Z Friends & Staff Posts
Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gazaāa premeditated campaign to erase the Strip…
At the close of a year in which Africaās underlying economic problems continue to worsen, the Johannesburg G20 summit on November 22-23…
The term āhypocrisyā is the most convenient term, but certainly not the most apt to describe the inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song…
A US judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked two federal agencies from arresting noncitizens at immigration courthouses in the San Francisco area, a ruling hailed…
President Donald Trumpāthe self-described āmost anti-war president in historyāāhas now ordered the bombing of more countries than any president in history as…
One of the late acts of Noam Chomskyās incredible life was to become one of thirty initial co-signers of a document titled…
The December 14 mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, aimed at the Jewish community during Hanukkah celebrations on Bondi Beach, stunned the world.…
The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also destroying dozens…
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the…
The US Department of Justice on Friday released a massiveābut incompleteātrove containing hundreds of thousands of records related to the late convicted sex offender…
For the last month or so there have been two small flags flying prominently outside the front door of my and my…
US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is reportedly set to be announced before the year’s end. This news coincides with increasing reports that…
In conversation with Yanis Varoufakis, Leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25, Economist, Academic and Former Greek Finance Minister.…
Donald Trumpās new National Security Strategy, which formalizes the ideological shift that U.S. foreign policy has taken under Trump 2.0, has won praise in Moscow…
Zackie AchmatĀ is a veteran South African political activist and a leading authority on the role of boycotts in the anti-apartheid movement.Ā Mazin QumsiyehĀ is…
It is hard not to notice the word āsocialismā appearing steadily more often in steadily more places. Some appearances of the word…
Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America. How did this happen? No…
Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional,…
Israel and its partners continue waging genocide against Palestinian people. Those who, so far, have survived the hideous attacks since October 7,…
Is Donald Trump the worst president in US history? Is Trumpism just about Trump? What lies ahead after Trump? More of the same or a return…
South Africa says it will step back from next yearās G20 meetings after the U.S. indicated it wonāt extend an invitation, citing…
First, letās dissect this puzzle. On February 29, 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the…
Jeremy Brecher is a co-founder and senior strategic advisor for the Labor Network forSustainability. He is the author of more than fifteen…
PleaseĀ alsoĀ consider joining a webinar (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RkidkfT6R662744002iSGQ#/registration) at 4pm PT / 7pm ET on December 7th, hosted by “The JFK Peace Speech Committee,” which…
The recent government shutdown was a stark reminder that 42 million people across the United States rely on federal food benefits. Thatās 12…
In this livestream, Yanis Varoufakis and Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko explore how EU leaders are undermining Ukraine to justify their plans to…
When, in a few yearsā time, almost everyone is claiming that they opposed Israelās war crimes in Gaza, the world will remember…
Last month, some House members publicly acknowledged that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza. Itās a judgment that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch unequivocally…
Itās been over ten long months that the forces of democracy have been on the defensive, doing our best to withstand the…
The U.S. now assumes leadership of the G20 until the Miami summit ends on December 15, 2026 ā but not without having…
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive destruction,…
How we lost the argument on Britainās relationship with the European Union forever? What is the point in our nuclear weapons if…
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their companyās history and are standing firm until their demands are met. Thousands of baristas…
Across the political spectrum ā withĀ alarmĀ on the right andĀ delightĀ on the left ā the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani…
Two of the most significant dates in my life as a progressive activist and organizer are April 4, 1968 and August of…
The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of…
The Trump administrationās stance on the Ukraine war is quite the roller-coaster. Initially, the Russo-Ukraine war would end āwithin 24 hours.ā According…
On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trumpās plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump…
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing…
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Social Change in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty…
Sometimes there is so much rage at a tyrannical government that millions of people are willing to participate in general strikes and…
Fifteen years after a landmark Supreme Court case turbocharged corporate spending in the political process, a group hopes it may have a…
Israelās allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the…
Since February 19, a battle has raged over who pays taxes to Pretoria and for what, a technical and political fight about…
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Wolfgang Munchau debunks the ācordon sanitaireā or “firewall” orthodoxy that European centrist parties must never form…
Ever since the Internet was born, along with Big Tech, in the 1990s, the world has had a sense that we have…
For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that āregime changeā brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow…
The most urgent task, to end genocide, requires truthful coverage about Israelās war crimes. On Saturday, 8 November, 2025, Dan Perry wrote in The Jerusalem Post about…
In the face of the international legal and political systems’ paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide…
Colorado voters on Tuesday handily approved a pair of ballot measures to fully fund free meals for all K-12 public school students, give…
