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Editorial PhilosophyIn this edited version of the 226th episode of the audio Podcast titled RevolutionZ, I want to address a particular prevalent criticism…
“The choice today is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. …
The United States of America has been the pre-eminent country on Earth for over 40 years.[i] There are many competing analyses of…
The U.S. corporate media’s first response to the leaking of secret documents about the war in Ukraine was to throw some mud…
When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only.…
In general, one might like to distinguish between real conspiracies and conspiracy theories. In a real conspiracy, a few conspirators get together…
Artificial Intelligence is here, there, and everywhere. Pundits wax eloquent—and sometimes not so eloquent. YouTube videos reveal inner secrets and possibilities—and sometimes…
Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and…
Anti-war activist Ciaron O’Reilly was detained outside Dublin Castle on April 13th while protesting the extradition of Julian Assange and his incarceration in…
Put a match directly under a frog and the frog will seek escape. Slow boil a frog in a pot and the…
Until people start to go into the streets and protest, we’re not going to see the changes… If you don’t have the…
Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer – no. Here’s why. …
Over the last couple of years there have been three books published, or about to be, which have dealt prominently with the…
In recent months, we have seen workers who went on strike in Germany and France. Might this be a prelude to overturning…
By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan,…
A great deal can be learned from the past decade’s experiences, beginning in South Africa where he authorized a partnership with a…
On April 11, 2002, there was an attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez’s democratically elected government in Venezuela. Chavez had prioritized programs…
On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830-mile border between Finland and Russia…
In just a few words — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the…
As we hurtle towards an increasingly uncertain future because of the climate crisis that we humans have caused, a debate is intensifying…
Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and…
When I excitedly shared the news on social media that Indonesia had refused to host the Israeli team as part of the…
The Tennessee House of Representatives, dominated by a Republican supermajority, voted yesterday to expel two Black Democratic legislators who had participated in…
Just when one starts to think, there really is nothing more to say about conspiracy theories – or better, conspiracy fantasies as…
For two consecutive nights this week, during the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli military stormed Al-Aqsa mosque. They entered the mosque…
Degrowth is a vague term. On the one hand, Degrowth arouses fear of personal impoverishment. On the other hand, Degrowth encompasses a…
“The biggest job in getting any movement off the ground is to keep together the people who form it. This task requires…
Among the handful of neurologically impaired patients in Judy Danella’s care one day in March 2023 were three so ill that they…
As millions celebrate Holy Week and Passover this week, many clergy and lay activists will be delving into their own faith traditions…
Between now and May 5th, the Florida legislature will vote to codify Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposal to end funding for college diversity…
The odds are against us. That is the bottom line in the latest IPCC report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
The phrase ‘fake news’ continues to be deployed routinely in US politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and Democrats distrust…
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published…
It’s Budget Season in DC and the swamp is in full bloom. Republicans refuse to offer a budget. Why is that? After…
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), a UN agency with climatologists from over 70 counties included) has just come out with…
Last Thursday, a Congressional hearing took place where the TikTok CEO was grilled for five hours on the grounds of “security concerns.”…
By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16,…
What a state we’re in! The lowest point of the left since the 1950s. The Joe Biden visit proves it. Green Party…
“Chief Drake said it was too early to discuss a possible motive for the shooting, though he confirmed that the attack was targeted.…
Imagine we were to assemble in one massive stadium everyone who favors changing societies to attain political, economic, and social justice for…
The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up…
For three days, 30,000 education workers struck the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest in the nation. Bus drivers, special…
We’re experiencing disastrous climatic events because we treat the land – metaphorically speaking – like dirt. Nature’s ecosystems regulate climate. In turn,…
Capitalism, Marx said, is unceasingly prone to crisis. His observation applies as much to financial capital as to industrial capital, as the…
Early in March the sixteenth largest bank in the United States with more than $200 billion in assets experienced a sudden collapse…
The announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of…
Reading Bridget Meehan’s moving conundrum about voting in a society where no candidate who represented your convictions has ever stood for any…
Back in November 2022, I was watching the night time news. The headline story was the G20 leaders’ summit taking place in…
Having just observed the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the United States Senate is currently considering S. 316, a…
The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African…
