A new kind of unity around Palestine is finally finding its way to the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide. The reason behind this…
Trump is a pestilence, an abomination. Really. He is. No more debate. It is as evident as a cloud of locusts. It…
Before hanging on December, 2, 1859, John Brown slipped a note to a jailer: “I, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes…
Empire and injustice are not abstract concepts – they shape our daily lives. Awareness alone won’t change that. We can read the…
While the Biden administration proclaims “a season of Light and Peace” as the theme of its Christmas celebrations this year and thousands…
Within establishment media and politics in the United States, there have been two dominant viewpoints of Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza…
“We had several other people in the country [USA}, even among the Jews, the Zionists particularly, who were against anything that has…
The sudden regime overthrow in Syria and the long-delayed opportunity to confront the legacy of Bashar al-Assad’s tyranny are either being celebrated…
“A country gets the leadership it deserves.” That was my sentiment back in 2016 when Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton for the…
Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a classic Orwellian institution. It isn’t a governmental department, nor is it designed to promote…
A quiet panic has broken out within immigrant communities across the United States ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Mixed-status…
The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch…
The ongoing war and genocide in Gaza is unprecedented. Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the…
“I have long believed that we need an alternative to the Democrat and Republican parties, and since 1974 I have acted on…
Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods that have devastated…
On November 26th, Israel and Lebanon signed an agreement for a 60-day truce, during which Israel and Hezbollah are both supposed to…
Both personally and collectively, the certainties of the present always carry with them the germ of future uncertainties. But there are moments…
The town of Carrboro sued Duke Energy Corp. today for the company’s decades-long role leading a nationwide climate deception scheme that has…
Our idea was simple if a little unorthodox for the development world: Let communities choose their path and we follow. It was…
The International Criminal Court’s recent issuance of arrest warrants to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for…
In mid-November, the Biden administration (given his diminished mental capacity, whoever is now in charge) authorized the Kyiv regime to launch Lockheed…
When my grandfather was born there were neither cars, airplanes, nor phones. Yet, before he died, man had walked on the moon.…
Are you like me? Has getting out of bed become a serious challenge? Has getting back in bed become a beckoning distraction?…
MAGA Plan The country recently advanced to a pivotal time in its political history. A small group of profanely wealthy individuals that…
We are living under a system that carries with it sometimes crushing forms of coercion and oppression; very painful inequalities; hosts of…
“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well,”…
A major problem in American thinking in the Middle East is the utter rejection of the notion that Palestinian rights are fundamental,…
” . . . slimy, dishonest, [a] stunning display of ignorance . . . [A] god-awful book.” —–Molecular biologist Dan Wilson reviewing…
A clear consensus has emerged that the economy was the key factor behind Trump’sstunning victory. However, that may not be a very…
The immigration issue has split and/or weakened both center and left parties and movements across many nations in recent years. Serious economic…
Disruptive climate protests annoy some people, but studies from the UK confirm that they have been effective at shifting public opinion and…
President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate…
As a seemingly comforting phrase for those struggling with the results of the recent U.S. presidential election, I’ve heard variants of “It’s…
Leila Farsakh is professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts and the author of the pioneering work Palestinian Labour Migration…
Cooperation or Competition? On November 7, 2024, Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Trump that said: “A stable, healthy, sustainably…
Trump’s victory is a serious loss for most people in the United States and globally. I disagreed before the election and now,…
“I took down your golden boy in a week.” -Mitch McConnell, on Matt Gaetz failed nomination After learning yesterday about Matt Gaetz…
In thousands of ways, we are taught to accept the world we live in as the only possible one, but thousands of…
How does one take seriously having a vaccine denier in charge of public health? How about having the world’s richest corporate owner…
The paradoxical phrase, ‘running away forward’ is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now. It…
In mid-November, New York’s Catholic Worker community, located in lower Manhattan, opened their sizable auditorium to host “Reap What You Sow: Don’t…
In July, after Donald Trump selected JD Vance as his vice-presidential running mate, Michael Lind took to the New York Times opinion…
We have to realize that we have a new reality and that progressives need to change their approach. A proto-fascist movement in…
Our times are fraught. This is especially glaring in the Middle East as the United States wrestles to maintain its control over…
In February, the public health specialist Muna Abed Alah published a paper in the journal Current Psychology titled “Shattered Hierarchy: How the…
Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in…
Francesca Albanese did not mince her words. In a strongly worded speech at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on October…
We have just elected a cruel and ruthless monster who represents the worst of humanity and I feel my blood vessels pulsing…
The Biblical Book of Job chronicles a string of catastrophes relentlessly plaguing the main character, Job, who loses his prosperity, his home,…
The Democrats and those who inhabit the DNC orbit have been in a rush to skip all five stages of grief. My…
