WWII Sparked Anti-Fascist Ideas Among War Workers. What Lessons Can We Learn?
By Derek Seidman This article was originally published by Truthout Historian Tejasvi Nagaraja explains how wartime mobilization generated wider organizing around labor, race, and empire. World War II was a…
Voters In This Battleground District Sent A Message To Power. Will Anyone Listen?
by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, The Real News NetworkNovember 11, 2026 In 2018, covering our first midterm election, we followed the ultimately unsuccessful campaign of an electoral upstart named…
Democrats Should Wield Their Power To Return Agency To Ordinary People
Mark Engler Waging Nonviolence Beyond countering Trump, movements must pressure Democrats to enact structural reforms that rebuild and institutionalize bottom-up power. Too often, we have seen a fundamental asymmetry at…
Minnesotans Voted Blue, But Democrats Didn’t Defeat ICE
Charlotte White Left Voice Following an explosive political year, Minnesota Democrats dominated the midterm elections, but Minnesotans must remember that ICE was defeated by the people, not by the Democratic…
National Security Challenges and Opportunities For The Democrats
Melvin Goodman CounterPunch The Democrats have taken control of the House and the Senate with younger, more progressive candidates. While these young men and women have a deep understanding of…
Black And Queer Groups Fill The Gap In Kentucky As Trump Cuts Food Aid
Mo Viviane Prism As the Trump administration’s SNAP cuts deepen food insecurity in Kentucky, mutual aid organizations step up to feed neighbors while warning that community support cannot replace federal…
Populism Without A Party Or Why Senator Chuck Schumer Should Not Be Majority Leader Of The Senate
Austin Sarat The 2026 midterm elections did not produce victory for a political party. Despite all the crowing about a blue tsunami, voters were no more enamored of the Democratic…
Gasoline-0nly Cars are less than Half new Car Sales Globally for 1st Time since 1920s
Juan Cole Informed Comment China Daily reports from Mobility Global that in the first half of 2026, gasoline-only automobiles accounted for less than half, 49%, of new car sales throughout…
Brand And Walliams Aren’t Deviants. They Are A Distillation Of The West’s Order Of Values
Jonathan Cook Substack A tech dystopia of surveillance and control is unfolding before our eyes. We think we are powerless to stop it only because we’ve been groomed into acceptance,…
Democratic Wave or Imperial Rebrand? Time Will Tell
M. Reza Behnam CounterPunch As a citizen and scholar, whose research, advocacy and moral framework have been dedicated to seeking justice and peace for the people of Palestine, Iran, Yemen…
Impeachment Won’t Undo Hegseth’s Christian Nationalist Remake of Defense Department
By Sara Gabler This article was originally published by Truthout As calls for his impeachment mount, Hegseth is further entrenching his violent legacy of Christian supremacy and sexism. Stunning Republican…
The Palestinians Vote Opened A Path To Ousting Netanyahu. Where Does It Lead?
Qassam Muaddi Mondoweiss Record Palestinian turnout in Israel’s elections may soon end Netanyahu’s rule, but the “opposition” will not end the occupation or fundamentally change Israel’s policies. So, what will…
Is Trump Pushing Iraq Closer To Tehran With Strong-Arm Tactics, Claims On Its Oil?
Abbas al-Maliki Informed Comment Karbala, Iraq. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Haider Jazi has been forced to park his truck in a line of idle trucks on the road…
US Economic Coercion Once Ousted Iran’s Leader; Don’t Expect A Repeat Today
Eric Lob, Florida International University (The Conversation) – “Very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” President Donald Trump claimed on Nov. 8, 2026, in a social media post that…
Psywar No More? 77th Brigade’s Sudden Death
Kit Klarenberg Substack In January 2015, the British Army launched 77th Brigade with much fanfare. The new psyops force was openly advertised by mainstream news outlets as a shadow battalion…