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Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories
By Lucy Campbell

David Morales wins Democratic primary for Providence mayor, unseating the incumbent mayor, Brett Smiley

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist

#RhodeIsland #Democraticsocialism #Democrats #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #LucyCampbell

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories
By Lucy Campbell

David Morales wins Democratic primary for Providence mayor, unseating the incumbent mayor, Brett Smiley

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist

#RhodeIsland #Democraticsocialism #Democrats #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #LucyCampbell

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories
By Lucy Campbell

David Morales wins Democratic primary for Providence mayor, unseating the incumbent mayor, Brett Smiley

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist

#RhodeIsland #Democraticsocialism #Democrats #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #LucyCampbell

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories
By Lucy Campbell

David Morales wins Democratic primary for Providence mayor, unseating the incumbent mayor, Brett Smiley

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist

#RhodeIsland #Democraticsocialism #Democrats #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #LucyCampbell

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist #RhodeIsland #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsNews

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist #RhodeIsland #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsNews

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist #RhodeIsland #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsNews

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist #RhodeIsland #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsNews

Democratic socialist clinches Rhode Island nomination amid party victories https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/rhode-island-david-morales-democratic-socialist #RhodeIsland #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsNews

If Democrats want to move to the center they should move left.
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #DHS #ICE #DemocraticSocialism #DSA #caucus w #Democrats #AOC #Bernie #Mamdani #ElSayed #liberal #centrist #conservative #OvertonWindow

Trump, Paxton, The Founders, And America’s Long Excuse For Powerful Men

Stop assuming corruption defeats MAGA. America’s history shows powerful men, from slaveholding founders to corporate-backed authoritarianism, get a pass unless people organize for accountability.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Over 1,000 Communist Rebels and Supporters in the Philippines Neutralized As of August 13

Over a thousand rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) and their supporters were neutralized as of August 13, according to a news article of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) citing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Neutralized refers to the surrender, capture, or killing of enemy troops.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news article of the PNA. Some parts in boldface…

The government’s campaign against communist insurgents is gaining momentum as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported neutralizing 1,045 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and their supporters during operations conducted from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13 this year.

Of the total, 935 surrendered, 38 were arrested, and 72 were killed in various military operations, AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said in a media interview late Tuesday.

“A total of 661 firearms and 255 anti-personnel mines were either seized or surrendered, and 38 encampments were seized (in the same period),” she said.

Neutralized is a military term that refers to the surrender, capture, or killing of enemy troops.

“The numbers give us an indication of the operational situation, but we should look beyond the numbers. The more significant story is that 935 CTG (communist terrorist group) members and supporters chose to surrender,” Padilla pointed out.

In 2025, the military said it neutralized around 2,018 NPA members and their supporters. The bulk of whom were surrenderers, at 1,798, while 93 were arrested and 127 were killed.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Are you thankful to the AFP for neutralizing over a thousand Communist rebels and supporters as of mid-August? Are you convinced that there are still many millions of young Filipinos who took sides with the Leftist rebels? Do you think Democrats and/or the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) from the United States are secretly supporting Communist rebels here in the Philippines?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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David Pakman's misunderstanding of socialism reflects a broader lack clarity around #socialism both as an ideology and an economic system. Modern democratic #socialists advocate something quite different from Marxist-Leninists in the 20th century, but people's understanding hasn't caught up.

https://youtu.be/AzyxoMWQ50g

#economics #capitalism #anticapitalism #leftism #DemocraticSocialism #leftist

#capitalism #sociopaths #sociopathy #latestagecapitalism

#love #kindness #generosity #empathy #democraticsocialism

#DemocraticSocialism Is the Compromise Position

Given our scale of #inequality, the #egalitarian reforms of democratic socialism are only the start of what we should strive for.

Kyle Schmidlin, Jul 31, 2026

Excerpt: "Reforming the #SecondGildedAge

"Whether or not one agrees with such ideas, it’s a discussion that free people are within their rights to have. Though we often treat #capitalism as a national religion, there’s nothing sacred about it. Even the US Constitution is surprisingly agnostic on questions of economic organization. It’s not encoded in our DNA—in fact, we are much more naturally inclined toward cooperation than competition. Humans have a virtually infinite number of ways we can arrange society, and we are in desperate need of rethinking ours.

"Because for the last few decades, the American economy has grown ever more off-balance, to the point where many analysts now say we’re in a second #GildedAge. We recently minted the world’s first trillionaire, while about half of us would be wiped out by any major illness, accident, or job loss. Workers have lost power, essentials like housing and healthcare are increasingly out of reach, and practically all the gains of our productivity have been accumulated at the very top, with #corporations posting record profits. #Billionaires are multiplying their wealth faster than ever, building anti-revolution doomsday bunkers, and plotting to rule their own fiefdoms as #CEOKings.

"We live in a society that’s obsessed with law and order for things like #shoplifting or overstaying a visa, but largely looks the other way on #CorporateCrimes like #pollution, #WageTheft, and #fraud—not to mention #WarCrimes and #genocide. The president is a convicted felon who wants you to ignore his decades-long friendship with a child sex trafficker and instead fear and hate the immigrant next door.

"In such a system, elites should feel relieved that people are only demanding, say, a few public options for groceries, rather than revolting. The wealthy surely all took note of the public reaction to #LuigiMangione, who is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City. Mangione became a cultural icon who was openly celebrated in many circles, making clear the rage simmering within America’s dispossessed.

"There’s a reason the progressive California Rep. #RoKhanna refers to a tax on wealth as an #AntiRevolution tax, or an attempt to save capitalism from itself. Progressive Democrats like Khanna often mediate between capitalist centers of power and the party’s left-wing base, who largely feel fed up with the party’s incremental approach of making small tweaks here and there. Democratic socialism, as practiced in today’s America, is still essentially incrementalism, but they’re much bigger increments.

"Such a model works well in places like #Finland, #Iceland, and #Denmark. These countries have high taxes, but they get far more out of them than we do. As a result they are consistently ranked as the happiest countries on Earth, with excellent numbers for education, homelessness, poverty, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality—all areas in which the US, with its profit-first approach to every problem, is lagging behind.

"#HighTaxes and a mixed economy also once worked well in the #UnitedStates. We dug ourselves out of the #GreatDepression with the #NewDeal. Government programs brought electricity to rural areas and established safety nets and Social Security. Our middle class boomed after World War II, when taxes were the highest they’ve ever been.

"#Republicans and #BigBusiness called that #socialism, too. They even conspired to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now, faced with another socialist menace, they’re playing just as dirty."

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democratic-socialism-compromise

#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #DSA #RedScare #USPol #WorldPol #CorporateColonialism #EpsteinClass

This from the latest issue of #InTheseTimes (I didn't receive mine in the mail this month. I guess the gubmint must have grabbed it for evidence.)

#DSA #DemocraticSocialism #JenSorensen #Cartoons #RemoteWork #CEOsSuck #Hypocrisy #NoBosses #NoCEOs

AOC Exposes the Billionaire Myth as Katy Tur’s Awkward Reaction Sparks Debate

AOC exposed the truth about billionaire wealth on MSNOW, triggering an awkward media moment and reigniting debate about capitalism and inequality.

So, this is a timely topic! From the latest issue of #InTheseTimes! The connection between Amazon Deforestation and CEO land grabs in the Western United States -- bought with blood money!

Fortress Yellowstone

The #UltraRich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact #ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological #SacrificeZones around the world

by Joseph Bullington, April 6, 2026

Excerpt: "Some of these ultra-rich ranch owners celebrate the natural beauty of their land and are ardent conservationists when it comes to the Yellowstone ecosystem. In digging into their business dealings, however, I found that most of these landowners accumulated their wealth through industries that help drive the destruction of nature elsewhere. Their ranks include private equity investors, oil and gas billionaires and real estate developers. "

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"Now, instead of forests full of fruits and animals and mandioca clearings, industrial soy plantations press in on #Açaizal like a closing fist. There is no escape from the onslaught of #monoculture. Manoel shows me where rows of broken cornstalks run right up against the edge of the community’s soccer field, which the soy farmers also want to plow. The soybeans and corn, like those in the United States, are genetically engineered to withstand the #herbicides and #pesticides the farmers dump on them to beat back weeds and pests, but the chemicals drift, says Manoel, making it impossible to grow fruits and vegetables and #mandioca nearby. The streams run low and full of poison."

Read more:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/yellowstone-billionaires-conservation-montana-deforest-amazon

#Billionaires #UberRich #CEOs #AmazonDeforestation #BigAg #SoybeanProduction #IndustralSoybeans #PoisoningTheAmazon #GMOs #Monoculture #Deforestation #Cargill #HomeDepot #SoyPlantations #SaveTheForest #SaveTheRainforest #Earth4All #DSA #DemocraticSocialism #ReadItBeforeItsBanned #TaxTheRich #NoTaxHavens #EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #BigCorporations

The western world lacks empathy for poor people in Palestine and Venezuela. Lack of empathy kills our society.

#democraticsocialism
#socialism
#antiwar
#freepalestine
#palestine
#freevenezuela
#venezuela
#empathy
#recession
#greatdepression
#cheguevara

On Democratic Socialism & Capitalist Elections | "The Tragic Events in Chile" (1973) by Enver Hoxha

#socialism #socialist #democraticsocialism #dsa #chile #allende #hoxha #albania #antirevisionism #marxism #marxist #communism #communist #antiimperialism

https://youtu.be/7M9N_dZvYUw