Z Original
Editorial PhilosophyThe US government continues to double down, even as its stubbornness costs it dearly—not only in material terms, but also in geopolitical…
Introduction Black British MP Diane Abbott has recently been readmitted to the UK Labour Party having been excluded for expressing – in…
Abstract: Drawing on world-systems theory and a structural (rather than territorial) theory of empire — the “Imperial Outreach” framework developed in this…
Is revolution a single event? Or is it a process? Perhaps a process made possible by the many gaining certain invaluable insights…
A New Sanctions Regime: Targeting Israel’s West Bank Settlements International responses to Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank, notably regarding redrawing…
The collision of an aging population, escalating climate damages, and massive remilitarization is set to present an unprecedented, compounding threat to the…
With tactics reminiscent of the round-ups of Jews, Roma, and gays in Nazi Germany, Immigrant Cruelty Enforcers (ICE) are snatching green card…
The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party scored a landslide victory this past Sunday in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, although it…
On September 6, families in Gaza stood before nearly one hundred shrouds. Even by Gaza’s standards, the scene was difficult to absorb.…
The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States. After…
Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind…
The Trump administration brags almost daily how great the US economy is and how well American workers are now doing. But the…
On a foggy day inside the Franklin Correctional Institution 10 years ago, prisoners refused to go to work, the chow hall and…
The Economist recently considered a quiet irony of modern travel: artificial intelligence promises a tailor-made journey just as tourism’s viral popularity funnels…
This article was first published in Spanish on the Argentine website PlazaDeMayo.com. Tradition has it that Hillel was asked to summarize the…
In the unpardonable ecosystem of graft, favours and corruption that is defence contracting, defence conferencing and all matters tanking over the thinking…
In the second part of our interview with Italian philosopher and professor of political theory Sandro Mezzadra, we discussed a range of…
Isn’t it weird that Labor Day seems increasingly irrelevant. Yes, there may be an editorial in a paper or news outlet, but…
This essay continues an ideology sequence excerpted from the book, Liberating Theory, which myself, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Robin Hahnel, Mel King, Lydia…
There is much in the nature of a map. The very drawing of a line signifies an assertion, an acceptance, or even…
A wedding is one of humanity’s most fragile and meaningful moments. It is where families gather, where children run between relatives, where…
The United States ambassador to Israel condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank, calling the behavior an “act of terror” as…
In a landmark public health achievement, Lakshadweep became the first among Indian states and union territories to reach TB elimination levels. Lakshadweep…
The Trump administration is facing massive public pressure against privatizing land in Yosemite National Park and we need to pile on. The…
Editor’s note: Readers unfamiliar with the Horn of Africa may encounter political figures, organizations, and conflicts in this article that are not…
As Israel’s war on Gaza enters a grim third year, the prevailing narrative developed by mainstream Western media serves as a masterclass…
“Let no one build walls to divide us,Walls of hatred nor walls of stone.Come greet the dawn and stand beside us;We’ll live…
Wars, conflicts, and crises continue to spread and persist in dozens of countries around the world, particularly across many parts of the…
Oh, Labor Day, what a glorious day! In leftist circles, we sometimes hear conspiracy theories about how the September Labor Day was…
Beyond War and Peace Israel cannot be explained solely through the lens of the Israeli-Palestinian war, the policies of the Netanyahu government,…
This is Part III of a three-part series. [Part I] [Part II] Around two thirds of the population of the world’s democracies…
Let’s be done with the pretence of decency and soggy references to just resolution in the face of extreme circumstances. Be done…
The Center for American Progress has recently published a warning that Donald Trump and his handlers aspire to “steal” the upcoming elections via…
Worldwide, roughly 175 to 195 of the world’s approximately 195 to 216 countries and territories have, as the ILO says, “some form”…
The death of Palestinian artist Sliman Anis Mansour stirred powerful memories. He passed away at Al-Makassed Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem on…
The Central Claim Taxing the rich in the USA could be an attempt to fix a situation of neglected fiscal citizenship. People…
A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During…
In every war, there is supposed to come a moment when the guns fallsilent and families are finally able to bury their…
For eight months the strongest objection to Washington’s Venezuela arrangement was that nobody would say who stood on the other side of…
Tsimdo is becoming one of the most important words in the politics of the Horn of Africa. In Tigrinya, the image comes…
After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing global energy turmoil the “biggest energy security threat in history” in…
There’s no shortcut to freedom. No, there’s not. Freedom is a constant struggle. Yes it is. But Freedom,the centuries-long fightall over the…
It’s common to see members of the United Steelworkers (USW) retire after dedicating their entire working lives to a single mill or…
In September 2025, nine countries launched the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel. Australia explained its important if dark inspiration in…
The mirage of environmental sustainability in Germany tells people it is possible to meet the over-consumption of capitalism-created so-called “needs” in support…
Why a changing political alignment in the Horn is unnerving Abiy Ahmed and testing African and Western diplomacy Something unusual is happening…
This is part II of a three-part series. [Part I] [Part III]. In conventional representative democracy, lack of accountability between elections leads…
Industrial union building in the 1930s has long been the lodestar for the post-New Deal labor left. If organized labor in the…
This is the third and final part of the Empire Without Flags series. Part I examined Imperial Outreach through finance and institutions:…
The presidential elections this coming October in Brazil (currently in the eye of the storm) are an internal matter for the country,…
