Z Friends & Staff Posts
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 canāt be for a specific type…
Israeli occupation forces killed numerous Palestinian civilians in Gaza on Tuesday in an apparent violation of a ceasefire that Israelās government said…
On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS),Ā a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gatheringĀ for its members.…
You donāt have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being…
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza…
Many millions on the streets this Saturday all over the country loudly proclaiming: No Kings! Yes to Democracy!āfollowed 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. āOnly…
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…
āI 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, wellāwait for…
Arguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because itās 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 āIs Deglobalization Inevitable?,ā…
President Donald Trump told hundreds of senior military commanders Tuesday that the country is āunder invasion from withinā 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…
Trumpās executive order designating Antifa a ādomestic terrorist organizationā 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…
Medea Benjamin and CODEPINK, the organization she cofounded, are synonymous with accosting power in the United States. Their fearless confrontations with the nationās…
France and Saudi Arabia have led unprecedented diplomatic efforts at the UN to formally recognise Palestinian statehood and outline a post-war plan…
Meaningless gestures Israelās most genocidal Western supporters are planning to ārecognizeā a āPalestinian stateā. France, Britain, maybe even Canada if the Palestinian…
James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active dutyāsome of it in the Gulf Warāand four years…
Free speech stole the show last week during the joint press conference between US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir…
āPerhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway,ā Jackson wrote. āBut this Courtās 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…
āThe proper way to respondā to white supremacist fascism āis to have a backbone,ā says Tariq Khan, a historian and lecturer at Yale…
As we did last year, the ZStaff is publishing our annual financial and progress report. This is both for transparency and so…
In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem…
Tyrannical regimes from Serbia to the Philippines to Brazil and many other places have been brought down by nonviolent revolts that made…
The era of US-led capitalist globalization seems to be coming to an end. For Filipino scholar and activist Walden Bello, itās time…
Imagine an okay High School Tennis player trying to comment usefully, publicly, on Carlos Alcarazās play. Or imagine a squirrel made suddenly…
Elphas Nkosi: It is now four minutes after 12 p.m. Central African time. Welcome to the Monday edition of the News Hour…
One needs only to examine the actions and rhetoric of the Israeli government to fully appreciate the profound significance of the solidarity…
This poem below was inspired by a meeting 6 Sept 2025, #62 of our monthly meetings with friends and supporters. Usually the…
[In what follows my prompts to the AI, ChatGPT, are in Italics. The AIās responses appear in quotation marks. The text in…
How is Trump doing in the polls? Over the last week and a half, averaging polls done by CBS, NBC, The Economist,…
Europeās second-largest economy has plunged into political paralysis again, as the French government has been overthrown by yet another no-confidence vote. This…
