Zohran Mamdani: Why I am the best candidate for mayor We live in the wealthiest city in the world and it’s become unlivable for the people who built it. Half of all New York households struggle to pay for their basic needs. One in four live in poverty…

“As much as I love this city, there’s a myth about it that has persisted for too long. It’s the lie that life has to be hard in New York. It has to be an ordeal. That only the rich or the lucky get to live a good life here. 

I don’t believe that for a minute.”

Condeno firmemente el secuestro del barco Madleen, que transportaba ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. Esta violación del derecho internacional exige una respuesta clara y contundente de la UE.

Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen

YouTube video by Olurinatti Why You Shouldn’t Vote for Andrew Cuomo

Everyone’s reminder that it would be a terrible choice to vote for Cuomo for NYC Mayor and this is why! Don’t say I didn’t tell you! youtu.be/LB4gqnUfp-k?...

I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.

"Google is now powering state violence across the globe, and the severity of the harm being done is rapidly escalating," writes Emma Jackson, a Google employee speaking out for the first time.

Major nations agree on first-ever global tax on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships, if their planet-heating emissions are not already accou...

"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions."

apnews.com/article/ship...

Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.

Stats on today’s 15-year anniversary of Dems marginalizing single payer in favor of passing the ACA:

“Health insurers raked in $371 billion in profits since the ACA’s passage…The average families’ premiums have risen to nearly $26,000 a year.” www.levernews.com/health-insur...

Trump administration cancels program that paid Wisconsin farmers to grow for food pantries Nearly 300 Wisconsin farms participated in the program last year, providing fresh food to pantries and hunger relief organizations.

Trump administration cancels program that paid Wisconsin farmers to grow for food pantries

www.jsonline.com/sto... #wiunion #wipolitics

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Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2024, on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation.

As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵

University of Rochester students face 7 years in jail for displaying ‘Wanted’ posters on campus Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza.

Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/university-of-rochester-students-face-7-years-in-jail-for-displaying-wa…

When 85% of New Yorkers say the cost of food is rising faster than their incomes, it's time for a real alternative.

Introducing a public option...for produce.

With words they try to jail us: US universities are not citadels of freedom Today, the American university – just like the American nation-state – is once again at peak repression.

"The idea that the US university is a place of critical thinking, social justice, liberal arts, and making the world a better place is as false as the day is long."

— #AJOpinion by @donaldearlcollins.bsky.social ⤵️

Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.

🚨NEW: Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance industry saw profits explode to reach $371 BILLION.

More than 40% of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400% since 2010.
www.levernews.com/health-insur...

Holy shit these quislings are just openly licking the boots of an authoritarian regime helmed by the world’s richest man.

Again, the Democratic Party, as presently constituted, is not going to put up a resistance. Reorient your political understanding, organize, and prepare.

Right after Lina Khan's FTC secured two wins for millions of American consumers & workers, Donald Trump (whose proposed administration's net worth is at least $382 billion) pushed her out:

Well said 👏👏👏👏👏

My statement on the acquittal of Daniel Penny.

Upworthy: Louisiana church returns land to local Indigenous tribe in meaningful act of kindness "You are now part of our history."

1 church down, only 399,999 to go

Susan Abulhawa lays it all out.

Thank you @susanabulhawa.bsky.social
🙏🏾

youtu.be/nW5U_ZqGmZU?...

Thank you for your incredibly powerful, profound, harrowing, and beautiful speech at the Oxford Union. Palestine will be free. Humanity will prevail. ❤️🇵🇸

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions declared in front of the National Assembly that they will go on an indefinite general strike until President Yoon Suk Yeol resigns.

Talk about union power.

An 8-ounce bag of Cheetos is ***$6.46*** on the Los Angeles jail commissary.

On a totally unrelated note, the Internet Archive needs your support: archive.org/donate/?orig...

Image of a letter from UAW President Shawn Fain to the Korean Metal Workers' Union: "Dear Brothers and Sisters of the KMWU, On behalf of the one million active and retired members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, I am writing to express our solidarity with you in your ongoing struggle in defense of democracy. We support your call for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s immediate resignation. We were shocked and dismayed by President Yoon’s declaration of martial law. Given the absence of any wartime incident or comparable national emergency, this action was unconstitutional, illegal, and invalid. We are pleased to hear that the South Korean Parliament voted to overturn martial law, prompting President Yoon to lift it. We stand in solidarity with your escalating actions, including walkouts, rallies, and mobilizations, culminating in an indefinite general strike starting December 11 if President Yoon Suk Yeol does not resign. Your unwavering commitment to democracy and workers' rights inspires us all. We know that the defense of democracy in Korea will not be easy, just as it will not be easy in the United States in the coming four years. We stand in solidarity with you, and we look forward to receiving your support as unions defend democracy around the world." In solidarity, Shawn Fain

The UAW stands in solidarity with the brave members of the Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU). ✊

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