Trump Took Venezuala's Oil Fortune. Where's the Money?

Trump boasts about billions from Venezuelan oil, but lawmakers are still fighting to learn where the money is, who controls it, and who’s getting paid…

Justice for Macklemore

The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.

Could Ro Khanna and AOC Reshape the 2028 Primary?

Why a progressive presidential campaign could change the issues—and the constituencies—at the center of the race.

Global Left Midweek — September 16, 2026

Imperialism and anti-imperialism

25 Years Later, the Deportation Machine Has Exploded

Rights that apply to some people are not rights. They are privileges with an expiration date, and that date moves every single time this country gets scared.

Game Changers: How To Build the Economy We Deserve

What’s needed are bold yet realistic policies that break cleanly from the corruption of the Trump years and the free-market fundamentalist era that preceded them. Righting the rules means an end to game-rigging by ruling elites ...

America: A Fossil Fuel Island in a Greentech World?

What does the global Greentech revolution mean for the American people? It could open new vistas of a Greentech New Deal. But as long as the US opposes rather than joining the Greentech revolution, it portends not only climate catastrophe, but econo

This Supreme Court Decision While Good is Alarming

The high court declines to let Trump blow up the midterms, but this should have been a unanimous decision.

Media Bits and Bytes — September 15, 2026

Buried alive in AI

This Week in People’s History, Sep 16–22, 2026

Leaflet from September 2001 about health hazards resulting from the collapse of the World Trade Center in Manhattan
No More Dangerous Than a Smoggy Day, Said the Experts (2001), ‘There Is Power In a Union’! (1986)
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Culture

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Algiers, Black Panthers, Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries

Ben Ehrenreich The Guardian
In the 1960s, Algeria became an international home for exiled artists, intellectuals and freedom fighters. Elaine Mokhtefi, who died in New York City on September 11 at age 97, met them all. Here is a 2018 review of her memoir.

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The Party of Baristas

Gabriel Winant Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.

Labor

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The Left Needs More Working-Class Leaders

Jake Triola Jacobin
A new report finds a massive divide between working-class voters and college-educated progressives. Closing it means handing working-class people real power over a left-wing program.

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They Cleaned Up Ground Zero. Now Many Are Hiding From ICE

Jasmine Gersd NPR
Women in profile in a living room. It's not known how many undocumented workers were involved in the 9/11 cleanup, but advocates say it's somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people. The fear of being picked up by Immigration has added to the PTSD which most of the group suffer.

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Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'

Michael Kosta dives into the highlights, including Trump’s pledge to give out $5,000 "dividends" if the GOP wins the House and Senate and the president's unhelpful roast of Ken Paxton

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It Ain’t Fun Being MAGA No More | Parody Song

If you’re into protest songs, comedy music, or viral political parodies that challenge authoritarian trends and call out hypocrisy, this one hits all the right notes

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Murdering 60 Minutes

What corporate consolidation and oligarch ownership mean for journalism, democracy, and the public’s access to independent information, and what the public can do to defend a free press