Views From The Left For May 7, 2025

Views From The Left For May 7, 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. 'Designed To intimidate': Supreme Court Justice Publicly Slams Trump’s Attacks On Judges
2. Trump DOJ 'Aggressively' Moving To Jail Reporters — Here’s How: Legal Expert
3. 'Soviet-Style Political Policing': Top Trump Staffer Creating An Official 'Enemies List'
4. 'The Purge': Trump To Fire 'A Lot' Of White House Officials Amid 'Distrust And Tension'
5. Florida Republicans Aren't Putting Up With Ron DeSantis' Temper Tantrums Anymore
6. 'A Broad-Based Crash': Here's Why Americans Are Dumping Trump's Agenda — In Droves
7. 'It’s Mind-Blowing': Scientists Puzzled By Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet On Old Technology
8. Revealed: Trump Family On A 'Marathon' Of Lucrative Foreign Deal Making — While No One Notices

• Common Dreams 
1. On May Day, UAW Members Launch Strike At Weapons Giant Lockheed Martin
2. Unions: Trump Attack On Labor Safety Agency 'Will Take Working Conditions Back Centuries'
3. Federal Judge Rules Trump Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act 'Unlawful'
4. Do You Understand How Dangerous This Moment Is — How Far We've Drifted?
5. 'Mockery' Of Humanitarian Law: Israel Wants US Mercenaries For Aid Relief In Gaza
6. As Israelis Blockade Food To Gaza, 9,000 Children Have Been Admitted For Acute Malnutrition
7. The ‘Deep Politics’ Behind Trump’s Rise
8. Asked If He Must Uphold The US Constitution, Trump Says: 'I Don't Know'

• Democracy at Work 
1. ECONOMIC UPDATE: RESISTING TRUMP'S RESTORATION PROJECT WITH KALI AKUNO
2. ECONOMIC UPDATE: SOLIDARITY CITIES AS ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM
3. CAPITALISM HITS HOME: WHY SOME AMERICANS STILL SUPPORT TRUMP
4. ECONOMIC UPDATE: RESISTING TRUMP'S RESTORATION PROJECT WITH KALI AKUNO

• Democracy Now
1. May Day And The End Of The Vietnam War, 50 Years Later
2. “I Am Not Afraid of You”: Mohsen Mahdawi’s Defiant Message To Trump After Release From ICE Jail In VT
3. “They Shattered Our Dreams”: NY Father Recounts How ICE Snatched His Son & Sent Him To El Salvador
4. Is Trump’s “Minerals Deal” A Fossil Fuel Shakedown? Antonia Juhasz On New U.S.-Ukraine Agreement
5. Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked By Drones In International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
6. “Losing Our Democracy”: Workers & Immigrants Lead Nationwide May Day Protests Against Trump
7. “Palestine Is Really the Center Of The World”: Angela Davis On Gaza, Black-Jewish Solidarity & Trump
8. Badar Khan Suri Is A Peace Scholar At Georgetown. Now He’s Being Held As A High-Risk Threat In ICE Jail

• Jacobin 
1. Big Tech Wants Free Rein To Sell Your Data
2. How Neoliberalism Has Distorted Human Choice
3. On Trade Policy, Trump Is Listening To CEOs
4. Birthright Citizenship And Legal Equality Are Worth Defending
5. Democrats Learned To Love Class Dealignment
6. To Rebuild Post-Fire, Los Angeles Should Look To Singapore
7. Only A Democratic Constitution Can Stop Trumpism
8. How Postwar Germany Fell In Love With Israel

• Mother Jones
1. Trump’s Rookie Moves Have Created Loads Of Uncertainty—Even For Big Oil
2. A Massive Power Grab Could Help North Carolina Republicans Steal An Election
3. “An Anti-Trans Fever Dream”: HHS Publishes Attack On Gender-Affirming Youth Care
4. “A Mockery Of Due Process”: The Men Who Could Be Sent To El Salvador Next
5. Trump’s First 100 Days Have Unleashed An “All-Out Assault” On The Environment
6. The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Power Grabs
7. Scientists Deem Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze A “Slow-Moving Apocalypse”
8. Trump Admits He’s Iffy On The Whole Due Process Thing

• The Real News Network
1.  ‘THE RAIDS HAPPENED WEDNESDAY, FINALS STARTED THURSDAY’: FBI AGENTS RAID HOMES OF PRO-PALESTINE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
2. MARCHING AGAINST EL SALVADOR’S POLICE STATE
3. ‘WORSE’ THAN MCCARTHYISM: TRUMP’S WAR ON HIGHER EDUCATION, FREE SPEECH, AND POLITICAL DISSENT
4. ‘TRUMP IS TRYING TO BREAK US,’ CARNEY WARNS AS LIBERALS WIN CANADIAN ELECTION
5. THOUSANDS OF BALTIMORE MARCHERS SAY ‘NO’ TO BILLIONAIRE RULE
6. PETE SEEGER: SINGING FOR CHANGE
7. MARCHING AGAINST EL SALVADOR’S POLICE STATE

• Socialist Worker 
1. Turkish Protesters Defy State Repression On May Day
2. How Can We Win Trans+ liberation?
3. DeepMind Google Workers Are Unionising Against Israel
4. Alex Callinicos: Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold
5. What Lies Behind The Appeal Of Religion?
6. The Settlers: Hateful, Violent Logic Of Zionism Laid Bare

• ZNetwork 
1. Trump’s Tariffs & Trade War On South Africa & The Working Class With Patrick Bond
2. The Fire Next Time: Youth, Education, And The Struggle For A Radical Democracy
3. What Do We Do Now? First, Gather To Talk
4. Screaming Soldiers And Open Revolt: How One Video Unmasked Israel’s Internal Power Struggle
5. Iberian Blackout: Shutdown Private Profit To Promote An Ecosocialist Transition
6. Palestine Beyond The Colonial Logic Of International Law
7. Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm On US Press Freedom Under Trump
8. What Does Trump’s Economic Chaos Mean For The Global Financial System?

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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