Part One: When I was initially asked to sign onto the Twenty Theses for Liberation, my first thought was, “Why not?” I…
Patty Chayefsky’s film Network, an acid-laced spoof of capitalist media, reaches its climax when Chairman Arthur Jensen, leader of the fictional mega-corporation…
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In Sweden, as in many other countries, employers are attacking the collective agreements (or the labor contracts, as it’s called in North…
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My fellow Americans: I’ve changed my mind. With a heavy heart, I am announcing that I will not seek or accept the…
All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promotedand justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and…
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Donald Trump is about as useless as a tastebud on an anus. Anyone who has paid attention to the verdict in the…
Eerily, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott inadvertently reminded us of the international nature of this scourge when he referred to five recent murder…
20 Theses for Liberation was co-published by multiple outlets on 1 May. Co-authored by 30 progressive activists (of which I am one) and…
The past few months have brought with them some diplomatic triumphs on the world stage, not one of them attributable to the…
In 1967 Martin Luther King put Black people’s lives in this country into a mathematical formula: Black people, said Dr. King, were…
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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…
On May 1 2023, an essay called 20 Theses for Liberation was co-published by various media outlets and organizations. It is co-authored…
The idea of a movement of movements is not new. The concept remains popular, logical, and inspiring yet remains just that—a concept.…
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…
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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…
