The leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a historic victory in Brazil’s presidential election on 25 October 2026. The result…
All signs point toward a resounding rebuke of Donald Trump in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Democrats have opened up a commanding lead in…
The United Nations vote on the resolution presented by Cuba, urging the United States to end the blockade against the island, is…
“It’s been really, really good dealing with Kirill,” Steve Witkoff told Vladimir Putin across the negotiating table in St. Petersburg last week.…
What are rights, and which rights should human beings enjoy? Are they the natural rights of human beings, or those rights that…
In the past, many Palestinians and Arabs followed Israeli elections closely. They did so not because they entertained illusions that a Zionist…
The student protests in Serbia, which began in the wake of the tragic event in Novi Sad in November 2024, only occasionally…
The United Nations was established to maintain international peace and security, protect human rights, and uphold the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples.…
Last month, the Republican Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, launched a lawsuit against the New York Times on behalf of the…
The ongoing agitation at Delhi’ Jamia Millia Islamia University over the restoration of its students’ union (JMISU) has once again brought the…
I came across a tweet recently that reads: “reminder that rape is used a weapon of war on a regular basis because…
From coast-to-coast, community organizations are standing up to protect voting rights for the upcoming midterm season and beyond. In response to the…
What does it take to turn a clear diagnosis of capitalism’s violence into a strategy capable of confronting it? In her review…
Yes, I’ve done this twice before, both times in 2025. Consider this my third (post-)No Kings Day piece, which, like the previous…
In a play by Bertolt Brecht, the persecuted astronomer Galileo says: “Unhappy the land that needs heroes.” Right now, the United States…
Many Germans have looked at Germany’s state elections in 2026 with a lot of horror but also a slight glimmer of hope.…
Finally, the ill-fitting mask on the ugly face of government policy comes off. In the sunset of his administration, French President Emmanuel…
Everyone knows that since the start of the war with Iran, Americans have been paying much more money for gas and other…
Imperial systems historically fall by the weight of their insatiable greed, reckless wastefulness and institutional hubris. Today, the United States stands as…
Aleksandar Vučić, who ruled Serbia for over a decade, has lost the parliamentary elections held in Serbia on October 25. Some other…
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lost the first round and fell behind in the polls, I thought he would lose the…
The skyrocketing price of gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil is squeezing the consumer’s pocketbook and giving Big Oil record breaking profits.…
In a world where political life was increasingly dictated by Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and their political imitators, all champions of what…
This is Part Two, of our interview with Chat-GPT 5.6. As with Part One, I did not ask GPT questions based on…
Donald Trump’s reaction to the protests in France cannot be dismissed as merely a comment on immigration and Islam. While demonstrators were…
Crypto evangelists promised a revolution in money that would free ordinary people from powerful banks and Wall Street. Instead, cryptocurrency has become…
AIPAC halted its direct endorsements and PAC contributions to candidates this week, a retreat the group’s own letter described as a response…
The lack of affordability is the curse of the working class, whether its individual members are working or not. Politicians talk about…
What extraordinary times we are witnessing in Europe! Without a doubt, this is a time of revolutions. The mobilizations sweeping across the…
“This is not an ordinary election victory; this is an avalanche that has wiped out an authoritarian regime and entire political scene.”…
Yesterday for the first time ever I voted early on the first day I could do so in New Jersey. For many…
I ran across this quote recently. It struck me as a concise summary of our conditions here in the fading twilight of…
Serbia’s student-backed list defeated the country’s long-established authoritarian leader Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday in one of the most consequential elections in its…
Our country is one of the most violent in the world, worse than some war zones. The rate of violence against women…
As people living with HIV grow older, stigma, multiple age-related health conditions, financial insecurity and fragmented care threaten their rights and dignity.…
The democratic world closely and anxiously followed the Brazilian electoral process. The rise of the far right, imperial interference in the domestic…
Turkey today is no longer simply a regional power with an active foreign policy. What we are watching is the attempt of…
On October 20, Nigeria confirmed an imported case in Abuja. Kenya, meanwhile, reported nine cases linked to a single cluster. The epidemic…
There is something heartbreaking about watching water enter a family home. At first, people try to stop it with towels, boards and…
The persistent violence from Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied territories of the West Bank has become such common fare it…
The nineteenth-century philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel made a rather pithy observation in the preface to his book, Elements of the Philosophy of…
The central question confronting anyone who cares about justice and peace in Ethiopia is no longer how to preserve Abiy Ahmed’s government.…
Are we angry enough yet? Haven’t our hearts been broken enough times? Are we ready to act now? How many more children do…
On Sunday, September 13th, a crowd of a few dozen organizers and tenants living at 150 and 154 Belmont Ave. swelled outside…
The stadium is empty, but Israel is still in the game. Though any form of isolation of those responsible for genocide is…
How do you stop a would-be dictator? The first requirement is knowing that it’s possible. In 2024, the people of South Korea…
“What does democracy look like?” As the Supreme Court formally takes up the legal challenges against the state, the streets of New…
As always, the Trump administration is setting ever stranger records for public “entertainment” (and yes, I certainly do have to put that…
This article, the first of two parts, is an interview I conducted of an entity that goes by the initials GPT. Yes,…
[Norbert Byambo Kagosi]: Forced and involuntary displacement can have many causes. I fled my country for many reasons, including insecurity, persistent conflict,…
