Is This Really the Left’s Big Moment?

Progressives and socialists made historic gains in Democratic primaries. What happens in November is what really matters. A win in Michigan opens up a lane for progressives in other competitive races across the country — perhaps even....

Building Power, One Person at a Time

Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election. Sometimes politicians only think of how volunteers can serve the campaign, but that’s an ineffective view to building power.

It’s Not Just the West Bank Settlers. It’s Israel

The West Bank is far more strategically and ideologically vital to Israel than any war it is fighting-it is the area in which Israel has the most longstanding, coherent and unchallenged goal: as much land for Jews with as few Palestinians as possible

‘Bombshell’ Report: Netanyahu Warned of Oct 7 Attack

Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a warning about the attack from United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed. Hamas immediately offered to release all Israeli hostages taken in the attack, demanding nothing in return, but Israel refused the deal.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Sept. 10, 2026

Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside's Gloria Steinem's Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil's No Land to Stand On; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor; and more....

Racist Push for Mamdani To Skip 9/11 Memorial

“Hi Democrats, don’t think that millions of Muslims—and not just Muslims but anti-racist liberal and leftist Americans—don’t hear the deafening silence from most of you,” said one journalist.

Socialists Can Lead the Fight Against AI Data Centers

Americans across the political spectrum are coming together to fight against AI data centers and for solutions like public power. Beholden to big donors, mainstream politicians won’t meet the moment — but the Left can.

Trump’s Census Plan: Remove Immigrants, Race Questions

The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.

College's Money Problems Will Make Students Suffer

Many schools will resort to laying off faculty, cutting services and increasing prices

Global Left Midweek — September 9, 2026

Mass opposition to Chile’s far-right Führer
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Culture

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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.

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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.

Labor

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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.

Friday nite video

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.

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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.