Have you ever been grilled by little kids asking the question, “Why?” Why is the sky blue? Why does Heather have two…
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, media coverage of the war hasn’t included even the slightest mention of intercontinental ballistic…
“Do your little part. Do whatever you can to help change these conditions. Because we’re moving into a critical period of history,…
A recent article in the New York Times describes how Democrats are providing companies with incentives – to hire union members –…
In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, “[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack…
For a whole year, Israel has struggled in its attempts to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The…
We can all list many perspectives that propose different post capitalist economic aims. Must we see each perspective as a contender against…
Should an environment-protecting group like W.A.T.E.R. get involved in issues of international war? Or conversely, should W.A.T.E.R. “stay in its own lane”?…
Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic…
Given the Russian government’s brutal repression of dissent, the level of Russian resistance to the Putin regime’s war on Ukraine is quite…
In 2016, Bernie Sanders’s candidacy inspired progressives around the US to run unapologetically progressive and spirited campaigns and with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s success…
Hunger is expected to soar across the United States next month when more than 30 million people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition…
There’s a lot to gripe about when discussing the Beltway media class in the United States. Progressives at groups like FAIR and…
Introduction This paper begins with a brief presentation of participatory economics. The presentation focuses on the class aspect of the model. It…
A new-old ghost is hovering over Europe—war. The most violent continent in the world in terms of the number of deaths caused…
England’s legendary Dr. Samuel Johnson once observed that nothing concentrates the mind so much as the prospect of an imminent hanging. On the international…
In Ecuador’s ’Referendum 2023’ on Sunday 5 February, citizens voted on eight government proposals for Constitutional reform, including one that affects the…
Degrowth versus ecomodernism. Ecomodernism versus degrowth. What’s it all about? From where the passion? Why any anger? How about reaching for unity?…
On January 18th, Manuel Teran – “Tortuguita” – was killed by GeorgiaState Police in a raid on the Weelaunee Forest. In the…
The philosopher Slavoj Zizek is perhaps the world’s best-known leftist philosopher, often making “top intellectuals” lists, appearing in countless talk shows, and…
Though Israel’s past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as…
Consider the potential of certain progressives winning high office in the U.S. Beyond their being much better than who they defeat, would…
Beginning in 1985 the Yugoslavian Zastava Automobile Company began to manufacture and export to the United States a newer version of what…
Review of Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War, by Erik Edstrom’s (Bloomsbury, 2020); Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine’s Unbecoming, by Lyle Jeremy Rubin (Bold…
Have you ever spoken with a parent of black boys about the struggle and fear of keeping them safe? There are several…
A recent help-wanted ad for a laundry worker in Cleveland contained some unusual language, asking prospective candidates: “Have you ever wanted to…
On the morning of January 18, agents from nine agencies, including the FBI and its local counterpart, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,…
The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment…
Doomism is a kind of melancholic pessimism or as Germans call it, Weltschmerz. It is an overwhelming feeling of sadness and emotional…
When Tyre Nichols woke up the morning of the last day of his life, I feel certain that he wasn’t thinking about…
When the Democratic National Committee convenes its winter meeting on Thursday in Philadelphia, a key agenda item will be rubber-stamping Joe Biden’s…
The Ukraine War has provided a challenging time for the nations of the world and, particularly, for international law. Since antiquity, far-sighted…
To struggle against the forces of fascism, war, oppression, and ecocide is to confront and resist fearsome foes. The path is not…
Last year I was invited to be interviewed for a new podcast called Here to (T)here on the topic of biodiversity loss.…
The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office has placed she who claims the country’s presidency, Dina Boluarte under investigation for crimes including genocide, resulting from…
“For how long will I be in captivity? After so many years, where are the state and the people of Israel?” These…
Background to a Changing Strategic Perspective Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has just visited Washington, drawing attention to how Japan is remaking…
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has just issued its 2023 Doomsday Clock statement, calling this “a time of unprecedented danger.” It…
Days in January: 31. Number of mass shootings in the US as of January 24: 39. (I pray the number hasn’t gone…
The Shannon Stopover January 11th, 2023 marked the 21st anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison. The prison still housing 35…
The ability to solve complex problems is a sign of maturity, intelligence, and some would argue what separates humans from other species.…
On the evening of January 21, a couple dozen people came out in the rain and grouped together in a circle outside…
The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world’s strongest militaries based on over 60 factors,…
Denial at the top of the Democratic Party about Joe Biden’s shaky footing for a re-election run in 2024 became more untenable…
When I was a teenager, I knew global warming was caused by fossil fuels. So did Exxon. For decades, Exxon has been hiding…
In 2022 we saw the climate movement take prominence once again, bringing new (and old) ideas on how to protest, struggle and…
The New School’s Old News The New School was founded in 1919 in New York, by a group of scholars who were…
Have you ever heard a fellow progressive, leftist, radical, or revolutionary say, “I remain on the left despite the left, not because…
In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines…
The third Monday of January is celebrated as a national holiday to honor the memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King…
