Berlin History: Once Upon a Time Anti-Fascist

Nationwide parliamentary elections are scheduled for September 2026. The rise of the extreme right in Europe is especially alarming in Germany, where the historical consequences of Fascism are brutally clear.

The Sewer Socialists Were Pragmatic Class Warriors

Milwaukee’s “sewer socialists” have often been dismissed as tepid reformers. In fact, they were pragmatic champions of a world beyond capitalism who were laser-focused on organizing the working class.

US Diesel Prices Hit a Record High

Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.

Clergy Rally for Haitians in Maryland

'When I go to their house, they have to make sure it's me before they even go to the door,' Pastor Jean-Daniel Berard, who leads Passionate LightHouse of God, said of his church members. 'The fear is real.'

On Looking Over My Shoulder for ICEOn Looking Over My S

No one is safe from ICE terror.

Friday Nite Videos | September 4, 2026

Bernie Sanders vs 15 Gen Z On AI Use. '60 SECONDS' - Trump Renames Everything (SATIRE). Filipinana | Movie (2026). The Nerd Reich | Jesse Welles. Meta’s Legal Troubles Are Worse than You Think.

The Hugging Face Attack Was Worse Than We Thought

The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?

Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay

When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role is to remind us how far we have come.

How We Get to Medicare for All

Health care should be available to everyone in America as a right—automatic and free of charge when we need it. Rich or poor, sick or healthy, old or young, no matter where you live, everyone should have high-quality health care.

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters

Though voting-related investigations have yielded only a small number of prosecutions, voter advocacy groups worry the Trump administration will use them to justify more extreme interventions.
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Culture

books

Muriel Rukeyser and the Poetry of Antifascism

Jeremy Wang-Iverson Rain Taxi
This new collection of essays, articles, and radio scripts should help bring renewed attention to this too-little-known modernist left wing poet and writer.

food

Tech Alone Won’t Future-Proof the Food System, Experts Warn

Rich Bellis Agfundernews.com
There’s broad consensus that the food system needs updating but little agreement about how to do it. Calls for ambitious policy responses to climate and geopolitical risks in the current food system are growing louder.

poetry

Masters of War

Bob Dylan
Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan aims his words at those who profit from war and its weapons.

books

How To Fix the System

Steven Poole The Guardian
The Nobel-winning economist takes aim at elites for no longer meeting the needs of the masses.

Labor

labor

I Refused To Train the AI That Could Replace Me

James Maisiri rest of world
AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.

labor

Denver Library Workers Unionize With Overwhelming Vote

Paolo Zialcita Denverite
Nearly 600 workers at Denver Public Library will be represented by a collective bargaining unit after employees voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming Denver’s first union under newly afforded labor rights.

labor

Dolly Parton Was a Proud Union Sister

John Nichols The Nation
Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

Friday nite video

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Filipinana | Movie (2026)

This grippingly understated drama of class on a luxury Philippine golf course is an invitation to look closer and question why these systems are still in place. Read a full review here.

video

Meta’s Legal Troubles Are Worse than You Think

For the first time in history, the legal system can go after Meta and other social media platforms and demand them to change the way their apps operate and are designed.

video

I Tracked Down the Company Ruining Fruit

America’s biggest berry empire doesn’t actually grow berries. A middleman controls the genetics, reaps the profits, and then shifts blame.