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Interview on the Whistleblowing Dissent Accountability Festival
A statement signed by 124 groups says the current conflagration is part of a “broader context of Israel’s ongoing policy to forcibly remove Palestinians from their homes through eviction, home demolition, and displacement.”
To understand the roots of the current escalation, one must examine the U.S.-backed, foundational Israeli government policy of using strategies of “terror and expulsion” in an effort to expand its territory by killing and displacing Palestinians
“Untitled (drone)” is meant to animate questions “about the use of drones, surveillance, and targeted killings in places far and near”
There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories – one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis
Unless vaccines go to the Global South, the virus is going to mutate. It’s already happening, you get more lethal strains
Source: Truthout There has been “nothing comparable in American history” to the huge outpouring of protest unleashed by the murder of George…
A comprehensive labor bill would give workers a level playing field to organize for their rights—if Senate Democrats can muster enough votes
The U.S. will “withdraw,” but will also leave behind its assets to checkmate China and Russia. These geopolitical considerations eclipse any concern for the Afghan people
In the world’s largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise
Interview on the Biden administration signing on to an effort at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive intellectual property rules on vaccine technology
On Abbas’ Dangerous Decision to ‘Postpone’ Elections
“The United States cannot turn its back on the atrocities, including war crimes, enabled by U.S. policies, particularly its decades long policy of shielding Israel from accountability.”
As long as the barbarism of neoliberal capitalism defines the present, the future can only belong to the left
This is the moment to demand a substantial cut in military spending that defunds new nuclear weapons
The struggle against neoliberal capitalism requires a well-organized working-class movement that hasn’t succumbed to the form of historical amnesia imposed by the powers that be
Chomsky on Mikhail Bakunin and Power systems
Interview on on the ways democracy has changed and been constrained in the United States
It is important to acknowledge the role played by individuals in the undeniable shift within the American political discourse on Palestine and Israel
Interview on a variety of topics
During five decades as a progressive journalist, Reese created and traveled an independent path while avoiding the comfortable ruts dug by corporate media
President Biden left out the most important details about the war and how it will in fact continue
For a president who promised a new era of American diplomacy, this has been a dreadful start
If we do end up building a viable clean energy system through a global Green New Deal, we will therefore also succeed in advancing democracy and egalitarianism
“Fossil fuels are the greatest contributor to climate change. Allowing the continued expansion of this industry is unconscionable.”
President Biden announced a removal of all U.S. troops by September 11, but he failed to include some important details
New Voice candidates promised to work with state and local AFL-CIO councils to make labor’s political action and workplace solidarity more effective
C. J. Polychroniou looks at the evidence and wonders if our leaders’ ever consider that capitalism is at the core of what’s causing life on Earth to vanish
Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be
How many Black people have to be killed by police before politicians realize that expensive reforms don’t work?
Please Help ZNet Source: Jacobin Just as talks between the US and Iran were taking place last week in Vienna, a cyberattack…
No matter what the White House and the headlines say, U.S. taxpayers won’t stop subsidizing the killing in Afghanistan until there is an end to the bombing and “special operations” that remain shrouded in secrecy
“it’s a breakthrough even to consider the investigation, let alone the indictment and the prosecution of either Israelis or Americans that was put on the agenda of the ICC, which led to a pushback by these governments.”
In a wide-ranging talk, the 92-year-old rebel with many causes discusses the role of activists, intellectuals and Joe Biden in America
“It’s not normal for people to live like this,” says Iman Saleh, now on her twelfth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen.
Transgender people, like immigrants, voters of color, and those seeking abortions, are the latest scapegoats that the GOP is counting on to fuel bigotry among its base
As it stands, the key to the future of Fatah is now held by a Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, who has been kept by Israel, largely in solitary confinement, since 2002
If the Biden proposal is the best that can be passed this year, then it should be supported and passed, but with a clear understanding that it is a beginning, not an end
It is naïve and dangerous to rely on the “invisible hand” of the market either for economic transformation or for a solution to the problem of climate change
our society would rather spend money to violently clamp down on protesters who are protecting an unhoused community than fund long-term solutions to the housing crisis
Interview on the Biden administration’s Middle East policies, explores elements of continuity and change in US policy towards the region after the Trump years
‘Military Chiefs Quit Amid Bolsonaro Purge of Top Ministers
A ‘major setback’ was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s general elections of March 23
A Structuralist Approach To Predatory Global Capitalism And The Challenge of Reform
U.S. policy might help create a more serious challenge by confrontational and hostile acts that drive Russia and China closer together in reaction
Many progressives are ignoring U.S. aggression around the world despite its involvement in many wars and expanding arsenal of nuclear weapons
So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies?
Direct action can play a significant role in shaping the Biden era
Maybe cooperation over Afghanistan can even be a first step toward broader U.S. cooperation with China, Russia and Iran that will be essential if we are to solve the serious common challenges confronting us all
A look at Tangled Up in Blue: Policing The American City (Penguin Press), by Rosa Brooks
