Z Friends & Staff Posts
Ecocide and genocide are two faces of empire. Fossil-fueled capitalism drives both ecological collapse and violent repression. From Gaza to the Amazon,…
Proponents of the theory and praxis of social ecology – the holistic approach to reharmonizing society and nature originated by social theorist…
This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking with Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War, about a new book and an…
n a surprise deal struck in Scotland, the United States and European Union have agreed to a 15% tariff on key European…
On November 6 last year, the day after the big election, I wrote about the “so-serious situation we are now faced with in…
For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable. Now, the ties that…
The European Union (EU) and the U.S. administration have reached a deal on international trade. Is it a fair deal for both…
Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping…
If ever there was a sign that democracy in the United States is in dire straits, it was Congress’s rescission of $9…
Epstein. What can I say? How about nothing? Or how about Epstein was disgusting and Trump is Epstein writ large. Should we…
Israel is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine’s future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the ‘day after’ its genocide…
On July 4, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill“ Act into law, implementing his reactionary policy agenda. This…
Date: 14 July 2025 To: Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Trans Hex and SRK – sleyde@srk.co.za Subject: Objection to off-shore Prospecting…
Can an alliance of social movements defeat racist legislation and authoritarian takeover? What happened a decade ago in North Carolina provides inspiration…
For history’s arc to continue forward activists must stop Israel, stop Trump, speak, write, cogitate, organize, and collectively end fascism and then…
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu geared up for what was intended as a triumphant visit to Washington, commencing on Monday, July…
The Israeli government has just put forward one of the most brazenly genocidal schemes in modern memory—and unless we act immediately, the…
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the…
U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps reminiscent of 1930s-scale Make America…
X’s AI bot exposed media double standards on Israel–Palestine, only to be muzzled by its own creator The incredible (so very 2025)…
Set aside for a moment critically important occurrences in the U.S. How do I sensibly communicate with you, or with anyone at all,…
Whatever the outcomes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday and the latest scenario for a ceasefire in Gaza,…
Campus opposition to the Israeli military assault on Gaza, since the fall of 2023, has been quite triggering for veterans of student…
I’ve noticed over the last couple of years younger progressive/revolutionary organizers using the word, “comrade,” to refer to other organizers. Is this…
On July 5, 2015, the Greek people made history voting a resounding NO to the austerity and financial blackmail imposed by the…
A Report from the Labor Network for Sustainability, Co-published by ZNetwork.org. Synopsis In a few short years, China has become the world’s…
The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus:…
On Sunday-Monday, July 6-7, leaders from the BRICS countries will meet in Rio de Janeiro for their annual summit. Because Brazilian president…
A dangerous monetary transformation is underway, prompted by the steady rise of stablecoins – privately issued currencies that are supposed to be…
In a Strike! Commentary posted May 21, 2025 I wrote, it is “likely” that Trump “in the face of declining power and…
The recent unilateral strikes by the United States on Iran’s nuclear development sites underline the fact that multilateralism is dead, and has…
The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani…
“This is a fight for life. And like all fights, you need a tremendous amount of bravery to take it on. Before…
At this week’s NATO summit in The Hague, leaders announced an alarming new goal: push military spending to 5% of nations’ GDP by 2035. Framed as…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persistently declares his ambition to “change the face of the Middle East”. Yet, his repeated assertions seem…
Ninety years ago this summer, Congress passed legislation hailed at the time and for many years after as “labor’s Magna Carta” The Wagner…
Donald Trump is not the first president to unleash the terror of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on immigrant communities across…
It’s been said that Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel’s war with Iran underscores his failures as a peacemaker. This is a…
On June 24, US President Donald Trump announced a truce between Israel and Iran following nearly two weeks of open warfare. Israel…
As best I can discern both the No Kings demonstrations with 5 to 7 million participants, but also the pathetic Military March…
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), allowed the IAEA to be used by the United States and…
Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand…
Rhetorically asking whether ‘a wider regional war can be avoided’, GeoTrends had noted in September 2024 that ‘the Israeli government’s gaze is…
The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause. Yet, the struggle…
When Israel launched its criminal war of aggression on Iran, it placed the occupied West Bank under total lock-down. To examine current…
My first years of progressive activism and organizing took place during the presidency of Richard Nixon, who, without a doubt, led one…
On Tuesday, June 10 2025, I addressed a meeting at the European Parliament, an event organised by The Left and M5S Europa,…
The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of…
On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at a critical turning point: while violent conflicts persist in the east of the country,…
