Friday Nite Videos | October 2, 2026

Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking. "60 SECONDS" | AOC Talks Democratic Socialism. Anthropic IPO Documents AI Risks. Pete Hegseth Purges Weirdos and Wimps.

AI Weapons Systems Are Already Here

Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies. Israel’s conduct in Gaza shows the danger of using AI in warfare. Humans must remain at the center of wartime decisions.

The Road to Universal Medicare

The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.

El-Sayed Explains How Science Influences His Politics

Scientific American spoke to the Michigan Senate candidate about how his background in medicine has shaped his outlook

White Nationalism’s Deep Appeal

Those who seek to understand and address this critical development must reckon with the broad structural shifts that have reshaped Americans’ identities, social relations and sense of economic security

Mamdani’s Campaign Accomplished Something Fundamental

Mamdani’s campaign may have accomplished something more fundamental than moving policy debate to the left. It began to democratize the means of electoral production. The campaign put money, technology, and expertise in the service of organized people

Dilemmas of Socialist Governance of a Capitalist State

Socialists aren’t anywhere near powerful enough to overcome capitalism, but are now a force to be reckoned with in mass politics. This opportunity requires wrestling with the challenges of governing under capitalism rather than relying on old dogmas

Manta, a Community Is Devastated by U.S. Boat Strikes

As Ecuador and the U.S. continue their aggressive campaign in the Pacific, a lone judge and victims' families are trying to hold them accountable.

Carrying That Weight—Again – the Rape of Young Women

It's not just those tasked to protect young women who fail them. It's all of us. Doe told Cornell’s student newspaper that in the aftermath of her rape, she was disappointed by the lack of support she got from the student community.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Oct. 1, 2026

Reader Comments: Stopping Sexual Violence; So many privileged and protected kids; Rising Leftist Party Hopes To Turn Back Germany’s Fascist Wave; Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement; Israel’s Elimination Project; Announcements;
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Culture

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[to be crippled means to be institutionalized]

Jennifer Bartlett
Connotation. Denotation. Few words have as many meanings as the word "cripple." Poet Jennifer Bartlett, a longtime disability justice activist, unpacks some of them for us.

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The Elusive Harold Cruse

Paul Buhle Portside
Reviewer Buhle explores a new biography of one of the most important and controversial Black intellectuals of the 1960s.

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Writing My Country

Beau Beausoleil
Poet Beau Beausoleil has been called "the most important voice of witness in our country right now."

Labor

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It’s Time To Boycott Starbucks

Lisa Watson Inequality.org
Organizers with Starbucks Workers United have been trying to get a contract finalized for five years. Enough is enough.

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Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement

Adam D. K. King Convergence
Mark Carney wants to make Canada a destination for global investment. His new omnibus bill casts the right to strike as an obstacle to the “national interest” — and organized labor as a barrier to national strength rather than its foundation.

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Video Game Workers Win First Contract at Microsoft-Owned Blizzard

Dan DiMaggio Labor Notes
Workers who make some of the world’s most popular video games, including World of Warcraft and Diablo, won their first union contracts in early September, in an important step forward for organizing in the tech industry.

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Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall

The intended meaning of this classic -- if any -- is obscure, but the lasting impact of its brooding sense of impending catastrophe, or righteous settlement of debts, is huge. Many questions about tomorrow, and no clear answers.

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The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking

The U.S. was supposed to spend $40 billion to build internet in rural America, then Elon Musk got a huge chunk of that money redirected to Starlink.

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Anthropic IPO Documents AI Risks

Anthropic’s leaked prospectus offers a fascinating glimpse into the transition to corporate adulthood, because little AI is growing up, and adulthood comes with bills, lawyers, insurers, customers and consequences.

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Pete Hegseth Purges Weirdos and Wimps

Pete Hegseth gets the Pentagon in line with God, and appoints a very strange new Holy Trinity. Plus, Donald Trump invents a new stereotype to mark Hispanic Heritage Month. 

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The Radical Solution to our Rigged Tax Code

How exactly should we tax the rich? We lay out 3 specific ways to target and reduce the wealth gap in society, including taxing billionaires’ SuperPAC contributions.

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Naza | Documentary

Award-winning documentary, produced with the team behind the Zone of Interest and directed by Oscar-winning film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, includes testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders