The far right has spent four years honing their strategies and tactics, and they’re ready take full advantage of a second Trump administration.
Posted inRattling the Bars
Prison abolitionists could score wins on election day, despite electoral ambivalence
Prison abolition itself won’t be on the ballot, but organizers are pushing demands that could change the lives of thousands if adopted by referendum voters or victorious candidates.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
New Yorkers protest Cuban blockade as blackouts, hurricane batter island
After cutting Cuba off from access to fuel, the US government has done more to blame Cubans for their plight than offer assistance during Hurricane Oscar.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Back in the crosshairs of GOP hate, many migrants plan to vote defensively
While the Democrats have broken countless promises to migrants, Trump’s extreme anti-immigrant politics presents an even graver threat to immigrant voters.
Posted inWorking People
Kaiser workers’ strike enters second week in Southern California
As healthcare providers, Kaiser workers want better patient care in addition to better pay and a fair contract, but management is stonewalling them.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
The failures of liberals and the Left have helped Trump’s rise
Feckless Democrats and a disorganized Left have fed fuel to the MAGA movement’s fire.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Israeli forces arrest all but 1 doctor at last operational North Gaza hospital
“The smell of death has spread around the hospital,” one official said.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
‘I’m not interested in changing hearts and minds’: The work of an anti-Zionist rabbi
For Rabbi Brant Rosen, combatting Zionism in the Jewish community begins with building the mass movement for Palestine, rather than becoming entrenched in insular debates.
Posted inClimate Crisis
Billionaires spew more CO2 pollution in 90 minutes than average person in a lifetime
“The extreme emissions of the richest, from their luxury lifestyles and even more from their polluting investments, are fueling inequality, hunger, and—make no mistake—threatening lives.”
Posted inRattling the Bars
North Carolina failed to evacuate prisoners during Hurricane Helene
As the unprecedented storm barreled through the state, North Carolina prisoners were abandoned in their cells for a week as authorities fled to safety.
