Threshold question: should we hold trials or join Joe Stalin like he proposed after WWII for Hitler and his Hit Men, and…
Nested in the working-class El Valle barrio in Caracas, the 5 de Marzo Commune is a project that explores new ways to empower an…
Recall your attention to the response from the US establishment after Russia was found to be using Iranian drones in the war…
Lula da Silva’s victory in this year’s Brazilian presidential election marks a significant political shift not only in Brazil, which spent the past three…
The underlying theme of this essay is that new ideas have intellectual value largely in proportion to their impact on further new…
In late November, a fire broke out in an apartment building in Urumqi, Xinjiang, a predominantly Uyghur community in China, that resulted in at…
Iran has arrived at a moment of explosive but contradictory developments and the people have become aware of a break with normal…
During our visits to Kabul, Afghanistan from 2009 to 2019, young friends who welcomed me and other international guests to their urban…
On December 7, 2022, Pedro Castillo sat in his office on what would be the last day of his presidency of Peru.…
In the wake of the nine-month-old Russian war against the Ukraine, a country most take little note of has emerged: Belarus. Besides…
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the…
These days, conventional media wisdom says that President Biden will have a smooth path to renomination if he wants it. Don’t be…
Streets in dozens of Iran cities are filled with angry people in popular protests that have already gone on much longer—three months…
Justice, it seems, is hard to find. Thousands of grassroots organizations across the country seek justice for their concerns. In the US,…
Last Thursday marked 42 years since John Lennon was killed. Many people, including me, lament his death and can recall where we…
An economy is a system of production and consumption activities connected via allocation mechanisms. Simply, it is how people produce items and…
Let’s review what happened 10 years ago, on December 14: A 20-year-old white Connecticut man murdered his mother, then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary…
The arrest of Peru’s leftist President Pedro Castillo represents the latest and most serious twist in the country’s on-going systemic political crisis,…
I remember an interview I once did, back about five years, for a British outlet and its first, opening question, went like…
The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that…
In a stunning finale to 2022’s federal elections, Georgians reelected Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff that concluded Tuesday night, where the…
We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external…
One of the great strengths of capitalism, we’re told, is the individual and corporate freedoms it gives. Compared to other systems, we’re…
Joe Biden has directed the Democratic National Committee to reduce the danger that progressives might effectively challenge him in the 2024 presidential…
Citizen assemblies are valued and promoted by a wide spectrum of advocates for increasing grassroots participation, democratization, diversity, solidarity, inclusion, sustainability, public…
Barbara Ehrenreich died a few months ago. She was brilliantly clear, wise, and funny. She was one of the very few people…
Significant dissent in China reared its head for the first time since the Tiananmen uprising in 1989. In many of China’s major…
Although all wars are not imperialist wars, it is remarkable how many imperial conquests have occurred over past centuries. Mobilizing their military…
Craig Murray is a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle and exposed the torture program of the Uzbek government…
Once upon a time, the question, why is there no socialism in America? bugged a young German economist. And so, in 1906,…
Why NO BOSSES? Is this a utopian vision or a concrete and realizable roadmap? I think it a vision composed of five…
One of the encouraging things this long-time labor activist has been watching over the past several years is the emerging development of…
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties concluded its 27th session in the early hours of Sunday, November 20,…
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments…
Charles Dickens wrote, “Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” It was an advisory. An attitude. Your neighbor might write, “Nothing…
As the war in Ukraine has dragged on for nine months and a cold winter is setting in, people all over the…
Part two of a two part interview between Michael Albert and ZNetwork.org. Part one of this interview is here. Noam Chomsky is…
Two years ago, city hall plaza in our hometown, Richmond, CA., was the scene of a protest vigil organized by Estefany Sanchez…
Why did you and Lydia Sargent embark on South End Press and then later Z Magazine? Why did the magazine rise; why…
Images of passing the torch can be stirring. President John Kennedy reached heights of inaugural oratory when he declared that “the torch has been…
https://tedglick.com/2022/11/29/aoc-for-president/ I’m not close to her or any of her inner team, so this could be no more than a voice crying…
In my town, Portland, Oregon, we just lost yet another person to gun violence, this time as a result of an argument…
I stroke the killer’s hatred and certainty, knowing the answer we all ache for — why? — will not be forthcoming. Yes,…
An illustration of this point occurred recently, after Vladimir Putin once again threatened Ukraine and other nations with nuclear war. “To defend…
Who the hell is Hope? Hope is, hopefully, you. But, if you are over 50, or perhaps over 40, maybe even over…
The word syndicalism is borrowed from French. Directly translated it simply means a movement of labor unions, but syndicalism is not just…
Vision can mean different things in different contexts but for the purposes of this essay the most appropriate definition of Vision is…
Political disruptions can generate social media buzz and break through a stunningly biased media sphere on international affairs. In under a minute…
Midterm Machinations The midterm elections are about over. The Democrats will retain power in the Senate and the Republicans won the House. Both…
Alexandria: Welcome to the new ZNetwork.org, Andrew! I’m a fan of your art, and you are a fan of Z’s work, which…
