“Why are some human beings more deserving of rights than other human beings?”

“The United States can restore its position as a global leader in conservation and prevent many of these extinctions, but it must take swift action that matches the extent and scale of the problem.”

There ain’t no power like the power of the people when organized peoples, joining together, don’t stop

Taken together with a sharp increase in union strikes, the mass resignations of individuals indicate a deep worker dissatisfaction across the nation.

When the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, it froze billions of dollars in Afghan assets, grinding many of the country’s most essential operations to a halt and spreading misery. The US government must release those funds

Interview on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the morality of Ireland’s tax regime and whether the human race can avoid the twin catastrophes of global warming and nuclear war

Noam Chomsky notes, there is plenty of room for despair in America right now. But he insists that, despite it all, we have ample reason for hope

The neoliberal model has been highly successful in achieving its most basic aim, which is to shower ever-greater advantages on the already over-privileged

Grassroots activists committed to ending human rights abuses must uphold solidarity with civil society groups defending human rights in Yemen and Afghanistan

“Torture the data until they confess” (or until you’re busted), economists profess

Richard Falk is universally regarded as one of the top minds when it comes to international law.  Yet his views are not only not welcome in establishment circles, but even among most left-leaning liberals

A substantive and non-neoliberal Universal Basic Income could substantially improve people’s lives

The left/progressive forces within and around the Democratic Party must be strengthened, particularly at the state level

Social movements can create change, but need proper organizational structures to dismantle hegemonic power

The demonstrations by India’s farmers are a ‘model of struggle’ across the world

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama stressed that world leaders should not be allowed to “sneak in and out of Glasgow without making a single serious commitment.”

New revelations by a whistleblower prove that the world’s largest social media platform understands clearly its negative impact on society, but that profits are a greater lure than preserving democracy

In a highly fragile world facing existential threats, we need the voice of critical intellectuals more than any other time in history

“Make no mistake: If the Build Back Better bill wasn’t a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in climate action, the fossil fuel industry wouldn’t be pouring out millions of dollars trying to stop it.”

Perhaps one of the greatest paradoxes of the modern era is that, while capitalism is in perpetual crisis, there seems to be no alternative

Manchin has hypocritically described the domestic spending bill as “fiscal insanity,” but he has voted for a much larger Pentagon budget every year since 2016

Frances Haugen said the company’s leaders know how to make their platforms safer, “but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people”

Through determined action in the streets and relentless pressure on the suites, this fall can be a time of important, badly-needed victories. Let’s do it

To call its massive and escalating budget a “defense” budget is nothing less than internalized corruption of language that undermines our capacities to think clearly and talk straight

“The American people support the right to a safe, legal abortion. We’re not going back—not now, not ever.”

Many are aware of the horrible way that Israel treats Palestinians. But did you know that Israel is aided in this by the state of New Jersey?

“We cannot forget that no matter what stage in the process… oil is dirty and dangerous to both our climate and our ability to simply breathe freely every day.”

The left is suffering from a crisis of identity, a crisis over the meaning of what, historically, has been its official alternative to liberalism

Drawing on over 30 visits to Afghanistan, antiwar activist Kathy Kelly discusses the need for empathy and reparations

Interview on the end to the 16-year era of Angela Merkel’s conservative chancellorship

Interview with the author of No Bosses

Three authors—Jamie McCallum, Sarah Jaffe, and Eyal Press– have published important books that examine work and its discontents, in pre-pandemic form

The era of one party and a single individual dominating all others must be left behind and, this time, for good

Climate change is too big for the grassroots only.  It needs to be driven from the top-down as well.  And if our political leaders won’t act, or won’t act fast enough, then it’s up to all of us at the grassroots to force them into doing the right thing

The recent German elections mark the effective end of Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule

Giving Israel $1 billion in fungible money for a weapon system will only encourage further war crimes

It’s time, right now, for us to rise to the call of history

Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’

This compact guide to an economy without bosses presents Parecon, a genuine alternative to the current broken and toxic economic system

Interview on participatory economics

’It doesn’t matter if a Democrat or Republican is president, our immigration system is designed for cruelty towards and dehumanization of immigrants’

In spite of criticism from all sides, the young congresswoman from New York sparked a necessary national conversation about the need for higher taxation of the rich

A new survey of 10,000 people between the ages of 16 and 25 in ten countries around the world found that many of them think humanity is doomed and that they have no future

No Bosses, A New Economy for a Better World is Albert’s most comprehensive presentation of parecon to date – it is both a call to action and a compelling vision to guide practice

Interview on the origins of Venezuelanalysis and reflects on the relationship between commitment and objectivity in news reporting

Interview on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan won’t change US imperialism, the many war crimes of George W. Bush, and why he still believes in average people’s ability to push back against the war machine

The US Left has largely lost the ability and/or willingness to have serene debates and exchanges. All too quickly differences, sometimes negligible, are elevated into splits

We have an enormous responsibility today to prevent the kinds of conflicts that are coming, that are brewing, that are developing

The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties, a long and continuous history of union suppression, and without a major socialist party at the national level

“You can’t overestimate: we have maybe a decade or two, that’s it, in which we can decide to get the heating of the environment under control. If we don’t do it, we’re finished.”