Views From The Left For April 30, 2025

 Views From The Left For April 30, 2025

Articles:

Below is a list of articles from a sampling of leftist websites. The articles listed below express views that will sometimes be divergent from the views of the owner of this blog. Reliability ratings of each source will be in parentheses.

Martin Luther King statement made when speaking against the Vietnam War (click here for source):

'I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin...we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.'

• Alternet  
1. Revealed: Indicted 'Bitcoin Jesus' Just Paid Roger Stone $600,000
2. 'Power-mad dictator': Critics Pounce On Trump After He Orders Investigation Of Act Blue
3. 'Chicken': Another Trump 'Employee' Absent As Colorado Voters Blast Him At Town Hall
4. McConnell Schools Trump On 'America First' Policy That Helped 'Move The Depression Worldwide'
5. Medical Journal Says Science Getting 'Violently Dismembered' By Trump Intimidation Tactics
6. 'What Fascism Looks Like': Trump DOJ’s Arrest Of Judge Is 'Red Line' For Democrats
7. 'Unlawful': Judge Halts Trump Executive Order In Major Win For Federal Workers

• Common Dreams 
1. The American Public Must Resist Trump’s ‘Papers, Please’ Politics
2. In 'Victory For The People,' Judge Blocks Parts Of Trump's Attack On Voting Rights
3. Trump Signs Executive Order To Advance 'Deeply Dangerous' Deep-Sea Mining
4. Doctors Without Borders Says Trump Aid Cuts 'Are A Human-Made Disaster' For Millions
5. DOJ Memo Shows Trump Admin Ordered ICE To Conduct Warrantless Home Invasions
6. Sanders Says Trump Arrest Of Wisconsin Judge Is About One Thing Only: 'Unchecked Power'
7. UN Program Out Of Food In Gaza As Israel Maintains Blockade

• Democracy at Work 
1. ECONOMIC UPDATE: SOLIDARITY CITIES AS ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM
2. ECONOMIC UPDATE: SOLIDARITY CITIES AS ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM

• Democracy Now
1. Trump Expands His War On The Press
2. “Ultimate Grifter”: Bob Kuttner On How Trump Could Drop His Tariffs & Take Credit For Saving Economy
3. As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model To Crack Down On Free Press
4. Trump’s War On Children: DOGE Guts Head Start, Child Abuse Programs, Healthcare & More
5. “Musk Is Scamming The City Of Memphis”: Meet Two Brothers Fighting Colossus, Musk’s xAI Data Center
6. Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Remembers Pope Francis For Progressive Views & Embracing The Global South

• Jacobin 
1. What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care
2. Canada’s Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future
3. Turning Retirement Against Workers
4. Trump’s EPA Has Made It Harder to Track Toxic Chemical Plants
5. Donald Trump Is Weakening US Influence In Latin America
6. The GOP’s Tax Revolt May Be Unraveling
7. The Free Spirit Of Germany’s Carnivals Is Under Attack
8. Trump’s Tariffs Have Done What No US Adversary Could

• Mother Jones
1. Pam Bondi Cuts “Wasteful” Funds To Support Victims Of Violent Crime
2. Democrats Launch Inquiry Into Dismantling Of Administration For Community Living
3. Trump Crypto Coin Buyers Offered VIP Tour Of White House
4. The Supreme Court Is Trying To Normalize Its Own Anti-LGBTQ Animus
5. Trump Just Fast-Tracked Deep Sea Mining, Despite Global Opposition
6. At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up To Trump

• The Real News Network 
1. TRAINWRECK IN ‘TRUMP COUNTRY’: PARTISAN POLITICS HASN’T HELPED EAST PALESTINE, OH (DOCUMENTARY)
2. ABREGO GARCIA FAMILY FLEES TO SAFE HOUSE AFTER TRUMP DHS POSTS HOME ADDRESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
3. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS ARE DEFENDING PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK WITH THEIR OWN BODIES
4. HARRY BELAFONTE—USING ART FOR GOOD
5. INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN TO DISRUPT THE REI BOARD ELECTIONS

• Socialist Worker 
1. Labour Pushes Racist ‘League Table’ For Migrants
2. Alex Callinicos: Why The Far Right Exploits Transphobia
3. The Left’s Response To Identity Politics
4. Who Profits When We Nationalise Industry?
5. Interviews On Sexism: ‘We’re Not Born With Toxic Masculinity—We’re Taught It’
6. Alex Callinicos: Why The Far Right Exploits Transphobia
7. ‘Israel Can’t Extinguish Us’: Palestinian Speaks Out

• ZNetwork 
1. Macklemore Discusses Palestine, Mahmoud Khalil And The Call To Activism
2. Smotrich Speeds Up Land Theft In West Bank
3. The Crackdown On Campuses Is A Crackdown On Unions
4. The Politics Of Cleansing
5. Israel Stalls And The International Court Of Justice Complies
6.  Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It
7. Chris Hedges and the Limits of Mainstream American Criticism of Israel
8. Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set By The Persecution Of Pro-Palestine Activists

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Factual Reliability Rating

    I am using two websites that rate the factual reliability of news sources used by this feature. In comparing the two ratings, Mediabiasfactcheck gives more 'High' scores for various news sources while Adfontesmedia gives reliability ratings that are based more on bias. Also, while some news sources, none of these are listed below, will receive the highest factual reporting rating by Mediabiasfactcheck, that is not the case with Adfontesmedia.

I find that the best way to choose a news source reliability rating is to use the trial and error method. Here, one should count how many times a news information source site posts an article that is eventually shown to be false and compare that count with the factual reliability rating given by sites like Medeabiasfactcheck and Adfontesmedia.

• Alternet  
1. Mediabiasfactcheck   : High
2. Adfontesmedia           : Generally Reliable

• Common Dreams 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck :    : High
2. Adfontesmedia.           : Generally Reliable

• Democracy at Work 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck.    : Not rated
2. Adfontesmedia.            : Not rated

• Democracy Now
1. Mediabiasfactcheck.     : High
2. Adfontesmedia              : Mixed Reliability

• Jacobin 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck        : High
2. Adfontesmedia.               : Mixed Reliability

• Mother Jones
1. Mediabiasfactcheck.         : High
2. Adfontesmedia.                 : Generally Reliable

• The Real News Network 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck          : High
2. Adfontesmedia                  : Generally Reliable

• Socialist Worker 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck.        : High
2. Adfontesmedia                   : Mixed Reliability

• ZNetwork 
1. Mediabiasfactcheck            : High
2. Adfontesmedia                    : Not Rated