Daily News 10/25
Daily News 10/25
Daily News Archives Since June 2026
Cost of living lgetting you down? I have had enough – and so has France
In any case, if we are serious about limiting the ability of the billionaires to buy democracy, we have to go beyond worrying about campaign contributions. If they control everything we see and hear in the media and on social media, they won’t have to spend a penny on elections to keep their candidates in power. Those concerned about democracy need to recognize this fact. — The Rich are Awful People, Let Me Count the Ways
Video: Something Massive Is Shifting Beneath the Pacific — California Is in Its PathFar beneath the Pacific Ocean and the western edge of North America, enormous tectonic plates are constantly moving. Their slow motion helps shape California’s coastline, mountain ranges, and earthquake hazards. The Pacific Plate moves northwest relative to the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault system. Meanwhile, offshore fault systems and the Cascadia subduction zone create additional geological hazards along parts of the West Coast. In this video, we explore the powerful forces beneath the Pacific, why scientists monitor California’s fault systems, and how movements deep within Earth can produce earthquakes and reshape landscapes over geological time. These plate movements are ongoing geological processes, not evidence that a major earthquake is imminent. Scientists cannot reliably predict the exact date and location of the next major earthquake.
Video: The Stock Market Isn’t Going To Crash…It’s Going To RESET
Video: Mark Fiore” DENIALISM: NOT JUST FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ANYMORE!
Audio:Bad Energy – Live at Powell’s BooksLive at Powell’s Books in Portland: CounterPunch’s Joshua Frank joins Abby Martin to discuss his new book, Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future.
Climate Change’s Terrifying Gordian Knot Climate change has turned vicious; it’s on the nightly news way too much to ign ore, whether a massive avalanche destroying an entire town in Nepal or severe drought and record-low water levels in the summer of 2026 causing major disruptions, power plant cutbacks, and partial shipping freezes along the Danube River, or America’s two largest water reservoirs Lake Mead and Lake Powell sitting at historic lows of 21% and 26% respectively with 40 million people holding their breath. It is not going to get any better. It’s destined to get worse. El Niño is simply awful. “El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with big impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks of (1) floods (2) drought, and (3) extreme heat.” (World Meteorological Organization d/d September 3, 2026) The Statistics Nobody Wants to Hear. Climate change and its kissing cousin global warming are on a warpath that nobody expected when 195 nations signed on to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) Paris/2015, at the time expecting the possibility of +1.5°C above pre-industrial to hit no sooner than 2050, widely considered “a line in the sand leading to catastrophe.” But, surprise, surprise +1.5°C is already here, early to the party. And catastrophe came along for the ride.
Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn
California’s oceans have become shockingly warm. And strange things are happening Ocean temperatures off the California coast are surging to shockingly high levels as a historic El Niño grows even stronger.
California’s storm door is about to swing wide openAn atmospheric firehose could soon take aim at California, raising the prospects of a wet and stormy Halloween and Election Day. The massive pattern change is likely to take shape during the last week of October and may persist into the first full weekend of November.’
These California highways are most at risk of flooding during El Niño storms San Francisco International Airport, the Bay Bridge, Highways 101, 1 and 37 and other critical California infrastructure are vulnerable to “exceptional” flooding and erosion this winter, according to a report published Monday by UC Davis.
Alliance for Hydromet Development advances sustainable investment The Alliance for Hydromet Development has concluded its 2026 Annual Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, with a renewed commitment to coordinated investments, stronger national institutions and sustainable services that support economic development and climate resilience. Held under the theme “Partnerships, Innovation and Sustainable Investment in Weather, Water and Climate Services”, the meeting brought together governments, development and climate-finance institutions, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), international and regional organizations, the private sector and other partners.
Video: California Faces a Historic Winter — Strongest El Niño Ever Could Trigger Record Floods & MudslidesCalifornia may be heading into one of the most unusual winters in modern weather history. A powerful El Niño is developing in the Pacific, with ocean temperatures reaching extraordinary levels and forecasts pointing toward an increased risk of major atmospheric rivers targeting the West Coast. The biggest concern isn’t simply how much rain California receives — it’s how fast that rain arrives. Powerful atmospheric rivers could bring intense rainfall, while already-dry soil, wildfire burn scars, steep hillsides and vulnerable communities could increase the danger of flash floods, debris flows and mudslides. In this video, we break down the strongest El Niño ever recorded, why its eastern position matters, how atmospheric rivers transport enormous amounts of moisture, and why California’s winter could become a major test for communities across the state. We also examine the difference between the historic El Niño winters of 1982–83, 1997–98 and 2015–16, and explain why the timing and spacing of storms may matter more than the total amount of rainfall. This is not a prediction of certain disaster. It is an explanation of the elevated risks and what the current pattern could mean for California.
[PODCAST] October 17 – A Marxist Analysis Our times are anything but ordinary. Over the past twelve months, more than 57 countries around the world have experienced mass mobilizations and uprisings. Today, France finds itself in the eye of the storm. On October 17, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the largest day of mobilization ever seen by the movement against austerity in national education. The state responded by launching more than 19,000 tear gas grenades in a single day! Peaceful demonstrations were violently attacked, minors were rounded up, and a teenager lost an eye. The following day, Macron appeared on television, explicitly refusing to resign, and setting a clear objective for the movement: he and his government must go. In this episode of Against the Stream , Victor Murray is joined by Jorge Martin from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International to discuss the next steps in the movement. They address curfews, bans on demonstrations, and attacks against La France Insoumise, which expose the true nature of bourgeois democracy. They explain why the government cannot make any concessions while interest rates are at their highest since 2002 and why the CGT was forced to call for a general strike on November 5th. With general strikes also planned soon in Italy and Spain, and mass mobilizations in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, and India, the stage is set for an even larger wave of struggles. One thing is missing: a revolutionary leadership capable of leading the movement to victory. We must build it! (Google Translate)
The Rich are Awful People, Let Me Count the Ways Our billionaires seem to be in a competition for most awful human being alive. We have Larry Ellison, along with son, taking over CBS and immediately destroying its prized news show, 60 Minutes. They appointed Bari Weiss, a right-wing apparatchik, to oversee CBS’s entire news operation. She has immediately sought to make the news more Trump-friendly. This has led to many reporters being fired and threats to others to make their reporting toe the Trump line or risk being fired. Many of the network’s longest-serving reporters just quit.
France’s Student Revolt: Gangster Capitalism and the War on Youth
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: a struggle for genuine socialismSeventy years ago, in October 1956, Hungarians flooded into the streets. For eleven days, they fought the Stalinist dictatorship. By the end, they were battling Soviet tanks street by street. This was a revolution for genuine socialism in Hungary.