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Watch the Video: From Resistance to Reconstruction
Our plan to block fascism, broaden the pro-democracy front, and build a Third Reconstruction
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'New York can hold up pretty well to any city in Scandinavia. While cities such as St Louis and Chicago have long taken down their public housing, New York has barely touched any of it.'
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Building the Future: Zohran Mamdani and New York
The economist Noah Smith recently penned a piece titled ‘America Has Only One Real City.’ It should be obvious which city Smith is referring to. While Los
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November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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'The environmental and climate struggle is no different from any other Communist Party campaign–indeed it is a vital part of the all-encompassing fight with capitalism.'

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Why communists should care about the environment - MR Online
Ahead of the CP’s Congress later this month, RICHARD HEBBERT looks at the pressing climate issues humanity faces and their interdependence with capitalism.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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'“Can We Meet the Moment?” The question posed by Tom Goodkind in his analysis of the 2025 DSA Convention spurred debate and discussion on the left. Here, Ben Davis responds.'
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The New Liberator | Liberation Road | Substack
Liberation Road's newsletter of movement insights and strategic analysis for the freedom struggle. Click to read The New Liberator, by Liberation Road, a Substack publication with thousands of subscri...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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"I posit that DSA exists essentially as two parallel organizations. In many large chapters, DSA is a party, or party surrogate. In many smaller chapters, DSA is what the German New Left referred to as the Extra-Parliamentary Opposition: a street protest movement, or a student anti-war movement."
Why is DSA Divided?
DSA’s ideological splits reflect our divided political terrain
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'According to the U.S. Census Bureau, around 35% of the counties in Appalachia are considered economically distressed, with significant portions of their populations living below the poverty line.'

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Understanding Impoverished Counties in the Appalachian Region
The Appalachian region, stretching from southern New York to northern Alabama, is home to some of the most picturesque landscapes in the United States. However, this beauty often contrasts sharply …
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November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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'Though tragically snuffed out by the rise of fascism, Red Vienna was an island of socialist organizing and workers' power worth commemorating.'

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Remembering Red Vienna
Though tragically snuffed out by the rise of fascism, Red Vienna was an island of socialist organizing and workers' power worth commemorating.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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'Every NYC neighborhood saw more voters show up to vote for mayor than in the last election. See who put the winner over the top.'

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How Mamdani Won, By the Numbers
Every NYC neighborhood saw more voters show up to vote for mayor than in the last election. See who put the winner over the top.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Zohran ran up crazy numbers with non-white young people (18-29 year olds):

Black youth: Mamdani 84%
Latino youth: Mamdani 86%
White youth: Mamdani 66%
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'Mickens is a part of wave of public sector employees who are being threatened, disciplined or outright fired for speech about Kirk’s death.'

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Georgia teacher suspended for posting Charlie Kirk quote on Facebook files suit
A Georgia teacher speaks out after being disciplined for engaging in constitutionally protected speech following the death of Charlie Kirk.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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'He took the debilitating amount of economic anxiety that so many Americans are suffering through right now and turned it into a message of economic justice, believing that we all should be able to afford to live in the city we call home.'

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Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi
His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city
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November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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'[T]he rise of capitalism from the 16th century onward, and its imposition around the world by European colonizers, was associated with a dramatic decline in living standards for ordinary people.

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Global Poverty - Global Inequality
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November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'In the face of the international legal and political systems’ paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza, international civil society has refused to stand idly by.'

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Verdict from the People: Why the Gaza Tribunal is about Accountability, Not Symbolism
In the face of the international legal and political systems' paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza,
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November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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'A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.'

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities. With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.'

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Mayor Mamdani’s Budget Can Add Up
New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities. With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“The rise of China that was made possible thanks to global neoliberalism made the end of global neoliberalism inevitable.” - Branko Milanovic
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'A veteran organizer finds solace and socialist values in the Boston Celtics, on and off the court.'

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Celtics Self-Care
A veteran organizer finds solace and socialist values in the Boston Celtics, on and off the court.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
liberationroad.bsky.social
'Economist Branko Milanovic is one of the sharpest critics of global inequality. He spoke to Jacobin about how the decline of neoliberal globalization is harshening its most destructive tendencies.'

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As Neoliberalism Crumbles, It Becomes More Destructive
Economist Branko Milanovic is one of the sharpest critics of global inequality. He spoke to Jacobin about how the decline of neoliberal globalization is harshening its most destructive tendencies.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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'Our Time is a new organization building on the grassroots momentum of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign to deliver on the promise of a more affordable New York City.'

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Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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'Centrists have been declaring the socialist movement dead for years in spite of the victories it has racked up. But Zohran Mamdani’s win makes its rise undeniable.'

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Reports of Socialism’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Centrists have been declaring the socialist movement dead for years in spite of the victories it has racked up. But Zohran Mamdani’s win makes its rise undeniable.
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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'Working-class New Yorkers topple a political dynasty and elect Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.'

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The Dawn of a Better Day
Working-class New Yorkers topple a political dynasty and elect Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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There is a wave of change coming.

One where bold leadership that follows working people not the billionaires isn’t the exception, it’s the expectation.

Let's discuss.
Zohran speaking at a podium
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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'That Zohran Mamdani, an unapologetic Muslim and Democratic Socialist, who ran a campaign centered on joy and inclusion, won the mayorship of New York City sends a message that is radical in the contemporary United States — that Muslims are human beings.'

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Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human - The Rumpus
It is against this background of a country that has reduced Muslims into a dark, foreign, terrorist “other,” that Mamdani ran a campaign that centers the affordability of the city for all who live wit...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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'The Mamdani challenge has the potential to build an effective inside-outside strategy that relies on both a democratic socialist in the mayor’s office and a grassroots coalition of community, labor, and progressive forces, working collaboratively.'

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Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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'From our first interview immediately after he won his state assembly election in 2020 through profiles, op-eds, interviews, and speeches, Jacobin has closely covered Zohran Mamdani’s political career rooted in the socialist movement since its start.'

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Jacobin Has Charted Zohran Mamdani’s Rise From the Beginning
From our first interview immediately after he won his state assembly election in 2020 through profiles, op-eds, interviews, and speeches, Jacobin has closely covered Zohran Mamdani’s political career ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM