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Biden bids adieu. Anoints Vice President Harris. What next? In particular, who runs to become the next Vice President? How can anyone…
The rematch between Biden and Trump is regarded by many as the most important election in modern U.S. history. It is also…
Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative…
When President Joe Biden said in a phone call to MSNBC’s Morning Joe recently, “I’m getting so frustrated with the elites… the…
We have been interrupted. As Clari and I regrouped after the latest violent attacks by Arauco, a multinational forestry company burning homes…
To my old fuzzy eyes and my old bent ears the two tasks at hand that I hope to aid a little…
Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative…
Whether we call it “polycrisis,” like Columbia University Professor Adam Tooze, or “the age of catastrophe,” like the distinguished Marxist Alex Callinicos,…
There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africa’s natural resources. But these come at a cost to society and the environment. South…
In which Reverend Stephen Du Bois, Robin Kunstler, Leslie Zinn, and Lydia Luxemburg discuss Religious Renovation, Legal Upheaval, and Media Makeovers [Author’s…
The symbols of public-sector infrastructure are often associated with urban areas: major highways and subway systems, for instance; bridges and tunnels; large…
Let’s face it: Donald Trump is in a stronger position than ever to win a second term in November, with his active…
You don’t need to be a pacifist to regret the attempt on Trump’s life yesterday. The MAGA fascists are not going to…
As the world watched Thursday night, President Biden held his first solo press conference this year, after hosting a NATO conference in which he…
As NATO wrapped up its Summit and Biden held a crucial press conference, the media frenzy continued to focus on Biden’s age…
Many political analysts believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is buying time in Gaza and Lebanon with the hope that Donald Trump returns…
Joe Biden’s debate performance and the information that has come out since of other hidden-from-the-public signs of his declining cognitive condition have…
Far-right forces have gained ground across Europe, particularly in Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In fact, the Netherlands has a new government, a…
It is not only economic insecurity that helps create a mass base for fascism but also fear or the sense of physical…
These last few days I have been repeatedly asked, “what the hell is going on? How did we fall so far? Has…
In which Celia Curie and Peter Cabral discuss Actor’s Activism Athletes Revolt. [Author’s Note: This is the eighth excerpt from a work titled An…
The most blatant marker of the polycrisis is the burgeoning of war and preparation for war. At the end of 2023, the…
In the early 2000s in the USA, increased attention was paid to the work of the iconic Chilean Marxist, Marta Harnecker. Writing…
I love Bernie Sanders. By most measures, he’s the greatest senator in the last 50 years. I was very glad to be…
Several days ago I received an email from a good friend who had just come back from the West Bank in Palestine.…
When Joe Biden’s ABC News interview aired on Friday night, it made clear that he should not be running for re-election. Rather…
The New York Times, long considered the “newspaper of record” in the United States, has in recent weeks made no secret about…
Human rights defenders on Wednesday condemned the far-right Israeli government’s announcement of the largest seizure of Palestinian land—many critics bluntly called it…
Israel never learns from its mistakes. What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to implement in Gaza is but a poor…
President Emmanuel Macron’s risky gamble to call a snap legislative election after his party suffered a humiliating defeat at the European Parliament…
In which Lydia Luxemburg and Bert Dellinger discuss ideas, values, self management, diversity, flexibility, and institutional vision. [Author’s Note: This is the…
After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news…
Humanitarian aid should never be politicized though, quite often, the very survival of nations is used as political bargaining chips. Sadly, Gaza…
Almost as appalling as President Biden’s debate performance are the efforts of his loyalists to pretend that what 50 million viewers saw…
Just when one thought that the neoliberal dystopia created in Greece since the eruption of its debt crisis could not get any…
On June 30, South Africa’s leader Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Government of National Unity (GNU), including 31 ministers in his Cabinet.…
My eyes collide head-on with stuffedGraveyards, false gods, I scuffAt pettiness which plays so roughWalk upside-down inside handcuffsKick my legs to crash…
Humanitarian aid should never be politicised though, quite often, the very survival of nations is used as political bargaining chips. Sadly, Gaza…
“There will be no civil war” in Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 18. But he might be wrong. …
Israeli prison officials are concealing information about reductions in food rations for Palestinians held in the Gaza Strip, where detainees—who have also reported horrific…
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…
[This article is part of ZNetwork.org‘s series, Activist Diaries.] “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom…
In which Barbara Bethune, Emiliano Feynman, Bill Hampton, Cynthia Parks, Harriet Lennon, and Anton Rocker discuss the initial emergence of the health…
The word Muqawama in Palestinian lexicon does not need elaboration beyond the immediate meaning it generates among ordinary Palestinians. Only recently, and…
I clearly remember my first day at an UNRWA school in a refugee camp in Gaza. I was five years of age.…
