This blogpost is close to 3 weeks old and I haven't seen it anywhere on lemmy yet. Pretty decent writeup of not just why but also how to unionize effectively, catered to tech workers in the US.

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Edward Helmore
Sun 29 Jun 2025 13.06 EDT

"Mamdani said he was inspired by the US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, who once remarked: “Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God’s children in this country.”

He then reiterated his intent to raise taxes on New York’s wealthiest as part of a campaign pledge “to shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods”.

“I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality... "

Zohran Mamdani's victory over Andrew Cuomo is a historic turning point for Palestine in U.S. politics. It reflects a growing fatigue with Israel’s role in American life and the slow implosion of Zionism under the weight of its own

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On this stream: The 'Big Beautiful Bill' passes the Senate after an intense night of negotiations - Israeli paper of record publishes scathing report on the IDF's conduct at and aroud the "Humanitarian Aid" distribution sites - Tucker Carlson and M\arjorie Taylor Greene put their "America First" spin on Zohran Mamdani's primary victory in NYC - and more.

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Michelle Taylor sat at the defense table during her sentencing hearing in St. Augustine, Florida, listening to a trio of forensic chemists lay out the scientific evidence to prove what she’d sworn for years: She had not set the fire that burned down her house and killed her own son.

It was the last Friday in May, and the St. Johns County courthouse was mostly empty.

The expert witnesses each testified via Zoom, their faces appearing on a pair of large monitors inside the wood-paneled courtroom. None of the experts knew Taylor personally. But they knew chemistry. And each made clear that the case against Taylor had been based on junk science: faulty analysis by a state lab worker who detected gasoline in fire debris samples where there was none.

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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on the growing freakout of NYC Zionists and establishment Democrats over the primary win of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani.

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Main Topic: The video analyzes the Zionist backlash following Zohran Mamdani's New York primary victory and what it signifies about the changing political landscape and the declining influence of Zionism.

Key Points:

• Zionist Meltdown: Mamdani's victory triggered a significant negative reaction from Zionist groups, highlighting their fear of losing control and influence through democratic processes.
• Shifting Political Landscape: The election result indicates a growing repudiation of Zionism and a shift in public sentiment, particularly among young people, making Israel a political liability.
• Co-option Attempts: Established Democratic figures like Chuck Schumer are attempting to co-opt Mamdani, similar to how they allegedly co-opted AOC, to moderate his positions and integrate him into the existing political structure.
• Grassroots Movement: Mamdani's success is attributed to a motivated grassroots energy and an understanding that Zionism is toxic, representing a positive development in democratic politics.
• Zionist Billionaire Influence: The video discusses the influence of Zionist billionaires, their coordinated efforts to control political narratives and actions, and their alarm at the prospect of losing influence with Mamdani's potential victory.
• DSA Skepticism: One of the speakers expresses skepticism towards the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), viewing them with suspicion and criticizing their ties to the Democratic Party.
• Comparison to Corbyn: The video draws parallels between the attacks on Mamdani and the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, emphasizing the need to stand firm against such tactics.

Highlights:

• Mamdani's clever response during a mayoral debate when asked about Israel's right to exist ("with equal rights for all").
• Discussion of Mamdani's family background, including his father's influential work on colonialism and his mother's career as a filmmaker.
• Analysis of the tactics used by Zionist groups, including WhatsApp groups of billionaires plotting political strategies and attempts to link Mamdani to anti-Semitism.
• The observation that many prominent Zionists who advocate for Israel's safety would never choose to live there themselves.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32225244

The UK's EHRC recently opened a public review period for their new Code of Practice for following the Equality Act of 2010.

Despite previous claims that this judgement does not reduce trans rights, its new Code of Practice tells a different story.

I spent 8 hours reading through the entire Code of Practice, analysing it and writing up my feedback. Like all the trans people who organized a Mass Lobby over this, I also concluded that this new guidance was horrific. See Trans Solidarity Alliance's guidance on this situation.

Amongst many other dangerous and belittling statements about "biological sex" and how trans people should use services that align with their sex at birth stated throughout the entire thing, it clearly states in Section 13.3.19 that single sex services cannot lawfully include trans people of a matching gender. Asserting that this would amount to discrimination against cis people of the opposite sex.

Picture this: You're a trans person that has suffered domestic abuse. You seek a support group to help you. You find a women's support group friendly to trans women. A gender critical finds out about this, and asks a cis male friend to threaten to sue the support group for discrimination. The support group is forced to make a difficult decision: become trans-exclusionary, leaving you with no support or go to court on the matter.

This EHRC views the complaint by the cis man, here as completely lawful and in following with the Equality Act, an act meant to protect minorities, and urges organizations to not include trans people because of it.

It bases its entire guidance on the idea that trans people are not their acquired gender, and it's ok to pry into and treat them as their birth sex.

They tried. Oh, did the media try.

It wouldn't require that much for a multimember proportional system to be set up in these states. With ranked choice, we could have a single transferable vote system. By using the approval voting method, we could have proportional approval voting.

You only need a change in the voting method and some other modifications.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32181732

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The US-Israel-Iran conflict is changing fast with civilian strikes, ceasefire talks, sneak attacks, and coverups. And Western media is as war-mongering and dishonest as they have been since the beginning of the genocide and were during the Iraq War. Narges Bajoghli, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, helps sheds light on the reality in Iran and parse through the propaganda.

Useful Idiots: The big debate right now in Washington is the Trump administration claiming, ‘Yeah, we basically obliterated Iran's nuclear program.’ And the media saying, ‘No, you didn't.’ And that's the debate, not whether the U.S. had the right to do that, or whether it was right for Trump to pretend to engage in diplomacy just to help Israel kill a bunch of people in Iran, including many civilians. As you're watching all this unfold in Washington, what is your sense of what is missing from the public discussion?

Narges Bajoghli: First of all, this was an unprovoked war that Israel launched inside of Iran. And as much as the framing around it by mainstream media was that Israel was just targeting military infrastructure, military officials, and nuclear facilities, from day one they were targeting civilian infrastructure. Lots of civilians ended up losing their lives in this twelve day war that we had. So the erasure of that and the focus on the civilian infrastructure in Israel, that is important to pay attention to.

The other is that we still talk about nuclear energy as if nuclear energy can only be used to create a bomb. Not only did the IAEA and all US intel agencies say that they had no evidence that Iran was going for a bomb. But what we were not discussing is that nuclear energy is actually used for medical research, it's used for cancer research, it's used for electricity, it's civilian infrastructure. And so targeting civilian infrastructure in this way actually violates international law.

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1. 00:00 Intro
2. 00:28 Hakeem Jeffries sucks
3. 07:37 Fox News wants to bomb Iran more
4. 13:27 Trump is calling himself Daddy now
5. 15:49 Destiny's war crimes are caught on video
6. 18:54 Narges Bajoghli interview
7. 19:23 Is there a ceasefire?
8. 22:13 Media propaganda exposed
9. 30:04 Israel-Iran through an anthropological lens
10. 35:26 Why doesn't Iran have US military bases?
11. 39:33 Can Iran still promise security to its people?
12. 42:02 How do sanctions ruin lives?
13. 46:38 The real victims of sanctions

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Main Topic: The video discusses the reactions of Democrats and Republicans to the Iran strikes, highlighting perceived hypocrisy and inconsistencies in their stances, particularly concerning Israel and the US's foreign policy in the Middle East. It also features an interview with Narges Bajoghli, an expert on Iran, who provides insights into the situation.

Key Points:

• Democratic Hypocrisy: Aaron Maté criticizes Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi for their seemingly supportive stance on Trump's bombing of Iran, despite their previous criticisms of Trump and their supposed commitment to congressional oversight on military actions. He points out their alignment with Israeli interests and their willingness to overlook civilian casualties.
• Republican Projection: The video highlights the hypocrisy of Republicans like Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity condemning Iran's actions while ignoring similar or worse actions by Israel.
• "Daddy" Analogy: The hosts discuss the cringeworthy "daddy" analogy used by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to describe Trump's relationship with other countries, linking it to a disturbing Israeli AI program called "Where's Daddy" used for targeting Palestinians.
• Destiny's Advice to IDF: The hosts condemn a Twitch streamer named Destiny for advising Israeli soldiers on how to avoid filming evidence of war crimes.
• Interview with Narges Bajoghli:
  • Myths in Media Coverage: Bajoghli criticizes the media for repeating tropes from the Iraq War era and for focusing on the potential collapse of the Iranian regime.
  • Unprovoked War: She emphasizes that the conflict was initiated by Israel and that civilian infrastructure in Iran was targeted from the beginning.
  • Nuclear Energy Misconceptions: Bajoghli points out that nuclear energy is not solely for weapons and that targeting nuclear facilities raises concerns about radiation and civilian safety.
  • Israel's Motives: She explains that Israel's actions are driven by a desire to weaken Iran and maintain its regional hegemony.
  • Internal Dynamics in Iran: Bajoghli discusses her research on Iranian society, emphasizing that despite criticisms of the government, there is a strong sense of national identity and a rejection of foreign intervention.
  • Impact of Sanctions: She explains that sanctions have had a devastating impact on the Iranian middle class, but the Iranian government has often blamed economic mismanagement rather than solely the sanctions.
  • Security vs. Repression: Bajoghli notes that the recent attacks have sparked internal debate in Iran about the government's ability to provide security and the need for either stronger defense or major changes in military doctrine.

Highlights:

• The takedown of Democratic leaders for their perceived hypocrisy on foreign policy.
• The exposure of the disturbing "daddy" analogy and its connection to Israeli AI targeting.
• Narges Bajoghli's insightful analysis of the situation in Iran, based on her extensive research and fieldwork.
• The emphasis on the importance of understanding the complexities of Iranian society and avoiding simplistic caricatures.

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Establishment Democrats looking to recover from 2024's losses fear Mamdani could hurt the party's brand nationally

don't they know only going right is the only acceptable solution!

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Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t ready to endorse socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run yet, she said Thursday – as she slammed his plans to raise taxes on the rich.

“I’m focused on affordability and raising taxes on anyone does not accomplish that,” she told reporters during an event at LaGuardia Airport.

The Democratic governor had congratulated Mamdani after his apparent win, but notably didn’t endorse him in November’s general election.

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Opinion - Michelle Goldberg June 27, 2025

"Mamdani’s pro-Palestinian politics have sparked enormous alarm among some New York Jews, but he’s also won considerable Jewish support. In a poll of likely Jewish voters done by the Honan Strategy Group in May, Andrew Cuomo came in first, with 31 percent of the vote, but Mamdani was second, with 20 percent. On Tuesday, he won most of Park Slope, a neighborhood full of progressive Jews, and held his own on the similarly Jewish Upper West Side.

“His campaign has attracted Jewish New Yorkers of all types,” wrote Jay Michaelson, a columnist at the Jewish newspaper The Forward. The rabbi who runs my son’s Hebrew school put Mamdani on his ballot, though he didn’t rank him first. And while Mamdani undoubtedly did best among left-leaning and largely secular Jews, he made a point of reaching out to others. After he gave an interview to Der Blatt, an ultra-Orthodox Yiddish newspaper, Rabbi Moishe Indig, the leader of a faction of Hasidic Jews, told The New York Times, “As mayor, we wouldn’t have a problem with him.” (Though Indig considered adding Mamdani to his endorsement slate, he ultimately decided against it.)"

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Mamdani, a proudly socialist 33-year-old, holds a 44-36 percent lead over over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo – who was hoping that New Yorkers had short memories, and were ready to re-elect the textbook centrist Democrat.

However, after the disaster of Trump’s first year back in the White House – with everyday American life interrupted by protests, immigration raids, corruption allegations and the unshakebale feeling that the nation is about to enter World War 3… It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards left-wing politics.

It appears that the success of Mamdani isn’t so much a vote against Trumpian politics, but more a vote against the stale nothingness of the Democrats top brass – who, while pitching themselves as the progressive option in America’s political system, very seldom action – or even – offer – left-wing policies.

In a ruling that stems from the president's birthright citizenship order, the "conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses."

Edward "Big Balls" Coristine's placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.

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