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Francesca Hong interview…
“This campaign is about reclaiming the power of sewer socialism — how much it delivered for communities in terms of climate and clean water and investing in public education. This was a time where people saw that there can be a government for good.”
https://jacobin.…

Francesca Hong Is a Socialist Running for Wisconsin Governor
In Wisconsin, state assembly member and democratic socialist Francesca Hong has announced she is running for governor. We spoke to her about the campaign.

Bull Connor's Ghost (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/bull-connors-ghost
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p46#a260120p46

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #JazzTheatre
RH Factor:
🎵 I'll Stay
#RHFactor
https://jazzaviennecompilation.bandcamp.com/track/roy-hargrove-the-rh-factor-ill-stay-live-at-jazz-a-vienne-2009
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CAYXIhkBARYmy7kVNDIOi

😿 The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
#politics

The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
The Portuguese Socialist Party once seemed to be a model for Europe’s center left, gaining support while its sister parties were in decline. But this year’s election was a crushing defeat that saw the Socialists fall behind the far-right group Chega.

"Quiet Piggy!" -- Subscribe to Civil Discourse and become part of a community that believes ... (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/quiet-piggy
http://www.memeorandum.com/251118/p167#a251118p167

Colonial Plunder Didn’t Create Capitalism https://jacobin.com/2025/12/colonialism-transition-feudalism-capitalism-history-economy/

Colonial Plunder Didn’t Create Capitalism
Despite what you may have heard, colonial plunder didn’t give rise to capitalism. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the “colonialism-created-capitalism” argument fails, and why Marxism provides a better account of its emergence.

Does Resistance Work?
A recording from Joyce Vance and Ruth Ben-Ghiat's live video
https://joycevance.subs…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Barrie:
🎵 Concrete
#NowPlaying #Barrie
https://barrie.bandcamp.com/track/concrete
https://open.spotify.com/track/14moR256JoSCPnJrirQXYC

✊🏽 Socialist Politics Can Break Through to Asian Immigrants
#politics

Trump announces $1,776 military bonus as appeal to working-class voters (Josephine Walker/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-military-1776-bonus-us-troops-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p1#a251218p1