Z Friends & Staff Posts
The October 24 decision by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to end the ‘grey list’ stigmatization against the banking systems…
On October 4th, 2025, in an interview with Axios, President Trump stressed that one of the main goals behind his Gaza plan…
Icould not read Max Elbaum’s excellent piece without thinking about the late Jack O’Dell and his proposed Democracy Charter. But we shall get back…
In this discussion recorded in Athens, Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis expose how our so-called democracies have been captured by elites. From…
For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans,…
“I think we can do a lot, if a critical mass of organizations steps forward and develops a plan to go public…
Elphas: Marcus Zahaba Online Radio, serving you wherever you are. Four minutes after 12 p.m. Central African time, welcome to the Tuesday…
The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the preventable ones? Shouldn’t the United States provide for…
It’s October 22nd 2025. The shine of the recent No Kings outpouring of resistance is still with us. And what a shine…
Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement and a frequent contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus. This is the…
Israel on Wednesday returned the bodies of dozens of Palestinians abducted during the Gaza genocide showing “signs of torture, mutilation, and execution,” as one US-based…
A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus…
The terrain in which social strikes might occur in the US is mostly unknowable. So preparation can’t be for a specific type…
Israeli occupation forces killed numerous Palestinian civilians in Gaza on Tuesday in an apparent violation of a ceasefire that Israel’s government said…
On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gathering for its members.…
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza…
You don’t have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being…
Many millions on the streets this Saturday all over the country loudly proclaiming: No Kings! Yes to Democracy!–followed on November 4th by victories…
Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement. Here he is in conversation with Ulrich Brand and Christa Wichterich. Ulrich…
For decades, the prevailing notion was that the ‘solution’ to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only…
Will the Trump-Netanyahu deal at least pause the mass killing of Gazans? Maybe, and Gazans have every right to celebrate. But we…
American Anarchist author Michael Albert joins yodet to talk about the question of what economics looks like in an anarchist society. We…
As I submit this piece it is October 10th. In about a week from when you are reading it, on October 18th,…
As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not attacked…
Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister and author of ‘Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance’, talks to Paddy O’Connell about…
“I have no doubt that we have the tools to make the change, but do we have the will to make the…
When U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a twenty-point framework on 29 September 2025 to terminate the Gaza…
Our guest on Downstream this week is the economist, and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. He joins Aaron in the…
Trump posts a video. In it, Trump and Vance are band members for The Grim Reaper. And the Reaper is, well—wait for…
Arguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live…
What is happening in Italy regarding Gaza is unprecedented in the history of solidarity between the country and any other international cause…
What if MAGA rule so dismantles the institutions of representative democracy that normal institutional processes are insufficient to overcome tyranny? Around the…
On Sept 23, 2025, the Foreign Policy Association and the Committee of 100 hosted a debate on the topic “Is Deglobalization Inevitable?,”…
President Donald Trump told hundreds of senior military commanders Tuesday that the country is “under invasion from within” and that they should…
The speeches by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump today to 800 or so top US military leaders around the world, combined with…
With each passing day, the Trump administration becomes more authoritarian, shifting the country from a flawed democracy to some variant of fascism.…
As the UK, France, Canada and Australia recognised (belatedly and hypocritically) the State of Palestine, it is important to cast an eye…
Trump’s executive order designating Antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” has spurred widespread interest in the anti-fascist movement. Of course, it is well understood that…
An opening address to the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) Network Pre-G20 Conference: Towards a Needed Paradigm Shift in Economic Policy Redge Nkosi:…
As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not attacked…
Every day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal…
France and Saudi Arabia have led unprecedented diplomatic efforts at the UN to formally recognise Palestinian statehood and outline a post-war plan…
Medea Benjamin and CODEPINK, the organization she cofounded, are synonymous with accosting power in the United States. Their fearless confrontations with the nation’s…
Meaningless gestures Israel’s most genocidal Western supporters are planning to “recognize” a “Palestinian state”. France, Britain, maybe even Canada if the Palestinian…
James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty—some of it in the Gulf War—and four years…
Free speech stole the show last week during the joint press conference between US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir…
“Perhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway,” Jackson wrote. “But this Court’s complicity in the creation of a culture…
The time to laugh at a certified egomaniacal buffoon is gone. Confusion about his destination is gone. Doubt that he is on…
In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem belated to…
“The proper way to respond” to white supremacist fascism “is to have a backbone,” says Tariq Khan, a historian and lecturer at Yale…
