While one hopes that McCollum’s congressional bill pays dividends in the service of human rights in Palestine and Israel, one hopes equally that the current shift in American political perceptions continues unhindered

Interview on the lack of mainstream media coverage of Julian’s persecution, his health and conditions in Belmarsh prison, CIA spying on Julian Assange and more

The following is a transcription of the 29th episode of the podcast RevolutionZ. Other episodes typically present comments about social and economic…

Despite his endless promises to end these wars, Trump has instead been dropping more bombs and missiles on other countries than Bush II and Obama put together—a terrifying feat

The seven defendants, in everyday life, practice nonviolence while serving people who are often the least cared for in our society

Buttigieg burst on the national scene early this year as a new sort of presidential candidate. But it turns out he’s a very old kind — a glib ally of corporate America posing as an advocate for working people and their families

The 75th anniversary is a good time to ask whether such out-dated ideologies and their enforcers deserve to be retired, not (as the right-wing populist protectionists argue) so as to close the door on global governance, but to open it much wider in a way that serves people and planet, not multinational corporate profits

A true strike for creativity, necessarily challenging militarism and greed, will help prevent the hellish process of destroying Yemen

The coming UK general election and his plan for the global economy

It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the most corrupt regimes on earth

Teamster History Hits The Big Screen (Again)

For party elites, with less than four months to go before voting starts in caucuses and primaries, 2020 looks like Biden or bust

Discussion on socialism in contrast to capitalism

Free Heba al-Labadi, a Jordanian Citizen in Israeli Prison

Interview on a variety of topics

For his entire adult life, Bernie Sanders has been part of social movements intent on challenging such profit-mad industries as corporate health care, financial services, mass incarceration and the military-industrial complex that cause so much opulence for the few and so much suffering for the many

I’d urge those organizations which support impeachment and have a history of organizing street actions and demonstrations against Trumpist policies to join together for massive street actions this fall

Why South Africa Must Lead the Way

California Health Care Workers Show How To Endorse, Democratically

After many years of carefully refusing to launch a single campaign in support of brave whistleblowers who faced vicious prosecution during the Obama administration MoveOn.org has just cherrypicked a whistleblowing hero it can support

Recovering from a broken hip, peace activist Kathy Kelly reflects on her experiences with people disabled and traumatized by war

To free up billions of Pentagon dollars for investing in critical environmental projects and to eliminate the environmental havoc of war, movements for a livable, peaceful planet need to put “ending war” at the top of the “must do” list

Biden is campaigning with the central claim that he’s the most qualified candidate to restore bipartisan cooperation after defeating Trump

Instrumentarian power would have you cede your privacy, your behavior, your free will, all to the profit imperatives of the tech giants

What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine

“Troublemaker,” by Bruce Hartford, is a personal memoir of what it was like to be part of the civil rights/Black Freedom movement between 1963 and 1967

Local action is often the best remedy for the failings of the current system — a worldwide confederation of democratic communities can have the same impact at a global scale

Discussing the challenges ahead and what needs to be done

Joe Biden’s recent efforts to deny his record of support for invading Iraq are marvels of evasion, with falsehoods that have been refuted by one well-documented appraisal after another after another

Deal of the Century is a Ploy and Annexation is the New Reality

Because Trump winning would literally threaten civilization, and because Sanders winning would not only stop Trump but take us a good distance in good directions, this election is the most important in my lifetime and perhaps ever – and thus worth serious participation

Amidst political posturing, aerial terrorism and street bombings, Afghan citizens pursue their daily work toward peace

Let the screams for help and pleas for mercy of Israa Ghrayeb be our guide as we fight against injustice in all of its forms and manifestations.

Dear DSA, Your priority attention to all sides of life and not only economy, your incredible growth, and your non sectarian, non…

Biden’s mediocre speech at the New Hampshire convention on September 7 is already a historic record of a dismal candidate for president whose nomination promises to be a disaster

The far-right is in ascendancy at the moment not only in reaction to the failures of neoliberalism, but also because of the failures of liberal democracy

John Nichols: When you were ten years old, you wrote a short essay on your concerns about the rise of fascism. You…

Why Socialized Medicine for Veterans is Worth Defending

Palestinians, who have been at the receiving end of racist Israeli laws, will continue to endure separation, isolation and travel restrictions long after the two Congresswomen’s story dies down

Insurgent progressives need a lot more allies elected to Congress as well as colleagues who feel rising heat from the left in their districts

The Israeli leader is desperate for any new political capital that could shield him against increasingly emboldened contenders in the country’s September 17 general elections

Talk at Black August event, August 30, 2019, Seattle WA

Campaigners invoke specters of climate chaos

For plutocrats, this summer has gotten a bit scary. Two feared candidates are rising. Trusted candidates are underperforming. The 2020 presidential election could turn out to be a real-life horror movie: A Nightmare on Wall Street

I wrote Siegebreakers because I can’t liberate Gaza or Palestine, but I can dream about it

Their pro-diplomacy worldview has blind spots. This creates a pretext for continuing U.S. militarism and risks undermining their commitment to peace

This is a proposal which articulates the urgency of our situation regarding the climate crisis and then puts forward a comprehensive and understandable set of actions which could actually get us out of it

Interview on the growing extremism of the Republican Party, Trump’s ongoing trade war with China, Democrats’ abandonment of the working class and impending threat of the climate crisis

It is always encouraging when an international call for unified action on the climate crisis is put out and there’s a widespread, positive response to it at the grassroots

While student demonstrators and draft resisters drew more mass media attention at the time, many military draftees, reservists and recently returned veterans also protested the Vietnam war—with equal fervor and often greater impact