In my first couple of years of progressive activism in the late 60’s, many of those I worked with who were also…
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has sent shock waves throughout the United States. The bridge was not…
The last hundred years have been years of intense conflict that have resulted in countless wars, in addition to the two world…
Suffocated for more than six decades by the U.S. state of economic siege, Cuba is facing serious difficulties that are impacting…
Suffocated for more than six decades by the U.S. state of economic siege, Cuba is facing serious difficulties that are impacting the…
This March, Argentina’s school year began with empty classrooms. The price of learning materials rose by 502 percent over the past year, leaving many…
Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Mothers have been the largest share…
“Instead of seizing the chance to close schools… communities across the country are pushing their districts to think about schools differently and…
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has worsened due to IMF deals, causing social unrest, unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity, and posing significant challenges…
On March 19, 2024, the head of France’s ground forces, General Pierre Schill, published an article in the newspaper, Le Monde, with a blunt…
An international campaign for the freeing from prison of well-known Russian intellectual, writer and anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky, along with all other…
Last week, Variety reported that “more than 1,000 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone…
Economic Model-Two Conditions Our economic model generates and conflates two conditions that burden working people. The first is “economic adversity.” The second…
NATO expansion, Western leaders vaunting wars for values, international judges ruling on accusations of genocide, calls to defend civilisation against barbarism —…
In the next few days, after this story gets published, I will either save a pregnant woman and her child’s life, or…
It seems that there has never been a better time than now to buy an electric vehicle in the United States, especially…
Probably fewer ideas are treated with more contempt in today’s world than . . . ahem: a one-state solution for Palestine and…
All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. (William Butler Yeats Easter, 1916) His utterance was matter of fact, almost devoid…
March is Women’s History Month. A suitable time to celebrate Tish Murtha. March also marks the eleventh anniversary of her death. March…
When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive…
Kim Scipes reviews Jason Hickel’s Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. Looking through the lens of climate change, Jason…
If we condemn Hamas for its October 7 attacks in Israel, we’re not accused of anti-Arab bigotry. Nor should we be. Nothing…
The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the huge…
Predatory Capitalism Triumphs Over People And Community There is a large sign over the Delaware River Bridge connecting New Jersey’s state capital…
There is a dialectical relation between colonisation and decolonisation. This dialectical relation is dyadic and triadic. Decolonisation as a process of the…
In 1925 the African American and Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen posed the following significant question, what is Africa to me? Cullen…
20 March 2024Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement The poor and marginalised have not seen any gains in almost 30 years of democracy. The…
People’s choice of words can be revealing.That’s certainly the case with respect to one of Donald Trump’s favorite slogans, “America First.” In…
Donkeys have been our steadfast companions for centuries, valued for their strength, hardiness, and work ethic. Yet, for many, a donkey’s value…
Another family died yesterday. A dozen families die everyday. They usually manage to pull a few bodies out of the rubble. The…
By mid-March 2024, millions of people had participated in anti-far-right rallies that covered the entire length and breadth of Germany. The anti-right-wing…
The moderate line, coming from more progressive forces among ruling elites, has given unwavering support to Israel’s genocidal bombing and blockade of…
Throughout 2023 and into 2024, the North of Ireland [1] has witnessed the largest and most sustained public sector strikes in all…
In a work entitled “Irish Famine 4,” Palestinian-American journalist and artist Sam Husseini combined grass and paint to commemorate a bitter time…
Twenty-five years after Hugo Chávez took office and began the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, U.S. officials have still not tired of dreaming up new…
The widowed single mom attacked grocery shopping with the doggedness of a Marine on a mission. To provide for her family in…
Since banks were deregulated during the administration of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, there has been an orgy of predatory capitalism…
“Inside every phone is the blood of a Congolese person.” These words from Pascal Mirindi, a student and activist in Goma, Democratic…
President Biden began his State of the Union speech with an impassioned warning that failing to pass his $61 billion dollar weapons…
‘All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who…
Assistance outcomes differ by country, but special interests and the absence of a unified vision increase the risk of mismanagement and corruption.…
On the afternoon of Friday, March 8, International Working Women’s Day, 200 activists gathered on Capitol Hill representing a broad range of…
Michigan’s longtime Senator Debbie Stabenow is retiring this year, meaning an open U.S. Senate seat is up for grabs. There is a…
The results of the last general elections on March 10 call for a reading that goes beyond the froth of the results.…
Alain Alameddine interviews Mohammad Zraiy, the Gaza coordinator for the One Democratic State Initiative and English teacher, about the situation in Gaza,…
To my Palestinian sisters, Despite the global rise of the feminist liberation movement launched decades ago to amplify the voices of women,…
Hosted by Evergreen State College, this webinar brings together four Jewish speakers, Rabbi David Basior, Peter Bohmer, Rabbi Seth Goldstein, and Nancy…
We, the undersigned, are University of Portsmouth (UoP) staff members, students and alumni who are deeply concerned about the actions of the…
“No explanation, no justification or excuse could ever cover up [the] horror [in Gaza]. It would be best if Israel’s [hasbara] machine…
“Liberals are doomed to destroy themselves inside out. And they are militantly out of touch with the rest of the world.” That’s…
