The independent progressive political forces that supported this legislation after helping to get Biden elected despite very real differences deserve more than a small bit of the credit for this legislative and political victory

While offering the world’s most miserable detention conditions to hundreds of potentially innocent men, Guantánamo also offers career opportunities, high military perks and honors

How companies are holding humanity hostage for profit

A review of Alicia Garza’s 2020 book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart,

Biden cannot restore the world’s respect for American leadership, or the American public’s support for our foreign policy, by piling more lies, secrets and atrocities on top of those he has inherited

“Georgia Republicans didn’t like the results of the 2020 election so they decided they would try to dictate who they will let vote and who they won’t let vote.”

Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes —including reparations

This technology has failed to demonstrate any consistent advantages for crop yields or food quality, but has helped drive an unprecedented consolidation of corporate power in the global seed and agrochemical sectors

Banning weaponized and surveillance drones would enhance our capacity to work toward meeting human needs

Though we must insist that the return to rule by the military in Burma is unacceptable, we must equally demand that Burma embraces true democracy for all of its citizens, regardless of race, ethnicity or religion

A welcome change in national leadership in the U.S. means little for the scourge of racism infecting the nation—unless words are matched by action.

“Our Constitution is clear that it is Congress, not the president, who has the authority to declare war,” the senator asserted.

After failing to prioritize diplomacy and rejoin the Iran nuclear agreement, Biden has now, barely a month into his presidency, reverted to the use of military force

Millions of Palestinians continue to live in exile, generation after generation, painstakingly negotiating their individual and collective identities, neither able to return, nor feeling truly whole

Trump didn’t win the working class, the Democrats lost it; it’s urgent that progressive organizing focus on the working class and unions – human civilization depends on it

Tanden has a record as one of the most anti-progressive operators among Democratic Party movers and shakers

Only 17% of Europeans want closer economic ties with the United States, while even fewer, 10% of French and Germans, think their countries need America’s help with their national defense.
 

rare contested race for president of the IAFF has given its members a clear choice between a union traditionalist from Boston and a progressive activist who backed massive labor protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker a decade ago

Electrification of power sources, transportation vehicles and heating and cooling systems is absolutely essential to make a clean energy revolution in enough time to prevent escalating and massive, worldwide climate catastrophe

The Texas debacle is a preview of what is to come if the free-marketeers have their way while the climate changes

Ken Loach is now the target of a character assassination campaign waged by those who will stop at nothing to shield the apartheid policies of Israel

Progressive activism and shifts in public opinion have strengthened movements that are recruiting, supporting and sometimes electing candidates who offer far better alternatives

What the progressive Left must be about is actually very simple: a justice-oriented government of the people, by the people and for the people, and not of, by and for the corporate elite

Can Biden’s America be part of the solution? After only three weeks in office, surely it can’t be too late. But the ball is in his court, and the whole world is watching

Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is

The Biden climate plan has important reforms, but can’t reach the stated targets with market mechanisms and carbon capture high tech

They should put a “stop payment” on the U.S. taxpayer-funded check that has enabled Sisi to operate with impunity

The presidential offenses that are routinely considered unimpeachable — and therefore ultimately acceptable — tell us a lot about Congress. And about U.S. mass media. And maybe about ourselves

A Reply to David Edwards

There is no better time than now to address the ridiculous levels of wealth and income inequality in the United States. It can be done with ease through aggressive taxation of the wealthiest handfuls of individuals

The Pakistani government should never, under any circumstances and no matter the pressure, normalize with Israel

“Israel, as an occupying power, has a responsibility to provide vaccines to the Palestinian people,” the first-term congressman asserted in a letter to Israel’s acting consul general

“The Threat of Nuclear Weapons: Why Canada Should Sign the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty” Presented by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute

We need to rapidly and profoundly shift our national priorities from irrelevant, destructive militarism to the programs of social uplift that Dr. King called for

The boycott movement aims to hold the oppressor colonial state of Israel accountable as it places a price tag on its military occupation and apartheid

Obama in Promised Land acknowledges and somewhat addresses the criticisms of progressives on a range of issues

To give high marks merely for excelling in comparison to right-wing Republicans is to cheer high jumps over very low standards

“This is an important first step in ending our material support for war globally, and the genocide in Yemen in particular,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar

Americans are unlikely to return to the pre-pandemic normal that Chinese residents now enjoy simply because we are not trying to eliminate the virus like China did

As B’Tselem has succinctly worded it, Israel is a regime of Jewish supremacy “from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.” 

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?