How Mandami and Democratic Socialists Win -

Article, published today, explaining recent victories of democratic socialists and progressives (in NY, Seattle, Buffalo, and elsewhere) and putting their success in historical perspective. There are now over 250 socialists  in office -  probably the most since about 1912. The policy views of Mamdani, Wilson, and other socialists align with public opinion among a majority of Americans, and not just in deep blue cities. Lots of voters who would never call themselves socialists voted for socialists for public office.  What should Democrats learn from this?

by Peter Driere

"Are Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson Democratic Socialists or FDR Democrats? They Are Both."  Talking Points Memo  https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/zohran-mamdani-katie-wilson-democratic-socialists 

Support Students : Eat Well

 

Democratic lawmakers tell military to refuse illegal orders

Protect Public Education - Stop Trump et al

Congress created the Department of Education to ensure all students, no matter who they are or where they live, get equal access to an education. Students in every community benefit from its programs.  Today, Donald Trump announced that he is moving forward on dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.  Tell your senators and member of Congress to stop this unprecedented, unilateral, and illegal action.

Write Congress  ➤

Trump and his Administration are robbing students of educational opportunity by gutting the education department and shifting its hallmark programs to agencies with no expertise to meet the needs of students.   Their action will deny students the critical supports that they need to learn, grow, and succeed in life.   It will explode class sizes and deny students access to higher education and job programs.  Let’s be clear: Congress created the Department of Education and only Congress can dismantle it.    Please write your elected officials right now and demand they protect students and put a stop to Donald Trump and Linda McMahon’s ILLEGAL decision to dismantle the Dept. of Education.   Ensuring a brighter future for our children should be a top priority for any administration, but this administration is taking every chance it can to hack away at the very protections and services our students need—all to pay for billionaire tax cuts.  America’s educators and parents will not be silent as Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon, turn their backs on our students, families, and communities.  Thank you for taking action and for all you do for our students.  In solidarity,  Becky Pringle  President  National Education Association  Write Congress  ➤    Donald Trump just announced a plan to dismantle the Department of Education,

Media Monopoly by the Oligarchs Is Shutting Down Democracy

 

Media Monopoly Fuels Climate Denial George Monbiot November 14, 2025 The Guardian The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich , Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The Guardian   If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis. An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge. It’s about what we know and how we know it, what we agree to be true and what we identify as false. We face, alongside a global threat to our life-support systems, a global threat to our knowledge-support systems.

The End of the Shutdown was Not a Republican Victory

RS Seminar- Economic Crisis: The End of the Shutdown was Not a Republican Victory:  Today’s Democratic Party is divided along two separate axes: an ideological one and, for lack of a better term, a strategic one. The former...

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Trump Autocracy Report - NYT

  

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has, often in open defiance of the law.  

Read the report from the NY Times Editorial Board, Oct. 31, 2025, 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/31/opinion/trump-autocracy-democracy-report.html

He has persecuted opponents, by passed Congress, sent troops into cities, defied the courts, changed election rules, vilified minorities, and enriched himself and his family. 

A great summing up of the current situation.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/31/opinion/trump-autocracy-democracy-report.html