The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, a Pritzker family hotel in Chicago with rooms listed at about $500 a night, hosted a Democratic Socialists of America panel on the group’s 2026 program, Workers Deserve More, on Friday. The conference has been held at this Hyatt every year since at least 2022. Outside, UNITE HERE Local 1 […] The post A $500-a-Night Hotel, a Socialist Panel, and Workers on the Picket Line appeared first on StoneZone .
The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, a Pritzker family hotel in Chicago with rooms listed at about $500 a night, hosted a Democratic Socialists of America panel on the group’s 2026 program, Workers Deserve More, on Friday. The conference has been held at this Hyatt every year since at least 2022. Outside, UNITE HERE Local 1 hotel workers picketed in work uniforms. Signs read “No contract.” The panel was part of Socialism 2026, a four-day conference organized by Haymarket Books at the same hotel. Organizers advertised thousands of attendees and more than 100 sessions, including discussions of Marxism. The New York Post put attendance at more than 2,000. On-site standard tickets were $155. Rooms at the four-star hotel listed around…Open
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Is the new rise of the Democratic Socialists of America a mirror image of MAGA's rise 10 years ago? Chris Cuomo argues the same economic disparity that drove voters toward Trump is now driving voters toward the DSA, especially among younger voters. National Co-Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America Ashik Siddique debates the movement with NewsNation correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera. Stephen A. Smith called the Democratic Party “fragmented and leaderless” and said democratic socialists are in the right place at the right time. The man many have floated as a possible 2028 presidential hopeful gives his take on the current state of play. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that states can allow mail-in ballots postmarked by…
On “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Democratic Socialists of America Co-Chair Ashik Siddique joins Katie Pavlich to discuss the group’s agenda and priorities. The brother of 9/11 victim Dennis McGinley also shares his reaction to recent electoral gains by socialists in New York City, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The show looks at how the World Cup’s growing presence in the U.S. is becoming a political flashpoint for Democrats. Plus, an update in the Nancy Guthrie case after TMZ reported receiving another note claiming to identify the kidnapper. NewsNation senior producer Allison Weiner and former Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam weigh in. Katie also goes “Gloves Off” on the Democratic Party, and Capitol Hill insider John Leganski joins to…
Chris Cuomo examines President Donald Trump’s proposed deal with Iran after talks were disrupted by fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Is there a growing divide between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark, IDF Reserve Maj. Shraga Stern, former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller and former Iranian political prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh weigh in. The program also explores whether the Democratic Party is shifting further left. A Gallup poll found that support for socialism among Democrats rose to 66% between 2010 and 2025, while favorability for capitalism fell to 42%. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are among those…
