PDAMERICA • Started streaming 9 minutes ago There is no more powerful voice on the progressive left than Senator Nina Turner, and she will join us for this week’s PDA Town Hall, to let us know about her new radio show co-hosted by an equally visionary progressive, Dr. Cornel West…. Continue reading
By Freddy Brewster & Lucy Dean Stockton January 9, 2025 (editor@levernews.com) Share this article on Bluesky, X, and Facebook. Fossil fuel companies are profiting off an obscure state tax break depriving California of up to $146 million of annual tax revenue that could be used to combat climate change-fueled wildfires,… Continue reading
Beverly Dove, or “Bev-l,” a longtime Berkeley resident and activist, died at the end of December at the age of 77. She was known for her vibrant personality and commitment to social justice causes, including Palestinian liberation, environmental justice, animal rights and People’s Park activism. Diana Gwinn-Cirrito first met Dove… Continue reading
The others dropped out as all the factions came to terms with an unusual unanimous vote. Here’s the back story. B yTIM REDMOND JANUARY 8, 2025 (48hills.org) Just a day ago, several candidates were in the running to be the president of the Board of Supes. Today, Sup. Rafael Mandelman won the… Continue reading
January 9, 2025 (info@democracyatwork.info) This study group organized by friends at the Marxist Education Project is led by Russell Dale to read and discuss Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Smith’s explorations of the s0-called labor theory of value, the rate of profit, what… Continue reading
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on wildfires with local and federal fire and emergency officials in Sacramento, California on September 14, 2020. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) One observer blasted MAGA’s “conflagration of lies and disinformation.” BRETT WILKINS Jan 09, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) Progressive critics were left… Continue reading
But we lose only if we stop fighting ROBERT REICH JAN 10, 2025 Trump and his MAGA allies are already targeting the four major pillars of resistance to Trump during his first term. As we prepare for Trump’s second regime — which promises to be far worse than the first… Continue reading
Why the fossil fuel billionaires are more dangerous than any serial killer… THOM HARTMANN JAN 10, 2025 Public Citizen would like you to know that there are killers among us. They wear $2000 suits and travel in private jets, unbothered by the TSA or the teeming masses. Their children attend… Continue reading
Democracy Now! • Jan 10, 2025 • Latest Shows Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-de… Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following a state funeral held in Washington, D.C. “He was the last… Continue reading
