A vital challenge for progressives is to not only block Republican agendas but also to effectively campaign for policy changes that go far beyond the talking points of current Democratic leaders

“We’re not backing down now,” the Congressional Progressive Caucus tweeted after Saturday’s vote. “If the bill doesn’t fund these sufficiently, it’s not getting our votes.”

Why Washington No Longer Calling the Shots

“The minute we pay rent for our homes, it means we have given up ownership,” said one woman who could be expelled to make way for Jewish settlers

On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics

A continuing political reality is that most voters are in favor of policy positions that progressives keep fighting for

Neither the ACA nor the American Rescue Plan’s health care provisions ensure that all Americans have good-quality free health care

After mass graves full of Indigenous children have been found, how can Canada justify ongoing land theft?

How Ben & Jerry’s has Exposed Israel’s anti-BDS Strategy

“We can end this crisis by 2025 if we, as lawmakers and as a country, finally dedicate ourselves to prioritizing those in our communities who have the least.”

It’s conceivable that seeing what’s happening before their eyes might induce even the GOP and its Fox News echo chamber to indulge in a glimpse of reality

Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions

“We’re done waiting,” she said. “We’re done having to take a back seat. We’re done playing nice.”

The notion of cooperating with Republican leaders like Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy was always a fool’s errand

Biden should reverse Trump’s sanctions and call an end to 60 years of brutal economic warfare

“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is a book calling for greater seriousness in action by those of us who get it on how urgent the climate emergency is

Nina Turner is very scary — to power brokers who’ve been spending big money and political capital to keep her out of Congress

It is time for European countries to understand that their demographics are fundamentally changing and that such changes can, in fact, be beneficial to their national health

How Contingent Faculty Organizing Can Succeed in Higher Education

It is no longer apocalyptic exaggeration to insist that we have no choice. We have to get it together or we will all suffer too immeasurably to even contemplate

Interview on what brought Bolsonaro to power, dissects his policies and compares them to the Trump regime, and assesses what the future may hold for the troubled nation

The U.S. government owes reparations to the civilians of Afghanistan for the past twenty years of war and brutal impoverishment

Alongside the relief of ending the longest war in modern American history, we need to acknowledge the horrors of what we are leaving behind in Afghanistan

It can be done. It must be done. For there is no tomorrow if we fail to decarbonize and thus rescue the planet from a climate catastrophe

An effective, persuasive left cannot be sustained by any leader, no matter how inspiring or brilliant

The protests should be understood in the context of a brutal economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years

Let’s hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries

We have to dedicate ourselves with energy and commitment to using the opportunities that we have. Then, there is a chance that we will survive

Making a case for DSA as a sensible place to bring one’s talents and energy

Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ 

Trump’s policies were brutally neoliberal, racist, nativist, authoritarian, narcissistic — but fascist?

Interview on the conception and then organization of a new economy

There is no mystery about how to extend the base: pursue policies that serve peoples’ interests, not the preferences of the donor class

Are the Palestinian Authority’s Days Numbered?

Reality should now spur a sustained all-out effort — in courts, legislatures, Congress and public venues — to safeguard as many democratic processes as possible for next year’s elections

Carlos Lazo and a small band of Cuban Americans are on a 1,300-mile pilgrimage from Miami to Washington, D.C., to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba

The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public’s right to know what is being done in its name

“Sha’Carri’s suspension serves as a cautionary tale and a reminder of how insidious the drug war is in our everyday lives, far beyond the carceral state.”

We have the technical know-how as well as the available economic resources to make the transition to a clean energy future

The Communist Party of China led three revolutions of world-historic significance in its short 100-year-history: national liberation, the “Cultural Revolution,” and China’s rapid capitalist transformation

“They’re afraid of a politician that can’t be bought.”

Source: Countercurrents One week after Brittney Spears sent shockwaves across the world by relaying the conditions she has lived under for the…

Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer

We got through all of this because we had to, because there was a shared and openly expressed feeling about how urgent the issues are that we were addressing

The progressive forces fighting for a democratic future have a truly herculean task ahead of them

Interview on how the media landscape has changed in the age of social media, inspiring activist movements, the Republican’s sharp movement toward an insane style of politics, and the dangers of the new Cold War with China

“The U.N. vote… on Cuba was a chance for President Biden to show global leadership,” said CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin. “He failed miserably.”

Like other power brokers and the big-money PACs now trying to sway the special election for a vacant congressional seat in northeast Ohio, Clinton is doing what she can to keep the deeply progressive Turner out of Congress

Biden’s doctrine on Israel and Palestine is simple. He does not want to make an actual commitment to relaunching the peace process

More than 2.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, but many countries have yet to see a single shot amid mounting infections