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In a bid to “keep Ukraine fighting,” a covert cell of British military strategists and spooks plotted to destroy “media outriders” that threatened their narrative. Among their top targets was The Grayzone. Leaked documents obtained by The Grayzone have revealed the existence of a British military-intelligence cabal, which plotted since... Read more »

Leaked files show top UK military figures conspired to carry out the Kerch bridge bombing, covertly train “Gladio”-style stay-behind forces in Ukraine, and groom the British public for a drop in living standards caused by the proxy war against Russia. Emails and internal documents reviewed by The Grayzone reveal details... Read more »

Footage by a teenage YouTuber shows Tel Aviv Maccabi hooligans attacking Dutch police while pelting private homes with stones and hunting victims with metal pipes. The video offers the clearest evidence yet Israeli ultras provoked the violence which gripped the city. A November 8 video report by a 16-year-old who... Read more »

Horrifying testimony of scenes in a detention center for Palestinians appear to constitute an unprecedented public admission of torture by Israeli forces. The testimony was delivered by an Israeli reporter who served as an intel officer after October 7. A well-known Israeli journalist and former soldier has offered the first... Read more »

The riots that gripped the UK this August were heavily inspired by anti-Muslim agitator Tommy Robinson. His rise to prominence is largely the product of the North American Zionist lobby, representing a clear break with traditional far-right British activism. A wave of anti-Muslim and anti-migrant riots which consumed British society... Read more »

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 »

From the Armenian genocide to Gaza, survivors face a common struggle: fighting the erasure of their history and identity in the face of calculated annihilation. The post Chris Hedges: Organized Oblivion appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

In this episode of State of Play: Russia, Ukraine, NATO and the US, cloak and dagger drama - leaked intelligence, NATO stay-behind operations, nuclear brinkmanship and how the Biden Administration will be remembered as one of the most reckless, violent, and foolhardy in US history. The post Escalation Flashpoint: Biden... Read more »

With Trump’s election signaling a potential shift in U.S. policy, Yemen’s Houthis mobilize for a violent response to looming American intervention, escalating tensions in the Red Sea. The post Trump Election Win Triggers Houthi War Drills as Yemen Braces for US Invasion appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

America's commitment to arming allies like Israel and Ukraine has exposed cracks in its own military strategy, as endless wars leave the nation ill-prepared for future conflicts. The post The High Cost of Empire: US Weapons Depletion Fuels Concerns Over Military Readiness appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

A groundbreaking investigation by Jessica Buxbaum reveals that when users engage with pro-Israel accounts, they may actually be interacting with AI bots, not real people, as part of an Israeli government influence strategy. The post Are You Debating a Bot? Investigation Reveals Israel’s AI Bots Argue With Online Critics appeared... Read more »

From guerrilla fighter to revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah’s journey has left an indelible mark on Lebanon and the wider world, a legacy only strengthened by his recent assassination. The post The Nasrallah Phenomenon: A Life and Legacy That Refuses to Die appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

A bombshell investigation reveals hundreds of former pro-Israel lobbyists working in America’s top newsrooms. How neutral is our media when it comes to Israel? The post Revealed: The Israel Lobbyists Writing America’s News appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

As the Democratic Party falters and Trump steps into office, U.S. policy on immigration, war, and economy is poised for a dramatic shift—one that could reshape the nation and its role in the world. The post Empire in Decline: How the Trump Presidency and Forever Wars Will Destroy US Imperium... Read more »

The kidnapping of Lebanese sea captain Imad Amhaz by Israeli forces has prompted Beirut to seek answers, with questions mounting over whether Germany quietly supported or overlooked the operation. The post How Did Israeli Forces Slip Through? Officials in Lebanon Question German Role in Kidnapping Raid appeared first on MintPress... Read more »

Imagine an experienced British surgeon, recently returned from Ukraine, breaking down in front of a committee of British MPs as he related how Russian forces had been deliberately targeting Ukrainian children. Imagine the surgeon had →... Read more »

In the 35 years since we first protested for action against climate change on the streets of London, we have often wondered what it is exactly we are trying to avert. Sometimes, notably in the →... Read more »

In 1859, the English philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote that China offered a ‘warning example’ to the West. Yes, Mill sniffed, Chinese culture had benefited from ‘men to whom even the most enlightened European must →... 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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

Ukraine has fired British-made long range missiles into Russian territory. Plus: Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to suspend U.S. military support for Israel. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.... Read more »

Red Flags is Novara Media’s advice column for anti-capitalists. Inspired by our columnist Sophie K Rosa’s book, Radical Intimacy, Red Flags explores how capitalism fucks up our intimate lives – not just our romantic relationships, but also our friendships, home lives, family ties, and experiences of death and dying –... Read more »

Ash took to the streets of London to speak to farmers and their allies who had gathered to protest an element of Rachel Reeves’ budget which would mean an exemption on inheritance tax for commercial farms worth above 1 million pounds.... Read more »

It’s easy to dismiss Justin Welby’s resignation as a story about historic abuse in an increasingly irrelevant religious sect – sad for the victims, glad he’s gone, but mostly irrelevant to modern Britain. After all, the Church of England’s community of regular attendees is just 1.7% of England’s population. More... Read more »

Michael Walker speaks to Ana Kasparian about Donald Trump’s return to the White House and where the Democrats went wrong. Plus: Ash Sarkar reports from the Westminster farmers’ protests. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.... Read more »

Though it’s still exactly a month before Donald Trump enters the White House for the second time (presuming no January 6 hijinks from the pink pussy hat brigade) he’s already set about nominating his cabinet picks. They are a ragtag bunch of characters – climate activist RFK Jr is there... Read more »

In 2016, the alt-right seemed to come from the internet and infest politics. In 2024, the internet and politics have become identical. Are we swimming in the world the alt-right built for us? Perhaps no one knows the world of online politics better than Joshua Citarella, an artist and political... Read more »

Ash and Moya tackle a bumper crop of your dilemmas, including a special one who wants to stop mothering her friends, a burned-out student struggling to get back on track, a self-confessed slacker looking for a meaningful career, and an expat looking for laughs. Email your missed connections and dilemmas... Read more »

Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia. Plus: Brazil’s President Lula proposes a wealth tax for billionaires; and a right-wing columnist receives a visit from the police. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.... Read more »

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When a political party loses its legitimacy, its traditional priorities and moral compass, its candidates lose elections. Opting not to hold an open convention, which would have tested political viability, the DNC (acting on the President's recommendation) invited Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the ticket.  For many Democrats, the... Read more »

Biden and his ironically-dubbed national security “brain trust” of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have for most of this year been nixing Kiev’s request for such missiles as well as permission for Ukraine use Britain’s Storm Shadow stand-off air-launched long-range cruise missiles to hit... Read more »

J.D, Vance explained in 2020 why he put aside the elitist atheism he picked up in college and law school to become a Catholic (“How I Joined the Resistance,” The Lamp, April 1, 2020). His quest for a meaningful life led Vance to be baptized a Catholic in 2019. The... Read more »

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come… in 2025,... Read more »

One of the lasting legacies of U.S. President Joe Biden will be that he reinvigorated the American empire despite the risk of an increasingly authoritarian Donald Trump returning to lead it. Over the past four years, President Biden has continually ignored criticisms of U.S. empire and the dangers it poses... Read more »

Never has it been more important to build strong places capable of weathering the storms barreling down on us, both the physical storms of a disrupted climate and the political, social and economic storms of a nation and world tumbling into increasing conflict. Never has it been more crucial to... Read more »

Often referred to as the most segregated city in the U.S. by media outlets like WBEZ Chicago and 14East, Chicago, Illinois, is riddled with redlining and racial profiling. A May 2024 report by a team of United Nations experts outlined a history of racist police brutality in the Chicago area, while a 2019 New York University School of... Read more »

In 2022, the Council on Foreign Relations warned, “Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in almost any other developed nation, and it is on the rise, sparking an intensifying national debate.” The economy was a major issue in the election. A month before the... 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 »

Students from the University of Bristol working with local peace and Palestine campaigners braved snow-showers to carry out a daring banner-drop from the Cabot Tower on Bandon Hill in Bristol this week. Bristol sees striking action in solidarity with Palestine On Tuesday 19 November afternoon, a giant three by six... Read more »

Conservative Party shadow chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart stood in for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on 20 October. Keir Starmer, meanwhile, was off at the G20 summit in Brazil – just as the latest inflation figures were announced. Burghart and Tory... Read more »

Campaigners from Fossil Free London disrupted the New Statesman’s Politics Live event on Wednesday 20 November, calling out the magazine for its hypocrisy over the climate crisis. New Statesman Live: fossil fuel enablers The Politics Live event brought politicians and experts together to discuss the UK’s “green future” yet it... Read more »

Under cover of Israel’s genocidal crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, Turkey has intensified its own efforts to force an entire population into submission in the last year. NATO’s second-largest army has been destroying civilian infrastructure in northern Syria in a campaign that has left over a million people with a... Read more »

In a stark indictment of decades of institutional racism, ableism, and classism by governments, the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) 2024 report has laid bare the deepening poverty crisis in the UK. Despite numerous promises from successive governments, the poverty rate in 2022/23 has climbed to 24% – the highest recorded... Read more »

The University of Staffordshire has committed to exclude both border industry and fossil fuel extractor companies from their investment portfolios. This is a highly significant move that makes it the first UK university to commit to both the Divest Borders and Fossil Free campaigns simultaneously. University of Staffordshire: leading the... Read more »

The following article is a comment piece from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) strongly condemns the decision by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) weapons to strike targets inside Russia. CND: Biden’s weapons decision over Ukraine... Read more »

Key Labour health adviser to Wes Streeting, Paul Corrigan, has claimed that the NHS can no longer be run as a “nationalised industry” as people should increasingly look after themselves at home. Labour: ‘all medical knowledge’ in a smartphone Paul Corrigan said the plan to make the NHS digital involved... Read more »

Activists took on planet-wrecking fossil fuel criminals over their contribution to the climate crisis, during a swanky awards dinner in central London. Of course, there’s something twisted about Big Oil patting itself on the back for killing people and planet – and campaigners made this clear, as they gatecrashed the... Read more »

As part of our series of online presentations and discussions, we are preparing an end of year online social event for IWW members. Our event will take place online, and will include a historical look at the Little Red Song... Read more... Read more »

Justin Trudeau’s new immigration plan is a capitulation to Conservatives. Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrants Workers Alliance for Change, breaks down every way Trudeau is misleading Canadians about immigration. Anchor 1: This is a big change. Anchor 2:... Read more... Read more »

As part of our Radical Reads series, we talk to Elia Ayoub about his article, ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’. Welcome to the second installment of our Radical Reads series, where we discuss political texts – both old... Read more... Read more »

Capitalism, at its core, is a system predicated on boundless accumulation. It thrives on the relentless pursuit of growth, the ceaseless desire for profit, and the unchecked expansion of consumption. Underpinning this system is a dangerously simplistic and profoundly immature... Read more... Read more »

For episode 176, Dana El Kurd is joined by Atalia Omer, professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame to discuss her work on the convergences between American neoconservatism, Christian Zionism, and Israeli politics, as well as... Read more... Read more »

On Nov. 12, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a rally in front of the Marriott Hotel downtown, where the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was holding a meeting. St. Agnes nurses rallied with supporters... Read more... Read more »

How do we transform anger and despair into collective action? How do we keep going when the weight of injustice feels overwhelming? These are questions we face every day as activists working toward liberation and justice, and we’ll explore them... Read more... Read more »

It’s about damned time! This in regards to last weekend’s American Renaissance Conference and folks who came out to oppose this annual hatefest is maintaining that the state is protecting hate speech while limiting free speech. Hate Free Tennessee Social... Read more... Read more »

Luxury department store woes mount as workers oppose relentless overwork, stagnant wages and stripped-back benefits ~ Francis Kingston ~ With the luxury department store facing serious questions about its handling of Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual abuse, Harrods workers are preparing... Read more... Read more »

Author: Adi CallaiTitle: The Gaza Ghetto UprisingDate: May 2024Source: <brooklynrail.org/2024/05/field-notes/The-Gaza-Ghetto-Uprising> TO THE HEART OF IT: Gaza has been a free kill zone and a “concentration camp” (to quote Israel’s National Security Director Giora Eiland in 2004), long before October 7. In light of this, the most radical position comes directly... Read more »

Author: maia arson crimewTitle: anarchism starts in the now: hope for a better futureSubtitle: there is still timeDate: 2024-11-14Source: Retrieved on 2024-11-14 from https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/anarchism-in-the-now/ one: doom "All my siblings wanna swim but it's infested with great whites Tell me if shit changed since Leelah and Blake died Tell me if... Read more »

Author: AnonymousTitle: Yintah film review: Anarchists in the blind spotSubtitle: The necessity to write our own historiesDate: November 9th, 2024Source: Retrieved on November 14th 2024 from https://bccounterinfo.org/2024/11/09/yintah-documentary-film-review-anarchists-in-the-blind-spot-or-the-necessity-to-write-our-own-histories/ Yintah is the latest installment of a long tradition of indigenous documentaries speaking truth to power against colonial violence in so-called Canada. The... Read more »

Author: Kevin CarsonTitle: When You Cross Pinochet With a Cyberpunk Dystopia…Date: November 9th, 2024Source: Retrieved on November 9th, 2024 from https://c4ss.org/content/59956 …what do you get? Answer: “Special Little Freedom Zones.” That’s what Reason’s Liz Wolfe calls the Honduran “charter cities,” officially known as ZEDEs (Zones for Economic Development and Employment),... Read more »

Author: Strangers In a Tangled WildernessTitle: Life Without LawSubtitle: An introduction to anarchist politicsDate: Fall 2013, revised 2024Notes: The first edition was published in 2013. This revised edition was published in 2024. Both were published by Strangers In a Tangled Wilderness. This is the 2024 revised edition.Source: Retrieved on November... Read more »

Author: FundiTitle: The Consequences to RahtidDate: February 1974Notes: Transcribed from Documents of the Caribbean Revolution (Tunapuna: New Beginning, 1974) by Matthew Quest and Ryan Cecil Jobson.*Source: Retrieved on 2024-11-02 from medium.com/clash-voices-for-a-caribbean-federation-from-below/joseph-edwards-the-consequences-of-rahtid-february-1974-71bdbe7668e6 Joseph Edwards, a Jamaican refrigeration mechanic, spoke of radical labor politics in Rasta idioms. Let’s reason “to Rahtid!” His... Read more »

Author: FundiTitle: Union Versus MenegementDate: 1970sNotes: Transcribed by Mutt.Source: Retrieved on 2 November 2024 from <organisemagazine.org.uk/2024/11/01/union-versus-menegement-joseph-edwards-theory-and-analysis> This piece, authored by Joseph Edwards—also known as Fundi or the Caribbean Situationist—offers a unique perspective within the anti-authoritarian tradition of the Caribbean left. Assumed to be the first publication of the Trinidadian labor... Read more »

Author: Marianne EnckellTitle: Ronald Creagh, an appreciationDate: 2024Notes: Scanned from original.Source: Anarchist Studies 32.1 (2024) An ‘inimitable singularity’: this is how Ronald Creagh described the American utopian communities he studied for his doctoral thesis. [1] But Ronald himself was also an inimitable singularity. A cosmopolitan by family and culture, with... Read more »

Author: John ClarkTitle: Ronald Creagh (1929-2023)Date: 2024Notes: Scanned from originalSource: Anarchist Studies 32.1 (2024) Ronald Creagh took great satisfaction from the fact that he was born in Alexandria, Egypt, a historic city that was the centre of ancient learning. He grew up in a multicultural milieu in Port Said, Egypt.... Read more »

The Anarchist Revolution... Read more »

Licia Pinelli (1928-2024)... Read more »

The Right To Ignore The State... Read more »

The Commune of Paris... Read more »

Salvador Puig Antich: verdict overturned... Read more »

The Anarchists and the Dreyfus Affair (1898)... Read more »

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Responsibility and solidarity in the labor struggle; also a review of the policy lately discussed by the German social democracy and Edward Bernstein... Read more »

Dan Mullen... Read more »

Last week, the House failed to pass the extremely controversial HR 9495, which would give the future Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status. Despite failing to push the bill through and hundreds of nonprofit organizations... Read more »

Today, America’s Voice hosted a press call outlining how mass deportations, coupled with proposed cuts to legal migration, will impact the American economy. This is the first in a series of calls focused on the consequences of Trump’s mass deportation plans. Speakers shared data and economic analysis projecting how mass... Read more »

In response to President-elect Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education, The Revolving Door Project Executive Director, Jeff Hauser released the following statement: “It is my sad prediction that this nomination will be bad for the future of America, but my hope that people across... Read more »

Today, Public Citizen launched a new tracker to expose Trump administration appointees’ many corporate conflicts of interest. The tracker will be updated regularly as appointments are made and nominees are considered. The list includes both cabinet-level positions and other political appointments, many of which do not require Senate confirmation. Appointees... Read more »

Oh sweet justice. We salute the supremely ironic sale of Alex Jones' vicious Infowars - now bankrupt thanks to the $1.4 billion he owes Sandy Hook families for claiming the massacre of their children was a hoax - to the satirical wise-acres of The Onion, working with those families. Aptly,... Read more »

On Wednesday, November 20th at 11:00 AM, workers, fair wage advocates, labor leaders, and community allies in Michigan, Illinois, and New York will gather at their respective state legislatures and governors’ offices in a coordinated effort to demand bold action to protect workers’ rights and address wage inequities.Tipped service workers... Read more »

Last year, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) issued a joint statement with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) saying that U.S. assistance to Israel “must be consistent with our interests and values and used in a manner that adheres to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict, and U.S. law” and... Read more »

In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior, government watchdog Accountable.US released the following statement highlighting glaring red flags about Governor Burgum’s strong ties to the oil industry. “Governor Burgum’s cozy relationship with big oil spells danger... Read more »

On Thursday, Demand Progress Education Fund and 12 other consumer advocacy groups warned that major banks like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America are trying to control the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new open banking rule, while also simultaneously suing to block it. The rule makes... Read more »

I could not tell the easy, comforting lie. “No”, I told the woman, her traumatised children clinging to her legs, “I can’t say you are safe here; not one of us is safe. The Israelis are genocidal. But in Lebanon so far, I don’t think they have bombed a school”.... Read more »

Israel has intensified its air strikes on Lebanon and in particular on Beirut, ahead of a visit on Tuesday or Wednesday by US envoy Hochstein, at which he will press Lebanon to accept a US/Israeli ceasefire plan. This plan is touted as being based on UNSCR 1701, but in fact... Read more »

Apologies, in setting up Patreon as an alternative subscription method some had requested, I accidentally blocked non Patreon subscribers. Fixed now. I have also started a gofundme to cover costs of operating in Beirut. Flying from Rome on a bright Sunday morning, the MEA Airbus was configured for about 300... Read more »

It is illegal to report from Lebanon without prior accreditation by the Ministry of Information. On the day Niels and I arrived in the country, a new rule was introduced by the Ministry specifically excluding online media from accreditation, which is now limited to print newspapers and broadcast TV stations... Read more »

On Wednesday we were arrested and held awhile by General Security in Lebanon and told not to report from here until we receive the proper permits. This is a frustrating delay but I hope will soon resolve. The post Beirut Problems appeared first on Craig Murray.... Read more »

I apologise for the break, I have been setting up in Beirut to cover the Israeli assault from here. This has been quite a logistic challenge. I am accompanied by Niels Ladefoged, the cinematographer with Wikileaks who was with Julian Assange on his flight to Australia. Readers of this blog... Read more »

I have a confession to make. When a journalist writes this it generally means they will proceed to reveal something they hope will actually show them in a good light or justified in some way. But I have a real confession to make, of something I did that was wrong.... Read more »

Today is my 66th birthday, so I am hoping that you will forgive an article that is at core the anecdotal ramblings of an old man. It was inspired by horror at Wes Streeting (I could end the sentence there but I shall continue it) ‘s plan to give weight... 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 »

      Years ago I came across a memoir by Clement Attlee. In 1920, as Alderman Attlee, Mayor of Poplar, ] he walked in full regalia behind uniformed IRA men  the 1st Cork Brigade in the London leg of the funeral of Lord Mayor Terence Mac Swiney, who had died on hunger... Read more »

      Perhaps It Ain’t Necessarily So but it makes an intriguing tale.   “The term ‘Emergency’ (in Malaya) was used by the British to characterise the conflict in   order to avoid to referring to it as a war, because London-based insurers would not pay   out in instances... Read more »

I’ve just listened to another episode of ‘Free State’, the podcast starring Joe Brolly. He was talking about John McGahon, who is a Fine Gael candidate in the South’s election and who, while found innocent by a jury of his peers, when the case was referred to the High Court,... Read more »

Simon Harris would appear to have a poor opinion of the electorate’s intellect – or maybe its  hearing.    In that debate the other night he leaped to the defence of whoever it was that Niall Ó Donnghaile sent that offensive tweet to. I don’t know what the tweet was or... Read more »

        Unless you are a Bear or such, and have been hibernating, you will have heard of the plight of Farmers with Inheritance Tax. A bank chappy was interviewed on Radio Ulster and he said that Farmers are asset rich but cash poor. This has been echoed... Read more »

    Years ago I shared a rental property with several other folk one of whom was called Joan. Joan wasn’t all that house proud but once in a while she hoovered her bedroom. On more than one occasion Joan complained that the vacuum cleaner wasn’t working. It was an... Read more »

    I watched the Leaders Debate on RTE on Monday night. I thought it was a good debate -handled well by the Up Front presenter Katie Hannon. The main issues facing the 26 county electorate quickly emerged -housing, health care, cost of living, immigration and climate change.  I thought... Read more »

      The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has prompted an IRISH TIMESEditorial whose author should be put in the stocks and pelted with rotten eggs. Like the Church of England, the Catholic Church, in Ireland and internationally has had horrific scandals. So has the Church of Ireland... Read more »

So – that leaders’ debate on RTÉ last night – how would you rate the performances? And do these debates matter in the end? Some scary figures about the South’s children and their health. How can a state have bulging coffers and children who are suffering unnecessarily? We provide some... Read more »

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men from Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, and searched several homes. Media sources said that the Israeli forces abducted Abdul-Majeed Abu T’eima and Ahmad Younis Al-Najjar after storming and searching their homes. The... Read more »

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Wednesday, after besieging a home in the village of Kafr Dan, northwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Media sources said that occupation forces shot a young man in the chest with live ammunition during the storming of... Read more »

Israeli forces continued their assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip, which is home to 2.2 million Palestinians, half of whom are children under age 18. In the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in Israeli warplanes’ shelling of the northern... Read more »

On Tuesday, Israeli military bulldozers demolished two rooms and uprooted dozens of trees in the New Nablus area, in Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Local farmer Hamza Al-Hamami reported that several military jeeps, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded his 500-square-meter land in the New Nablus area. He... Read more »

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded several villages and towns near Nablus and Salfit in the northern and central parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that the soldiers invaded Salem, Deir Al-Hatab, Beit Furik, and Beit Dajan towns, east of Nablus. The sources added that the soldiers... Read more »

On Tuesday, the 410th day of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli raids and massacres continued, with more than 76 Palestinians killed and at least 158 wounded in the past twenty-four hours alone. On Tuesday night, the Israeli army fired a missile at a home in the Sabra... Read more »

Israeli forces executed two Palestinian young men, on Tuesday, and injured nine others during a military attack against the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank. Media sources said that the occupation forces killed the young men, Firas Al-Jasser and Rami Al-Huwaiti, on Tuesday... Read more »

On Tuesday, illegal paramilitary colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attacked farmers and shepherds in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Jihad Nawaj’a, the head of Susiya Village Council, stated that the paramilitary colonizers came from the “Susya” illegal colony, established on stolen Palestinian lands... Read more »

Israeli forces assassinated three Palestinian young men, on Tuesday, after besieging and bombing a home in the village of Ash-Shuhada (Martyrs’ Triangle), southwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that it was informed by the General Authority of Civil Affairs of the death... Read more »

As Donald Trump prepares to return for his second term as US president, all of his top cabinet candidates are China hawks. We analyze Trump's likely foreign policy and economic strategy. The post How Trump’s return will impact the world: Dollar, China, tariffs, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, & more appeared... Read more »

Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election in a landslide. Why did Kamala Harris lose so badly? In short, the billionaire-funded Democrats failed to offer an economic alternative to the billionaire-funded Republicans' pseudo "populism", as working-class people suffer. The post Why Donald Trump won the US election: Kamala Harris... Read more »

Billionaire BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said it “really doesn’t matter” who wins the US presidential election, because both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be good for Wall Street. Academic studies show the USA is not a democracy but an oligarchy. The post Billionaire BlackRock CEO: ‘Doesn’t matter’ who wins... Read more »

BRICS plans to transform the international monetary and financial system, and debated policies at the 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. How can it challenge the dominance of the US dollar? The post How can BRICS de-dollarize the financial system? appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

For the 32nd year, the entire world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to the illegal US embargo against Cuba. The USA and Israel opposed the international community in a vote of 187 to 2. The post US & Israel oppose entire world in UN vote... Read more »

BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where it expanded with 13 "partner nations", after adding four new members. These are the most important takeaways from the historic meeting. The post BRICS grows, adding 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic summit in Kazan, Russia appeared first on... Read more »

The US dollar is gradually losing its dominance, and foreign central banks are buying fewer Treasury securities, instead holding more gold in their reserves, warns mainstream American economist Mohamed El-Erian. Countries are seeking financial alternatives, especially Global South nations around BRICS. The post Elite US economist warns: dollar system is... Read more »

The BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) will use national currencies, instead of the US dollar. Russia's finance ministry and central bank released a report detailing plans to transform the international monetary and financial system. The post BRICS plans ‘multi-currency system’ to challenge US dollar dominance: Understanding Russia’s proposal appeared first... 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 »

Thanks to the generous support of Dave Colapinto, all donations made through #GivingTuesday will be DOUBLED up to $10,000. The post Double Your Donation for Giving Tuesday appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

On Nov. 18, documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen and historian LeRae Umfleet will discuss American Coup: Wilmington 1898, a new American Experience PBS documentary directed by Richen and Brad Lichtenstein that examines a white supremacist massacre of Black residents of Wilmington, North Carolina. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach... 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 »

A series of articles and interviews that center teacher experiences as they work to bring critical discussions to the classroom. The post Teaching Truths: Educators Speak on Justice and Liberation in the Classroom appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

To continue to support educators with free people’s history resources we need your help. The Right has a well-funded campaign to suppress the truth. Your donation defends teachers who #TeachTruth. The post Defend the Teaching of People’s History appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... 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 »

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 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 in... 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 »

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***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 »

The Greens negotiated a legally ineffective commitment in the Programme for Government and then, worse, changed their minds, all with the figleaf of Friends of the Earth support. By Eoghan O’ Hairis. Even in a post-truth age, the truth has a way of catching up with you. At least this... 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 are here to show solidarity with St. Agnes [nurses] and let the Bishops know that the Ascension Hospital chain is making a mockery of the Church doctrine in Baltimore. I have witnessed firsthand how Ascension focuses on profits over patient care."... Read more »

The Silicon Valley oligarchy has remade the digital landscape and culture to our disadvantage, and to the benefit of Trump and his ilk.... Read more »

As leaders of Jewish institutions opt for the path of imperialism and war, everyday Jewish people must reach for the traditions of justice enshrined in our culture and faith.... Read more »

"Who would want to lock somebody in a room the size of your bathroom and leave them in there for three years...and expect them to come out in the same condition that they went in? That's insanity."... Read more »

Protests across the nation have flared after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkota this August. Activists say that police are continuing to cover up the truth despite a recent arrest.... Read more »

We speak with residents from four different sacrifice zones in the US about how the situations they’re facing in their own communities, and their struggles for justice and accountability, are interconnected.... Read more »

“It is up to us to build the movement we know is the only thing that has ever pushed politics left—the social movements in the streets, the masses that shut down business as usual.”... Read more »

The losses keep coming for Democrats, but TRNN spoke to voters in Milwaukee who might offer some lessons for the Democrats as they seek to rebuild and rebrand.... Read more »

Israel's genocide has killed the parents or caretakers of at least 17,000 Palestinian children in Gaza, who must now find a way to survive the war without them.... Read more »

It didn't go well for Alex Burghart's first PMQs The post Angela Rayner roasts Tory at PMQs over his ridiculous claims on inflation appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

More than 277,000 people visited a food bank in the Trussell community for the first time between April and September.  The post More than 1.42 million emergency food parcels distributed in past six months appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

“I would certainly like the opportunity to cross-examine him to see … how he reconciles his promotion of freedom of expression with his promotion of pure disinformation.” The post Elon Musk to be summoned before Parliament to testify about X’s role in Southport riots appeared first on Left Foot Forward:... Read more »

The Daily Record reports that party insiders in Scotland are concerned the backlash to the controversial winter fuel cut could hinder Labour’s chances of toppling the SNP. The post Scottish Labour vows to reverse winter fuel cuts appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

At this summer’s general election, only just over half of the votes of all registered postal voters living overseas were counted. Many were denied that right. But as a new report demonstrates, solutions are at hand. The post Overseas voters deserve an equal right to vote appeared first on Left... Read more »

Musk has had a strained relationship with Brazil’s left-wing government. The post “F**k you,” Brazilian First Lady tells Elon Musk appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Trump, who is a protectionist, has said that he plans on introducing a 20% levy on most imports to the US in order to help out domestic businesses, with 60% on imports from China. The post Trade expert warns UK must choose between EU and Trump appeared first on Left... Read more »

Governor Andrew Bailey said he took no position on Brexit “per se”, but added: “I do have to point out consequences.” The post Bank of England governor says Brexit has damaged UK economy appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Tory party members give their verdict... The post 60% of Tory party members would have voted for Trump and think his election is good for Britain appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several TV personalities for key posts in his incoming administration, including Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency that oversees health coverage for 150 million people. Oz, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022,... Read more »

President-elect Trump has announced his nomination of billionaire Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education, which Trump has pledged to shut down. McMahon is the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment and also headed the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. “President-elect Trump has a habit of choosing... Read more »

We continue to look at the attacks on civil society in Azerbaijan leading up to the COP29 U.N. climate summit. The government’s crackdown has included the arrests of local journalists, including several with the independent outlet Abzas Media. Since November of last year, at least six of their reporters have... Read more »

As we broadcast all week from COP29 in Baku, climate justice activists and civil society groups have raised concern over Azerbaijan’s role as host of the U.N. climate talks. The authoritarian country has cracked down on journalists, activists and government critics leading up to COP29 and has been accused of... Read more »

As Democracy Now! continues to broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, we speak with Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad, who chairs Colombia’s delegation here at COP29. She calls the return of Donald Trump to the White House “a disaster for global climate” due to his promise to... Read more »

U.S. Shuts Embassy in Kyiv, Citing Possible Imminent Russian Attack, Biden Approves Transfer of New Type of Landmines to Ukraine, Crowds of Hungry Palestinians Queue for Food Amid Shortage of Flour Due to Israeli Siege, Al Jazeera Reporter Injured After Israel Struck Gaza Home Following Earlier Attack, Protests Rock Senate... Read more »

The search for an energy alternative to fossil fuels has renewed interest in nuclear power production across the globe. Despite nuclear boosters’ promotion of the energy source, Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service calls nuclear power an “elaborate greenwashing scheme.” Nuclear is “not carbon-free,” says Diné organizer... Read more »

Tech companies are turning to nuclear to fulfill the skyrocketing energy needs of artificial intelligence, with major corporations like Amazon, Google and Microsoft announcing plans to invest in nuclear power. But the speed at which energy needs are growing may not align with the construction or revitalization of nuclear infrastructure,... Read more »

In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host country’s record on human rights. “Considering that our economy is completely relying on oil and gas sales and the COP29 is a great place to have a lot of oil and gas lobbyists,... Read more »

If we're to believe the chest-thumping, high on Trump's agenda will be the enforced criminalization of immigration.... Read more »

We talk about what just happened, and corporate media’s role in it, with Julie Hollar, senior analyst at the media watch group FAIR, and FAIR’s editor Jim Naureckas.... Read more »

News media start with the premise of immigration itself as a “crisis,” with the only debate around how to "stem" or "control" it.... Read more »

Trump’s “Big Lie” attorneys are not so much returning to the field, but actually never left.... Read more »

Defending Rights & Dissent has started a project called the Gaza First Amendment Alert, which is going to come out every other Wednesday.... 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 »

This discussion highlights the structural challenges facing America’s economic and political system, emphasizing how vested interests manipulate markets, language, and policy to sustain inequality. The U.S. operates in a "stacked marketplace," favoring creditors and employers over wage earners, with little public debate or university-level economic critique. While populist narratives resonate,... Read more »

Michael Hudson discusses the evolving disconnect between modern economics and practical economic realities, using the example of American capitalism and its global influence. He critiques the shift towards finance capitalism and deregulation, comparing it to Thatcher-era England’s libertarian model, which minimized state intervention in the economy. This trajectory, according to... Read more »

In a recent economic roundtable, economists Richard Wolff and Prof Michael Hudson analyzed the surprising factors behind Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory. Wolff attributed Trump’s win to a deep, growing resentment among the American working class, disillusioned by four decades of neoliberal globalization. This shift hollowed out U.S. manufacturing, devastated... Read more »

Explore Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson's analysis on the state of U.S. politics, revealing the bipartisan silence on global power shifts, economic priorities, and the illusion of choice in upcoming elections. From U.S. foreign policy to the influence of corporate interests, they discuss the challenges America faces in an era... Read more »

Both Richard D Wolff & Michael Hudson emphasized that this summit, while not conclusive, sets the stage for potential long-term transformation in international power dynamics, with BRICS working to shape an order that may increasingly diverge from Western influence. The post BRICS Summit in Kazan: Setting the Stage for a... Read more »

In this interview, economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the U.S.'s influence on Israel and the broader Middle East, arguing that America's actions undermine the sovereignty of other nations. They assert that the U.S. uses Israel as a tool to maintain control over the region, particularly its oil resources,... 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 »

Last week, a bill that would give the Treasury Department power to designate a nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization” for supporting pro-Palestine protests was narrowly voted down in Congress. But the saga is far from over. It could still be passed in the coming days. Called the Stop Terror-Financing and... Read more »

On a day meant to commemorate the transgender people who have been murdered in violent acts of bigotry, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) have united in bringing their transphobia to Congress. On Wednesday, one day after Mace introduced a resolution to bar trans people from... Read more »

On Tuesday, exactly two weeks after the November 5 election, the Republican-controlled legislature in North Carolina reconvened in Raleigh, ostensibly to pass disaster relief for areas affected by Hurricane Helene. But, with no public notice, they snuck provisions into the bill stripping power from the state’s incoming Democratic governor and... Read more »

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Shortly after Donald Trump narrowly beat Kamala Harris, Politico,... Read more »

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty. According to representatives from five environmental organizations, White House staffers told representatives of advocacy groups in... Read more »

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has proven time and time again that she will do nearly anything to make headlines. But on Monday, she reached a new low, introducing a resolution seeking to bar transgender members and employees in the House of Representatives from using the bathrooms that correspond to their... Read more »

This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency. Despite the name, it is not a government department. In fact, it is not part of the... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The internationally agreed goal to keep the world’s temperature rise below 1.5 Celsius is now “deader than a doornail”, with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold, climate scientists have gloomily... Read more »

During this year’s campaign, Donald Trump disowned Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation agenda that would transform the federal government’s enforcement powers into political weapons while selling off the rest to the highest bidder, by swearing he didn’t know who was behind it. But now that voting is over, he’s finding... Read more »

The Intercept reports that “The House is set to vote … on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism." The legislation is reportedly being put to a vote this week. Udry is executive director of Defending Rights & Dissent. The post Legal Moves on... Read more »

In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency in January 2017, activist David Bacon wrote about the economic context of immigration policy and what Trump could and could not do to shape immigration for Dollars and Sense. The piece was republished after Trump’s reelection. The post What Trump... Read more »

  Kamala Harris lost because of the Ukraine War -- but not for the reason you think. ... Foremost, Biden’s decision to impose a broad array of sanctions on Russia in 2022" did "not hamper Russia’s illegal invasion. Instead, they led to a Wall Street-fueled commodity bubble that sent inflation... Read more »

At the same time, the Biden administration has approved over $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, fueling this conflict and further destabilizing the region. ... But Congress has not authorized this weapons transfer. The post With Further Israeli Atrocities, Is Congress Finally Acting? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Earlier this year, President Biden gave Ukraine the greenlight to strike Russian border regions with U.S.-provided weapons, including shorter-range rockets fired by the HIMARS. A few months later, Ukraine launched its invasion of Kursk, and Ukrainian officials began pushing hard for the U.S. to support longer-range strikes inside Russia. The... Read more »

Experts caution the public on the differences between Trump’s campaign promises on Social Security, Medicare and drug prices… and the reality.  The post What’s Next for Social Security and Medicare? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Huckabee will be fully supportive of Israel annexing the rest of the West Bank and East Jerusalem because he erroneously believes God gave all of historic Palestine to the Jewish people, as if God were a real estate agent who believed in redlining and ethnic supremacy."  The post Huckabee: “No... Read more »

"In the past year, accusations of support for terrorism have been freely lobbed at student protesters, aid workers in Gaza, and even mainstream publications like the New York Times. In unscrupulous hands, the powers of the proposed law could essentially turn the Treasury Department into an enforcement arm of Canary... Read more »

Rubio has also urged overthrowing Latin American governments, at one point posting a graphic image of Gaddafi’s murder in an apparent threat to Venezuela's Maduro. The post Trump Turns to Hawks appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The Intercept reports that “The House is set to vote … on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism." The legislation is reportedly being put to a vote this week. Udry is executive director of Defending Rights & Dissent. The post Legal Moves on... Read more »

In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency in January 2017, activist David Bacon wrote about the economic context of immigration policy and what Trump could and could not do to shape immigration for Dollars and Sense. The piece was republished after Trump’s reelection. The post What Trump... Read more »

  Kamala Harris lost because of the Ukraine War -- but not for the reason you think. ... Foremost, Biden’s decision to impose a broad array of sanctions on Russia in 2022" did "not hamper Russia’s illegal invasion. Instead, they led to a Wall Street-fueled commodity bubble that sent inflation... Read more »

At the same time, the Biden administration has approved over $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, fueling this conflict and further destabilizing the region. ... But Congress has not authorized this weapons transfer. The post With Further Israeli Atrocities, Is Congress Finally Acting? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Earlier this year, President Biden gave Ukraine the greenlight to strike Russian border regions with U.S.-provided weapons, including shorter-range rockets fired by the HIMARS. A few months later, Ukraine launched its invasion of Kursk, and Ukrainian officials began pushing hard for the U.S. to support longer-range strikes inside Russia. The... Read more »

Experts caution the public on the differences between Trump’s campaign promises on Social Security, Medicare and drug prices… and the reality.  The post What’s Next for Social Security and Medicare? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Huckabee will be fully supportive of Israel annexing the rest of the West Bank and East Jerusalem because he erroneously believes God gave all of historic Palestine to the Jewish people, as if God were a real estate agent who believed in redlining and ethnic supremacy."  The post Huckabee: “No... Read more »

"In the past year, accusations of support for terrorism have been freely lobbed at student protesters, aid workers in Gaza, and even mainstream publications like the New York Times. In unscrupulous hands, the powers of the proposed law could essentially turn the Treasury Department into an enforcement arm of Canary... Read more »

Rubio has also urged overthrowing Latin American governments, at one point posting a graphic image of Gaddafi’s murder in an apparent threat to Venezuela's Maduro. The post Trump Turns to Hawks appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Trump’s win is a return to the default state of centralised, hierarchical societies – like ours. That’s the problem. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  7th November 2024 We were losing slowly. Now we are losing quickly. Democracy, accountability, human rights, social justice – all were rolling backwards as... Read more »

Elon Musk threatens to do to democracy what he did to Twitter. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 2nd November 2024   This is what happens when successive US governments fail to tackle inequality. While millions of people live in poverty, a handful grow unimaginably rich. Wealth begets wealth,... Read more »

This is what you are voting for if you vote for Donald Trump. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29th October 2024 Dear US voters, in the spirit in which I would beg a dear friend not to get a facial tattoo, I’m writing to ask you not to... Read more »

A horrible illness has been widely neglected, thanks in part to the influence of a cruel and bizarre cult. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  18th October 2024 How could this happen in the 21st century? The question could apply to many issues, but this one sends you reeling.... 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 »

After the House Ethics Committee decided not to release its report into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sex trafficking allegations, former federal prosecutor Mary McCord explained why the Department of Justice's decision not to prosecute the attorney general nominee doesn't mean he's off the hook. Speaking with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Wednesday,... Read more »

A report on Attorney General-designate Matt Gaetz will remain under wraps until at least next month, after the latest meeting by the Republican-controlled House Committee on Ethics. Legal experts, political commentators and journalists are all condemning the decision to suppress the report.On Wednesday afternoon, The Hill reported that the committee... Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) says she will “follow the rules” after Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson issued a ban on transgender women using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol, a direct reaction to McBride becoming the first transgender member of Congress.“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms.... Read more »

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Wednesday that the incoming GOP Senate majority is poised to execute its "rule-busting" plans "to rein in Washington bureaucrats' expensive interpretation of the powers over working Americans," Politico reports. In a statement published to the Senate's website, McConnell noted that Senate... Read more »

Rep. Michael Guest (R-MI), chair of the House Ethics Committee, said there was no agreement on releasing a report about sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.After a two-hour Ethics Committee meeting on Wednesday, Guest told reporters there "was not an... Read more »

One cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's second term agenda is the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. And his recent call to use emergency powers to deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil is now being publicly slammed by a top Senate Republican.Earlier this week, ABC News reported that... Read more »

After announcing a slew of nominees to serve in leadership roles under his second administration, Donald Trump plans to dodge the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) vetting process, according to a Wednesday Bloomberg report. Per the report, the president-elect’s “transition team hasn’t signed an agreement with the Justice Department and... Read more »

Historian/author Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scathing critic of President-elect Donald Trump who is known for her expertise on authoritarianism, has often noted that one of the things authoritarians do to seize or maintain control is promoting despair. Trump opponents, Ben-Ghiat has repeatedly warned, must not give into despair — as despair... Read more »

President-elect Donald Trump's children aren't wasting any time launching new money-making opportunities after their father was elected to a second term in the White House.According to the Daily Beast, Lara Trump – the Republican National Committee co-chair who is married to the president-elect's son, Eric — is now launching a... Read more »

Here’s a pop quiz: When can an Army colonel overrule the Secretary of Defense? It happened last week for probably the first time in modern history. The short answer is: Even in the military, the Secretary of Defense cannot change the rules and procedures for criminal prosecutions and tell military... Read more »

Some things changed in politics in Washington, DC last week when Republican United States senators via a secret ballot vote selected Sen John Thune (R-SD) to become Senate Republican leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the position. One of the things that remained the same, though, was that the... Read more »

Most Americans have a heart that yearns for a leaner, more efficient government, one that obeys the Constitution and practices fiscal honesty. For the last six decades, no figure has been more iconic and relentless in this pursuit than former congressman Ron Paul. With excitement surrounding Trump’s recent announcement of... Read more »

On November 17, the U.S. told the world what they had told Ukraine three days earlier: Ukraine had permission to fire American supplied long-range missiles deeper into Russian territory. Not much needs to be said about the risks involved in the decision. They are the same risks that have caused... Read more »

One of the most encouraging and promising things President-elect Trump said in his post-election acceptance speech was, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars…” We all understand that campaign promises often have a short shelf life after the election is over, but the Trump campaign’s... Read more »

Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in Washington, and the most certain to provide continuity with all that is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, from Cuba to the Middle East to China. The only area... Read more »

Five others were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Weekly Roundup</I>: 19 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com.... Read more »

Former President and President-elect Donald Trump has been tarred, inconsistently with his actual record, with the charge of being soft on Russia. He has never been charged with being soft on Iran. Trump unilaterally and illegally pulled out of the JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran. He imposed devastating sanctions on... Read more »

This originally appeared at Consortium News. President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence (DNI) will cause shockwaves in and among the 18 fiefdoms that now comprise the U.S. intelligence community. Gabbard will be fighting an uphill battle if she tries to herd those 18... Read more »

The month's archives. - 2024/11 / perspective... Read more »

In 1989, East German youth tore down the Berlin Wall, dreaming of freedom and prosperity. However, the reform programme that was soon imposed on them had devastating effects, comparable to those of war. In English, ‘to gaslight' is a transitive verb. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as the ‘psychological manipulation... Read more »

Régis Debray once suggested that Europe was so much under Washington's thumb that its citizens should be able to vote in American elections to determine their own destiny. Trump's openly cynical (‘transactional') foreign policy has at least had the advantage of loosening this transatlantic leash by making ridiculous the idea... Read more »

Russia's economy, and its people, have weathered the Ukraine war better than predicted, but resilience has limits. Though still claiming that ‘all war aims will be achieved', Vladimir Putin now faces stark choices about its endgame. - 2024/10 / article... Read more »

With arbitrary arrests and plans for mass expulsions, Israel's far-right government is using the war against Hamas as cover for settling the Palestinian question once and for all, in Gaza and the West Bank. - 2024/11 / article... Read more »

Egypt and the Arab Gulf states have condemned Israel's onslaught on Gaza and Lebanon but, rhetoric aside, have been content to sit on their hands. Each has its own strategic agenda and future to consider. - 2024/11 / article... Read more »

It's now so discredited that no one dares speak its name. When the European Union launched ‘excessive deficit procedures' against seven countries in June, demanding they take corrective action or face sanctions, the commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni insisted it had nothing to do with austerity. True, he conceded, Brussels... Read more »

US consulting firms make vast profits advising foreign governments. A Senate committee scrutinises their business model in advance of legislation that could see them classed as ‘foreign agents'. - 2024/11 / article... Read more »

AI sees humans as rational economic actors, and its early promises of benefiting humanity quickly switched to creating marketable products. - 2024/11 / article, 2024/11 AI... Read more »

British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK. The post UK sees privatisation ‘opportunities’ in Ukraine war appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Banning F-35 supplies to Israel “would undermine US confidence in the UK”, defence secretary John Healey privately warned colleagues. The post Labour avoided full arms embargo on Israel to protect special relationship appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: A Royal Air Force plane conducting surveillance of Palestine has been filmed taking off from its base on Cyprus for the first time. The post Keir Starmer’s Gaza spy plane caught on camera appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: Cargo documents show how UK-made aircraft components were shipped to Israel last month. The post UK exported parts for Israeli air force after suspending arms sales appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Why are no national news outlets covering the crackdown on pro-Palestinian journalists in Britain? The post Journalism is not a crime – Tell that to the British state appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: UK troops visited Golan Heights soon after President Trump recognised Israeli sovereignty, contrary to British policy. The post British army college toured region illegally occupied by Israel appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

UK soldiers are now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry. The post British troops using Israeli arms technology tested in Gaza appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: Parts for Israel’s most advanced fighter jet have been secretly shipped from a British military base during the assault on Gaza. The post F-35 components sent to Israel from Royal Air Force base appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

If chancellor Rachel Reeves is serious about public finances, she must stop the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers causing a black hole in the military budget. The post The giant warships sinking Britain’s budget appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

The billionaire and 7 others are accused of agreeing to pay US$265 million to Indian officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts.... Read more »

The meal delivery giant joins a slew of Chinese tech giants vying for new growth in Hong Kong.... Read more »

Han Wenxiu also stressed the need for breaking down market access barriers and the development of the private sector to advance Chinese-style modernisation.... Read more »

Scholars say it is time to shed Cold War concepts imported from the West and develop distinctly Chinese nuclear strategy.... Read more »

The hedge fund was at the centre of a market manipulation scheme said to have cost global investment banks billions of dollars.... Read more »

Keeping India-China dialogue open could add a slight but welcome bit of malleability to what could otherwise be a brittle strategic triangle.... Read more »

Beijing has other moves at its disposal, including deepening trade ties with the rest of the world and increasing demand at home.... Read more »

12 of the missiles were fired into Kursk, a border region partially held by Ukrainian forces, according to a British media report.... Read more »

From a Fox host as defence chief, to celebrity ‘Dr Oz’ to head Medicare, the US president-elect is going for that ‘central casting’ look.... Read more »

In an opinion on a recent lawsuit, a Shanghai judge wrote that cryptocurrencies have the attributes of property and thus holding it is legal.... Read more »

Fu Ying, a former foreign vice-minister, writes in party organ she feels the best tactic is to deflect and challenge ‘biased’ questioning.... Read more »

Tsai Ing-wen has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the annual Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia.... Read more »

Ministry of State Security advises tightened management of nation’s vast camera network after receiving tip from citizen.... Read more »

None of those injured when an SUV ploughed into a crowd outside the school in Hunan province are said to be in a life-threatening condition.... Read more »

China tariffs in focus as president-elect’s high-profile advisers like Elon Musk push candidates who embody a break from ‘business as usual’.... Read more »

From February, containers used to transport food oils must comply with hygiene standards, and be labelled.... Read more »

The man accused of killing 35 people after a car rammed into crowds of people is still unable to be questioned.... Read more »

More workers from developed countries are leaving China, with one observer citing a ‘changing environment’ amid patchy post-Covid recovery.... Read more »

A joint resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders would block arms sales to Israel. The challenge is convincing Democrats to act. The post Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The letter urges President Joe Biden to follow through on an ultimatum his administration issued to Israel over humanitarian aid. The post White House Staffers to Biden: “You Are Running Out of Time” on Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out. The post “Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Officials on Trump’s Military Deportation Plan appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage. The post Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin. The post San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The fights over Gaza protests are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts. The post From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win. The post Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Silicon Valley has successfully rebranded military contracting as a proud national duty for the industry. The post Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Reports of the criminal justice reform movement’s death are greatly exaggerated. The post Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

State takeovers of public schools take control of education away from communities.... Read more »

People around the country split their tickets to support public schools and vote for Trump.... Read more »

A new book provides essays for abolitionist parents and caregivers.... Read more »

Carbon capture and storage is one of the least effective and most expensive emissions reduction methods.... Read more »

Stopping the killing is much easier said than done.... Read more »

How the former and next President could borrow from the example of others to sideline democracy.... Read more »

Waking up the morning of November 6, I felt like nothing would ever matter again. But as an ecologist, I know that systems that seem dead may simply be in a season of dormancy.... Read more »

The streaming giant’s move has sparked criticism from entertainment workers and activists.... Read more »

I left the United States for New Zealand in 2023. Just a year later, I moved back—and am now looking forward to building a life, not running away from an old one.... Read more »

Last week, the House failed to pass the extremely controversial HR 9495, which would give the future Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status. Despite failing to push the bill through and hundreds of nonprofit organizations... Read more »

Today, America’s Voice hosted a press call outlining how mass deportations, coupled with proposed cuts to legal migration, will impact the American economy. This is the first in a series of calls focused on the consequences of Trump’s mass deportation plans. Speakers shared data and economic analysis projecting how mass... Read more »

In response to President-elect Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education, The Revolving Door Project Executive Director, Jeff Hauser released the following statement: “It is my sad prediction that this nomination will be bad for the future of America, but my hope that people across... Read more »

Today, Public Citizen launched a new tracker to expose Trump administration appointees’ many corporate conflicts of interest. The tracker will be updated regularly as appointments are made and nominees are considered. The list includes both cabinet-level positions and other political appointments, many of which do not require Senate confirmation. Appointees... Read more »

Oh sweet justice. We salute the supremely ironic sale of Alex Jones' vicious Infowars - now bankrupt thanks to the $1.4 billion he owes Sandy Hook families for claiming the massacre of their children was a hoax - to the satirical wise-acres of The Onion, working with those families. Aptly,... Read more »

On Wednesday, November 20th at 11:00 AM, workers, fair wage advocates, labor leaders, and community allies in Michigan, Illinois, and New York will gather at their respective state legislatures and governors’ offices in a coordinated effort to demand bold action to protect workers’ rights and address wage inequities.Tipped service workers... Read more »

Last year, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) issued a joint statement with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) saying that U.S. assistance to Israel “must be consistent with our interests and values and used in a manner that adheres to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict, and U.S. law” and... Read more »

In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior, government watchdog Accountable.US released the following statement highlighting glaring red flags about Governor Burgum’s strong ties to the oil industry. “Governor Burgum’s cozy relationship with big oil spells danger... Read more »

On Thursday, Demand Progress Education Fund and 12 other consumer advocacy groups warned that major banks like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America are trying to control the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new open banking rule, while also simultaneously suing to block it. The rule makes... Read more »

How should we understand the relationship between capitalists, big and small, and the Republican and Democratic parties — especially in the wake of Trump’s return to power? Stephen Maher discusses the sectors of capital that support and oppose him. He traces the rise of the MAGA Right to forces set... Read more »

When the system is stacked against you, when mainstream society sidelines you (or worse), where do you look for liberatory possibilities? Eve Dunbar describes how Ann Petry, author of the 1946 novel “The Street” as well as YA novels about Harriet Tubman and Tituba, insisted on satisfaction and not merely... Read more »

Why is it that so many schools fail at teaching their students critical thinking skills that could help them understand the world? Political scientist Agustina Paglayan argues that mass primary education from its origins was set up not to raise children’s prospects — but rather to teach them to obey.... Read more »

What role did Irish Catholics play within the U.S. left? Were Irish radicals more interested in freedom from British rule or in anticapitalism? And what effect did religious beliefs have on Irish Americans’ inclinations to break with the mainstream? David Emmons highlights Irish Americans’ contributions to dissidence, progressivism, and radicalism... Read more »

Few things are more necessary than a roof over one’s head, and yet few things feel as precarious as housing. Rents have skyrocketed across the country, far outstripping wages, and homelessness has risen to an historic high. Fellow tenant organizers Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis argue that this is the... Read more »

The dramatic expansion of police power in the U.S. has been fueled by sexual policing—the targeting and legal control of people’s bodies and their presumed sexual activities. So argues Anne Gray Fischer, who describes the historical trajectory of sexual policing and traces the profoundly consequential shift in its targets from white... Read more »

Critiques of conspiracy thinking abound—but what if our world needs a conspiracy, of people willing to confront their own participation in institutional injustices? Joseph Dumit explains why large corporations knowingly engage in antihuman activities; he also draws from Adrian Piper’s insights into bullying institutions, the impact of bystanding, and the... Read more »

For over half a century, Big Oil and the plastics industry, through their trade associations and front groups, have sold the public the false idea that plastics are recyclable. Recycling became the mantra of good ecological stewardship, promoted by the likes of city governments, school children, and environmental groups. Davis... Read more »

What can sex workers add to discussions around transformative justice, prison abolition, and labor organizing? Heather Berg has spoken with sex worker radicals whose perspectives on left theory and practice are informed by encounters with ever-present threats to their lives and livelihoods. (Encore presentation.) Heather Berg, “‘If You’re Going to Be Beautiful,... Read more »

Xi Jinping holds talks with Brazilian president... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends welcome ceremony hosted by Brazilian president... Read more »

G20 and the Global South – Africa's moment... Read more »

International observers lauded Chinese President Xi Jinping's speeches at the G20 summit on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, saying that Xi's remarks have contributed wisdom and strength to promoting global common development and improving global governance.... Read more »

Super Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises to 9 in the Philippines... Read more »

Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted again on Wednesday, spewing ash and volcanic materials that significantly worsened air quality in the region.... Read more »

'Bomb cyclone' brings high winds and soaking rain to U.S.... Read more »

Warm extremes undermine ecosystem carbon sequestration... Read more »

Suicide attack on army outpost kills 12 soldiers in northwest Pakistan... Read more »

Xi Jinping holds talks with Brazilian president... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends welcome ceremony hosted by Brazilian president... Read more »

G20 and the Global South – Africa's moment... Read more »

International observers lauded Chinese President Xi Jinping's speeches at the G20 summit on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, saying that Xi's remarks have contributed wisdom and strength to promoting global common development and improving global governance.... Read more »

U.S. embassy in Kyiv shuts down over anticipated air attack... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping extended congratulations via video to the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, which opened in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Wednesday.... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, on Tuesday for a state visit.... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends closing session of G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro... Read more »

How is China shaping a fair, equitable global governance system?... Read more »

German central bank: Trade protectionism endangers economic growth... Read more »

Brazil's active promotion of global anti-poverty and anti-hunger cooperation through the important platform of the G20 provides new opportunities for China-Brazil cooperation.... Read more »

China-built power project ensures stable Amazon power supply... Read more »

Amid mounting challenges and rising skepticism about global cooperation, China has emerged as a steadfast leader, showcasing a balanced approach to environmental sustainability and economic growth.... Read more »

The theme of this year's G20 summit echoes the call of the times and resonates with the aspirations of people around the world.... Read more »

China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was held steady at 3.1 percent on Wednesday, unchanged for the month. The over-five-year LPR remained at 3.6 percent.... Read more »

World Internet Conference: Transforming the world for the better... Read more »

How is China shaping a fair, equitable global governance system?... Read more »

Astellas highlights China's advances in medicine approval... 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 »

Whenever the trade union bureaucracy call a general strike in Greece, it is a sure sign that they fear an escalation of the class struggle which could spiral out of their control.... Read more »

The essential response of the major European powers to Trump’s election has been to plan to step up their own military aggression against Russia and to consider what it will take to make this a European-led war.... Read more »

The TİP failed to base its split with the Stalinist Communist Party on a study and assimilation of the great strategic and world-historical issues raised by Leon Trotsky’s struggle against Stalinism. This is a common feature of all the tendencies that emerged from the disintegration of the Stalinist parties after... Read more »

As they escalate their war with Russia in Ukraine in defiance of mass popular opposition, the European NATO countries are risking total war between the major nuclear powers.... Read more »

The NATO powers are knowingly and deliberately crossing a "red line" that Russian President Vladimir Putin had indicated would lead to a military response. This decision has as its aim the continuation and escalation of the war and is, to some extent, a deliberate provocation.... Read more »

Police are engaged in a major cover-up after executing a mother suffering from post-partum depression and her baby earlier this month.... Read more »

According to the Detroit News, the automaker has laid off nearly 4,000 workers in Detroit and Toledo metro areas since September alone.... Read more »

Dissanayake retains the main portfolios, such as finance and defence, in particular, to ensure the government’s foremost task of ruthlessly implementing the IMF austerity measures is directly in his hands.... Read more »

Wall Street has been salivating over the prospect that Trump will bring further tax cuts and regulations governing the operations of finance capital will be further relaxed so as to become almost non-existent... Read more »

Health experts from China, U.S. call for deeper medical collaboration... Read more »

Xi Jinping holds talks with Brazilian president... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends welcome ceremony hosted by Brazilian president... Read more »

G20 and the Global South – Africa's moment... Read more »

China-built power project ensures stable Amazon power supply... Read more »

Warm extremes undermine ecosystem carbon sequestration... Read more »

On November 19, after a light snowfall, the Laojun Mountain Scenic Area in Luoyang, Henan Province was dusted in a blanket of “silver.”... Read more »

Watch as herds of milu deer wander through the dappled sunlight in the enchanting woods of Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve in Jiangsu.... Read more »

On July 27 at the 46th UNESCO World Heritage Conference held in New Delhi, India, the "Beijing Central Axis" was officially inscribed on the global body's World Heritage List.... Read more »

Looking ahead, the bilateral cooperation between China and Brazil offers a new model for collaboration in the Global South, empowering other developing economies to address their challenges creatively.... Read more »

Despite significant negative trends in financing the green transition, investment in renewable energy continues to rise.... Read more »

The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is not merely a financial program but a symbol of integration, resilience, and shared prosperity, deserving recognition as a cornerstone of modern financial history.... Read more »

The G20, as a major platform for global governance, is essential in addressing escalating global challenges related to security and development. Although geopolitical tensions and divergent national interests have weakened G20 cooperation, it remains crucial for major powers, particularly the U.S. and China, to collaborate on shared concerns such as... Read more »

The rule of law is essential for maintaining national unity, consistent legal systems, integrated markets, and achieving broad goals such as economic progress, political integrity, and social justice.... Read more »

Countries must set aside their self-interests and work collaboratively for the common good of the international community to realize a sustainable and greener future.... Read more »

Highly echoing the Beijing APEC meetings, this year's APEC meeting will deliver a positive signal of building an open and inclusive Asia-Pacific economy. Noting all these efforts, we will have confidence in the next "30 golden years" for Asia-Pacific cooperation.... Read more »

The U.S. has been constantly pushing the Philippines to goad China in the South China Sea in the military and diplomatic fields, and provided a large amount of military assistance to the Philippines, aiming to cultivate the Philippines as a standard-bearer among Southeast Asian countries to contain China's development.... Read more »

The APEC meetings in Lima will provide a crucial opportunity for China and Peru to strengthen their ties and advance the vision of building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.... Read more »

CGTN reporter Yang Yan speaks with three Italian experts about the importance of preserving a country's heritage.... Read more »

On July 27 at the 46th UNESCO World Heritage Conference held in New Delhi, India, the "Beijing Central Axis" was officially inscribed on the global body's World Heritage List.... Read more »

Beijing's 798 Art District has recently unveiled British sculptor Antony Gormley's solo exhibition featuring 132 life-sized red clay brick sculptures crafted in Yixing, China's Jiangsu Province.... Read more »

CGTN The Vibe 20241119... Read more »

On November 19, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes welcomed Shen Haixiong, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and president of China Media Group (CMG), at City Hall for discussions on enhancing cooperation and cultural exchanges between Brazil and China.... Read more »

China Media Group (CMG) has launched a documentary series called "Young Artisans," which focuses on a group of Chinese youngsters whose lives have been made more colorful by their dedication and pursuit of excellence in craftsmanship.... Read more »

The people of Hani ethnic group performed bamboo dances with visitors to celebrate their New Year Festival according to the traditional Hani calendar in Kunming City, Yunnan Province.... Read more »

The annual Miao New Year was celebrated on November 16 in Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province.... Read more »

New site of Natural History Museum of China to open in 2029... Read more »

Health experts from China, U.S. call for deeper medical collaboration... Read more »

GSMA head: AI to generate $680 billion for telecom sector... Read more »

November 20 marks the 23rd World COPD Day, with the theme "Know Your Lung Function." This event underscores the significance of spirometry, a critical diagnostic tool for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which measures lung function.... Read more »

World Internet Conference: Transforming the world for the better... Read more »

China Railway has conducted its first large-scale trial transportation of lithium batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).... Read more »

China on Tuesday initiated a pilot program to advance the integrated application of 5G+ industrial internet in 10 cities, aiming to accelerate the technology's high-quality development and large-scale application.... Read more »

SpaceX launches Starship rocket but aborts booster catch attempt... Read more »

Presentation on building a shared cyberspace held in China's Wuzhen... Read more »

Vlog: China's reusable rockets at Airshow China... Read more »

Horrifying news coming out of northern Gaza; looting humanitarian aid trucks (with Israeli complicity); war criminal flees Turkiye; Amsterdam wasn't a pogrom after all; US sanctions West Bank settlers; more.... Read more »

Israel’s use of white phosphorus has had devastating impacts on pregnant women and newborns in Gaza, worsening health crises as families face displacement and medical shortages, further compounding an already dire humanitarian situation.... Read more »

Massacre in Beit Lahiya includes many children, many still buried under rubble; Beirut hit hard; new details on Israel's leak scandal.... Read more »

Famous and nameless residents of Gaza are mourned, as the body count continues to rise; 1.2 million without water in Khan Younis; Israeli soldiers enable Israeli pogrom in West Bank; Pope Francis wants answers.... Read more »

Israel makes healing nearly impossible for thousands in Gaza; UN General Assembly says Yes to Palestinian statehood; EU may get tougher on Israel; US may get tougher on pro-Palestine nonprofits; Netflix erasing Palestinians again... Read more »

Australia says Yes to Palestinian statehood; US denies forced displacement, genocide in Gaza; Israel attacks another "safe" zone, denies medical evacuation to children; Sanders, Tlaib, Warren call for Biden accountability; ACLU supports campus protest as Congress poised to quash it; more.... Read more »

The most extreme right members of Israeli society are optimistic about their agenda under Trump's watchful eye; Palestinians, not so much.... Read more »

US "ultimatum" to Israel is meaningless, as aid remains stalled; West Bank death; Trump surrounds himself with Israel supporters; more.... Read more »

Famine and death in Gaza, as multiple scandals come to light in Israel; Trump anoints new Israel-first ambassador to UN.... Read more »

Yes, we’ll resist Trump. But that’s not all. The post How Progressives Can Go on the Offensive appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Can international law survive a second onslaught by Trump and his fellow bullies? The post Planet of the Bullies appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The far right wants to divide us from each other. Here’s how we pull together. The post Fascism Feeds Off Despair. We Refuse. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Most Americans want what Donald Trump doesn’t: higher taxes on our richest and unions in our workplaces. The post No Time To Play Just Defense appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

We need to reverse the trend of spending trillions of dollars on military contractors and endless wars in order to actually make us safer. The post Young people aren’t joining the military — Sky-high military spending is to blame appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Don't bring a computer to a gunfight. The post The Plot Against Democracy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Washington state beat back efforts to repeal both a capital gains tax and a payroll tax that funds long-term care insurance. Illinois voters showed support for a tax hike on millionaires. Three red states passed paid leave. The post Amidst the Darkness, A Few Bright Spots in the Fight Against... Read more »

Election 2024’s winners, no matter the final ballot tallies, will include our billionaire class. The post One Person, One Vote, One Joke — on Democracy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Uphold October 18 Ruling of Innocence in Trial of Five Prominent Water Defenders The post Santa Marta Community and International Allies Call on Appeals Court to Reaffirm the Innocence of the Five Salvadoran Water Defenders  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Bill Whitaker's questions frequently started from right-wing talking points and assumptions, particularly over immigration and economic policy.... 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 »

Rare Israeli Attack On Syria's Palmyra Launched From US-Controlled Airspace Huge Israeli airstrikes rocked the outskirts of the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, with regional reports saying the attacks were launched by Israeli jets utilizing US-controlled airspace over Al-Tanf military base in eastern Syria.  "Israeli warplanes launched a number of... Read more »

Waste Of The Day: Nuclear Commission Flies First Class Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A recent inspector general audit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s travel expenses found a slew of waste and potential fraud, including nearly $50,000 in unallowed first-class flights between 2020 and 2023. Key facts: Federal... Read more »

Nvidia Drops After Revenue Forecast Disappoints Exuberant Expectations Earlier today we wrote an extensive preview of what to expect from Nvidia's Q3 earnings (here), but for those who missed it here is the summary: sky high expectations, which only go higher in 2025 and beyond when the full rollout of... Read more »

With 63% Of Voters Demanding Her Recall, Soros-Backed Bay Area District Attorney Concedes Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price conceded her recall election on Monday, nearly a week after Bay Area voters expressed their frustration with crime and homelessness by voting out... Read more »

Missiles, Michelle, & Missed Targets Spark Stock Dump'n'Pump; Bitcoin & Gold Jump Geopolitically, more missiles were reported to have been sent into Russia overnight and that dragged stocks down early... and the micro and the macro kept stocks down for most of the day. Late on, buyers appeared as FOMO... Read more »

US Is Lone Veto Of Gaza Ceasefire Call At UN, Citing It Neglects Hostages The United States has again used its veto, blocking the fourth UN Security Council resolution on Gaza since the war began. The comprehensive resolution called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire." UN News writes: United... Read more »

Court Dismisses California's Lawsuit Against City's Voter ID Law Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California Supreme Court ruled on Nov. 15 to toss out the state’s lawsuit against Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, but they expect the state attorney general to continue fighting it. People... Read more »

The Layaway Presidency: How Alvin Bragg Would Create A New Constitutional Creature Authored by Jonathan Turley, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg pushed Tuesday to create a new constitutional creature: the layaway president. It was once common for stores to hold expensive items that you really wanted but could not make the payment.... Read more »

Biden Asks Congress To Approve $100 Billion Supplemental For Disaster Relief Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is urging Congress to allocate $100 billion in disaster relief to assist communities across the Southeast affected by the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton. President Joe... Read more »

CNN's Jake Tapper was taken aback Wednesday — and slightly amused — by the threats made by one of Donald Trump's key loyalists, Dan Bongino, who is reportedly in contention to head up the Secret Service."CNN is reporting that right-wing media personality and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino —... Read more »

The normally straight-faced CNN host Jake Tapper couldn't hold back his skepticism after airing a newly unearthed video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting the U.S. government secretly orchestrated the COVID-19 pandemic.The video, revealed by The Bulwark on Tuesday, shows Kennedy — President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department... Read more »

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters insisted he would "absolutely" penalize schools that don't show a video of him praying for President-elect Donald Trump.In a Wednesday interview with Real America's Voice, Walters was asked if schools that decided not to show his prayer to students would be punished. "Do you plan... Read more »

Donald Trump's vanquished Republican primary foe has fighting words when it comes to the president-elect's top Cabinet picks. The former United Nations ambassador on Wednesday lashed out against Fox News host Pete Hegseth and former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard on her podcast "Nikki Haley Live.""There's gonna be a... Read more »

The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday failed to release what was expected to be a damning investigative report involving former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), but that hasn’t ended speculation that the report could come out one way or another.Almost immediately after reports surfaced that the ethics committee had deadlocked in... Read more »

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), embroiled in scandals surrounding an ethics report into allegations of child sex trafficking and other offenses, is grabbing headlines as Republicans scramble to decide whether they support making the findings public before hearings into his nomination for attorney general. But presidential strategist Ashley Etienne thinks... Read more »

A former aide to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop sued him and other city officials Wednesday, accusing them of discrimination, defamation, and civil rights violations for trash-talking and ultimately firing him because he donated to his conservative sister’s political campaign. Jonathan Gomez Noriega, who worked off and on for the... Read more »

Democratic Rep. Sean Casten (IL) told MSNBC on Wednesday that he has filed a resolution that would force a vote on the full House to decide whether to release the Ethics Committee investigation report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Gaetz was under investigation for engaging in a sexual relationship... Read more »

Call it the Catch-2025. President-elect Donald Trump's Republican loyalists were called out Wednesday by a frustrated Democrat over a paradox concealed within their promised purge of federal government professionals. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) told the Oversight Committee she was confused by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance's bill to dismantle Diversity, Equity... Read more »

David Swanson asked me to write about Kiribati after I wrote to him to point out Costa Rica is not the only “full-fledged and totally independent country to be entirely demilitarised.” Kiribati, and other small countries I suspect, have no military. In Kiribati’s case this was a deliberate decision taken... Read more »

In mid-November, New York’s Catholic Worker community, located in lower Manhattan, opened their sizable auditorium to host “Reap What You Sow: Don’t Lose Heart!” a two act play with two actors which debuted, for two nights, on the Maryhouse stage. Prior to the performance, preparations included selecting the sturdiest wooden... Read more »

In August 2021, following the withdrawal of major U.S./NATO military forces from Afghanistan after two decades of occupation, Taliban forces took effective control over the country. In response, the United States seized the assets of Afghanistan’s central bank totaling around $7 billion. Half of that amount was transferred to the... Read more »

Dr. Samantha Bailey – The Truth About Contagion A Farewell to Virology Dr. Mark Bailey’s comprehensive essay, “A Farewell to Virology,” is a scathing critique of the virus model and virology as a whole. The expert edition, published in July 2024, presents a compelling case against the scientific community’s claims... Read more »

That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is how it begins. This is how it always begins, justified in the name of national security. Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas... Read more »

Two Baka men from a community who were evicted to make way for Odzala-Kokoua National Park. Many people in the village have been beaten or abused by park rangers. “We are afraid that if park rangers see us in the forest they will beat us.” © Survival Campaigners have voiced... Read more »

Nearly all of these quotes are gathered from the chapter epigraphs in the book, M. Shahid Alam, Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism (Springer: 2008). A few of the quotes are from non-Zionists. The sources for most these quotes can be found in this book.  Chosenness “Israel is not... Read more »

How would Rodin's most famous work of art appear in a modern day context? And how would that affect the title of the art work? The post Rodin Revisited first appeared on Dissident Voice.... Read more »

COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers.  It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128% between 2000 and 2021.  Between 2006 and 2021, gas exports... Read more »

Elon Musk's Starlink system helped provide internet access to communities affected by the recent hurricanes. But online posts spread baseless claims that Starlink "uploaded votes in swing states" and helped Donald Trump win the election. Experts said voting machines are not connected to the internet during tabulation; one state election... Read more »

Vice President Kamala Harris received many celebrity endorsements leading up to the election, including from Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Eminem, Megan Thee Stallion and Lizzo. Social media posts have made the unfounded claim that these celebrities were collectively paid $20 million for their endorsements. We've found no evidence to support the... Read more »

President-elect Donald Trump, who will return to office for a second term on Jan. 20, 2025, recently reignited a constitutional debate about whether a twice-elected president can serve a third term. The post Can Trump Serve a Third Term? appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website. King's X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim. The post... Read more »

Some social media posts falsely claimed that CBS News reported there was "cheating" in the 2024 presidential election that benefitted President-elect Donald Trump. We found no evidence of such a report, and a CBS News spokesperson said the outlet "did not report or say there was cheating in the election."... Read more »

Ballots were still being counted in the days following the 2024 election, but a claim that there was a suspicious gap of 15 million to 20 million votes as compared with the 2020 election has been circulating on social media. There is no such large gap -- states were still... Read more »

Q: What will happen in Donald Trump’s New York state criminal case now that he is president-elect? A: Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 26, but the judge could decide that sentencing is no longer appropriate. If Trump does receive a sentence, it could be appealed, or the... Read more »

Social media users alleged bias against former President Donald Trump when a Google search on Election Day for “where to vote” returned an interactive map to find a person’s polling station when including the word “Harris” but not “Trump.” The reason is because “Harris” is a county in Texas, whereas... Read more »

Social media users have spread a quote attributed to Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, claiming he said "we won’t be certifying the election" if former President Donald Trump wins. Raskin responded, saying the quote is "100% fabricated" and that "America is having a free and fair election and Congress will certify... Read more »

Taking on Big Pharma and Big Ag isn’t a one-man job.... Read more »

Examining the way forward after 2024... Read more »

Trump is assembling a cabinet of broligarchy.... Read more »

Today on TAP: The infighting grows fierce as Trump keeps searching for a Treasury secretary.... Read more »

Thanks to Elon Musk, the record of 1896 just got blown out of the water.... Read more »

The destructive threat of AI search... Read more »

Today on TAP: More firepower to Ukraine and even more (if possible) ineffectualness toward Netanyahu... Read more »

Kamala Harris had a more powerful offer, but feared being anti-business.... Read more »

The author of ‘Free and Equal’ reflects on the failure of the center-left and the rise of right-wing populism and Trump.... Read more »

Sydney Bauer Politicians and pundits are stoking a backlash to trans rights in the wake of the election. They’re playing a dangerous game. The post Trans People Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for Democrats’ Failures appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

William D. Hartung An all-hands-on-deck approach to the coming world of Donald Trump and crew is distinctly in order. The post What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols The senator has more allies than ever in his fight to hold Israel accountable and save lives in Gaza. The post Bernie Sanders Is Leading a Bold New Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Andrea Arroyo Our pain will cultivate activism. The post Hope in Action appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Elizabeth Becker In a new film, journalists confront a dictator. The post Warning From the Past appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Zoe Adams A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. The post Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor Posture appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann The hosts of Joe Biden’s favorite political talk show have quickly pivoted to kissing the ring of the incoming president. The post Mr. Scarborough Goes to Mar-a-Lago appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Aina Marzia In November, organizers at more than 18 universities met for a conference with Class Action to discuss how to democratize higher education. The post The Elite College Students Fighting to End Legacy Admissions  appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Carol Schaeffer COP29 in Baku reveals the contradictions of having climate negotiations in a petro-state. The post The “Dark Joke” of Having a Climate Summit in Azerbaijan appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Horrifying news coming out of northern Gaza; looting humanitarian aid trucks (with Israeli complicity); war criminal flees Turkiye; Amsterdam wasn't a pogrom after all; US sanctions West Bank settlers; more.... Read more »

Israel’s use of white phosphorus has had devastating impacts on pregnant women and newborns in Gaza, worsening health crises as families face displacement and medical shortages, further compounding an already dire humanitarian situation.... Read more »

Massacre in Beit Lahiya includes many children, many still buried under rubble; Beirut hit hard; new details on Israel's leak scandal.... Read more »

Famous and nameless residents of Gaza are mourned, as the body count continues to rise; 1.2 million without water in Khan Younis; Israeli soldiers enable Israeli pogrom in West Bank; Pope Francis wants answers.... Read more »

Israel makes healing nearly impossible for thousands in Gaza; UN General Assembly says Yes to Palestinian statehood; EU may get tougher on Israel; US may get tougher on pro-Palestine nonprofits; Netflix erasing Palestinians again... Read more »

Australia says Yes to Palestinian statehood; US denies forced displacement, genocide in Gaza; Israel attacks another "safe" zone, denies medical evacuation to children; Sanders, Tlaib, Warren call for Biden accountability; ACLU supports campus protest as Congress poised to quash it; more.... Read more »

The most extreme right members of Israeli society are optimistic about their agenda under Trump's watchful eye; Palestinians, not so much.... Read more »

US "ultimatum" to Israel is meaningless, as aid remains stalled; West Bank death; Trump surrounds himself with Israel supporters; more.... Read more »

Famine and death in Gaza, as multiple scandals come to light in Israel; Trump anoints new Israel-first ambassador to UN.... Read more »

Horrifying news coming out of northern Gaza; looting humanitarian aid trucks (with Israeli complicity); war criminal flees Turkiye; Amsterdam wasn't a pogrom after all; US sanctions West Bank settlers; more.... Read more »

Israel’s use of white phosphorus has had devastating impacts on pregnant women and newborns in Gaza, worsening health crises as families face displacement and medical shortages, further compounding an already dire humanitarian situation.... Read more »

Massacre in Beit Lahiya includes many children, many still buried under rubble; Beirut hit hard; new details on Israel's leak scandal.... Read more »

Famous and nameless residents of Gaza are mourned, as the body count continues to rise; 1.2 million without water in Khan Younis; Israeli soldiers enable Israeli pogrom in West Bank; Pope Francis wants answers.... Read more »

Israel makes healing nearly impossible for thousands in Gaza; UN General Assembly says Yes to Palestinian statehood; EU may get tougher on Israel; US may get tougher on pro-Palestine nonprofits; Netflix erasing Palestinians again... Read more »

Australia says Yes to Palestinian statehood; US denies forced displacement, genocide in Gaza; Israel attacks another "safe" zone, denies medical evacuation to children; Sanders, Tlaib, Warren call for Biden accountability; ACLU supports campus protest as Congress poised to quash it; more.... Read more »

The most extreme right members of Israeli society are optimistic about their agenda under Trump's watchful eye; Palestinians, not so much.... Read more »

US "ultimatum" to Israel is meaningless, as aid remains stalled; West Bank death; Trump surrounds himself with Israel supporters; more.... Read more »

Famine and death in Gaza, as multiple scandals come to light in Israel; Trump anoints new Israel-first ambassador to UN.... Read more »

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made generative AI (GenAI) tools more accessible than ever before, discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in education have accelerated. Now, both students and teachers have the ability to …... 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 »

Yemen’s Armed Forces seize an Israeli ship in the Red Sea in yet another operation in support of war-hit Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... Read more »

The leader of Hezbollah says the movement is determined to fight a long war against Israel, and that their response to the recent deadly airstrike on Beirut will be to target central Tel Aviv.... Read more »

An Israeli airstrike on Syria’s historic city of Palmyra has killed at least 36 people and wounded more than 50 others, officials say.... Read more »

Hezbollah says any ceasefire with Israel must quickly bring an end to the ongoing Israeli hostilities and preserve the sovereignty of Lebanon.... Read more »

Fourteen member states voted in favor of the draft resolution on Wednesday, but it was blocked by the US, the Israeli regime’s main ally.... Read more »

World Childrens Day, marked on Nov. 20, this year comes as over 17,500 children have been murdered in 410 days in Gaza by Israel using US-supplied bombs.... Read more »

Hezbollah says any ceasefire with Israel must quickly bring an end to the ongoing Israeli hostilities and preserve the sovereignty of Lebanon.... Read more »

Fourteen member states voted in favor of the draft resolution on Wednesday, but it was blocked by the US, the Israeli regime’s main ally.... Read more »

World Childrens Day, marked on Nov. 20, this year comes as over 17,500 children have been murdered in 410 days in Gaza by Israel using US-supplied bombs.... Read more »

Around 100 protesters have demanded the Collins Aerospace factory in Canada stop selling weapons components for military aircraft bound for Israel.... Read more »

G20 leaders call for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.... Read more »

A senior Iranian diplomat has strongly rejected the allegations that Tehran had planned to assassinate former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler.... Read more »

Venezuela and Russia sign 17 bilateral agreements in the fields of energy and defense.... Read more »

A Brazilian court has ordered renowned journalist Breno Altman to pay a fine and delete some of his social media posts over criticizing the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.... Read more »

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the Islamic Republic stands in solidarity with Cuba in its long-standing struggle for sovereignty, freedom and dignity.... Read more »

Russian President Vladimir Putin says BRICS, not the West, will drive global economic growth.... Read more »

A Venezuelan minister says a new ‘terrorist’ attack has disrupted 25 percent of the country’s power transmission system.... Read more »

Venezuela and Russia sign 17 bilateral agreements in the fields of energy and defense.... Read more »

The United States has closed its embassy in Kiev over “a potential significant air attack” by Russia.... Read more »

Russia has lowered the nation's nuclear weapons threshold after the United States gave Ukraine the green light recently to use Western-supplied long-range missiles.... Read more »

Rights groups have condemned the US for using Shannon Airport in Ireland to refuel aircraft carrying lethal arms destined for Israel... Read more »

The Kremlin has censured US President Biden over his decision to allow Kiev forces to strike targets inside Russia.... Read more »

Biden has authorized Ukraine to use Washington-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, according to American officials.... Read more »

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Ukraine war will end “sooner” with the arrival of US President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.... Read more »

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizes Germany’s Chancellor, saying Olaf Scholz’ call to his Russian counterpart opens a “Pandora’s box”.... Read more »

The Kremlin has censured US President Biden over his decision to allow Kiev forces to strike targets inside Russia.... Read more »

Biden has authorized Ukraine to use Washington-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, according to American officials.... Read more »