The far right is not one entity with one goal; it encompasses a range of political groups with different visions for society. But these varied forces are coalescing into a dangerous coalition

Anti-War Protester Interrupts Russian State TV Broadcast

The means are understood. If the will is there, it is possible to avert catastrophe and to move on to a much better world

Each of us as individuals should have a fact-based and justice-seeking worldview which guides us as we go through life, day by day

Bizarrely, politicians and the fossil fuel industry, who are using the war on Ukraine to justify high gas prices, are now calling for more oil to be produced

The reality behind the propaganda is that the West and its Ukrainian allies have opportunistically exploited and empowered the extreme right in Ukraine

Superpower contempt for the international legal framework is so common as to pass almost unnoticed

A few weeks ago I published a Reply to Reviewers (of the book No Bosses), Part One. Here is Part Two which addresses six more reviews

Militarism still haunts all international relations, distracts from, and indeed propels, our existential climate catastrophe

While some powers will benefit and others will lose, the West African populations are unlikely to reap many benefits from the ‘scramble’ over the region’s resources

Capital is everywhere, yet capitalism is on the wane

How do we protect our natural world and transition to net-zero carbon, and at the same time, transition to a more just post-capitalist society?

Realistic hope seems to be in very short supply right now. But at this dire moment, all that we love demands our determination to organize

Interview on a general suspicion the U.S. provoked the invasion to take advantage of the subsequent backlash against Russia

The development of GMOs and gene-edited crops reaffirms the many ways in which new technologies both reflect and help reinforce the commercial imperatives, and the larger social matrix, from which they emerged

Contestation is a death warrant for the species, with no victors. We are at a crucial point in human history

Let’s build solidarity with people across borders who are resisting oppression, exploitation, authoritarianism and repression and foreign intervention

Interview on the failure of international bodies like the European Union and United Nations in preventing war

Excluding Russia from security structures, while encircling it with armed-to-the-teeth adversaries, was a clear goal of NATO’s expansion

On Tuesday the 8th of February Michael Albert delivered a lecture, followed by Q&A, entitled ‘A Vision for 21st Century Leftism’

We can and should revolutionize the digital space, but alas, the revolution will not be digitized

The real threat is that of detached politicians who are amassing wealth, fighting for power and prestige while their countrymen and women continue to go hungry

Conservatives in the U.S. have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars

It’s all too easy to sketch a likely trajectory that is far from a pleasant prospect. But we should never forget the usual proviso. We do not have to be passive spectators, thereby contributing to potential disaster.

Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened.  Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain

Oil and gas CEOs were too chicken to show up to a recent congressional hearing—perhaps fearing that their climate pledges will be revealed as nothing more than slick PR

Let us connect U.S. militarism and imperialism, not only to its costs, but also to “race,” gender and class oppression at home and to an exploitative capitalist system

“President Biden has the opportunity to make amends right now! He can unfreeze the funds belonging to the Afghan people,” said one 9/11 widow

People in the United States must recognize the suffering their country continues inflicting in Afghanistan

“We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act.”

In reality, California does not actually have a detailed roadmap for slashing greenhouse gas emissions in order to fulfill the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels

Ukrainians of all ethnicities deserve genuine support to resolve their differences and find a way to live together in one country—or to separate peacefully

The persistent and growing organizing and activism around the urgent issue of the climate crisis is both a hopeful development and one which must be sustained and expanded

The U.S. is vigorously fanning the flames while Ukraine is asking it to tone down the rhetoric

GOP is more akin to ‘a radical insurgency’ with ‘no interest in democracy’ than a political party

The government saved lives by covering COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatment. What if it treated other diseases this way?

Hidden in plain sight, the extreme hypocrisy of the U.S. position on NATO and Ukraine cries out for journalistic coverage and open debate in the USA’s major media outlets

A.B. 1400, California’s single-payer healthcare bill, has been withdrawn from consideration for a floor vote by the state Assembly in an eleventh-hour move that has shocked and outraged progressives

So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are…

What institutions can facilitate informed self-managed, classless decision-making as well as solidarity and autonomy?

Interview on the question of whether a business or society can function without bosses

The decarbonization ideals underlying the Green New Deal provide the only realistic way to halt global warming and build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future

An ongoing debate on postcapitalism

“May his light continue to guide us as we face another wave of Jim Crow laws.”

Crucially, there is widespread understanding of the measures that can be take, quite realistically, to avert impending disaster and move on to a much better world

People working together can stop bad things and make good things happen. That’s a lesson of history

Tragically for America and the world, Biden has failed to restore Obama’s progressive initiatives, and has instead doubled down on many of Trump’s most dangerous and destabilizing policies

We have the opportunity to build and participate in these social movements, in minor and major ways, while educating ourselves and not isolating ourselves alone or in small cliques

The development of GMOs and gene-edited crops reaffirms the many ways in which new technologies both reflect and help reinforce the commercial imperatives, and the larger social matrix, from which they emerged

There is a long history of right-wing forces fighting against progressive educational curricula. Now, scholars like Robin D. G. Kelley are working to level the playing field against the moneyed political interests behind the attacks