Michael Albert talking about The Next American Revolution from Stuart Platt on Vimeo. On a speaking engagement in Scotland, just before the…

Screenplay for Next American Revolution

There has been a massive flood of election assessments. What was gained? What worked? What didn’t? What are people proposing in response?…

Interview on a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare

These sorts of Western+BRICS modes of super-exploitation exemplify the mineral, oil and gas looting underway across Africa

Khalida Jarrar fights for Palestinian women, their freedom and their rights to receive proper education, to seek work opportunity and to better their lives, while facing tremendous obstacles of military occupation, prison and social pressure

Starting on November 7th, a group of us in New Jersey are going to be fasting for between one and 14 days as part of #ClimateFastNJ

We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form”

Lesser Evil voting, a crime a against the future, or a step in the left direction?

I am not “endorsing” Menendez, I am not “supporting” Menendez. I will be voting for him, while working as hard as possible to oppose his rotten policies

The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats

Interview about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and other recent white supremacist and right-wing attacks

South Africa has just witnessed two major economic events which spoke volumes about the prospects for global and local capitalism

Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?

Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools

This talk took place on 10th October 2018 at The Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow

Interview on the sequel to a report on how the Democratic party can revitalize and compete in 2018 and beyond

Nikki Haley Elevated Israel, Damaged US Standing

By maintaining close ties with Saudi Arabia, the U.S. is sending a message to citizens around the world that it values money and power over human rights

The far right is on the rise from North America to Europe to Asia. Each case is different, but they share key similarities — and require similar responses

In that single line of blood that links Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah, there is a narrative so compelling, yet often neglected

“My California assembly member should be accountable to voters like me and my neighbors, not to the agenda of billionaires, here and in other states.”

There really is no excuse, and many good reasons, for this issue always being part of our work and our strategic and political thinking and action

UN Must Reflect Changing World Order

Interview on the Trump Presidency, the Defeat of the U.S. in Afghanistan, Syria’s Civil War, Yemen, Venezuela, and the Agenda of Vladimir Putin and Russia

One of the most significant political prisoners of the current period is kept in isolation so that the “soft coup” in Brazil can proceed on course, with likely consequences that will be severe for Brazilian society

The US government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part of a new American-Israeli strategy aimed at redefining the rules of the game altogether

Interview on the Trump presidency; the defeat of the U.S. in Afghanistan; what he believes is a just position on Syria’s civil war; and the agenda of Vladimir Putin and Russia and why a life of resisting and fighting is worth it

Our leading weapons dealers have developed a business model that feeds on war, terrorism, chaos, political instability, and human rights violations

Interview with Noam Chomsky

Khan Al-Ahmar as Representation of Greater Genocide

Complex stories are reported to a cult-like formula of bias, hearsay and omission: Brexit, Venezuela, Russia, Syria

The real battle is now between two post-globalization camps: social democrats… and fascists

We need to demonstrate that the only way the many can regain control of our lives, our communities, our cities and our countries is by coordinating our struggles along the axis of an Internationalist New Deal

Oslo will not go away. It remains a problem because the intellectual foundation that led to its conception is still firmly in place – where only Israel matters and the aspirations of the Palestinian people are still inconsequential

“Don’t put the Nazis in a place where you think it has nothing to do with yourself. That’s the biggest danger, historical danger, I think we can make.”

Are Leading Democrats Really on the Wagon (or Still Sneaking a Drink)?

They endure and persist, despite the massive price they pay and continue the struggle of generations of courageous Palestinian women who came before them

With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades, constituted the legal and political foundation for the so-called ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict’

In California’s “jungle primary” in June, a Teamster from Richmond astounded many observers by placing second in her state legislative race.

McCain faithfully served the empire and will be rewarded with a lofty place in the official narrative

Officials rarely decide to reduce their own power. And the Democratic Party has not made such a historic reform to its presidential nominating process in decades. So, how did it happen?

Haley Blames Arabs for Washington’s Sins

For over half a century, Noam Chomsky, celebrated linguist and current Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair at the…

Samir Amin’s celebrated life was amongst the most trying, but also rewarding, of his generation’s left intelligentsia

Interview on the continued aftershocks of the Sanders campaign as well as the problematic issue of BDS and how progressives and third parties can reorganize and repurpose forward thinking stances to refocus on future elections

The power and effectiveness of this kind of solidarity goes even beyond Gaza and Palestine

A FERC which is no longer a rubber-stamp for the gas industry would be huge

Why don’t we all aid the aims of every valid priority, not just with lip service, but with strategic care and sustained commitment?

“I cannot protect my kid. But many other parents can still protect their kids. You don’t have to pay the price that I paid”