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How Bernie’s Campaigns Reorganized the Organized Left Original
Ten years ago, while socialist Bernie Sanders was making his historic run for the Democratic presidential nomination that drew millions of supporters and promised a “political revolution” to live long past his campaign, I was part of a small revolutionary organization that pooh-poohed him as a faux renegade. The socialist left at the time had been largely marginal to the American political landscape. This was not only because so few socialists sat in political offices.
An Effective Movement for Palestine Needs Allies Like Zohran Mamdani
Politics / October 14, 2026 An Effective Movement for Palestine Needs Allies Like Zohran Mamdani In order to build a broad-based coalition, we need to work together—not practice purity politics. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (C) joins anti-war demonstrators during October 7 vigil organized by Israelis for Peace NYC at Union Square in Manhattan, New York City, on October 7, 2026.
An Effective Movement for Palestine Needs Allies Like Zohran Mamdani
Follow An Effective Movement for Palestine Needs Allies Like Zohran Mamdani Wed, October 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM EDT "October 7 is a day that is immensely painful for our city and is a day of mourning," Mayor Zohran Mamdani explained at a press conference last week. "We know that it brings up the most horrific memories for so many in this city.
Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next? Jan. 5 is a day that Marie will never forget. Minneapolis public schools had just reopened after winter break, and the Trump administration’s invasion of federal immigration agents was in full swing.
Explosive Growth Of Prediction Markets: A Symptom Of A Sick Economy
Above photo: With the prediction market Kalshi, users bet on ‘Will Iran effectively close the Strait of Hormuz for 7+ days?’. Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy
Hadas Thier June 8, 2026 With the prediction market Kalshi, users bet on 'Will Iran effectively close the Strait of Hormuz for 7+ days?' (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Prediction markets are booming, and the mainstream media has been aflutter with breathless hype and valuations, boosting “one of the fastest growing [markets] in finance,” according to Fortune.
El criptomundo flaquea
Fuentes: Jacobin [Foto: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images] Donald Trump utilizó la Casa Blanca para impulsar las criptomonedas hasta máximos sin precedentes. Aún asÃ, continúan desplomándose. El principal defensor del Bitcoin allanó el camino para las criptomonedas con un machete, inflando una burbuja descontrolada que ahora está estallando. Pero no se dejen engañar por la montaña rusa: reescribir las reglas de las finanzas tendrá consecuencias peligrosas y duraderas.
Crypto Is Flailing
It feels like just yesterday when crypto markets last crashed hard. Back in 2022, what had been a wildly careening celebrity- and media-fueled hype train suddenly was a smoldering wreckage. Those were the days of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud-riddled FTX exchange, which went belly up along with a slew of other big crypto projects.
Crypto Is Flailing
It feels like just yesterday when crypto markets last crashed hard. Back in 2022, what had been a wildly careening celebrity- and media-fueled hype train suddenly was a smoldering wreckage. Those were the days of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud-riddled FTX exchange, which went belly up along with a slew of other big crypto projects.
Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Tasha Cloud, the New York Liberty’s star point guard, was pulled aside on July 3 for an interview after practice. “You were on the road,” a WNBA reporter began, “when Zohran wins the primary the other day.” At the mention of Zohran Mamdani’s name, Cloud broke into a wide grin and interrupted him: “That’s Mamdani. That’s my boy!” Referring to Donald Trump’s threat to deport the democratic socialist if he wins the New York City mayoral race on Nov.
Fake Work
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How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine
Feature / September 12, 2025 How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City. Illustration by Molly Crabapple. This article appears in the October 2025 issue, with the headline “Zohran’s Secret Weapon.” “I started believing when Zohran gave his speech at the Church of the Village,” Kareem Elrefai told me.
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers Published August 7, 2025 “I guess it’s gotten to me after all,” Russ Schafer conceded, gesturing toward his involuntarily shaking hand. Schafer, who requested a pseudonym in order to avoid workplace retaliation, has worked at the Environmental Protection Agency for more than 20 years.
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
“I guess it’s gotten to me after all,” Russ Schafer conceded, gesturing toward his involuntarily shaking hand. Schafer, who requested a pseudonym in order to avoid workplace retaliation, has worked at the Environmental Protection Agency for more than 20 years.
The Crypto President Has Arrived, and the Grift Is Booming
“You’re going to be very happy with me,” Donald Trump told thousands of rapt Bitcoin believers back in July. I was standing within the throng, having gone down to Nashville to cover the annual Bitcoin conference last summer.
Mr. Crypto Goes To Washington
With Donald Trump back in the White House, the floodgates for cryptocurrency scams have been flung wide open. By Hadas Thier, Jacobin “You’re going to be very happy with me,” Donald Trump told thousands of rapt Bitcoin believers back in July. I was standing within the throng, having gone down to Nashville to cover the annual Bitcoin conference last summer.
The Crypto President Has Arrived, and the Grift Is Booming
“You’re going to be very happy with me,” Donald Trump told thousands of rapt Bitcoin believers back in July. I was standing within the throng, having gone down to Nashville to cover the annual Bitcoin conference last summer.
Another Chance for AOC to Step Up on Palestine
“If you want to know what an unfolding genocide looks like, open your eyes.” Those were the words of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March, speaking about Israel’s assault on Gaza on the House floor. “It looks,” she continued, “like the forced famine of 1.1 million innocents. It looks like thousands of children eating grass as their bodies consume themselves, while trucks of food are slowed and halted just miles away. It looks like good and decent people who do nothing.
The Democratic Convention Failed the Palestine Movement
This story was originally published by Jacobin. The vibes were good at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Unity was on the agenda, and a sense of confidence prevailed in speeches from the lame-duck president to the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Shawn Fain to the left flank of the party represented by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The Democratic Convention Failed the Palestine Movement
The vibes were good at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Unity was on the agenda, and a sense of confidence prevailed in speeches from the lame duck president to the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Shawn Fain, to the left flank of the party represented by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Bitcoin Goes All in With Trump
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Hillary Clinton Just Made the Wrong Choice in One of 2024’s Most Crucial Races
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Hillary Clinton Just Made the Wrong Choice In One of 2024's Most Crucial Races
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Why So Much Depends Upon Jamaal Bowman Beating AIPAC
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The Student Encampments Aren’t a Danger to Jews. But the Crackdown Is.
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The new movement for Palestine
More than 100 Mennonites sang hymns in a congressional building in D.C. on Jan. 16, calling for a cease-fire.“Guide my feet, while I run this race,” they continued for hours as the police arrested them. “Free Palestine, while I run this race.” In Scottsdale, Ariz., a man has stationed himself on a street corner every day for the past 82 days to protest the war. In Louisville, Ky., protesters held a sign that read “Let Gaza live” and blocked entrances to weapons manufacturers until their arrest.
“We Can Do So Little When the Needs Are So Great”: What a Doctor Saw in Rafah
World / “There was a woman lying on the floor between two beds. When I came back 15 minutes later, she had died.” Ad Policy Karin Huster is a medical coordinator with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF). MSF helps hospitals handle trauma, surgical capacity, maternity services, and post-delivery support. From January 16 to February 17, Huster was based in Rafah, at the southernmost end of the Gaza Strip.
Do American Colleges Have an Antisemitism Problem?
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked at a congressional hearing last week, “violate [the university’s] rules or code of conduct.
Do American Colleges Have an Antisemitism Problem?
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked at a congressional hearing last week, “violate [the university’s] rules or code of conduct.
School Administrations Are Failing Their Palestinian and Jewish College students
Activism / November 22, 2023 Campus activists say many college leaders have declined to guard Arab and Muslim college students, and by conflating Israel and Judaism have solely stoked antisemitism. “I misplaced 14 members of the family within the church bombing in Gaza,” Layla informed me. Layla requested that solely her first title be used, attributable to security issues. She is a Palestinian American scholar at Columbia College. Grieving with dignity there, she mentioned, has felt not possible.
College Administrations Are Failing Their Palestinian and Jewish Students
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Sam Bankman-Fried Was Guilty, and Not Even Michael Lewis Could Save Him
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and ex-CEO of the crypto exchange FTX, was found guilty this week on seven counts of fraud and money laundering, for which he faces up to 110 years in prison. The US government charged Bankman-Fried with embezzling and misappropriating billions of dollars in customer deposits into his other company, Alameda Research, a crypto trading firm.
Letters From the November 13/20, 2023, Issue
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The Small Gestures and Big Questions of Annie Baker’s Plays
Books & the Arts / Annie Baker’s <em>Infinite Life</em>. In Infinite Life, Baker asks: How do you reach out to others when everyone ultimately suffers alone? Ad Policy This article appears in the November 13/20, 2023 issue. Annie Baker’s new play, Infinite Life, is about pain—experiencing it, communicating it, and living with it. It also seeks to dramatize how chronic pain fractures the connection between a person’s body and mind, how it completely scrambles one’s sense of self.
Memo to Biden Admistration Policy Dissidents: Don’t Mourn. Resign.
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Congressional Support for a Ceasefire Isn't Too Much to Ask
Demanding that all 200 hostages be released as a condition for signing the ceasefire resolution is only an excuse to not sign it at all. Ad Policy On October 20, at a bookstore in Takoma Park, Maryland, I watched Representative Jamie Raskin speak to the people of his district. During the Q&A that followed, I asked why he had not signed the ceasefire resolution that was being passed around Congress calling for an immediate stoppage of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
I Dedicated My Life to the Labour Party. Keir Starmer’s Stance on Gaza Made Me Leave.
World / The first Muslim woman on Manchester’s city council writes about why she resigned over the party leader’s endorsement of Israel’s humanitarian blockade. Ad Policy I have dedicated much of my life to the Labour Party over the last decade. In 2019, I was proudly elected as the first visibly Muslim, Arab-heritage woman to represent Manchester City Council.
Concerned About Democracy? House Republicans Invite You to "Shut Up!"
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Will Atlanta’s “Stop Cop City” Referendum Make It Onto the Ballot?
Activism / StudentNation / Organizers collected 116,000 signatures in support of a referendum to repeal the ordinance authorizing the police training facility, but it’s unclear if—and when—the initiative will be voted on. Ad Policy This story is part of a series on the 2023 election by StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism.
I'm a Proud Jewish DSA Member. Here's Why I'm Not Quitting.
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The Rot of the Crypto Economy Goes Deeper Than Sam Bankman-Fried
This time last year, Sam Bankman-Fried was celebrated as an awkward but brilliant wunderkind, a young billionaire crypto mogul who wanted to do good in the world.
BROKEN BY DESIGN: A special report on Jackson’s water system
By Hadas Thier Jackson Advocate Guest Writer Hadas Thier is the author of A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. Every March, cardinals arrive in Kali Akuno’s front yard in Jackson, Miss., to build nests in his trees. But in spring 2017, something odd happened: The chicks hatched on cue, but then died. “They didn’t fall out of the nest,” Akuno says.
Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design
This article appears in the March 6/13, 2023 issue. Every March, cardinals arrive in Kali Akuno’s front yard in Jackson, Miss., to build nests in his trees. But in spring 2017, something odd happened: The chicks hatched on cue but then died. “They didn’t fall out of the nest,” Akuno says. “They starved.”1 This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center and produced in partnership with the Jackson Advocate.
March 6/13, 2023, Issue
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After Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall, the Entire Crypto Fantasy Is Rapidly Unraveling
What a difference a year makes. This time last year, cryptocurrencies were all the rage. Everywhere you turned, celebrities were hawking them — from Kim Kardashian to Spike Lee to Matt Damon. NFTs, a crypto offshoot that assigns blockchain ownership certificates to digital assets, boomed to bizarre heights when cartoon apes sold for millions. And being a real estate agent for virtual land became an actual career.
To Fight Inflation, Jamaal Bowman Says We Need Price Controls
Given Congress’s current composition, it’s unlikely that the Emergency Price Stabilization Act will quickly pass. Nevertheless, both Bowman’s office and the unions and organizations that back the bill see ongoing opportunities to build support for the legislation and for specific pro-worker policies contained within it. The congressman’s office incorporated input from endorsing organizations and economic experts when it drafted the bill.
A Left Answer to Inflation
In the 1940s, with the experience of the Great Depression freshly seared into the collective American consciousness, free market economists like Milton Friedman were generally regarded as right wing cranks for believing that government interventions — such as rent control, a minimum wage, even national parks — only got in the way of the market’s superior rationality. The ideas and policies that dominated economic discourse after the Great Depression were decidedly more left wing.
Holding Back the Tide of Water Privatization
At the end of August, severe storms hit Mississippi, and the Pearl River flooded, rendering the city of Jackson’s water treatment facilities inoperable. Now approximately 150,000 residents do not have access to safe drinking water. The crisis in Jackson has exposed a long-standing history of racism, white flight, and state sabotage of a majority Black city.
The War Over Public Water in Pennsylvania
The town of Towamencin, Pa., is not known for being a hotbed of activism. Sitting 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia, it is a mostly middle-class, white commuter community of 18,000 that has long skewed Republican.
Inflation and class war
Joe Biden is relying on the Federal Reserve to choke inflation, rather than instituting any policies to protect workers’ pockets.
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