The most enormous unintended consequence of U.S. foreign policy has been to drive Russia and China together, along with Iran, Central Asia and other countries along the Belt and Road initiative

Russian state media reveals Putin’s plan to deny nationhood

Major IPCC report, approved by 195 countries, lays bare devastating harm caused by unchecked global heating

“We will hold to account those whose actions have disproportionately damaged our planet. They broke it, now they have to fix it.”

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the second defining moment of the New Cold War

The suppression last year of Navalny’s activist network destroyed the opposition’s main organising tool. But resistance to war may grow nonetheless

Nearly a quarter of millennials and Gen Zers — essentially, all adults born during or after the early 1980s — have had a difficult time making housing payments as a result of medical debt

Like many western leaders, Putin sees the path toward xenophobia and war as the way to control his own people with fear

Let’s build solidarity with people across borders who are resisting oppression, exploitation, authoritarianism and repression and foreign intervention

Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance

Throughout history, people facing occupation have tapped into the power of nonviolent struggle to thwart their invaders

There’s no “national interest” worth risking nuclear conflict. But urgent diplomacy and humanitarian aid — and Russia’s own antiwar movement — could stop the suffering

We absolutely cannot allow neoliberalism to bask in a new wave of legitimacy in the name of fighting inflation

Jeremy Corbyn was subjected to a concerted propaganda campaign by the British right-wing military-industrial establishment, which regarded him as a threat to its interests

Interview on the failure of international bodies like the European Union and United Nations in preventing war

Employees are begging Starbucks to stop its union-busting campaign and return to its roots as a supposedly progressive company.

Robin Wonsley Worlobah, Minneapolis’ first Black democratic socialist City Councilmember, says she’s not only fighting for better outcomes, but a more just system

A sanitation workers strike ended in defeat, but it was a good fight garnering national support

We can and should revolutionize the digital space, but alas, the revolution will not be digitized

The American Dream should not mean that we stack the odds immeasurably against certain people, and if they work hard and are lucky enough to survive, a few of them will make it. There’s a better dream

A survey of progressive House aspirants finds that a majority make no mention of U.S. military or foreign policies

Despite challenges and disputes aplenty, my country has embarked on a remarkable project: a truly popular debate about what sort of nation it should aspire to be

Judith Brett outlines Australia’s experience with – and makes the case for – compulsory voting. Daniel Chavez shows how, for the left in Uruguay, compulsory voting is an essential foundation

There is no compelling reason to raise interest rates, now or later

If the Teamsters union is to become more democratic, more powerful, and more politically influential, it will take a massive rank-and-file movement from below

We have the opportunity to build and participate in these social movements, in minor and major ways, while educating ourselves and not isolating ourselves alone or in small cliques

It’s time to perceive and admit that the oppressions we aim to fight in the world are actually systemic within our movements, embedded in the structures of even some of the most progressive organizations

Throughout the 2022 primary season, I want you to explore with me the absolutely bonkers idea of running a progressive, dare I say radical, Lefty McLefterson candidate in a Republican primary in a GOP stronghold district

No Bosses, A New Economy for a Better World is Albert’s most comprehensive presentation of parecon to date – it is both a call to action and a compelling vision to guide practice

The more we contribute to beating the MAGA Faction in this round of voting, the better positioned we are to push further toward the multiracial democracy, transformed economy, and changed relationship with the planet and all the people on it that is so desperately needed

Source: Informed Comment Former chief justice of the Iranian judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, won the presidential election, as expected, with over 60 percent…

The Swedish trade unions can boast of high membership numbers, but generally lack the primary source of union strength: that many colleagues unite and act together

Source: CovertAction Magazine On April 9th, Ramsey Clark passed away at his home surrounded by his family. Clark was Attorney General of…

In my experience, while most veterans might not say so out loud, privately and in the company of fellow veterans, they’re more than willing to speak critically of the wars and do so regularly

Source: LA Progressive Photo by mikeledray/Shutterstock.com A great leap forward and victory is in sight On Tuesday, June 23, in Los Angeles,…

Segregation has spread beyond central cities

The Puerto Rican people are saying, “Ya Basta!” — “Enough!” They are undaunted. They are marching without trepidation. They want justice now! They will not stop until Rosselló steps down

The greatest beneficiary of America finally investing in reparations won’t be only the low-wealth population that deserves this investment. It will be the moral foundation of our country

[This is the eighteenth essay in a multipart series addressing the surge in interest in and support for socialism, what the surge…

Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together

Looking at the Root Causes of Migration

Interview on how leveraged buyout of Toys “R” Us hurt tens of thousands of retail workers and how a new campaign is fighting back to demand justice for these employees

A history of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and what military formulas are being used to control Palestinian lives

A pacified Syria is key to the economic integration of Eurasia through energy and transportation connections

A look at how the California Senate passed the “Healthy California” plan and the coming battle to make it into law

Text and Video: Castro and the Cuban revolution…in history.

A key achievement of the Ayotzinapa movement after two years has been the deepened awareness by the Mexican population of the government’s corruption and ineptness

Sixty miles south of the Arizona border, the devastation from a toxic spill has led to an epochal battle between a transnational mining conglomerate and an alliance of miners and farmers

They denounce the transfer of public money from the rich to the poor. They are intensely relaxed about the transfer of public money from the poor to the rich

America’s Forgotten Vietnamese Victims