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āImperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well,ā…
To resist and eventually overcome the looming authoritarian national government, we need to create bastions of what the Polish activists who overthrew…
The federal government, whether under Democratic or Republican leadership, has failed to address the climate crisis, instead investing in greater production of…
A major problem in American thinking in the Middle East is the utter rejection of the notion that Palestinian rights are fundamental,…
There are a number of certainties about the coming Trump administration. One is that it will be bad for the climate. Another…
A clear consensus has emerged that the economy was the key factor behind Trumpāsstunning victory. However, that may not be a very…
You are one of several theorists, along with CĆ©dric Durand, Jodi Dean, Mariana Mazzucato and others, who have speculated that the hegemony…
āThe church is the church only when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property…
President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate…
As Trump and Trumpism devastate the American political landscape, how can people counter this destructive juggernaut? For the past five years, I…
Trumpās victory is a serious loss for most people in the United States and globally. I disagreed before the election and now,…
The 2024 UN climate change conference, COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, is now nearing its end and reports are that talks are…
āI took down your golden boy in a week.ā -Mitch McConnell, on Matt Gaetz failed nomination After learning yesterday about Matt Gaetz…
āPolycrisisā is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in many different spheres ā ranging from…
How does one take seriously having a vaccine denier in charge of public health? How about having the worldās richest corporate owner…
The paradoxical phrase, ‘running away forward’ is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now. It…
There are a number of certainties about the coming Trump administration. One is that it will be bad for the climate. Another…
In mid-November, New Yorkās Catholic Worker community, located in lower Manhattan, opened their sizable auditorium to host āReap What You Sow: Donāt…
Of all Trumpās choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in…
Francesca Albanese did not mince her words. In a strongly worded speech at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on October…
The Biblical Book of Job chronicles a string of catastrophes relentlessly plaguing the main character, Job, who loses his prosperity, his home,…
On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Azerbaijan, green groups highlighted how fossil fuel companies…
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday his intention to bring a floor vote on resolutions aimed at blocking a series of proposed arms sales…
Dear Z Community, November 15th marks the two year anniversary of the relaunch of ZNetwork.org. As we did two years ago, weād…
āUltimately, what I have learned is that government repression can have a disruptive impact on our work, but we can turn a…
Trump won an election. Are we beaten? Will it be years and still more years until there is space for anything positive?…
Arab and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely…
When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in…
When Donald Trump takes office on January 20th, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and…
Stevens Students for Gaza ProtestRemarks by Stephen R. ShalomJewish Voice for Peace, Northern NJStevens Institute of Technology, Nov. 11, 2024 We are…
Donald Trumpās commanding victory over Kamala Harris seems to have surprised a lot of people both in the U.S. and around the world. Yet,…
Starting where weāre at Less than one week after a self-proclaimed dictator, climate change denier, and big oil-funded billionaire (among other equally…
Bill Fletcher Jr.Ā is one of the most revered political organizers of the last 40 years. Heās been an activist since his teen…
Nearly a month before the November 5 elections, I anticipated that Donald Trump would win and wrote about it in a couple…
What Happened? Got Up, got out of bed. Why? To start the next round. Why? Because the fight is not over. Trump…
Itās official. Neoliberal fascism has become mainstream in the United States. This is the only rational conclusion that one can draw from Trumpās…
A pair of quotes, separated by eight years, spotlight a chronic political mentality at the top of the Democratic Party: āThe path…
On October 28, the Israeli Knesset passed a second reading of two bills that effectively ban the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)…
The day before the big election I said to my wife that, if Trump ended up winning, it was important that a…
Last week, from Saturday October 26th through Saturday November 2, I took part in the Harris/Walz ground game in the Allentown, Pa. area.…
American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing. But their campaign spiels rarely mention…
With just a few days left until Election Day, the fact that the race to the White House between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former…
I have gotten feedback on what I have been doing. Questions. Criticisms. Anger. Even outrage. So perhaps it will be useful and…
On October 24th, a U.S. presidential candidate told an interviewer, āOur day one agendaā¦ also includes picking up the phone and telling Bibi…
Under the slogan āGaza is Ours, Foreverā, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Beāeri,…
Original Statement available here Three days ago I received a copy of an article titled āArizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Progressive Democrats…
āIsrael has the right to defend itself,ā President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and countless commentators have declared multiple times over…
Elon Muskās recently announced scheme to bribe voters into backing his favorite presidential nominee, Donald Trump, is a symbol of the economic…
Iceland’s economy grew more than all but one other rich European nation and its workers reported higher well-being, lower stress, and better…
The conclusion that Donald Trump is a fascist has gone mainstream, gaining wide publicity and affirmation in recent weeks. Such understanding is…
