https://znetwork.org/author/joshuafrank/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 12 May 2025 17:34:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/joshuafrank/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/donald-trumps-feverish-lust-for-green-energy-resources/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/donald-trumps-feverish-lust-for-green-energy-resources/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 17:34:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283652 Ancient oak trees rise above gigantic boulders scattered across a high desert mesa in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. This is Oak Flat (Chi’ chil Bildagoteel), a sacred site for Native Americans, including the Western and San Carlos Apache. And like many other lands across the West, it’s under grave threat from multinational mining interests, all in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/donald-trumps-feverish-lust-for-green-energy-resources/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:50:31 +0000 In early January, Donald Trump Jr.’s private plane landed on a snowy airfield in Greenland. There was little fanfare upon his arrival, but his 14 million social-media fans were certainly tagging along. “Greenland coming in hot…well, actually really really cold!!!” President Trump’s eldest son captioned a video he posted on X. It was shot from the cockpit [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cash-will-soon-flow/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cash-will-soon-flow/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:02:35 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1273553 Considered Angola’s crown jewel by many, Lobito is a colorful port city on the country’s scenic Atlantic coast where a nearly five-kilometer strip of land creates a natural harbor. Its white sand beaches, vibrant blue waters, and mild tropical climate have made Lobito a tourist destination in recent years. Yet under its shiny new facade [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cash-will-soon-flow/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cal-state-professors-targeted-for-exposing-schools-ties-to-israels-genocide-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cal-state-professors-targeted-for-exposing-schools-ties-to-israels-genocide-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272160 Last month, in a tangible victory for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement, San Francisco State University (SFSU) agreed to pull its investment from four companies tied to weapons manufacturing and Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The four include Lockheed Martin, aerospace company Leonardo, military contractor Palantir, and construction equipment maker Caterpillar, whose bulldozers have [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cal-state-professors-targeted-for-exposing-schools-ties-to-israels-genocide-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-california-goes-there-goes-the-nation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-california-goes-there-goes-the-nation/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270752 California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to be taking climate change seriously, at least when he’s in front of a microphone and flashing cameras. His talk then is direct and tough. He repeatedly points out that the planet is in danger and appears ready to act. He’s been called a “climate-change crusader” and a leader of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-california-goes-there-goes-the-nation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-bombs-have-helped-make-israels-collective-punishment-of-gaza-a-fact-of-life/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-bombs-have-helped-make-israels-collective-punishment-of-gaza-a-fact-of-life/#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:12:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267247 As Amal Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery fire could be heard all around her. It was mid-January and she had made her way to the embattled hospital to give birth to a baby girl she would [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-bombs-have-helped-make-israels-collective-punishment-of-gaza-a-fact-of-life/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cant-turn-back-the-clock-on-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cant-turn-back-the-clock-on-genocide/#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 15:49:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267160 As Amal Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery fire could be heard all around her. It was mid-January and she had made her way to the embattled hospital to give birth to a baby girl she [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cant-turn-back-the-clock-on-genocide/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/of-life-and-lithium/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/of-life-and-lithium/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:46:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1264315 With his perfect tan and slicked-back hair, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood at a podium at Sacramento’s Cal Expo in late September 2020 and announced an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035. With the global Covid pandemic then at its height, Newsom was struggling to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/of-life-and-lithium/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dam-dam-dam/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dam-dam-dam/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:04:14 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1262464 We live in a world of dangerous, deadly extremes. Record-breaking heat waves, intense drought, stronger hurricanes, unprecedented flash flooding. No corner of the planet will be spared the wrath of human-caused climate change and the earth’s fresh water is already feeling the heat of this new reality. More than half of the world’s lakes and two-thirds of its rivers are [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dam-dam-dam/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-killing-of-gazas-environment/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-killing-of-gazas-environment/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260581 On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations that are to take water from [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-killing-of-gazas-environment/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dangers-only-multiply/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dangers-only-multiply/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1257813 Israel’s robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank following the brutal Hamas massacres of October 7th. Like so many other colonial projects, Israel was born of terror and has necessitated the use of violence to occupy Arab territory and segregate Palestinians ever since. The realization that its existence was dependent on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dangers-only-multiply/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-south-china-seas-resource-wars/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-south-china-seas-resource-wars/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:16:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1253999 It’s an ocean of conflict and ecological decline. Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the South China Sea has become a microcosm of the geopolitical tensions between East and West, where territorial struggles over abundant natural resources may one day lead to environmental collapse. While the threat of a devastating military conflict between [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-south-china-seas-resource-wars/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-hype-of-a-nuclear-renaissance/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-hype-of-a-nuclear-renaissance/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1249597 If you didn’t know better, you’d think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. His beard is thick, soft, and gray, his hair pulled back in a small ponytail. In his mid-seventies, he still towers over nearly everyone. His handshake is firm, but there’s nothing menacing about him. 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[...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/will-the-west-turn-ukraine-into-a-nuclear-battlefield/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nuclear-armageddon-games-in-ukraine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nuclear-armageddon-games-in-ukraine/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:01:58 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1240400 In 1946, Albert Einstein shot off a telegram to several hundred American leaders and politicians warning that the “unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” Einstein’s forecast remains prescient. Nuclear calamity still knocks. 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