Z Friends & Staff Posts
Interview on some of the problems facing the United States today, and whether the American Dream is “dead” — if it ever existed in the first place
True security for the US will be achieved through caring for and respecting the world’s most needy, not through the rampages of war and destruction which has made the US the most feared country in the world
On Monday, over 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Democracy Now! It was an…
An impossible gap exists between our demands for infinite security and the nightmare precarity suffered in those countries from which our wars rip that security away
The only reasonable solution is progressive delinking from the circuits of world finance through which these agencies accumulate their unjustified power
The movement is now more keenly interested in consolidating the power of Abbas’ allies than fighting Israel
On December 2nd in Washington, DC 65 people from 15 states and the District of Columbia, from as far away as Arizona,…
Trumpās real triumph was his ability to shift Republican politics to straight racism, misogyny and xenophobia with a potent authoritarian tone
In media and government, the journalists and officials who enable blacklisting are cravenly siding with conformity instead of democracy
The surge in right-wing and anti-establishment sentiments as a result of failed neo-liberal policies in Europe is likely to lead to collapse of the EU
It is impossible to discuss Fidel Castro outside of an examination of the Cuban Revolution. And, while I hear that there are…
“Castroās shadow looms large because social and economic conditions throughout Latin America invite opposition to ruling authority and encourage agitation for radical changeā
Interview on how Trump managed to win
The Trump team is filling up with dishonorable men who have made careers out of pandering to Israeli interests and unabashedly discounting Palestinian rights
āThanksgiving is a part of the mythology that attempts to cover up the real history of the United Statesā
The challenge for the left is, and always has been, how do we protect people in the here and now while advancing the prospects for the more fundamental changes that we need?
Like a healthy forest, the resistance will depend on great diversity to thrive — a wide range of people engaging in a vast array of activities. And our resistance will need community
Why not establish at least one overarching, multi issue, multi tactic organization to not only fight against reaction but also propose and try to win elements of positive program and vision?
If Big Oil paid its fair share, cities like Richmond would not be forced to reduce services, cut staff, or seek health care concessions from its employees
Sandersā campaign proved that a presidential candidate can actually capture the imagination of increasingly disillusioned voters left behind by both major parties
Instead of jobs and relief, the Obama administration offered only half-measures to struggling people in the Rust Belt and beyond
The point is to find worthy things to demand, and effective ways to fight to win demands that appeal to every crucial constituency, and polarize none away from progressive participation
As I was growing up, I was always reassured by the sound of the āMuadhinā making the call for prayer in our…
I have been surprised by two electoral events in a few months: Trump’s election victory and the Colombian referendum on the peace…
United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility 2016 Annual Guest Lecture Barcelona, Spain 5 November 2016 Pope Francis captured the…
Every day that goes by with the old leadership in place is a day wasted for the essential work to come
CJ Polychroniou: Noam, the unthinkable has happened: in contrast to all forecasts, Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton and…
To successfully block reaction, much less to unleash positive potentials, our efforts will have to speak with respect and sincerity to Trump’s voters not as enemies, but allies
Many U.S. people awoke this week with a new understanding of the dangers facing our common life together. These battles we fight are not a game, and they can escalate into even direr realities
The Fatah movement is involved in a massive tug-of-war that will ultimately define its future
As Kermit the Frog, Americaās most famous Muppet, says: āitās not easy being green.ā Preliminary results of the Green Partyās latest national…
A misogynistic, racist, narcissistic, profit maximizing capitalist slug – but not a moron – is now President of the United States. The…
Right-wing populism has grown as a result of both the ravages brought on by neo-liberal globalization as well as the demographic and political changes within the USA
Only with eyes wide open do we have a real chance to understand clearly and organize effectively against the Trump regime. Failure to put up a fight should be unthinkable
At this sad, difficult, upsetting, angering time, we need to deepen our powers of resilience and help others do the same
The activism of the last couple of decades is all there somewhere. It just has to be organized
Interview on everything from Donald Trump to the role of artists, social resistance, and economic stagnation
Participatory economics, or parecon, describes the core institutions required to generate solidarity, equity, self-management, and an ecologically sound and classless economy
The ongoing prolific protests by opposition parties, university students, communities and labour, remains on the horizon as the political dust refuses to settle
Palestinians will continue to resist, as long as the reasons that inspired their rebellion nearly a century ago, remain in place
As someone who has made the deepening climate crisis my primary work for the last 13 years, I know that Trump is a huge threat to the planet and all its life forms
āSmall differences [coupled with] great power can have enormous consequences.ā
What exactly is Duterte up to and why are the Philippinesā neighbors so alarmed?
With the recent insertion of Russian military power into Syria and the continued use of American air power in the region, the situation in Syria has gotten tenser than ever
In my career as a journalist and film-maker, I have never known propaganda to insinuate our lives and as it does now and to go unchallenged
Interview on the global plans that the United States drew before the end of the World War II and how it proceeded to implement them
Interview on what an objective observer from out of space would see
What is the actual role of education and its link to democracy, to decent human relations and to a decent society?
Two and a half weeks before the big election, itās looking good, though not a lock, for Clinton to defeat Trump, which…
There is no choice but to escalate todayās campaigns against global fossil fuel infrastructure
