NewsRuby

The criminal case against the American reporter fell apart after an Israeli journalist testified that his own article containing Loffredo’s full video report had cleared military censorship. Yet Israel refuses to let Loffredo leave the country. On October 11, journalist Jeremy Loffredo was ordered released from Israeli jail. Israeli soldiers... Read more »

Leaked docs reveal that prior to the toppling of Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, the US govt-funded International Republican Institute trained an army of activists including rappers and “LGBTQI people,” even hosting “transgender dance performances,” to achieve a national “power shift.” Institute staff said the activists “would cooperate with IRI to... Read more »

During a meeting with US media on the UNGA sidelines, Max Blumenthal asked Masoud Pezeshkian about the Biden administration’s accusation this his government was funding pro-Palestine protest in the US, while the newly inaugurated Iranian president campaigned to prevent regional war. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil were among... Read more »

Leaks expose a secret effort by retired National Endowment for Democracy leader Carl Gershman to consolidate war-hungry neoconservative control over Iran’s opposition, while channeling US government funds into his own pet regime change initiatives. Leaked documents and emails obtained by The Grayzone reveal a seemingly covert effort by American regime... Read more »

El gobierno de izquierda de Honduras está a la defensiva desde su choque diplomático con Washington. Nuestra investigación revela que una red de agentes del cambio de régimen apoyada por el gobierno estadounidense es la que libra los ataques, y que emplean tácticas del lawfare para fabricar un escándalo que... Read more »

Before he was caught with an AK-47 on a golf course near Trump, Ryan Routh went to Kiev to fight for Ukraine’s military and recruit for its International Legion. In a book-length manifesto, Routh wished for assassinations of Putin and Trump, and urged nuclear war with Russia. Ryan Routh was... Read more »

The leftist government of Honduras is on the defensive since its diplomatic dustup with Washington. Our investigation reveals a network of US government-backed regime change assets is driving the attacks, and using lawfare tactics to manufacture scandal ahead of next year’s elections in Tegucigalpa. The Honduran government has slammed the... Read more »

Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sat down with The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon to discuss our recent report exposing the political manipulation of the country’s judicial system by attorney general Diana Salazar in favor of US state and corporate interests. A transcript of their conversation can be viewed after the video... Read more »

Canada’s National Post is refusing to comment after one of its columnists revealed himself to be a collaborator with Western-aligned intelligence agencies. A Canadian activist is now threatening to sue the paper after the confessed spy smeared him in a front page article. Adam Zivo, a columnist who covered the... Read more »

Exclusive MintPress access reveals the CIA’s efforts to promote homosexuality and normalize relations with Israel in Yemen through a vast spy network involving blackmail and sectarian manipulation. The post Exclusive: CIA Spy Ring Promoted LGBTQ Causes and Israel Normalization in Yemen appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

While the East Coast faces devastation from two hurricanes, media coverage turns toward Israel’s conflicts and U.S. election campaigns, leaving residents wondering why foreign aid flows while disaster relief falls short. The post Natural Disasters vs War Crimes – American Media Has Chosen appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

If the US were to go to war with Iran, it wouldn’t be a 2003 Iraq scenario. From Iran’s vast missile capabilities to its battle-hardened regional allies, a conflict would be far more complex and dangerous for US forces. The post A US-Iran War: What the Battlefield Could Actually Look... Read more »

Iran is often described as both fragile and menacing in U.S. discourse. With Dr. Assal Rad, we unpack how this paradox justifies U.S. intervention and serves broader imperialist goals in the Middle East. The post Israel to Strike: Iran Not an Existential Threat to the West with Dr. Assal Rad... Read more »

Peter Thiel’s Palantir powers Israel’s military in Gaza, while the Silicon Valley titan quietly builds influence as a key player in a potential Trump administration. The post Peter Thiel: From Gaza AI War Criminal To White House Puppet Master appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

After a year of relentless bombing and haphazard ground operations, the IDF has still not achieved any of its operational objectives. Now Israel has opened a new and rumbling front in Lebanon. The post Israel Stalls Iran Reprisal Due To Geopolitical Fears appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Israel's invasion of Gaza may be a cover for a larger strategy—annexing northern Gaza and establishing Jewish settler colonies. Human rights groups call it a war crime in the making. The post Israel to Establish Jewish-Only Settlements in Northern Gaza as Annexation Moves Forward appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Gilbert Bigio, Haiti’s richest man, is more than just a local power broker—he’s a key player for Israel. His actions are directly linked to Haiti’s collapse and the migrant surge to the U.S. So why is the West still protecting him? The post Gilbert Bigio: Israel’s Man in Haiti and... Read more »

Satellite imagery confirms damage to Israeli air bases after Iran’s missile strikes. Israel maintains its air force was unaffected, but shifting narratives and blurred satellite images raise questions. The post Censorship and Damage Control: Israel’s Response to Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Propaganda often works in subtle ways. Consider a BBC News headline on its website on 3 October: ‘Israeli air strike kills 18 people in occupied West Bank’ This was noteworthy in that, for once, the →... Read more »

On 20 July 1982, an IRA bomb exploded beneath a bandstand on which 30 military bandsmen of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets were performing in Regent’s Park, London. Six of the bandsmen were killed →... Read more »

Media Lens is a UK-based media watchdog. It is our response to the increasingly centralised, corporate, state-subservient nature of the mislabelled ‘mainstream’ media system (‘MSM’). We argue that the ‘MSM’, in fact, acts as a →... Read more »

Last November, we reported on an incisive and courageous email that had been sent on 24 October 2023 to Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director General, by Rami Ruhayem, a Beirut-based BBC correspondent. Basing his arguments →... Read more »

The BBC’s banner headline reporting the UK’s 4 July general election result was clear: ‘Chris Mason: “Starmer tsunami” and civility after brutality’ This alliterated nicely but gave the misleading impression that there had been a →... Read more »

Is it possible for an entire ‘mainstream’ media system – every newspaper, website, TV channel – to completely suppress one side of a crucial argument without anyone expressing outrage, or even noticing? Consider the following. →... Read more »

In his very last article, ‘We are Spartacus’, published just a month before his death in December, John Pilger included a quote that exactly captured the truth of our time: ‘“This is a sharp time, →... Read more »

No doubt like many other people around the world, we have been surprised and increasingly concerned that Noam Chomsky has not commented publicly on current events for around one year; in particular, on the Israeli →... Read more »

Buddhist writer Harvey Aronson shone a bright light on a hidden truth: ‘Most of us habitually think this way: “Jayne lost the book I lent her. She is irresponsible and awful.” It is a lot →... Read more »

... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler  June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler.  Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »

Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout.  Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »

... Read more »

Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »

Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’ Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Sputnik  May 31, 2023. Sputnik.  Europe will experience a likely decline and deindustrialization if it chooses to stay within the system dominated by the United States, renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. “Europe... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 27, 2023. Common Dreams.  We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is... Read more »

Interview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the World Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 26, 2023. Global Policy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining... Read more »

A capitalist interviews Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Richard McDaniel May 26, 2023. The Sentinel. Usually as a high school journalist, one expects to write their fair share of articles regarding anything from local events to national political issues, which may interest a decent number of students within the school.... Read more »

... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler  June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler.  Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »

Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout.  Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »

... Read more »

Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »

Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’ Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Sputnik  May 31, 2023. Sputnik.  Europe will experience a likely decline and deindustrialization if it chooses to stay within the system dominated by the United States, renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. “Europe... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 27, 2023. Common Dreams.  We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is... Read more »

Interview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the World Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 26, 2023. Global Policy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining... Read more »

A capitalist interviews Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Richard McDaniel May 26, 2023. The Sentinel. Usually as a high school journalist, one expects to write their fair share of articles regarding anything from local events to national political issues, which may interest a decent number of students within the school.... Read more »

David Lammy has announced sanctions against extremist settler groups in the West Bank. Plus: Keir Starmer refuses to rule out National Insurance rises for employers; and Wes Streeting wants to give weight loss jabs to the unemployed. With Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial.... Read more »

Sunday was one of the deadliest for Gaza in recent weeks. First, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 22 people, including 15 children, at a UN school in Nuseirat sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians; the same school was going to be used as a polio vaccination site the following day.... Read more »

The first thing to say about Alex Salmond is that I believe his victims. The evidence that he sexually assaulted numerous women may not have reached the evidential bar necessary for criminal conviction – too often, it doesn’t. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t sexually assault numerous women. It may... Read more »

Ash and Moya channel their inner Clint Eastwoods to lament the rise of trick or treating and consider how to interact with other people’s children. Plus, a listener dealing with confusing feelings after a difficult abortion. Email your missed connections and dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.... Read more »

Shocking footage has emerged of hospital patients burning alive after an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.... Read more »

Ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPFs) have now been linked by a “mountain of epidemiological data” to at least 32 harmful health outcomes, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease and cancer. The evidence is so strong that American lawyers are “rubbing their hands [together]” in anticipation of class... Read more »

Stephanie Kelton is an author and economist, and subject of the new film ‘Finding The Money’. Her work as a proponent of Modern Monetary Theory and as an advisor to Bernie Sanders has put her front and centre of the debate around government debt, taxation and the potential green industrial... Read more »

Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew take a leftwing look at mortality in this Trip, asking how capitalism has altered our approach to the inevitable. Jem, Nadia and Keir think about how industrialised workers were taught to prepare... Read more »

Israel has killed 22 people in an airstrike on central Beirut. We speak to Adam Tooze about new evidence that Israel is purposefully targeting children in Gaza. Plus: A Nobel Prize winner calls out the founder of OpenAI; and Thangam Debbonaire takes aim at pro-Palestine protesters. With Michael Walker and... Read more »

Do you know that you’re in good hands with Allstate? Or how about State Farm? Do you know that, like a good neighbor, State Farm is there? Of course you do. Insurance companies have been blasting slogans like these at us for years now. In 2022 alone, Allstate spent $617... Read more »

Although last year's campus protests were overwhelmingly peaceful and included many anti-Zionist Jewish students and faculty, Israel’s supporters in media, politics and academia itself responded to the demonstrations by accusing protesters of peddling anti-Semitism and intimidating Jewish students. Towards the end of the academic year, police dismantled most of these... Read more »

“Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?” asks Aja Monet in the heart-achingly beautiful and gut-wrenchingly honest ‘For Sonia.’ Her answer, it becomes clear, is that it is precisely when the world’s on fire that the movement, such as it is, needs the nourishment and meaning and... Read more »

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has boasted that “Montana is an easy product to sell” and recently referred to himself as our state’s CEO. He’s dead wrong on both counts. Montana is a state, not a product — and government is not a business. We have elected officials whose duty it... Read more »

Pity the Biden and Harris speechwriters tasked with composing a congratulatory comment for the head of state and the vice-head of state to offer to Toshiyuki Mimaki recipient of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize along with Nihon Hidankyo, the organization of Hibakusha. (Hibakusha are the victims of the US atomic... Read more »

Presidential season is a time for Americans to restore their faith in democracy. How can folks not be filled with gratitude for being permitted a perfunctory choice of who will seize their paychecks and tyrannize them in the following four years? Actually, I’ve had a bad attitude on presidential elections... Read more »

In early September, the United States experienced its 24th school shooting of the year. Since that incident at Apalachee High School in Georgia, there have been several additional school shootings. Gun violence in schools has increased in recent years (Figure 1), but sadly that is only a small slice of... Read more »

Writing recently in the LA Progressive, Stephen Rhode lamented: I learned an important lesson in 1968. My conscience could not allow me to vote for [Democratic Party nominee and serving Vice-President] Humphrey because of his unflinching support of President Lyndon Johnson’s dangerous escalation of that illegal war. So I voted for... Read more »

“I love working the polls!” a friend told me recently. “It strengthens my trust in the whole process. And it’s fun getting to help eligible voters flex their civic muscles.” I think about my friend’s experience as I hear stories about mistrust in our elections. National and state laws set... Read more »

ΑΝΟΙΚΤΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΣΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΠΟΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ 7η Οκτωβρίου 2024 Αξιότιμοι δικαστές του Διεθνούς Ποινικού Δικαστηρίου, Όταν τον Ιανουάριο μάθαμε ότι το Δικαστήριό σας αποφάσισε να εξετάσει τις καταγγελίες για όσα συμβαίνουν στην περιοχή Ισραήλ-Παλαιστίνης, αναθαρρήσαμε. Η ανθρωπότητα χρειάζεται ένα Διεθνές Ποινικό Δικαστήριο που να διασφαλίζει το Διεθνές... Read more »

OPEN LETTER TO THE JUDGES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 7th October 2024 Dear Judges of the International Criminal Court, When we heard in January that the Court on which you sit had decided to hear the case concerning the situation in Israel-Palestine, we were encouraged. Humanity needs an International... Read more »

Όπου κι αν κοιτάξουμε, βλέπουμε το Κεφάλαιο να θριαμβεύει. Να κυριαρχεί παντού: στα εργοστάσια, στα γραφεία, στην ύπαιθρο, στα πανεπιστήμια, στις θάλασσες, στα νοσοκομεία, στα μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης – στο Διάστημα, αλλά και στον μικρόκοσμο των γενοτύπων. Πώς τολμώ λοιπόν να ισχυρίζομαι ότι ο καπιταλισμός εξοντώθηκε; Από ποιον; Η απολαυστικά... Read more »

The tech giants have overthrown capitalism. That’s the argument of former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who became famous trying to defend debt-laden Greece from its German creditors. Varoufakis has never quite regained the notoriety of 2015. But he has remained a prominent left-wing voice. After a failed campaign for... Read more »

Watch my interview with Amy Goodman on DEMOCRACY NOW! on the German police’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices which led to my  being banned in Germany.  Also, below you can read my ‘Diary’ entry in THE NEW STATESMAN on the details and true causes of my ban. FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:... Read more »

Naomi Klein is the award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician, author and the former finance minister of Greece. Raoul Martinez is a philosopher, author and filmmaker. This podcast is released alongside the acclaimed new docuseries ‘In The Eye Of The Storm —... Read more »

Rania Khalek was joined by Yanis Varoufakis, economist, political leader, former Finance Minister of Greece and the author of many books including his latest “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism,” to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The post Europeans Have No Right to Tell Palestinians How to Escape Their Prison – with... Read more »

H νέα κυρίαρχη ιδεολογία στην ΕΕ οραματίζεται ένα Λευκό-Χριστιανικό Μπλοκ κλεισμένο μέσα σε Σιδηρό Θόλο, αποτελούμενο από πανάκριβους εκτοξευτές πυραύλων και απάνθρωπους ηλεκτροφόρους φράχτες. Η Ευρώπη έχει γίνει αγνώριστη. Οι ευρωπαϊστές συνήθιζαν να εξυμνούν την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση ως ένα Πρότζεκτ Ειρήνης που αντιπαραβάλλει έναν υπέροχο κοσμοπολιτισμό ενάντια στον εθνικισμό – ο οποίος, όπως το... Read more »

Advocates of European unity used to celebrate the European Union as a peace project. But well before Russia invaded Ukraine, the European vision of a peaceful road to shared prosperity had begun to frazzle, and now the invasion has facilitated the EU’s mutation into something much uglier. ATHENS – Europe... Read more »

Why Lino Printing? Weekends are the perfect opportunity to unwind and explore your creative side, and lino printing is an excellent way to do just that. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a complete beginner, lino printing is a rewarding and accessible craft that allows you to create something unique.... Read more »

The excellent and massively important Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy is now available in paperback. To mark the occasion, we spoke to its co-author Matt Kennard. And we delved into the book, including a powerful new foreword from Jeremy Corbyn. As Kennard and co-author Claire Provost write, a key... Read more »

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sat on a report for nearly two years that evidenced how its own processes quite literally make claimants’ health worse. It comes just as a coroner has flagged the department’s actions during the inquest of a claimant who lay dead for nearly three... Read more »

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, the Social Market Foundation is publishing a report that makes the case for increasing the tax on online gambling and casino gaming. This tax (Remote Gaming Duty) is currently set at 21%. The report calls for a doubling of the tax to 42% – a... Read more »

The Independent Alliance of MPs has put pressure on Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to say what it will take for the government to end all UK arms sales to Israel. They asked this question as Israeli occupation forces burned people alive at a hospital in Gaza. ‘100 days of Israel... Read more »

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit claimants are going to be sold-off, as such, by the Labour Party government to Big Pharma giant Lilly for weight-loss drug trials. We’d like to say you ‘couldn’t make this stuff up’ – but Labour would just say ‘hold my Dom Perignon’. Little... Read more »

International campaign group PETA has shocked Londoners by offering them ‘owl wings’ – not chicken – to try. People’s reactions are telling, plus they highlight an important point over animal rights. ‘You can’t eat OWLS’ “You can’t eat owls”. “That’s disgusting”. “I don’t want to eat Hedwigs”. A new PETA... Read more »

On 14 October, Sky News gave us a masterclass in how to propagandise for genocidal colonial power Israel. In just one headline, it seemed to use as many linguistic tricks as possible to highlight the importance of, and maximise sympathy for, Israeli occupation soldiers who had died – while simultaneously... Read more »

The Labour government just announced a £1.1bn investment in a Stansted Airport expansion over the next five years, ultimately showing how little it cares about the planet and climate crisis: We are pleased to today release details of a £1.1bn investment programme in @STN_Airport over the next five years ✈️... Read more »

Read the full text, including visuals, online as a PDF. Find the full text ready for printing as an imposed PDF. Since the commencement of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, millions around the world have taken to the streets in support of... Read more... Read more »

Over the past year, Israel’s US-backed genocidal assault on Gaza, which is on the verge of spiraling into a regional war, has reached unprecedented heights—so has the international movement fighting to stop it. Organizers and people of conscience have mobilized... Read more... Read more »

Comrades, For more than three years the peoples of Burma have waged popular resistance against a military junta, which seized power after a landslide defeat in the country’s elections. Even before the coup, ethnic rebels in the countryside have been... Read more... Read more »

In today’s episode, River and I return to a conversation about Gaza, focusing on the discourse surrounding it, the function of antisemitism in the colonial creation of Israel, the state of resistance and the state of Israel’s genocide, as well... Read more... Read more »

In this episode of A Podcast for Radicals, host Jason Bayless takes listeners on a journey through the evolution of radical thought. From ancient Greece and Indigenous resistance to the Enlightenment, the abolitionist movement, and the rise of labor activism,... Read more... Read more »

This Sunday on the 13th of October, a young palestinian man was subjected to an attempted deportation at Zaventem airport. It was the second attempt to deport him to Albania. On the first attempt, Albania refused the deportation and he... Read more... Read more »

Here Be Dragons The material contained in this text is gut-wrenching and disturbing. What follows is a critically annotated edition of Apio Ludd / Feral Faun / Wolfi Landstreicher’s Child Molestation vs. Child Love, from his (otherwise celebrated) anthology, Rants,... Read more... Read more »

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declared that the world would be “better” if the “Christian crusaders had won” their battles. In a discussion with fellow Christian nationalist Andrew Isker, Webbon also claimed that the “modern state of Israel” will one... Read more... Read more »

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to semi-regular US correspondent Jason Wilson [Bluesky, X/Twitter], whom we last spoke to in May. Jason is a reporter covering the far right and writes for The Guardian, where his latest articles... Read more... Read more »

Author: Noam Chomsky & Radical Anthropology JournalTitle: Human nature and the origins of languageDate: 2008Source: Radical Anthropology Journal, Issue #2. <radicalanthropologygroup.org/journal> Noam Chomsky ranks among the leading intellectual figures of modern times and has changed the way we think about what it means to be human, revolutionising linguistics and establishing... Read more »

Author: AryanamTitle: A Philosophy for AnarchismDate: October 4th 2024Source: https://asranarshism.com/1403/07/13/a-philosophy-for-anarchism-en/ Philosophy is nothing but a landscape of perspectives, worldviews, and paths, some meandering and some straightforward, some solitary and some crisscrossing with the neighboring paths, some long and some short, some trekked in multitude and some in solitude, some forgotten... Read more »

Author: Zosia BromTitle: An Eastern Europe mythbusterDate: 24/07/2022Notes: This article first appeared in the Summer-Autumn edition of Freedom journal.Source: https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/24/an-eastern-europe-mythbuster/ “Apparently, for the Western left, it is totally fine to publicly self-fellate over Kurdish, Palestinian or Irish self-determination, but just try bringing an Eastern European one to the table …”... Read more »

Author: Daniel GuérinTitle: Proudhon In the ClosetSubtitle: The homophobia and misogyny of Pierre-Joseph ProudhonDate: Originally written in 1969 & translated in 2013.Notes: Translated by Jesse Cohn. A reinterpretation of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s well-known misogyny as a symptom of repressed homosexual desires. Daniel Guérin (1904–1988), was also author of Homosexualité et révolution... Read more »

Author: Various AuthorsTitle: Civil or SubversiveSubtitle: Individualist Writings from the UKDate: 2016Notes: A Dark Matter CollectionSource: PDF provided by publisher Originally published as Anarchism: Civil or Subversive published under creative commons darkmatter.noblogs.org 325.nostate.net This publication is dedicated to Alfredo Cospito, Nicola Gai, Olga Ekonomidou and the memory of Renzo Novatore,... Read more »

Author: Zosia BromTitle: COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: a listDate: 13/03/2020Source: https://freedomnews.org.uk/2020/03/13/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/ As the global COVID-19 pandemic is upon us, a number of mutual aid groups have started forming across the country. The groups aim at providing community support to those who are more at risk from the virus: be... Read more »

Author: Zosia BromTitle: It’s spelt Sisterhood, not Cis-terhoodDate: 22/05/2018Source: https://freedomnews.org.uk/2018/05/22/its-spelt-sisterhood-not-cis-terhood-statement/ The signatories of this letter strongly condemn the actions and doctrines of the Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)*. This strain of feminism recently gained notoriety due to their problematic opposition of the proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004... Read more »

Author: Mother EarthTitle: Observations and Comments on Kropotkin and the European WarDate: 1915Notes: An untitled excerpt and letter from ‘Mother Earth’, January 1915, New York City, published by Emma Goldman, edited by Alexander BerkmanSource: Retrieved on October 9, 2024 from https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/observations-and-comments-on-kropotkin-and-the-european-war-mother-earth-1915/ Of all the terrible features brought to light in... Read more »

Author: Pëtr KropotkinTitle: A Letter on the Present WarDate: October 1914Notes: Published in Freedom vol. XXVIII, no. 306.Source: Retrieved on 7th October 2024 from freedomnews.org.uk [Our comrade P. Kropotkin, having been asked by the Swedish Professor G. Steffen[1] to give his opinion upon the present war, gave it in a... Read more »

Anarchy on trial : being the speeches of George Etiévant, (sentenced to five years imprisionment on a charge of stealing dynamite cartridges), Jean Grave (sentenced to 2 1/2 years for publishing his famous book Societé mourant et l'anarchie), and Caserio Santo (who killed President Carnot), in 1894... Read more »

Miner Conflict – Major Impact : an Anarchist Communist perspective on the Miners' Strike 1984-85... Read more »

The King and the Anarchist by "Libertas"... Read more »

Looking back after Twenty Years of Jail : Questions and Answers on the Spanish Anarchist Resistance... Read more »

Fired by the ideal : Italian-American anarchist responses to Czolgosz’s killing of McKinley... Read more »

Bloomsbury's Anarchist [a tribute to Charlie Lahr]... Read more »

George Brown: the cobbler anarchist of Philadelphia (in Anarchist library)... Read more »

New Book: "Do Not Misunderstand Me": The Collected Radical Addresses to the Unity Congregation (1888-1891) by ​​Hugh O. Pentecost... Read more »

Revival of the Inquisition : details of the tortures inflicted on Spanish political prisoners... Read more »

Israeli authorities must rescind the cruel and unlawful “evacuation” orders – Israel’s euphemism for forced displacement – issued over the past week to residents of the North Gaza governorate and immediately allow the unhindered entry of essential supplies, including food and fuel to the area, said Amnesty International, as fears... Read more »

Following the announcement that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Nihon Hidankyo - the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has offered its warm congratulations and called on all countries, including the nuclear-armed states and... Read more »

Sorry, but much like your kids' projectile vomiting - remember it? - the them-and-us vitriol spewing from a crumbling, raving Grand Wizard and his Nazi-adjacent minions still persists in a "disinformation maelstrom" aimed at Fake News, "dumb women," raping-and-dog-eating "vile animals," windmills that "aren't wind," and Dems doing gender transition... Read more »

A new report from The Sentencing Project, “Locked Out 2024: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction” found that 4 million Americans will be unable to vote in the upcoming 2024 election due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Despite recent reforms in several states that have reduced... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the news that Social Security’s 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent: “The automatic annual cost-of-living adjustment is one of Social Security’s most essential and unique features. It is intended to ensure that... Read more »

The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 2.5% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries, disabled veterans and federal retirees next year:“The 72.6 million Americans who rely on their earned... Read more »

In a case that is disappointing but not surprising, the agreement between the government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for hosting the climate conference COP29, is replete with significant shortcomings and ambiguities on the protections for participants’ rights. Human Rights Watch has obtained... Read more »

This evening, Hurricane Milton will touch down in Florida. The hurricane has mutated on a horrifying, unprecedented scale, stunning meteorologists and scientists and demonstrating one of the fastest intensifications on record. It comes only one week after Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern U.S., including Florida. Candice Fortin, 350.org US Campaigns... Read more »

Reacting to a rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution[1] that links the historic storm Helene that killed at least 227 people across six states to climate change induced by fossil fuel warming, Rolf Skar, Greenpeace USA National Campaigns Director said: “The evidence is overwhelming: climate change is fueling the extreme... Read more »

Today is the grand opening of the Salisbury Festival of Russophobia, otherwise known as the Public Inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, an unfortunate victim of imperialist spy games. Do not be fooled. This is not in any sense a genuine public inquiry, supposed to get at the truth.... Read more »

Before Alex Salmond, Scottish Independence was an impossible dream, a romantic aspiration, outside the realm of practical politics. After Alex Salmond, it is the dominant question in Scottish politics and by far the biggest threat to the UK state. I would argue that, with every poll for a decade showing... Read more »

There is literally no act so vile that the UK, US and Germany will not support if perpetrated by the terrorist state of Israel. Yesterday Israel: deliberately attacked UN peacekeepers in three separate bases; bombed residential central Beirut killing and maiming hundreds; abducted, beat up and held an American journalist;... Read more »

Western governments are deeply involved, strongly against the will of the majority of their population, in committing a colonial genocide of indigenous people. This happens because the political class have been bought by the Zionist lobby. The causes may run deeper, but that is the mechanism. Democracy has therefore failed,... Read more »

At the end of Julian Assange’s testimony before the Judicial Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 95% of the entire room of 220 people rose in a standing ovation. The audience consisted of members of the Parliamentary Assembly, who are delegated members of their national parliaments,... Read more »

Netanyahu is desperate to keep war simmering along and to draw the USA closer and closer to him. At the same time he cannot send ground forces into South Lebanon where they will take massive casualties. Israel can assassinate, it can employ indiscriminate terrorism and it can bombard from the... Read more »

Keir Starmer has left about 70% of the landscape of historic western political and economic thought vacant to his left. It is unsurprising that a new party will arrive to claim the unoccupied ground. A meeting at the weekend discussed a new party provisionally called The Collective, which may be... Read more »

Alongside Richard Medhurst I had the chance to state rather more truth than is generally heard inside the United Nations in Geneva: “Not only is the West complicit in the Genocide in Palestine, the ruling class of the West is so scared of its own citizens that it is now... Read more »

I just sat through a recording of the Trump/Harris debate. Ignoring the merits of their political stances, I agree with the general consensus that Kamala Harris “won” in performance terms, but only because Trump was awful. Both were of course terrible on Palestine. While I appreciate that that is of... Read more »

THE REIVER AND THE GAEL.By Randall Stephen Hall. A song that tells the story.https://soundcloud.com/randall-stephen-hall/rsh-reiver-and-the-gael-demo-11724www.randallstephenhallsongs.com“The past affects our future.  As children we don’t choose to do this, any of this. By the time we are 18, the damage is done. We are still divided in the north.” RSH.I grew up in... Read more »

  Why are Sinn Féin so corrupt? They must be, because the media are attacking them at every angle over Michael McMonagle, their two former PR people, and at this moment over Brian Stanley TD’s resignation and bitter words against the party to which he once belonged. In my podcast... Read more »

A Scottish National Party (SNP)member called John Mason has been kicked out of the party, even though he’s a parliamentarian, for saying that Israel is not intent on  genocide in Gaza, otherwise they’d have killed ten times as many Palestinians. Is he by any chance right? Do the citizens of... Read more »

              An interesting, indeed intriguing, contender, TOM TUGENDHAT, first swam into my ken nearly nine years ago and featured in  my BLOG –   “WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TURBULENT PRIEST”  on 28th of JANUARY   2016.   The hero of the piece... Read more »

    As one of the two remaining contenders for the Tory leadership Jenrick displays a lack of hypocrisy in  his frank resolution to formally renounce British support for the European Court of Human Rights.   The Court predates the Treaty of Rome (1960) and has no connection with the... Read more »

Simon Harris has left the door open to a possible November election in the South, before the gloss and shine goes off his new leadership; Micheál  Martin is insisting it should be in Spring. Who’s gonna win? Could both of them lose? Why hasn’t Netenyahu been arrested. The international court... Read more »

  Do you believe in violence to achieve your political goals or would you favour strictly peaceful means? I’m going to assume most of you renounced violence as a method and chose peaceful protest or politics.   If I then asked you if you paid your taxes, virtually everyone would... Read more »

      If an Irish Government were to mirror the one in Kiev it would ban the English language and the study of English literature.   It would also outlaw the Church of Ireland, part of the Anglican Communion.   I’m not joking.   I cannot understand how any... Read more »

                  Time and time again I have remarked on the perverted ingenuity of Fintan, whom I understand to hold, or have held, a Chair of Irish Letters at Princeton University. He still cultivated a bee in his bonnet about the prosecution, before... Read more »

Israeli forces shot two Palestinians, including a child, on Tuesday, after invading the town of Beit Furik town, southeast of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. The army also abducted six Palestinian young men, including from the Nablus and Tubas governorates. Media sources said that occupation forces stormed Beit... Read more »

Israeli occupation soldiers demolished a residential hut and walls in the village of Al-Dyouk, northwest of Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, Tuesday. Media sources said Israeli bulldozers demolished a 120-square-meter hut inhabited by a family from Bethlehem in the Esteih area of Al-Dyouk Al-Tahta village.... Read more »

On Tuesday, Israeli forces demolished a commercial facility in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources reported that many military vehicles and bulldozers invaded the neighborhood after isolating it. They added that the soldiers demolished a commercial facility used for selling and filling medical... Read more »

On Tuesday, Day 375 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers continue to bomb various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, while families in northern Gaza continue to starve and remain subject to constant Israeli bombings and siege, deprived... Read more »

A former head of the Israeli national security council has called for a siege on northern Gaza, and the forced displacement of all civilians there, effectively ethnic cleansing the entire north of the Gaza Strip. Interviewed on Sky News’ The World, Major General Giora Eiland said the 400,000 people located... Read more »

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians and detained many others, and assaulted many of them, in the Hebron governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Media sources said Israeli soldiers abducted Ehab Taha Saleh Najjar from Hebron city after storming and searching his home, and two teenagers, Hamada... Read more »

Illegal paramilitary colonizers stormed the Khirbet Samra Bedouin community in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank on Monday evening and began terrorizing the families. Ayman Gharib, an activist with the Popular Resistance Committees, told WAFA News Agency that paramilitary colonizers stormed Khirbet Samra village and began invading... Read more »

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including two children, in several parts of the Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted five Palestinians. They... Read more »

On Tuesday dawn, Palestinian medical sources confirmed the death of a young man from serious wounds he suffered a month earlier, after Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and killed his father. The sources said the young man, Salah Mohammad Jabarin, died from his serious... Read more »

To understand the genocide that Israel is carrying out in Gaza, with the support of North America and Europe, it is crucial to recognize Zionism's roots in Western colonialism. The post Israel’s roots in European colonialism explain its genocidal ideology appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Countries across the Global South, especially in Latin America, are accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining the ICJ lawsuit against it. Nicaragua's Sandinista government cut off diplomatic relations, condemning Netanyahu's "fascist" regime. The post Global South denounces genocide in Gaza, Nicaragua breaks relations with ‘fascist’ Israel, Latin America supports... Read more »

Israel has bipartisan support from US politicians as it bombs Gaza; invades Lebanon; and attacks Iran, Syria, and Yemen. This is what Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, JD Vance, and Tim Walz have said, as the Hague accuses Israel of crimes against humanity. The post US support for Israel’s... Read more »

NATO is desperately delusional on Russia, and getting more so on China, argue political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson. With scholar Glenn Diesen, they discuss Ukraine, Europe, and Jens Stoltenberg. The post NATO is desperate on Russia, and delusional on China appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel, had defended Lebanon's sovereignty, helped to defeat ISIS and Al-Qaeda, protected Christians, and fought against Israeli colonialism and military occupation. The post Hezbollah leader Nasrallah defeated ISIS, protected Lebanon’s Christians, fought Israeli colonialism appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

In what it called "China Week", the US House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws over a few days, in bipartisan votes. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington. The post Cold War II: US Congress passes 25 anti-China laws in 1 week, funds propaganda campaign appeared... Read more »

The vast majority of the world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to Israel's unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months, with 124 countries (64%) in favor, 14 (7%) against, and 43 (22%) abstentions. The post World demands end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine,... Read more »

Standing next to Zelensky in Kiev, US Senator Lindsey Graham said the West must keep sending weapons to Ukraine, because "they're sitting on a trillion dollars worth of minerals that could be good to our economy". The post US Senator Lindsey Graham: Ukraine sits on ‘trillion dollars worth of minerals... Read more »

Donald Trump told countries, "You leave the dollar, you're not doing business with the United States, because we're going to put 100% tariff on your goods". The post Trump threatens to punish de-dollarization: ‘I would not allow countries to go off the dollar’ appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Recommended classroom resources, including lessons, books, articles, films, and more for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The post Indigenous Peoples’ Day appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Educator Brian P. Jones talked about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and ways that those stories can be included in the curriculum. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post Racism and Resistance... Read more »

The Zinn Education Project team will be at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Boston from November 22–23, 2024. The post People’s History at NCSS in Boston appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

We want to hear your stories about using our lessons on Reconstruction. In appreciation for your time, we will send you a free copy of Freedom Was in Sight by Kate Masur and Liz Clarke. The post Book Giveaway for Your Reconstruction Teaching Story appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why. The post Why I Registered appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

According to an American Historical Association report, a quarter of the teachers surveyed use Zinn Education Project resources. The post <i>The New York Times</i> Jeopardizes People’s History Educators appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Historian Kellie Carter Jackson discussed her book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Seldom do we see Haiti in the news without the word “crisis.” It is important for young people to learn about the roots of the crisis and the long history of resistance. The post Teaching About Haiti appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

On this Constitution Day, let’s commit ourselves to teach the truth. Let’s look deeply and critically at how this document may have offered a republican form of government for some, but denied humanity to others, and contributed to the system of white supremacy we still need to dismantle. The post... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

... Read more »

***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky to discuss the current state of the world, the threat of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Ukraine vs Russia conflict, the attack on free speech within western societies, Donald Trump re-running for President and much more. Subscribe to stay... Read more »

I am writing to express my deep disappointment at the recent editorial in your magazine (issue 83) titled ’Nationalism, a scourge’. The post NATIONALISM IS NOT A SCOURGE appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

News Miscellany The post Villager appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Swings and roundabouts at Killeen Castle as Joe O’Reilly gets his property back from Nama, at enormous discount, and in flagrant breach of the bad bank’s policy of not selling properties back to the former owner The post How to make a Killeen appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

In addition to the bike shed, the company of Donohoe’s supporter, Michael Stone, obtained a €40 million tender from the OPW, which is a unit of Donohoe’s department, in 2021 The post Ghosts from the dodgy past must not rule our futures appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Former Minister John Gormley calls for publication of Mulcahy report and reset of planning in Donegal; meanwhile the wrecked integrity of the dunes in the former wilderness at Aghadachor — the most egregious flouting of EU habitats law in Donegal and arguably in Ireland — adds a new dimension to... Read more »

A three-and-a-half party system is emerging. That is, dominant Unionist and Nationalist parties, a Centre party, and a smaller anti-Agreement Unionist party. Rump SDLP and UUP parties may just subsist The post Stability but not business as usual; and some inflammatory racism appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Ireland pays €100,000 and joins ICPMD migration organisation accused of facilitating human rights abuses The post Ireland champions ideological anti-migrantgency appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Abuse in Terenure College, which had been reported to religious as far back as 1979, was exposed by Gemma O’Doherty in 2017, but — partly because she discredited herself — the authorities were slow to rally The post 2017, when the dam broke for religious schools appeared first on Village... Read more »

We need a reforming zeal in everything we do so that we drive service delivery, particularly in housing and critical infrastructure The post Jack Chambers, Minister for Finance appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Facing increased repression in North America as Israel escalates its genocidal assault on Gaza, organizers with the Palestinian Youth Movement and Labor for Palestine discuss how they're adapting their methods of resistance.... Read more »

Body camera footage raises questions about the process for determining if drivers are under the influence and if police have incentives to make DUI arrests.... Read more »

Organized by If Not Now, the vigils held public space for grief and called for an end to US arms shipments to Israel.... Read more »

Students, NGOs, and workers from over 200 unions across Spain waged a nationwide general strike to demand the Spanish government cut ties with Israel and end all forms of military aid.... Read more »

With homes destroyed and income gone, undocumented and migrant workers are overlooked when it comes to federal relief.... Read more »

Author Norman Solomon explains how images of the ongoing carnage in Gaza have exposed the horrors of war that the US worked to make invisible in the post-9/11 era.... Read more »

Waleed Samer assisted The Real News with filming in the West Bank over the past year. Now forced to leave home by Israel's violence, he hopes to study abroad.... Read more »

Canada-based Israeli filmmaker and journalist Lia Tarachansky joins The Marc Steiner Show to discuss the dark forces shaping Israelis' support for the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.... Read more »

A year after October 7, In These Times contributor Yousef Aljamal reflects on the complete destruction of Gaza and the deaths of so many friends and family members.... Read more »

Incorporating density bonuses into brownfield planning passports can unlock new supply and ensure more schemes meet affordable housing thresholds The post Building Up: How Brownfield Planning Passports Can Lift the UK out of its Housing Crisis appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Proportional is clearly more democratic than first-past-the-post. But European far-right shifts and the growth of Reform UK are not good optics. The post Would proportional representation in the UK benefit the far right? appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Labour won the election with promises to partially reform the Lords, clean up politics, and improve access to elections. The post Meaningful, long-term change cannot be achieved unless we fix our political system too appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

A number of Tory MPs are said to be furious at the proposals and have threated to quit before the next general election. The post Up to a dozen Tory MPs consider quitting over Labour’s second job crackdown appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

We know that driving up employment standards is good for workers, good for business and good for growth The post Why Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is the biggest upgrade in workers’ and trade union rights in a generation appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

“Ticket holders are being offered a refund.” The post Reform UK breaks Commons rules by offering £300 tours of parliament to supporters appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The bears were to be given out to children who asked the best questions in a Q&A session with Mr Levy.’ The post Former Tory MP put £57 worth of teddy bears on expenses appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Jenrick has made pulling Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights a major part of his campaign, The post Robert Jenrick denies he would drop hard-right policies if he became Tory leader appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

To maintain the democratic values that the EU was built on, leaders like Starmer must reject the normalisation of xenophobia and work towards a more inclusive and unified society. The post ‘Barbieland’ and the rise of the far-right in Europe appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive... Read more »

The new documentary film Union, premiering this week, follows Amazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island as they formed the first-ever U.S. Amazon union in 2022. Co-directed by Stephen Maing and Brett Story, the film follows “the invisible working class” as they face an uphill battle against... Read more »

“There is nothing antisemitic about fighting for people’s right to live,” says Jewish Voice for Peace organizer Elena Stein, who on Monday joined hundreds of protesters arrested to block entrances to the New York Stock Exchange. We discuss the historic mass protest, which called for an Israeli arms embargo and... Read more »

The Biden administration is sending an advanced anti-missile defense system and 100 U.S. troops to Israel in advance of expected retaliatory strikes against Iran. This marks the first significant deployment of American troops to Israel since the beginning of its assault on Gaza, though the U.S. has spent an estimated... Read more »

Israeli Attacks Kill 55 in Gaza as WHO Begins Second Round of Polio Vaccinations, Gaza Teen Burned to Death in Israeli Strike on Hospital Identified as Sha’ban al-Dalou, Israeli Forces in Occupied West Bank Kill 2, Including Child, in Assault on Jenin, 21 Killed, Including Children, in Israeli Strike on... Read more »

Israel is facing international condemnation after repeatedly attacking U.N. peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon. At least five members of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, have been injured in recent days. The U.N. also accused Israel of forcibly entering and destroying part of a UNIFIL base near the Israeli... Read more »

We speak with the reporter who revealed the Israeli plan to displace or kill the entire Palestinian population of north Gaza. Israeli Major General Giora Eiland has proposed ordering everyone in northern Gaza to evacuate within one week, after which Israel will conduct a total siege on the area and... Read more »

We get another update on Israel’s brutal siege and bombing in the north of the Gaza Strip, where hospitals are desperate for supplies. “Every day is a breaking point. Every day is a desperate rush for food, water, fuel and medicine and shelter,” says Dr. Samer Attar, who has volunteered... Read more »

We speak with Dr. Mohammed Salha, the acting director of Al-Awda Hospital at the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, as Israel continues to escalate attacks against northern Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering implementing a “surrender or starve” policy there. Palestinians in north Gaza report Israeli... Read more »

U.S. to Send Anti-Missile Defense System & 100 Troops to Israel, Israel Bombs Tent Encampment at Gaza Hospital & School Shelter in Latest Massacres, Israeli Siege in Northern Gaza Continues as Netanyahu Considers “Surrender or Starve” Policy, Hezbollah Drone Strike on Israeli Army Base Kills 4 Soldiers, 60+ Injured, Israel... Read more »

A new book doesn’t just illuminate the thicket of effects of systemic racism as it affects where people live; it reframes the understanding of the role of housing.... Read more »

The more a strike affects the economy, i.e., the more effective it is, the harder corporate media try to smear workers as selfish and destructive.... Read more »

Why are events we pay insurance for a "crisis" for the industry we pay it to? The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.... Read more »

Musk’s Twitter is keeping certain information out of the public view—information that just happens to damage the presidential ticket he supports.... Read more »

As every day brings news of new carnage, US citizens have a duty not to look away, given our government’s critical role in arming Israel and ignoring its crimes.... Read more »

Jen Senko’s film and the book based on it are an effort to engage the effects of that yelling, punching down, reactionary media.... Read more »

Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all they’re going to say is, “oh well”?... Read more »

A people-centered press corps would spell out the meaning of economic “indicators” in relation to where we want to go as a society that has yet to address deep historical and structural harms.... Read more »

Kroger is currently raising the prices of things like eggs and milk above inflation rates, simply because they can get away with it.... Read more »

Explore how U.S. influence shapes Israel’s role in the Middle East conflict, challenging notions of sovereignty in a broader global war involving NATO, Palestine, and BRICS nations like China and Russia. The post Sovereignty in Crisis: Israel, Palestine, and America’s Global Agenda first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

"I don't think there were any non-Jewish Americans that had that visceral hatred of Islam that the Zionists had, or also the visceral hatred of Russia, specifically for anti-Semitism of past centuries, most of which was in Ukraine and Kiev, by the way. Well, that was 50 years ago, and... Read more »

This episode of the Global Economy Hour discusses that the U.S., under the guise of promoting "freedom," is enforcing policies that undermine European sovereignty, especially in relation to energy dependence and trade with Russia and China. The irony of Western sanctions and coercion, which have not only failed to weaken... Read more »

The decline of U.S. global dominance is reshaping international alliances. As U.S. neoliberal policies and military actions continue to alienate nations, countries like China, Russia, and Iran are forming strategic coalitions. Driven by economic self-interest, these nations are pushing back against the U.S. hegemony, creating a new global order. The... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff critique the lack of substantive policy debate in the Trump-Harris exchange, noting that key issues like U.S.-China relations and the economic decline of the U.S. were largely ignored. Both highlight that the debate focused on personality over policy, avoiding critical topics such as de-industrialization, foreign... Read more »

In this discussion, Michael Hudson argues that the real financial threat to the U.S. isn't government debt but rather private debt, especially the student debt crisis, which is exacerbated by policies that prevent bankruptcy relief. He explains that government debt, particularly U.S. Treasury securities, is actually a highly sought-after asset... Read more »

Explore how the papacy’s war financing and the transformation of usury into interest reshaped Christianity and led to the rise of modern fiscal states and powerful banking families. The post Reshaping Christianity and the Modern State: A Journey from Usury to Fiscal Power first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

Brian: All right, Nate, we’ve done it. This is the System Failure Podcast number 50, and it’s an exciting one. Nathan: Yeah, number 50. Yeah, that’s impressive, Brian. That means we’ve been at this for more or less a year now, which is pretty exciting. And I love the idea... Read more »

KARL FITZGERALD: Welcome, everyone. Welcome to another quarterly Patreon session with Michael Hudson, Professor Michael Hudson, author of over a dozen books, including his latest, The Temples of Enterprise. My name’s Karl Fitzgerald. I’ll be your host today. I’m an economist based in Australia that has changed three taxes, protecting... Read more »

A Georgia judge ruled on Tuesday that county election boards are required to certify election results—a major victory for democratic norms and a big loss for election deniers seeking to subvert the 2024 election. “No election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify... Read more »

In early September, Peterson Harter was working the lunchtime rush in his sandwich shop on San Francisco’s Haight Street when in walked prosecutor Ryan Khojasteh, sporting slicked-back hair and circular glasses. The year before, Harter had been punched in the face by a man who’d been urinating outside his shop.... Read more »

In 2020, as for so many people, things shifted for Jessica Reed Kraus. A Southern California–based lifestyle blogger who got her start writing about motherhood, Kraus felt dubious about Covid safety measures and vaccines, and disaffected from mainstream liberal politics. With her photogenic world upended, she wanted to talk about... Read more »

Last Saturday, tens of thousands of Christians gathered under the blazing October sun on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for an all-day prayer rally that organizers called the “Esther Call on the Mall.” While the crowd raised their hands in testimony, waved flags, and sang along with megachurch standards,... Read more »

When the US Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule in May asserting that gender dysphoria can be considered a disability under federal anti-discrimination laws, it codified what the overwhelming majority of courts have found for nearly a decade. The new rule put states on notice: Discrimination against... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of zooplankton, crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from... Read more »

In recent days, a number of news sites that rely heavily on aggregation have posted stories about Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, reporting “allegations” that he sexually assaulted a minor while working as a teacher and football coach. The clearly false claims stem from the prolific work... Read more »

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this summer, national attention on the issue of fracking in Pennsylvania—and what it means for the outcome of the election in this... Read more »

Dozens of countries are condemning Israel’s attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon. Israeli forces reportedly struck the UN mission in Lebanon—known as UNIFIL—in recent days, injuring multiple peacekeepers, according to the mission. As UNIFIL points out, deliberate attacks on peacekeepers violate international law. A joint statement by 34 UNIFIL-contributing... Read more »

"As the genocide and massacres continue .. the Israeli regime and its enablers have reached new levels of depravity. Civilians, hospitals, schools, and vital infrastructure are being systematically obliterated, in direct contravention of international laws meant to protect human life. The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe that the Israeli... Read more »

The International Trade Union Confederation released a list of seven corporations undermining democracy. Big Tech, Big Oil, and private equity firms all made the list. The post Corporations Undermining Democracy appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Dehumanization is the first step in genocidal incitement. However, counter-annihilation is also a key feature of settler colonialism. It is the belief and practice that colonial society must annihilate Native people; otherwise, the colonizers, in turn, will be annihilated in a zero-sum calculus. It is a pre-emptive 'self-defense' against any... Read more »

Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon who volunteered at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. See his articles and interviews he has given, including "65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza," recently published by the New York Times. The post “Israel is Turning Northern Gaza into a... Read more »

"The doctors, nurses, and administrators that we met at the Indonesian hospital are by far the most admirable and heroic people that I've ever met in my life. They felt they had no choice but to stay at the hospital and provide care for the community because they could not... Read more »

We wish you could see the nightmares that plague so many of us since we have returned: dreams of children maimed and mutilated by our weapons, and their inconsolable mothers begging us to save them. We wish you could hear the cries and screams our consciences will not let us... Read more »

Reuters reported that the America First Legal Foundation, a nonprofit right-wing litigation group, is advancing a legal theory that would allow judges to throw out election results over “failures or irregularities” by local officials.  The post America First Legal Foundation appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

In a new report, Democracy Labs followed the money to connect the dots between J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel, Project 2025, and the push to monitor women’s menstrual cycles.  The post Follow the Money: Peter Thiel and Menstrual Monitoring appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The U.S. government has cited these commercial ties as one of the reasons why the U.S. should continue to supply foreign militaries, including the Israeli military, with weapons and equipment. The post Billions for Israeli Attacks as Hurricane Relief Efforts Face Shortfall appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"As the genocide and massacres continue .. the Israeli regime and its enablers have reached new levels of depravity. Civilians, hospitals, schools, and vital infrastructure are being systematically obliterated, in direct contravention of international laws meant to protect human life. The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe that the Israeli... Read more »

The International Trade Union Confederation released a list of seven corporations undermining democracy. Big Tech, Big Oil, and private equity firms all made the list. The post Corporations Undermining Democracy appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Dehumanization is the first step in genocidal incitement. However, counter-annihilation is also a key feature of settler colonialism. It is the belief and practice that colonial society must annihilate Native people; otherwise, the colonizers, in turn, will be annihilated in a zero-sum calculus. It is a pre-emptive 'self-defense' against any... Read more »

Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon who volunteered at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. See his articles and interviews he has given, including "65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza," recently published by the New York Times. The post “Israel is Turning Northern Gaza into a... Read more »

"The doctors, nurses, and administrators that we met at the Indonesian hospital are by far the most admirable and heroic people that I've ever met in my life. They felt they had no choice but to stay at the hospital and provide care for the community because they could not... Read more »

We wish you could see the nightmares that plague so many of us since we have returned: dreams of children maimed and mutilated by our weapons, and their inconsolable mothers begging us to save them. We wish you could hear the cries and screams our consciences will not let us... Read more »

Reuters reported that the America First Legal Foundation, a nonprofit right-wing litigation group, is advancing a legal theory that would allow judges to throw out election results over “failures or irregularities” by local officials.  The post America First Legal Foundation appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

In a new report, Democracy Labs followed the money to connect the dots between J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel, Project 2025, and the push to monitor women’s menstrual cycles.  The post Follow the Money: Peter Thiel and Menstrual Monitoring appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The U.S. government has cited these commercial ties as one of the reasons why the U.S. should continue to supply foreign militaries, including the Israeli military, with weapons and equipment. The post Billions for Israeli Attacks as Hurricane Relief Efforts Face Shortfall appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Hidden in the detail of the UK’s carbon capture and storage scheme are unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  11th October 2024 This will be Keir Starmer’s HS2: a hugely expensive scheme that will either be abandoned, scaled back or require massive... Read more »

Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  1st October 2024 The sentences were handed down just as Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina. As homes were smashed, trucks swept down... Read more »

An astonishing thing is happening at sea, but the government, backed by an entire “scientific” discipline, seems determined to stifle it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2024 Over the past three weeks, I’ve been watching one of the greatest natural spectacles on Earth, here in south... Read more »

The bodies meant to protect us from floods are unaccountable, self-serving and feudal in character. No wonder they keep failing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th September 2024 Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it... Read more »

How to create an appearance of progress while doing nothing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  12th September 2024 Let’s talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at scale is less important, in some cases... Read more »

The weird, uncanny consistencies of far right politics. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  6th September 2024 I’ve been thinking about a famously orange-skinned former presenter of trashy TV programmes, who lives on a luxurious coastal estate. He has a history of racist and Islamophobic remarks, of blaming asylum... Read more »

It’s ridiculous that governments leave it to people like me to communicate the need for environmental action. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  28th August 2024 There are several services and assets I would like to see nationalised. But at the top of my list is neither water, nor... Read more »

The livestock industry is furiously lobbying to shut down alternatives, and tame politicians are giving it what it wants. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  22nd August 2024 For many years, certain car manufacturers sought to obstruct the transition to electric vehicles. It’s not hard to see why: when... Read more »

Why are peaceful protesters getting longer sentences than violent rioters? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  14th August 2024 A functioning society depends on equality before the law. If crimes are not treated equally and dispassionately by the justice system, we lose trust in democracy and each other. But... Read more »

Vice President Kamala Harris is pulling out all the stops with just three weeks until Election Day and early voting currently underway in dozens of states. As the polls show the race between the Democratic presidential nominee and Donald Trump tightening, Harris is heading into less-friendly territory this week, sitting... Read more »

CNN reporter Elle Reeve recently visited a diner in pro-Donald Trump Nahunta, Georgia, and shared some of the conversations she had with customers — who might just vote Democrat next month. In a news segment CNN published on Tuesday, Button Lee, a resident of Brantley County, Georgia, can be seen... Read more »

Over the weekend, a group of neo-Nazis crashed a Florida boat parade in support of former President Donald Trump, in their own boat festooned with Trump flags and swastika flags. His campaign is now making a spurious argument to explain their presence.As Rolling Stone previously reported, the neo-Nazis — whose... Read more »

Donald Trump sat down for a live interview with the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News Tuesday afternoon at the Economic Club of Chicago, and quickly grew defensive when questioned about his economic policies as the journalist explained to him how they will harm the American economy.At one point Trump sat back... Read more »

The acolytes of former President Donald Trump sitting on the Georgia State Election Board just suffered a stinging defeat at the hands of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.ABC News reported Tuesday that McBurney's decision still requires all county election officials to certify election results by the statutory deadline... Read more »

Nobel Prize-winning economist, professor, and popular New York Times opinion writer Paul Krugman on Monday published, “ Trump Has Become Unmoored in Time.” In it he closes by asking, “what would Trump say about an opponent who, like him, seems stuck in the past, who routinely describes America in ways... Read more »

One Republican member of Congress is now openly defending former President Donald Trump's call to use the military as a means of crushing American dissent.Earlier this week, Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo that he wasn't ruling out deploying the U.S. military against "the enemy from within," which apparently... Read more »

Donald Trump has just canceled a scheduled interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen, who has been described as “pro-Trump.”The cancellation comes as many are watching video and reading reports about Trump’s Monday night town hall in Pennsylvania, during which the Republican presidential nominee, three weeks before Election Day, took just a... Read more »

Two members of former President Donald Trump's administration are warning Americans that if their former boss wins the election, he will be completely untethered by the restrictions that barely kept him in check during his first term.In a Tuesday interview with CNN host Kate Bolduan, Kevin Carroll — who worked... Read more »

Canadian officials are encouraging Israeli violence in Iran. Once again, they are supporting the neoconservatives who view the genocide in Gaza, weakening of Hezbollah and Iran’s response to Israeli provocations as a bid to remake the Middle East just like in the build-up to the last US invasion of Iraq.... Read more »

Biden Administration mismanagement – or worse – from day one of the latest Israeli multi-front war in the Middle East has led us to where we are today, at the brink of an all-out regional war with some 40,000 US troops and multiple US military bases in the region with... Read more »

Another person was wounded. The post <I>Iraq Weekly Roundup</I>: Six Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com.... Read more »

Nearly a decade ago, a leading Israeli human rights activist divulged to me a private conversation he’d had a short time earlier with one of Europe’s ambassadors to Israel. He was shaken by the exchange. The ambassador’s country was then widely seen as one of the most sympathetic in the... Read more »

There is a good bit of evidence that suggests Israel is unraveling from within. It now appears that Zionism, like communism, is a self-defeating project. In June of this year, renown Jewish historian, Ilan Pappé, suggested that the collapse of Zionism may be imminent. According to Pappé, “We are witnessing... Read more »

Editor’s Note:  This was written before Ramzy got the news that an Israeli airstrike killed his only sister on Wednesday. No one had expected that one year would be enough to recenter the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people across the globe, would,... Read more »

Portions of this article are reprinted from Responsible Statecraft with the author’s permission. Of men in the U.S. who turned 18 in 2023, fewer than 40% signed up for the draft – down from more than 60% in 2020 before the start of the war in Ukraine. This eye-popping and... Read more »

When Congress enacted the Stored Communications Act of 1986 (SCA), it claimed the statute would guarantee the privacy of digital data that service providers were retaining in storage. The act prohibited the providers from sharing the stored data, and it prohibited unauthorized access to the data, commonly called computer hacking... Read more »

Who is “America’s greatest adversary?” That is the question 60 Minutes asked Vice President Kamala Harris. “I think there’s an obvious one in mind, which is Iran,” was her answer. She gave two reasons for her verdict: “Iran has American blood on their hands” and “what we need to do... Read more »

The month's archives. - 2024/10 / perspective... Read more »

After Hamas's attack of 7 October, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Israel's security a ‘reason of state for Germany' (12 October). This position, which combines diplomatic dexterity and memory work , has taken on a particular complexion in the current situation. Several prominent progressive leaders have pointed to Germany's Muslim population... Read more »

After narrowly surviving an assassin's bullet, Donald Trump seemed almost invincible. But since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden, Trump's routine has begun to look stale and his campaign faltering. - 2024/09 / article... Read more »

When artificial intelligence emerged in the mid-1950s, enhancing human potential was not on the agenda. However, some technological pioneers dared to think differently. - 2024/08 / article... Read more »

Cuba has faced many economic crises, but the current one is different. It is far worse than even that of the early 1990s, when Cuba lost all trade with the Soviet bloc, and at the same time the US imposed severe new economic measures against the island nation. In the... Read more »

In difficult conditions, Gaza had managed to develop an education system that won international admiration. Since last October Israel has systematically destroyed nearly all of it. - 2024/09 / article... Read more »

Soviet-era Tajikistan was once an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan. In recent years the Tajik government has striven to distinguish itself from its bigger neighbour, deploying myths of Aryan purity. - 2024/09 / article, 2024/09 tajikistan... Read more »

- International / 2024/10 Arctic... Read more »

The charges against Pavel Durov, founder of messaging app Telegram, send a chilling signal about freedom of speech. - 2024/10 / article... Read more »

Profits have plummeted at an Israeli arms firm targeted by Palestine Action. The post Israel’s war machine can be stopped. Here’s how appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

A friend who knows tells me it’s impossible to organise an interview with José ‘Pepe’ Mujica in advance. It’s not how he operates. The best thing to do, she says, is to turn up at his farm on the outskirts of Uruguayan capital Montevideo unannounced and see if you get... Read more »

US special forces flights to Israel from a British airbase have doubled in frequency since Keir Starmer took over from Rishi Sunak as prime minister, it can be revealed.  At least 13 US planes used by special forces, nearly all of them unmarked, have gone from Britain’s sprawling airbase on... Read more »

The UK secretly developed a defence plan with Israel, Declassified can reveal. According to leaked documents, the British project was codenamed HEZUK and designed to counter the “destabilising regional activity of Iran and Hizballah”. This would be done by strengthening UK-Israel intelligence collaboration and increasing military cooperation, with the effect... Read more »

Britain secretly advised the Israeli military on psychological warfare techniques, Declassified has found. Leaked documents reveal how the British army’s 77th brigade discussed strategy and tactics with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The 77th brigade uses psychological operations and social media to help fight wars “in the information age”. It... Read more »

In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”.  This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change in the security landscape” in which there was “a growing threat from state actors”.  But alongside... Read more »

British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation. The post Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Labour continues the Conservatives’ policy of spying on Gaza despite stopping some arms exports to Israel over war crimes concerns. The post Keir Starmer’s 100 spy flights over Gaza in support of Israel appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: Israeli officials lobbied the UK government to undermine peaceful pro-Palestine activism, leaked files show. The post Israel’s secret campaign to combat boycotts in Britain appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

New Delhi has ‘chosen an alternate path’ instead of cooperating with Canada’s investigation of a Sikh leader’s killing, the US says.... Read more »

GWM will focus on producing the Haval H6, a hybrid sports SUV that has been approved to benefit from a Brazilian tax incentive programme.... Read more »

The 30 day deadline comes after reports of a deadly Israeli strike on a hospital tent site in the Palestinian enclave.... Read more »

Republicans hope their opposition to Chinese EV battery maker’s planned US$2.4 billion Michigan factory is winning issue in a vital swing state.... Read more »

Part-time officers will conduct street patrols, or work in the reporting centre or as drivers.... Read more »

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was first discovered in images taken early last year, with budding astronomers across region hoping to catch a glimpse.... Read more »

Plan sets out 17 priority areas for development including searching for habitable planets and exploring quantum mechanics.... Read more »

Both sides have accused the other of being to blame for the incident which took places near the Philippine-held Tithu island.... Read more »

E-payment service provider also says number of active users of ‘tourist mobile Octopus’ during break tripled compared with last year.... Read more »

Taipei signs deals with Washington’s de facto embassy to buy loitering munitions as Beijing retaliates over William Lai’s remarks.... Read more »

Tsao and Shen accused of supporting ‘violent pro-Taiwan independence’ activities.... Read more »

China said it appreciated Laos’ interest in and intention to cooperate on Chinese commercial aircraft without naming the C919 or ARJ21.... Read more »

Authorities under orders to step up screening of people with emotional or financial problems following a series of random knife attacks on strangers.... Read more »

Taiwanese defence ministry blames manipulation by anti-US forces for claims published on mainland China’s most significant holiday.... Read more »

A TV series released by the Ministry of State Security has a plotline that mirrors the death of a military scientist in a car crash.... Read more »

The former chairman of New China Life Insurance is accused of embezzlement and bribery, and has been expelled from Communist Party.... Read more »

As a raft of stimulus measures boost confidence, many remain cautious about the nation’s long-term economic prospects.... Read more »

The former transport minister, a member of one of China’s most powerful families, takes semi-retirement role on political advisory body.... Read more »

Volunteers raised funds for a new ambulance in Lebanon’s south. Israel quickly destroyed it in an airstrike — killing five emergency workers. The post Israel Escalates Attacks on Lebanese First Responders — Potentially a War Crime appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Millions are pouring into the race to unseat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who has resisted loosening crypto regulations. The post Crypto Billionaires Could Flip the Senate to the GOP. Here’s What They Want. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Shahawar Matin Siraj is one of many Muslim men convicted in informant-related terrorism cases. Now he’s seeking compassionate release. The post An Informant Pushed Him to Plot a Subway Bombing. After 20 Years Behind Bars, He Has a Chance at Freedom. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“It was not random, but direct targeting on purpose. Fadi was wearing his press uniform.” The post Four Days in Gaza: Five Journalists Killed or Wounded appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Jeremy Loffredo was taken into custody on suspicion of “assisting an enemy in war” for his reporting on Iran’s missile attack.  The post U.S. Journalist Jeremy Loffredo Released After Being Detained by Israel for Four Days  appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

While Turkey loudly proclaims its support for Palestinians, officials have blocked a ship intending to break the siege from leaving Istanbul. The post They Planned to Deliver Aid to Gaza by Sea — Then Turkey Shut Them Down appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A recent data breach is not the only way that Internet Archive users have been left vulnerable online. The post Internet Archive Was Exposing User Email Addresses for Years Before Recent Breach appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

At oral arguments Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared indifferent to the state AG’s insistence that Glossip’s conviction is unconstitutional. The post The Supreme Court May Force Oklahoma to Kill Richard Glossip appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Without massive, unconditional U.S. military subsidies, Israel would have had to practice diplomacy with their neighbors years ago. The post U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Genocidal Israel appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The famed intellectual and activist teamed up with Nathan J. Robinson to compile his sharp critiques of U.S. imperialism into one book.... Read more »

An interview with Chuck Collins.... Read more »

Our government needs to rise above partisan politics to replace all lead pipes throughout the country.... Read more »

Not even leaders like Obama and Harris are willing to take a stand up against killing even those who are innocent.... Read more »

The former President’s repeated insults against disabled people make it clear how he really sees us.... Read more »

While companies like Numotion prioritize profit, customers like me are forced to survive weeks—or months—without a working wheelchair.... Read more »

A young woman’s story highlights the inequity of the legal system.... Read more »

Private-sector investments in the green transition are plagued by climate and labor risks.... Read more »

The courtroom is often the place Native people are attacked today.... Read more »

Israeli authorities must rescind the cruel and unlawful “evacuation” orders – Israel’s euphemism for forced displacement – issued over the past week to residents of the North Gaza governorate and immediately allow the unhindered entry of essential supplies, including food and fuel to the area, said Amnesty International, as fears... Read more »

Following the announcement that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Nihon Hidankyo - the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has offered its warm congratulations and called on all countries, including the nuclear-armed states and... Read more »

Sorry, but much like your kids' projectile vomiting - remember it? - the them-and-us vitriol spewing from a crumbling, raving Grand Wizard and his Nazi-adjacent minions still persists in a "disinformation maelstrom" aimed at Fake News, "dumb women," raping-and-dog-eating "vile animals," windmills that "aren't wind," and Dems doing gender transition... Read more »

A new report from The Sentencing Project, “Locked Out 2024: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction” found that 4 million Americans will be unable to vote in the upcoming 2024 election due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Despite recent reforms in several states that have reduced... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the news that Social Security’s 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent: “The automatic annual cost-of-living adjustment is one of Social Security’s most essential and unique features. It is intended to ensure that... Read more »

The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 2.5% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries, disabled veterans and federal retirees next year:“The 72.6 million Americans who rely on their earned... Read more »

In a case that is disappointing but not surprising, the agreement between the government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for hosting the climate conference COP29, is replete with significant shortcomings and ambiguities on the protections for participants’ rights. Human Rights Watch has obtained... Read more »

This evening, Hurricane Milton will touch down in Florida. The hurricane has mutated on a horrifying, unprecedented scale, stunning meteorologists and scientists and demonstrating one of the fastest intensifications on record. It comes only one week after Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern U.S., including Florida. Candice Fortin, 350.org US Campaigns... Read more »

Reacting to a rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution[1] that links the historic storm Helene that killed at least 227 people across six states to climate change induced by fossil fuel warming, Rolf Skar, Greenpeace USA National Campaigns Director said: “The evidence is overwhelming: climate change is fueling the extreme... Read more »

When we think of potentially dangerous and addictive drugs, most of us think about illegal substances like heroine or cocaine. And yet widely-prescribed drugs like Xanax, Ritalin, Adderall, and Vicodin are also addictive, but legal in the United States. Historian David Herzberg discusses the artificial distinction that has been created... Read more »

In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the U.S. transported refugees from Vietnam to its colonial possession Guam. In that period, Israel did something similar, offering citizenship to Vietnamese refugees, in the wake of its expanded occupation of Palestine. Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi looks at the condition of refugee settlers,... Read more »

Not one movement but a multiplicity of movements engaging in protest and direct action brought down France’s absolutist regime in 1789. Micah Alpaugh describes popular uprisings and insurrections in Paris and the provinces that operated without central leadership and later inspired anarchists around the globe. Micah Alpaugh, The People’s Revolution... Read more »

Ayn Rand’s novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged have been called gateway drugs to rightwing ideas for so many Americans. And while the works of the writer and philosopher have seen a resurgence since the global economic crisis, her influence has been undeniably huge and sustained since those books were... Read more »

What is Mexican philosophy, and what are its guiding principles? According to Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Mexican philosophy is a byproduct of Western philosophy’s role in the colonization of the Americas. He lays out some of its central concepts and considers how they apply to everyday life. Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Blooming... Read more »

Public schools have long been a battleground for the right. But since the Covid pandemic, the right has had the wind at its back, enlarging its ranks with parents frustrated by school closings and masking mandates. Education journalist Laura Pappano discusses how the far right has sowed panic over library... Read more »

What did the abrupt transition from socialism to capitalism in the former Soviet Bloc mean for residents, radicals, and the social order? Helena Sheehan, a Marxist thinker, educator, and activist, devotes a portion of her latest book to the impact and legacy of the momentous events of 1989 and 1990.... Read more »

Throughout much of the 20th century and into the 21st, the U.S. state has worked to undermine and destroy leftwing and anti-imperialist labor unions around the world. And much of those efforts were assisted by an entity ostensibly committed to the interests of American workers: the trade union federation the... Read more »

Award-winning artist/illustrator Nate Powell discusses his graphic adaptation of James Loewen’s classic text “Lies My Teacher Told Me.” The post Fund Drive Special: Adapting Loewen’s “Lies” appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

Israel claims it killed a Hezbollah aerial unit commander... Read more »

AI's next leap: From 'say it' to 'do it'... Read more »

Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

1 killed in shooting in S Israel: hospital... Read more »

Pan Yufei secures silver medal at IFSC Asian Championships... Read more »

8 killed after oil vessel catches fire in Myanmar... Read more »

42,344 Palestinians killed in Gaza in Israeli strikes since Oct. 7, 2023... Read more »

South Korea responds with gunfire after DPRK destroys border roads... Read more »

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has blown up parts of the inter-Korean roads on its side on Tuesday.... Read more »

President Xi urges developing system of modern military theory... Read more »

Israel claims it killed a Hezbollah aerial unit commander... Read more »

A speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a symposium on literature and art will be republished on Wednesday in the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.... Read more »

1 killed in shooting in S Israel: hospital... Read more »

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Monday that China is ready to work with Pakistan to make further efforts to build the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into a demonstration project for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.... Read more »

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has blown up parts of the inter-Korean roads on its side on Tuesday.... Read more »

Chinese premier meets with Pakistani military leaders... Read more »

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday convened a consultative meeting on national defense to address the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.... Read more »

India, Canada expel each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat move... Read more »

Foreign investment is once again anchored in China... Read more »

Although the external environment is characterized by complexity and volatility, as long as China remains committed to high-standard opening-up and actively addresses various risks and challenges, its foreign trade will achieve even greater development through new frontiers. This will give new impetus to economic recovery and improvement.... Read more »

Swiss Ambassador to China: China and Europe face similar challenges... Read more »

China will increase support for innovative small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and unicorn companies to foster new quality productive forces and help enterprises expand markets and unleash vitality, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday.... Read more »

Goldman Sachs on Sunday raised China's economic growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 on the grounds of the country's recent pro-growth measures.... Read more »

Low-band 5G internet is helping rural Mexicans get online... Read more »

China's consumer prices rose moderately in September. Experts say that market demand is set to rise following the introduction of powerful new policies aimed at stimulating the economy.... Read more »

The Chinese economy is now at a critical juncture. There are various interpretations of the recent "comprehensive package of incremental policies", many of which are superficial and misleading. It is crucial to clarify these misinterpretations and guide all parties to understand correctly the principles of China's economic work.... Read more »

Lao chamber: Regional integration brings opportunities for ASEAN... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Admin Horse racing is a very old sport that people all around the world love. It’s called the “Sport of Kings” because it began a long time ago with simple horse races to find out which horse was the fastest or... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Admin Groundwater contamination has emerged as a pressing environmental concern, posing significant challenges globally. As industries burgeon and populations swell, the risk of pollutants seeping into groundwater reservoirs amplifies, threatening ecosystems and human health alike. In this article, we will dive... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva Download the Spanish translation Descargar la traducción al español de este artículoDownload the Portuguese translation Baixar a tradução em português deste artigo In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Prabir Purkayastha “This steep rise in electricity prices is the other side of the story of the so-called market reforms in the electricity sector that have taken place over the last 30 years.” Download the Spanish translation Descargar la traducción al... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva Click here to download the Spanish translation of this article. (Haga clic aquí para descargar la traducción al español de este artículo.) On October 18, 2021, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days. This declaration... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Elliott Negin ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science. In a secret video recording made public in late June, a top ExxonMobil lobbyist—Keith McCoy, who was fired soon afterward—not only conceded that the oil giant’s support for... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by John Pilger Click here to download the Spanish translation of this article. (Haga clic aquí para descargar la traducción al español de este artículo.) When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Guest Post A new MintPress News study based on Dept. of Defense documents can reveal that U.S. weapons manufacturers have sold well in excess of $28.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen War began, including 20 separate... Read more »

This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Guest Post Miko Peled is considered by many to be one of the clearest voices calling for justice in Palestine, support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and the creation of a single democracy with equal rights... Read more »

The XEC variant, a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants, was detected and recorded in Germany in June and has been found in at least 29 countries—including in at least 13 European nations and the 24 states within United States.... Read more »

While Erdoğan condemns the genocide in Gaza, the invasion of Lebanon and the attack on UN forces, Turkey continues to feed Israel’s war machine.... Read more »

With less than three weeks before the 2024 presidential election, the Biden administration has deployed US combat troops to Israel as part of an agreement with the Netanyahu government to attack Iran. ... Read more »

More than 40 miles of CSX’s Clinchfield line between Erwin, Tennessee, and Spruce Pine, North Carolina, are wiped out, including two bridges.... Read more »

Over the past week, authorities have carried out a series of attacks on protests opposing the genocide, which have the hallmarks of a nationally coordinated crackdown.... Read more »

The Voice project was an attempt to exploit the widespread popular support for measures to address the appalling conditions of most indigenous people, in order to advance what was actually a pro-war and pro-business agenda.... Read more »

The White House is determined to shut down a strike against a major defense contractor on the eve of a major war.... Read more »

“This is a serious attack on fundamental democratic rights, and the right to protest against the US-backed and armed Israeli genocide, not just on university campuses but anywhere.”... Read more »

At least 23 people are confirmed dead from Hurricane Milton, which left massive flooding in its wake as it plowed across central Florida and dropped up to 20 inches of rain within a few hours.... Read more »

President Xi urges developing system of modern military theory... Read more »

Although the external environment is characterized by complexity and volatility, as long as China remains committed to high-standard opening-up and actively addresses various risks and challenges, its foreign trade will achieve even greater development through new frontiers. This will give new impetus to economic recovery and improvement.... Read more »

China-Italy ties celebrated with CMG-hosted cultural event in Milan... Read more »

AI's next leap: From 'say it' to 'do it'... Read more »

Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

A speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a symposium on literature and art will be republished on Wednesday in the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.... Read more »

Mount Fanjing in SW China inscribed on IUCN Green List... Read more »

Endangered heron found in SW China's mountains for 4-years running... Read more »

Pan Yufei secures silver medal at IFSC Asian Championships... Read more »

The Canton Fair stands in stark contrast to protectionist policies and trade barriers. Both buyers and sellers understand that global prosperity hinges on free and open trade with China.... Read more »

The announced fiscal measures represent a bold and necessary step toward addressing the country's current economic challenges.... Read more »

Continuing to collude with hegemonic forces only risks creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that would lead to catastrophe, not only to Taiwan, but to all of China, and possibly the world.... Read more »

By promoting lies and manipulation, Lai's speech will only deepen tensions, jeopardizing peace and stability in the region.... Read more »

The Taiwan authorities should abandon their misguided efforts to provoke the Chinese mainland under the guise of democratic rhetoric.... Read more »

No amount of rhetorical games, semantics, or exploiting historical ignorance while inciting anti-China hysteria will change the fundamental fact that Taiwan is part of China.... Read more »

Arming Taiwan drags the region into depths of turmoil... Read more »

Are AI robots the hope for elderly care?... Read more »

CGTN/ZNBC Special：Charting a New Course of China-Africa Cooperation... Read more »

China-Italy ties celebrated with CMG-hosted cultural event in Milan... Read more »

CGTN The Vibe 20241015... Read more »

CGTN The Vibe 20241014... Read more »

In the hands of Chinese ironwork artist Sui Jincai, cold, sharp sheets of iron are transformed through a series of meticulous processes into familiar representations of pizzas, fish, flowers and many other things we see in our everyday lives.... Read more »

As the most prestigious and largest-scale art exhibition in China, the "Selected Works Exhibition of the 14th National Exhibition of Fine Arts" in Beijing has continued to attract crowds of visitors since its opening in September.... Read more »

Affordable and durable Chinese products like traditional tea sets and decor items have increasingly become a staple in Pakistani homes.... Read more »

Tate Liverpool is the largest modern and contemporary art museum in the UK outside of London and is also a member of the Tate Gallery.... Read more »

For the Dong people, their drum towers hold a special significance.... Read more »

Carved into the steep cliffs along the Yulin River Gorge, the Yulin Caves house over 5,200 square meters of murals and more than 270 painted sculptures spread across 43 caves.... Read more »

AI's next leap: From 'say it' to 'do it'... Read more »

China on Tuesday releases the country's first space science scheme, elaborating on the basic principles, development goals and roadmap for its space science exploration through 2050.... Read more »

Alphabet's Google said on Monday it signed the world's first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet electricity demand for artificial intelligence (AI).... Read more »

China will increase support for innovative small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and unicorn companies to foster new quality productive forces and help enterprises expand markets and unleash vitality, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday.... Read more »

Starship's booster caught by mechanical 'chopsticks'... Read more »

Plantable leaflets showcase low-carbon concept at WAFI 2024 conference... Read more »

After Tesla's much-anticipated "Robotaxi Day" event, the company's shares saw a sharp decline of 8.78 percent, resulting in a nearly $70 billion loss in the company's market value.... Read more »

China has more than 600 million registered users for generative AI services, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Saturday.... Read more »

The world's most powerful floating offshore wind turbine, with a generating capacity of 20 megawatts, has rolled off the production line in Yancheng City, east China's Jiangsu Province, according to the country's leading train maker CRRC Corporation Limited on Saturday.... Read more »

Israel clearly prioritizes land over hostages, kills children playing in al Shati camp; Pentagon confirms US military will have boots on the ground in Israel; (illegal) booby-trapped robots; no rest for Lebanon; UNIFIL peacekeepers under attack again; Hezbollah rocket kills Israeli soldiers; another Palestinian dies in Israeli prison... Read more »

Jabaliya catastrophe continues; Israeli threats put Lebanon on edge; some of the first journalists Israel attacked still await justice; another peacekeeper attacked; how one family in the West Bank copes; Iron Dome let Hezbollah rockets slip through... Read more »

Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide... Read more »

Humanitarian aid orgs describe Israel's total siege on northern Gaza using words like "extermination," phrases like "most child amputees in modern history" and "no food distribution in any form"... Read more »

Bloodbath in northern Gaza; US former gov't official wants peacekeepers to be "carpetbombed"; American doctors describe treating children shot in the head when they volunteered in Gaza; new investigation, "The Killings They Tweeted"; Netanyahu blames Lebanese civilians for their own upcoming suffering; Israeli violence in the West Bank; more.... Read more »

Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel's genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.... Read more »

Politicians focus on Israel; Israeli soldier makes Palestinian captives listen to Torah; the truth about northern Gaza; war on the West Bank; Palestinian diaspora rage; more evidence for genocide case at ICJ; US helps Israel with "how to," not "whether to" attack Iran; Pope Francis on Gaza; earthquake in Iran?;... Read more »

Israel's onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.... Read more »

On one-year anniversary of Gaza's prison break: forced population transfer (ethnic cleansing) is underway in Gaza; US wants to pay Israel to be selective in bombing Iran; journalist stalked, killed; calls to end Israel's attack on healthcare in Lebanon, much more.... Read more »

Insurance industry execs should be fighting fossil-fuel powerhouses, not shortchanging policyholders. The post Two Words That Haunt So Many Hurricane Victims: ‘Claim Denied’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Colonial violence and militarism are at the root of global inequality, ecological devastation, and perpetual conflict that is driving the triple planetary crisis. The post 2024 Climate Week Webinars: Divest from Militarism & Invest in Climate Justice appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing north. The post Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Increasingly, authoritarianism isn’t a feature of overtly authoritarian governments alone. The post The Assault on Democracy Goes Global appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

How mafia-style investments undermine the Honduran people’s struggle for democracy and dignity. The post The Corporate Assault on Honduras appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The analysis exposes the cynical profit-driven motives behind an avalanche of corporate lawsuits aimed at draining Honduras and blocking much-needed environment and human rights protections. The post New Report: Corporate Assault on Honduras Is Worsening Its Economic, Environment, and Human Rights Crises appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Sarah Anderson tells the BBC that taxing corporate bad actors "would absolutely be a vote winner" across the political spectrum. The post VIDEO: Runaway CEO Pay Is Bad for Our Economy, Bad for Democracy, and Bad for Business appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The far right is not just using the rhetoric of anti-immigration. It is using the actual immigrants themselves as weapons. The post The Weaponization of Immigrants appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have long been linked to violence in Gaza — that’s why a ceasefire is key to resolving both conflicts. The post Six Things to Know as Israel Ramps Up Its Assault on Lebanon appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

From the beginning, there were serious problems with the claims of mass rape by Hamas. Yet the New York Times devoted significant coverage to promoting that narrative.... Read more »

A FAIR study of US newspapers found the overwhelming majority of times the vague term “identity politics” was mentioned, it was referring to Democrats and the left.... Read more »

Media outlets promise comprehensive news alerts about important breaking stories occurring everywhere—but that's not what subscribers are getting.... Read more »

A new FAIR study finds that media conversations about student-led campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine rarely included students themselves.... Read more »

A review of six months of New York Times coverage exposes a remarkable selective interest in threats to journalism.... Read more »

Since October 7, leading papers have overwhelmingly applied the term "brutal" to violence committed by Palestinians rather than by Israelis.... Read more »

Establishment media in the US were slow to cover South Africa’s charge—initially providing the public with thin to no reporting on the case.... Read more »

Despite efforts to include Palestinian voices, editors at two leading papers skewed the Gaza debate toward an Israel-centered perspective.... Read more »

Sunday show guests skewed strongly toward US politicians with strong financial influence from the military industry and pro-Israel advocates.... Read more »

Rickards: This Is What Will Destroy The Dollar Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Janet Yellen gave a speech on Sept. 26 at the 2024 U.S. Treasury Market Conference in New York. The speech was largely about risks in the banking system and the market for U.S. Treasury debt. In... Read more »

Cold Blob Invades Central & Eastern US As Proper Autumn Arrives For Millions  A cold front swept across the north-central US through the eastern half of the US late weekend into the early part of the new week. For readers based in the east and central US, Brrr! It's a chilly morning as fall-like... Read more »

Peter Schiff: FEMA Makes Hurricanes Worse Via SchiffGold.com, In this week’s episode, Peter offers an important reminder: the government has a strong incentive to bend the truth with their data, especially when we’re less than a month out from an election. Beyond this, Peter spends time discussing the proliferation of... Read more »

Walgreens Jumps Most In Years After Better-Than-Expected Earnings, Outlook, & Widespread Store Closures Walgreens shares in New York surged the most in 16 years on Tuesday after the struggling pharmacy chain delivered an unexpectedly optimistic forecast for 2025. Simultaneously, Walgreens announced plans to shutter over a thousand stores nationwide as its turnaround plan... Read more »

Harris-Walz: "The Most Anti-Free-Speech Ticket In Centuries" Authored by Jonathan Turley, Roughly five centuries ago, a new dance first reported in Augsburg, Germany was promptly dubbed the “waltz” after the German term for “to roll or revolve.” Today, there is no more nimble performer of that dizzying dance than Democratic vice presidential... Read more »

Of 435 House Seats Only 11 Are Rated Tossup Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The outcome in a mere 11 seats may determine which party wins the House of Representatives. The odds of a clean sweep by either party in the Senate, House, and White House are not that... Read more »

Trump To Expand Border Patrol By 10,000; Shower Employees With 10% Raises And Bonuses If Elected President Trump on Sunday unveiled a plan to expand the US Border Patrol by 10,000 employees, while rewarding existing agents with raises and bonuses if elected. "I will always stand with the incredible men... Read more »

Oregon DEI Forestry Snitch Busts Boss For Prioritizing Qualified Candidates Over "Gender Identity" Oregon's #2 official at the Department of Forestry, Mike Shaw, was placed on administrative leave after the department's former DEI strategy officer, Megan Donecker, complained that Shaw had looked "beyond gender and identity in hiring, seeking only... Read more »

Last Time Halloween Shoppers Spent Less, It Was... The National Retail Federation's annual Prosper Insights & Analytics survey shows that total Halloween spending is forecasted to drop by 5% to $11.6 billion this year, down from last year's record $12.2 billion. With inflation still elevated and interest rates sky-high, low-... Read more »

A Boston Globe reporter shamed those who downplayed Donald Trump's decision to stop answering questions from his fans and instead play music and dance. Kimberly Atkins Stohr suggested the world could be witnessing the "live sundowning" of a presidential candidate. The term sundowning describes when an older adult begins having... Read more »

A former assistant attorney general for George W. Bush penned a column for The New York Times trashing special counsel Jack Smith, and two top legal scholars issued their own takedown. Former Justice Department official Andrew Weissmann and ex-Defense Department special counsel Ryan Goodman called Jack Goldsmith's attack likely political... Read more »

A Washington Post analyst is shocked no one is talking about a disturbing moment during former President Donald Trump's town hall dance routine — and no, it wasn't when the 78-year-old, who may have forgotten whom he's running against, wandered off stage to the sounds of "Memory." Philip Bump on... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump's allies around the country have laid the groundwork for more election fraud conspiracy theories when the votes are counted next month, Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday — largely by forcing states to count the ballots in ways that Trump can then spuriously proclaim "suspicious" to voters... Read more »

Ian Sams, a senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, challenged former President Donald Trump to release his medical records.During a Tuesday interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum, Sams noted that Trump had not disclosed his medical information."Can I make one point about men, because I think you raised... Read more »

Donald Trump left jaws on the floor as he answered questions from Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago.In a series of questions about the economy, Micklethwait desperately tried to keep the conversation on track until Trump had to explain to him, "It's called the weave." The... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to a question about reducing the federal budget deficit by uncorking a rambling answer about the state of Air Force One.During an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump was asked specifically what steps he would take... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump stunned many online critics on Tuesday during an interview in Chicago with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago.During his interview, Trump once again reiterated his love for slapping tariffs on foreign-produced goods despite the fact that instituting such fees is highly likely... Read more »

J.D. Vance insisted that Donald Trump “didn’t go after his political opponents” during his presidency, and CNN fact checker Daniel Dale offered copious proof to the contrary.The Ohio senator was asked by ABC News host Martha Raddatz over the weekend whether the ex-president would target his political enemies for prosecution... Read more »

Women’s Marches are being planned across the country ahead of Election Day to “show the strength of our feminist movement.” However, curiously missing from the talking points around the strength of the feminist movement is the women of Palestine – who have endured the brutality of anti-feminist policies for decades... Read more »

The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace strongly denounces the UN Security Council’s vote to extend the U.S. funded, Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. We assert that any U.S./UN-led armed intervention in Haiti is not only unjustifiable but also unlawful. We stand with the Haitian... Read more »

The post Who are the Terrorists? first appeared on Dissident Voice.... Read more »

There are other issues I would prefer to write about; all are affected by the Middle East crisis. Economics Economics is a “dismal science” that has a postulate ─ all money is debt. This postulate leads to the realization that the capitalist economy grows and survives with mounting debt and... Read more »

Is there evidence of anything causing a mass psychosis? The post Mass Psychosis? first appeared on Dissident Voice.... Read more »

The United Nations is an easy body to hate.  At times, it seems to be effusion without substance, body with no backbone.  It was conceived in a fit of post-war idealism, when egos were humbled and hatred briefly stemmed.  Over the ruins of the Second World War, the builders were... Read more »

Hiroshima (left, which the US destroyed with the first atomic bomb ever used in war on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki, which the US destroyed three days later on Aug. 9 with the last atomic used in war so far. Over a quarter million people, mostly women and children, died... Read more »

The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of Georgia Tech, the US Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government. Somewhere around the age of 20, I sat in a large auditorium at the United States Air Force Academy with... Read more »

I was very surprised a few days ago to see the local bank where I have an account displaying a sign outside the front door which referred to what they called, “Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day.” Although I wish the first two words had not been there, it is still a... Read more »

The House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, issued a more than 800-page report presenting and analyzing the evidence about what happened that day. It also released videos, transcribed interviews, depositions and other documents. But some high-profile conservatives are now making the false... Read more »

The 2024 hurricane season has brought with it a deluge of conspiracy theories and false or misleading claims about storms that have devastated some parts of the country and killed hundreds of people. The post Misinformation Floods Hurricane Season appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In his continued attack on the federal response to Hurricane Helene, former President Donald Trump falsely said that no helicopters and no help were sent to the affected areas for days, blaming Vice President Kamala Harris. There's plenty of evidence that helicopters have been used and that federal, state and... Read more »

Experts say people cannot create or meaningfully alter hurricanes through existing weather modification techniques. That has not stopped a deluge of social media posts baselessly claiming or implying that Hurricanes Helene and Milton were intentionally created, steered or otherwise controlled by someone. The post Baseless Claims Proliferate on Hurricanes and... Read more »

Federal data do not show that "the flow" or "intake" of illegal fentanyl into the United States has been cut "by half" during the Biden-Harris administration, as Vice President Kamala Harris claimed in television interviews. The post Harris Makes Unsupported Claim About Fentanyl Flows appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

The Federal Aviation Administration regularly restricts the airspace over areas affected by natural disasters to allow rescue and relief efforts to take place. But this routine activity has sparked misleading posts online that claimed volunteer drone operators were banned from helping in recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. The post Social... Read more »

An ad from Vice President Kamala Harris features a Pennsylvania farming couple who say they are "lifelong Republicans" but are voting for Harris. Social media users, citing a video from an Australian news site, falsely claim the couple are "actors" and Democratic donors. The news site has corrected its report.... Read more »

Social media posts misleadingly claim that "Trump's Project 2025 will end" the Federal Emergency Management Agency and provide "ZERO federal help" to disaster victims. Project 2025 is not former President Donald Trump's plan, and there is no evidence that he would "end" FEMA. In fact, his administration spent tens of... Read more »

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $210 million in immediate assistance to communities affected by Hurricane Helene, which the Department of Homeland Security secretary has described as the start of “a multibillion-dollar, multiyear recovery.” Social media posts make the false claim that storm victims are getting "only $750," and... Read more »

Today on TAP: Announcing Organized Money, a new show about how the business world really works... Read more »

Every major policy issue is now also a courtroom battle, decided in increasingly partisan settings. And there’s no end in sight.... Read more »

To compensate for exaggerated expectations of claims, they jack up rates and hollow out coverage, giving themselves more profit than before.... Read more »

He appears to be hoping for a Trump victory, which would be a disaster for the Teamsters, but just maybe good for him.... Read more »

Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World... Read more »

If Harris wins, her chief of staff selection will determine whether she maintains a united front, or sides with corporate interests.... Read more »

Can Trump convince voters who are immigrants and immigrants’ children that today’s immigrants are to blame for all our ills?... Read more »

Minnesota’s attorney general on how to fight back against conservative aggression at the state level... Read more »

Today on TAP: The severe damage from back-to-back hurricanes will affect the election—but how?... Read more »

Chris Lehmann The former president’s threats may seem outlandish. But his agenda is genuinely dangerous. The post The Press Needs to Start Taking Trump Literally appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Steve Brodner I'm dark maga. The post Quotes of the Week appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Laura Flanders, Maximillian Alvarez James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform, explains what the “bleak” world of labor under Project 2025 would look like. The post The Far Right’s Plot Against Workers appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Gary Taxali Stepping on up. The post Kamala Shoe appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Andrea Arroyo Indigenous Peoples' Day is commemorated on the second Monday in October in many parts of the United States. The post Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jacob Sugarman Argetine President Javier Milei is chainsawing his way through his country’s social safety net. That could be a preview of things to come in the United States. The post Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Man in Buenos Aires appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sarang Shidore The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink. The post Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Karen Cheung The Hong Kong writer’s penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual delight made her one of Hong Kong's great writers. The post The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Craig Pittman Climate change will only make future hurricane seasons worse. So why are Florida legislators pretending like nothing’s amiss? The post Florida Lawmakers’ Climate Denialism Is Pure, Unadulterated Lunacy appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Israel clearly prioritizes land over hostages, kills children playing in al Shati camp; Pentagon confirms US military will have boots on the ground in Israel; (illegal) booby-trapped robots; no rest for Lebanon; UNIFIL peacekeepers under attack again; Hezbollah rocket kills Israeli soldiers; another Palestinian dies in Israeli prison... Read more »

Jabaliya catastrophe continues; Israeli threats put Lebanon on edge; some of the first journalists Israel attacked still await justice; another peacekeeper attacked; how one family in the West Bank copes; Iron Dome let Hezbollah rockets slip through... Read more »

Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide... Read more »

Humanitarian aid orgs describe Israel's total siege on northern Gaza using words like "extermination," phrases like "most child amputees in modern history" and "no food distribution in any form"... Read more »

Bloodbath in northern Gaza; US former gov't official wants peacekeepers to be "carpetbombed"; American doctors describe treating children shot in the head when they volunteered in Gaza; new investigation, "The Killings They Tweeted"; Netanyahu blames Lebanese civilians for their own upcoming suffering; Israeli violence in the West Bank; more.... Read more »

Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel's genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.... Read more »

Politicians focus on Israel; Israeli soldier makes Palestinian captives listen to Torah; the truth about northern Gaza; war on the West Bank; Palestinian diaspora rage; more evidence for genocide case at ICJ; US helps Israel with "how to," not "whether to" attack Iran; Pope Francis on Gaza; earthquake in Iran?;... Read more »

Israel's onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.... Read more »

On one-year anniversary of Gaza's prison break: forced population transfer (ethnic cleansing) is underway in Gaza; US wants to pay Israel to be selective in bombing Iran; journalist stalked, killed; calls to end Israel's attack on healthcare in Lebanon, much more.... Read more »

Israel clearly prioritizes land over hostages, kills children playing in al Shati camp; Pentagon confirms US military will have boots on the ground in Israel; (illegal) booby-trapped robots; no rest for Lebanon; UNIFIL peacekeepers under attack again; Hezbollah rocket kills Israeli soldiers; another Palestinian dies in Israeli prison... Read more »

Jabaliya catastrophe continues; Israeli threats put Lebanon on edge; some of the first journalists Israel attacked still await justice; another peacekeeper attacked; how one family in the West Bank copes; Iron Dome let Hezbollah rockets slip through... Read more »

Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide... Read more »

Humanitarian aid orgs describe Israel's total siege on northern Gaza using words like "extermination," phrases like "most child amputees in modern history" and "no food distribution in any form"... Read more »

Bloodbath in northern Gaza; US former gov't official wants peacekeepers to be "carpetbombed"; American doctors describe treating children shot in the head when they volunteered in Gaza; new investigation, "The Killings They Tweeted"; Netanyahu blames Lebanese civilians for their own upcoming suffering; Israeli violence in the West Bank; more.... Read more »

Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel's genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.... Read more »

Politicians focus on Israel; Israeli soldier makes Palestinian captives listen to Torah; the truth about northern Gaza; war on the West Bank; Palestinian diaspora rage; more evidence for genocide case at ICJ; US helps Israel with "how to," not "whether to" attack Iran; Pope Francis on Gaza; earthquake in Iran?;... Read more »

Israel's onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.... Read more »

On one-year anniversary of Gaza's prison break: forced population transfer (ethnic cleansing) is underway in Gaza; US wants to pay Israel to be selective in bombing Iran; journalist stalked, killed; calls to end Israel's attack on healthcare in Lebanon, much more.... Read more »

On September 10th, TASC gathered a diverse group representing government, business, civil society, media, and community groups to discuss challenges to Irish democracy and actions we could take to address these threats. Following this engaging …... Read more »

‘The imagination of the end is being corrupted by the end of the imagination.’ – Boaventura de Sousa Santos[i]   The scientific evidence could not be clearer: we are in a state of planetary emergency that presents an existential threat to …... Read more »

While there are many high-skilled and high-paid migrant workers, in low wage sectors, research points to migrant workers’ vulnerability to exploitation, such as wage theft where they are not paid for work performed. Migrants may have poor language …... Read more »

Across the richer countries of the world—and increasingly across low and middle income countries too—there is concern expressed about the consequences of our populations' ageing. It should be a good news story. More people are surviving into …... Read more »

In 2021 there were approximately 2,000 Ukrainians in Ireland; between early 2022 and September 2023 approximately 96,000 Ukrainians arrived in Ireland. As of June 2024, total arrivals were 107,000, of whom probably around 80% are still in Ireland. …... Read more »

On the 24th of May, I attended the end of project Connecting Communities with Peatlands End of Project Conference at the Athlone Springs Hotel. The event was both a celebration of the extraordinary achievements of the Connecting Communities with …... Read more »

Last Thursday the United States held its first general election debate, attended by assumed nominees former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. For the first time in years, the American people were able to agree on something — both …... Read more »

It was seen in the last blog on Market Inequality that there are a number of factors creating the problem. The first issue is that the distribution of national income between capital and labour is increasingly unequal. A second factor is that the …... Read more »

Ireland has the highest level of market inequality in Europe. However, this is alleviated by our tax and welfare system. Market inequality arises because of the distribution of income and wealth in the market between firms and workers. The share of …... Read more »

Hakan Fidan has called on the international community to impose sanctions on Israel.... Read more »

Sha’ban al-Dalou, 19, was a software engineering student at Al-Azhar University of Gaza. He died along with his mother in a fire caused by the airstrike.... Read more »

An Israeli airstrike on eastern Khan Yunis killed the 21-year-old Imad Abu Tima.... Read more »

The lawmakers are from seven political parties.... Read more »

The resistance fighters also targeted Israeli bulldozers and a tank near a southern border village.... Read more »

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said more than 300 had also been injured in the past 24 hours.... Read more »

At least 21 people were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the town of Aitou, Lebanon’s Zgharta district.... Read more »

The lawmakers are from seven political parties.... Read more »

The resistance fighters also targeted Israeli bulldozers and a tank near a southern border village.... Read more »

Hamas has commended the Nicaraguan government for its decision to cut diplomatic ties with Israel in response to the latter’s aggression against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.... Read more »

Nicaragua is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel in response to the atrocities that the fascist regime continues to commit against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... Read more »

The Venezuelan government has underscored the necessity of joining hands with Iran and Arab nations in West Asia to establish a “world front” against Israel’s crimes and acts of terrorism.... Read more »

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the assassination of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah by “Hitlerish” Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, slamming the “coward” world leaders for remaining silent.... Read more »

Colombia's president has labeled Netanyahu a “war criminal" during his speech at the UN General Assembly.... Read more »

Colombia's president says anti-Semitism is manifested in the killing of Gaza children and not in speaking against Israel’s ongoing genocide.... Read more »

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has conceded defeat in its battle with the Brazilian judiciary.... Read more »

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the assassination of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah by “Hitlerish” Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, slamming the “coward” world leaders for remaining silent.... Read more »

Colombia's president has labeled Netanyahu a “war criminal" during his speech at the UN General Assembly.... Read more »

Spain has called on fellow members of the European Union to suspend a free trade deal between the EU bloc and Israel, amid the regime's ongoing aggression in the Gaza Strip.... Read more »

The move comes as President Masoud Pezeshkian has already stated that Iran has never supplied Russia with ballistic missiles.... Read more »

The EU chief slams Israel’s attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL.... Read more »

“More weapons” is not the solution to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, says German MP Sahra Wagenknecht.... Read more »

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz vows to send more weapons to Kiev after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asks once more for more arms to fight Russian troops.... Read more »

“More weapons” is not the solution to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, says German MP Sahra Wagenknecht.... Read more »

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz vows to send more weapons to Kiev after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asks once more for more arms to fight Russian troops.... Read more »

Italy’s defense minister summons the Israeli ambassador to Rome after UN peacekeepers are targeted in southern Lebanon.... Read more »

The Kremlin dismisses a Kiev-launched "fake news story", claiming North Korean soldiers were fighting for Russia in Ukraine.... Read more »