I attended the downtown local No Kings Day festivities in Northampton, Massachusetts, and estimate that some 1,500 people came out. I liked…
Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, not a single…
Over the last several weeks, Washington has escalated threats and hostilities against Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump openly confirmed that he…
When President Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as U.S drones struck another small…
A new story has emerged out of the ashes of Gaza. It is the narrative of a people who have fought bravely…
I am rarely surprised by anything Trump says anymore. There is no lie too transparent to stop him—remember “sunny” when it was…
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It’s October 22nd 2025. The shine of the recent No Kings outpouring of resistance is still with us. And what a shine…
Norman Finkelstein has spent decades confronting moral compromise, exposing institutional hypocrisy, and refusing the seduction of comfort and civility in the face…
The mood in the Caribbean grows increasingly tense, as the United States intensifies its military threats. Beneath the deceptive shroud of the…
A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus…
When Donald Trump announced that he had helped broker an end to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, it marked the achievement of a…
NATO’s standing threat to attack Russia with nuclear weapons is put on parade every autumn. This year’s thermonuclear dry run—dubbed Steadfast Noon—got…
In an era of economic contraction—marked by rising inequality, precarious gig work, and the hollowing out of local communities—traditional media often amplifies…
Slowly, a full picture of the devastation of Gaza by Israel is becoming clear. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released…
I sit here at my desk, looking out the window – and see someone walking through the parking lot. This is the…
When Donald Trump claimed that mothers taking Tylenol during pregnancy put their children at risk of autism, I didn’t just hear a reckless, unsubstantiated soundbite. I thought…
Capitalism is fast becoming so unpopular that the money-grubbing old autocrat in the White House wants to protect it by promising to…
Donald Trump is striving to leave his doctrine as his legacy to the world, which, as a guiding principle, seeks to reposition…
The steel-plate floors “absorb heat and radiate it to no end,” says Keenan Bell, explaining why temperatures in parts of the Bridgestone…
Many British might prefer fish & chips, Australians meat pie, Italians pizza, the Danish røde pølser, and Americans burgers—but Germany’s heart is…
Dina Boluarte’s removal from office is not a victory for the people, but an internal readjustment of power. Congress did not obey…
As a peace and disarmament activist for over four decades, I was conflicted about whether to see A House of Dynamite, director…
Perhaps ever since the Peasant Wars of 1525 – or at the very latest, since the Failed Revolution of 1918/19 – Germany’s…
On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gathering for its members.…
Ostensibly, the West is all for freedom and democracy. At least, as long as they won’t interfere with its geopolitics and material…
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza…
You don’t have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being…
The assassination of political leaders, whether government officials or leaders of social movements, has been used since ancient times to achieve specific…
“Then they came for me . . .” I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE…
Very unfortunately for the apostles of capitalism, capitalism needs workers: no workers: no capitalism. Worse, these workers also need wages, which, in…
As the nuclear threat once again dominates the headlines, the nuclear blockbuster has returned to screens. Following the success of Christopher Nolan’s…
With the executive overreaching and the judiciary acquiescent, the Republic’s immune system strains under political and institutional dysfunction. The legislative branch, meanwhile,…
On a damp morning in Hamilton, Ontario, Rabbi David Mivasair leans over a laptop in his home office, toggling between WhatsApp threads…
For decades, the prevailing notion was that the ‘solution’ to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only…
Will the Trump-Netanyahu deal at least pause the mass killing of Gazans? Maybe, and Gazans have every right to celebrate. But we…
Róża Luksemburg (1871 – 1919) “Women Who Changed History” Series (2) Introduction Throughout history, women have played crucial roles on both global…
Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of…
In the context of the transformations taking place within the Iraqi and international left, it is essential to combine traditional forms of…
As I submit this piece it is October 10th. In about a week from when you are reading it, on October 18th,…
When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. But I didn’t, because…
The confusion that followed the opening salvo to Trump’s tariff war revealed the contradictions and tensions between different sectors of capital and…
Although Albert Einstein is best-known as a theoretical physicist, he also spent much of his life grappling with the problem of war.…
As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not attacked…
Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping…
As U.S. President Donald Trump surely intended, his “20-point Gaza plan” succeeded in upstaging calls by many other world leaders at the UN General…
When the images of dead Palestinian children become a punchline on a television show, where the host, guest, and the audience engage…
On the whole, German labor relations are defined by two systems: one is based on trade unions – as found in most…
Once upon a time the Iranian government was under the thumb of and in service to the interests of the United States…
On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the…
