Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand…
After promising during his 2024 election campaign to end the country’s quarter century of ‘forever wars’—on June 21, 2025 Trump started yet…
The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause. Yet, the struggle…
My first years of progressive activism and organizing took place during the presidency of Richard Nixon, who, without a doubt, led one…
NOTE: The following text is an abridged translation of a Persian-language statement regarding Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran. The statement was published…
Robo dogs. Tasers-equipped drone. Lie detectors. Smart walls. Iris scans. The imprecise, inhumane technology of AI algorithms. This is the arsenal that…
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it. In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through…
After serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992, Deborah “Arnie” Arnesen became the first major party…
Earlier this month, Washington vetoed yet another UN security council resolution, supported by all the other members, calling for an immediate ceasefire…
After promising during the 2024 election to stop the USA’s ‘forever wars’ in the 21st century, in less than six months in office…
Immigrants and asylum seeking refugees are the political props that fascists exploit to seize control of all US government institutions. The white…
On Saturday 14 June our movement held a successful meeting with national, provincial and municipal government. The meeting was attended by a…
Since June 13th, hundreds of missiles have streaked across Middle Eastern skies while diplomatic phones ring unanswered. Israel’s unprecedented assault on Iran’s…
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has a history, one that he does not like to highlight. His Opa or grandfather was a…
“Freedom isn’t free” is a slogan I have heard much of my adult life, almost always associated with praising our military and the sacrifice…
The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of…
On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran…
Statements by the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, an umbrella organisation of Kurdish left organisations, and the Kurdistan Free Life Party, based in…
Frantz Fanon teaches that every generation must discover its own mission, fulfil it, or betray it. The youth of 1976 discovered their…
Did you see the old woman bent over, making her way with both hands on the ground across the wasteland that is…
“Democrats are in the wilderness, and they don’t have a response…We have to get up, dust ourselves off, criticize what we think…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at a critical turning point: while violent conflicts persist in the east of the country,…
‘Cause sometimes it’s hard to let the future begin! ― Lorraine Hansberry Many people believe the nation’s current turmoil is traceable to a…
Two years ago this week, Daniel Ellsberg died at the age of 92. In the popular imagination, his legacy is often reduced…
Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member…
The Police State performance On Sunday, June 8, my partner and I were at the MOCA Geffen Contemporary museum in Downtown Los…
It’s been apparent for some time that the Israeli government intends to expel the population of Gaza and claim the territory. This has become so…
Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike previous actions, this mobilization is…
This is a statement by Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund President Kevin Martin. Israel has attacked Iran once again, allegedly…
The Global Environmental Outlook (GEO), compiled by the member states of the United Nations, reports on a range of planetary disasters, including…
Justin Arango said support for a union built over the years among workers at JSW Steel in Mingo Junction, Ohio, as the…
Algeria is celebrating Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice. A sacred moment of remembrance, sharing, and spirituality. Yet, once again this…
On Father’s Day, imagine fathers and father figures sitting down with their sons and the young men in their lives—to talk, to listen, and to speak…
The Talmud contends that “Whosoever saves a single life is as if he had saved the whole world; whosoever destroys a single…
“Anger against injustice and oppression is not just legitimate; it is necessary to successfully build a movement for real change. But anger…
The D-Day anniversary on June 6 is a pretty irresistible date for scheduling a protest related to veterans benefits. Eighty-one years ago,…
In February of this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte remarked at the Munich Security Conference that, due to the current situation…
In April 2025 two MPs from the ruling Labour Party, on a fact finding mission to Israel, were detained by authorities there…
This article expands and updates a June 2020 article. Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal…
There is something happening here and what it is is all too clear. Officer: Did you watch movies as a child? Did…
This title is not a contradictory proposition. It is a call to unthink much of what we have become accustomed to thinking…
The Palestinian town of Bruqin, just off Route 446 in the northern West Bank, was founded in the Roman era as a…
The Rally We Chose to Forget In February 1939, more than 20,000 American citizens packed Madison Square Garden to salute a portrait…
When is a “school choice” proposal not really about school choice? In the budget bill that Republicans rushed through the House on…
Despite ongoing discussions on the re-construction of Gaza – after Israel has fully achieved the stated goal of de-constructing it – there…
I just returned from the supermarket. Was in the produce section checking out the lemons. A shopper was nearby, a 60 something woman…
In May 2025, the White House announced the approval of $1.4 billion in arms sales to the UAE. This Gulf country has…
President Trump finally got his wish for a conversation with Xi Jinping. Or perhaps I should say that President Xi granted Trump an audience.…
Basically, everyone knows that “making America great again” means making America racist again – making racism the cultural norm again, unlocking the…
We live amidst lunacy that kills. Calm, reasoned reports of escalating state criminality are part of ending state criminality. Ditto for deep…
