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On June 18, Anasse Kazib, a French railway worker, trade unionist and socialist leader will stand trial for the charge of “apologia for terrorism.” His supposed crime? Tweets posted to the social media platform X in support of the Palestinian people in rejection of Israel’s campaign of genocide. France concedes that Kazib has no ties to terrorist organizations nor has he engaged in terror-related actions and is persecuting him simply on the basis that his speech offends the Israeli state and its supporters. Left Voice

With a week left until New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, one might have thought that former governor Andrew Cuomo would be measuring the drapes at Gracie Mansion. But according to a new poll, Zohran Mamdani—the insurgent state assemblyman and democratic socialist whom The Nation recently co-endorsed along with fellow mayoral candidate New York City Comptroller Brad Lander—has pulled ahead of Cuomo for the first time. The Nation

The cold truth is this: political violence works. The assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota state legislators remind us again that violence is not just a tragedy—it is a tactic. In democratic societies, people are taught to condemn such actions and to see them as aberrations. Yet the historical record tells us something far more uncomfortable: political violence is effective, and that is why it continues. Counter Punch