Despite Islamophobia against him and far right attacks, Zohran Mamdani leads the polls ahead of the NYC mayoral election. His working class platform of change has inspired tens of thousands to join his campaign. This is episode 74 of Stories of Resistance.
Posted inWorking People
Life after genocide: A Gazan’s message to the world about the ceasefire
“When the ceasefire began, I felt a mix of disbelief and emptiness. After two years of genocide, silence felt strange, almost frightening.”
Posted inInequality Watch
Republicans are handling the shutdown like democracy is ending
Republicans are anticipating that vast structural changes in how American democracy works, or doesn’t, will ultimately keep them in power regardless of how they legislate.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
460 killed in horrific massacre in Sudan hospital, WHO says, amid RSF takeover
Rapid Support Forces fighters stormed the hospital and killed everyone inside, Sudan Doctors Network said.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
‘The Peculiar Patriot’ takes Baltimore audiences behind the wall
The play has been performed in over 30 prisons across the country.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
In gift to private prisons and telecom giants, Trump FCC jacks up price of inmate phone calls
The lone Democratic commissioner on the FCC called the new order “an egregious transfer of wealth from families in incredibly vulnerable situations to greedy monopoly companies that seek to squeeze every penny out of them.”
Posted inInequality Watch
Power without voters: How the shutdown reveals a broken democracy
“We’re shutting down government to keep people sick.”
Posted inWorking People
Workers replaced by AI have a dire warning for the world
“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it’s too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Midnight massacre’: ICE leaders purged as Trump admin eyes ‘more aggressive’ nationwide campaign led by Border Patrol
“Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE,” said one immigrants’ rights advocate. “Now they’re going to be the ones running the show.”
Posted inStories of Resistance
Resisting ICE
ICE is detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records and without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. This is episode 73 of Stories of Resistance.
