With the USA’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities on 22 June 2025 (and I specify the date, because Trump is actively threatening…
Despite ongoing discussions on the re-construction of Gaza – after Israel has fully achieved the stated goal of de-constructing it – there…
Whilst there has been much discussion in the media in the past month on the re-militarization of Europe, there is conversely an…
It was in the embers of the unprecedented death and destruction of World War I, that the Allied powers at the Paris…
On 10 May 2024, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 in which it expressed “deep regret and concern that, on…
According to a November 2004 report by James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Makiko Sato of the Columbia…
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, marked the fifty year anniversary of one of the most important events in United Nations’ history; but I…
All the latest from Z, directly to your inbox.
Institute for Social and Cultural Communications, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Our EIN# is #22-2959506. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
We do not accept funding from advertising or corporate sponsors. We rely on donors like you to do our work.
We’re glad you keep coming back. If Z’s work has informed, challenged, or inspired you, that’s no accident: there are no paywalls, no ads, and no billionaire owners here, and there never will be. Independent media survives because readers choose to support it.
Billionaires fund their own media. We fund ours. Help us reach 1,000 sustaining donors:
Sustainers at $9/month or more receive the digital Z Magazine.
Already a sustainer? Click here and we won’t ask again. Thank you!
Your reading count is stored only in your browser and is never sent to us.Sound is muted by default. Tap 🔊 for the full experience
Critical Action is a longtime friend of Z and a music and storytelling project grounded in liberation, solidarity, and resistance to authoritarian power. Through music, narrative, and multimedia, the project engages the same political realities and movement traditions that guide and motivate Z’s work.
If this project resonates with you, you can learn more about it and find ways to support the work using the link below.
It is disappearing because platforms reward speed, outrage, and algorithmic visibility over thoughtful analysis.
More than 100,000 people read Z every month, free of paywalls, ads, and billionaire owners. It takes fewer than 1 in 100 of them to fund all of it: 1,000 donors who keep Z independent, for everyone, and build what comes next.
Sustainers at $9/month or more receive the digital Z Magazine.
Join the Z Community – receive event invites, announcements, a Weekly Digest, and opportunities to engage.
