https://znetwork.org/author/comonddtaff/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:57:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/comonddtaff/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/watch-60-minutes-inside-cecot-segment-blocked-by-cbs-news-chief-bari-weiss/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/watch-60-minutes-inside-cecot-segment-blocked-by-cbs-news-chief-bari-weiss/#respond Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292714 A social media user on Monday shared at least part of a “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador—where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants—after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss controversially blocked its release. “Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The canceled ‘60 Minutes’ story has appeared on the Global TV [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/watch-60-minutes-inside-cecot-segment-blocked-by-cbs-news-chief-bari-weiss/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/millions-march-against-trump-musk-in-nationwide-hands-off-protests/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/millions-march-against-trump-musk-in-nationwide-hands-off-protests/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:13:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282113 In communities across the United States and also overseas, coordinated “Hands Off” protests are taking place far and wide Saturday in the largest public rebuke yet to President Donald Trump and top henchman Elon Musk’s assault on the workings of the federal government and their program of economic sabotage that is sacrificing the needs of working families [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/millions-march-against-trump-musk-in-nationwide-hands-off-protests/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-approves-another-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel-as-genocide-continues/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-approves-another-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel-as-genocide-continues/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:13:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1277999 The administration of US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday an arms sale to Israel valued at $8 billion, just ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Biden has repeatedly rejected calls to suspend military backing for Israel because of the number of civilians killed during the war in Gaza. Israel has killed more than [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-approves-another-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel-as-genocide-continues/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/julian-assange-is-free-wikileaks-founder-strikes-plea-deal-with-us/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/julian-assange-is-free-wikileaks-founder-strikes-plea-deal-with-us/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:49:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268390 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday reached a deal with the U.S. government, agreeing to plead guilty to one felony related to the disclosure of national security information in exchange for his release from Belmarsh Prison in the United Kingdom. A related document was filed in federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth. Under the plea [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/julian-assange-is-free-wikileaks-founder-strikes-plea-deal-with-us/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-children-file-new-constitutional-climate-rights-lawsuit-against-u-s-environmental-protection-agency/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-children-file-new-constitutional-climate-rights-lawsuit-against-u-s-environmental-protection-agency/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:52:53 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259170 LOS ANGELES – On Sunday, December 10, 18 children, ranging from ages eight to 17, filed a new constitutional climate lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Genesis B. v. United States Environmental Protection Agencyasserts that the EPA intentionally allows life-threatening climate pollution to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-children-file-new-constitutional-climate-rights-lawsuit-against-u-s-environmental-protection-agency/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sixty-years-since-the-march-on-washington-and-we-are-still-demanding-jobs-and-freedom/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sixty-years-since-the-march-on-washington-and-we-are-still-demanding-jobs-and-freedom/#respond Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:17:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252671 Tens of thousands of Americans converged on Washington Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a turning point in the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement at which Martin Luther King Jr gave his galvanizing “I have a dream” speech. Organizers say today’s march was not a commemoration but a continuation [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sixty-years-since-the-march-on-washington-and-we-are-still-demanding-jobs-and-freedom/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/brazilian-president-lula-da-silva-calls-for-freedom-for-julian-assange/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/brazilian-president-lula-da-silva-calls-for-freedom-for-julian-assange/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 15:56:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245914 Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva has called for freedom for Julian Assange and denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free the journalist. Lula spoke to a group of reporters in London Saturday while in town to attend the coronation of King Charles III. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has spent four years in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/brazilian-president-lula-da-silva-calls-for-freedom-for-julian-assange/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/incredibly-alarming-peaceful-protests-not-fit-for-a-king/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/incredibly-alarming-peaceful-protests-not-fit-for-a-king/#respond Sun, 07 May 2023 15:40:34 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245675 Thousands of King Charles III’s subjects protested against the monarchy Saturday in London — and heavy-handed police detained many of them for “suspicion of breaching the peace.” Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police tweeted that they would have an “extremely low tolerance” of those seeking to “undermine” King Charles III’s coronation day. “A significant police operation is [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/incredibly-alarming-peaceful-protests-not-fit-for-a-king/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-surprised-but-disgusted-fox-avoids-trial-by-settling-with-dominion-for-787-5-million/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-surprised-but-disgusted-fox-avoids-trial-by-settling-with-dominion-for-787-5-million/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243858 Moments before Fox News was set to face a jury regarding the false claims repeatedly made on air about Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 election, the right-wing media corporation announced it had reached a settlement with the company. The settlement amounted to $787.5 million and Dominion CEO John Poulos said in a press conference outside the courtroom in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-surprised-but-disgusted-fox-avoids-trial-by-settling-with-dominion-for-787-5-million/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/over-a-hundred-thousand-israelis-protest-netanyahu-government/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/over-a-hundred-thousand-israelis-protest-netanyahu-government/#respond Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:18:04 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1237033 Tens of thousands of Israelis marched in central Tel Aviv and in two other major cities on Saturday night, protesting far rightwing PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — undermining democratic rule just weeks after his election. Despite cold, rainy weather, marchers, many covered with umbrellas, held [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/over-a-hundred-thousand-israelis-protest-netanyahu-government/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-gov-newsom-proposes-windfall-profits-tax-on-big-oil/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-gov-newsom-proposes-windfall-profits-tax-on-big-oil/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2022 15:41:17 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222021 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-gov-newsom-proposes-windfall-profits-tax-on-big-oil/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/john-bolton-admits-on-live-tv-he-has-helped-plan-coups-detat-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/john-bolton-admits-on-live-tv-he-has-helped-plan-coups-detat-2/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 01:16:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1200284 Longtime Republican official John Bolton admitted during a televised interview Tuesday that he has helped plan coups outside of the United States. Bolton, who served as former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, appeared on CNN to discuss the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. 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