Since the end of the Cold War, hybrid political regimes have been steadily gaining ground across the world. Hybrid regimes rest on a…
Even at their remote resort, walled off from climate protesters by an authoritarian government, the 40,000 delegates gathered at the COP27 climate conference in…
Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich argues America’s leaders are woefully out of touch with reality, and unable to adapt to a changing…
Our nation’s year-round celebration of former military service by 19 million Americans reaches its apex every Nov. 11 (aka Veterans Day). On…
No amount of post-election puffery about Joe Biden can change a key political reality: His approval ratings are far below the public’s…
Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli elections, Arab parties will not reap meaningful political benefits, even if they collectively achieve…
Last Sunday (October, 30) it became clear that a coup d’état is underway in Brazil. It is a coup of a new…
“Sort of a combination of disbelief, and not taking it very seriously,” said Fletcher. “Treating it as, I guess, ‘Bill has a…
Ukraine has been wracked by shocking destruction and deadly violence since Russia invaded the country in February. Estimates of the death toll…
For growing numbers of people who already reject capitalist economics for themselves and for others, the question arises, okay, what next? The…
At the beginning of this midterm election year, we received an urgent fundraising appeal from US representative Jake Auchincloss, a centrist Democrat…
The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is…
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings have witnessed protests in Washington and many other sites. Nearly 100 protesters from…
Social Security is one of the most popular and progressive government programs in the United States. But Republicans, who try to obscure…
Dr Gabor Maté is a world-renowned author and physician, best known for his work on trauma, addiction, and childhood development. His books…
In July, 2006, Israel bombed Lebanon. The news released fury and anguish in me that was beyond words. I visualized innocent, helpless…
Awaiting discharge from a hospital in Cairo, Adel Al Manthari, a Yemeni civilian, faces months of physical therapy and mounting medical bills…
The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to…
Many hoped Brazil would join the ranks of progressive South American governments on October 2. But while Luiz Inacio “Lula” Da Silva…
The University of Wisconsin at Madison was a hotbed of student radicalism in the 1960s. Unlike some other centers of campus opposition…
Imagine the horror of the Uvalde school shooting parents waiting outside the school for the next shot. Like some grotesque experiment of Schrodinger’s…
Note: Brian Terrell delivered this talk at the Oct. 1 peace witness sponsored by PeaceWorksKC, at Whiteman AFB, near Knob Noster, MO. Leading…
Call it a taste of India. Specifically Modi ruled India. On the evening of Saturday, September 17 a mob of about 300…
“Our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our…
taly’s general election on 25 September produced a victory for Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia. While the result has provoked warnings about a…
Voices from the Picket LinesThe strike of 2000 Kaiser Permanente mental health care providers isnow in its seventh week. On Saturday, votes…
The 2022 midterms are less than two months away and democracy itself is on the line. It may be our last chance…
Jeff and I at our 50th reunion, June, 2018 For 58 years Jeff was one of my closest friends. The intertwining of…
About 200 students walked out of class at East Ridge High School Friday morning, as did some teachers, in protest of a…
In his anticipated speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to, once more,…
What does South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit last Friday to the White House – and the trip last month by U.S.…
Nika Dubrovsky speaks to Noam Chomsky about pirate societies, ‘bewildered herds’ and the fragility of the present in the context of the…
A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize…
Yvon Chouinard is an environmental activist and outdoor enthusiast who began mountain and rock climbing decades ago. At the same time he…
Baltimore, Jackson water crises spotlight need for federal investment in crumbling water and wastewater systems nationwide Baltimore, MD — Today, 1,500 homes…
In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be…
Six months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States, NATO and the European Union (EU) wrapped themselves in the Ukrainian flag, shelled…
I first met Barbara Ehrenreich in the early 1970s at a national convention of the New American Movement where her New York…
Donald Trump’s illegal retention of classified U.S. government records reminded me that I have been reading these kinds of sensitive official files after their…
You meet some folks during your life, and you wonder at them. You try to learn from them. You admire them. For…
On June 20, Gabriel Boric’s recently inaugurated reform government announced the closing of a copper smelter in the Punchuncaví-Quintero industrial corridor. The…
On August 30th, the South Carolina House of Representatives will debate H. 5399, a bill that would totally ban abortions in the…
Janine Jackson interviewed Global Witness’s Jon Lloyd about Facebook disinformation for the August 19, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Social media platforms’ role…
This week, Antioch renters won a robust local rent control policy, a testament to the importance of building renter power to stand…
The Orbánization of Fascist Politics The malicious passions of fascism are with us once again, evident in the emergence of diverse regimes…
Fifty years ago, no symbol of university complicity with the military angered more students than the on-campus presence of the Reserve Officers’…
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden was hardly bullish on student debt cancellation. He was cajoled by progressives and his presidential primary…
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden was hardly bullish on student debt cancellation. He was cajoled by progressives and his presidential primary…
Despite the recent war on wokeness, woke capitalism is still with us and it is asking us to remain alert – to…
“The labor movement today is in miserable shape, probably worse than in any period of labor history,” writes Joe Burns. To get…
