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10.09.2026 - 12:40 [ Demoocratic Socialists of America ]

Complicit Coverage

The titles of two new books about Israel’s 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, “any child” born in Gaza is “already a terrorist from the moment of his birth.”

Adam Johnson, a media analyst and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed, and Robin Andersen, professor emerita of media studies at New York’s Fordham University and contributor to various independent media, have meticulously documented how U.S. media enable Israel’s mass killings. Their reviews of print, online, and cable coverage illustrate how media have acted as virtual mouthpieces for Israel’s government and its military as well as for the U.S. State Department.

10.09.2026 - 11:50 [ CNN ]

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 “socialism” in his own party – a notable and public rebuke to the Democrats’ left flank.

“Yes, I’m a Democrat. Why am I here talking to you today? Because well, I’m a common sense Democrat. I’m always going to stand with America. I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life,” Fetterman said in the pre-recorded video.

06.09.2026 - 17:09 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Wie sich eine Partei den Namen „Die Linke“ gab

(Dezember 17, 2016)

Zwei Essays von Hermann Ploppa aus 2005 mit dem Titel „Ein neuer Mantel für die PDS“ beleuchten, wie die ehemalige DDR-Staatspartei (ab 1990 „PDS“) im Jahre 2004 mithalf die „Wahlalternative für Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit“ (WASG) zu gründen, auf deren Rücken anschließend wieder in den Bundestag einzog, sie anschließend schluckte und sich selbst in „die Linke“ umbenannte.

Zu Hermann Ploppa: Autor („Die Macher hinter den Kulissen: Wie transatlantische Netzwerke heimlich die Demokratie unterwandern“, Übersetzer von Tim Andersons „Der Schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien: Washington, Regime Change, Widerstand“.

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 über eine selbst organisierte „gescheiterte“ Vertrauensfrage im Bundestag so plötzlich vorzog – eine vom Grundgesetz nicht vorgesehene faktische Auflösung des Parlaments nach dem Gusto eines Kanzlers! – erschließt sich nur vor dem Hintergrund eben dieser Entwicklungen.

Kanzler Schröder ließ das Vorziehen der Bundestagswahl noch am Abend der Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen am 22. Mai 2005 von seinem damaligen Generalsekretär Franz Müntefering verkünden. An der NRW-Wahl hatte der Landesverband der WASG, gegen den massiven Widerstand des WASG-Bundesvorstands, eigenständig teilgenommen und 2,2 Prozent erreicht.

28.08.2026 - 18:37 [ Democratic Socialists of America ]

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 Rubio’s attempt to smear us, his report admits that DSA does not organize on behalf of the Cuban Government, only of its own accord.

28.08.2026 - 18:06 [ Democratic Socialists of America ]

Socialists Can Never Win — Until We Do

We all know the narrative by now: socialists are too radical, fringe, and unpopular to win any kind of lasting power. “Enjoy 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.”

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 don’t, two-thirds would be comfortable voting for one.

21.08.2026 - 20:55 [ New York Times ]

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 don’t worry, Ms. Nixon’s political director, Rachel Gilmer, reassured them: “This tiny room is part of many, many tiny rooms” across the state, she said, with more volunteers also ready to knock on Democratic voters’ doors.

21.08.2026 - 20:46 [ Jacobin ]

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 hadn’t 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.

19.08.2026 - 15:44 [ Common Dreams ]

‘The Fight Has Just Begun’: Angie Nixon Delivers Shocking Upset Win in Florida

In a surprise upset described variously as “stunning” and “a shocker” 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.

19.08.2026 - 15:27 [ Angie Nixon ]

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 DeSantis’s unfair voting maps. Her leadership is rooted in lived experience—watching 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 first—not greedy billionaires.

19.08.2026 - 15:14 [ First Coast News / Youtube ]

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.

19.08.2026 - 14:52 [ FloridaTrib.org ]

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 “hard work” and Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. “”I will be standing by her,” he said, “and my hope is that she wins this election, because again, the stakes couldn’t be higher.”

19.08.2026 - 14:45 [ Fox News ]

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.

14.08.2026 - 12:05 [ Fox News / Youtube ]

JD Vance: You stop socialism by improving people’s lives, not using slogans

Vice President JD Vance discusses how the GOP can combat socialist support on ‘The Will Cain Show.

12.08.2026 - 19:25 [ Madison.com ]

Francesca Hong concedes tight primary race for governor

State Rep. Francesca Hong has conceded after an upset win by opponent and Democratic nominee for governor David Crowley Tuesday night.

12.08.2026 - 19:13 [ Jacobin ]

Five Takeaways From Francesca Hong’s Near-Win in Wisconsin

Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in the Democratic primary for the Wisconsin governor’s race, lost last night in an extremely close election. She came within half a percentage point of beating David Crowley, the executive of Milwaukee County. Preelection polling showed Hong with a commanding lead, and many assumed she would coast to victory. As such, her result is being spun as a hard defeat for the socialist left.

12.08.2026 - 19:05 [ Fox News ]

Dem establishment scores win as Crowley defeats socialist Hong in Wisconsin

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s closely watched Democratic gubernatorial primary, handing the party establishment a key win. Crowley, backed by Gov. Tony Evers, will face Trump-endorsed Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in November.

11.08.2026 - 21:49 [ Status Coup News / Youtube ]

LIVE From Francesca Hong Election Watch Party | WI Democratic Primary Results

Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski is LIVE ON-THE-GROUND in Wisconsin from Democratic socialist candidate for governor Francesca Hong’s election night watch party. JT will report the election results as they come in and speak with supporters of Hong’s campaign.

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11.08.2026 - 13:16 [ Francesca Hong ]

Francesca Hong for Governor

State Representative.
Single Mom. Restaurant Worker. Chef.

11.08.2026 - 13:12 [ Politico.com ]

Progressives could score a huge Wisconsin win Tuesday. Some national figures don’t want to touch it.

And other leaders say they aren’t familiar with who she is, underscoring the work Hong has ahead of her if she wins Tuesday.

“I don’t know her,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a brief hallway interview.

Sanders has said he would not endorse Hong and declined to comment when asked by POLITICO about the race last Friday on Capitol Hill.

11.08.2026 - 00:34 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Wahlwerbespot: Die Partei die es nicht gibt

(February 9, 2025)

Wie sieht‘s denn aus mit dem, worüber keiner mehr reden will – mit dem Geld?
Wer hat acht Billionen Euro Geldvermögen der „Privaten Haushalte“?
Du vielleicht?
Dein Nachbar?
Deine Freundin?
Deine Chefin?
Wirklich?

Wie sieht es mit den weiteren acht Billionen Euro Geldvermögen aus, von den „nichtfinanziellen Kapitalgesellschaften“, den Aktiengesellschaften?
Schon mal etwas davon gehört?
Wurde Dir schon mal ein Kaffee ausgegeben davon?
Wo ist das alles? Wo geht das alles hin?
Und wer hat das verdient…?

Wie merkwürdig, dass von allen Leuten, die sich heutzutage links nennen, keiner mehr über das System des Geldes, oder wie man früher sagte, Vorsicht – (umguck) – KAPITALISMUS redet.
Ist das eine Art kosmisches Gesetz? Eine Art Europhilie? Eine wie auch immer geartete Vergesslichkeit der Genösschen?
Oder ist der Kapitalismus heutzutage ganz besonders unantastbar – weil das prokontinental ist?
Weil man damit andere Völker auch so prima erpressen kann, zum Verkauf ihres Staatseigentums, ihrer Infrastruktur, um sie dann bis auf‘s Blut auszupressen, bis über den Hauptstädten dieses Kontinents schon der Rauch aufsteigt?

„Gemach, Gemach“, „um Himmels Willen“, werden jetzt viele rufen und sagen: „D-Mark! D-Mark!“

Versuchen wir es mal mit einem aus fünf Wörtern der deutschen Sprache bestehenden Satz…

Achtung:

Ein neues Finanzsystem wäre neu.
Haben wir das jetzt alle verstanden?

05.08.2026 - 21:12 [ Aaron Rupar / X ]

El-Sayed on Islamophobia: „That‘s the only play they got. They‘re gonna point at me, they‘re gonna point at my name, like, ‚Wow, he‘s different.‘ That‘s the best you got?

You can‘t actually talk about what you want to do?

05.08.2026 - 21:03 [ Common Dreams ]

El-Sayed Challenges ‘Corporate Sellout’ and ‘Coward’ Mike Rogers to Five Debates

Ripping Rogers as a “corporate sellout,” El-Sayed said that he is “a guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal: to figure out how to cash out the day he left. And guess what he did: As soon as he left Congress, after having taken corporate check after corporate check after corporate check, to empower the corporations to pick your pockets, he went and he cashed out.”

“Not in Michigan—no, winters are too cold for him,” he added, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. “He’s got thin skin, after all. He went to Florida. So, Mike, if you wanna be a Florida man, go be a Florida man.”

Rogers‚ who was unopposed in Tuesday’s GOP primary, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation before entering politics, first at the state level and then representing Michigan’s 8th District in Congress from 2001-15. In comments to Fox News late Tuesday, the Republican cited his time fighting “terrorism” in the FBI and falsely claimed that El-Sayed believes “America deserved 9/11.”

05.08.2026 - 20:36 [ AbdulForSenate.com ]

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Primary, Defeats Record $70M Spending

MICHIGAN – On Tuesday, August 4th, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s United States Senate seat, prevailing in the most expensive Senate primary in American history. The race drew record breaking outside spending from AIPAC and corporate special interests, totaling nearly $70 million, Abdul having been outspent 11:1.

An average of $95 was spent for every vote against Abdul, more than 10 times as much as Abdul’s $9 per vote average.

05.08.2026 - 20:31 [ Fox News ]

Republicans get the Democrat they wanted as socialist Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary

Big money, the Democratic old guard and attacks on El-Sayed’s Democratic Socialist leanings dominated the primary, and leave the last man standing on the Left bruised and battered heading into the showdown with Rogers.

03.08.2026 - 22:42 [ El Pais ]

Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez forge alliance to advance their socialist agenda

Asked whether AOC, who is 36, would make a good president, Mamdani did not hesitate: “I think she’d make a good anything.” The rise of socialists, personified by this pair of young politicians, has provoked thinly veiled concern within the Democratic establishment, especially among those sectors tied to the party’s traditional support for Israel.

03.07.2026 - 01:10 [ Melenchon2027.fr ]

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Soutenez la candidature 
de Jean‑Luc Mélenchon

03.07.2026 - 00:50 [ JEAN-LUC MÉLENCHON / Youtube ]

Jean-Luc Mélenchon rally in Saint-Denis

Streamed live on Jun 7, 2026
Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke at the national rally launching the 2027 presidential campaign in Saint-Denis on June 7, 2026.

03.07.2026 - 00:36 [ Jacobin ]

Seine Gegner haben ihn abgeschrieben – doch Jean-Luc Mélenchon gibt nicht auf

(June 29, 2026)

»Meine Damen und Herren, Genossinnen und Genossen – hier ist Ihr Kandidat für die Präsidentschaftswahl 2027: Jean-Luc Mélenchon!,« schallte es über die Straßen von Saint-Denis. Anfang des Monats trafen Zehntausende in der Stadt nordöstlich von Paris zusammen. Trotz der brennenden Sonne waren sie gekommen, um den Linken Mélenchon beim Start seines Wahlkampfs für die Präsidentschaftswahl 2027 zu erleben.

Es war eine eindrucksvolle Demonstration der Wahlkampfmaschinerie, die Mélenchon seit seiner ersten Kandidatur 2012 aufgebaut hat. Damals hatte er die Parti Socialiste (PS) verlassen, um links von ihr seinen eigenen Weg zu gehen.

03.07.2026 - 00:32 [ Bloomberg ]

French Elites Face a Mamdani Moment of Their Own

(July 1, 2026)

France’s 2027 presidential election is increasingly looking like a shoo-in for the far right, or at least a hard-fought scrape by the center. But what if something closer to a “Mamdani moment” is in store?

28.06.2026 - 13:56 [ TheHill.com ]

Democratic socialists eye 2028 White House race

(June 25, 2026)

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are eyeing a 2028 presidential bid in the wake of recent electoral successes across the country.

DSA Co-chair Ashik Siddique told The Hill in a Thursday interview that the organization has more than 100,000 members and 200 chapters across the country. “We want people to be talking proactively about what they would want to see in a presidential campaign,” he said. The organization is looking to see how voters would engage and what would motivate them, he added.

25.06.2026 - 18:00 [ Associated Press ]

Mamdani slate sweeps Democratic primaries in New York, ousts 2 incumbents from Congress

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is in his fifth term, was defeated by Mamdani’s most polarizing pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.

U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, a two-term incumbent, was beaten by the Mamdani-backed former city Comptroller Brad Lander, a fixture among New York progressives who has often shown sympathy to the democratic socialist movement. And another Mamdani ally, democratic socialist state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, defeated the handpicked successor of retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez.