Z Friends & Staff Posts
The US Green Party needs a strategic turn
Yes we need gun control. But we need it mostly to protect us from the weaponized aggression of boys and men
A Report From Torrance
Extreme weather events hurts low-income people the most
Various interviewees discuss RPS’s second convention and shadow government.
How Netanyahu Made Israel an American Issue, and Lost
Transit equity isn’t just about where you sit on the bus. It’s about whether you can get on a bus at all
Chapter 17 of RPS/2044
Foreign Policy for Sale
We are, or should be, maximizing our own advantages in order to overcome our weaknesses and, as a result, checkmate the other side
A new coalition of about 70 groups across the country has formed to launch a Divest From the War Machine campaign
Chapter 17 of RPS/2044
Is the civilian population of a colonial-settler regime ever a legitimate military target?
A brand new World Bank report, The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018, offers evidence of how much poorer Africa is becoming thanks to rampant minerals, oil and gas extraction
The ongoing US mini wars on the continent will push the continent further into the abyss of violence and corruption, which may suit Washington well, but which will bring about untold misery to millions of people
Without sanctions that target the government and military – not the people – coupled with legal action to prosecute Myanmar’s leaders, including Suu Kyi, before the ICC, the genocide of the Rohingya will continue unabated.
The “good guys” shaping and selling U.S. foreign policy and weapon sales exemplify the heartless indifference of the smugglers who gamble human life in exceedingly dangerous crossings
Media in the West is now an extension of imperial power. It is no longer a loose extension, it is a direct extension
This is chapter Fifteen of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book page,…
Our ignorance of the havoc Trump is wreaking overseas makes us more susceptible to the politicization of future retaliatory attacks
Housing bias in the suburbs, like race-based segregation of renters and home-owners in post-war Richmond, was no accident
Consider a radical writer crafting an article that explains how “Move On” isn’t radical, “Our Revolution” isn’t revolutionary, Democrats aren’t Democratic, the…
The legacy of Dr. King, as presented in mainstream media, has become about the whitewashing of a racist, militaristic and materialistic system, although King himself has championed the exact opposite.
The corporate power structure of the Democratic Party, institutionalized in the DNC, has not given up on blocking efforts to reform the party and how it chooses a presidential nominee
…what about the psychological pitfalls of doing a selfie-review? What about being accused of overly serving your own interests? Risk that?
Chapter fourteen of RPS/2044…
Throughout this long legacy, little has changed except for names and titles
Our individual movements and our movement of movements can accomplish much in 2018
Only with silence about basic truths of U.S. foreign policy can officials in Washington pose as leaders of an angelic nation that must confront satanic Russia
If you want to change the world, see it
January 11, 2018 marked the 16th year that Guantanamo prison has exclusively imprisoned Muslim men, subjecting many of them to torture and…
Chapter Thirteen of the Oral History RPS/2044
The Unseen, But Real US War in Africa
Chapter twelve of RPS/2044
The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem
For several months we’ve been hearing a crescendo of outcries that Russia used social media to sway the 2016 presidential election. The…
Chapter eleven of RPS/2044 – on class, nurses, doctors, and health.
Despite their misery, they steadfastly opted for unarmed, nonviolent struggle.
The theory and praxis of social ecology remains our best hope to fend off a dystopian future and meaningfully reshape the fate of humanity on this planet
The oligarchy has the power that comes with vast quantities of money. We have the capacity to organize and mobilize people. Democracy is at stake
For a Palestinian leadership to be taken seriously, it must truly represent its people and speak on their behalf
In this Democracy Now! special, we spend the hour with the world-renowned linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky. In a public conversation…
As we head into the new year, let’s keep ourselves inspired by the hard work of folks at home and abroad who gave us something to cheer about for 2017. May we have a much longer list in 2018
Chapter ten from the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the Next American Revolution…
Just over 1,000 days of Saudi-led coalition war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen has been deadly and devastating for Yemeni civilians
The most effective way to express our demands is through political organizing that is entirely independent of any political party
This is chapter nine of the book RPS/2044: An Oral History of the next American Revolution. RPS/2044 has its own book page, with…
Workers, women and communities prepare to fight, not mourn
Following each attack of this nature, Muslims in the US mobilize to fend off accusations concerning their faith, their values and their allegiance to the country in which they live
Katharine Graham’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers was indeed laudable, but the Washington Post was instrumental in avidly promoting the lies that made the Vietnam War possible in the first place
