The “Mid-Term” Elections Will Not Save Us From Fascism

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org/the-mid-term-elections-will-not-save-us-from-fascism/ The so-called “mid-term” elections are less than a month away. Yet the very name underscores the centrality and primacy of executive power and the imperial presidency within the US political system. The election is “mid-term” only in reference to the four-year term of whoever is in the White House. The representatives and senators seeking re-election are at the END of their [...]

Lula Wins in Brazil, but the Far Right Won’t Back Down

By Geraldina Colotti https://resumen-english.org/2026/10/lula-wins-in-brazil-but-the-far-right-wont-back-down/ Brazil held its ground, one of the last bulwarks against the advance of the far right in Latin America. The veteran Lula pulled it off, winning the runoff with 64,256,232 votes against the 59,826,041 cast for the far right, represented by Flávio Bolsonaro: 51.79% versus 48.21%. It was a hard-fought victory contested down to the last vote, achieved at the end of a toxic election campaign that saw [...]

November 2026 Change Links community calendar

Change Links can’t publish without your support. Send items, articles or poems to changelinks2@gmail.com or via change-links.org/submit/   We need volunteer distributors for CHANGE LINKS Print Edition to VENUES & EVENTS. PLEASE EMAIL US AT <changelinks2@gmail.com> if you can help.   Please subscribe as well. Subscriptions to the print edition are $12/25/50 a year, low income, regular or sustainer (sliding scale), payable to “AFGJ,” our fiscal sponsor, with “Change Links” in the [...]

The United Nations and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes

by Nicolas J. S. Davies   On October 9, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to avi Pillay, the South African international lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid political prisoners on Robben Island. Pillay went on to serve as a judge on the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court (ICC), then as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2025, Navi Pillay led the [...]

Non-profit Housing Corp. SRO May Fail – LA City Must Act

by Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) cangress.org Politico reported that SRO Housing is facing “severe financial distress” and could dissolve within a matter of months. SRO Housing is the largest nonprofit housing corporation in Los Angeles; they manage 33 buildings with about 2,600 units of affordable housing for formerly unhoused people, primarily in Skid Row. Skid Row, a majority Black community, is home to the highest concentration of poverty and houselessness [...]

Breaking Out Of The Dark Triad’s War Doom Loop

by Navin Gordon Why does so much of humanity continue to support a political economy that places lifeless money above life itself, profit above people’s social needs, and competition above cooperation?  A system of a few exploiters and many exploited, a few extremely rich and the vast majority poor? Support continues despite the murder of over one hundred and fifty million citizens in ever more brutal, destructive, and genocidal wars since World [...]

Vote for 16-year-olds on Culver City Ballot

The ballot measure in would allow teenagers to participate in the decision-making process on many issues that directly affect their lives. The measure would only apply to certain elections within the city limits, including races for school board, for city offices, and on future ballot measures. Teens in the city have pushed the measure before; in 2022 it failed by only 16 votes. The proposal gained additional support after school board budget [...]

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Ancestors and Hearts:

The Spirit of the French Revolution Today © by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/ancestors-hearts-spirit-of-the-french-revolution-today/ My dear brothers and sisters in Paris and throughout France, especially the young ones, the students: What you are doing is remarkable, and wonderful. And it reminds me, at the best of time, when the French are in rebellion, they are in contact with their revolutionary ancestors. There's a difference between the French and the Americans. The Americans like to [...]

Poetry Corner: THE CAPITALIST

by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson [Excerpt] You sow it He reaps it You create it He keeps it   He belongs to a tiny group That controls world decisions Of what workers produce And who will have provisions   He lives at your expense And like any enslaver He controls the workplace But himself performs no labor   He fears and hates unions Workers united demanding a say Over job conditions Benefits and [...]

2026 Ballot Measures – Voting Guide Compendium

California and Los Angeles Ballot Measures The top-two primary system in CA restricts most elections for state and local office to a choice between the two capitalist parties, or sometimes between two members of the same party, and in most cases the outcome is a foregone conclusion. But there are numerous important ballot measures to be decided in November’s general election, and Change Links is offering this compendium of various voter guides [...]

Litigation Initiated Against Unfair Pacifica Election Process

A legal process was begun this week against the just-concluded Pacifica elections for national and local board members under the new, improperly-imposed Bylaws. A motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent the certification of the election results, citing irreparable harm if the process proceeds, was denied by a judge in L.A. Superior Court. However, the underlying legal challenge, seeking an "order to show cause" and demand for documentation, as well as [...]

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