back pages. (See Sarah Baum in the Progressive Magazine) In Campus Wars, Kenneth J. Heineman points out that student mobilization against the Vietnam War–and in support of free speech and the right to organize on campus–arose initially at publicly funded state universities. Enmeshed in a hot war and a cold war, awash in DoD grants for war-related research, the universities assumed a division of labor: Elite schools turned out foreign policy “experts”; while state schools supplied teachers and engineers for the home front as well as international policing experts needed to shore up the unpopular South Vietnamese government.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/21/a-look-back-at-sds-michael-harrington-and-the-decline-of-marxism/ Liberalism’s Cult of the Individual Has Failed Us Is it better to “bowl alone” than to join anything that smacks of a sect? Were the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps, which put millions to work rebuilding their country, just state-sanctioned “cults?” According to one prominent liberal: maybe! In an article entitled “No, Senator Murphy, I don’t want to join your cult,” Jerusalem Demsas, the liberal publisher of The Argument magazine, goes after Democratic Senator Chris Murphy for daring to argue that we ought to have some shared social commitment to the public good. For Murphy, Americans — particularly young men — are living through an epidemic of loneliness that’s not only corroding our democracy but destroying the social bonds that hold our society together. These men, par
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'Stop gaslighting me!': Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism "Nikki wants her to back away from DSA, from socialism," said one person who spoke with Nixon. "She's listening to other people saying that they're afraid, they're scared — the Jewish members and the Hispanic caucus. But to Angie, Nikki doesn't want Angie to be who Angie is. Angie has already done the backing-away." On the call, Nixon told Fried, "You never gave a care about me from the beginning, and now you're telling me how to run my campaign?" according to the source. At one point, the source said, Nixon yelled, "stop gaslighting me!"
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/21/florida-democrats-angie-nixon-nikki-fried-socialism https://archive.ph/8C0bC US Postal Service issues rules to tighten mail-in voting if court gives OK USPS said it was issuing its 95-page rule so it could take immediate effect if a court lifted its injunctions on it and be in place for the upcoming election. Under the rule, USPS would not deliver ballots in states that do not comply with the rule's new standards.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-postal-service-issues-rules-tighten-mail-in-voting-if-court-gives-ok-2026-08-22/ Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal national guard policy report The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis and Los Angeles failed to have a measurable impact on crime in these cities despite an estimated cost of $1.7bn. The report looks at the falling rate of crime in cities without a National Guard intervention and concludes that they are not statistically different from the rate of decrease in those that had the intervention, noting that violent crime began falling well before Trump took office in 2025.
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Mazloum Abdi announces full integration of SDF as ‘new phase’ begins Several brigades have since been formed for SDF fighters who joined the Syrian army, with former SDF commanders leading them. Damascus has also appointed a former SDF commander as deputy defense minister for the eastern region. Abdi also said Kurdish fighters who had arrived in northeast Syria (Rojava) from Kurdish regions in Iraq, Iran and Turkey to help defend the Kurdish enclave against attacks, including those by the Islamic State, have now left Syria.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/syria/1078920 Protests continue in Tunisia demanding the ousting of the president Mobilised by a new opposition collective, the demonstrators pleaded for improvements to basic utility services and an end to medicine shortages, rising living costs and restrictions on freedoms. Some denounced what they described as the president’s failure to meet the people’s demands since he was elected seven years ago.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protests-continue-tunisia-demanding-ousting-president RSF turns to tribal mobilisation after Sudan battlefield losses The new recruitment drive marks a return to a strategy that has played a central role in the RSF's expansion since long before the outbreak of Sudan's current war in April 2023. The paramilitary force developed out of armed networks recruited heavily from communities in Darfur, and tribal mobilisation has remained an important source of manpower throughout the conflict. In July 2023, only months after fighting erupted between the RSF and army, leaders of seven predominantly Arab tribes gathered in Nyala and publicly announced their support for the paramilitary force.
https://www.newarab.com/news/rsf-turns-tribal-mobilisation-after-sudan-battlefield-losses Indian workers in Israel demand accountability after murder of Indian caregiver Israeli authorities have since indicted Avior Zaken, the grandson of
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(TrueAnon )Episode 571: Drugs and Thugs We are joined by Jack Poulson to talk about a little-known State Department agency that is sending machine guns to Ukraine, hiring mercenaries in Mexico, and selling AI to Colombia.
Read Covert Action Diplomacy by Jack Poulson (
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https://www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/posts/episode-571-and-167200550 AOC and Mamdani Should Stop Throwing the Black Lives Matter Movement Under the Bus In 2020, a record number of people across the United States took to the streets in the movement for Black lives, demanding justice for George Floyd and victims of police violence. Last week, two of the country’s most popular progressives — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — threw this historic movement under the bus. Speaking to ABC, AOC said that, “Woke 1 was crazy” — a phrase attributed to a tweet by New York City Council member Chi Ossé, referencing his social media posts from 2020. Days later, Mamdani more explicitly repudiated a key demand of the uprising, saying: “I’ve made very clear that I do not believe in defunding the police.” But what’s actually “crazy” is calling yourself a socialist while believing in peaceful coexistence with the police.
https://www.leftvoice.org/aoc-mamdani-woke-1/ ( 1995) Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm part 1: Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism by Murray Bookchin This short work was written to deal with the fact that anarchism stands at a turning point in its long and turbulent history. At a time when popular distrust of the state has reached extraordinary proportions in many countries; when the division of society among a handful of opulently wealthy individuals and corporations contrasts sharply with the growing impoverishment of millions of people on a scale unprecedented since the Great Depression decade; when the intensity of exploitation has forced people in growing numbers to accept a work week of a length typical of the
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Nonprofit sues over US push to auction areas of water around American Samoa for potential mining It noted that the U.S. plans to sell leases with the intention of allowing mining across some 33 million acres (13.4 million hectares) of seabed off American Samoa that is rich in minerals including nickel, cobalt and manganese that are used to build batteries, electronics and other products. The lawsuit stated that the U.S. first must ensure that such activity will not destroy critical habitats or push species closer to extinction.
https://apnews.com/article/us-sued-deep-sea-mining-earthjustice-american-samoa-ca8adde08a645e0471a017e98c645836 Senate Democrats question USDA about data errors, staff losses Six senators, led by Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, sent a letter to USDA Deputy Under Secretary Michelle Bekkering seeking details about USDA's data procedures amid growing concerns among farmers, grain merchants and investors about market-moving data produced by the agency.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/senate-democrats-question-usda-about-data-errors-staff-losses-2026-08-20/ Man suffered brain injury and severe bruising after ICE arrest in Virginia, records show José Mejía Hernández, 45, was walking to a bus stop in Arlington on the morning of 11 August when two agents got out of an unmarked vehicle and started chasing him, according to one of his lawyers, Margaret Hellerstein. The man recalled being hit by some kind of stun gun, but did not remember what happened after that, only waking up hours later in the hospital, Hellerstein said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/ice-arrest-brain-injury-virginia ‘It kept adding up’: how add-on utility fees can lead to eviction for tenants For more affluent tenants, Rubs can be an u
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Chinese court sentences founder of troubled property developer Evergrande to life in prison The decision marks a milestone in Evergrande’s saga after it defaulted on more than $300 billion in liabilities when Chinese authorities cracked down on excessive borrowing in the real estate industry in 2020. That triggered a crunch among many developers and brought on a downturn in the property market that has weighed on the broader economy ever since.
https://apnews.com/article/china-evergrande-founder-real-estate-fraud-5573868904b3ced0c5c9b0314c56ae5a Philippines army, PNP attempt to block relief distribution in Camarines Norte The groups launched the RDO to deliver food and aid to residents of Brgy. Lukbanan who continue to suffer the effects of Super El Niño. For several days, members of The Good Samaritan and BMDR have been subjected to surveillance, intimidation and illegal photography. Despite this, the groups remained resolute in delivering service to communities in need.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/afp-pnp-attempt-to-block-relief-distribution-in-camarines-norte/ Myanmar military chief visits Bangkok as diplomatic offensive continues Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup, was sworn in as president of Myanmar in April, handing the office of military leader to Ye Win Oo. Thai military chief Ukris Boontanondha met Oo on Thursday at a Bangkok hotel. The talks between them focused on cooperation on the nation’s 2,400km (1,500-mile) border, according to Bangkok.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/20/myanmar-military-chief-visits-bangkok-as-diplomatic-offensive-continues https://archive.ph/jvwWe Australia ‘outraged’ over Israeli decision not to open criminal probe into killing of Gaza aid worker According to Ms Wong, drone audio from the attack had still not b
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Clownish Start For Trump Puppet in Colombia If Abelardo de la Espriella’s first four days are any indication of what his entire term will be like, we are in for some very dark comedy over the next four years. Here are eight highlights from his inauspicious beginning. (1) On Inauguration Day a clip of him looking like a fool marching in place and saluting during military honors went viral after it was seen to have his own military officers looking at him with a look of bewilderment as to what on earth he thought he was doing. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department revealed that Colombia will receive a $1 billion support package for its participation in Trump’s Shield of the Americas project, which uses the drug war as a pretext to attack political enemies. A car bomb exploding the same day seemed to highlight the renewed chaos such policies are sinking the country into.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/18/clownish-start-for-trump-puppet-in-colombia/ Air ‘con’: Climate culture war heats up as temperatures rise While countless families, schools, hospitals, and workplaces struggle to cope in this summer’s scorching temperatures, the capitalists are taking the opportunity to pit climate activists against ordinary people. There have been three heatwaves in Britain since 1 May. In May and June alone, 2,877 people are estimated to have died due to extreme heat. Several regions have seen their hottest and driest July days ever recorded. These sustained and elevated temperatures have led to a surge in demand for air conditioning, in homes and businesses. The UK has seen a 249 percent rise in demand for aircon units since 1 May. Going further back, the number of air-conditioned homes in Britain has doubled in the last four years. But the burning question is: who will pay the bill for keeping workers cool; for making our living and working conditions safe? Of course, the bosses, bankers, and landlords don’t want to foot the cost for this. That is why some bourgeois commentators are cynically casting doubts about the need for air conditioning – whipping up a climate culture war over this question. “Is [air conditioning] a central protection against extreme heat,” certain media outlets ask, “or a luxury the planet cannot afford?” But ordinary people suffering i
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Epstein client Leon Black threatened with contempt by House panel chair The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee has threatened to hold the private equity investor Leon Black in contempt if he does not fully cooperate with the panel’s ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, amid accusations that the billionaire is purposely delaying and disrupting the panel’s inquiry.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/leon-black-epstein-house-contempt Pentagon quizzes NATO allies on political loyalty, documents reveal The Pentagon has handed NATO allies of the United States a long list of questions about whether they are adhering to President Donald Trump’s vision for the transatlantic alliance, according to documents obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/pentagon-quizzes-nato-allies-on-political-loyalty-documents-reveal https://archive.ph/fjSFH US treasury doubles debt buyback to steady bond market amid inflation fears The US treasury is doubling its buyback of government debt in an effort to balance out the bond market as officials at the US Federal Reserve remain divided over how to deal with high inflation. The yield rate on 10-year, 20-year and 30-year treasury notes all hit 20-year highs this week, with the 30-year treasury yield rising to its highest rate since 2007. The rapid rise was concerning news for borrowers as major loans, including mortgages, are backed by treasuries.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/19/us-treasury-doubles-debt-buyback-bond-market The stakes of Josh Shapiro's data center pivot The shift in political tone is unmistakable. While his May rollout talked up strict standards, it also said the state is looking to compete on "innovation," and he's previously been more welcoming. The vibes were different yesterda
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Amnesty International slams rise of Argentina’s 'surveillance state' Between December 2023, when Milei took office, and December 2025, the Argentine government "implemented a slew of security and intelligence reforms and expanded their use of surveillance technologies," the report said. "These measures constitute an intensification of state monitoring capacities… aimed at controlling and deterring protest and increasing authoritarian practices," it added.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/amnesty-international-slams-rise-of-argentinas-surveillance-state.phtml https://archive.ph/wCXC4 Lula calls oil near the Amazon River a passport to Brazil’s future after Petrobras strikes new find The exploratory drilling began in October. Environmental and Indigenous groups have since sued the Brazilian government and Petrobras to halt exploration, arguing the licensing process failed to properly consult traditional communities, underestimated spill risks and did not adequately assess climate impacts. The company has long argued it has never caused spills in its drillings.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-lula-oil-petrobras-amazon-drilling-9ad1dd2eb5a7932c2738c904fcaa73cc Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend The businessman and political consultant Fernando Cerimedo, 42, had been working as an adviser to the Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, and was one of the main strategists behind Javier Milei’s campaign in Argentina’s 2023 presidential election.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/fernando-cerimedo-adviser-far-right-latin-american-leaders-arrested-allegedly-plotting-kill-girlfriend Colombia’s government publishes “white paper” on corruption by Petro Post too long. Click here to view the full text. OP/ED News Anon 3.0 18-08-26 23:28:57 No. 2895410
Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Is Also a Debt Crisis As many Puerto Ricans were scrambling to find water for drinking, cleaning, and bathing, the archipelago marked a perverse milestone: the tenth anniversary of PROMESA. In response to Puerto Rico’s deepening debt crisis, President Barack Obama signed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) bill into law on June 30, 2016. PROMESA created a federally appointed fiscal control board to oversee the archipelago’s finances. La junta, as the fiscal control board is colloquially known, is empowered through PROMESA to override the commonwealth government and implement austerity measures in order to service the debt. The unelected members of la junta are either imbricated within the networks of Puerto Rico’s criollo elites or are part of the international finance sector with zero ties to the archipelago whatsoever. While PROMESA promised to bring relief to Puerto Ricans suffering under conditions of financial precarity, there is no doubt that things have only gotten worse for the average Puerto Rican since its passage.
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/puerto-rico-water-crisis-debt-privatization Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan, Freedom for Aziz Khakimov and all political prisoners in the countries of the Organization of Turkic States In Uzbekistan, the well known blogger and left wing activist Aziz Khakimov was given a harsh sentence of 4 years and 2 months in prison for speaking out against the rehabilitation of the leaders of the Basmachi movement of 1918-1944. His only “crime” was that he called them murderers and executioners of the people! Officially, Aziz was charged with “inciting hatred,” as he allegedly insulted the “heroes of the nation” in his speeches — those who were repressed by the “Russian communists.” The fact that hundreds of leaders of Basmachi bands, who were acquitted, killed, tortured, burned, stole livestock, robbed trains, carried out terrorist attacks, and at various times worked for Turkish, British, and later Nazi intelligence, are no longer seen as crimes in Tashkent, but as a “struggle for national liberation.” The only thing that was dropped from Khakimov was the absurd charge of “war propaganda” when he used Soviet posters from the period of the Great Patriotic
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Antiwar Mothers Resist the Reactivation of US Military Bases in Puerto Rico News of the reactivation came not through official sources but through the grapevine. Residents in Ceiba contacted Madres Contra la Guerra to report activity on the base. Neighbors felt their houses shake in the middle of the night. In November 2025, the organization heard that the use of air space between Roosevelt Roads, the international airport, and Vieques had been prohibited and wondered what the reason was. Fears that officials were re-arming the base to attack Venezuela were confirmed when, on January 3, 2026, the Pentagon launched Operation Absolute Resolve, invading Caracas and ousting President Nicolás Maduro.
https://truthout.org/articles/antiwar-mothers-resist-the-reactivation-of-us-military-bases-in-puerto-rico/ Trump administration pursues Kilmar Ábrego García on previously dismissed charges The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate criminal charges against Kilmar Ábrego García that were dismissed in May by a judge who said the prosecution of the man who unwittingly became a symbol of the White House’s mass deportation campaign was “vindictive in nature”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/kilmar-abrego-garcia-trump-charges Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm elections Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday to confirm he won’t send U.S. troops to polling places during November’s midterm elections, as Democrats have raised concerns that the Trump administration could use the military to interfere with the vote.
https://apnews.com/article/slotkin-hegseth-military-midterm-elections-trump-f1f7d71f7874eecc08db52e80a715bcb AIPAC has a new target to exert influence over Democrats AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project, poured nearly $2.5 million i
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Bolivia’s Eastern Agricultural Chamber Rejects Diesel Price Decree The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) of Bolivia rejected Decree 5676 of the right-wing government of Rodrigo Paz, which raises the price of diesel for large consumers, and called an extraordinary congress in defense of the sector amid warnings about possible food supply risks.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/bolivias-eastern-agricultural-chamber-rejects-diesel-price-decree/ Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), Uruguay's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would cut 80 of the 400 jobs at its Montevideo and Minas plants. The company keeps a second scenario on the table, which the parties involved regard as less likely: abandoning local production and operating as an importer, with a workforce reduced to around 100 employees.
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/08/17/uruguay-s-only-industrial-brewer-negotiates-cutting-80-jobs-or-ending-production Zambian President Hichilema re-elected for second term According to the Electoral Commission of Zambia, President Hichilema won with 2,965,326 votes and his closest competitor was opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who won 1,856,217 votes, about 38 per cent. President Hichilema welcomed the results and thanked Zambians, but also reached out to those who voted for the opposition.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/zambian-president-hichilema-re-elected-second-term Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer amid access battle Uzair Bhandari, one of Khan’s lawyers, told Al Jazeera the three-member bench on Tuesday also ordered a medical board be formed to oversee Khan’s treatment, including the former prime minister’s sister Dr Uzma Khan and his personal physician Dr Faisal Sultan. “The c
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