Z Friends & Staff Posts
Interview on a new documentary “The Coming War On China” and the military escalation that could lead World War III
The only thing hard about getting ready to be skilled at matters of social change is that it entails arriving at and holding on to thought patterns and insights very different than what we are used to thinking and believing
A socialist alternative to war needs to be built on other foundations: on a real resolution of the Palestinian refugee issue, on an end to occupation, and on true self-determination and social justice for all the people of the Middle East
Interview on a variety of topics
Adding another weapon system into the mix is not the answer
Interview about postmodernism, how it is an instrument of power and why academics embrace it
While parading for sanctions against Russia, the sleepwalkers on Capitol Hill are endangering the future of humanity
We can oppose US intervention, while telling the truth about Assad’s chemical weapons use
Fear and Trepidation in Tel Aviv
Today will be remembered as the day the resistance to dictatorship was reborn
Palestinians, who are dying without much media coverage, are desperate and angry as their holy city is crumbling under the heavy boots of soldiers…
Rep. Barbara Lee, has represented Oakland and Berkeley in Washington since 1998, but now….
Preface by Noam Chomsky for Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society
A progressive future is not guaranteed. We must work to bring it about, and we will
Putin’s a bit player — the damage to democracy is “homegrown and self-actualized”
The Left needs to “find common ground” with Evangelical Christians
Why Americans Hate Muslims
Interview on how the banking, fossil fuel and tech sectors all profit immensely from taxpayer dollars
When the Palestinians rise again, as they will, they may not succeed at first — but they will eventually if we understand that they are us, and we are them
Imagine if equivalent energies were devoted to promoting means and methods of nonviolence, along with ways to end the war against the environment and creation of “green” jobs among Chicago’s youngest generations
‘Think Through the Implications of Our Actions’
‘Welcome to Hell’: 100,000 Protesters Aim to ‘Kettle’ G20 Over Inequality, War and Climate Change
These days, apparently, the Democratic leadership in Congress has much bigger fish to fry than merely trying to avert a global nuclear holocaust
‘Trumpism’ is a Symptom of Decades-long Imperial Arrogance
Interview on the adverse effects of neoliberalism on the working class
Ridicule is not enough. It’s necessary to address the concerns and beliefs of those who are taken in by the fraud, or who don’t recognize the nature and significance of the issues for other reasons
f the presidents of the United States and Russia spiral into escalating conflicts between the two countries, the world is much more likely to blow up
Developing an economic vision means trying to figure out institutions to accomplish production, consumption and allocation in ways that enlarge equity, solidarity, diversity, and self-management rather than diminishing them
Pushing Gaza to Suicide
What happened in Greece during the crisis? And what happens when you take on the establishment?
Democrats in Congress and other party leaders are starting to face an emerging reality: The “winning issue” of Russia is a losing issue
Trump, Right-Wing Populism, and the Future of the Labour Movement
Were there commonalities between the financial crisis that happened in the US, and the one that hit Europe? If so, what were they?…
The failure of Barack Obama’s ‘technocratic Keynesianism’ led to Donald Trump winning the US presidency
Israel vs. the United Nations
Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia has consequences. The intense anti-US sentiment in Yemen should be a wake-up call for Americans
When the momentum of the Bernie campaign gained powerful traction as a threat to the corporate order, big media efforts to trash him went over the top
We need to keep the momentum up, to strengthen the independent progressive movement’s interconnections and unity in action all throughout the country
Head of National Nurses Encourages Bernie Sanders to Start a People’s Party
Journalism, History and War
The June 1 vote by California senators is an initial step towards the adoption of a government-run universal health care system
Thanks are due to US Senators Mazie Hirono, Ron Wyden and Bernie Sanders for their votes in the Senate Energy and…
Since 2004, members of the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) have won ten out of the sixteen city council and mayoral races they have contested in their majority minority city of 110,000
When activists like me return from visiting the Afghan Peace Volunteers in Kabul, Afghanistan, young seamstresses there often entrust each of us…
Discussion on a wide range of topics from the development of his personal political views to the control of information and media
Interview on chow orporate Democrats should be vigorously fought in primaries, but this is also a moment like 1930’s Germany where a united front is necessary to defeat Trump and Republicans
Interview on Journalism and History and Why ‘Palestinians Already Have a Voice’
Can the 1967 War Offer Opportunity for Peace
It’s up to us to challenge the corrosive effects of routine hyperbole and outright demagoguery
Christopher Lydon: All we want you to do is to explain where in the world we are at a time— Noam Chomsky:…
