Rashid Khalidi’s Open Letter to Columbia University

Dear Acting President Shipman, I am writing you an open letter since you have seen fit to communicate the recent decisions of the board of trustees and the administration in a similar fashion. These decisions, taken in close collaboration with the Trump administration, have made it impossible for me to teach modern Middle East history, […]

Rachel Maddow: It’s Not Coming; It’s Here

from MSNBC August 4, 2025 “Rachel Maddow points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the United States has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule. “We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.” With freedoms likely to continue to be curtailed in deference to Donald Trump’s […]

Bob Avakian: Not the courts, and not the Democratic Party…Decent people, mobilizing massively and relentlessly, are the force that must be relied on to defeat Trump/MAGA fascism

A Two-Part Playlist of Social Media Messages from Bob Avakian: reposted from Bob Avakian Official Substack REVOLUTION #125 Not the courts, and not the Democratic Party: Decent people, mobilizing massively and relentlessly, are the force that must be relied on to defeat Trump/MAGA fascism   https://youtu.be/DSPmZmh5H1c?si=X5hIeJjz4Tw–iaZ REVOLUTION #126 More on why only the sustained determined […]