Democracy • Economy • Resistance
Urgent Times Call for Something Old And Something New from the Labor Movement
Peter Olney and Rand Wilson
Labor Notes (October 16, 2025)
For workers to survive Trump’s MAGA moment and build a fighting labor movement for the future, both electoral politics (something old) and militant actions to disrupt business as usual (something new for many unions) will be key.
Published On: 11/06/2025
Democracy • Violence
Will the 2028 Election Even Happen? Is There a Plot to Use the Insurrection Act to End Democracy?
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Trump appears well aware of his weakness, his collapsing poll numbers, and the precipice the American economy is teetering at the edge of.
Published On: 10/31/2025
Corruption • Democracy • Legal
Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark money
Natalie Jonas
Open Secrets
The proposed amendment to the state Constitution redefines what is considered legitimate business activity and acceptable corporate donations by limiting corporate charters.
Published On: 10/25/2025
Democracy • Economy
The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street
Michael Beyea Reagan
In These Times
Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.
Published On: 10/23/2025
Democracy • Human Rights • Resistance
America is Overdue for a General Strike
A.J. Schumann
Counterpunch
Across continents, workers are organizing to do what ballots alone have not: enforce the public will. It’s time American workers join our peers abroad by reclaiming strikes as part of our own democratic tradition.
Published On: 10/22/2025





