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For 60 Years, The Battle of Algiers Has Inspired Resistance
Even before Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 1966, the film had generated a lot of buzz. The jury presided over by Italian writer Giorgio Bassani gave the film the Golden Lion, the main award of the festival, “for the courage with which it tackled such a difficult and highly controversial historical and political issue, or for the vigor with which it was able to master such a subject.” Beyond the praise, the film was also met with various polemics, which continued well after its release. The French government’s delegation to Venice refused to attend both the screening and the award ceremony at the end of the festival because, in the words of its head representative (civil servant and author Philippe Erlanger), “we interpret the inclusion of the film in the festival as a sign of hostility toward France.” French film critics — who as always flooded the Italian city for the festival, as they represented the largest group of foreign journalists — did see the film but largely did not speak of it favorably: to mention just one, in Le Monde Yvonne Baby wrote how “Gillo Pontecorvo made the mistake of emphasizing — with irritating intensity (to which the music contributes greatly) — the heroism of the Algerian fighters, and of constantly filming, in close-ups and in a tragic twilight, tense, pained faces whose expressions. . . . evoke no emotion whatsoever.” France was not ready to talk about the Algerian war just four years after the humiliating withdrawal from the North African country. But what is Pontecorvo’s film about, and why does it still make sense to talk about it sixty years later?
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/algeria-battle-algiers-pontecorvo-film

Kshama Sawant’s Third-Place Finish Shows the Space for a Party of Our Own
In Washington’s 9th Congressional district, independent socialist candidate Kshama Sawant took over one in seven votes in Tuesday’s primary elections. At over 15 percent of the vote (accounting for 16,408 ballots, with more still being counted), this marked a third-place finish, coming behind Rep. Adam Smith, the Democratic candidate who won 51 percent of the vote, and Doug Basler, a Republican who carried 24 percent of the vote. InPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US Senate passes Russia sanctions bill championed by Lindsey Graham
The bill would impose new sanctions and visa bans on Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and top military commanders, as well as put tariffs of up to 500% on the country’s exports. It would also allow Donald Trump to impose levies of up to 100% on goods from countries that are the top five importers of Russian oil and gas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/russia-sanctions-senate-passed-petroleum

FCC scraps limit on local TV ownership in win for media conglomerates
In a historic vote on Thursday morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to overturn a key check against the consolidation of the television industry, throwing out a rule that prevented any one company from owning stations that collectively reach more than 39% of all US TV households.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/06/fcc-overturns-limit-local-tv-ownership

ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says
After years of delays, ICE said its field officers nationwide will have body-worn cameras by the end of September. The rollout comes after recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have intensified pressure for accountability that the cameras could provide.
https://apnews.com/article/ice-body-cameras-officers-shootings-dab1b294c8dc412d9ef8557ccbebfd57

Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates
At one point, in Dallas, a federal agent went so far as to try to board a plane in search of a target. But the Southwest Airlines gate agent reportedly refused to allow the officer to do so without a warrant signed by a judge, and airline employees blocked ICE from seeing a computer screen while passengers were boarding.
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Tudeh Party of Iran, "Endless War" and the Perilous Future Facing Iran and the Middle East
Classic wars often begin when they have clearly stated political goals, in addition to economic benefits for the military-industrial complex and usually end when one side achieves all or a significant part of those goals or considers continuing the war futile and unprofitable.However, what is unfolding today between Iran, the US, and Israel bears little resemblance to such classical wars. Rather than a conventional military confrontation, it is increasingly an example of "unlimited" and multilateral warfare that blurs the boundaries between the battlefield, the economy, politics, and national security. Such a wide-ranging conflict is no longer simply a war of missiles and aircraft. Economic sanctions, intelligence operations, cyberattacks, psychological warfare, targeted assassinations, the wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, and diplomatic pressure have all become integrated instruments of a single conflict. Unlike the wars of previous centuries, moreover, the objective of contemporary warfare is not necessarily the conquest of territory and resources, but rather the gradual erosion of a state's capacity to govern and administer the country. To a considerable extent, what we are witnessing in Iran today conforms to precisely this pattern.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/Tudeh-Party-of-Iran-Endless-War-and-the-Perilous-Future-Facing-Iran-and-the-Middle-East/

The End of “Learn to Code” Economics
The “Learn to Code” movement in the early 2010s encouraged people to learn computer programming in an economy increasingly reliant on technology. Many students chose computer science majors and workers enrolled in coding bootcamps, all because they were sold on the idea that it provided a stable future. This was fueled by the rapid growth of technology companies and their demand for software engineers. For two decades, Learn to Code reflected the needs of capital. But when in crisis, capital seeks new avenues for profit. What was once touted as one of the best careers to pursue, now has some of the highest unemployment rates while tech companies are making record-breaking profits. “Learn to Code” reminds us that laborPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Puerto Rico to Implement 48-Hour Water Cuts in Seven Municipalities Starting Friday
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González announced a 48-hour rotating water service interruption plan on Tuesday for clients served by the Carraízo reservoir and the Sergio Cuevas Filter Plant, affecting sectors in seven municipalities starting at 6:00 a.m. Friday.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/puerto-rico-to-implement-48-hour-water-cuts-in-seven-municipalities-starting-friday/

Arrest exposes opaque agreement between Puerto Rico and ICE to share migrants’ information
García and lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Assistance Clinic of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, who together have represented Rodríguez, say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her using information from the driver’s license that was shared last year with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by local authorities.
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-05/arrest-exposes-opaque-agreement-between-puerto-rico-and-ice-to-share-migrants-information.html
https://archive.ph/Wkmp3

Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling
Limiting birthright citizenship has been one of the top priorities in the Republican president's ‌crackdown on immigration, with the White House taking particular aim at what it calls "birth tourism," in which pregnant foreigners travel to the U.S. to give birth. After his June 30 setback in the Supreme Court, Trump called on Congress to act, but on Thursday he opted for executive orders, which set policy but are not legally binding. The court said Trump's earlier effort to restrict birthright citizenship was unconstitutional.
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Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour
“It’s not just about what’s happening in Palestine, it’s happening everywhere. The same forces that are controlling the world, the capitalist and imperialist forces, they are the ones who started the war in Sudan, and they are the ones waging wars in communities in every country in the world, like in Congo and Turtle Island, and Cuba and Venezuela,” Ahmed Sarsour tells me. It’s the afternoon of Friday, June 26, and Sarsour is struggling to stay on the call amid interruptions in electricity. The 33-year-old Palestinian poet is speaking to Unicorn Riot from his birthplace, his grandparents’ home in the center of Gaza in the city of Deir Al-Balah. Shaken but still standing after three separate bombings, the house sits adjacent to rubble from their neighbors’ former home. The local mosque has also been destroyed.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/reporting-from-gaza-with-palestinian-poet-ahmed-sarsour/

Sanae Takaichi Cannot Resolve Japan’s Economic Crisis
Japan has been in a prolonged economic crisis, with the yen reaching a 40-year low in value at the start of July. Takaichi was elected in part due to her bold economic promises. While there has been some debate, Takaichi is generally seen as a Keynesian politician who aims to stimulate the Japanese economy through major investments in key industries tied to advanced technology and the defense industry, favoring multi-year budgeting over single-year budgets. She has further promised to relieve consumer costs by lowering Japan’s 8 percent tax on food sales to just 1 percent. Elected largely due to her economic promises, Takaichi has been unable to pass much of this agenda, even with her party’s supermajority. Instead, she has had to rely on intervention from the United States, which stepped in late last week to prop up the yen. Whether or not this intervention succeeds in stabilizing Japan’s economy, it signals the Japanese government’s own inability to address the issue most impacting Japanese workers. It also further reinforces Japan’s subordination to the United States at a time when the United States is increasingly weak and unable, or unwilling, to act as a reliable ally, even to its most sycophantic partners.
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Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in defining race for Democrats
Michigan voters also delivered victories for other progressive candidates, nominating climate activist William Lawrence and Donavan McKinney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, both of whom are backed by Bernie Sanders in their bids for seats in the House of Representatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/michigan-senate-primary-results-abdul-el-sayed

US imperialism wargames the military draft
On July 22, the U.S. Selective Service System issued a request for quotations seeking a contractor to develop a computer simulation of a military draft. The project is another indication that the American ruling class is making concrete preparations to mobilize hundreds of thousands or potentially millions of young people for future wars.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/04/vcvx-a04.html

Immigrant-led business group votes to sue NYC over Mamdani’s taxpayer-funded grocery stores, alleging unfair competition
As the far-left mayor announced new details of his plan this week — including a 30% discount on basic items like produce, meat, milk, cheese and bread – the Multicultural Business Coalition’s board voted to file a lawsuit in the coming weeks to block the pricey initiative, the group’s chairman Frank Garcia told The Post. “The mayor doesn’t seem to want to sit down with us,” Garcia said, adding that Mamdani “won’t be able to bully these lawyers we are going to bring in.”
https://nypost.com/2026/07/28/business/immigrant-led-business-group-votes-to-sue-nyc-over-mamdanis-taxpayer-funded-grocery-stores/
https://archive.ph/IGdNB

Trump USDA Chief Calls Kicking 5 Million People Off Food Aid ‘A Pretty Big Win’
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a liberal think tank, has estimated that morePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Turkey unveils draft law to re-integrate PKK militants, achieve peace
The bill, which is expected to pass the assembly later this week, aims to end a decades-old conflict in part by facilitating the return to Turkey of potentially thousands of former PKK militants based in northern Iraq. Turkey's intelligence agency MIT would verify the group's disarmament and a committee—including the vice president, some ministers and the head of MIT—would oversee the militants' surrender and disarmament under the bill.
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-unveils-draft-law-re-integrate-pkk-militants

Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz
Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar have all had to cancel or massively curb energy shipments. However, Saudi Arabia has been able to export around two-thirds of its pre-war oil capacity because of the East-West Pipeline, which connects the kingdom’s eastern oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-aramco-reports-bumper-profits-citing-use-pipeline-bypass-strait-hormuz

Puntland forces seize government-held camp in Somalia’s Galkayo
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni told a news conference on Wednesday in the regional capital Garowe that the assault was “a planned security operation” to send a “clear message to anyone working against the Puntland government”. “The operation targeted a camp where the federal government has recently been transporting weapons, military equipment and troops in an attempt to undermine Puntland’s security and stability,” he claimed.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/5/puntland-forces-seize-government-held-camp-in-somalias-galkayo
https://archive.ph/l8eQk

Ghana parliament backs tough cocoa farm protections, with up to 20 years in prison
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Centrist Democrats Keep Making Awful Health Reform Proposals
As the start of the 2028 Democratic presidential primary nears, various policy institutions will offer up health care proposals for candidates to adopt. One such organization, the Searchlight Institute, jumped the gun a few months ago when it released Making Health Care More Available, a package of reforms headlined by a proposal to make primary care free for everyone. Overall, I find the Searchlight Institute’s proposal to be generally overstated in its significance and quite strange and cruel in its particulars.
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/health-care-searchlight-institute-aca

Capitalism Fans the Flames of the Climate Crisis
More than 900 wildfires have been raging across Canada, primarily in Alberta, British Columbia, Northwestern Ontario, and Saskatchewan. In Northwestern Ontario, where nearly 200 fires have been burning, community members have reported thick air, the constant smell of a campfire, and ash falling from the sky. Last Monday, July 13, a freight train was engulfed in flames, and workers had to request an emergency rescue. Smoke from the wildfires has poured over the Canadian border, with dense clouds hanging over cities in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. There have also been more than a dozen fires in the northern state of Minnesota due to extreme heat, dry conditions, and strong winds.
https://www.leftvoice.org/capitalism-fans-the-flames-of-the-climate-crisis/

How Europe Betrayed Leftwing Spain Over Ceuta
I’ll go to my grave believing that, before Thursday last week, few outside the Sporcle elite could point to the North-African Spanish exclave of Ceuta on a map. That lack of knowledge was all to the good of the European right. Relying on a little public ignorance, they spun a short-lived and potentially orchestrated civilian incursion into yet another code-red threat to civilisation as we know it. But don’t get distracted by those dangerous games. It’s the deranged response to the event by governments across Europe that shows how powerful the right has become across the continent. Over the weekend, Reform UK’s home affairsPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Democratic US states sue to challenge Trump's latest tariffs
The states' lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York follows previous challenges by small U.S. businesses, which sued to block the tariffs on the day they went into effect last month. States and small ​businesses have successfully challenged previous global tariffs imposed by Trump in his second term, but the president has continued to pursue ​new tariffs despite a series of legal setbacks.
https://www.reuters.com/world/group-25-us-states-challenge-trumps-latest-tariffs-2026-08-03/

Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul
The agency’s letter asks these leaders to address grade inflation, improve transparency about the costs of attending their schools and curb foreign donations. It also asks them to hire faculty of “all relevant perspectives,” with the Trump administration previously arguing schools are too left leaning and suppress conservative voices.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/03/trump-admin-asks-colleges-to-sign-on-to-their-priorities-01022271
https://archive.ph/ZpqGj

Federal judge blocks New York’s ban on ICE agents wearing masks
D’Agostino’s 51-page preliminary ruling let stand a new state prohibition on 287(g) cooperation agreements between local police departments and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The restrictions are shaping up to be a political flashpoint between Democratic state officials and the Trump administration, which challenged both provisions.
https://gothamist.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-new-yorks-ban-on-ice-agents-wearing-masks
https://archive.ph/MYVEo

Immigrant being held at Delaney Hall dies, marking 22nd death in ICE custody
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Spanish communists: The Ceuta migrant crisis is not an "invasion" but the product of capitalist rivalries
"Between Thursday and Friday, around 50,000 people crossed the border by land and sea from Morocco into Ceuta, thousands of them minors. More than 50 deaths have been reported so far, making this one of the worst humanitarian crises ever witnessed at Spain's borders. By Friday, the overwhelming majority had returned to Morocco. These events can be understood as a means of pressure exerted by the Moroccan regime in the context of Spain-Morocco relations, coinciding with Morocco's increasingly close ties with the U.S.-Israel axis and a new phase of rapprochement between Spain and Algeria. Meanwhile, Spain's coalition government has blamed the situation exclusively on human trafficking networks, deliberately avoiding any connection between what has occurred and the diplomatic, political, commercial and military relations shaping the region. In response to the events in Ceuta, which the most reactionary sectors have gone so far as to describe as an "invasion," we denounce the fact that such situations are made possible by the conditions endured by broad sections of the Moroccan people, whose hardship can easily be manipulated and exploited in the disputes between capitalist governments and states.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/08/spanish-communists-ceuta-migrant-crisis-is-not-an-invasion-but-product-of-capitalist-rivalries_01726532161.html

The Liberal Capture of Anarchism - The Polar Blast (2025)
For the past few years, a peculiar current has swept through parts of the anarchist milieu, particularly those corners closest to academia, the NGO apparatus, and the broad “social justice” ecosystems of the liberal left. It goes something like this: “we don’t live in revolutionary times”. The line is always delivered with a kind of weary resignation, as if the speaker has grown too sophisticated, too worldly, too traumatised or too professional to still believe in any of the old principles. We are told that anarchists cannot reject electoralism, because that would be “dogmatic” or “purist.” We cannot maintain a principled anti-militarism in the face of imperial alignments and geopolitical Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Puerto Rico authorizes $2 billion coastal luxury development that activists oppose
Environmentalists decried the approval, which Puerto Rico’s Adjunct Board of the Permit Management Office issued late Thursday. The approval was shared with The Associated Press on Friday. The Defend Cabo Rojo Coalition, which opposes the project, said the people of Cabo Rojo and experts should have had the opportunity to be heard. “Citizen participation is not a favor granted by an agency; it is a fundamental principle of due process and an indispensable guarantee when our natural resources, water, communities, and the future of the municipality are at stake,” it said in a statement to the AP.
https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-esencia-cabo-rojo-developers-44d13fdafa22d9ec394ff222426db331

Heatwave scorching western US ups risk of hazardous fire conditions
A heatwave scorching the western US region has elevated the risk of hazardous fire conditions particularly in parts of Oregon and Washington, where low humidity and powerful winds have put officials on alert for wildfire spread.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/heatwave-us-west-hazardous-fire-conditions

Columbia University student workers’ union withdraws Israel divestment demand
This withdrawal signifies a major shift in the union’s politics and orientation, as it has devoted itself to Columbia’s pro-Palestinian student movement since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Over 73,000 people have been killed since Israel began its assault on the enclave after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-student-workers-union-withdraws-israel-divestment-demand

Farmington Public Schools board trustee under fire over controversial comments
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Brazil: Solidary Campaign for Venezuelan People Affected by the Recent Earthquake
The Solidarity Group with the Venezuelan People launched a fundraising campaign organized in Dois Vizinhos, Paraná. They are mobilizing to gather donations for Venezuelan people affected by the recent earthquake. Starting in July, volunteers are going door to door collecting supplies, such as non-perishable food, clothing, medicines, hygiene products, and other basic essentials. The campaign is rooted in a broader support effort: organizers say the group was formed to help Venezuelan families who came to the municipality to work, and who later faced difficulties, especially around housing and the costs of everyday life. With limited assistance after the initial period of employment, families often end up sharing small spaces and relying heavily on people’s solidarity.
https://redherald.org/2026/07/29/brazil-solidary-campaign-for-venezuelan-people-affected-by-the-recent-earthquake/

China’s Upsurging Strike Trend
China is still the world’s worker’s strike capital. This fact is not always visible or perceived as such. The government of Xi Jinping, much to the linking of the capitalists, closes the siege against worker’s strikes with severity. Nevertheless, behind a facade of a unified, high-tech global powerhouse, this nation grapples with deep-rooted social unrest. Authorities frequently try to sweep these recurring conflicts under the rug, but undeniable reality makes them impossible to hide. The class struggle in China over recent decades has developed in the context of the country’s astonishing cycles of economic growth. In the first decade of the 2000s, rural struggles emerged prominently amid significant labor migration to export-oriented cities. Small farmers and rural workers clashed with local governments over the expropriation of their land, the advance of real estate development, and the rise of U.S.-style agribusiness. In the cities, from 2004 to 2008, strike movements blended the distinct characteristics of the Rust Belt in the North (where the former large-scale danwei system saw workers fighting layoffs and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises) and the Solar Belt in the South (where migrant rural workers demanded an enPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Secretive US court meant to deport alleged terrorists hears first case
The hearing, before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, was open to the public and centered on Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old lawful ​permanent resident accused of supporting Islamic State and helping conceal a failed Election Day 2024 mass shooting ​plot. Prosecutors say much of the evidence against the Texas woman cannot be publicly disclosed.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/first-case-secretive-us-court-meant-deport-alleged-terrorists-2026-07-30/

US to make visa bond requirements permanent, affecting mostly African countries
The program requires holders of passports from the affected countries to pay the bond to be interviewed for business and tourist visas — known as B1 and B2 visas — to travel to the United States. The bond is refunded if the visa application is denied or, if granted, if the person adheres to the visa terms. The Trump administration rolled out the program last August to crack down on visa overstays and as part of its broader efforts to curtail illegal migration. The government estimates that arresting and deporting visitors who have overstayed their visa costs about $18,000 per person.
https://apnews.com/article/visa-bonds-permanent-us-state-department-travelers-ca7e5a540309d7cafad47ed1520b9c68

Children face higher threat of US deportation as legal support deal expires
The expiring contract paid about 100 legal groups across the country to provide legal services to about 24,000 unaccompanied minors. The contract allowed the groups to enter government-funded shelters as part of their representation. It was unclear what would happen after the contract expires, or if they would still be allowed to access their young clients.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/31/children-face-higher-threat-of-us-deportation-as-legal-support-deal-expires
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The Right vs. the Right: Conservative “Liberals” in the Age of Trump
Before the last presidential election, Adolph Reed Jr. argued that “electoral politics has captured too much of the political imagination of the American left—or, at least, of those occupying the cultural space that a left would if there were one in this country.” Reed lamented the culturally dominant “sensibility that approaches politics as largely performative, a theater for the expression of righteousness, or bearing witness for justice and against injustice.” As many radicals long predicted, this approach to politics has handed the whole of the national political conversation to the right, and this development will plague American society long after Trump is a memory. We’ve reached a point where Bill Kristol can be a featured speaker at a “liberal” conference. It’s hard, in this context, to know which way is up, yet we can see clearly that all ways now point rightward. Kristol is far from alone; this cottage industry includes a who’s who of bloody-handed, Bush-era conservatives who now pretend to care about the rule of law, when their whole careers were spent writing thin apologies for the many constitutional violations of the post-9/11 years. We would not be in this moment with MAGA lawlessness and authoritarianism were it not for the people behind The Bulwark, the Lincoln Project, and the various other groups and outlets that have emerged on the right since Trump.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/30/the-right-vs-the-right-conservative-liberals-in-the-age-of-trump/

Power beneath the surface: Mining, politics and the Marcos dev’t agenda
For Indigenous peoples in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, there is no justice in Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ‘just’ energy transition. Growing up in the fertile rice fields of the province, Bugkalot-Ilongot resident Zesirie Enggo chose to till the same land that had sustained generations of their community. On sunny days before, she recalled, a single hectare of their rice field could yield up to 100 sacks of palay. Yet, as several mining corporations — FCF Minerals Corporation, Oceana Gold Philippines Inc. and now North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) — take interest in the richness of their mountains and soil, their livPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

U.S. investigating whether Iran was behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems
Malicious cyber activity affected technology at more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota this week, forcing some utilities to switch to manual operations as state and federal authorities dig into who is behind the attack, CBS News has learned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-investigating-iran-cyberattack-minnesota-water-systems/

US cites ‘unauthorized travel’ to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notified her it would be terminating her permission because of “unauthorized travel” stemming from her deportation.
https://apnews.com/article/daca-immigration-texas-uscis-09071c1707e6e1d385ca503c9c75bc6f

Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
This growing opposition has forced Michigan’s elected officials to reconsider the wisdom of the state’s 2024 decision to hand out tax breaks to data center constructors. Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former Wayne County public health official running in the August 4 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, told Barn Raiser that the corporations building data centers aren’t straightforward about their development plans.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/data-centers-michigan-democrats-primary-el-sayed-stevens

Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting
Mayor Katie Wilson’s announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Police Chief Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request to resign. Wilson said she was appointing Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, a law enforcement veteran with more than two decades of experience, as interim chief. Barnes told The Seattle Times earlier ThurPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System
In 2020, the Greek government introduced mandatory registration for organizations seeking to operate inside the camps. The process — costly and discretionary — effectively pushed out most independent groups, forcing them to work on the margins of the system. The result has been a double vacuum: fewer services for camp residents, and less independent monitoring of what happens inside. This is not an accident. The current structure of refugee camps in Greece took shape with the EU’s hotspot approach, introduced in 2015 in response to arrivals by sea from Turkey. Originally designed as spaces for rapid identification and processing on the Aegean islands, hotspots gradually became containment facilities. In 2016, the closure of borders by Macedonia, Croatia, and Slovenia left tens of thousands of people stranded in Greece, giving authorities a pretext to set up what were framed as emergency structures but have since become permanent.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/inside-greeces-refugee-camps-gender-based-violence-is-built-into-the-system/

Unison’s new left leadership: A balance sheet so far
Earlier this year, Andrea Egan was voted in as general secretary of Unison. Consequently, Britain’s largest union has a left-winger as leader for the first time in its history. This development brims with potential. Unison’s bureaucracy has consistently acted as an agent of the ruling class within the labour movement, holding back the class struggle in Britain at every major juncture. The union, indeed, possesses a vast apparatus, thoroughly tied to the top of the Labour Party, which has acted to put the brakes on every move towards industrial action – not only by its own rank and file, but across the trade union movement. A left-wing Unison leadership – acting in the interests of grassroots members, and not of the employers and establishment – would therefore be an important step forward for the entire workers’ movement. Egan’s election, meanwhile, could not have come at a better time: one of deepening crisis for British capitalism and its representatives, and of massive anger within the ranks of the working class.
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‘Bibi, You Can’t Hide!’: Protests Follow Netanyahu Everywhere as He Visits Trump in DC
American support for Israel has only continued to curdle as Trump has plunged deeper into a war with Iran that Netanyahu has goaded him to escalate; Israeli settlers have rampaged across the West Bank committing what have been described as “pogroms” against Palestinians; and the Israel Defense Forces have flattened entire neighborhoods in Lebanon, displacing over a million people.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-dc-protests

Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests
In an effort to ramp up deportations, federal immigration authorities have a new tactic: arresting people who overstay their visas in airports, according to an immigration memo obtained by ABC News. The arrests have occurred across the country in at least nine states from California to Virginia, and immigration lawyers are warning their clients about the risk to domestic travel, according to a source.
https://abcnews.com/US/federal-immigration-authorities-targeting-airports-arrests/story?id=135170980

Obama endorses Iowa Democrat Turek for the US Senate in a video of them playing basketball
Iowa Democrat Josh Turek got an assist Wednesday from former President Barack Obama, who endorsed his bid to flip a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat in a video of the two shooting hoops. … With months to go before the midterm elections, Obama is already throwing his weight behind candidates this cycle. He joined U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico at a taco shop in Texas in May.
https://apnews.com/article/obama-josh-turek-iowa-senate-571bcd5377eca160eac686f57875f663

Casar Demands Hearing After OpenAI Model Goes ‘Full Cybercriminal’ on Another Firm
US Rep. Greg Casar on Wednesday called for a congressional hearing following reporting that the OpenAI artificial intelligence model that autonomously breached the systems of the open-source plaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

India’s Massive Gen Z “Cockroach” Protests Show How to Fight Modi and the Right
India is being rocked by massive youth-led protests, sparked by an inflammatory statement by the Supreme Court of India’s Chief Justice, Surya Kant. In a May hearing, Kant said, “There are youngsters like cockroaches, who don’t get any employment and don’t have any place in the profession.” This caused widespread outrage among the youth who have now claimed the “cockroach” label and taken to the streets in unprecedentedly large numbers, showing the way forward in fighting the right-wing administration of Narendra Modi.
https://www.leftvoice.org/india-gen-z-cockroach-protests/

The Left Is Rising, So Centrist Dems Are Cynically Woke Again
Remember when establishment Democrats were saying with a straight face that they had been forced to adopt the grating, alienating brand of wokeness and identity politics that made them toxic to working-class voters? You should: it wasn’t even two years ago.
After handing the White House to Donald Trump a second time and scrambling to dump the blame on someone else, Democrats did what they usually do when they royally screw up: they blamed the Left, pretending that this deeply unpopular and cynical political style — whose hallmarks include shallow appeals to racial and gender identity, questionable insinuations of bigotry against their political opponents, and a fixation on bashing men, a demographic the party is desperate to win back — was something that had been forced on them by progressives and socialists. As this magazine pointed out at the time, this was pretty rich. There are certainly forces on the progressive left, rooted in college campuses and nonprofit groups, that stoked and continue to stoke the worst of wokeness. But it was Bernie Sanders and the movement behind him that had been saying the way forward was a politics that put people’s bread-and-butter concerns front and center and divisive identity politics and finger-wagging to the side. For their troubles, establishment Democrats lined up to declare them a bunch of racist, sexist “Bernie Bros,” even secret right-wingers who, being white guys, were out of touch with a voting public that wanted to only talk about race and gender, and that they should move out of the way entirely. (Why is the DemPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone

Lawsuit claims US civil rights agency has halted all federal-sector class complaints
The lawsuit claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ordered an indefinite suspension of federal-sector class complaints pending before the agency’s administrative judges, who handle discrimination complaints from federal workers in a process that is different than for private sector workers.
https://apnews.com/article/eeoc-lawsuit-civil-rights-6761f05373f225c530d396aa6f874b97

Imprisoned writer Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks UN intervention after 44 years behind bars
On Tuesday Abu-Jamal, 72, lodged a petition with the UN’s working group on arbitrary detention, a body within the Human Rights Council. It marks the latest attempt by the internationally renowned prisoner and prolific author of 15 books to seek relief, having exhausted all domestic channels through state and federal courts.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/mumia-abu-jamal-un-jail

Almost nobody wants this SEC change
Individual investors overwhelmingly oppose the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to ease the requirement that companies release quarterly financial reports. More than 99% of the comments opposed the proposal, according to a new tally. The agency has received some 221,000 comments in total — a record number, a person familiar with the agency's operations tells Axios.
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Lawyers ‘Scared’ to Do Their Jobs After Charges Against Palestine Action Barrister
Lawyers are “scared” of doing their jobs following contempt of court charges made against a top barrister who defended a Palestine Action activist, senior legal figures say. Defence lawyer Rajiv Menon KC was due to stand trial on Tuesday, accused of defying a judge’s order by telling a jury they had the right to acquit activists according to their conscience. Menon denies he acted improperly.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/07/27/lawyers-scared-to-do-their-jobs-after-charges-against-palestine-action-barrister/

French far right reviewing potential tweaks to retirement reform proposal
One such option is to scrap a rule that allows individuals to retire on a full pension at 67, even if they haven’t paid in long enough to otherwise qualify, as reported last month by POLITICO. …. the National Rally is also looking into a potentially controversial proposal which would encourage workers to contribute to private pension schemes in addition to paying into the state system — a proposal long supported by fiscal conservatives.
https://www.politico.eu/article/national-rally-marine-le-pen-battle-rages-far-right-fix-france-pensions/
https://archive.ph/4kzEh

Four decades after Chernobyl, a generational divide reshapes Italy’s nuclear debate
Next week, Parliament is expected to approve government-sponsored legislation establishing a legal framework for next-generation nuclear technologies. The government would then have 12 months to draft implementing decrees covering reactor licensing, safety standards, waste management and siting.
https://apnews.com/article/italy-nuclear-power-law-eu-chernobyl-plant-small-reactors-0ac9e59bd9f227ddceafeb48e9d1a701

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CP of Pakistan, Communist Party of Pakistan's statement on the escalating situation in Balochistan
The Communist Party of Pakistan strongly condemns the ongoing military escalation and violence in Balochistan. Once again, the ruling elites have responded to a political distress and national question with military operations, maximizing security powers and repression. This is nothing new but the same failed policy repeated for decades, always promising peace but delivering only more bloodshed, more enforced disappearances, more displacement and deeper alienation between the Baloch people and the state. Every military operation has bred greater mistrust, intensified resentment and reproduced the very conditions that fuel further conflict. This security-centric policy has been sustained by the systematic destruction of democratic politics. Just as in the rest of the country, the military establishment has repeatedly imposed puppet governments on the people of Balochistan through blatantly manipulated elections. These civilian administrations possess no meaningful decision-making authority. They function merely as a civilian façade for military hegemony, while all major political decisions remain concentrated in unelected institutions. Balochistan stands today at one of the most dangerous crossroads in its modern history because the ruling elites continue to refuse a political solution to what is fundamentally a political and national question.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Pakistan-Communist-Party-of-Pakistans-statement-on-the-escalating-situation-in-Balochistan/

The Iron Felix: 100 years since the death of Felix Dzerzhinsky
One hundred years ago, on 20 July 1926, the international communist movement lost one of its most steadfast revolutionaries. At just 49 years old, Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky—remembered forever as the "Iron Felix"—passed away after suffering a heart attack, only hours after delivering a lengthy speech to the Plenary of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party on the country's economic situation. Dzerzhinsky was not born into the working class. Born in 1877 into a relatively well-off Polish family, he consciously abandoned privilege and devoted his entire life to thePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Just one in three Americans back Iran war, most unsure of Trump's goals, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Trump has offered shifting objectives for the conflict such as aiding Iranians to topple their leaders, taking out Iran's ballistic-missile capabilities and preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The poll found that 69% of Americans — including four in 10 Republicans - think Trump has not "clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/just-one-three-americans-back-iran-war-most-unsure-trumps-goals-reutersipsos-2026-07-27/

Consolidated food supply may be worsening cyclospora outbreaks, experts say
Food safety experts say decades of consolidation across farming, processing and distribution have increased the potential for a single contamination event to spread nationwide. Taylor Farms’ expansion through acquisitions and the dominance of distributors such as Sysco and US Foods illustrate how fewer companies now handle a larger share of the nation’s fresh produce.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/cyclospora-outbreak-food-industry-consolidation.html

New Trump Asylum Rule Would Send Hundreds of Thousands of Applicants Straight to Deportation Proceedings
US asylum law requires the government to give asylum seekers a “reasonable opportunity” to present evidence that they face persecution in their country of origin as a result of race, religion, nationality, social group membership, or political opinion.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-asylum-rules-interviews

Mitch McConnell still not cleared to resume Senate duties, office says
An update released alongside a new photograph of the Republican lawmaker – one of the highest-profile figures in Congress, as a former Senate majority leader – said he was undergoing “intense physical therapy” and is “working hard” to get back to his duties.
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Pushed Face to the Ground, Abderrahim Fakir Couldn’t Breathe
Anger stirred in Italy this past week after forty-two-year-old Abderrahim Fakir was killed while under police restraint during a routine check in Bologna. On Sunday, Fakir’s neighbors had called emergency number 118 after hearing screams, and police arrived first on the scene. Video footage shows two officers grabbing the man and holding him face down on the street for several minutes, applying pressure on his back after pepper-spraying him while he was already face to the ground, his ankles bound. When paramedics arrived, they stood watching as Fakir cried “help, stop.” He then stopped talking and moving, before being pronounced dead at the scene. A later preliminary exam showed lung compression was a possible cause of death. Fakir was a Moroccan national, and the country’s embassy said it was “following the case closely and with deep concern.” The Bologna city attorney has already opened a case against two officers and four paramedics, ordering an autopsy. But this case is also significant because for the first time a so-called criminal shield was invoked. This legal device, introduced in the right-wing government’s security decree this April, can prevent attorneys from writing someone on the suspect list if there is reason to believe they acted in self-defense or — crucially for violence by police — in the line of duty. This restarted debates about the propriety of this measure that many Italians already feared would give police too much power, and even impunity.
https://jacobin.com/2026/07/italy-fakir-police-violence-protest

Remembering Lindsey Graham Not for the Evil He Did But for the Fun He Had Doing It
When Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly on Saturday night, July 11, corporate media’s elegiac coverage didn’t just whitewash his record—it illustrated the affinity and symbiosis between the press corps and the politician they were meant to hold to account. Like corporate journalists, Graham played a key role in cheerleading imperial wars and promoting domestic inequality. And Graham and the media both prioritized the appearance of bipartisanship while normalizing Trump and his politics.
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Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
As anger grows towards law enforcement contracts with Flock, vigilantes across the country are taking matters into their own hands by smashing, obstructing or taking down these cameras.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/25/flock-surveillance-cameras

Food banks confront growing SNAP gap
As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continues to undergo a historic remolding, food banks say they're staring down a gap they can't fill. "We've been operating kind of in emergency management mode," says Terri Shoemaker, the executive vice president of the Arizona Food Bank Network. "At some point, that will fatigue."
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/25/food-banks-snap-cuts-obbb
https://archive.ph/HeLAl

Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
An economic indicator like median wages does not capture the capacity of family budgets to accommodate additional price hikes. Americans spent an average of 12.9% of their pretax incomes on eating out and at home in 2024, but the share was 33% for the one-fifth of U.S. households with the lowest earnings, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prices also can vary substantially by region. In St. Louis, food for home use cost 2% more in June compared to a year earlier; in San Francisco, it was 6%, the consumer price index showed.
https://apnews.com/article/grocery-shopping-prices-food-affordability-8468c1d6532ca762bbcfa17e3c7707d1

Troy Jackson secures Democratic nomination for Maine Senate seat after chaotic primary race
Jackson’s win amounted to a coronation for the progressive fifth‑generation logger and former state senate president, who faced no real opposition at the special convention after every major rival stepped asidePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

TRUMP II: Trade War Gone Global
Trump’s trade war is back—bigger, louder, and somehow even dumber. Some say it’s different this time. But like most sequels, the plot is familiar. The characters are worn out. The filmmakers seem determined to shoot the same scenes over and over again. How does it end? Probably a hell of a lot like the original. While in Trump I, he fired shots at big trading partners like China and Europe, in Trump II, he’s opened fire on the global order itself, and this time, the system shoots back.
https://chuangcn.org/2025/06/heatwave-trump-tariffs/

The Party That Saved British Capitalism: Labour from Attlee to Burnham By Nikos Mottas Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism
Andy Burnham's arrival at 10 Downing Street has, once again, been accompanied by the familiar chorus of illusions. Britain, we are told, has entered a "new era." A new Labour prime minister promises hope, fairness and renewal. Yet beneath the new rhetoric lies the same old reality. The faces change. The managers change. The class character of the British state does not. For more than a century, the Labour Party has fulfilled a specific and indispensable role for British capitalism. The Conservatives have traditionally defended the interests of monopoly capital openly and unapologetically. Labour has defended precisely those same interests under the banner of "progress," "fairness" and the "national interest." Whenever British capitalism has entered a period of political instability or social discontent, Labour has stepped forward as the "acceptable alternative," promising change while ensuring the uninterrupted continuity of bourgeois rule. This is no historical accident. It is the very political function social democracy has performed throughout its existence.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/07/the-party-that-saved-british-capitalism-labour-from-attlee-to-burnham.html

Yes, We Really Should Abolish the Senate
The American right has spent much of the last week melting down about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)’s “Workers Deserve More” platform. Many of the elements of that plPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Trump administration witch-hunts People’s Forum and BreakThrough News
The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to three non-profit groups with alleged links to the Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSL), claiming that the groups received nearly $40 million in funding from multi-millionaire Neville Roy Singham, an American who moved to Shanghai after selling his tech company in 2017. The compulsory subpoenas were issued July 21 to People’s Forum, based in New York City, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, based in Massachusetts, and BreakThrough News, a media outlet, after all three groups declined to supply documents to the committee voluntarily. The groups were given until August 7 to comply.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/nwfj-j24.html

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Illegal Spying and Retaliation Targeting ICE Monitors
A coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the Trump administration of secretly collecting and keeping personal information about people who monitor US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, arguing that the practice violates federal privacy law and threatens constitutionally protected speech and association.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/lawsuit-trump-dhs-surveillance

Cleveland library, hospital workers authorize strike action against low wages and unsafe conditions
More than 300 library workers and roughly 170 hospital employees in Cleveland, Ohio, have authorized strike action amid mounting anger over low wages, unsafe staffing, rising healthcare costs and attacks on working conditions.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/pfda-j24.html

Coalition Rejects Trump Admin Push to Let Kalshi, Polymarket ‘Bypass State Gambling Regimes’
Users of these platforms can bet on future events, from the outcome of a sports game to the language of a political speech, by buying “shares,” or “contracts.” The Trump administration claims the platforms are not gambling operPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Episode 564: Sugar(TrueAnon)
An examination of the strike at the C&H Sugar Refinery in Crockett, California, and its place in history and the present.
https://www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/posts/episode-564-164636509

Repression Intensifies in Bolivia with Arrest of Prominent Peasant Leaders
On Saturday, July 17, one month after the government in Bolivia declared a state of emergency, right-wing president Rodrigo Paz arrested movement leaders David Mamani, of the Tupac Katari Federation, who was in hiding, and David Quispe Machaca, of the Unified Confederation of Peasant Workers (CSUTCB). The government has accused both leaders of “terrorism.” This is the same argument the government uses to criminalize and persecute those who mobilized during the more than 50 days of blockades. La Izquierda Diario (Left Voice’s sister site in Bolivia) demands freedom for David Quispe, David Mamani, Vicente Salazar, and all those detained during the May and June mobilizations! Strikingly, following these arrests, the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) quickly published its call for dialogue with the government of Rodrigo Paz. Not only that, but the commission for reviewing and monitoring judicial processes is no longer even included in these discussions. It’s important to remember that the Paz government was able to impose the state of emergency thanks to the betrayal of COB leader, Mario Argollo and the National Executive Committee (CEN) of the COB, through their signing of an agreement on June 19. These new arrests come amid the escalating persecution that the Paz government is carrying our, thanks to the impunity afforded by the state of emergency. To date, the La Paz Departmental Prosecutor’s Office itself has reported that 114 criminal cases have been opened, 75 of which were initiated ex officio.
https://www.leftvoice.org/repression-intensifies-in-bolivia-with-arrest-of-prominent-peasant-leaders/

Marco Rubio and the Myth of the “Communist Refugee”
Fox News host Martha MacCallum recently interviewed New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, clashing over wPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Democrats say Social Security boss’ message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law’s benefits
The New Deal-era program carries significant weight with voters, millions of whom rely on it, making talk of cutting benefits unpopular. Adding to the potency of the issue is the program’s looming funding shortfall. Democrats and Republicans are competing this November for control of the narrowly divided House, with the Senate increasingly in play, injecting an incentive for both sides to press their advantages.
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-bisignano-message-taxes-democrats-bb6a1a4f0c9d18f5ece322068c920f8b

‘An Abuse of the USGS, the Environment, and Our Intellects’: Trump Admin Uses Public Lands Report to Push Coal
President Donald Trump’s administration has dedicated over $1 billion to boosting the coal industry, and on Thursday announced a report about reserves beneath federally managed public lands, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum claiming that the polluting fossil fuel “is more important than ever to the production of electricity.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-clean-coal

Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year’s elections
The Alaska letter asks recipients to affirm their citizenship status via letter, phone or email, and Beecher said the division is not requiring paperwork or documentation. Those who receive the letter are moved to a list of “inactive” voters. If the division doesn’t hear back from the recipient, they still would be able to cast a special kind of ballot that also requires voters to attest to their qualifications to vote, she said.
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-elections-citizenship-voting-primary-9e4db5ee464efe244928e3c9db119ff6

Wisconsin protesters demand justice for man shot dead by police
Late on Wednesday demonstrators gathered at the scene and ​at the Capitol, where an outdoor concert wasPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Analytical Note – Turkey (RKSM(b) )
Turkey positions itself as a gas hub, seeking to become a key energy hub for Europe and the Middle East. Since 2025, the gas trade center project together with the Russian Gazprom and the Turkish company Botas has been underway in Istanbul. Gas prices are planned to be calculated according to the new Istanbul gas index, and the infrastructure is created on the basis of the Istanbul financial center. 12] Turkey plans to expand gas imports not only from Russia, but also from other countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Oman, Algeria. In 2023-2024, the country signed side contracts for liquefied natural gas with Shell, Oman LNG and ExxonMobil. The Istanbul gas hub will theoretically allow “depersonalize” gas sold to the European market to remove the risks of discrimination against Russian supplies. But there is a problem: the bourgeoisie in all countries always tend to bite off even more than they can swallow. The technical possibilities of gas delivery from Turkey to Europe are quite limited. And the Turkish bourgeoisie seeks to monetize its favorable geographical position, but does not want to invest in infrastructure alone. The existing capacity of the gas pipeline to Europe is already used almost completely, and without new routes, experts doubt the possibility of meeting the needs of the European market. 1313] Despite its growing appetite, Turkey remains an imperialist predator of local scale. Therefore, it is necessary to consider its relationship with the larger imperialists.
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No Regrets for Being on the Right Side of History Interview with Daniel Tatlow-Devally
In the early hours of September 8, 2025, in Ulm, Germany, five activists gained access to a branch of a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private defense contractor. They damaged office equipment while filming themselves. According toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

June 1 trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in his US drug trafficking case
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set the June 1 trial date at the request of lawyers on both sides. Under the approved schedule, defense lawyers will begin filing requests in early September to challenge the indictment and the couple will return to the courtroom Nov. 17 for oral arguments on the motions.
https://apnews.com/article/maduro-venezuela-criminal-case-f90603d36d36a88837f485dd5b2698b5

US House passes $1.15 trillion military bill expanding Israel cooperation
The bill passed in the House on Wednesday by a margin of 216 to 212, largely adhering to party lines, with the exception of six Democrats who voted in favour and seven Republicans who opposed it. “Final vote total for the NDAA today which tragically merges our military technology and supply chains with Israel’s,” Republican Representative Thomas Massie, who has clashed with the White House and been a vocal critic of the war on Iran, said in a social media post responding to the vote.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/23/us-house-passes-1-15-trillion-military-bill-expanding-israel-cooperation
https://archive.ph/eJMqe

13 Dems Help House GOP Pass Stock Trading Ban That Includes Trump Attack on Voters
In a letter to Congress earlier this week, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) warned that “the Voter ID Act—which mostly mirrors a section of the deeply unpopular SAVE Act—aims to impose onerous new requirements on voting. It would demand Americans provide ID to cast a ballot but only accept an unreasonably narrow list of acceptable types of documentation. It excludes widely held and reliable forms of ID that young people and voters of color disproportionally rely on, while failing to account for the diversity of tribal identification practices.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-voter-id

Scoop: ProgressPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Francesca Hong Wants To Be America’s First Socialist Governor
The Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor has gone haywire. Over the last week, Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out amid a campaign finance scandal, and a candidate who had suspended his campaign, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, rejoined the race — immediately nabbing an influential endorsement from current Gov. Tony Evers. Meanwhile, state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, has surged in recent polls. Is this last-minute shakeup a coincidence, or part of a concerted effort to keep Hong from securing the nomination? Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with Hong, the candidate in the middle of it all. They discuss the opposition to her grassroots campaign, why she thinks her politics are better positioned to defeat Republicans, and why she believes the entire debate over “electability” misunderstands this political moment in the United States.
https://www.levernews.com/francesca-hong-wants-to-be-americas-first-socialist-governor/
https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-2acsi-2f904fad

How Egg Price-Fixing Went Unpunished
Despite acknowledging he thinks about Americans’ financial situations “not even a little bit,” President Donald Trump has made a show of addressing the cost of living through a variety of initiatives. These have included, among other things, establishing TrumpRx.gov to sell generic drugs, occasionally suggesting that he’ll directly send checks to Americans, and warnings to grocers to voluntarily reduce beef prices. One example is the recent investigation by Trump’s Department of Justice (DoJ) into three egg producers for collusion and price manipulation. Cal-Maine, the country’s largest egg producer, worked with two competitors to manipulate egg prices from 2022 to 2025. Annual profits at Cal-Maine alone rose from about $200 million a year to over $1 billion a year. The case was settled earlier this month, resulting in a $3 million fine and agreement to donate fifty milliouyghs — basically a slap on the wrist. The egg producers no doubt settled out of court because of the strength of the evidence against them: conference call and message records demonstrating Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Pete Hegseth Puts New Price Tag on Iran War With Billions Requested
The updated tally came as Hegseth appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers are weighing the White House’s request for $87.6 billion in additional funding—money the administration says is needed to cover “urgent needs” tied to the conflict and to “reinforce peace through strength.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pete-hegseth-iran-war-cost-billions-senate-funding-request-12225493
https://archive.ph/J3hWP

US appeals court overturns ruling that freed Columbia activist Mahdawi
In a decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals — made up of two Trump appointees and one judge appointed by former President George W Bush — ruled the lower court shouldn’t have ordered Mahdawi’s release because the case should have been resolved in the immigration court system, which is overseen by the US Department of Justice. While the ruling doesn’t order Mahdawi’s immediate re-arrest, it removes the order allowing him to be released. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents him, however, said there was no legal basis to deport or re-detain him while the appeals process continues.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/21/us-appeals-court-overturns-ruling-that-freed-columbia-activist-mahdawi
https://archive.ph/3OkdO

Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds
The Department of Health and Human Services said it also will expand its authority to remove bad actors from federal health programs and possibly bar them from returning. CMS said it reviewed California's claims for certain in-home care programs after identifying spending growth that exceeded national trends and other claims officials said require more documentation. The agency also cited Medicaid claims in 14 service areas in Minnesota that it said require additional documentation, including expenditures linkPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Communist Party of the Workers of Spain: Statement on the 90th Anniversary of the 1936 Fascist Coup d'État
On July 18, 1936 a significant section of the Army, supported by the big bourgeoisie, landowners, the Church hierarchy, the most reactionary sections of the State apparatus, and the European fascist powers, rose up against the working people. That coup was the violent response of the ruling classes to guarantee their offensive in all the spheres; it was their response against the advance of the workers', peasants', and popular organization. Ninety years later, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain pays tribute to those who fought fascism on all fronts. From trenches and factories, in the villages, in prisons, in exile, and everywhere the working class and the working people refused to accept the victory of reaction. We remember all those who fought for our future, especially those who, as members of the International Brigades, came to our country to give their best to stop fascism.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/07/communist-party-of-workers-of-spain-statement-on-90th-anniversary.html

Burnham knows what to do in Number 10: just keep his word
DAY ONE in Number 10 for Andy Burnham. Starmer made it simple for the new Prime Minister. All he has to do is do what he said he would do. Where Starmer took office on a false prospectus — that he would put into place Corbyn’s policies — and then proceeded to betray each one and start a police regime that stripped the guts out of Labour, all Burnham has to do is keep his word. At the rhetorical level Burnham has done well. Abandoning the ID card scheme — a maladroit move that Starmer bungled and which gifted the Tories a chance to pose as defenders of individual liberties — is set alongside his pledge to concentrate on the cost of living for working people. Where this newspaper has been the forum where scepticism about Burnham’s radical credentials are aired we can state plainly that in Burnham there rests both great hopes and real fears. But tackling the cost-of-living crisis entails real measures that go to the heart of the central contradiction in capitalist society between the interests of the class of people whose wealth derives from the work oPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Pentagon Has Been Hiding Reports on Soldiers Injured During Trump’s Illegal Iran War
In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday that killed two US soldiers and left one service member missing in Jordan, Iran carried out three other strikes against US forces in the country. Those attacks injured dozens of US service members and damaged several helicopters, according to several US officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pentagon-hiding-iran-casualties

Inside House Democrats' fear-driven turn against Israel
The vote put House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in the minority of his own party. He was among the 98 Democrats who voted against the measure. A former House Democrat told Axios some current lawmakers have fumed to them that Jeffries "is not reading the moment of where the party is now." … There would have been more votes for the amendment had Jeffries not spoken out, the lawmaker said, estimating that as many as 150 Democrats might have supported it in that scenario.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/20/democrats-israel-jeffries-massie-amendment-vote
https://archive.ph/SI5VN

‘He’s a war criminal’: Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest Netanyahu if he visits New York
Mamdani said it was unclear to him whether he has the legal authority to order the New York police department (NYPD), which he oversees, to detain a foreign leader like Netanyahu. But he said he was in “an active conversation” with the city’s law department about the matter. “Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do,” Mamdani added. “But we won’t be writing our own laws to that end.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/mamdani-netanyahu

‘An Unmistakably Chilling Message’: Trump DOJ Subpoenaed Phone Records of Journalists’ Relatives
In a letter sent to US DistPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Tudeh Party welcomes U.S.-Iran agreement, warns against "merchants of war"
The Iranian communist party argues that the country remains trapped in a state of political uncertainty despite the reported framework agreement. According to the article, Iran today finds itself "neither at war nor at peace," facing a complex combination of external threats and deep internal crises. The Tudeh Party strongly condemns the recent military aggression carried out by Israel and the United States against Iran, highlighting the devastating consequences of attacks on civilian infrastructure and warning of the dangers posed by continued imperialist intervention in the region. The article points to the bombing of civilian facilities and the threat of a broader regional conflict as evidence of the aggressive nature of U.S. policy. At the same time, the party stresses that the gravest challenges facing Iran stem from domestic conditions. Rising inflation, unemployment, poverty, social inequality and the continued erosion of living standards have placed enormous burdens on millions of workers and ordinary people. The article notes that growing labor, pensioners' and social protests demonstrate the persistence of widespread dissatisfaction with the country's economic and political situation.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/06/tudeh-party-welcomes-us-iran-agreement-warns-against-merchants-of-war.html

The Far Right Is Fueling Racist Violence in Belfast, with State Complicity
Belfast still bears the scars of the decades-long civil and religious conflict known as The Troubles. Walking a single block, you can pass from a Republican neighborhood with tricolor flags and murals supporting Palestine and a 32-county Irish Republic, into a unionist neighborhood where Union Jacks abound and pro-monarchist slogans and images of the king are common. In the latter neighborhood, you can even find the occasional mural supporting the Israeli Defense Forces. And no wonder. Belfast’s history in the 20th century is marked by repeated attacks by unionist groups on Republican (mostly Catholic) neighborhoods, burning their homes and businesses — often with the complicity of the local police and the British army, which at the time occupied all of Northern Ireland undPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions intended to block arrests and deportations. During a news conference Tuesday, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the defendants “violently opposed the enforcement of federal law” by setting up blockades around government buildings, throwing chunks of ice at federal vehicles and “stalking” agents as they moved through Minneapolis.
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-trump-ice-98e30301d67d3a368efbd8fafa72bf17

Pro-Zionist organization files discrimination charges against National Education Assocation
In April, the pro-Zionist Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last April against the National Education Association (NEA), claiming the teachers’ union created a “hostile environment” for Jewish and Israeli members, particularly at a July 2025 Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/16/arxr-j16.html

In Senate Race, Michigan’s El-Sayed Hammers Message on Medicare for All
El-Sayed made the case for the program—supported by more than 100 members of the Democratic caucus in Congress as well as 78% of Democratic voters—in a video he posted on social media Monday, asking Michigan voters to imagine being diagnosed with cancer—only to realize they’ll have to drive three hours to get the nearest cancer center, like many residents who don’t live near one of Michigan’s two nationally designated, comprehensive cancer treatment facilities.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-abdul-el-sayed

Trump-backed Collins beats Kemp’s pick to take on Ossoff for Georgia Senate
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Errico Malatesta: Let’s Demolish — and then?
I say that to abolish the gendarmerie, and baleful social institutions of whatever kind, we need to know what we want to replace them with — not in a more or less distant future but now, the very same day the demolition work begins. You cannot really destroy, and permanently, without having what we put in its place. To postpone to a later date the solution to the urgent problems that arise would be to give a breathing space to those same institutions that we want to abolish, to recover from tie received blow and to re-impose themselves once more, perhaps under other names but certainly the same in essence. Our solutions will be accepted by a sufficiently large section of the population and we shall have created anarchy, or at least made a step towards it. Or it may be that they will not have been understood and accepted and in that case our work will serve as propaganda, and will be placed before the general public as the program for the near future. But in any case, we must have our solutions: provisional solutions, no doubt; ones that can be revised and modified in the light of experience, but necessary if we do not wish to endure passively the solutions of others, limiting ourselves to the hardly useful role of grumblers who are both incapable and impotent.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/malatesta/1926/lets-demolish.html

Statement of the European Communist Action on the 2026 G7 Summit, which is dangerous for the interests of the people
The main leaders of the Euro-Atlantic capitalist bloc will meet at the G7 Summit, to be held in Évian, France, from 15 to 17 June 2026, to update capitalist arrangements regarding energy, which is highly costly for the peoples, the so-called security and anti-people governance. The 2026 G7 summit will take place in the context of efforts to halt the consolidation of the capitalist bloc led by China, thanks to its capitalist development, which, in alliance with Russia, is challenging the United States for the status of leading economic power. The European Communist Action condemns the anti-worker and anti-popular orientation and policies of the bourgeois governments of the G7, NATO and the European Union which, amidst the growing contradictions and tensions between major capitalist Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

AOC's hot streak on endorsements divides the left
While Sanders has endorsed dozens of progressive candidates up and down ballots across the country this year, Ocasio-Cortez has been more choosy.
Some on the left say she's being overly cautious, and reluctant to support progressives who are taking on her Democratic colleagues in the House.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/aoc-endorsements-democrats-winning
https://archive.ph/ZKI1u

No Crocs or baby onesies - the draconian Delaney Hall dress code ICE uses to deem toddlers ‘too provocative’
In one such visit, a guard nearly rejected them because of Soto’s 11-month-old’s onesie, she said. On another occasion, she told the Guardian, Delaney Hall rejected them because Gabriela’s four-year-old daughter was iuyghings. When Gabriela would ask why their clothes weren’t allowed, guards said they were too “provocative”, she said. “How is that provocative if she’s only four years old?” said Gabriela, referring to her daughter.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/15/new-jersey-delaney-hall-immigration-visitor-dress-code

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump’s Justice Department is investigating him and his wife
A person familiar with the matter denied the existence of an investigation specifically targeting the governor, but said there are multiple federal probes into people around him, including one related to his wife’s taxes. That probe began last year, and political leadership in Washington was not involved in the decision to open it, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss ongoing investigations.
https://apnews.com/article/newsom-trump-justice-department-a9e5bd1f8c2906c23bd68f3e5b6b3f2f

ICE agent shoots at vehicle after being struck by car, officials in New Jersey say
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Elon Musk: What kind of system produces a trillionaire?
"If a man tells you he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'" The old remark by Don Marquis has never been more relevant. Elon Musk has officially become the world's first trillionaire. Predictably, the newspapers, television networks and business magazines are treating it as a historic achievement. A monument to innovation. A triumph of genius. Proof that capitalism rewards talent. But a trillion dollars is not a measure of talent. It is rather a measure of power. No human being creates a trillion dollars. No human being earns a trillion dollars. A trillion dollars represents the labor of countless workers — miners, engineers, technicians, drivers, factory workers, programmers, cleaners, warehouse employees — whose collective work is transformed into private wealth. The billionaire appears at the end of the process and claims the credit. The defenders of capitalism want us to marvel at the size of Musk's fortune. We ask a simpler question: Who produced it? Not Musk alone. Not even remotely.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/06/elon-musk-what-kind-of-system-produces-a-trillionaire.html

Mamdani and the ABCs of Marxist State Theory
More than four months have passed since Zohran Mamdani, a young activist from the Democratic Socialists of America, rose to the position of mayor of one of the wealthiest and most important cities in the world. His electoral victory over the Democratic Party establishment candidate, Andrew Cuomo, was viewed sympathetically by many and seen as an expression of a leftward shift among a generation that led the university campus occupations in solidarity with Palestine and has been radicalizing since the rise of Bernie Sanders. His campaign centered on “affordability,” with proposals including free public transportation, taxes on billionaires, and anti-repression demands, such as the dissolution of the police’s most violent units. For these reasons, his candidacy was widely perceived as a challenge to the U.S. political and social order. Yet, as soon as the task of administering the state apparatus took hold of both the candidate and the organization, they made a series of concessions to economic and political power. These concessions sparked intense debaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide
Daphy Michel, 31, died March 2. She was found at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office found her cause of death to be hypothermia and ruled the manner a homicide, “indicating the death was caused by the actions of another individual” and should not be interpreted as a declaration of criminal guilt, the office said in a statement. The office released its findings Friday.
https://apnews.com/article/haiti-woman-homicide-ice-e31e7109eba053b41f6b0319640df042

Cruz breaks with Trump on key endorsements as 2028 looms
Cruz this week announced he was backing Rick Jackson for Georgia governor and Alan Wilson in South Carolina's race for governor. Jackson, a wealthy health care executive, faces Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia's June 16 runoff. Wilson, South Carolina's attorney general, is up against Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in a runoff taking place on June 23.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/ted-cruz-trump-endorsements-2028
https://archive.ph/ZdgZ6

Blaze at 1m-sq-ft California warehouse rages into third day: ‘We’re struggling’
The fire has been raging at the medical supplier Medline Industries’ warehouse in Tracy, a city of more than 100,000 residents located about 55 miles (90km) east of San Francisco. Officials expect to be battling the fire for a few more days.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/13/california-warehouse-fire-tracy

Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs
A New York law signed last month and a bill in the California Legislature both would direct panels of experts to come up with standards for firearm blueprint detection algorithms. The technology would analyze every design submitted for 3D printing, compare it to a digital library of fPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

The Issue of Israel Is Ending Democracy In Michigan
Slowly at first, and now all at once, Michigan has turned into the central battleground in the country’s war over the U.S. relationship with Israel—and the American public’s ability to debate it freely. Campuses across the country erupted in protest in 2024 against U.S. complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, with crackdowns of various intensity rolling up encampments, disciplining students, and, in some cases, filing significant charges. Michigan’s law enforcement moved perhaps the most aggressively. When a local prosecutor in Ann Arbor declined to press felony charges on a group of protest organizers, state Attorney General Dana Nessel moved to take matters into her own hands. Now that those charges have been met with acquittals and dismissals, the federal government is stepping in to target them with felonies, announcing a sweeping indictment filed Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian advocates.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/university-michigan-palestine-protests-federal-indictments-nessel-sayed

Back Andy Burnham in Makerfield
The Green Party has much less support in Makerfield and has, sensibly, chosen to run a more-or-less paper campaign. And this time Burnham is the Labour candidate, the Prime Minister now lacking the authority to impose any more vetoes. There is no need to be starry-eyed about Burnham’s politics. He has been a chameleon over his career and there is less to his much-touted “Manchesterism” than meets the eye. We hold no illusions as to how he might govern as premier. However, he is clearly the only candidate in Makerfield who can beat Reform, according to every poll. And he has made it clear that, once back in the Commons, he will seek to bring Starmer’s miserable leadership to an end. He is thus both the anti-Farage and anti-Starmer candidate all in one. His campaign appears to be stressing his local credentials and popularity at the expense of his Labour affiliation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/back-andy-burnham-makerfield

Camila Azeñas Uzquiano of the Communist Party of Bolivia: Analysis of thePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US justice department approves $111bn merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery
The deal was approved by the justice department’s anti-trust division after months of review, and despite the concerns of many people in the entertainment and media industries who believe it will hurt competition by reducing the number of film studios and – most likely – merging two news networks, Paramount’s CBS News and CNN.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/paramount-warner-bros-merger

Hispanic Caucus spending "heavily" to save its chair
The race in New York's 13th District, which covers parts of Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx, has attracted huge independent expenditures from outside groups and national media attention. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), who chairs the CHC's BOLD PAC, told Axios in a brief Capitol Hill interview Wednesday that the group is "heavily invested" in helping Espaillat secure reelection.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/espaillat-darializa-chevalier-new-york-hispanic
https://archive.ph/WCn3H

Pentagon reviews are blocking wind farms, putting jobs at risk, lawsuit says
The lawsuit against the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon by nine groups, including Renewable Northwest and the Advanced Power Alliance. They allege that a policy of inaction “poses an existential threat to the wind energy industry across the nation by effectively halting all new development activity.”
https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-climate-trump-lawsuit-1b00b93fdc7351e20f063a1f2f4a43b1

Trump officials cut federal funds to LA homeless services agency
In its letter, Hud alleged that Lahsa had violated federal conflict-of-interest rules, misused government funds by paying for empty hotel rooms and failed to provide documentation verifying housing sites it oversaw. Lahsa said in a statement:Post too long. Click here to view the full text.