Interview on Family Separation & the U.S. Roots of Today’s Refugee Crisis

Trump’s crippling sanctions will go into effect on November 4th

Honest, dedicated, courageous and persistent engagement, ranging from education and organization to direct activism, carefully honed for effectiveness under prevailing circumstances

Progressives should figure it out. Amplifying the anti-Russia din helps to drown out the left’s core messages for economic fairness, equal rights,…

There is no escaping the moral imperative now. Those who insist on supporting Israel must know that they are supporting an unabashed Apartheid regime

After 45 years of ‘neoliberal destruction’, the time is ripe for moving forward with the adoption of a new set of progressive economic policies

One testimonial after another echoes the sentiments of a woman whose husband has been held incommunicado for more than two years. “Shouldn’t they be given a trial?”

For 43 years, since 1975, I’ve been a member, often a leader, of national and local groups working to build a mass-based,…

‘Social Dialogue’ Reform Frustrations

First, I thank Kim Scipes for his review of a recent book of mine- Practical Utopia – and for the many kind…

How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible

Repression, Austerity and Worker Militancy

Throughout the day before the summit in Helsinki, the lead story on the New York Times home page stayed the same: “Just…

What is new, complements of Bernie Sanders and the last five years‘ activism is that such people no longer avoid the label socialist

As long as Europe continues to operate with a skewed definition of the crisis, the crisis will continue to grow, leading to far dire consequences for all of those involved

Unpledged delegates exist, really, to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don’t have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists

Ex-Teamster Boots Riley Tackles Telemarketing And its Discontents

Where are those of us prepared to “utter unlawful oaths” and stand up to the authoritarians and charlatans in government, who glorify war and invent foreign enemies and criminalise dissent

Noam Chomsky delivers the keynote address, “Fate of Humanity”

From now until November 6 we need to be fighting hard for a massive repudiation at the polls of the Trump-run Republicans

Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will fail. Palestinians will not exchange their 70-year long struggle for freedom for Jared Kushner’s cash

Interview on the history of race and racism in the US from African slavery to today

The debt deal for Greece is indeed a turning point: It marks the death of any prospect or hope for economic recovery and a return to normalcy. Only more difficult times lie ahead

Interview on Trumpocracy, the future of American politics and the Bernie Sanders phenomenon

Reviving the Democratic Party will require making the party democratic in the process of winning genuine progressive victories. Ocasio-Cortez is helping to show the way

The immediate challenge facing labor unions is their transformation into militant, forward-thinking and social justice institutions

It is as if Trump is following an Israeli blueprint, fashioning his decisions around the principles that guided Israeli policies towards the Palestinians for many years

They aren’t rewarded with the titanic achievement of having shaped and ruined a country, but instead with purposeful intent to stop the vicious cycle of war and resist the cruel hierarchies attempting to prevail

America should worry less about China’s economic success and more about a potential Chinese financial implosion

Interview on on a wide range of topics, including the Donald Trump presidency, the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the declining U.S. power, and rising right-wing politics in the world

Sixteen Lessons Learned in Building the Radical Black Congress

Interview on the latest developments in Trumpland and their consequences for democracy and world order

In the state of Georgia’s Glynn County Detention Center, four activists await trial stemming from their nonviolent action, on April 4, 2018, at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay

Europe is facing the most significant refugee crisis since World War II. All attempts at resolving the issue have failed, mostly because they have ignored the root causes of the problem

The persecution of Julian Assange must end. Or it will end in tragedy. The Australian government and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull have…

Whether it was steel workers, hospital workers, under-paid educators, or other public employees fighting back, you could count on Brother Sadlowski being there, in person or in spirit

Israel should not have free reign to abuse Palestinians at will, and the international community should not stand by and watch the bloody spectacle as it continues to unfold

Palestinians Need Urgent Protection from Israel

I hope those walking for peace, working for equality, and imploring a different way forward can be heard and celebrated not only in Afghanistan, but in every country

Destitution, Unemployment & Hunger Must Be Addressed

By their inclusiveness when it comes to issues, as well as the range of social movements involved, the Poor People’s Campaign is modeling a central, essential element of our path forward to revolutionary change

Italy Under an All-Populist Government and EU’s Impasse

The following is the adapted text of an interview that first appeared in Modern Success magazine. So many things have been written about, and…

Ongoing battles between militants, government forces, and international allies have destroyed much of Kabul’s water infrastructure, forcing people to drill their own wells

What’s the Constitution got to do with climate? Current legal cases are now addressing that question

Interview on the state of nuclear geopolitics, international solidarity and more

Whether pushing for action on climate change, peace, LGBTQ equality, feminism, reproductive choice, or fighting racism, Cagan’s voice, presence, and expertise have long been visible

A ‘think tank’ is sometimes a group of people paid to think, by the people who control the tanks (as Naomi Klein once remarked). Here in…

Interacting with hundreds of people and being exposed to multiple media environments in both mainstream and alternative media, I also learned much about the changing political mood on Palestine in the western world

Chapter 24 of RPS/2044