We must reject the suggestion that subversion of the democratic process might be needed to save democracy

Negotiations between Greece and international creditors hit an impasse over the bankers’ demands for extra austerity measures

The outcome of the ill-fated ‘Arab Spring’ was a massive letdown, if not betrayal, not just of Palestinians but of most Arabs

Interview on the refugee crisis in Europe, and so-called hot spots that are registration centers for refugees in his country

One concrete outcome that President Obama could pursue on his visit to Saudi Arabia is saving the lives of three Shia youth sentenced to be executed

Abbas’ statement on life and death does not, in the least, address the context of oppression, the humiliation of military occupation and the prevailing sense of despair

The Sanders movement has shown that there is a massive constituency for unapologetic, strongly progressive politics

What is now needed are articles and talks and whatever else that seek to arrive at shared program, vision, organizational wisdom and commitments, and tactical insights

Perhaps these explosive uprisings ought to be seen as a natural expression of the mass frustration people feel about their increased subservience to corporate power and political elites

We face a potential right-wing populist threat

Review of This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping The Twenty-First Century, by Mark and Paul Engler

The danger of impunity is not merely the lack of legal accountability, but the fact that it is the very foundation of most violent crimes against humanity, including genocide

The European Union is disintegrating – but leaving is not the answer

Looking into the future, the benefits of attaining inspiring program will make each new hour applied to seeking change far more effective

It is as if the enduring existence of a people who have survived and resisted more than two colonial centuries of massacre and theft remains a spectre on white Australia

Interview on the impacts of arms and weapons exports into Saudi Arabia and the refugee and Syrian crisis that is engulfing neighboring states as well as the European continent

Fear is a driving force in the USA and the fear of terrorism obscures so much of what is really at stake in matters of foreign policy

A wedge is being quickly driven through Pretoria’s political elite

BDS has, thus far, been the most successful strategy and tactic to support Palestinian steadfastness while, at the same time, holding Israel accountable

The 2016 US presidential election is shaping up to be a fascinating contest between reactionaries (Donald Trump and Ted Cruz), pro-establishment figures…

We should establish a pan-European coalition of radical, social, green, and liberal democrats to put the “demos” back into democracy

The current Intifada is an expression of a generation that is so eager to break free, to define itself, to liberate its land, yet resisted by an Old Guard

Interview on manufacturing consent and the hypocrisy of US foreign policy

The Great Depression was objectively much worse than today, much more severe. Subjectively, it was much better. It was a period of hopefulness

Without campaign finance reform of the sort advocated by Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein in their current presidential campaigns, there’ll be no last hurrah for big money in politics

John Pilger returns to the West Bank

There is a need, a compulsion, for many liberals in the United States to embrace a leader from within a system that is demonstrably imperial and violent

The grassroots and activist wing of the climate movement should reflect upon the tactics used by the draft resistance movement, particularly the “ultra resistance” movement

Two-hour panel discussion, which was organized by the Center for Democracy and Technology

After two decades of progressive governments spreading by the region with unprecedented economic, political and social gains, especially in human rights year…

Only a united Syria can offer hope for the future. Nothing else does

Where is the courage, imagination and commitment required to begin the long journey to a better, just and peaceful world?

In the U.S., I think the two mainstream parties are actually two branches of one corporate party. Likewise, I think our electoral…

Thinking about Sanders, race, and us…

BDS has, thus far, been the most successful strategy and tactic to support Palestinian Resistance

A Hillary Clinton presidency would symbolically break the glass ceiling for women in the United States, but it would be unlikely to break through the military-industrial complex

It should not be a personal or movement principle never to support someone running on the Democratic Party line

The rise of Trumpism and the Republican candidates’ competition to be the most extremist and racist reflects deep-seated “perceptions of loss and fear” among many Americans

We cannot win without trying to really win, even if we have to do it skeptically, knowing at times that a project is a long shot

What the movie clarifies is that more often than not the basis for silence prevailing was obedience easily as much as fear or greed

Interview on his new book, Because We Say So, as well as the closing of Guantanamo Bay and the security state

The terror that followed has few parallels; not even Pol Pot succeeded in killing, proportionally, as many Cambodians as Suharto and his fellow generals killed in East Timor

Bernie Sanders has the “best policies”, but little chance of winning in a “mainly bought” election

I find myself unable to discern the logic and motives of many essays about the election…

Interview on Corporate Media, their institutional role and which interests they serve in society

Bernie Sanders is a boon to progressive politics. But we need a movement that rebuilds the networks and organizations of the Left

Albert interviews Early and Wilson on impressions of and involvement with the Sanders campaign.

Those who are anticipating the supposed liberal democratic forces in Israel to rise against the destructive rightwing machine should reconsider

“Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized, and excluded”

Subsidized white capitalists and oppressed activists are amongst those who must “not be named”