The passage of financial reform is a good time to ask how much money we should expect to hand to the banks…
A few years back there was a fear in some parts about black UN helicopters that were supposedly taking part in the…
From now until November 2, the Republican Party will be the party of unemployment. The logic is straightforward; the more people who…
That is the question that people around the world should be asking as the International Monetary Fund dishes out its prescription for…
Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting…
Keynes explained the dynamics of an economy in a prolonged period of high unemployment more than 70 years ago in The General…
The financial reform bills moving through Congress offer some hope for a more stable financial system. While there is still much up…
Last year, Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly…
Suppose our top generals described the growing threat from a hostile Middle East power. The country has tens of billions of oil…
Last month the government announced plans to sell the stock it obtained in November of 2008 as part of its bailout package…
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.Ā 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.Ā Tap š 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 Zās 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 ā receive event invites, announcements, a Weekly Digest, and opportunities to engage.
