Z Friends & Staff Posts
What did the Prime Minister know?
Interview about climate change, nuclear weapons, North Korea, Iran, the war in Syria and the Trump administration’s threat to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
I am writing in solidarity with and support for the student led movement at the Evergreen State College, “Those Who Are Not Often Heard”
Palestinian emotions were of no consequence, neither to the Trump entourage, nor, of course, to the New York Times or others in mainstream media
Europe’s social democrats played a central role in unleashing the financial sector that created the European economic crisis that continues to today
Why Are Israelis Afraid?
AMY GOODMAN: In his first foreign trip abroad as president, Donald Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia this weekend, where he signed an…
For the last several months, Greece’s international creditors — the European Union and the International Monetary Fund — had been at a standoff over debt relief
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
Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia deepens a “toxic” tie between Washington and the House of Saud
Trump’s Saudi trip wasn’t protest-free because people love him, but because protest is punishable by death
Interview on the Trump/Russia affair and plans to isolate and perhaps attack Iran
Journalists are increasingly targeted as enemies of the state
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be…
We need to ideologically “impeach” not just Trump, but Trumpism, and the general cruelty of conservatism
“Afghan Shia Militias” have become to Syria what “African Mercenaries” were to Libya
The fight for Chair of the California Democratic Party reflects a much larger struggle within the party between progressives and corporate Democrats
Interview on Donald Trump, populism in Europe and Julian Assange
Donald Trump has selected Saudi Arabia as the destination for his first trip abroad, strengthening U.S. ties to a regime that is…
Excerpt from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power
Israel’s Precarious Identity is Palestine’s Nightmare
Hamas’ new Charter seems like a scrupulously cautious attempt at finding political balances within extremely tight political margins
Discussion on the future of Palestine
We tend to believe that famine is primarily the result of natural disaster, but the African countries affected by famine are all ones that have all been severely affected by political instability and war
Richmond progressives have succeeded because, with patience and persistence, they built a political organization which functions year round, not just at election time
The Real Reasons behind the Palestinian Hunger Strike
Arguments include a macro socio-economic, psychological, philosophical and moral perspective
The inability of top Clinton operatives to identify with the non-wealthy is so tenacious that they still want to assume “the public will be with us” the more they talk about Russia
Three strategic elements that may be crucial in the aftermath of the march
Saudi Arabia Charged with Shaping Global Standards for Women’s Equality
The Republican Party is dedicated to racing as rapidly as possible to destruction of organized human life. There is no historical precedent for such a stand
Discussion focusing on Chomsky’s new book, “Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power”
Brexit, the rise of Donald Trump and the emergence of a new right-wing radicalism in both Europe and the United States signify…
The Democratic Party’s anti-Bernie establishment needed to reframe the discourse in a hurry. And — in tandem with mass media — it did.
We should be asking: just where is this escalation leading?
Replay of address at the Mullin Centre, UMASS Amherst
If we don’t take stock, it would be pure luck to do better and we will more likely repeat the same dismal pattern of courageously and wisely struggling but not winning
Palestine’s Tragic Anniversaries Are Not Only About Remembrance
ANC’s leadership called into question as Zuma’s corruption ridden Presidency is headed to an end, who will lead the country next?
Ecuador’s president-elect Lenín Moreno defeats neoliberal candidate Guillermo Lasso amidst an economic downturn and political controversy
Interview on he building of a what is very likely the most successful progressive political organization, The Richmond Progressive Alliance, in Richmond, California, a blue collar city long dominated by Chevron Corp
Vast efforts to portray Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s flunky have given Trump huge incentives to prove otherwise
Can someone in the White House, NSC, Pentagon, or State Department please give President Trump an honest assessment of the history of U.S. military actions over the past 15 years?
Guillermo Lasso, the conservative who lost Ecuador’s presidential vote, is aiming to delegitimize the leftist winner, Lenin Moreno, before he takes office
Miguel Guevara: Michael, you are writing a book titled RPS/2044. What kind of weird title is that? Michael Albert: 2044 refers to…
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And I’m Juan González. Welcome…
Why Trump Is Pushing the Doomsday Clock
What worries Israel most about BDS is what it calls the movement’s attempt to ‘delegitimize’ Israel
We shouldn’t put aside the possibility that there would be some kind of staged or alleged terrorist act, which can change the country instantly.
There are two major reasons why it is so important that the Peoples Climate March April 29th in DC be a big…
