In the first quarter of 2018, according to FERC, approximately 2% of the new electrical generation capacity (power plants) came from natural gas, while 94% of it came from wind and solar

A discussion on nuclear policy and war

Gaza Bleeds Alone as ‘Liberals’ and ‘Progressives’ Go Mute

For those determined to retain their positions in the upper reaches of the Democratic Party hierarchy, democracy within the party sounds truly scary

In June 2017, the young black attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba was elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, with 93 percent of the vote. A look at the grassroots mobilisation that launched him to office

If the US pulls out, we could be heading down the path of another senseless war. That’s why the forces of the UN, Congress and the American public are so pivotal

Talk on “Autopsy: The Democratic Party in Crisis,” recorded April 25, 2018 at Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle

From Starbucks to Waffle House

Let’s grow our movement’s positive energy and numbers by becoming known, more and more, as we build our power, as a people’s movement that loves to sing

The DNC’s lawsuit amounts to doubling down on its fixation of blaming Russia for the Democratic Party’s monumental 2016 loss, at a time when it’s essential to remedy the failed approaches

Editor’s note: Reports of a chemical attack in Syria have generated controversy and conflicting claims about what happened and who was responsible.…

Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on December 4, 1948 denouncing Israel’s newly-founded Herut party and its young leader, Menachem Begin

Interview on Trump and the Future of US Politics

It is a calculated and long-term campaign, aimed at guarding Israel and demonizing Palestinians

Interview on the intellectual, social media with respect to his propaganda model, the #MeToo movement, India’s Aadhaar system, freedom of speech, China’s constitutional amendment, and anarchism and the Left today

Review of Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont by Yvonne Daley and Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance by Bill McKibben

This is chapter twenty three of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book…

Whether They Like It or Not

This is chapter twenty two of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book…

A review of RPS 2044: An Oral History of the Next American Revolution, by Michael Albert

As thousands of Palestinians walked peacefully into the deadly ‘buffer zone’ along the Gaza border into the sights of Israeli snipers, their intention was clear: to be seen by the world as ordinary citizens, to show themselves as ordinary human beings

This is chapter twenty one of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book…

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As young people newly protest, many may wonder why they have to. Why do they suffer school shootings, unbearable student debt, child…

In Chicago this coming weekend, 2,500 rank-and-file activists, from the U.S. and abroad, will be meeting under the banner of Labor Notes to celebrate the revival of union militancy

Back in 2010 and 2011, not to mention other times, I did some writing about Facebook for the Z audience, and I…

We call on the government of Ecuador to allow Julian Assange his right of freedom of speech

Bolton advocates a foreign policy that exaggerates threats, belittles diplomacy, shows contempt for international institutions and is quick to use violence

The Palestinian leadership has emerged as the biggest loser. It first sat at the ‘negotiation table’ to talk of borders, refugees, water, territories and Jerusalem, only to be left with nothing at the end

The fight to dramatically reduce gun violence, given this new, remarkable, youth-led mass movement which is unfolding before our eyes, could be a turning point

To overcome corporate opposition and “get the job done,” left-leaning mayors or city councilors must take a nontraditional approach to running for and holding office

Interview on foreign policy, dissent in the Internet age, public education, corporate predation, who’s really messing with American elections, climate change, and more

While Saudi Arabia will soon lose the distinction of being the only country in the world where women can’t drive, the regime continues to be the world’s most misogynist, gender-segregated country

It isn’t just Miguel Rodriguez Torres’ freedom and life at stake in these events as I am sure he would untiringly emphasize.

As we begin the 16th year of the Iraq war, the American public must come to terms with the scale of the violence and chaos we have unleashed in Iraq

Chapter twenty of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution.

Regardless of Netanyahu’s political future, Israeli policies towards Palestinians will remain unchange

Their initiatives, taken at great personal risk, underscore how we can seize the time to make use of opportunities for forthright actions of conscience

Why the Youth in Palestine Must Break Free from Dual Oppression

Lucas Koerner is a journalist at Venezuelanalysis based in Caracas, Venezuela. Gregory Wilpert a German-American sociologist who earned a Ph.D. in sociology…

It’s what happens when nationalism and partisan zeal overcome something that could be called journalism

The outrage now directed toward the National Rifle Association should also challenge all assaults made by the U.S. military

How Israeli Journalists Project Israel’s Crimes on to Palestinians

Corruption and Capital in ‘BRICS’ South Africa

After Jacob Zuma’s firing, South Africa risks budget austerity and even renewed BRICS ‘poisoning’

What can we expect from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and how can we resist it?

As vital as ever

Kathy Kelly, on Feb 15 2018, addresses NY’s “Stony Point Center” outlining the history of peaceful resistance and U.S.-engineered catastrophe in Yemen

This is chapter nineteen of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book page,…

In the Zionist narrative, Palestine does not exist – nor is it allowed to exist – even if merely as a cultural conception