marc1seed https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/11/18878834.php The political showdown in Los Angeles is a stress test for US civil democracy. How Angelinos, Californian authorities, the judiciary, and national politics respond will determine whether the next three and a half years of Trump will be as authoritarian as he wishes—or whether a remnant of liberal democracy …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/07/18878734.php What good is it to write something courageous that shows that the state into which we are sinking is a barbaric one (which is true) if it is not clear why we are sinking into this state?… We must tell the truth about the barbaric conditions in our country, …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/07/18878733.php A dual block-and-build approach means both exposing the hypocrisy and violence of the current regime and showing real ways in which people can find themselves in our politics and help shape something new. There must be room for both practical approaches and far-reaching visions. “Block and Build” A left-wing …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/02/18878666.php Tariffs and the weak US dollar will cause massive damage to the German economy. Fifteen percent higher tariffs and a 15 percent devaluation of the dollar (since the beginning of this year) are indeed impossible for most German companies to absorb without losing market share in the US. When …
USA – Workers are being deported Trump’s war on migrants by Dianne Feeley [This article posted on 7/1/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.sozonline.de/2025/07/usa-dreitausend-abschiebungen-am-tag/.] The promise to deport millions of immigrants is a central part of Trump’s Make America Great Again program. In both presidential campaigns, he …
The dirt under the carpet of freedom – On the inner connection between liberal democracy and new right-wing extremism by Robert Kurz [This article posted on 3/3/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.exit-online.org/der-schmutz-unter-dem-teppich-der-freiheit-ueber-den-inneren-zusammenhang-von-liberaler-demokratie-und-neuem-rechtsextremismus/.] When you listen to the patent democrats, you are reminded a little of the …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/29/18878493.php Expanding the concept of work is vital… Ultimately, the aim is to distribute all socially necessary work that is (currently) paid and (currently) unpaid in a more just and equitable manner. Ultimately, the aim is to abolish alienated labor and promote “personality-enhancing work” in all areas of work, as …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/30/18878516.php When the rights of refugees are attacked, it affects us all. When labor rights are dismantled, it hits the invisible first, such as people without work permits – but never only them. Our struggles are not separate. They are connected – or they will be lost. It is our …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/30/18878524.php Western societies are divided, authoritarianism is on the rise, social inequality is increasing, and trust in political institutions has dwindled… The 1968 movement was not least a reaction to fascism, colonialism, and racism, and against this backdrop it sought alternatives. “The shareholder has become a common good” The blind …
Big Suicide Bill Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” is a social and economic disaster The new budget law in the US provides for billions in spending on Trump’s racist immigration policy and huge cuts in social spending. In addition, the national debt is expected to rise to levels that are …