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Leftists Can Stack Up Wins in the 2026 Midterms Election Day is coming up, and there’s an opportunity for socialists, labor candidates, and the Medicare for All movement to make historic gains.

*Election Day is coming up, and there’s an opportunity for socialists, labor candidates, and the Medicare for All movement to make historic gains*

by Alex Skopic
Politics

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There is only one way we will defeat Reform: together.

That’s why I’m backing the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

We are a mass movement of all ages, backgrounds and faiths — united in a belief that things can, and will, change.

#SocialistSunday
#Socialism

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Corbyn: "I’m speaking on behalf of Your Party, he ’s speaking on behalf of the Greens, we’re absolutely united in the need to defeat the far right, defeat Reform, defeat the racists, defeat the fascists that’s why we’re supporting the Greens in the Denton by-election”
cross-party solidarity FTW

Trump's Oil Blockade of Cuba Is Economic Violence. It Must End | Opinion Broad U.S. economic sanctions target a civilian population with economic violence in order to force political changes.

*The UN High Commissioner for human rights warned of severe impact on the people of Cuba from loss of water delivery—including drinking water and sanitation. Even the delivery of aid shipments is disrupted due to the lack of fuel—causing widespread food shortages*

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US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates As the Trump administration escalates involvement through Operation Southern Spear, CEPR will track developments across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Washington.

*As part of the Trump administration’s effort to starve the Cuban government of hard currency, the US has taken aim at the Cuban program that for decades has sent doctors to work abroad.
Cuban doctors have filled important gaps in rural healthcare coverage*

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GDP Preview: What to Expect in the Fourth Quarter 2025 Report Tariffs and AI investment drive strong fourth-quarter GDP growth, masking weaker housing, slowing productivity, and rising risks.

*The steady growth in the economy is riding an AI bubble, fueled by investment in data centers and other related areas, while consumption growth is being supported by the stock market bubble*

Feb 18, 2026

By @deanbaker13.bsky.social

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Tribune for Race and Class - The American Prospect Jesse Jackson, who died today at age 84, advanced perspectives and interests that were effectively democratic socialist.

*Jesse Jackson, 1941–2026*

by Harold Meyerson
February 17, 2026

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Jesse Jackson Is No Bumper Sticker I want to devote this column to comparing the economic positions of the Democratic candidates for President.

Jesse Jackson was no bumper sticker

“Jackson’s proposals make Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Jr. look like minor leaguers”

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So much to say about him.
Few will mention: Top economic advisor to his presidential campaigns was late radical political economist David M Gordon, a founder of Social Structure of Accumulation (SSA) theory and co-designer of the non-neoliberal path.
What might have been 😔

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YouTube video by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Topic Jesse

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I wish we had parties good enough that I could vote the party

Is there a point to outnumbering the other side?

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

YouTube video by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Topic Jesse

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After the demise of post-WW2 regulated capitalism, a new capitalist structure would replace it (ending capitalism was unfortunately not on the menu)—neoliberal capitalism, or the alternative laid out by Gordon & co-authors in the book Beyond the Wasteland.
Jesse Jackson championed that alternative 🙏

So much to say about him.
Few will mention: Top economic advisor to his presidential campaigns was late radical political economist David M Gordon, a founder of Social Structure of Accumulation (SSA) theory and co-designer of the non-neoliberal path.
What might have been 😔

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So much to say about him.
Few will mention: Top economic advisor to his presidential campaigns was late radical political economist David M Gordon, a founder of Social Structure of Accumulation (SSA) theory and co-designer of the non-neoliberal path.
What might have been 😔

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Jesse Jackson Is No Bumper Sticker I want to devote this column to comparing the economic positions of the Democratic candidates for President.

Jesse Jackson was no bumper sticker

“Jackson’s proposals make Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Jr. look like minor leaguers”

www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Damn. RIP

The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.

If we take stock of all the ways that Trump is threatening free and fair elections next fall, student election workers can’t do everything, but they can do a lot. buff.ly/KEYOVjh

Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Fought for Economic Justice, Dies at 84 "His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by," said Jackson's family.

"His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by," Jackson's family said in a statement.

The Quintessential Epstein Files Email Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

There is in fact an Epstein class, which not only believes in their own personal impunity, but seeks to protect their fellow travelers as well. buff.ly/cAvzilr

The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging - The American Prospect As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.

*As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows*

by Robert Kuttner
February 17, 2026

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The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

*Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files*

by @ddayen.bsky.social
February 17, 2026

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At most, I agree with six of these. Which I guess is a decent percentage 🤷

It's not that complicated. Just pick the best player available and figure out what, if any, trades you need to make afterwards

@kenmartin.bsky.social

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The U.S. occupation of Gaza has begun The plans for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” show that the goal is not just to make Gaza a playground for the wealthy, but to put it under permanent American occupation.

READ: The plans for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” show that the goal is not just to make Gaza a playground for the wealthy, but to put it under permanent American occupation.
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Scholar @lkatfield.bsky.social speaks with @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social on how Trump and the furious minds of the New Right are in a mutually reinforcing cycle of radicalization.

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