Is U.S. President Joe Biden’s January 27 Executive Order to address ‘climate crisis’ as good as many activists claim, enough to reverse earlier scepticism?

To prevent new U.S. wars, the Biden administration should commit to participate and comply with the rules of international law, which are supposed to be binding on all countries, even the most wealthy and powerful

eace-loving Americans should shore up Biden’s resolve by supporting Malley’s appointment

The storming of the US Congress will have global repercussions, not least among them the collective rejection of the outdated notion of American exceptionalism

We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization

We are not reformists where each effort exists unto itself. We are seeking a new society. Each effort either contributes to that, or it has fallen short

It is time to impanel a citizens’ tribunal to investigate the utter failure of the governments of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi, and others

A Palestinian people with a coherent, collective narrative will always exist no matter the geography, the physical hardship and the political circumstances — what Israel fears most

Whether Trump will survive the error of judgment that turned major power centers against him is unclear. He may well do so

Will a participatory economy be any better for the environment than capitalism?

We must not turn away. We must decry the terrible war and blockade. Doing so may help spare the lives of at least some of Yemen’s children. The opportunity to resist this massacre of the innocents rests with us.

The best way to win economic and social justice is to keep organizing and keep pushing. What can happen during the Biden presidency is up for grabs.

This book gives a sense of what it’s like to be part of a Left organization that has big successes for a number of years but then loses steam, members, energy and its sense of direction and ultimately disappears as an organization

Interview on what kind of world could come after capitalism

Unquestionably, the storming of US Congress will have global repercussions, not least among them the weakening of US hegemonic and self-serving definition of what constitutes a democracy

Join World Beyond War, CODEPINK and dozens of other organizations opposing neocon Nuland’s confirmation as a threat to peace and diplomacy

The nation needs a reckoning for the dark deal the GOP has made with President Donald Trump in edging us so dangerously close to fascism

“This is not something that’s unusual that has happened in the Capitol. Right-wing groups, when they begin to lose electorally, … they resort to the streets and to violence in order to stop that process”

How Israel Manipulates Suffering of Palestinians

The real motive behind this move is to offer a parting gift to the Cuban exile community and its allies that have been loyal supporters of the Trump administration

Trump, the riot, and the storming of the Capitol building on January 6th, and the response of the Democratic Party

To understand the real reason for the ever-increasing death toll, look no further than the American way of leaving citizens to fend for themselves in the service of capitalism

“The old way of thinking is what brought us Donald Trump.”

The fate of the planet depends on whether we can put in place just transition policies for workers and communities that will be negatively impacted by the decline and shuttering of the fossil fuel industry

So we can reasonably ask, who thought, however wrongly, that there was benefit to be had by permitting Trumpian thugs access up the steps and into the Capital?

The violent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump extremists underlines the face of crises to come

An interview on participatory economics

Global problems of this scale require global cooperation

What’s imperative for progressives is not to “speak truth to power” but to speak truth about power — and to drastically change an economic system that provides humongous wealth to a very few and worsening misery to the countless many

The following was written for a collection to be entitled Anarquismo contemporáneo y ecología (Contemporary anarchism and ecology) to be published In Chile

Let’s make a commitment on this new year’s day that we will do all we can in the coming weeks and months to come out of this pandemic clearly pointed down this hopeful road

Deaths of four frontline KwaZulu-Natal activists – and latest Durban oil refinery explosion – define 2021 battlegrounds

Expecting the US to play a constructive role in achieving a just peace in Palestine does not only reflect indefensible naivety but willful ignorance as well

Haines’s record on torture and drones alone should be enough for  Senators to reject her nomination.

The brighter spots among Joe Biden’s nominations reflect the political wattage that progressives have generated in recent years on a wide array of intertwined matters, from climate to healthcare to economic justice to structural racism

Sanders Slams Trump’s Intransigence as Millions Lose Unemployment Lifeline

Why Netanyahu is a Symptom, Not Cause of Israel’s Political Crisis

What can I say? Holiday season. I wish you as bright a holiday as our times permit. I wish you much joy,…

‘What do you want?’ is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation, and degradation

The American people must send a clear message to President-elect Biden that we will not accept torture enablers in his administration

Only progressive populism offers an appealing alternative to the toxic pseudo-populism of the Trumpist Republican Party

India’s Hindu fundamentalist government has pushed through a deregulatory agenda for years. Now it has taken on farmers who have nothing left to lose and who are refusing to back down.

Poor, dark-skinned people should not be made to die when their lives can be saved by a simple vaccine, which is available in abundance

A Landmark Lecture by Noam Chomsky

How can a progressive movement grow strong enough to force the Biden administration to deliver on a more democratic-socialist and non-militarist agenda?

How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse around Palestine

We can no longer afford to sacrifice our future on the altar of the Global War on Terror, a New Cold War, Pax Americana or other imperialist fantasies

Britain has no enemies other than those within who betray the trust of its ordinary people, its nurses and doctors, its carers, elderly, homeless and youth, as successive neo-liberal governments have done, Conservative and Labour

There must be a willingness to take on the billionaire class and the deep-seated economic inequality that disproportionately affects people of color but affects people of all colors and cultures

“The progressive movement deserves a number of seats — important seats — in the Biden administration,” Sanders said last week. “Have I seen that at this point? I have not.”