Det kryllar inte av framgångsrika vänsterpolitiker just nu. Ett undantag är socialisten Zohran Mamdani, som står på tröskeln till att bli New Yorks nästa borgmästare den fjärde november. Hans Obama-lika karisma är svår att replikera men det finns andra saker den svenska vänstern kan ta intryck av. Var lyhörd inför väljarna Strax efter att Trump blev vald […]
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There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd October 2025 After two years in Brazil, I felt I understood its political system better than I understand the UK’s. The reason is a short book in simple language that almost everyone owned: the […]
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.” —CNBC
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It is unconscionable for the government to let SNAP benefits lapse when emergency funds are available to cover the program. Yes, suspending benefits could teach a lesson to those undeserving food voucher recipients, 40 percent of whom are children, who have been living large on an average of six dollars a day in assistance for far too long. But it wouldn’t be worth the cruelty of denying the program to those vulnerable Americans who genuinely deserve it: corporations.
How do you feel when you try to check your messages, but they are not refreshing, and you realise that there is a problem with the app? Or when you check a website only to find strange server errors accompanied by numbers such as 500, 501, or 503? Now imagine that the same happens to […]
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
This feminist housing collective has endured for 75 years. Now, a new generation is moving in, bringing change – and men
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Scientific progress depends on disagreement. So why are vaccine sceptics and other science critics not worth listening to?
- by Collin Rice & Kareem Khalifa
Local police participated in a drug raid. The feds had coordinated beforehand to have ICE to take cannabis farm workers into custody.
The post Local Cops Aren’t Allowed to Help ICE. Did the Feds Dupe Them Into Raids That Rounded Up Immigrants? appeared first on The Intercept.
Hassles are part of life, but the way we react often makes them worse. ACT skills can help you handle them with greater ease
- by Patricia E Zurita Ona
The great complexity and extraordinary simplicity of a constructed language with no more than 140 words
- by Hannah H Kim
Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK's billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
For decades, the Left has correctly insisted that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Your eco dishwasher soap is owned by a giant multinational that drives down workers’ wages and destroys the planet, while promoting the idea that individual responsibility is the solution to society’s ills. However, necessary though it may be, such criticism […]
The New York City mayoral candidate used an undervalued political strategy to battle against dark money.
One of the ways in which neoliberal dogma altered the relationship between government and the citizens in Australia was in the way employment services were delivered. Before this dogma gained traction, the Australian government operated the – Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) – which was created in 1946 as part of the grand plan to sustain…
The National party has held a press conference over the weekend to tell the Nation that they are committed to bringing back leaded petrol. They have told their junior Coalition colleagues, the Liberals, that this is non-negotiable. ”Australia rest assured... Read More ›
by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] MAGA’s 9/11 Is an Assassination — “Charlie’s death is like a […]
Immediately after October 7, a little know company shipped over 100 reconnaissance drones to Israel for use in its siege of Gaza. Having been battle-tested on Palestinian civilians, the UAVs are now being used to surveil protesters across the US. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! AI-powered quadcopter drones used by the IDF to commit genocide in Gaza are flying over American cities, surveilling protestors and automatically uploading millions of images to an evidence database. The drones are […]
The post AI drones used in Gaza now surveilling American cities first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post AI drones used in Gaza now surveilling American cities appeared first on The Grayzone.
A pharmaceutical giant has been quietly looting the military, private insurers love the government shutdown, and more from The Lever this week.
Bonnie Langford and Carole Ann Ford discussed having initially filmed a different finale to Season 2 and offered some additional insights.
The Illinois congressional candidate on why more Democrats aren’t taking direct action and how leaders should be responding to the right.
The post Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest appeared first on The Intercept.
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All Saints’ Weekend is typically a time in Sweden when candles are lit in the churchyards. Like many others on this beautiful autumn day, I made my way to the churchyard to remember and honour loved ones. The Eastern Churchyard in Lund is a place that, over the years, has come to mean so much […]