The following is excerpted from a new book, Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too

Student debt disproportionately impacts Black and Brown Americans. It’s time to end this collective financial burden, and the president can do so with the stroke of a pen

If Palestinian refugees are removed from the list of political priorities concerning the future of a just peace in Palestine, neither justice nor peace can possibly be attained

“People might look at us like we’re young, but I genuinely feel like we can make the most change,” said one Maine high school student. “Most of us are voting next year or this year.”

The following is excerpted from a new book Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too

Source: Truthout Photo by Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is an utter disaster for Ukraine, and the war…

Misogyny and a commitment to re-establishing male supremacy are two alarmingly consistent features defining far-right movements around the globe. Why?

“It took a mass movement to win Roe,” said Seattle rally host and city lawmaker Kshama Sawant, “and it’ll take a mass movement to defend it.”

Russian & U.S. Escalation Raises Risk of Direct Military Clash in Ukraine

Whatever we do to address the war, we need to stop thinking that my view, your view, or anyone else’s view who is sincerely leftist deserves to be condemned and even overtly attacked

Please Help ZNet Source: Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security Recorded by the Campaign for Peace,…

The following is excerpted from a new book Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too

Let us not forget that millions of people are going hungry, paying the price for a global conflict of which they are not part

Today, May Day—otherwise known as International Workers’ Day—is a good time to consider the question: What is the future of organised labour? This was…

Starbucks Workers United is racking up victorious union votes in one branch after another of the iconic American coffee chain

Amazon, Starbucks—and the National Guard? Politicized mission and bad conditions push soldiers to join the Texas State Employees Union

Source: Truthout Since World War I, propaganda has played a crucial role in warfare. Propaganda is used to increase support for the…

The following is excerpted from my new book Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too

“If global leaders actually care about charting a more secure future, then we need a massive realignment in spending priorities,” said one prominent peace group

As recently as last month, Sweden’s center-left prime minister rejected calls to join the transatlantic alliance, saying that doing so would “further destabilize this area of Europe and increase tensions” with Russia

A look at Joe Glenton’s new book, Veteranhood: Hope and Rage in British Ex-Military Life (Repeater Books)

What liberal politicians and the media refuse to acknowledge is that crime is linked to the failures of capitalism, not to the lack of police. Indeed, police are part of the problem, not the solution

Gaza has been under an Israeli economic blockade for many years, and food that Israel allows to the Strip is rationed and manipulated by Israel as an act of collective punishment

The following is an excerpt from a campaign speech given at the Neely Schuster Cultural Center in January 2022

Review of Don’t Think Of A Republican: How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too, by Lonnie Ray Atkinson

The phrase “all options are on the table” is normal in what passes for statecraft in the U.S. and U.K. — all in direct violation of the UN Charter

Source: New Politics [Note: This article was originally submitted to Jacobin in the hope of initiating a debate among the radical left.…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine raises the question, again, why the world fails repeatedly to sets its priorities in the right order

On the Transnational Politics of Peace

The U.S. is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color

Interview on the worsening threat of nuclear warfare and how to end the war in Ukraine

A Different Kind of “Service Candidate” Runs for Senate

A wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Floods again ravaged South Africa’s third-largest city, Durban, killing at least 300 residents

“This bill will address the inequities in our tax code that keep the ultrawealthy from paying their fair share and will invest the revenue raised in those who deserve it most: our children and hardworking families.”

It’s time for the US to lead for a ceasefire and serious diplomacy

Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings and dead…

Don’t grow up. Stay forever young

Ukraine needs peace and security, not perpetual war that is designed to serve the strategic interests of certain countries or military alliances

Interview on the stakes of the war in Ukraine and how the left must respond

Westerners consumed with moral outrage over the crimes of enemies are still able to maintain their usual silence while their own leaders carry out terrible crimes right now

Interview on the release of funding for Afghan civilians

“There are plenty of young people who are appalled by the behaviour of the older generation, rightly, and are dedicated to trying to stop this madness before it consumes us all. Well, that’s the hope for the future.”

“We think there ought to be an alternative to the corporate and for-profit system of housing.”

Democracy starts with any engagement I have with another human being; that’s where real democratic practice starts

Amazon Union Victory Inspires Progressives

Unless the international community sits up, takes notice and actually does something about water supplies in the Gaza Strip, the next crisis might be worse than anything we have ever seen

What will happen now is uncertain. The one certainty is that it is up to us

“Now more than ever, it is critical that Russian news outlets be allowed to provide unbiased coverage.”

With a reckless genie out of the bottle, no amount of damage control from the president’s top underlings could stuff it back in