https://znetwork.org/author/stancox/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:28:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/stancox/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-biggest-threats-the-iranian-people-face-are-america-and-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-biggest-threats-the-iranian-people-face-are-america-and-israel/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:45:00 +0000 Israel’s longstanding campaign to lure Washington into war with Iran seems to have fizzled once again—for now, anyway. But in their attempt to invent a casus belli, their spy agencies employ tactics—disinformation, infiltration, and incitement of rioting—that help sustain the patently false impression that Tehran, not Tel Aviv, is home to the Middle East’s cruelest [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-biggest-threats-the-iranian-people-face-are-america-and-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-racing-down-the-highway-to-a-mad-max-world/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-racing-down-the-highway-to-a-mad-max-world/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:51:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293453 Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-racing-down-the-highway-to-a-mad-max-world/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stopping-the-genocide-requires-armed-intervention/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stopping-the-genocide-requires-armed-intervention/#respond Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:07:50 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288806 The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stopping-the-genocide-requires-armed-intervention/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-gaza-starved-npr-coverage-grew-but-didnt-get-any-better/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-gaza-starved-npr-coverage-grew-but-didnt-get-any-better/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286924 Before the third week of July, when mass-starvation alarms finally started sounding, only a tiny minority of Americans were focused on the crimes against humanity that Israel was committing in Gaza. Z readers had long known what was going on, of course, but most Americans who depend on establishment media, whether liberal or MAGA, for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-gaza-starved-npr-coverage-grew-but-didnt-get-any-better/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-israeli-warplanes-rain-death-on-gaza-the-copilot-is-uncle-sam/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-israeli-warplanes-rain-death-on-gaza-the-copilot-is-uncle-sam/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278424 In recent weeks, political soothsayers have speculated about a wide variety of odious new policies the incoming Trump administration and its allies in Congress may or may not pursue. No one can predict with certainty which of those measures they will inflict on us and which they’ll forget about.  But we can make one prediction [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-israeli-warplanes-rain-death-on-gaza-the-copilot-is-uncle-sam/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-both-civilian-and-military-are-transcending-the-horror-weve-unleashed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-both-civilian-and-military-are-transcending-the-horror-weve-unleashed/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275598 In February, the public health specialist Muna Abed Alah published a paper in the journal Current Psychology titled “Shattered Hierarchy: How the Gaza Conflict Demolished Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs.” The idea of a hierarchy of needs—first published by the psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943 and subsequently modified in various ways by Maslow and others—has long [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-both-civilian-and-military-are-transcending-the-horror-weve-unleashed/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/outrageous-anti-protest-laws-cant-silence-the-climate-movement/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/outrageous-anti-protest-laws-cant-silence-the-climate-movement/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:51:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274165 In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. Rozendaal, 63, was prominent in the “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” campaign that targeted Citibank for its prolific financing of fossil-fuel projects. He and a co-defendant [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/outrageous-anti-protest-laws-cant-silence-the-climate-movement/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-getting-sick-of-noise-pollution/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-getting-sick-of-noise-pollution/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:11:43 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272418 The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And with many of the ways we use that energy, we’re also producing another less widely discussed pollutant: industrial noise. Like greenhouse-gas pollution, noise pollution is [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/were-getting-sick-of-noise-pollution/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming-2/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 19:36:44 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265793 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:53:17 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265698 Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of them in the past few years, including “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” (signed by 15,000 of them), “Scientists’ Warning Against the Society of Waste,” “Scientists’ Warning of an Imperiled Ocean,” “Scientists’ Warning on Technology,” “Scientists’ [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-montanans-are-fighting-climate-change-in-court-for-all-our-sakes/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-montanans-are-fighting-climate-change-in-court-for-all-our-sakes/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1254120 The wording in Article IX, Section 1, of Montana’s constitution couldn’t be clearer: “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Accordingly, in April, a district court judge in Yellowstone County voided a permit for a natural-gas-fired power plant under construction there. Over its lifetime, it [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-montanans-are-fighting-climate-change-in-court-for-all-our-sakes/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-future-generation-shows-up-ahead-of-schedule/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-future-generation-shows-up-ahead-of-schedule/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1254057 The wording in Article IX, Section 1, of Montana’s constitution couldn’t be clearer: “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Accordingly, in April, a district court judge in Yellowstone County voided a permit for a natural-gas-fired power plant under construction there. Over its lifetime, it [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-future-generation-shows-up-ahead-of-schedule/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-plutocrats-cant-escape-the-coming-heat/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-plutocrats-cant-escape-the-coming-heat/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:54:01 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252216 The future is here. A study recently published by a team of British and Dutch scientists found that this summer’s horrific heatwaves “would have been virtually impossible to occur in the U.S./Mexico region and Southern Europe if humans had not warmed the planet by burning fossil fuels.” More and more, it seems that heatwaves, more than storms, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/even-plutocrats-cant-escape-the-coming-heat/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/needed-either-degrowth-or-two-earths/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/needed-either-degrowth-or-two-earths/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:37:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1248066 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/needed-either-degrowth-or-two-earths/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-a-green-bone-in-their-white-bodies/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-a-green-bone-in-their-white-bodies/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1244388 It’s not often that conservative lobbyists beat the drum for increased environmental oversight and regulation. But that’s what happened this month when the far-right Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), through its legal arm, filed a brief in federal court demanding that the Department of Homeland Security conduct an extensive environmental impact study examining, of all things, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-a-green-bone-in-their-white-bodies/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tinpot-legislators/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tinpot-legislators/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:31:19 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242740 The demise of Silicon Valley Bank last month triggered plenty of angst among solar energy developers. Before it collapsed, SBV claimed it had “financed or helped finance 62 percent of community solar projects in America,” according to Washington Post business reporter Evan Halper. At first, it wasn’t clear who might fill that gap. MAGA politicians took great delight in the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tinpot-legislators/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/real-climate-action-isnt-at-cop-27-but-it-is-in-a-thousand-rebellious-communities/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/real-climate-action-isnt-at-cop-27-but-it-is-in-a-thousand-rebellious-communities/#respond Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:43:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222773 Two high-profile events relevant to this series are going to coincide next month. One of them—the U.S. midterm elections, which will conclude November 8—could provide the strongest indicator yet of which way our society will turn in the near future: toward an inclusive, pluralistic democracy or toward the anti-democratic “semi-fascism” of the MAGA right. It [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/real-climate-action-isnt-at-cop-27-but-it-is-in-a-thousand-rebellious-communities/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nightmare-of-military-spending-on-an-overheating-planet/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nightmare-of-military-spending-on-an-overheating-planet/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:10:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220937 On October 1st, the U.S. military will start spending the more than $800 billion Congress is going to provide it with in fiscal year 2023. And that whopping sum will just be the beginning. According to the calculations of Pentagon expert William Hartung, funding for various intelligence agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and work on nuclear [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nightmare-of-military-spending-on-an-overheating-planet/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/well-meet-them-out-in-the-fields-challenging-the-pipelines-to-nowhere/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/well-meet-them-out-in-the-fields-challenging-the-pipelines-to-nowhere/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:37:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1219967 Recent polls suggest that the bonkers, even barbaric, rhetoric coming from far-right MAGA candidates could be undermining Republicans’ chances of capturing both chambers of Congress in November. Now, the greater danger may lie down-ballot. If extremists win key offices in swing-state governments in 2022, they might manage to award their states’ Electoral College votes to the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/well-meet-them-out-in-the-fields-challenging-the-pipelines-to-nowhere/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-no-time-for-climate-complacency/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-no-time-for-climate-complacency/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:56:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1199595 The Inflation Reduction Act is being hailed by the mainstream climate movement, Congress members, and the media as the most important climate bill in U.S. history. That’s a pretty low bar, and it says more about our government’s long record of failure on climate than it does about whether this law can prevent dangerous temperature [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-no-time-for-climate-complacency/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-better-brand-of-pessimism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-better-brand-of-pessimism/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:54:09 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1199382 The Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the U.S. Senate (and, as of this writing, is very likely to be passed by the House) is being hailed by the mainstream climate movement, Congress members, and the media as the most important climate bill in U.S. history. That’s a low bar and says more about our [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-better-brand-of-pessimism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-people-vs-petrocracy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-people-vs-petrocracy/#respond Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:15:29 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1059547 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-people-vs-petrocracy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-cope-with-vladimir-putin-by-drilling-and-pumping/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-cope-with-vladimir-putin-by-drilling-and-pumping/#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:59:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-cope-with-vladimir-putin-by-drilling-and-pumping/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-four-scientists-and-a-few-small-nations-are-making-unthinkable-climate-action-possible/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-four-scientists-and-a-few-small-nations-are-making-unthinkable-climate-action-possible/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:36:13 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1054981 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-four-scientists-and-a-few-small-nations-are-making-unthinkable-climate-action-possible/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-keep-fossil-carbon-out-of-the-air-just-stop-pulling-it-out-of-the-earth/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-keep-fossil-carbon-out-of-the-air-just-stop-pulling-it-out-of-the-earth/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:04:33 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1052127 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-keep-fossil-carbon-out-of-the-air-just-stop-pulling-it-out-of-the-earth/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-climate-survive-electoral-democracy-maybe-can-it-survive-capitalism-no/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-climate-survive-electoral-democracy-maybe-can-it-survive-capitalism-no/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:01:32 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=995374 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-climate-survive-electoral-democracy-maybe-can-it-survive-capitalism-no/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/facebook-server-farm-powered-by-clean-energy-will-increase-denmarks-greenhouse-emissions/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/facebook-server-farm-powered-by-clean-energy-will-increase-denmarks-greenhouse-emissions/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:01:35 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=994819 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/facebook-server-farm-powered-by-clean-energy-will-increase-denmarks-greenhouse-emissions/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-theres-a-world-war-ii-style-climate-mobilization-it-has-to-go-all-the-way-and-then-some/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-theres-a-world-war-ii-style-climate-mobilization-it-has-to-go-all-the-way-and-then-some/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:02:34 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=990408 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-theres-a-world-war-ii-style-climate-mobilization-it-has-to-go-all-the-way-and-then-some/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/localism-i-dont-buy-it/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/localism-i-dont-buy-it/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:00:36 +0000 http://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=664255 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/localism-i-dont-buy-it/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/drive-1-000-miles-or-feed-a-person-for-a-year-the-biofuels-dilemma-by-stan-cox/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/drive-1-000-miles-or-feed-a-person-for-a-year-the-biofuels-dilemma-by-stan-cox/#respond Sun, 11 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/drive-1-000-miles-or-feed-a-person-for-a-year-the-biofuels-dilemma-by-stan-cox/feed/ 0