Words fail me – but they’re all I have, or so it seems as I sit here at a table in my…
What is happening in Italy regarding Gaza is unprecedented in the history of solidarity between the country and any other international cause…
“They sowed fear in us, we grew wings,” goes the song in Spanish by Vivir Quintana, about women in Mexico resisting femicide.…
During a large part of the post-World War II history of American foreign policy, national security meant international security—that is, defense of…
Conceptual Clarifications I am a social scientist and, as such, I feel obliged to address the issues I discuss with objectivity, though…
The 1974 film The Parallax View concludes with a silhouette of a man with a gun in front of a doorway revealing…
Introduction Artificial intelligence is one of the most prominent innovations of the modern digital revolution. It has provided tremendous possibilities for enhancing…
In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with…
To mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, numerous articles and opinion pieces have appeared in prominent media…
Since October 7, the world has heard no end to pronouncements from Benjamin Netanyahu alleging perils of international terrorism and great battle…
For decades the rightwing movement at all levels has been massively funded, far more than moderate, left, or progressive organizations, political think…
Webster’s dictionary defines ignorance as ‘ The Lack of knowledge or information’. Not in a mean or disparaging manner, this writer realizes…
In the 1840s, a million people in Ireland died of starvation in a famine called the An Gorta Mór aggravated by British…
In India’s contemporary socio-political landscape, everyday spaces have become sites of symbolic contestation. This includes grand temple rituals, city name changes, language…
Few progressives will be unaware of the contribution feminists have made to public life. They have not just added to the wellbeing…
Why republish the text “For an ecosocialist degrowth,” which was already published in several languages more than three and a half years…
The Palestinian question predates the United Nations, which is now celebrating its 80th anniversary. The roots of the Palestinian conflict lie in…
Europe is on the war path with grandiose plans for building a war economy akin to the American military-industrial complex. As always,…
The United Nations is often regarded as the global community’s foremost symbol of peace and problem solving. Each September, world leaders gather…
While employers and the capital side of the equation like to spin the hallucination of a highly – or even over-regulated –…
As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not attacked…
Every day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal…
Recently, the EU/EC position has toughened on Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But why did the stance change only after the deaths and…
The deportation crusade began in Seattle late in 1917. The country was at war, an unpopular war, and there was an unsettled…
Chances are you’ve benefited from a nonprofit—whether by listening to public radio, adopting a pet from a shelter, attending a community arts…
It was a hot day in June 2018. We marched past fruit trees and reached the meeting point, where he sat under…
How can we effectively push back on the Jimmy Kimmel suspension, and its larger threats to free speech? After Kirk’s shooting, Kimmel posted “can…
The time to laugh at a certified egomaniacal buffoon is gone. Confusion about his destination is gone. Doubt that he is on…
When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest,…
The Serengeti—whose name means “endless plains” in the Maasai language—is one of the most renowned natural landscapes in the world. Spanning northern…
The Gaza Sumud Flotilla sails from Tunis toward the waters around Palestine. The word Sumud in Arabic means Resilience. It is the…
I gotta get back to doing standup comedy. I mean the **** is so smelly and deep no matter where you look.…
In the waking nightmare into which middle eastern politics has degenderated, one question stands out above all others: how do ethno-fascist imperialists…
Nina Bang1866 – 1928 Introduction Throughout history, women have played decisive roles both globally and locally. They struggled for rights, participated in…
Perhaps the fact that workers go on strike is as old as capitalism itself. Wherever there is capitalism, there are workers –…
The ancient symbol of the ouroboros—a serpent devouring its own tail—has long represented the cyclical nature of life, destruction feeding creation, and the…
As corporate media accelerate their censorship of comedians and journalists, we must realize that we got to this dire situation because of old-fashioned,…
Capitalism depends on labor – no labor, no capitalism. But when the labor market is run under the neoliberal dictate of a…
The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their…
“The proper way to respond” to white supremacist fascism “is to have a backbone,” says Tariq Khan, a historian and lecturer at Yale…
Notorious both in Israel and abroad, yet beloved as a visionary by his constituencies, Bezalel Smotrich is the far-right leader of Israel’s…
Many people in the United States are understandably jaded by our current politics. Partisan divisions and corporate special interest domination of the…
One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again,…
Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest episodes of austerity in history, driven by a massive retrenchment in public…
As we did last year, the ZStaff is publishing our annual financial and progress report. This is both for transparency and so…
In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem…
As he exited the presidency in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the country that “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted…
John “Tiny” Powell grew up in a union household, attended school with other kids who hailed from union families, and learned early…
Need some spare change? If so, this is your lucky day, because I’ll bequeath you more “change” than you know what to…
If your house is not clean, then the ants will come through the door and draw in the snakes. The crisis in…
