KABUL – Floated for three years, reconciliation with the Taliban is now official policy in Afghanistan, endorsed by US Secretary of State…
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a joint press conference in Kabul this evening. There were…
It's raining in Kabul so I spent a quiet day indoors, reading and watching television, surfing the 30 some Afghan channels. Yesterday…
An article in Safi Airways magazine, which I read on the flight from Delhi, reports that while 10-12% is a good return…
I only started paying attention to Hugo Chavez and Venezuela at the time of the 2002 coup. At the time, I was…
A review of Nandan Nilekani's Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century (Penguin Books 2009) If you're so smart, why aren't you…
Sometimes, at night in the city where I live, in Toronto, I will be walking alone to or from the subway station.…
A Review of Douglas Bland. 2009. Uprising: A Novel. Blue Butterfly Books. “By every measure, be it respect for treaty and…
What constitutes a dictatorship? Haiti had an election in 2006, which the popular candidate won. It had an election in 2011, which…
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.
