The institutional heft of Dem Party leaders like Espaillat and Velázquez and their loyal union backers was shown to be built on sand. Their attempts to mobilize voters were positively feeble in the face of the mayor’s star power and @demsocialists.bsky.social’s fierce door-knocking operation.

Meanwhile, the Israel lobby’s influence on the electorate appears increasingly tenuous or even negative, as pro-Palestine candidates made opponents’ support for Israel or ties to pro-Israel donors a political liability.

@socialists.nyc has shown itself to be a durable and increasingly powerful political machine, notching more election victories cycle after cycle, and proving its ability to do so on an ever-larger scale.

Downballot, @socialists.nyc won 6 of 7 legislative primaries, and at least 15 socialists are headed to Albany next year.

The Israel lobby unleashed a flood of campaign $ in an attempt to defeat vocal pro-Palestine candidates. A similar strategy seemed to work for them in 2024, when AIPAC-backed challengers unseated democratic socialist Congress members @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social.

And @bradlander.bsky.social unseated Goldman, a sitting congressman in a race that turned into a referendum on Israel's grotesque human rights violations in Gaza, and the question of the Israel lobby’s influence on US politics.

In Upper Manhattan’s Thirteenth District, @darializaforny.bsky.social narrowly knocked off five-term incumbent and Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

In the 7th Congressional District, covering western Queens and northern Brooklyn, State Assembly Member @claireforny.bsky.social won in a landslide against Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who had the support of outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez and the local progressive establishment.

When 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won NYC’s mayoral race last year, his election was described as a “political earthquake.” If the metaphor is apt, then the city’s Dem primaries were a series of powerful aftershocks. @nickfrenchnyc.bsky.social has analyzed the results for us.

Curator Grischa Meyer (left) created a remarkable exhibition combining Brecht’s writing and the newspaper clippings he used for inspiration. The exhibition opened in British Columbia this week.

During the UN High-Level Political Forum, we co-organized the side event “Water Justice for People and Planet: Democratic Water Governance and Meaningful Civil Society Participation” with @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social. A big thanks you to the speakers and everyone who attended!

New episode out now! Episode 3 of the World Cup Weekly is here for a discussion on the round of 16, political interference and more: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

A single AI data center in the New Mexico desert wants more power than half the state while people in the region fight for drinking water. Affected residents across the US aren't buying the promises and are fighting back: rosalux.nyc/the-environm... #AI #ClimateJustice #DataCenters

TODAY! Listen to The World Cup Weekly. Reflections and analysis about the meaning of the "MAGA World Cup." Going live at 10AM ET.

This Juneteenth special performance is the latest stop on the tour exploring songs composed and sung by enslaved people and abolitionists. Works long buried by history are now being restored to public consciousness through the Songs of Slavery and Emancipation project by Mat Callahan.

The far right is on the rise and #anti-feminism is one of its central pillars. In #Argentina, #Spain, and the #US, feminist movements have been fighting back. But are we also, without realizing it, playing into the same polarization logic we’re trying to dismantle?

We won't leave transatlantic cooperation to MAGA or the AfD. At the invitation of our office, @liandersson.bsky.social (Left Alliance/EP) & @socialists.nyc’s Grace Mausser discussed Zohran Mamdani, Finland's left-wing government & left alliances across the ocean.

As the 2026 FIFA #worldcup begins across North America, workers, fans, and local governments confront rising costs, labor struggles, and FIFA’s controversial policies.

As a teenager, Arian Moayed was confronted with the stereotypes from “Not Without My Daughter”. So he founded Waterwell, which now fights against such prejudices. With our support @newhumanitarian.bsky.social hosted a panel discussion to put the stories of those affected back in the spotlight.

Join us at #SB64 for "From Scarcity to Abundance," a discussion on how progressive taxation and measures to make polluters pay can generate public climate finance at the scale required to address the climate crisis. 📅 16 June | 🕟 16:30–17:45 📍 Kaminzimmer Room, Bonn

Across newsrooms, stages & screens, a growing movement is reshaping how migration & displacement are understood. Join @newhumanitarian.bsky.social for an evening of 🎬 & conversation exploring what it looks like when people at the heart of these stories lead the telling: rosalux.nyc/events/who-o...

We invited Pulitzer Prize finalist Suzy Hansen to our office, and the place was packed. She spoke with @seanjacobs.bsky.social from @thenewschool.bsky.social and journalist @natashalennard.bsky.social about her new book, “From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan.”

Tax justice is climate justice.

A fair global tax system can fund the transition away from extractive and pollutive economies and invest in a livable planet.

Correcting climate colonialism. Today’s tax rules were shaped by powerful countries and historic polluters – the same colonial powers and historic emitters that profited from extraction and have caused massive ecological damage.

Address overlapping inequalities that magnify impacts of climate crisis. Make multinational corporations pay their fair share. Tax carbon-intensive lifestyles of the ultra-rich. Inequality and climate crisis are driven by the same system.

No money for climate action? Tax the rich and ultra-rich. Tax the profits of fossil fuel companies.

A fair tax system can drive climate justice. It should put people and planet before the biggest polluters and extractors.

How tax justice works for climate justice. A 🧶

At our annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the Peace and Security Funders Group discussed what we can do to end the wars in Iran, Ukraine, Palestine, Sudan, and elsewhere, as well as how to successfully fight back against militarism. We are proud to have been a member since 2024.