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Bonus - Venezuela, the Drug War, and U.S. Power in the Caribbean w/ Aileen Teague

Historian Aileen Teague is on the show to talk about the recent U.S. escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America framed as part of the War on Drugs.

Link in the replies!
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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RIP to Nick Salvatore, author of Eugene V. Deb’s: Citizen and Socialist, one of the book’s that inspired me to pursue the study of history.
Thinking about one of my all-time favorite historians, CUNY grad Nick Salvatore, & what he did for cultural/political biography, radical history, Af-Am history. I am always telling folks about We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber.
www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/
Obituary: Nick Salvatore - The Ithaca Voice
Nick Salvatore, 82, of Ithaca, New York, died on Saturday, November 29th after a period of declining health. He passed away peacefully, listening to music he loved and comforted by […]
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December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Tascha didn’t just build a volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, she built a community across our city.

And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.

thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
Three Million Doors w/ Tascha Van Auken
Featuring Tascha Van Auken on how Zohran’s campaign mobilized an army of 100,000 volunteers to knock three million doors. Van Auken has been an architect of NYC-DSA’s field operation and its general e...
thedigradio.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Rep. Bowman has long been leading the way when it comes to uplifting & fighting for our youth. I’ve long been inspired by his courage & commitment in Congress & I’m honored to have his support as we grow our progressive coalition uptown & in the Bronx. Thank you, @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social !
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🚨NEW: A new poll Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work.

As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years.

This is YUGE.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Massive Shift In Health Care Politics
As both parties are legislating criticism of socialism, Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that our weekly podcast chock full of journalism is moving up the charts and garnering a larger audience than shows made by massive corporate conservative media outlets.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Medicare-for-all isn’t just feasible, it’s necessary. With 27 million uninsured Americans and premiums that climb every year, our system doesn’t need incremental reform. It needs a full transformation.
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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News - MBS White House Visit, US Pushes New Ukraine Deal, UN Votes on Gaza

Your weekly news roundup is out! Link in the replies.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Will Alden in the latest @jewishcurrents.bsky.social with a thorough exploration of what happened at UCLA and why and what it has cost that school and its students and faculty jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
jewishcurrents.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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NEW | Representative Rashida Tlaib, alongside 20 other members of Congress, is introducing a resolution to recognise Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It calls for the U.S. to take immediate action to fulfil its binding legal obligations as a party to the Genocide Convention.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Just saw a video of Bill Maher calling Mamdani a “straight up communist” and I continue to be struck by the depiction of policies associated with the New Deal Order as far-left extremism, which goes along with a refusal to depict Trump’s unprecedented authoritarian actions as far-right extremism.
August 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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On this day in 1970, farmworkers in California began the Salad Bowl strike—the largest of its kind in US history.
August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Gaza is the most dangerous place on Earth to be a journalist. And the director of Al Jazeera English's “Toxic Fumes” is Mohammed al-Sawwaf, whose parents and four brothers were killed in Israeli bombings.
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
An extraordinary eyewitness report reveals that food isn’t the only thing Palestinians are starved of. Fuel is almost as scarce.
www.thenation.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Democratic leaders would've thrown Uganda and immigrants under the bus to try to win over voters. Mamdani does something different and will win them and others over.
July 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Democrats who have tried to push the party to change course—to embrace universal healthcare, support a ban on stock trading, elevate younger leaders—have probably at some point been scolded to “Vote Blue No Matter Who.”

But this charge has never been based in reality.
https://trib.al/gKITL6s
Centrist Democrats Are the Actual Traitors to Their Party
While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
trib.al
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System prospect.org/health/2025-...
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.
prospect.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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"This week, more than 25 states from around the world will gather in Bogotá, Colombia, for the “Emergency Conference” to halt the Gaza genocide."

The 25th Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 25 | To Bogotá
Convened by Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs of The Hague Group, the Emergency Ministerial Conference marks the boldest stand yet against the Gaza genocide and the collapse of the multilateral…
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July 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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We’re seeing reports of Feds raiding farms in Oxnard and Camarillo today. This just happened in Camarillo.
July 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Great discussion of what NYC DSA meant for the Zohran campaign, and what the Zohran campaign will mean for NYC DSA going forward.
July 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The New York Times laundered racist smears from a white nationalist to attack a socialist mayoral candidate. All to protect a broken status quo. From @ryanlcooper.com:
https://trib.al/JC0HWxH
What We Learned From The New York Times’ Anti-Zohran Crusade
The most powerful newspaper in America doesn’t care about American democracy.
trib.al
July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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"The misrepresentation of Zohran [Mamdani] is almost unprecedented to me."

Former New York City mayor @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social defends Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani from accusations of antisemitism.

zeteo.com/p/bill-de-bl...
July 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Worth adding: There are good people doing very important work at the state/local level, and there are even some at the federal level trying to make change inside the party. But the point remains: the *national* Democratic Party will not be a serious opposition until there is accountability & change.
July 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM