https://znetwork.org/category/blank/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:13:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/blank/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lawsuit-against-alleged-cia-spying-on-assange-visitors/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lawsuit-against-alleged-cia-spying-on-assange-visitors/#respond Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1258062 A United States court held an extraordinary hearing on November 16, where a judge carefully considered a lawsuit against the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for their alleged role in spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York pushed [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lawsuit-against-alleged-cia-spying-on-assange-visitors/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/reporter-in-gaza-describes-crisis-under-israeli-onslaught/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/reporter-in-gaza-describes-crisis-under-israeli-onslaught/#respond Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1255595 How bad are things in Gaza? Al Jazeera’s Youmna ElSayed describes the situation as Israel’s bombing onslaught and ‘total blockade’ continues.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/reporter-in-gaza-describes-crisis-under-israeli-onslaught/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/now-we-have-your-attention-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/now-we-have-your-attention-2/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1255520 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/now-we-have-your-attention-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-world-is-burning-heres-how-we-stop-it/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-world-is-burning-heres-how-we-stop-it/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1251663 We’ve heard from our friends at the oil companies who made $196 billion in profits last year that the evidence for it is “inconclusive.” We’ve listened to politicians and pundits explain how proponents of climate change are engaged in “fake news,” are part of a “woke conspiracy” or pushing “cult-like” propaganda.  We’ve also heard that, perhaps, if the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-world-is-burning-heres-how-we-stop-it/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/staying-woke-revering-life/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/staying-woke-revering-life/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:15:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1241463 This is from one of the people I’m least likely to bother quoting: “We need a national divorce. . .  From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrats’ traitorous America Last policies, we are done.” The words are those of our fellow American, Marjorie Taylor Greene, sputtering unhinged right-wing [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/staying-woke-revering-life/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-a-chinese-invasion-of-taiwan-imminent/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-a-chinese-invasion-of-taiwan-imminent/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1241315 Is China really on the verge of invading the island of Taiwan, as so many top American officials seem to believe? If the answer is “yes” and the U.S. intervenes on Taiwan’s side — as President Biden has sworn it would — we could find ourselves in a major-power conflict, possibly even a nuclear one, in the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-a-chinese-invasion-of-taiwan-imminent/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/welcome-to-the-launch-of-znetwork-org/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/welcome-to-the-launch-of-znetwork-org/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:20:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1231827   A Letter From Michael Albert Dear Z Community, I have worked on Z Magazine and ZNet, and before that on South End Press, for about forty-five years. I am excited and pleased, albeit also a bit sad, to have reached a point in my life that says, stay close but move on. It is [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/welcome-to-the-launch-of-znetwork-org/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-bidens-new-national-security-strategy-puts-us-global-dominance-first/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-bidens-new-national-security-strategy-puts-us-global-dominance-first/#respond Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:01:57 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222949 Don’t be fooled by the progressive rhetoric of the Biden administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), released earlier this week. With the document, the administration is recommitting to a basic principle of ruling-class foreign policy: US hegemony now, US hegemony forever. At a moment of uncertainty in the global order, President Biden is cribbing from the same [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-bidens-new-national-security-strategy-puts-us-global-dominance-first/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourning-the-queen-in-zambia/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourning-the-queen-in-zambia/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:53:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220197 On September 8, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch. While some mourned her passing on social media a growing chorus expressed disdain, citing Britain’s long and dark colonial history.  For people living in former British colonies, her death also triggered a mix of reactions. While leaders paid tribute to the queen, some residents recounted the devastation brought on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourning-the-queen-in-zambia/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-is-tired-of-workers-getting-screwed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-is-tired-of-workers-getting-screwed/#respond Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:11:00 +0000 https://zcomm-staging.work/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1197703 In the weeks since forty thousand National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members voted for strike action — the largest rail strike since at least the 1980s — a lot has changed in the national conversation. The cost of living crisis has pushed millions of workers to the brink of poverty. 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