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09/11/20
Author: 
Kelsey Vlamis
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - The Bronx native said the Democratic party has been hostile to progressive causes, like Medicare for All and the Movement for Black Lives. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images

Nov. 7, 2020

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times in an interview that she might quit politics, depending on the hostility of her own party towards progressive causes.

"I don't even know if I want to be in politics," she told The Times. "You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didn't even know if I was going to run for re-election this year."

29/10/20
Author: 
Slavoj Zizek
Trump & Biden - FILE PHOTOS. ©  Getty Images / Spencer Platt;  Getty Images / Alex Wong
27 Oct, 2020 

One of the most thought-provoking articles I’ve read about the unfolding conflicts in the US and elsewhere – maybe everywhere. -   Gene McGuckin

 
The threat of violence erupting over the US election result next week is exposing the limits of liberal democracy, and both candidates’ rejection of left-wing ‘extremists’ is liberal opportunism at its worst.
24/10/20
Author: 
Emily Pontecorvo
Green New Deal gathering in New York - Drew Angerer / Getty Images

Oct 22, 2020

Back in 2006, when George W. Bush was president and the Paris Agreement was still a decade away, the city of Tucson, Arizona, made a modest plan to do something about climate change. It set a goal to reduce city-wide greenhouse gas emissions 7 percent below 1990 levels, and gave itself a generous 14 years to do it.

20/10/20
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Edited by Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian. Essays by Seth Adler, Eric Blanc, Alleen Brown, Jane McAlevey, April M. Short, Jane Slaughter, Ingar Solty, and others.

October 18, 2020

20/10/20
California's top 35 largest wildfires. Chart and graphic by Barry Saxifrage.

October 20th 2020

California is on the burning edge of climate breakdown. Record temperatures are teaming up with record droughts to turn the Golden State into a tinderbox. The megafires have followed, erupting with stunning speed and ferocity across forests, grasslands, rural areas and city neighbourhoods.

These megafires, each burning more than 100,000 acres, are rising exponentially — both in frequency and size.

18/10/20
Author: 
Allison Kite and Robert A. Cronkleton, The Kansas City Star
Protesters with KC Tenants came armed with signs outside the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Kansas City on Thursday. Shelly Yang SYANG@KCSTAR.COM

October 16, 2020

18/10/20
Author: 
​Chelsea Nash
Image: Tess Siksay
October 9, 2020

On November 3, Canadians will no doubt be transfixed by the historical American presidential election, but gig workers in Canada and those working to organize them will also be paying attention to a voter referendum taking place in California.

08/10/20
Author: 
Daniel Beekman
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at the press conference in August after police Chief Carmen Best abruptly announced her retirement. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Oct. 7, 2020

The Seattle Human Rights Commission is calling on Mayor Jenny Durkan to immediately resign or be removed from office, accusing Durkan of “failing to uphold her duty to serve and protect the rights of Seattle citizens.”

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