Angela Gonzales-Torres is a lifelong Angeleno, the daughter of a deportee, and an equity and justice advocate. Her path from community organizer to congressional candidate reflects a strong commitment to uplifting immigrant and working families like her own.
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Angela Gonzales-Torres Hopes to Bring International Solidarity to the U.S. House
DSAâs choice in a high-profile California congressional race hopes to build internationalism â understood as âsolidarity between working people across bordersâ â into her service in the U.S. House, should she be elected in November.
Los Angeles DSA and DSA National have endorsed Angela Gonzales-Torres in her race to represent Californiaâs 34th congressional district. The run-off election against embattled incumbent U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez will be one of the highest-profile DSA challenges on the ballot for the Nov. 3 general election. Due to Californiaâs jungle primary system, both candidates in the general will appear on the Democratic ballot line.
Over 320 Jewish and Arab Academics Call on Public to Vote for the Joint List
Among the signatories are Prof. Amos Goldberg, Prof. Orna Ophir, Prof. Khawla Abu-Baker, Prof. Oded Goldreich, Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Prof. Oren Yiftachel, Prof. Yehouda Shenhav-Shaer, Prof. Gadi Algazi, Prof. Lior Sternfeld, Prof. Omri Boehm, Prof. Nitza Berkovitch, Prof. Marwan Dwairy, Prof. Raef Zreik, Prof. Yishai Rosen-Zvi, Prof. Gerardo Leibner, Prof. Avner Ben-Amos, Prof. Avishai Ehrlich, Prof. Itzhak Nevo, Prof. Dana Ron, Dr. Anat Matar, Dr. Efraim Davidi and Dr. Ornat Turin.
The statement reads: âWe will not give up on a shared future: For equality, peace, and democracy, we will vote for the Joint List. We, academics, express our support for the Joint List and the principles it represents: full equality between Jews and Palestinians; recognition of Palestiniansâ civil and national rights; an end to the occupation and the pursuit of a just peace; the struggle against racism and discrimination; and free and equal political representation for all citizens.
âWe are living through a period in which racism and incitement are deepening, while the political space for Jewish-Arab partnership is shrinking. The war of annihilation in Gaza, the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, the abuse of prisoners, and the rampant crime ravaging Palestinian society all reflect a destructive policy.
âWe seek to stand firmly against this policy and emphasize: There is no democracy without equality, no peace without justice, and no shared future without Jewish-Arab political partnership. We believe that the lives and futures of Jews and Palestinians are intertwined, and that only a joint struggle for freedom, equality, and justice can secure a democratic future for us all. We support the Joint List, its principles, and the struggle it represents for a better life for everyone.â
The Joint List‘s Platform: There is another way
The Joint List strives to change the existing political, social and economic reality, to fight the spread of fascism under the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and to act to halt all Israeli wars â chief among them the war of annihilation against the Palestinian people. The list is based in principle on the political platform of the first Joint List (2015), and works to realise this vision through representing the national and civil issues of Arab society with head held high, without trading one for the other.
This vision rests on the essential connection between the national and democratic struggle and action for a safe life with dignity. Hence, we place the individual and their dignity at the centre of politics: we link the national and civil rights of the Arab public to social justice and peace, defend the security of our families and our homes, our children‘s education, our health, and jobs and a life of dignity, and act to translate our joint power into tangible change in people‘s lives. This is our platform, and these are the issues we will place at the top of our priorities:
âMy Name Is Abdulâ: El-Sayed Confronts Trumpâs Racist, Anti-Muslim Attacks Head-On in New Ad
In his latest campaign ad released late Monday, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate in Michigan, struck a resilient and matter-of-fact tone that suggested the recent racist attacks on him, his Arabic name, and his Muslim faith are no secretâbut he has no plans to try to hide his identity to appease Republicans and Democrats who have claimed heâs an âextremistâ or accused him of terrorist ties.
17 octobre : Macron joue le pourrissement
Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon est intervenu Ă lâoccasion dâun entretien sur LCI, le 18 octobre 2026.
French presidential race largely unaffected by unrest, first post-riot poll shows
Far-right front-runner Marine Le Pen is still ahead of the pack, and far-left candidate Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon remains in a close race for second place.
Under fire over protests, MĂ©lenchon stands by split with rest of French political spectrum
Throughout the weekend, Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon and his radical-left party, La France Insoumise, criticized the French government‘s crisis management of the protests on Saturday, October 17, and the violence surrounding them. As peaceful demonstrations where LFI supporters again turned out in strength overlapped with violence and looting, LFI continued its strategy of direct confrontation with the authorities, even at the risk of deepening its rift with the rest of the political class and some voters who hold them responsible for the unrest.
Tout pouvoir redoute les rĂ©voltes de la jeunesse. â Interview pour Centre Presse
(October 9, 2026)
Je nâimagine pas cette campagne prĂ©sidentielle comme le simple Ă©noncĂ© dâun programme, mais surtout comme un choix des principes de vie en sociĂ©tĂ©. Cette mĂ©thode nous a dĂ©jĂ permis dâacquĂ©rir une capacitĂ© de rassemblement qui surprend les commentateurs. Dans les analyses fournies Ă propos de notre succĂšs, on parle de qui nous sommes, comment nous agissons, comment nous faisons campagne, nos capacitĂ©s techniques Ă faire campagne⊠Beaucoup voient bien que nous sommes toute une Ă©quipe, au contraire de tous nos concurrents. Mais ce nâest pas ça la leçon essentielle de nos succĂšs. Elle est ailleurs, dans la rĂ©ponse Ă la question : dans quel Ă©tat dâesprit est le peuple français. Que se passe-t-il dans la sociĂ©tĂ© dont nous sommes lâĂ©cho ? Aussi bien quand des jeunes acclament les dĂ©putĂ©s Insoumis qui viennent les voir dans leur facultĂ© ou leur lycĂ©e, ce qui est sans prĂ©cĂ©dent.
AI Under Control
Bring the World Along
âą International Public Cooperation and Governance Boards: We should negotiate a US-China treaty to pause and ban superintelligence, modeled on the Cold War deal in which Reagan and Gorbachev eliminated a class of nuclear missiles through inspections. A verification board would count chips and data centers, a scientific panel would share threat assessments, and a 24-hour hotline would flag incidents. Access to American chips and cloud services should be conditioned on signing and complying, and we should tighten chip export controls now.
âą No AI in Nuclear Command and Control: Humans, and only humans, should decide whether to use nuclear weapons. That is already US policy: Biden and Xi agreed to it in 2024. We must make it permanent, cover early warning and decision support, keep frontier AI out of the chain, and get every nuclear nation to sign on.
Safeguards Everyone Can Count On
âą Independent Audits: Outside experts test frontier AI before release. Even leading AI companies now accept this.
âą Protect Whistleblowers: Insiders who sound the alarm should get legal protection, back pay, and rewards.
âą Hands Off State Laws: No weak federal law should block states from protecting their people more strongly.
âą Be Ready: We need a national AI emergency plan, with regular drills across government.
âą Get AI Money Out of the Fight: Full disclosure of AI-industry political spending, including through super PACs and other dark money entities.
NEW: As Big Tech Billionaires Let AI Wreak Havoc, Abdul El-Sayed Releases Plan To Get AI Under Control
Plan Builds On Sanders-Casar Bill To Ban AI Superintelligence And Impose Severe Criminal Penalties For AI Abuse
New Proposals Address Growing Concerns In Wake Of AI Whistleblowers, Follows Release Of Abdulâs AI Under Democracy Proposal
In Stark Contrast, Mike Rogers Has Up To $2.6 Million In Investments In Tech Companies That Stand To Benefit From AI Boom, Calls Concerns About AI âFearmongeringâ
Republicans put spotlight on Abdul El-Sayed. He welcomes the fight
The exchanges captured two sides of a candidate who is the central figure in one of the nationâs most consequential Senate races. El-Sayed would be the countryâs first Muslim senator, and heâs crisscrossing the state to counter a Republican effort, fueled by tens of millions of dollars, to portray him as a dangerous radical. But he has also embraced his confrontational side by mocking and taunting Trump and Rogers.
âIf they want to make me the main character in the midterms, Iâm not shying away from it,â El-Sayed said in an interview. âRun against me. See how well that works out for you.â
Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate
In 2015, Peggy was elected to the state legislature, where she led Democrats on child care issues and engaged her colleagues to form the POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) Caucus. During the 2017-18 session, when her party was in the minority, Peggy was one of only two DFLers to successfully chief author a bill that became law. Since becoming Minnesotaâs Lieutenant Governor in 2019, Peggy has made a difference for families. She helped pass Minnesotaâs paid family and medical leave program into law and make investments in education, healthcare, and housing. Sheâs helping support our family farms and small businesses and is leading the fight to make sure abortion stays legal in Minnesota.
Now, Peggy is running for Senate to stop Donald Trump and the billionaires ransacking our government from making it harder for families, like the one she grew up in, to have a fair shot. At a time when Washington is more rigged than ever, Peggy will be a Senator who has the guts to take on our toughest fights and win for Minnesota families.
Abdul for U.S. Senate
Abdul El-Sayed wasnât supposed to be a politician. He studied to be a doctor, but realized it was our broken politics that was making people sick. Abdul has dedicated his career to building government agencies that actually work for Michiganders. He is running for the U.S. Senate because he believes life in America shouldnât be this hard, and as your Senator, Abdul will fight to build a government that works for you, not Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or their billionaire friends.
Hold Your Nose And Vote
DeSantis is telling Republicans who are frustrated with their partyâs candidates to vote for them anyway lest the DSA take the country âback to before the time of the American Revolution.â
Referring to GOP candidates as less-than-perfect, the governor insisted that the alternative is worse. State Rep. Angie Nixon, a DSA member, secured a major upset victory in August to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in November.
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Fox News writer Amanda Macias announced that Democratic Socialists of America are âseeking to reshape some of the most basic features of the U.S. economy.â She then proceeded to lay out DSAâs core platform: universal healthcare, free public universities, student debt cancellation, a 32-hour workweek, and collecting higher taxes from the wealthy.
Maciasâs framing of the benefits of socialism reads like the wish list of anyone who is horrified by rising healthcare costs while buried in student debt and working insane hours to keep their head above water. In the end, she asked the same tired question posed by so many critics: whoâs going to pay for it all?
A new fleet of F-35s never draws that question.
Complicit Coverage
The titles of two new books about Israelâs genocide in Gaza succinctly state their shared argument: Corporate, mainstream media have been complicit in the horrific violence the Zionist state has inflicted and continues to inflict on Palestinians in Gaza. Print and online media, as well as cable news, have sold the genocide to their readers and audiences, turning reality on its head by portraying the Israeli perpetrators as victims of bloodthirsty terrorists and their Palestinian victims as bloodthirsty terrorists, terrorist sympathizers, or terrorists-to-be. As Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi said in a televised 2025 interview, âany childâ born in Gaza is âalready a terrorist from the moment of his birth.â
Adam Johnson, a media analyst and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed, and Robin Andersen, professor emerita of media studies at New Yorkâs Fordham University and contributor to various independent media, have meticulously documented how U.S. media enable Israelâs mass killings. Their reviews of print, online, and cable coverage illustrate how media have acted as virtual mouthpieces for Israelâs government and its military as well as for the U.S. State Department.
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman appears in surprise video at GOP midterm convention
In the roughly one-minute video introducing McCormick on stage, Fetterman made clear that he is still a Democrat. But took aim at the rise of âsocialismâ in his own party â a notable and public rebuke to the Democratsâ left flank.
âYes, Iâm a Democrat. Why am I here talking to you today? Because well, Iâm a common sense Democrat. Iâm always going to stand with America. Iâm always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life,â Fetterman said in the pre-recorded video.
Wie sich eine Partei den Namen âDie Linkeâ gab
(Dezember 17, 2016)
Zwei Essays von Hermann Ploppa aus 2005 mit dem Titel âEin neuer Mantel fĂŒr die PDSâ beleuchten, wie die ehemalige DDR-Staatspartei (ab 1990 âPDSâ) im Jahre 2004 mithalf die âWahlalternative fĂŒr Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeitâ (WASG) zu grĂŒnden, auf deren RĂŒcken anschlieĂend wieder in den Bundestag einzog, sie anschlieĂend schluckte und sich selbst in âdie Linkeâ umbenannte.
Zu Hermann Ploppa: Autor (âDie Macher hinter den Kulissen: Wie transatlantische Netzwerke heimlich die Demokratie unterwandernâ, Ăbersetzer von Tim Andersons âDer Schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien: Washington, Regime Change, Widerstandâ.
Die Essays sind hier zu finden (Teil 1, Teil 2) und hier gespiegelt (Teil 1, Teil 2). Teil 1 wurde veröffentlicht im Juni 2005, Teil 2 im August 2005, also noch vor der vom damaligen Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder so plötzlich vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl im September 2005.
Dass Schröder damals die Wahl ĂŒber eine selbst organisierte âgescheiterteâ Vertrauensfrage im Bundestag so plötzlich vorzog â eine vom Grundgesetz nicht vorgesehene faktische Auflösung des Parlaments nach dem Gusto eines Kanzlers! â erschlieĂt sich nur vor dem Hintergrund eben dieser Entwicklungen.
Kanzler Schröder lieĂ das Vorziehen der Bundestagswahl noch am Abend der Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen am 22. Mai 2005 von seinem damaligen GeneralsekretĂ€r Franz MĂŒntefering verkĂŒnden. An der NRW-Wahl hatte der Landesverband der WASG, gegen den massiven Widerstand des WASG-Bundesvorstands, eigenstĂ€ndig teilgenommen und 2,2 Prozent erreicht.
DSA Statement on the New State Department Report on Cuba
(August 10, 2026)
We are being depicted as fanatics for building a world where people live in peace, safe from bombs; where no child goes hungry; where no family has to worry that their lives will be ripped apart by ICE; and where no one has to suffer from lack of housing or healthcare. They depict us as such because they are afraid that our ideas are not fringe demands. These are the demands that millions of Americans have already committed to fighting for at the ballot box and in the streets.
Despite Rubioâs attempt to smear us, his report admits that DSA does not organize on behalf of the Cuban Government, only of its own accord.
Socialists Can Never Win â Until We Do
We all know the narrative by now: socialists are too radical, fringe, and unpopular to win any kind of lasting power. âEnjoy your time in the sun, lefties, because any moment now the hammer of reasonable, moderate thought will come crashing down and send you back to the depths of political obscurity with your collective tail tucked between your legs.â
Variations of this line are repeated constantly across the country by national media and prominent members of both parties. They repeat it like a mantra, both because they need it to be true and because they would rather eat glass than honestly engage with our ideas. Unfortunately for them, the recent streak of socialist victories has proven there is immense hunger for a working-class movement in this country. In fact, DSA may be more popular among Democratic voters than the Democratic Party itself. One out of three Democratic voters now identify as democratic socialists, and even among those who donât, two-thirds would be comfortable voting for one.
The Left Notches Another Win With This Secret Weapon: Old-Fashioned Organizing
(August 19, 2026)
The group of volunteers for her underdog Senate campaign sat inside a union office in suburban Broward County, a liberal stronghold in the increasingly Republican-leaning state. It was a small group, maybe a dozen people.
But donât worry, Ms. Nixonâs political director, Rachel Gilmer, reassured them: âThis tiny room is part of many, many tiny roomsâ across the state, she said, with more volunteers also ready to knock on Democratic votersâ doors.
Socialists Are Winning Using Old-Fashioned Democratic Means
(June 17, 2026)
We live in an intensely atomized society, and at no point have we been more alone than today, when the old bonds of community have largely eroded after decades of neoliberalism.
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When this is connected to a project of expanding the electorate instead of only trying to persuade frequent voters, at its best, the result is a feeling of equality and common cause between the canvasser and the voter: you knocked on my door, nobody ever knocked on my door before, and you brought to my attention a vision of politics which I hadnât before been exposed to. I and others have even on occasion recruited people to DSA in this way, after winning a voter over to our candidates.
âThe Fight Has Just Begunâ: Angie Nixon Delivers Shocking Upset Win in Florida
In a surprise upset described variously as âstunningâ and âa shockerâ in headlines, State Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic primary for the open US Senate seat in Florida on Tuesday, defeating Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, the former national security official who many presumed would sail to victory with the support of the party establishment and a massive cash advantage.
Nixon, a former union organizer and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, will now face Sen. Ashley Moody, whom Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to the seat after former Sen. Marco Rubio became Secretary of State, in the general election.
Angie For Florida
What Led To This Moment
Angie Nixon is a Florida State Representative, union organizer, and mother born and raised in Jacksonville who has spent her career fighting for hardworking Floridians. In the State House, she expanded childcare, took on corporate price-gouging, and led the fight against DeSantisâs unfair voting maps. Her leadership is rooted in lived experienceâwatching her mom work two jobs to get by, attending public schools, and losing her cousin to gun violence. Angie is running to lower costs, raise wages, and build a people-powered government that puts families firstânot greedy billionaires.
FULL: Angie Nixon gives victory speech after winning Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate
Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon, from Jacksonville‘s Moncrief neighborhood, beat former Trump Administraton whistleblower Alex Vindman in a stunning upset.
Angie Nixon, progressive Jacksonville firebrand, wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
Vindman ran a centrist camapaign focused on corruption and the need for congressional checks on the Trump administration. But some strategists have said his campaign was a sleepy one, centered more on the general election than on the primary, where he faced an experienced campaigner.
Vindman declined to debate Nixon during the campaign. He conceded the race Tuesday night, applauding her âhard workâ and Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. ââI will be standing by her,â he said, âand my hope is that she wins this election, because again, the stakes couldnât be higher.â
Socialists capture major Florida victory on hit-or-miss night for Trump-endorsed primary candidates
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon scored a massive upset in the state‘s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Nixon ran against retired Air Force Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a prominent critic of Trump who played a central role in the left‘s failed 2019 impeachment attempt, who was expected to emerge victorious.
She defeated Vindman by almost 12 points, despite his $16.3 million war chest, compared to hers of only about $1 million. As of July, Vindman had spent about $9 million on the race, while Nixon had spent just over $700,000.
JD Vance: You stop socialism by improving peopleâs lives, not using slogans
Vice President JD Vance discusses how the GOP can combat socialist support on âThe Will Cain Show.