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Other than for those gunned, bombed, or starved to death, wartime differs from peacetime mostly psychologically. Injustice and killing accelerate in wartime,…
Yanis Varoufakis with a passionate speech about Julian Assange’s release and a scathing criticism of those who sought to keep him behind…
Confident elites reflect viable regimes. Today, elites on both sides of the Atlantic are anything but confident. For the past year, they…
Over 20 years ago I wrote one of these columns examining the issue of “purism” versus “pragmatism” when it comes to organizing…
New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman lost a primary election Tuesday because of unprecedented spending against him by powerful forces that insist Israel does no…
Listen to the audio version >> “Polycrisis” is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in…
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who…
The word Muqawama in Palestinian lexicon does not need elaboration beyond the immediate meaning it generates among ordinary Palestinians. Only recently, and…
In which Barbara Bethune, Emiliano Feynman, Bill Hampton, Cynthia Parks, Harriet Lennon, and Anton Rocker discuss the initial emergence of the health…
I clearly remember my first day at an UNRWA school in a refugee camp in Gaza. I was five years of age.…
After hearing two days of virtual testimony from hundreds of people last Thursday, a state Senate committee favorably reported out two bills…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often criticized for failing to produce a vision for the ‘next day’, meaning the day following…
“UE rarely makes endorsements within the two-party system, and we are not endorsing Biden. Instead, our hope for the future lies in…
“When someone shows you who they are,” Maya Angelou said, “believe them the first time.” That should apply to foreign-policy elites who…
In which Cynthia Parks, Bill Hampton, and Andre Goldman discuss post convention vision, structure, and program, and particularly creating chapters. [Author’s Note:…
Vulture Capitalism is, at one level, a really good read, for the scandals that it brings together in one volume—like the Boeing 737…
On June 13, Hamas responded to persistent needling by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the U.S. proposal for a pause…
A familiar scene played out in the city council chambers of Richmond, California on May 22, 2024. For the last 20 years,…
News that renowned American linguist, dissident, and author Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in Brazil following a massive stroke he suffered last year was met…
Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo | There are deadly links between war, the plunder of resources, and climate breakdown. Blood red stains…
On June 6, Spain joined South Africa’s case at the United Nations top Court, accusing Israel of genocide. This move followed a decision by…
People gonna rise like the waters, Gonna calm this crisis down,I hear the voice of my great granddaughterSaying keep it in the…
Just over half of the 373 million citizens eligible to vote across the 27 European Union (EU) countries bothered to cast a…
Eight months ago, Israel began a genocidal war against Gaza and the further increase of repression in the West Bank including thousands…
In which Andre Goldman, Bill Hampton, Senator Malcolm King, and Cynthia Parks recall the first RPS convention, some precursors, and its immediate…
On a warm evening almost a decade ago, I sat under the stars with Daniel Ellsberg while he talked about nuclear war…
Capitalism, sexism, racism, and authoritarianism. Four plagues. Each corrupts. Each perverts, robs, and kills. Together they impose a totality of abominably compatible…
Europeans go to polls this week for parliament vote. What is at stake? Is the future of the European Union (EU) at…
Every five years, citizens of European Union (EU) governments elect their representatives as members of the European Parliament. With 720 seats up…
This conversation is hosted by DiEM25’s Federico Dolce, featuring Yanis Varoufakis and Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied…
The Columbia Law Review’s board of directors temporarily shut down the prestigious legal journal’s website on Monday following its publication of an…
If one were to argue that a top Spanish government official would someday declare that “from the river to the sea, Palestine…
In some unions, the traditional way of winning approval for a proposed contract with management, that’s not popular with the members, is…
In which Senator Malcolm King and Andre Goldman discuss the 2016 Election. [Author’s Note: This is the third excerpt from a work…
Has Rafah always been part of Israel’s calculations since the very start of the war? Robert Inlakesh discusses Israel’s invasion of the…
In politics, context is crucial. To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize the state of Palestine,…
Author & activist Norman Solomon discusses America’s Israel hypocrisy. The war in Gaza is immoral, and we are complicit.
The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left by Boris Kagarlitsky Foreword by Patrick Bond Pluto Press, order here:…
Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor would be uttering these words: “I have…
Senator Lindsay Graham was bursting with contempt for the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he grilled Secretary of State Blinken at a May 21…
What does it mean to “be on the left”? While the answer means different things to different people and can involve lengthy…
The coming years are often referred to as our last chance to get on track to co-existing with our planet — the…
[Author’s Note: This is the second excerpt from a work titled An Oral History of the Next American Revolution. This chapter will…
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) issued its 2024 report on May 8, revealing important and interesting shifts in global perceptions about democracy,…
Eyes open. Look around. Ears attuned. Listen up. Something is happening here, there, and everywhere. Ignore it, avoid it, deny it ,…
Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one.…
So what’s the state of the horse race for the Presidency? I’ve done a little research, and here’s what I’ve come up…
Back in the early 2000s, I was doing a lot of neighborhood based organizing against the war in Iraq. My partner and…
The following article is excerpted from a book in progress titled An Oral History of The Next American Revolution. It includes a…
The Green New Deal from Below pursues strategic objectives that implement Green New Deal programs, expand the Green New Deal’s support, and…