The real war in Lebanon begins today. The world may believe – and Israel may believe – that the UN ceasefire due…
Shortly after 4am, the fly-like buzz of an Israeli drone came out of the sky over my home. Coded MK by the…
They wrote the names of the dead children on their plastic shrouds. “Mehdi Hashem, aged seven – Qana,” was written in felt…
07/28/06 “The Independent” — — It was supposed to be a routine trip across the Lebanese killing fields for the brave men…
Qlaya, Southern Lebanon — Is it possible – is it conceivable – that Israel is losing its war in Lebanon? From this…
How brave our warships looked at dawn. Spread over the pale blue Mediterranean, bristling with cannons and machine guns and missiles, it…
Strange things happen when a reporter strays off his beat. Vast regions of the earth turn out to have different priorities. The…
Stephen Walt towers over me as we walk in the Harvard sunshine past Eliot Street, a big man who needs to be…
It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves…
02/26/06 “The Independent” — Everyone in the Middle East rewrites history, but never before have we had a US administration so wilfully,…
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.
