Views From The Left For May 21, 2025

 Views From The Left For May 21, 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. 'Frustrated': Republicans Demand Trump's AG File More 'Legal Charges' Against His Enemies
2. 'Politically Boneheaded': Retired 4-star General Slams Trump’s 'Creepy' Military Parade
3. '100 Percent Regret': Deep-Red Georgia Manufacturing Town Revolts Over Key Trump Policy
4. 'Been In The Works For Years': Trump Busted Over Taking Credit For Deals That Aren't His
5. 'Corrupt The Prosecutor': Sociologist Reveals How Trump Is Following The Right-Wing Populist Playbook
6. "'Priorities': Kristi Noem Ripped For Demanding New $50M Jet While The Coast Guard Struggles,"
7. 'A Smoking Gun': Economist Says Walmart Feud Reveals Truth Behind Trump's Economic Plan
8. 'Exceedingly Foolish': Inside The Trump Administration's Plan To Slash Health Care Spending

• Common Dreams 
1. 'Embarrassing': GOP Fails To Pass Their Own 'Cruel' Budget Plan Out Of Committee
2. Trump Cuts To Foreign Aid Leave Food Destined For Desperate Millions Rotting In Storage
3. Policy Expert Details Cruelty And Pointlessness Of GOP's Medicaid Work Requirements
4. 'A Failure Of Humanity': Acute Food Insecurity, Child Malnutrition Climb For Sixth Straight Year
5. Trump's Trade Deals Endanger Farmers And Our Food System
6. 'Should Send A Chill Down The Spine Of Every American': Trump DOJ Charges New Jersey Democrat
7. Nearly Half Of US Kids—34 Million—Rely On Food, Health Programs Targeted By GOP
8. Supreme Court Allows Trump To End Protections For Some Venezuelans

• Democracy at Work 
1. CAPITALISM HITS HOME: CAN THE LEFT DEAL WITH AMERICA'S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS?
2. ECONOMIC UPDATE: REFORM VS. REVOLUTION

• Democracy Now
1. “They Want To Silence Me”: Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi On ICE Jail, Palestine, Activism, Buddhism
2. The GOP War On Medicaid: 14 Million Could Lose Healthcare To Fund Tax Breaks For Rich
3. Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Case That Could Also Sharply Reduce Judicial Power
4. “Trump’s Fake Refugees”: As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges “Genocide”
5. “Surveillance Humanitarianism”: As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food
6. “Absolutely Genocidal”: Mouin Rabbani On “Gideon’s Chariots,” Israel’s Latest Escalation Of War On Gaza
7. Project Esther: NYT Details Right-Wing Plan To “Rebrand All Critics of Israel” As Hamas Supporters
8. Columbia Chose Silence, Not Solidarity: Mahmoud Khalil’s Statement At Alternative Graduation Ceremony

• Jacobin 
1. No, There Isn’t An Epidemic Of Workless Medicaid Recipients
2. Trump’s War On Palestine And Free Speech Hits A New Setback
3. For the Rulers Of India and Pakistan, War Fever Is A Boon
4. Pro-Israel Neo-McCarthyism Is Rising In Indiana
5. Tech-Backed Dems May Endanger California’s Clean Energy Laws
6. The Right Has Embraced the Cancel Culture It Claimed To Hate
7. Making Expensive Cities Into Union Towns
8. No, There Isn’t An Epidemic Of Workless Medicaid Recipients

• Mother Jones
1. The Qatari 747 Is Just The Latest Mega-Donation Flowing To Trump’s “Library”
2. She Escaped Her Abuser. But Not Before He Buried Her In Debt
3. Trump Asks The Supreme Court For A “Catch Me If You Can” System Of Justice
4. Trump Administration Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic “Forever Chemicals” In Drinking Water
5. A Christian Nationalist TheoBro Church Is Coming To DC
6. Trump Is Furious That His Tariffs Are Doing Exactly What Economists Said They’d Do
7. A Gun Deemed Too Dangerous For Cops, But Fine For Civilians
8. How Pope Leo Will Approach Climate Change Is Unclear, But The Vibe Is Positive

• The Real News Network 
1. ‘THESE TENTS ARE GRAVES ABOVE THE EARTH’: GAZA AFTER THE BROKEN CEASEFIRE
2. AUGUSTO SANDINO FOUGHT THE US OCCUPATION OF NICARAGUA—AND WON
3. AUDIT FINDS DOZENS OF POLICE CUSTODY DEATHS IN MARYLAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RULED HOMICIDES
4. THIS NEW MODEL FOR WORKER ORGANIZING COULD SUPERCHARGE TODAY’S LABOR MOVEMENT
5. ‘SADLY, THERE ARE MARTYRS AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES’: ISRAEL CONTINUES TARGETING AND KILLING JOURNALISTS IN LEBANON
6. ‘WE WON’T LEAVE’: PALESTINIANS RESPOND TO TRUMP PLANS TO CLEAR GAZA
7. ‘PRISONS ARE AKIN TO CHATTEL SLAVERY’: INSIDE THE BIG BUSINESS OF PRISON FARMS AND ‘AGRICARCERAL’ SLAVE LABOR
8. THE SANCTUARY MOVEMENT: SHELTERING MIGRANTS AGAINST DEPORTATION

• Socialist Worker 
1. From Afghanistan To Kenya: The British Army’s Reign Of Terror
2. Why Did Trump Lift Sanctions On Syria? Interview With Syrian Socialist
3. New Report Reveals Torment Of Trans+ Children Stuck On Waiting Lists
4. Scale Of Israel’s Horror In Gaza Shakes Its Western Backers
5. Alex Callinicos: Trump Rubs Against Limits Of US Power
6. China’s Workers Strike Back Against Trump Tariff Wars
7. Letters: Support Kashmir, Don’t Stand With Indian Or Pakistani States

• ZNetwork 
1. Gaza’s Graveyard Of Illusions: How Israel’s Narrative Collides With Military Failure
2. The Price Of Silence: Gaza’s Famine And The Erosion Of Our Humanity – Politics For The People
3. Warning Of Grave Threat To Free Speech, Judge Frees Rümeysa Öztürk
4. America’s Impact On The Global Thermostat
5. Why Building Inspiring Alternatives Is Necessary To Counter Authoritarianism
6. Gaza’s Graveyard Of Illusions: How Israel’s Narrative Collides With Military Failure
7. Activist Diary #7: David And Goliath – Northampton Activists Want Munitions Icon, L3 Harris, To Leave Town
8. A Simplistic Analysis Of The Maduro Government That Leaves Much Unsaid

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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