Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Democrats blamed Black and Latino voters for their loss in 2024, now they’re responsible for anchoring the nationwide “blue wave”

 

at 11/6/26 4:58pm

In 2020, millions of working people mobilized to the ballot box and voted for Joe Biden, in hopes he would alleviate economic and political crises.

[Category: Features, U.S. Politics, government, immigration, racism, u.s. working class]

— Texas rejects the Republican establishment in historic midterm election: What comes next?

 

at 11/5/26 7:42am

While Texas has “turned blue," the question remains if we can build a movement powerful enough to demand something fundamentally different.

[Category: Analysis, Features, government, midterms, texas, u.s. working class]

— PSL Statement: The Democratic wave and the fight ahead

 

at 11/4/26 5:58pm

Tens of millions voted to punish Trump over inequality, war and ICE terror. The new Congress will deliver nothing on those issues unless it is forced to.

[Category: Analysis, Features, PSL Statements, government, midterms, u.s. working class]

— Only people power can transform society: Lessons from the Minnesota Socialism Summit

 

at 11/2/26 4:27pm

...we have to realize that we can have a socialist system in our lifetime, only if we are willing to fight for it!

[Category: Our Party, Reflections, general strikes, Minnesota, socialism, u.s. working class]

— Department of Energy emergency orders expose the dead end of our energy future under capitalism

 

at 11/2/26 11:21am

Our energy future does not have to be as bleak as it is often presented to us. Without a profit motive, without private owners opposing renewable energy for fear of their fossil fuel assets losing value, and without the drive to militarily dominate the entire world, the challenge of developing climate resiliency is one that we can meet head on.

[Category: Science, Technology, data centers, electricity, energy, utility prices]

— What happens after the midterms are over?

 

at 11/2/26 10:03am

To address the crises of capitalism, we urgently need to build a socialist movement that fights to put power into the hands of working people

[Category: Features, u.s. working class]

— The Israeli elections will bring more repression for the Palestinian people

 

at 10/29/26 12:37pm

One thing, however, is absolutely certain. This election will change nothing for the Palestinian people.

[Category: Features, Palestine]

— Las elecciones israelíes traerán más represión contra el pueblo palestino

 

at 10/29/26 11:55am

Está más claro que nunca que la lucha del pueblo palestino por su liberación ha transformado de manera irreversible la política y la conciencia mundiales, y que las crisis políticas dentro del Estado israelí son otra señal de este cambio histórico.

[Category: Analysis, Español, Palestine]

— If Democrats lose Ohio and the Senate, they have only themselves to blame

 

at 10/28/26 3:36pm

Every time the Democrats lose, they find someone to blame other than themselves.

[Category: Analysis, Features, elections, Senate]

— Si los demócratas pierden Ohio y el Senado, solo podrán culparse a sí mismos

 

at 10/28/26 12:01pm

En vez de culpar a un trabajador que lleva adelante una campaña desde las bases, los demócratas podrían preguntarse por qué, después de gastar más de 100 millones de dólares en favor de su candidato y de haber dejado la Casa Blanca hace menos de dos años, tantos de sus propios votantes siguen esperando una razón para ir a las urnas.

[Category: Analysis, Español, elecciones, senado]

— Microsoft prepares 60,000 layoffs, making workers pay for AI gamble

 

at 10/27/26 4:19pm

The whole capitalist class has proven that it is unfit to control this technology and it is unfit to run society.

[Category: Economy, Features, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, labor]

— The Midterm Curse Proves the Two-Party System is a Dead End

 

at 10/21/26 9:00am

The growing desire across the country to defeat Trump and his billionaire agenda is righteous. But what will a “blue wave” in the midterm elections actually achieve?

[Category: Features, elections, government, midterms, u.s. working class]

— Un informe revela que la violencia sexualizada contra el pueblo palestino es parte integral del colonialismo de asentamiento israelí

 

at 10/19/26 11:17am

No son las organizaciones palestinas, sino el proyecto colonial israelí de asentamiento, el responsable de décadas de asesinatos y violaciones.

[Category: Analysis, Español, Palestine]

— Report shows sexualized violence against Palestinians is embedded in Israeli settler colonialism

 

at 10/19/26 9:24am

Justice for Palestinian victims of sexualized violence requires full self determination.

[Category: Analysis, Features, Palestine]

— Cómo la revuelta estudiantil francesa revela la crisis social más amplia de Europa

 

at 10/13/26 11:28am

Francia, con su orgullosa historia de lucha y resistencia de la clase trabajadora, está en condiciones de encabezar un movimiento contra la austeridad y la guerra, y a favor de un sistema ecológico y socialista.

[Category: Archive, Español, Europe, francia, movimiento estudiantil]

— How the French student revolt reveals the broader social crisis in Europe

 

at 10/13/26 8:19am

The protests are broadening beyond education into a referendum on “Macronisme” and the entire constitutional structure of the Fifth Republic.

[Category: Analysis, Europe, Features, france, student movement]

— The history of Georgia’s genocidal wars in the southeast reveal the foundations of U.S. empire — and how to resist

 

at 10/12/26 12:38pm

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we unite with Indigenous activists and continue the legacy of resistance against state violence and colonialism.

[Category: Features, Indigenous Struggle, People's History, Cherokee Nation, georgia, racism, Trail of Tears]

— La historia de las guerras genocidas de Georgia en el sureste revela los cimientos del imperio estadounidense – y cómo resistirlo

 

at 10/12/26 11:51am

La prolongada colonización de las tierras que habían pertenecido durante generaciones a las naciones indígenas, llevada a cabo por Georgia en distintas etapas, tenía como objetivo erradicar a todo un pueblo.

[Category: Español, Indigenous Struggle, People's History, georgia, nación cheroqui, racismo]

— Solidarity with the Indian youth and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

 

at 10/11/26 5:10pm

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) extends its revolutionary greetings and unwavering solidarity to the brave youth and workers of India who have been on the streets across the country fighting to defend democracy and reject the repressive, authoritarian, and corrupt policies of the far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central government.

[Category: PSL Statements, india, international solidarity]

— Cómo los trabajadores de Joslin obligaron a Pritzker a buscar fondos para reabrir la antigua planta de Tyson

 

at 10/10/26 11:24am

Hoy, los trabajadores de Joslin demuestran que cientos de personas de la clase trabajadora pertenecientes a nacionalidades oprimidas, junto con sus vecinos y familiares, están dispuestas a luchar para reclamar lo que les pertenece.

[Category: Analysis, Español, Clase trabajadora estadounidense, Joslin, trabajo]

— How Joslin workers forced Pritzker to find funds to reopen the former Tyson plant

 

at 10/10/26 8:47am

The working class and socialists must draw out our own lessons; both to keep the momentum going and as a basis for future organizing across the nation. 

[Category: Features, Labor, Joslin, labor, u.s. working class]

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