Socialism
- • 100%inv.nadeko.net Picking for Europe: The harsh realities of migrant farm workers | DW Documentary
Every year, one million migrants harvest Europe’s fields, picking the produce that fills supermarkets. That bounty of fruits and vegetables comes at a cost – as most of the harvesters live and work in precarious conditions. Among them is Seydou from Mali. He harvests oranges in southern Italy from ...
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TED talk on quadratic funding, a non-market mechanism that a postcapitalist society could use to support a decentralized ecosystem of public goods available to each according to need
"How Quadratic Funding Could Finance Your Dreams | Kevin Owocki | TED"
This mechanism could be used to solve funding issues in public goods such as journalism and FOSS.
Please ignore the reference to crypto. This could be incorporated into today's voting process
- • 100%fair.org Non-Endorsements Another Sign of Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics
In blocking endorsements expected to go to Trump's opponent, billionaire owners are using their media power to help a fellow billionaire.
- fair.org WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption’s Disastrous Costs: Reassuring report based on long-debunked climate contrarian
The Washington Post's "Climate Lab" seems to be working hard to cast doubt on whether climate change is really causing weather disasters to be more expensive.
- • 100%www.currentaffairs.org It’s Going to Take a Constant Fight to Preserve the Historical Record
The National Archives museum is backsliding into a sanitized mythological retelling of American history. Don’t assume the truth will prevail.
- • 100%jacobin.com Keir Starmer Will Always Side With Capital Against Workers
A recent controversy involving DP World showed how keen Keir Starmer’s government is to prostrate itself before firms that trample over workers’ rights. Starmer’s economic agenda relies heavily on “de-risking” private investment with public money.
- www.hamiltonnolan.com "We Have a Mayor Who Is Willing to Cozy Up to a Fascist"
A conversation with socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
> New York City mayor Eric Adams has had a bad tenure even by the low standards of New York City mayors. He has enraged the city’s progressives with his policies, and his political future looks shaky now that he and his allies are the subjects of overlapping federal corruption charges. Adams’ weakness has already prompted five Democratic challengers to declare their candidacy for mayor, and that number may well increase in coming months. > > One of those candidates is socialist Zohran Mamdani, who currently represents parts of Queens in the New York assembly. Mamdani, a 33-year-old with a history of leftist activism for labor and antiwar causes, has won the official endorsement of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, making his candidacy an ambitious step forward for DSA’s burgeoning involvement in New York City politics. > > I spoke to Mamdani yesterday about Eric Adams, Donald Trump, and the painstaking task of hauling socialism into the political mainstream.
- • 100%jacobin.com The Mass Deaths in Spain Aren’t Just a Natural Disaster
At least 95 people died in flash floods in eastern Spain on Tuesday. Far fewer could have died in the Valencia region if its right-wing government had prepared civil protection measures — and if bosses hadn’t insisted that workers come into work.
- • 100%jacobin.com The Atlanta City Council Is Scared of Direct Democracy
Atlanta residents want to vote directly on the proposed police training facility known as Cop City. But the campaign to decide the issue by referendum has faced major backlash from the city government, including several instances of outright sabotage.
- unicornriot.ninja ICE is Training Civilians to Conduct Violent Raids on Immigrants - UNICORN RIOT
New details emerged about ICE's 'Citizens Academy' program after the Center for Constitutional Rights published internal ICE documents.
- unicornriot.ninja Palestinians Face Forced Displacement, Death and Disease in Gaza - UNICORN RIOT
Gaza Strip, Palestine — With the war on Gaza being dubbed the first livestreamed genocide, gruesome images of Palestinian bodies shredded by Israeli bombings circulate the internet daily. More than 52,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed, including those still buried under the rubble, with th...
- • 100%www.currentaffairs.org Why did the US Invade Iraq?
Dennis Fritz, a former Pentagon insider, explains how the public was sold a war of aggression based on lies.
- soundcloud.com Bari Weiss, The 'University' of Austin, and the Silicon Valley-Funded Faux-Iconoclast Media Industry
The PC Police Outlaw Make-Believe." "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web." "The Roots of Campus Hatred." "End DEI." These articles all have something in common: they were written by Bari
- • 100%jacobin.com Boeing Machinists Have Voted to Continue Their Strike
After 40 days on strike, on Wednesday 33,000 Boeing machinists voted to reject an improved contract offer from the company. Workers say they are holding out for the restoration of their pension plans and bans on mandatory overtime, among other demands.
- • 100%theintercept.com EU “Bending” Rules to Allow Trade With Israeli Settlements, Leaked Analysis Shows
Despite an ICJ ruling, the EU is “bending” the rules to allow trade with Israeli settlements, according to a leaked internal legal analysis.
- • 100%theintercept.com They Got 60 Days in Jail for Protesting Israel’s Largest Arms Maker — and Say That’s a “Huge Victory”
After trying to block production at an Elbit factory in New Hampshire, the Palestine solidarity peace activists are calling for more, better direct action.
- • 100%fair.org Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
- • 100%www.eff.org Cop Companies Want All Your Data and Other Takeaways from This Year’s IACP Conference
Artificial intelligence dominated the technology talk on panels, among sponsors, and across the trade floor at this year’s annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).IACP, held Oct. 19 - 22 in Boston, brings together thousands of police employees with the...
- unicornriot.ninja Lebanese Communists’ History of Armed Resistance Against Israeli Invasions - UNICORN RIOT
As the current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was beginning, Unicorn Riot met with the General Secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party, to hear about their solidarity with Palestinians and history against Israeli invasions.
- • 100%fair.org CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism
CPB declared it was giving NPR $1.9 million in "editorial enhancement" funding--using language that reads as a direct response to the recent right-wing criticism.
- climateandcapitalism.com COP or CON? Big Conservation corrupts biodiversity protection | Climate & Capitalism
Colonial, abusive and ineffective, but hugely profitable for certain actors…
- • 100%jacobin.com Workers Just Won the First Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada
In Mississauga, Ontario, 800 workers just won the first union at a Walmart warehouse anywhere in Canada or the US. It’s a big breakthrough at the notoriously anti-union retail giant.
- • 100%jacobin.com Cuba Struggles Amid Hurricanes, Sanctions, and Blackouts
Through days of blackouts and shortages, we report from Cuba, where ordinary people are paying the price for years of tightening US sanctions.
- • 100%jacobin.com Public Infrastructure Is AMLO’s Legacy
Public spaces are the cornerstone of AMLO’s legacy in Mexican urban policy. His administration’s support for socially oriented infrastructure and architecture continues to reshape the landscape and the lives of those in overlooked areas.
- • 100%jacobin.com No, Raising the Minimum Wage Does Not Hurt Fast-Food Workers
Fast-food corporations opposed a California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just scaremongering.
- • 100%jacobin.com The British Establishment Has Always Demonized Protesters
The response to recent protest movements in Britain, from climate justice to Palestine, repeats a familiar story. The British power elite has always vilified protesters and targeted them with bogus prosecutions in a bid to frighten them off the streets.
- climateandcapitalism.com Ubiquitous plastic: A deadly threat to human health | Climate & Capitalism
Every year, millions of tons enter our lungs, blood…
- fair.org ‘Americans Understand That Immigration Is a Fundamental Part of Our Society’: CounterSpin interview with Insha Rahman on immigration conversation
"There's some really clear policy things we can do for folks who have just come here, like work permits, like making sure there is transitional housing and support and services."
- • 100%theintercept.com How Does AIPAC Shape Washington? We Tracked Every Dollar.
The Intercept followed AIPAC’s money trail to reveal how its political spending impacts the balance of power in Congress.
- fair.org ‘Housing Discrimination Is Collective, Cumulative, Continuing’: CounterSpin interview with George Lipsitz on the impacts of housing discrimination
"A lot of housing discrimination is enacted through things that don't overtly appear to be about race, and may not even directly appear to be about housing."
- • 100%www.currentaffairs.org The Attempt to Justify Mass Killing
Political commentator Konstantin Kisin says he has heard both sides and carefully concluded that Israel’s war in Gaza is just. Let’s examine his arguments.
- • 100%theintercept.com The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
The Department of Defense wants technology so it can fabricate online personas that are indistinguishable from real people.
- • 100%www.currentaffairs.org Why You Should Read 'The Myth of American Idealism'
The message of Noam Chomsky could not be more urgent, and I’m proud to have helped him produce a new book.
- soundcloud.com Ep 210: Seller's Inflation and the Super Serious Economists Mocking "Greedflation" "Conspiracies"
"An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party," The Washington Post frets. "'Greedflation' is a nonsense idea," The Economist insists. "Harris' plan to stop price gouging could cre
- • 100%theintercept.com U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
OpenAI’s mission is “to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” Its use by U.S. AFRICOM will test that premise.