This is the fifteenth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for socialism, what the surge means, what it seeks or will seek, where it might extend, and how it might unfold

The elite-oriented atmosphere of media aversion to Sanders is in sync with media disregard for the power of community-based activism that could result in a Sanders presidency

A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign policy

This is the fourteenth (and longest) essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for socialism, what the surge means, what it seeks or will seek, where it might extend, and how it might unfold

This is the Thirteenth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism, what the surge means, what it seeks or will seek, where it might extend, and how it might unfold

Has This “Service Candidate” Served Other Veterans Well?

Eight years ago Michael Albert wrote an essay addressing the anarchist views of Noam Chomsky

This is the twelfth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

This is the eleventh essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

Our Mosques and Churches are Also Burning

Let’s be blunt: As a supposed friend of American workers, Joe Biden is a phony. And now that he’s running for president, Biden’s huge task is to hide his phoniness

Calling ourselves the Embassy Protection Collective, we have been working in the embassy during the day, holding educational events every evening, making banners and signs, and sleeping on couches at night

This is the tenth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

The vast majority of us want the release of that report with all of its damning information in it about Trump to be used by the Democrats in the House to get at the truth about what has been going on since 2015

Discussing, debating or even disagreeing about strategy is healthy. But doing so respectfully, separate from personal attacks on others’ principles or intentions will help the long-term sustainability of winning meaningful change

Interview on the Green New Deal and the lessons of the old New Deal

This is the ninth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

Israelis are divided on some issues that are particular to their social and economic makeup. But they are also resolutely unified around the issue that should concern us most: the continued subjugation of the Palestinian people

[This is the eighth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism, what the surge…

Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is a rare examples of a 21st century truth teller who has been jailed once again for standing up for what she believes

This is the seventh in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

Most top Democrats keep promoting the guns-and-butter fantasy while aiding and abetting what Dr. King called “the madness of militarism”

A talk and interview on the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia and other topics

The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times.

This is the sixth in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

What Netanyahu Hopes to Gain from Attacking Palestinian Prisoners

Our real question should be is there a whole good society, a whole socialism if you will, that our equitable income can be a workable and effective part of?

The fact is that this failed electoral strategy has meant that the Green Party, after 30 years of organizational efforts in the US, is an extremely weak reed. It has virtually no political impact nationally.

A worthy economic vision should give income for how long one works, for how hard one works, and for the onerousness of the conditions under which one works, as long as one is producing something that is socially valued

When progressives in Congress go wrong, we must be willing to say so — clearly, publicly and emphatically. With her decisive vote to enable an increase in military spending, Barbara Lee was wrong

The roots of the crisis can be found in massive capital flight and the related effort to maintain a fixed but overvalued exchange rate

This is the third in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing

This is the second in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

What the Great March of Return is Really About

Six Unusual Veterans Ponder Active Duty and Its Aftermath

This is the first in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for Socialism

We in the United States have yet to realize both the futility and immense consequences of war

While we can’t guarantee that candidates will stick to their campaign promises, we still must ask this vital question: What prospects for peace might each of them bring to the White House?

In the United States, when anyone challenges the continued expansion of NATO, innuendos or outright smears are likely

The Sanders campaign is a nationwide struggle for the kind of power that Dr. King extolled as “love implementing the demands of justice.” In his words, “Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose.”

How a GOP Accessory Became a Top Democratic Contender for President

Political movements don’t get very far if they depend on appealing to the moral scruples of the powerful

The 21,000-member NewsGuild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), is a rarity in organized labor. It’s one of the few…

“Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should…

The Untold Story of Gaza’s ‘March of Return’

While most Americans have no memory of this incident, in Iran the date of the deaths of 290 innocent people at the hands of the U.S. military is marked every year just as the 9/11 attack is remembered every year in the United States

What Are Palestinians Doing to Combat the ‘Deal of the Century’?

Talking about the media, the Green New Deal, nuclear war, Gaza, and Venezuela

Trump’s economic strangulation is having devastating people on the Iranian people