Councilwoman Nithya Raman narrowly kept her DSA-LA endorsement after a 14-13 national leadership vote over BDS movement rules on election eve. — Read on http://www.westsidecurrent.com/elections/effort-to-strip-raman-s-dsa-la-endorsement-fails-in-14-13-vote/article_33975dab-33e6-4b92-b302-547e6cdf3f79.html
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Beneath Class and Consciousness | CTWG
Rupture is not enough. — Read on ctwg.net/blog/2026/PartyTheory_1/
ALPRs in LA
The council voted 9-6 to veto the pilot program – but it needed ten votes to send the agreement back to the Board of Police Commission — Read on laist.com/brief/news/politics/la-city-council-allows-lapd-axon-automated-license-plate-reader-pilot-program
Voting for the End of the World – Popula
And so to the uncanny valley we return. — Read on popula.com/2018/10/21/voting-for-the-end-of-the-world/
Literary Hub » Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries
Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad are award-winning authors with children’s books featuring Palestinians. They have filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles after their invited author talk for teen patrons at Los Angeles Public Library was cancelled without explanation three days before the scheduled date of December 6, 2025. In this editedContinue reading “Literary Hub » Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries”
Why is There No Socialism in the United States? – The Brooklyn Rail
What is capitalism anyway and why is it bad? What is socialism and how does it differ from capitalism. How is it good? And who will change the one to the other, how, and why? This is, alas, where things become complicated. — Read on brooklynrail.org/2026/10/field-notes/why-is-there-no-socialism-in-the-united-states/
ICE plans intel units in every field office to research immigrants, map who they know
ERO ONE would task them with researching individuals and charting their associates for the agents who carry out arrests and deportations. — Read on http://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-plans-intel-units-in-every-field
Kaepernick: Jay-Z Became the “Black Face” the NFL Was Seeking – MeidasTouch
The NFL wanted someone “to help us subvert the protests” and “work counter to the people’s interests.” — Read on meidasnews.com/news/kaepernick-jay-z-became-the-black-face-the-nfl-was-seeking
Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by New Accountability Campaign
#DroptheGenocide20 demands Biden admin aides who enabled the Gaza genocide not be given roles in liberal spaces – like the role it turns out JD Vance pursued in 2016, when he ‘hated’ Trump – https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-bidens-genocide-accomplices
