Leftism
- www.barrons.com Greta Thunberg Says Trump 'More Dangerous' But Blasts Harris On Gaza
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday labelled Donald Trump the "more dangerous" option in next week's US presidential election but slammed the incumbent administration for its support of Israel.
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The Man Problem | “Why Are Men Moving Right?” - by Shoe0nHead
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She makes a lot of great points.
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'Pennsylvania, a Swing State' by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
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- jacobin.com Reckoning With the Left’s Many Failures
Despite all our expressions of moral outrage at Israel’s horrors in Gaza, we have yet to build a movement that can stop the genocide, writes Waleed Shahid. Building such a movement should be our top priority.
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Jimmy Kimmel Devotes Monologue to Selling Republicans on Kamala Harris: 'This Is About Sanity, and Security, and Democracy'
www.thewrap.com Jimmy Kimmel Devotes Monologue to Selling Republicans on Kamala Harris: 'This Is About Sanity, and Security, and Democracy' | VideoThe ABC host urges GOP voters to switch by listing Donald Trump's many, many problems
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Why Is This Election Even Close?
www.commondreams.org Why Is This Election Even Close? | Common DreamsWin or lose in November, more than 70 million Americans will likely cast their ballots for Trump. Most of them know who Trump is. They hear his vile words and heinous promises—and they like what they hear. They are the reason the election will be close.
- redsails.org The Pitfalls of Liberalism
Whenever one writes about a problem in the United States, especially concerning the racial atmosphere, the problem written about is usually black people, that they are either extremist, irresponsible, or ideologically naive.
The liberal tries to become an arbitrator, but he is incapable of solving the problems.
- www.peoplesworld.org A people’s agenda: The Communist Party’s 2024 election platform
Editor’s Note: The Communist Party USA – like the bulk of the broad democratic, labor, peace, and people’s movements in the country – has prioritized the defeat of MAGA fascism and Republicans’ Project 2025 agenda as the primary task of its participation in the 2024 el...
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Fuck Lemmy
Banned from a politics sub for not accepting that killing innocent people is reasonable. Fuck this shitty place.
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A poster tells me "Dems are conservstive , as in what the term originally meant, not right wing." Does that make sense?
I asked them to clarify what Dems were conserving.
Wikipedia: Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable…
They didn't confirm that Dems are conserving 'certain social orders and hierarchies'. Did they not confirm that because they'd immediately show themselves to be wrong? Or am I just so clueless about what right wing politics is that I am not worth educating?
- jacobin.com There’s No Pride in a Dick Cheney Endorsement
Kamala Harris and her surrogates keep bragging about Dick Cheney’s endorsement. It’s deeply obscene: Dick Cheney is a depraved war criminal whose image should not be rehabilitated.
- jacobin.com The US Isn’t Moving Right — the Democrats Are
As the Kamala Harris campaign lurches rightward, pundits want us to believe she’s just following the will of the voters. The facts don’t bear that out.
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The tyranny of the cloud: how we became serfs to big tech
The tyranny of the cloud: how we became serfs to big tech
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/10/the-tyranny-of-the-cloud-how-we-became-serfs-to-big-tech/
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Everything I disagree with in the USA after living abroad (and solutions!)
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Long but so many great points!
- jacobin.com Republicans’ and Democrats’ Biggest Corporate Sponsors
Both political parties in the US receive exorbitant amounts of donations from corporations and the very rich. A close look at the money trail shows which sections of capital favor Republicans and Democrats, respectively.
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The Left and Ukraine: Anti-Imperialism or Alter-Imperialism?
newpol.org The Left and Ukraine: Anti-Imperialism or Alter-Imperialism? - New PoliticsAs anti-imperialists we reject both NATO imperialism and Putin’s imperialist reaction to it.
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Kamala Harris Invites Visa CEO to VP Residence Even as Administration Sues His Company (Dropsite)
www.dropsitenews.com Kamala Harris Invites Visa CEO to VP Residence Even as Administration Sues His CompanyAnd Wall Street's battle against Lina Khan ramps up
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It Shouldn't Even Be Close: Harris Must Ditch Genocide and Embrace Working-Class Politics
www.commondreams.org It Shouldn't Even Be Close: Harris Must Ditch Genocide and Embrace Working-Class Politics | Common DreamsWinning should be a breeze for Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the other Democratic candidates. What's going on?
- jacobin.com Tim Walz’s Talents Are Wasted on This Campaign
At the VP debate, Tim Walz offered lessons for how progressives can communicate their ideas to ordinary Americans. Unfortunately, it’s all in the service of Kamala Harris’s unambitious, corporate-friendly campaign.
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Video on how law does not center the victims
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alt-text for thumbnail embed: text saying “law is harm” and then a smaller “fuck cops & judges”, next to a trans flag with half of it covered by the black anarchist triangle. This is all over a 2d digital art wooden background.
- www.theguardian.com Jane Fonda rallies disaffected young US voters: ‘Do not sit this election out’
The Hollywood actor and activist backs Harris for president as she warns of climate emergency and talks Taylor Swift
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619
> [Excerpt on #Gaza: "If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it."] > > Mark Hertsgaard > Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT
- deadline.com Chappell Roan On Why She Hasn't Endorsed Kamala Harris Or Donald Trump For 2024 Presidential Election: "There's Problems On Both Sides"
Chappell Roan is not feeling pressure to endorse either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election.
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What are your favorite leftist news sources?
Looking to compile a list of good leftist news sites and sources. Thank you.
- jacobin.com No Party Is Standing Up for Immigrants Right Now
Republicans are doubling down on mendacious, racist insanity over Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. But the incident is also a window into how many top Democrats have all but abandoned immigrant rights.
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Catherine Liu: Trauma, Virtue and Liberal Elites | Doomscroll
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The Majority Report: "Bill Maher’s Deranged Zionism Politely Shredded By Henry Winkler"
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Just a warning: if you're not used to TMR, you will have to deal with Sam interrupting the video multiple times to give commentary.
- theintercept.com They Protested a Military Base Expansion. So the FBI Investigated Them as Terrorism Suspects.
The FBI filed a Stop Camp Grayling protest in a terrorism investigation file — then did physical surveillance on a demonstration.
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> Cody Bloomfield > > September 13 2024, 6:00 a.m. > > "Treating the Stop Camp Grayling protesters as terrorists is the latest episode in a worldwide trend of governments smearing climate and environmental activists as terrorists — an ongoing Green Scare. Misapplication of the terrorism label frequently serves as pretext for invasive surveillance and sustained scrutiny."
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Hollywood stars call for protection of pro-Palestinian voices from 'McCarthyist repression'
www.middleeasteye.net Hollywood stars call for protection of pro-Palestinian voices from 'McCarthyist repression'Mark Ruffalo, Rosie O’Donnell, and Ramy Youssef among hundreds of stars demanding actors' union call for a permanent ceasefire and protect pro-Palestinian voices against industry blacklisting
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> By Ayah El-Khaldi > > Published date: 13 September 2024 16:05 BST
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Norman Finkelstein on Gaza, ‘from the river to the sea’ and political messaging: ‘We need to bring unity to this struggle’
www.theguardian.com Norman Finkelstein on Gaza, ‘from the river to the sea’ and political messaging: ‘We need to bring unity to this struggle’New York University professor Nikhil Singh interviews the political scientist and longtime critic of Israel after his speech at Columbia University
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> Nikhil Singh > > Fri 17 May 2024 07.00 EDT
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Seven Days After Israeli Forces Kill American, Biden and Harris Haven’t Spoken to Victim’s Family
zeteo.com Seven Days After Israeli Forces Kill American, Biden and Harris Haven’t Spoken to Victim’s FamilyAnd any Israeli “investigation” apparently hasn’t even reached out to other eyewitnesses.
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> Prem Thakker > > Sep 13, 2024 >
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“Any Second They Could Come”
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> As Israeli demolitions and settler attacks escalate, Palestinians in the village of Umm al-Khair stare down the possibility of expulsion. > > Maya Rosen > > July 11, 2024