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Editorial PhilosophyRecently Canada’s Liberal government announced $13 billion in support to attract Volkswagen to establish an electric car battery production facility halfway between…
First of all, conspiracy theories aren’t theories. They are more like fantasies – conspiracy fantasies. And they are not theories in our…
Recently, there has been plenty of rather sensational news about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will change work. Some have even…
The US-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance began in 1953, at the end of the Korean War. Now 70 years later, President Biden…
It’s understandable that, when the Senate Dems need 50 of their 51 members to vote on something for it to pass, Joe…
In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the United…
On May 1 2023, various media outlets and organizations co-published an essay titled 20 Theses for Liberation. Thirty progressive activists initially signed it.…
A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a…
A common refrain from those who advocate under the banner of Degrowth, admittedly a somewhat diverse bunch, is that their opponents mischaracterize…
Hey China, quit threatening us! We’ll kick your ass. Yeah, bad China, maybe worse than Russia, e.g.: “The People’s Republic of China,…
The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese…
When the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW AKA The Wobblies) was established in 1905, their goal was to see ‘ One…
Last year the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania passed a law by a near-unanimous vote to establish the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority,…
A Gazan Ph.D. candidate studying in India, Mohammad Abunahel steadily refines and updates a map on the World BEYOND War website, dedicating…
Another May Day has come and gone, and most Americans never noticed. It wasn’t always like this. In decades past, thousands of…
One of the inescapable features of human existence is that lessons we fail to learn repeat themselves over and over, usually with…
On May 1 2023, an essay called 20 Theses for Liberation was co-published by various media outlets and organizations. It is co-authored…
Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush landed in a twin-engine Navy jet on an aircraft carrier, strode across the deck in…
In the recent women’s college basketball tournament a fascinating conundrum arose. On the one hand the quality of play further opened many…
In April 2023, the world is ablaze with workers’ collective anger and collective action. A global strike wave on a scale not…
The idea of a movement of movements is not new. The concept remains popular, logical, and inspiring yet remains just that—a concept.…
On May 1 2023, an essay called 20 Theses for Liberation was co-published by various media outlets and organizations. It is co-authored…
In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on…
The risk of a new Cold War has greatly increased in recent times, not only because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but…
Can we form a circle big enough to fit 330 million Americans? Do we have enough folding chairs? I don’t know, but…
On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion,…
WASHINGTON – CODEPINK members were in attendance at the Kennedy Center Wednesday night to watch cofounder Diane Wilson receive a Goldman Environmental Prize for her…
It’s a hot and crowded Tuesday morning in the Yoruba Cultural Center in Havana, and the air sticks to the skin. You…
The current Daniel Ellsberg Week celebrates the achievements and inspirational spirit of the most significant whistleblower of the 20th century. Daniel Ellsberg’s…
General advice given to young people is to do their work well, lest they be fired from their job. Being fired holds…
Better not knock on the wrong door or drive into the wrong driveway, you may get shot. Kids are afraid to go…
In 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…



