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Elite Stretching Exercises to Warm Up the Conference of Polluters 28 Summary In the months prior to the 2023 United Nations Framework…
Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on Gaza, the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, Pedro Sanchez…
The Green New Deal is happening, and whatever happens is possible. The Green New Deal is not an impossible leftist fantasy, or…
For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissinger’s quip that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac” rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often expressed their…
Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on Gaza, the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, Pedro Sanchez…
I remember how I felt on October 7th and 8th as the news reports came out about the killings and kidnappings by Hamas and…
While Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been frantically shuttling around the Middle East trying to stop the Israeli coflict in Gaza…
Johannesburg – By late November, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, there were 15 000 recorded Israeli murders of…
Over the weekend, Politico published the latest in a tidal wave of stories about President Biden’s dwindling prospects for re-election. Under the…
For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for…
For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for…
Highlighting the end of a yearslong trend of declining hunger in the United States due largely to federal policies like the expanded…
It’s one thing to burrow beneath the ground, digging to construct a tunnel for refuge, a passage of goods, or to store…
It is simply inaccurate to claim that the ongoing Israeli attempt to displace all, or many Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Sinai…
Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics…
Controversies over protests and counterprotests about actions in the Mideast now rage in communities across the U.S. and particularly, it seems, on…
Political labels, more than any other time in the late modern history, which traditionally begins with the French Revolution of 1789, not…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) has inspired thousands of progressives to seek elected office, but few have been as successful as Vermont farmer…
The ongoing discussions on the Israeli military objectives in Gaza are largely focused on whether Israel is planning a long or a…
On Saturday, November 11, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari claimed in a press conference that Israel had killed a “terrorist” who had prevented 1,000…
During Trump’s tumultuous four-year reign (2017-2021), democratic norms in the U.S. experienced a huge shock. Almost overnight, the U.S. became a different…
This discussion, hosted by Real Utopia and chaired by Urska Breznik, was opened with talks from Peter Bohmer and Steve Shalom. Peter and Steve…
Gaza is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel continues its massive assault across the besieged region. More than 11,000 people have already…
This interview is a behind the scenes follow up to DC’s Got a Gas Problem, and They’re Not the Only Ones. From…
We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S.…
“Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of…
Imploring the Biden administration to “not pursue an unnecessary prosecution that risks criminalizing common journalistic practices,” a bipartisan group of 16 U.S.…
Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the…
Operation Cast Lead, an Israeli aerial assault and massacre of Gazans begun on December 27, 2008, lasted for 22 days. The Israeli…
On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and…
U.S. corporate media outlets have granted Israeli military commanders pre-publication review rights for “all materials and footage” recorded by their correspondents embedded…
Today’s on-going horrors have been endlessly self-servingly obscured, rationalized, ritualized, and idealized. Today’s on-going horrors have been occasionally humanely wisely, soberly, and…
The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last…
“More and more, we see that you can’t conduct a war without war crimes. And that raises a whole other issue about whether war…
A dangerous new phase in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently underway. Following Hamas’s vicious October 7 attacks inside Israeli territory, the Netanyahu…
Demanding adequate investments in students, schools, and educators, 4,500 members of the Portland Association of Teachers went on strike Wednesday following months of failed…
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday published what the ACLU called a “scathing” report admonishing the United States’ record on a broad…
Gaza has changed the political equation in Palestine. Moreover, the repercussions of this devastating war are likely to alter the political equation…
Ihave seldom felt compelled to write a review or an essay after reading a book. I am often inspired, saddened, or reflective…
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaims in genocidal undertones his army’s “holy mission” to invade Gaza, Jewish American peace activists are ramping up…
On Friday, October 27, the nations of the world voted in the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 120 to 14,…
History will not forgive those who have remained silent, exhibited or expressed ‘balanced’ positions – or worse, defended Israel’s ongoing genocide in…
“Global efforts to address climate change are already clouded by bitterness and distrust among countries of the world. Now a widening gyre…
It’s rare that a union grievance settlement becomes a U.S. presidential campaign issue. But, thanks to the American Federation of Government Employee’s successful defense…
For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate…
“Gaza is a tiny coastal enclave adjoining Israel. … The story of how people got there requires us to go back some…
The Rolling Stones have a new album. The NBA season is underway. Cable flows on. Barbie busts records. It’s binge heaven out…
“(Tutsis) are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” The first quote was a line repeated…
I’ve been arrested three times so far this year for nonviolent direct actions (nvda) on the climate crisis. I don’t think I’ve…
Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 co-founder, is interviewed on Al Jazeera about the on-going occupation of Palestine and Israel’s siege of Gaza.
