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Editorial PhilosophyIs it Russian imperialism or great-power politics that explains Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? And how likely is it that we could see…
This week, when the New York Times featured an opinion piece by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, it harmonized with a crescendo of other recent pleas…
The future tapped me quietly on the shoulder the other day and suggested that I take a moment to learn about the…
Two proposals for bringing peace in Russia’s war on Ukraine were issued on nearly the same day last month: a UN General…
Dear President Biden, My name is Olivia DiNucci and I am the anti-war activist who interrupted your dinner in DC the other…
(Image by Julie Maas) Following the January mobilization to protest the removal from office of Peru’s Indigenous President Pedro Castillo, unofficial reports indicate continuing…
In the conflict-ridden realm of international relations, certain terms are particularly useful, and one of them is “Red Lines.” Derived from the…
Some time back, I opened the Sunday New York Times. The main headline, front page, top right, was “At many nursing homes,…
In France, again, the public rebels as we ought to everywhere. Will the French strike widen? Will the French occupy, expand, diversify,…
There’s something irrational about President Biden’s knee-jerk dismissal of China’s 12-point peace proposal titled “China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the…
Over the past year Ottawa has given Ukraine over $2 billion in weapons. The size of the arms donation is unprecedented in…
Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any UN proceeding concerning the Israeli…
You can’t have a living wage without sufficient affordable housing, and you can’t afford decent housing without a living wage. These claims…
A recent expose in The New York Times documenting how U.S. corporations exploit migrant children sheds light on a crucial issue facing the American…
In the classic movie It’s A Wonderful Life, a small community savings bank, a building and loan association which is dedicated to…
Media and individuals too often field too few questions about the systemic causes of trends and events. More often they ask about…
Workers in the logistics industry often make headlines when their handling of goods is disrupted by pandemic conditions or labor conflicts. Thanks…
For environmental activists, the inauguration of Joe Biden held promise. The executive orders that he signed that day included one to rejoin…
To understand the current fierce attacks on the progressive leadership of the Nevada Democratic Party, it’s helpful to recall the panicked reaction…
On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier…
Contrary to popular belief, racism is alive and well in the food system. Up to 83% of farmworkers in the country are Latino,…
Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley is proof that the dream is still…
Florida’s Governor DeSantis educational scheme that students need to learn the facts and nothing but the facts is likely to make teaching…
Biden Administration Claim The recent widely acclaimed report of 517,000 jobs created in January by the Biden administration placated the recession-phobic instincts…
Sabrina Chaumette is an Oakland, CA resident and a licensedclinical social worker and a member of the National Union ofHealthcare Workers (NUHW)…
With all the attention on US-China relations, Beijing’s on-again, off-again relations with the European Union (EU) don’t receive the attention they deserve.…
With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither…
On February 7, a funeral was held in the northern Syrian town of Jinderis. It was one of numerous such funerals to…
Algorithms are human inventions and as such, algorithms will make mistakes. Yet when their mistakes mean someone loses their freedom, it is…
Have you ever been grilled by little kids asking the question, “Why?” Why is the sky blue? Why does Heather have two…
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, media coverage of the war hasn’t included even the slightest mention of intercontinental ballistic…
“Do your little part. Do whatever you can to help change these conditions. Because we’re moving into a critical period of history,…
A recent article in the New York Times describes how Democrats are providing companies with incentives – to hire union members –…
In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, “[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack…
For a whole year, Israel has struggled in its attempts to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The…
We can all list many perspectives that propose different post capitalist economic aims. Must we see each perspective as a contender against…
Should an environment-protecting group like W.A.T.E.R. get involved in issues of international war? Or conversely, should W.A.T.E.R. “stay in its own lane”?…
Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic…
Given the Russian government’s brutal repression of dissent, the level of Russian resistance to the Putin regime’s war on Ukraine is quite…
In 2016, Bernie Sanders’s candidacy inspired progressives around the US to run unapologetically progressive and spirited campaigns and with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s success…
Hunger is expected to soar across the United States next month when more than 30 million people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition…
There’s a lot to gripe about when discussing the Beltway media class in the United States. Progressives at groups like FAIR and…
Introduction This paper begins with a brief presentation of participatory economics. The presentation focuses on the class aspect of the model. It…
A new-old ghost is hovering over Europe—war. The most violent continent in the world in terms of the number of deaths caused…
England’s legendary Dr. Samuel Johnson once observed that nothing concentrates the mind so much as the prospect of an imminent hanging. On the international…
In Ecuador’s ’Referendum 2023’ on Sunday 5 February, citizens voted on eight government proposals for Constitutional reform, including one that affects the…
Degrowth versus ecomodernism. Ecomodernism versus degrowth. What’s it all about? From where the passion? Why any anger? How about reaching for unity?…
On January 18th, Manuel Teran – “Tortuguita” – was killed by GeorgiaState Police in a raid on the Weelaunee Forest. In the…
The philosopher Slavoj Zizek is perhaps the world’s best-known leftist philosopher, often making “top intellectuals” lists, appearing in countless talk shows, and…
Though Israel’s past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as…



