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These last few days I have been repeatedly asked, āwhat the hell is going on? How did we fall so far? Has…
In which Celia Curie and Peter Cabral discuss Actorās Activism Athletes Revolt. [Authorās Note: This is the eighth excerpt from a work titledĀ 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, heās 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 Bidenās 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 ānewspaper of recordā 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 landāmany critics bluntly called it…
Israel never learns from its mistakes.Ā What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to implement in Gaza is but a poor…
President Emmanuel Macronās 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. [Authorās Note: This is the…
After NATOās 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.Ā Sadly, Gaza…
Almost as appalling as President Bidenās 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 Africaās 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…
āThere will be no civil warā 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 detaineesāwho 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 āpurismā versus āpragmatismā when it comes to organizing…
New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman lost a primary election Tuesday because ofĀ unprecedented spendingĀ against him by powerful forces that insist Israel does no…
Listen to the audio version >> āPolycrisisā is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in…
[This article is part ofĀ ZNetwork.orgās series,Ā Activist Diaries.] āIf 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.…
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 ānext dayā, meaning the day following…
āUE 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,ā Maya Angelou said, ābelieve 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. [Authorās Note:…
Vulture CapitalismĀ is, at one level, a really good read, for the scandals that it brings together in one volumeālike 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 authorĀ Noam ChomskyĀ is hospitalized in Brazil following a massive stroke he suffered last year was met…
Dear friends (read, disseminate, and act), It is hard to sleep these days especially in besieged bloodied Palestine…the scenes of horrors in…
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 Africaās 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…
