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Editor’s note: Sectarian Sunni forces linked to the new HTS-led government of Syria have massacred over 1300 Alawites in the past week, according to a conservative estimate. The Grayzone has spoken to staff from a Western aid organization currently on the ground in Syria who say the death toll is... Read more »

US Pres. Donald Trump has lambasted USAID for absurd foreign expenditures. But Trump has omitted perhaps the most scandalous operation: in Ukraine, the US funded groups which defamed the US Vice President, members of Congress, and US journalists as “foreign propagandists,” while training Ukrainians in “PSYOP” tactics. The US government... Read more »

Un nuevo informe de la ONU se basa en un agente financiado por el gobierno estadounidense, Félix Maradiaga, que ayudó a instigar el violento golpe de Estado de 2018 para destituir al presidente Daniel Ortega.  Sin embargo, los «expertos» de la ONU se han negado a entrevistar a los numerosos... Read more »

A new UN report relies on a US government-funded operative, Felix Maradiaga, who helped instigate the violent 2018 coup to remove President Daniel Ortega in 2018.  Yet UN “experts” have refused to interview the many Nicaraguans kidnapped and tortured by the opposition. MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike... Read more »

John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth. On February 21st, as the Rwandan army deepened its invasion of the Democratic... Read more »

As the British state harasses and arrests a growing number of activists and dissident journalists, including the author of this piece, UN rapporteurs delivered a forceful letter of protest to London condemning its abuse of counter-terror legislation. In December 2024, a quartet of UN rapporteurs focused on “peaceful assembly and... Read more »

The questioning of The Grayzone’s editor-in-chief at Dulles International Airport appears to signal a disturbing escalation in the attack on antiwar journalism. As I approached the customs line at Dulles International Airport early on the morning of February 24, a man called out to me, “Mr. Blumenthal?” He identified himself... Read more »

The Bibas family demands the Israeli government cease exploiting the deaths of their family members for propaganda purposes as layers of evidence support claims an Israeli airstrike killed them. The relatives of an Israeli family killed while in Hamas captivity in Gaza have demanded the government stop making statements attributing... Read more »

El presidente argentino que se autodenomina como un controversial genio económico para surfear la ola del descontento económico que lo condujo al poder. Ahora está implicado en una de las mayores estafas de la historia, borrando más de 4 mil millones de dólares de capitalización del mercado en pocas horas,... Read more »

Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo, the Columbia dean at the center of the university’s student purge, is a former Israeli military intelligence officer. Now, she stands accused of helping orchestrate the deportation of a Palestinian student leader and silencing campus dissent against Israel’s war on Gaza. The post Professor at Center of... Read more »

AASECT, a respected institution in the field of sex education, became an unlikely battleground for the Israel Lobby. Whistleblower documents expose a relentless campaign to purge pro-Palestine voices, install pro-Israel leadership, and stifle dissent. The post Sex, Politics, and Censorship: How a Sex Ed Organization Got Pulled Into the Israel-Palestine... Read more »

Feminism often presents itself as a force for liberation, but too often, it serves as a veneer for imperialism and oppression. In this special Project Censored discussion, Mnar Adley and Afeni Evans join Eleanor Goldfield to expose how mainstream feminism has been weaponized to justify war. The post What To... Read more »

Defying bans and fines, Celtic fans continue to champion the Palestinian cause, drawing from their club’s deep roots in anti-colonial struggle. Now, they’re spearheading the movement to kick Israel out of international football. The post Love From Glasgow to Gaza: Why Celtic FC Fans Support Palestine appeared first on MintPress... Read more »

Following pressure from pro-Israel media and politicians, Australia revoked Hussain Makke’s visa, barring him from a scheduled speaking tour—part of a growing trend of Western governments cracking down on free speech related to Israel and Palestine. The post Australia Revokes Visa of Muslim Scholar Under Pro-Israel Pressure appeared first on... Read more »

The Trump administration is struggling to meet its mass deportation targets, and Erik Prince’s $25 billion private army proposal may be back on the table. The post Trump’s Deportation Drive Stalls—Is Erik Prince’s Private Army Back on the Table? appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Trump says he’s cutting aid to Ukraine to prevent global war—but his administration has doubled down on arming Israel as it openly threatens regional escalation. Will Washington be dragged into another Middle East war? The post Trump’s New Favorite War: Zelensky Out, Netanyahu In appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

At CPAC, Stefanik admitted what was long suspected—university presidents weren’t forced out over “anti-Semitism,” but for not cracking down hard enough on pro-Palestine protests. The crackdown on campus free speech is now official U.S. policy. The post Elise Stefanik Brags About Purging University Leaders for Failing Israel’s Loyalty Test appeared... Read more »

Argentina’s economic collapse under Javier Milei is becoming a blueprint for Musk’s government-slashing campaign. As the billionaire takes his chainsaw to Washington’s bureaucracy, Argentinians warn Americans: they’ve seen this disaster before. The post Chainsaw Diplomacy: Javier Milei’s Argentina Destruction Is Nightmarish Model for Musk, DOGE appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

The BBC’s withdrawal of the powerful documentary, ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’, epitomises how much the UK’s national broadcaster is beholden to the Israel lobby. The corporation’s longstanding systematic protection of Israel, considered an →... Read more »

In January 1961, in his farewell address, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower warned that, as a result of the Second World War and the ensuing Cold War, the United States had ‘been compelled to create →... Read more »

In an interview with Israeli television last Thursday, Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defence minister, confirmed that the so-called ‘Hannibal Directive’ was implemented by Israeli military forces on 7 October 2023, the day of attacks →... Read more »

Monitoring corporate media performance for 25 years – week after week, war after war – has done little to diminish our dismay at the robotic automaticity of ‘mainstream’ enthusiasm for US-authored regime change. Each time, →... Read more »

Imagine that the world’s largest and most respected human rights group issued a report detailing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and concluding that Russia was committing genocide. Western news media would devote massive coverage to →... Read more »

Left-progressives writhe in agony when the usual suspects to the right of the ‘mainstream’ media ‘spectrum’ continue to pour bile and abuse on the likes of Howard Zinn, Edward Herman, Harold Pinter, Robert Fisk and →... 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 »

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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 »

A ‘win’ in Ukraine may well lead the US president to act in Gaza and resume talks of acquiring Canada or Greenland... Read more »

Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked... Read more »

Many ex-special advisers are advising businesses in fields related to their government role, openDemocracy has found... Read more »

From blowing up at Zelenskyy to fast-tracking Executive Orders, what can we learn from Trump’s recent behaviour?... Read more »

UAE firm that was allegedly paid for consultancy work says it has never heard of the asylum accommodation provider... Read more »

For over a year, openDemocracy has worked to reveal how military enables abuse then closes ranks around perpetrators... Read more »

Trump’s plan to detain migrants follows a long history of the US locking up vulnerable people at the camp... Read more »

Iain Anderson’s newfound love for Labour has raised eyebrows across Westminster and worried some in the party... Read more »

The action needed is affordable and would be politically prudent for the Labour Party... Read more »

A ‘win’ in Ukraine may well lead the US president to act in Gaza and resume talks of acquiring Canada or Greenland... Read more »

Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked... Read more »

Many ex-special advisers are advising businesses in fields related to their government role, openDemocracy has found... Read more »

From blowing up at Zelenskyy to fast-tracking Executive Orders, what can we learn from Trump’s recent behaviour?... Read more »

UAE firm that was allegedly paid for consultancy work says it has never heard of the asylum accommodation provider... Read more »

For over a year, openDemocracy has worked to reveal how military enables abuse then closes ranks around perpetrators... Read more »

Trump’s plan to detain migrants follows a long history of the US locking up vulnerable people at the camp... Read more »

Iain Anderson’s newfound love for Labour has raised eyebrows across Westminster and worried some in the party... Read more »

The action needed is affordable and would be politically prudent for the Labour Party... Read more »

The conversation on settler colonialism must not be limited to academic discussion. It is a political reality, clearly demonstrated in the everyday behavior of Israel. Israel is not merely an expansionist regime historically; it remains actively so today. Additionally, the core of Israeli political discourse, both past and present, revolves... Read more »

As Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the cabal of plutocratic billionaires that the President calls his cabinet pursue their self-interested agenda, they are telling Americans that they need to prepare to sacrifice and feel economic pain for the good of society. Why is it that the least advantaged in our society... Read more »

Nine of the world’s ten wealthiest billionaires now call the United States home. The remaining one? He lives in France. And that one — Bernard Arnault, the 76-year-old who owns just about half the world’s largest maker of luxury goods — is now feeling some heat. What has Arnault and... Read more »

The National Institutes of Health is the largest federal funder of medical research in the U.S. NIH funds drive research and innovation, leading to better understanding and treatment of diseases and improved health outcomes. The NIH provided more than US$35 billion in grants to over 2,500 universities and other institutions... Read more »

“It is pretty wild how you can make someone mad by just holding a sign,” my 18-year-old Ro told me, as an irate driver peeled out of the intersection, shaking both his middle fingers at us but managing not to hit us. Phew! Ro was right. It didn’t take much... Read more »

When European Union leaders met in Brussels on February 6th to discuss the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron called this time “a turning point in history.” Western leaders agree that this is an historic moment when decisive action is needed, but what kind of action depends on their... Read more »

In the conflict between Soviet Russia with Joseph Stalin at its head and Nazi Germany, I would have supported Soviet Russia. I suppose you could argue that might make me some kind of Stalinist. After all, I would have been supporting the Stalinist government. Not only that, I may even... Read more »

I used to be proud of being a citizen of the United States of America. My parents were part of what has been called the “Greatest Generation.” My dad served in England in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and I was raised to be proud of the... Read more »

An old friend asked me to write a short piece on what I think we (progressives) should do now. I mentioned some immediate ways to stem the Trump Blitzkrieg. I largely agree with the Nicholas Kristof price of eggs approach, although I think it’s also essential to demonize “Elon the... Read more »

Good evening Brussels! We once had a dream. It was a dream of what Europe could have been. A Europe of shared prosperity, dignity, freedom – a Europe of Peace and Hope. That dream is now dead, lost, gone, kaput. Why? What the hell happened to Europe? We know what... Read more »

Donald Trump has upended the narrative on the Ukraine War. But what does it mean for the future of Europe? Plus a lot more on NATO, China, the US dollar, technofeudalism and our duty to stop the Palestinian genocide while fighting antisemitism. 0:00 – Intro to Yanis Varoufakis 2:26 –... Read more »

Αυτές οι γερμανικές ομοσπονδιακές εκλογές μόνο ως ένα αρνητικό παράδοξο μπορούν να χαρακτηριστούν: Ταυτόχρονα ασήμαντες – με την έννοια ότι θα καταλήξουν σε μια άλλη παραλλαγή του ίδιου, σχεδόν μόνιμου, συνασπισμού Χριστιανοδημοκρατών και Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, ίσως με μια μικρή δόση ψευδο-Πράσινων – τον ίδιο δηλαδή συνασπισμό που έβαλε τη Γερμανία στο... Read more »

This German federal election is a paradox: Simultaneously irrelevant – in the sense that it will result into another variant of the same, quasi permanent, coalition of Christian & Social Democrats, perhaps with a splattering of the pseudo-Greens – the same coalition that put Germany on the road to a... Read more »

Η Μεταπολίτευση ήταν καταδικασμένη να διαψεύσει τις υψηλές προσδοκίες ενός λαού που πίστεψε, εύλογα, ότι Ελευθερία και Ανάπτυξη βαδίζουν χέρι-χέρι. Καμία κυβέρνηση από το 1974 και ύστερα δεν μπορούσε να αποτρέψει την κρίση που, καθώς έπεφτε η Χούντα και επέστρεφε ο κοινοβουλευτισμός, ήδη κόχλαζε στα θεμέλια του ελληνικού καπιταλισμού. Όπως... Read more »

Η ομιλία στον Πειραϊκό Σύνδεσμο του Γραμματέα του ΜέΡΑ25  στην εκδήλωση της ενωτικής πρωτοβουλίας ΜέΡΑ25 – Ανατρεπτική Οικολογική Αριστερά. Θέμα: “Η Αντίσταση δρόμος για τη ζωή και τη δικαιοσύνη”. The post Γιατί ΜέΡΑ25 σήμερα; Από την εκδήλωση στον Πειραιά 21η Φλεβάρη 2025 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.... Read more »

JD Vance, the US Vice President, told Europeans that their values are no longer America’s values. Pete Hegseth, the US Defence Secretary, added that Europeans “can’t make an assumption that America’s presence will last forever.” Keith Kellog, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, confirmed that Europe will not have... Read more »

Faced with President Trump’s economic moves, his centrist critics oscillate between desperation and a touching faith that his tariff frenzy will fizzle out. They assume that Trump will huff and puff until reality exposes the emptiness of his economic rationale. They have not been paying attention: Trump’s tariff fixation is... Read more »

Φίλες και φίλοι, πολίτες απ’ όλο τον κόσμο, συνοδοιπόροι. Είχαμε, κάποτε, ένα όνειρο. Ήταν το όνειρο του τι θα μπορούσε να είναι η Ευρώπη. Δεν ονειρευτήκαμε την ενιαία αγορά, τον κοινοτικό προϋπολογισμό, το κοινό νόμισμα. Όχι, ονειρευτήκαμε την Ευρώπη ως ένα Πρότζεκτ Ειρήνης με Δικαιοσύνη. Εκείνο το όνειρο χάθηκε, εξατμίστηκε,... Read more »

Keir Starmer has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare system “unsustainable, indefensible, and unfair.” His words come as the Labour Party plans DWP cuts of around £6bn from chronically ill and disabled people’s benefits. Yet at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), one MP said... Read more »

Privatisation of essential utilities doesn’t just mean directly more expensive bills and transport for households. It also has a domino effect on the rest of the economy through higher industry costs for utilities like water and energy. Efficient energy, efficient food, more inclusive economy Take the UK agriculture sector. 40%... Read more »

On Monday 10 March, an oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate, and a cargo ship collided in the North sea off the coast of Hull, sparking fears of an environmental disaster The collision involved the Stena Immaculate, a US-registered vessel which was transporting fuel for the US military, and the Portuguese-flagged... Read more »

On Wednesday 12 March, climate campaigners will join other groups from across Wales to demonstrate at the quarterly Wales Pension Partnership joint governance committee meeting in Swansea. They collectively demand that the Wales Pension Partnership (WPP), the local government pension scheme pool, strengthens its Responsible Investment policy. They are calling... Read more »

In a troubling revelation, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been found to have generated 686,756 cases of Universal Credit overpayment debts in the year 2023/24, which fall under the category of “official error.” This alarming statistic indicates that potentially 680,000 individuals have been burdened by financial obligations... Read more »

In Suffolk, a heated dispute over the future of the county’s libraries has drawn a tide of misinformation-mongering, mudslinging, and competing narratives. On one side, there’s the Conservative-run Suffolk County Council (SCC) who’ve terminated the outsourced contract and plan to bring the service back in-house. Trade union Unison is backing... Read more »

The Donald Trump administration’s arrest of prominent anti-genocide protester Mahmoud Khalil has sparked mass resistance. There are serious concerns about the dangerous precedent it sets, and the potential consequences if the government’s efforts are successful. Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden set the ball rolling by allowing the repression and demonisation of... Read more »

Do you love hiking and exploring new places, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to live a unique experience, away from the hustle of the city? Then a walking holiday is your best option! In recent years, more and more people from all over the world have... Read more »

Cannabis has always been political. Who gets to use it, who gets punished for it, who gets to build an empire off it—these are decisions shaped by power, not preference. And when it comes to women who smoke, the conversation has been even more reductive: the lazy stoner, the airhead,... Read more »

Dominique Clark, who is currently incarcerated at the New Castle Correctional Annex, is currently under attack by prison authorities. They are keeping him in a dirty cell, denying him food, preventing him from accessing his Quran, and denying him his... Read more... Read more »

Neues Deutschland published this article by Anastasia Spartak in German on 21.02.2025. Antifascist Europe is publishing this translation with the permission of the newspaper’s editorial staff. In August 2022, an unusual piece of graffiti appeared along a busy railway line... Read more... Read more »

On March 10, the British far-right party Homeland announced on X that its delegates had traveled to Germany: “After a full-on day of travelling, the team finally arrived in Germany; finishing their day with food and drink in a traditional... Read more... Read more »

from Earth First! Newswire Hello friends and ever-so-patient info seekers, The OC, happening this week (March 14th-17th), will be held at Bayou la Terre near Kiln, Mississippi. The address is 22500 Rue la Terre, Kiln, MS. The best route from... Read more... Read more »

On March 8, Department of Homeland Security agents kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian organizer and graduate student at Columbia University who had permanent residency in the United States. Donald Trump’s State Department arbitrarily revoked his residency. They are holding Khalil in Louisiana,... Read more... Read more »

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Women and their allies took to the streets to demand gender equality and an end to violence, in global resistance against regressive policies ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ International Women’s Day is a global call to action against patriarchal oppression, economic... Read more... Read more »

By Joey Hong I indict our mass intoxication with capitalism for the loss of lovesickness. By this, I do not mean to suggest our society entirely overlooks the experience of lovesickness. However, a toxic dating culture, steeped in capitalism, viewing... Read more... Read more »

by Tom PhilpottFood & Environment Reporting Network, January 2024 For all the backbiting and vitriol, the main candidates in the recent Iowa GOP presidential caucus agreed on a lot of issues, from immigration crackdowns (wonderful) to federal incentives for electric... Read more... Read more »

Author: AnonymousTitle: The Undying Appeal of White NationalismSubtitle: Neofascism in the Cultural, Artistic, and Ecological MovementsDate: 2015Source: https://nycantifa.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/undying-appeal-of-white-nationalism/ The earth is firmly enveloped in crisis. This crisis is at once material and existential. The economy can no longer support the human weight that bends it at its foundation. Can not,... Read more »

Author: Jean GraveTitle: At workDate: 1919Notes: First published in Les Temps nouveaux, issue 3, 15 September 1919.Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Au_travail After five years of enforced silence, Les Temps nouveaux have resumed their place in the struggle for human emancipation. Perhaps, in my opinion, they resumed it... Read more »

Author: Jean GraveTitle: The Fetishism of the LawDate: 1895Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_F%C3%A9tichisme_de_la_loi Under this title, Le Figaro of May 28 published a short article, tending to demonstrate that there are “just laws” and “unjust laws”. This is to justify the attitude of the clergy who resist... Read more »

Author: Pëtr KropotkinTitle: Will the Revolution be Collectivist?Date: 1913Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/La_r%C3%A9volution_sera-t-elle_collectiviste_%3F Very often we hear, from anarchists themselves, that Anarchy is a very distant ideal; that it has no chance of being realized any time soon; that very probably the next revolution will be collectivist,... Read more »

Author: Joseph DéjacqueTitle: The Organization of WorkDate: 1860Notes: First published in issue 22 of Le Libertaire newspaper.Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Organisation_du_travail_(D%C3%A9jacque) Civilization and, before it, Barbarism, [Patriarchy], Savagery have always considered work as a punishment. The ancient and modern idea has made it a punishment; the priests,... Read more »

Author: Elisée ReclusTitle: Anarchy and the ChurchDate: 1900Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Anarchie_et_l%E2%80%99%C3%89glise The conduct of the anarchist towards the man of the Church is mapped out in advance. As long as priests, monks and all holders of a supposedly divine power are constituted in a league of... Read more »

Author: Elisée ReclusTitle: John BrownDate: 1867Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Brown John Brown was one of those hard-working Americans whose education in a free society fitted them for the most varied occupations. Raised as a trapper in the forests of the West, he became successively a tanner, a... Read more »

Author: Jean GraveTitle: Bourgeois education and libertarian educationDate: 1899Notes: Read by comrade Grave at the inaugural session of the libertarian teaching courses, on February 12, at the Hôtel des Sociétés savantes.Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Enseignement_bourgeois_et_enseignement_libertaire Comrades, (It is on purpose that I use this word: comrade, which,... Read more »

Author: Jean GraveTitle: What we wantDate: 1914Source: Retrieved on March 9, 2025 from https://fr.anarchistlibraries.net/library/grave-jean-ce-que-nous-voulons We want the complete, integral emancipation of the individual. We want his most absolute economic emancipation. But since, in order to develop, the individual must unite his efforts with the efforts of his fellow men; since... Read more »

A range of fresh information about Manuel Huet and the Underground in France... Read more »

A New Year dinner and symposium of Freedom "Past Present and Future" (1935)... Read more »

Urgent Appeal [for Kotoku, in the Japanese High Treason Case - draft]... Read more »

Raffle ticket for Malatesta Release Committee Grand Prize Draw (1912)... Read more »

Flier for Socialist League lectures on Socialism, Leicester, 1889... Read more »

Flier for 1912 meeting: Pietro Gualducci on 'La Guerra e L'idea di Patria'... Read more »

Flier for Leicester Socialist League meetings, 1890: George Cores, Mrs Lahr, T. Pearson [Second copy]... Read more »

Flier for Club Autonomie lectures 1890: David Nicoll plus others by George Bernard Shaw and William Morris... Read more »

Flier for Memorial Meeting for Louise Michel, London, January 1905... Read more »

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders released the Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Expansion Act on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The bill would greatly expand enrollees' access to dental, vision, and hearing services through the traditional Medicare Program. A similar bill was also introduced in the House by Rep. Lloyd... Read more »

Ahead of Friday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Public Citizen released a new research brief shining a light on the hundreds of millions of dollars Medicare Advantage companies have spent on lobbying.“If Oz is confirmed as the CMS Administrator,... Read more »

Putting the millions of Americans who use digital payments systems at risk of fraud, the Republican-led House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) is taking up a resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) “larger participant rule” aimed to prevent Big Tech firms like PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Wallet,... Read more »

In Orwellian juxtaposition, this weekend marked the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when racial justice marchers "rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their blood" even as the current regime moves ever further to erase that story and many others by deleting thousands of images of unholy diversity... Read more »

On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University and one of the lead negotiators on behalf of pro-Palestine protesters at the Gaza solidarity encampment in spring 2024. Mr. Khalil, a U.S. green card holder, was detained in New York while... Read more »

In response to U.S. Energy Secretary and former fracking CEO Chris Wright’s opening remarks at CERAWeek, the fossil fuel industry’s largest annual conference, Allie Rosenbluth, United States Campaign Manager at Oil Change International, said: “Chris Wright, a former fracking CEO who essentially purchased his Cabinet position through $450,000 in Trump... Read more »

As warning signs flash across the Trump economy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box today to mislead Americans about Trump’s unpopular economic agenda and the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.But even Bessent couldn’t fully deny the cascade of worrying economic data, admitting that the economy could be “starting... Read more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report exposing the stark disparities in life expectancy based on income, education, race and geography. The findings show that working class people in America die much younger than the... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, Executive Director of Social Security Works:“For decades, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has had contracts with every state that allow parents to register their newborns for a Social Security card at the hospital. They also have contracts to find out from the... Read more »

There are two drivers behind my support for Scottish Independence. The first and most obvious is to see our ancient land restored to the place it held so long in the community of free and self-governing nations, and end the colonial exploitation of our people and resources. The second is... Read more »

When politicians in power are extremely unpopular, they generally turn to militarism and jingoism for a quick boost. Starmer is now the darling of the UK media for his sabre-rattling over Ukraine and is busily churning out tweets of military imagery. In doing so he is attempting to pose as... Read more »

We were searching for a site in the northern Bekaa valley recently bombed by Israel. Hadi knew near which village it was located but, as we drove between large expanses of fertile, well-cultivated fields, it was plain his information was vague. We pulled up at a garage to ask the... Read more »

On 26 January, 26 unarmed civilians were shot dead by Israel and 147 wounded in a massacre observed by heavily armed UN Peacekeepers who did not intervene. I asked the UN the very hard questions which nobody else is asking them. The civilians were simply attempting to return to their... Read more »

Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. They state that those persecuted: appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity The cases taken up by the United Nations... Read more »

We could very easily – in fact more easily – have made these mini-documentaries featuring the bodies of children slaughtered by Israel and the hideous aspect of the maiming of tens of thousands, or focusing on the tears of the bereaved and orphaned. We chose to go a different way... Read more »

Yesterday, not only did Israel fail to evacuate its army from Southern Lebanon as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, Israel also shot over 130 Lebanese civilians attempting to return home in accordance with the deal, killing 23 and wounding 109 (of whom some are in critical condition). This included a... Read more »

Our new mini-documentary from the Middle East shows again the kind of reporting that no Western media either can or will do. We hope to visit Damascus where Western media is giving entirely sycophantic and false coverage to the new HTS regime, praising the return of Pringles to the shops... Read more »

The Genocide of the Palestinian people began 76 years ago. What may be drawing to a close is merely a particularly intense phase in the Genocide. Gaza is destroyed. 92% of its housing has gone. Its water treatment and sanitation, electricity generation, food processing, farming, and fishing are all now... Read more »

They say politics is show biz for ugly people. I’d suggest, in some cases, politics is a home for those who’ve had their sense of irony removed. At present all Irish media outlets – RTÉ, BBC, The Irish Times etc – are going full throttle about one Thomas Gould TD.... Read more »

  As a Sunni terrorists cabal of rapists,torturers,and psychopathic deranged murderers the lowest scum on earth, who follow a perverted sect of Islam funded by Saudi Arabia, working on behalf of western and Zionist imperialism in the region are systematically murdering Syrian Alawites along the coastal region from Tartous to... Read more »

MICHEAL MARTIN  will be visiting the White House on Wednesday. What line should he take – the touch-feely Macron line, the upright restrained Starmer line, or what? And will he mention the word ‘Gaza’, or would that be to risk a shouting match with President Trump? A week is a... Read more »

     Through travel and learning about different cultures one learns to appreciate the freedoms and prosperity we experience in most of the West. Relative to the poverty I’ve seen in places such as Bolivia or Cambodia, I count myself lucky to have grown up in the occupied six counties... Read more »

  So how should Micheál Martin conduct himself on his Fight – oops, I mean White House visit? Will his customary slippiness be enough? Eleven-year-old Caitlin-Rose McMullan was getting of a bus, perhaps the school bus, at four o’clock one day this week. A vehicle hit her and killed her.... Read more »

‘Northerners are a hard-headed lot’  – that’s the sort of lazy thinking that abounds in the south about the north. Interestingly, recent polling suggests just the opposite. It’s the southerners who are up for driving a hard bargain. At least, according to the North and South research project  which has... Read more »

There’s a public air of anxiety throughout the world today. Talk to anyone – even if you don’t talk to them, they’ll still tell you – we’re in a ‘dangerous world’. Trump even accused Zelenskii of pushing us all into World War III.  There’s a belief among many that global... Read more »

Putin to demilitarise while Europe rearms? President Trump, as part of his public commitment to reduce American overall spending costs as part of his Make America Great Again agenda, is proposing a fifty percent reduction in the overall expenditure on the American “defence budget” ; he hopes to see this... Read more »

I once shook hands with Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada. Not Justin Trudeau, who is the present prime minister, but his father Pierre, who was also Canadian PM decades back. I was teaching in a school in Winnipeg, and as part of his campaign for election,  Pierre Trudeau visited... Read more »

They say politics is show biz for ugly people. I’d suggest, in some cases, politics is a home for those who’ve had their sense of irony removed. At present all Irish media outlets – RTÉ, BBC, The Irish Times etc – are going full throttle about one Thomas Gould TD.... Read more »

  As a Sunni terrorists cabal of rapists,torturers,and psychopathic deranged murderers the lowest scum on earth, who follow a perverted sect of Islam funded by Saudi Arabia, working on behalf of western and Zionist imperialism in the region are systematically murdering Syrian Alawites along the coastal region from Tartous to... Read more »

MICHEAL MARTIN  will be visiting the White House on Wednesday. What line should he take – the touch-feely Macron line, the upright restrained Starmer line, or what? And will he mention the word ‘Gaza’, or would that be to risk a shouting match with President Trump? A week is a... Read more »

     Through travel and learning about different cultures one learns to appreciate the freedoms and prosperity we experience in most of the West. Relative to the poverty I’ve seen in places such as Bolivia or Cambodia, I count myself lucky to have grown up in the occupied six counties... Read more »

  So how should Micheál Martin conduct himself on his Fight – oops, I mean White House visit? Will his customary slippiness be enough? Eleven-year-old Caitlin-Rose McMullan was getting of a bus, perhaps the school bus, at four o’clock one day this week. A vehicle hit her and killed her.... Read more »

‘Northerners are a hard-headed lot’  – that’s the sort of lazy thinking that abounds in the south about the north. Interestingly, recent polling suggests just the opposite. It’s the southerners who are up for driving a hard bargain. At least, according to the North and South research project  which has... Read more »

There’s a public air of anxiety throughout the world today. Talk to anyone – even if you don’t talk to them, they’ll still tell you – we’re in a ‘dangerous world’. Trump even accused Zelenskii of pushing us all into World War III.  There’s a belief among many that global... Read more »

Putin to demilitarise while Europe rearms? President Trump, as part of his public commitment to reduce American overall spending costs as part of his Make America Great Again agenda, is proposing a fifty percent reduction in the overall expenditure on the American “defence budget” ; he hopes to see this... Read more »

I once shook hands with Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada. Not Justin Trudeau, who is the present prime minister, but his father Pierre, who was also Canadian PM decades back. I was teaching in a school in Winnipeg, and as part of his campaign for election,  Pierre Trudeau visited... Read more »

Argentina's US-backed libertarian President Javier Milei is using an emergency decree to take a huge loan from the IMF, deepening the debt trap that has devastated the South American country's economy, fueling high inflation. The post Javier Milei deepens Argentina’s IMF debt trap with ‘emergency’ loan appeared first on Geopolitical... Read more »

Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a self-declared "crusader" who believes the USA is in a "holy war" against China, the left, and Islam. "Communist China will fall", he vowed in his 2020 book "American Crusade", promising, "Israel and America will form an even tighter bond, fighting the scourge of... Read more »

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country. The US government has two main goals: hurt China, and help Wall Street oligarchs. The post Trump helps BlackRock buy Panama Canal ports, to weaken... Read more »

The global order shifted dramatically, from a bipolar, to a unipolar, to a multipolar world. The turmoil and rapid changes may open up numerous opportunities for "middle-sized nations" like Australia. The post Multipolarity and Australia: How a ‘middle-sized nation’ can respond to a chaotic world appeared first on Geopolitical Economy... Read more »

Donald Trump's fight with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House reflected how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. Trump demands control of the country's rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products. Trump wants to be paid $350 billion, roughly twice Ukraine's... Read more »

Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei is promoting crypto scams and overseeing rapid deindustrialization. Manufacturing and construction are collapsing, while the financial sector, mining, and agriculture grow. The majority of Argentines live in poverty, but the stock market is booming. The post Javier Milei is destroying Argentina’s economy, making it a... Read more »

Donald Trump's mass deportation policies could cause a severe economic crisis in the United States. 74% of undocumented immigrants work essential jobs, keeping society running. They also pay nearly $100 billion in taxes per year. The post Deporting immigrants and denying them entry will hurt the US economy appeared first... Read more »

The US government's talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump admitted he wants to "un-unite" Russia and China, in a reverse of the divide-and-conquer strategy used by Nixon and Kissinger in the 1970s. The post Trump wants US to ‘partner’ with Russia to weaken China: Divide-and-conquer... Read more »

AI breakthroughs by China's companies like DeepSeek show how the socialisation of the productive process in Chinese socialism outcompetes the parasitic character of Western monopoly capitalism. The post China’s AI breakthroughs show how it is outcompeting Western monopoly capitalism appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Scholar Jason Stanley, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss his new book, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which exposes the ways authoritarian regimes manipulate historical narratives to maintain power. The post Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control... Read more »

Executive Orders on language, education, and climate have a profound impact on students’ lives. Therefore, young people should be invited to read and critique them. The Hillsdale College 1776 Curriculum is another text that merits critical attention. The post Students Read and Critique Executive Orders appeared first on Zinn Education... 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 »

We offer this #TeachTruthSyllabus as a gesture of defiance and education. The Right would be happy to keep the conversation at the level of obfuscation, divorced from reality and history. We, on the other hand, want to talk about the truth — the truth about our past and present, the... Read more »

Scholar Eve L. Ewing will discuss her book, Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism, an examination of how the U.S. school system helps maintain racial inequality and social hierarchies. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black... Read more »

Historian Justene Hill Edwards discussed her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and its depositors.. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post Reconstruction Robbery:... Read more »

This Presidents Day, rather than mythologize past presidents as kinder and gentler than Trump, let's remind students that this country has been at its best when people have organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, segregation, and injustice of all kinds.  The post Question the... Read more »

Tuition-free opportunities for K–12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics. The post Apply Now for NEH Summer Institutes 2025 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Thanks to generous donors, the Zinn Education Project can offer 500 copies of Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism to teachers, teacher educators, school librarians, and curriculum specialists. The post Free Copies of “Original Sins” by Eve Ewing appeared first on... 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 »

Butchering romance J Grafton Street’s Glass Mask Theatre is offering a delightfully unpleasant chance to observe two people destroy each other from 11 February  to 1 March. Men’s Business is Simon Stephens’ widely acclaimed translation of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s rarely performed 1972 cult classic, Mannersache. Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrel star as Victor, a... Read more »

. The Student Union in Ireland’s top-ranking university, Trinity College, is currently in the process of electing new sabbatical officers. The first hustings was on 18 February.  Last year, the Students Union (SU) President, Laszlo Mornafi, made headlines when it promoted an encampment that blocked access to the Book of Kells as... Read more »

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh talks sorrowful Palestine in Cloughjordan. By Caroline Hurley. Last Saturday, as soup and bread was served, made fresh from local ingredients, people arrived, filling the meeting room of Cloughjordan Enterprise Centre. Two members of local Palestine support groups briefly set the scene and welcomed Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh.... 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 »

The largest carnival celebration in Chile reflects a long history of Indigenous resistance to colonization—a struggle that continues to this day.... Read more »

From fees for making phone calls to the physical takeover of communities, the prison system cannibalizes everyone it touches.... Read more »

Police violence is only on the rise, and in many cases, cop watchers are at the front lines of defending working people and communities.... Read more »

With contract negotiations in deadlock, Kaiser workers have been on strike for five months—and they won’t relent until their demands for patient care and workers’ pensions are met.... Read more »

Joined by local industry owners, the Woodland Cree First Nation take on Obsidian Energy to defend their treaty rights to local resources.... Read more »

A transgender person’s life expectancy in Uruguay is just 35 years—and yet this country was the first in Latin America to pass a trans rights law in 2018, thanks to fighters like Collette Spinetti Nuñez.... Read more »

Trump pledged to “finish the job” in Palestine. Now, Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is intensifying, and the global solidarity movement faces a growing crackdown. Where does the movement for Palestine go from here?... Read more »

In the latest example of billionaire media moguls doing my job for me, Bezos has informed WaPo staff that their opinion page will defend “free markets.”... Read more »

More than 20 years since the revelations of US torture at Abu Ghraib, three victims were awarded victory in a federal lawsuit against the military contractor complicit in their torture. Yet for most, justice remains elusive.... Read more »

Farage isn't very popular right now The post A third of Reform voters think the party would be better off without Farage as leader appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The London Bus stop ad is now the latest poster to have gone up in a bid to oppose Musk’s influence. The post Anti-Elon Musk ad appears on London bus stop appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

People vs Elon, a fundraising initiative that turns the tech billionaire’s tweets into charity donations is gaining momentum The post Campaign using Elon Musk’s tweets to ‘fight the far right’ set to raise £100,000 appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

More trouble for Nigel Farage... The post Reform UK meltdown: Former deputy leader and Rupert Lowe could set up breakaway party appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

‘It has taken the police two and a half years to recognise that expressing an opinion in the street is not a crime.’ The post Police admit wrongful arrest of protestor for asking who elected King Charles III appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Trump’s policies have sent alarm bells ringing in Europe, with EU leaders meeting in Brussels for an emergency summit last week with a view to massively increase defence spending. The post Elon Musk calls on US to quit NATO and stop paying for defence of Europe appeared first on Left... Read more »

Despite being some of the most in need, students are being overlooked in the government's rental reforms, Generation Rent's Tilly Smith writes The post Students are being abandoned by the Renters’ Rights Bill appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Contrary to what some are saying, the real threat to British carmakers isn’t the transition to EVs moving too quickly. It’s that the EV transition isn’t moving quickly enough.   The post Wera Hobhouse MP: Now is the time to charge up our ambition for Electric Vehicles  appeared first on Left... Read more »

'Anybody who has studied Farage, going back to 2006 when he first became leader of UKIP, then the Brexit party and now Reform and again and again and again he ends up falling out with leading figures.' The post Nigel Farage slammed as a ‘dictator’ of which ever party he... Read more »

In Syria, over a thousand people have been killed, the vast majority of them civilians, in a spate of massacres largely targeting the country’s Alawite religious minority. Syria’s longtime ruling family, the Assads, are members of the Alawite sect. The recent clashes began Thursday after coordinated attacks by gunmen linked... Read more »

Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat responds to the arrest of Columbia University student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil and situates it in the long, bipartisan history of anti-Palestine suppression of free speech. “It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are... Read more »

A federal judge has blocked the deportation of recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who was arrested by immigration authorities for helping organize campus solidarity protests with Gaza. He had been receiving daily threats stemming from an online smear campaign launched by pro-Israel... Read more »

Ukrainian Drones Kill 3 in Moscow; U.S. and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Jeddah for Ceasefire Talks, Israel Accused of Weaponizing Aid and “Imposing Starvation” Amid Gaza Blockade, Judge Blocks Deportation of Green Card Holder and Columbia Campus Protest Leader Mahmoud Khalil, Linda McMahon Warns Universities to Combat “Antisemitism” or Lose... Read more »

Immigration agents with the Department of Homeland Security have detained a leader of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University in New York. Mahmoud Khalil, who is an Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent, is a green card holder and is married to a U.S. citizen; his wife is eight months... Read more »

Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research and mass layoffs impacting numerous agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service. Thousands gathered at Stand Up for Science protests in over two dozen... Read more »

Syrian Security Forces Accused of Massacring Hundreds of Christian and Alawite Civilians, Palestinians Queue in Long Bread Lines as Israel Cuts Electricity to Gaza, Trump Defends Putin’s Attacks on Ukraine as Russian Air Raids Kill Dozens, Canada’s Mark Carney Wins Liberal Party Election, Will Replace Trudeau as Prime Minister, DHS... Read more »

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was becoming an authoritarian state. The report by a panel of independent human rights experts adds to international pressure on the... Read more »

Republicans in Congress are pushing forward budget plans that would cut trillions in federal spending and give trillions more in tax cuts that disproportionately benefit corporations and the ultra-rich. This week, hundreds of faith leaders gathered on the Christian holy day of Ash Wednesday on Capitol Hill to voice their... Read more »

Federal workers, presumed to be easy targets, are also on the front lines of the fightback against the Trump/Musk federal smash and grab.... Read more »

Fossil fuel corporations' lawsuits against those who challenge their destruction take aim at our ability to speak out about anything.... Read more »

Corporate media can't bring themselves to call Trump's illegal, inhumane plan what it is: ethnic cleansing.... Read more »

Corporate news media presented a campaign openly defined as uninterested in truth or humanity as a totally valid, “grassroots” perspective.... Read more »

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens made an overt case for US military intervention to topple Venezuela’s government.... Read more »

The Trump campaign against transgender people lands in an elite media climate in which trans lives have long been deemed "subject to debate."... Read more »

The increasing influence of the super rich on the politics and policy we all have to live with is an urgent story, if not a new one.... Read more »

Immigration itself is now not a human rights story, or even an economic one, but yet another story about “their” crimes and “our” safety.... Read more »

Many are calling out insurance companies that take folks’ money, but then hinder their ability to come out from under when these predictable and predicted crises occur.... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss Sahra Wagenknecht’s break from Die Linke and her struggle to push genuine left-wing economic policies in Germany. They highlight Germany’s economic challenges, including U.S. demands for increased military spending and tariffs on European exports. The speakers argue that Germany faces a choice: align with... Read more »

Michael Hudson unpacks the realities of modern banking, economic rent, and financialization. He explains how banks create credit, why Western financial systems differ from China’s, and how economic rent distorts markets. Hudson critiques the multiplier effect, arguing that debt-driven economies are unsustainable. He also explores the evolution of capitalism, discussing... Read more »

Professors Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff dissect the state of US politics in the DOGE era, with the end of dollar hegemony nearing and a peace dividend urgently needed. The post The Horizon Nears on America’s Free Financial Ride first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

Nitzan Hudson discussion Feb 2025 Capital as Power in the 21st Century A Conversation MICHAEL HUDSON, JONATHAN NITZAN, TIM DI MUZIO, and BLAIR FIX February 2025 Abstract On December 3, 2024, Michael Hudson met with capital-as-power researchers Jonathan Nitzan, Tim Di Muzio, and Blair Fix to discuss the intersections between... Read more »

Gold demand has outstripped supply for years, yet prices remained stagnant until recently. Economist Michael Hudson explains that the gold market is not a typical commodity market—it is politically controlled to sustain confidence in the U.S. dollar. Since 1971, when the U.S. abandoned the gold standard, central banks have been... Read more »

Donald Trump’s tariffs could destabilize the global economy, warns economist Michael Hudson. US protectionist policies could cause financial crises, as many currencies depreciate and countries can’t earn the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts. Hudson was interviewed by Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton. Video Podcast Transcript (Introduction) BEN... Read more »

Prof Michael Hudson on the balance of payments chaos unleashed by Trump. How will Mexico and Canada react? What can Europe do to position itself against the tide of rising prices? The post The Road to Chaos – A Global Balance of Payments War first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

Prof Michael Hudson provides insight on the waning US power structure as short termism bites. He explains how Labor internationally has become even more right wing than the conservatives. Another fascinating discussion. The post US Economic Colonialism On Notice first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

  RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 36th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our world. I’m your host, Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And working behind the scenes to bring you our show every fortnight... Read more »

Donald Trump took to Truth Social Monday night to offer support to his most important political ally, promising to buy a “brand new Tesla” as a “show of confidence.” Elon Musk’s electric car company has been rocked by protests in recent weeks, and its share price has fallen by more... 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. Recently, I attended a conference in Washington,... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas bigwigs on Monday. “We are unabashedly pursuing a policy of more American energy production and infrastructure, not less,” he said... Read more »

In what could foreshadow a major new onslaught against queer and trans children, the US Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear a case challenging a 2019 Colorado law forbidding licensed therapists from trying to turn LGBTQ kids straight and cisgender. The court’s decision to hear the case... Read more »

In Afghanistan, where millions are starving, the France-based NGO Action Against Hunger operates clinics treating severely malnourished children with individualized nutrition plans and feeding tubes. For now. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s January 20 executive order pausing US foreign development assistance, as well as the administration’s subsequent cancellation of awarded... Read more »

Around 8:30 p.m. on March 8th, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia and a student leader in last year’s protest encampments, was returning to his University-owned apartment after an iftar meal when he was arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents. Khalil, who is Palestinian, is a legal permanent... Read more »

Two days before staffers at the US African Development Foundation (USADF) refused to let DOGE staffers enter the door to their offices, Donald Trump stood before Congress and mocked what he described as “appalling waste” in foreign aid. “Eight million to promote LGBTQ+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody... Read more »

“Do not buy swasticars.” “Constitution, yes. Musk, no.” “No one elected Elon Musk.” These are a sample of the messages that targeted Elon Musk over the weekend, as thousands of protesters across the country flooded local Tesla dealerships to express their outrage over the tech CEO’s escalating war on the... Read more »

The measles outbreak underway across West Texas and New Mexico has intensified, sickening 228 people, and killing two, a child and an adult. Amid the worsening public health emergency, a local historian in Seminole, Texas, Tina Siemens, has been helping a holistic medicine clinic raise money to distribute unproven remedies... Read more »

The Trump administration's attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who hasn't been charged with any crime, represents a frightening erosion of First Amendment protections that threatens all Americans. The post Trump Uses ICE to Attack First Amendment in Service of Israel  appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Evidence is abundant that the Trump administration is illegally attempting to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The post Fears for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Every single day in Gaza, Palestinians are recovering large numbers of bodies of people killed during the past 17 months. Hossam reports 50 bodies from this mass grave today. Horror." The post “Not Another Child, Not Another Hospital” appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

A new proposal calls for halting federal contracts with Elon Musk’s companies. The Freedom Forward organization has launched a national campaign to get U.S. senators to block all taxpayer funding for Musk.  The post Block Taxpayer Funding for Elon Musk’s Contracts? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Public health experts are discussing the fallout from the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. And they’re looking ahead to upcoming hearings on other HHS nominations, including Dr. Mehmet Oz for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and biotech investor... Read more »

“Month after month, J Street news releases echoed pronouncements coming from the White House and State Department, becoming grim parodies of wishful thinking and empty warnings. The headlines of J Street releases were largely contoured around hollow claims from the Biden administration that it was diligently striving to end the... Read more »

"Not only did Biden, Blinken and Secretary Austin ignore and justify the overwhelming evidence of Israel's grotesque and deliberate crimes, overruling their own staff recommendations to halt weapons transfers to Israel, they doubled down by providing Israel with unconditional military and political support to ensure it could carry out its... Read more »

Erin Reed, a journalist reporting on LGBTQ+ legislation and news, talks to the Institute for Public Accuracy about the fight for transgender rights across the U.S. The post Positive Developments in Transgender Rights? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Both are part of the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, which recently stated: "Strong winter winds and heavy rains, particularly in Northern Gaza, are contributing to the suffering and death of Palestinians as their tents and makeshift living structures break down, blow away or are inundated with mud... Read more »

The Trump administration's attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who hasn't been charged with any crime, represents a frightening erosion of First Amendment protections that threatens all Americans. The post Trump Uses ICE to Attack First Amendment in Service of Israel  appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Evidence is abundant that the Trump administration is illegally attempting to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The post Fears for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Every single day in Gaza, Palestinians are recovering large numbers of bodies of people killed during the past 17 months. Hossam reports 50 bodies from this mass grave today. Horror." The post “Not Another Child, Not Another Hospital” appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

A new proposal calls for halting federal contracts with Elon Musk’s companies. The Freedom Forward organization has launched a national campaign to get U.S. senators to block all taxpayer funding for Musk.  The post Block Taxpayer Funding for Elon Musk’s Contracts? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Public health experts are discussing the fallout from the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. And they’re looking ahead to upcoming hearings on other HHS nominations, including Dr. Mehmet Oz for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and biotech investor... Read more »

“Month after month, J Street news releases echoed pronouncements coming from the White House and State Department, becoming grim parodies of wishful thinking and empty warnings. The headlines of J Street releases were largely contoured around hollow claims from the Biden administration that it was diligently striving to end the... Read more »

"Not only did Biden, Blinken and Secretary Austin ignore and justify the overwhelming evidence of Israel's grotesque and deliberate crimes, overruling their own staff recommendations to halt weapons transfers to Israel, they doubled down by providing Israel with unconditional military and political support to ensure it could carry out its... Read more »

Erin Reed, a journalist reporting on LGBTQ+ legislation and news, talks to the Institute for Public Accuracy about the fight for transgender rights across the U.S. The post Positive Developments in Transgender Rights? appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Both are part of the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, which recently stated: "Strong winter winds and heavy rains, particularly in Northern Gaza, are contributing to the suffering and death of Palestinians as their tents and makeshift living structures break down, blow away or are inundated with mud... Read more »

State-sponsored rape, lies and deception – then a cover-up operating right across official life. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  28th November 2024 It’s the testimony we’ve long been waiting for. On Monday, at the undercover policing inquiry, the man whose cruel and disgusting deceptions have come to epitomise... Read more »

Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  21st November 2024 We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living planet and the common good, but against material reality. Power in the United States will... Read more »

These people are prepared to destroy everything, as long as they can command the ruins. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th November 2024 Imagine, as many people do, an all-seeing eye in the sky, looking down on planet Earth. Imagine seeing what it sees. It watches, over the... 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 »

Financial markets are still reeling from this week's back-and-forth with the United States' key trade partners, as President Donald Trump announced and then almost immediately withdrew crippling new tariffs.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday down another 478 points, down 1.1%. Trading on the S&P 500 closed after a decline... Read more »

The communications director for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was recently caught doubling as a fashion influencer on social media — while using her government office as a backdrop in an apparent violation of federal rules.That's according to a Tuesday article in CNN, which reported that McLaurine Pinover... Read more »

One Republican member of Congress defending the House Republican budget's cuts to Medicaid was caught off-guard when asked to take a position on whether to side with President Donald Trump or South African centibillionaire Elon Musk.During a Tuesday interview with CNN host Kasie Hunt, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who is... Read more »

As the stock market continues to drop due to President Donald Trump’s tariff program and resulting anxiety over the possible recession economists warn may come — reinforced by his refusal to rule one out — the President has decided to go on a campaign to promote Tesla, the electric vehicle... Read more »

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk – who is also one of President Donald Trump's top advisors — is reportedly hoping for a federal government shutdown, according to several Republicans.WIRED reported Tuesday that four unnamed GOP sources given anonymity to speak candidly are saying that Musk is privately hoping that... Read more »

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is now hoping to sneak through language in a must-pass government funding bill that could kneecap Congress' ability to check a president's ability to impose tariffs.According to a Tuesday article in Politico, Republicans are now aiming to prevent Democrats from forcing an up-or-down vote on... Read more »

The Trump administration on Tuesday appeared to step up its clash with Maine's Democratic-led government over the state's support for transgender women who play on women's sports teams, as the University of Maine announced $100 million in its federal funding had been halted.The university system said the U.S. Department of... Read more »

Facing a midnight Friday deadline to prevent a federal government shutdown if no budget is passed, the Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, insists he has the votes to secure a continuing resolution, a “CR,” and without any help from Democrats. Democrats have vowed to oppose the measure, citing... Read more »

Many opponents of the mass layoffs of federal workers being carried out by the Trump administration — with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — are arguing that the layoffs will inflict a lot of economic pain without significantly reducing the United States' federal deficit.... Read more »

The US and China came closer to a full-fledged trade war last week when China imposed tariffs of up to 15 percent on key US agricultural exports. This was retaliation for President Trump’s increasing of tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States from 10 percent to 20 percent. China’s... Read more »

When European Union leaders met in Brussels on February 6th to discuss the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron called this time “a turning point in history.” Western leaders agree that this is an historic moment when decisive action is needed, but what kind of action depends on their... Read more »

The Republic of Abkhazia is back in the news following the conclusion of its presidential runoff elections. Former President Aslan Bzhania resigned in late 2024 amid civil unrest sparked by a proposed Russian-Abkhazian “investment agreement” widely perceived as a threat to Abkhazian sovereignty. Unlike other separatist territories in the former... Read more »

At the end of June, 2024, the world got its first glimpse at what Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine in one day might look like. Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg and former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz submitted a plan to then candidate Trump. In an interview,... Read more »

After the Hamas-led offensive of October 7, 2023, it was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11,” which came out of the blue. Yet, this assumption is not supported by verified facts, including ignored intelligence, abandoned hostages and neglected Israeli communities around Gaza. A day after October 7, Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer said... Read more »

Language matters. Aside from its immediate impact on our perception of great political events, including war, language also defines our understanding of these events throughout history, thereby shaping our relationship with the past, the present, and the future. As Arab leaders are mobilizing to prevent any attempt to displace the... Read more »

As President Donald Trump attempts to engage Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, supporters of the proxy war in Washington, Europe, and Ukraine claim that President Vladimir Putin is an evil dictator who cannot be trusted. The implication is that talking with the Kremlin is equivalent to surrender for... Read more »

This originally appeared at The Grayzone. MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height of a US- supported coup attempt against Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government, Urbina was one of those... Read more »

It was December 26th, 2024 – Chairman Mao’s Birthday – when a pair of unmarked, unidentified warplane screamed across the skies above Chengdu, a city that hosts the factory of the Chengdu Aerospace Corporation that is known to be currently working on a new fighter jet. Tentatively being called the... Read more »

In entertainment shows, news bulletins and political speeches, emotion has become an essential tool of public life. If feelings, both positive and negative, enrich our lives, they can also pose a formidable challenge to democracy when they sweep in and replace analysis. - 2016/02 / article, Exclusive... Read more »

European leaders have dropped their talk of peace dividends. Now political credibility is in direct proportion to how much of your GDP you're willing to spend on defence. But who will pick up the bill? - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

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Israel's prime minister calls it Donald Trump's ‘bold vision for Gaza'. Clearing the Strip of its Palestinian inhabitants is, in fact, an age-old Zionist dream. But in the face of huge pressure, they are holding firm. - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

When the US bombed Baghdad in 1991, killing hundreds, it alleged civilians were being used as human shields. Similar claims are made about Hamas. - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

The French are voting for the far right in growing numbers. Understanding why has to go further than crude generalisations. - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken the DRC's eastern cities, and the region's humanitarian crisis is dire. Why has the West been reluctant to go beyond formulaic criticism of the Rwandan government? - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

Though little known, the National Security Council (NSC) is the powerbase for a parallel diplomatic apparatus. Now staffed with inexperienced Trump loyalists, will it be an agent for stability or chaos? - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

If opportunities existed in the past three years for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, they were not taken. The US volte-face has left Europe scrambling to work out what it means for the continent's security. - 2025/03 / article... Read more »

It’s not just Trump. The UK views critical minerals as a government priority and wants to open up Ukraine’s vast resources to British corporations. The post Britain wants Ukraine’s minerals too appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Norway's sovereign wealth fund holds shares in UK weapons firms that arm Israel, despite its ethical guidelines. The post Why is an ‘ethical’ investor funding arms companies? appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

25 years ago, the UK government allowed Chile’s former dictator to evade extradition to Spain. Declassified files reveal how the decision was made. The post How Britain allowed Pinochet to escape justice for atrocities appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza. The post BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry, which Labour sees as key to economic growth in Britain. The post Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

When did you last see someone interviewed on the BBC who opposed spending more money on the military? The post The mainstream media are beating the drums of war appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: UK military accused of giving a “fig leaf” to Israeli forces as another trip to Tel Aviv is uncovered. The post British general’s secret visit to Israel ‘should be stopped’ appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Exclusive: Journalists from five British media outlets have criticised the way their own organisations cover Israel-Palestine. The post ‘Battle for the truth’: Pro-Israel bias inside UK newsrooms revealed appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Israel’s air force recently undertook three flights from the Royal Air Force’s main base in Oxfordshire. Were they carrying arms? The post Why have Israeli military aircraft been landing at a UK air base? appeared first on Declassified Media Ltd.... Read more »

Australian PM Anthony Albanese called US tariffs ‘entirely unjustified’, but said imposing duties on US imports would only hurt consumers.... Read more »

Portugal’s president must now decide whether to dissolve the assembly and call new elections.... Read more »

‘My most beloved dad has gone,’ actress Sandra Ng says in a social media post.... Read more »

The two-month-old Sumatran elephant calf was discovered at a plantation in Riau province on the western island of Sumatra.... Read more »

Deliveroo’s exit from Hong Kong market follows intense competition from Keeta and its own financial losses in the city.... Read more »

The one advantage combat pilots had over artificial intelligence was unpredictability. Now a new study has put that in jeopardy.... Read more »

US president talks up Tesla at the White House in a show of support for close adviser Elon Musk.... Read more »

Developing its own nuclear arms is a political luxury Seoul can’t afford. Instead, it must expand its economic and diplomatic networks.... Read more »

Housed in a Dutch prison, the International Criminal Court’s detention unit has cooking facilities and cells with computers, but no internet.... Read more »

Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and former corruption body secretary was last seen in public on Saturday.... Read more »

From Canada’s tariff wars with China and the US to South Korea’s cosmetic surgery empire, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.... Read more »

Chinese political scientist says if the country’s private enterprises can’t thrive, foreign capital won’t either.... Read more »

City official at NPC reveals ongoing drive to promote cultural, ancestral connections and bridge ‘emotional gaps’ with Taiwanese.... Read more »

He Xiaopeng says company will introduce two models in the city this year in a launch ‘not just for Hong Kong, but also for the world’.... Read more »

The emerging technology has dominated talking points and media coverage of the annual political event.... Read more »

The US$100 billion outlay may avert threatened tariffs, but it risks undermining the island’s strategically vital semiconductor industry.... Read more »

Chief justice says there has been a rapid rise in IP disputes and the cases are becoming more complex.... Read more »

Li Yihu says the offer of a ‘more flexible’ arrangement may be withdrawn by Beijing if Taiwan ‘moves towards separatism’.... Read more »

by John McEvoy and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 27 November 2024 Exclusive: Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London. Israel’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, visited Britain earlier this week, the UK government has confirmed to Declassified. The visit... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 November 2024 Could MI5 have prevented the murder of 22 people? The key evidence remains a state secret. Two judges have rejected a legal claim by families of the victims of the 2017 Manchester bombing that MI5 could have prevented the killings. The justices... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 November 2024 British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK. Amid the devastating war in Ukraine, British economic aid to the country is focused on promoting pro-private sector reforms and on pressing... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 November 2024 UK soldiers are now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry. The British army’s main global response force is now equipped with new Israeli technology being used in Gaza. The Air Assault... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 October 2024 Politicians across Europe want Britain to investigate why the WikiLeaks founder spent five years in jail. Britain’s Home Office is making a “grave mistake” by ignoring a call from the Council of Europe to review its treatment of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 October 2024 Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support,... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 7 October 2024 Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon. In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”.  This was part of what he... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 October 2024 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a freedom of information request that would shed light on training it is providing to Israeli armed forces personnel in Britain. The refusal comes as Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon, sparking a major new... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 24 September 2024 Whitehall officials and ministers connive with the BBC and the press during wars, to promote ‘propaganda’ to domestic and foreign audiences, declassified files show. Britain’s media is failing to report the true extent of UK support to Israel amid the genocide in Gaza.  This... Read more »

by John McEvoy and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 27 November 2024 Exclusive: Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London. Israel’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, visited Britain earlier this week, the UK government has confirmed to Declassified. The visit... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 November 2024 Could MI5 have prevented the murder of 22 people? The key evidence remains a state secret. Two judges have rejected a legal claim by families of the victims of the 2017 Manchester bombing that MI5 could have prevented the killings. The justices... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 November 2024 British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK. Amid the devastating war in Ukraine, British economic aid to the country is focused on promoting pro-private sector reforms and on pressing... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 November 2024 UK soldiers are now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry. The British army’s main global response force is now equipped with new Israeli technology being used in Gaza. The Air Assault... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 October 2024 Politicians across Europe want Britain to investigate why the WikiLeaks founder spent five years in jail. Britain’s Home Office is making a “grave mistake” by ignoring a call from the Council of Europe to review its treatment of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 October 2024 Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support,... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 7 October 2024 Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon. In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”.  This was part of what he... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 October 2024 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a freedom of information request that would shed light on training it is providing to Israeli armed forces personnel in Britain. The refusal comes as Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon, sparking a major new... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 24 September 2024 Whitehall officials and ministers connive with the BBC and the press during wars, to promote ‘propaganda’ to domestic and foreign audiences, declassified files show. Britain’s media is failing to report the true extent of UK support to Israel amid the genocide in Gaza.  This... Read more »

"I expect the Department of Justice to work within the confines of the law," one House Democrat said. The post Dems for Some Reason Expect Trump to Follow the Law on Detention of Mahmoud Khalil appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” a judge ruled. The post DOGE Likely Can’t Evade Freedom of Information Law, Court Rules appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

By moving the campus activist to a new jurisdiction, ICE disrupted court proceedings and limited his legal access, his attorneys say. The post ICE Secretly Hauled Mahmoud Khalil to Louisiana as Retaliation, Lawyers Allege appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A judge said Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate whose arrest by ICE sparked outrage, couldn’t be deported without a court order. The post Court Temporarily Halts Columbia Activist’s Deportation appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student. The post If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses. The post Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Using lessons learned defending abortion, some providers are digging in to serve their trans patients despite legal attacks. The post How to Keep Providing Gender-Affirming Care Despite Anti-Trans Attacks appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Instead of outrage, the school’s interim president responded to the cuts by vowing to continue its misguided crackdown. The post Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The list of invitees at the White House crypto summit illustrates the tight link between Trump and new cohort of political donors. The post Here’s How Much the Guests at Trump’s Crypto Summit Donated to His Inauguration appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

In his latest book, David Enrich investigates the campaign to silence dissent and use libel law to protect the powerful.... Read more »

The House of Representatives' proposed Medicaid cuts will put lives at risk and worsen the opioid overdose crisis.... Read more »

The iconic athlete was willing to give up his Olympic moment in order for the collective to rise.... Read more »

A one-day boycott is not going to have much of an impact. But a sustained effort over many just might.... Read more »

Prison policies in the state of New York make life worse for prisoners and prison guards alike.... Read more »

Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.... Read more »

America’s consumer finance watchdog has helped countless families hang onto their homes after falling on hard luck.... Read more »

The United States has often tolerated land grabs by neighboring nations.... Read more »

These essential community-based care service programs should be supported, not exploited.... Read more »

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders released the Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Expansion Act on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The bill would greatly expand enrollees' access to dental, vision, and hearing services through the traditional Medicare Program. A similar bill was also introduced in the House by Rep. Lloyd... Read more »

Ahead of Friday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Public Citizen released a new research brief shining a light on the hundreds of millions of dollars Medicare Advantage companies have spent on lobbying.“If Oz is confirmed as the CMS Administrator,... Read more »

Putting the millions of Americans who use digital payments systems at risk of fraud, the Republican-led House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) is taking up a resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) “larger participant rule” aimed to prevent Big Tech firms like PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Wallet,... Read more »

In Orwellian juxtaposition, this weekend marked the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when racial justice marchers "rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their blood" even as the current regime moves ever further to erase that story and many others by deleting thousands of images of unholy diversity... Read more »

On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University and one of the lead negotiators on behalf of pro-Palestine protesters at the Gaza solidarity encampment in spring 2024. Mr. Khalil, a U.S. green card holder, was detained in New York while... Read more »

In response to U.S. Energy Secretary and former fracking CEO Chris Wright’s opening remarks at CERAWeek, the fossil fuel industry’s largest annual conference, Allie Rosenbluth, United States Campaign Manager at Oil Change International, said: “Chris Wright, a former fracking CEO who essentially purchased his Cabinet position through $450,000 in Trump... Read more »

As warning signs flash across the Trump economy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box today to mislead Americans about Trump’s unpopular economic agenda and the GOP’s billionaire tax breaks.But even Bessent couldn’t fully deny the cascade of worrying economic data, admitting that the economy could be “starting... Read more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report exposing the stark disparities in life expectancy based on income, education, race and geography. The findings show that working class people in America die much younger than the... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, Executive Director of Social Security Works:“For decades, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has had contracts with every state that allow parents to register their newborns for a Social Security card at the hospital. They also have contracts to find out from the... Read more »

Driven by his determination to place workers at the center of U.S. history, David Montgomery emerged as a key architect of what’s called the New Labor History. James R. Barrett describes Montgomery’s investigations into working-class life, his political commitments, and his legacy. Shelton Stromquist and James R. Barrett, eds., A... Read more »

Schools are underfunded. Parents often struggle with long working hours and too little social support. But corporations and tech companies, awash in money and power, promise to entertain and teach children with a near infinite array of devices, apps, and products. Psychologist Susan Linn discusses how those who least care... Read more »

Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, discusses his twenty-year psychedelic journey, a journey documented in his book “LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven.” The post Fund Drive Special: Psychedelic Journey appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

The rich have not been so powerful and mind-bogglingly wealthy since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Yet their grip on society has often been shrouded in a veil of adulation, enabled by a media that celebrates them rather than holding them to account. Economist Rob Larson discusses... Read more »

Daniel Fryer talks about his new book “How to Cope with Almost Anything with Hypnotherapy: Simple Ideas to Enhance Your Wellbeing and Resilience.” The post Fund Drive Special: Self-Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

Noam Chomsky reminds us that the present inequalities of wealth and power were built into the system since the very founding of the U.S. government. The post Fund Drive Special: Democracy or Plutocracy? appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, discusses his twenty-year psychedelic journey, a journey documented in his book “LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven.” The post Fund Drive Special: Psychedelic Journey appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

The rich have not been so powerful and mind-bogglingly wealthy since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Yet their grip on society has often been shrouded in a veil of adulation, enabled by a media that celebrates them rather than holding them to account. Economist Rob Larson discusses... Read more »

Norma Wong discusses her book “When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse.” The post Fund Drive Special: Acting Amidst Crisis appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »

Global dialogue discusses China's high-quality development, innovation... Read more »

Deputy's thoughts on unleashing potential of HK, sharing AI globally... Read more »

Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip... Read more »

Militants hold more than 450 train passengers hostage in Pakistan... Read more »

U.S., Ukraine begin talks on Ukraine crisis in Saudi Arabia... Read more »

Greenhouse gases weakening LEO's satellite carrying capacity... Read more »

Abdul Azeez's cataracts had advanced beyond the reach of routine surgical correction, and few practitioners in the Maldives possessed the expertise to address his condition. In a gesture of friendship, ophthalmologists from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center at Sun Yat-sen University not only provided him with specialized treatment free of charge, but... Read more »

China's domestic tourism, inbound arrival figures improved in 2024... Read more »

U.S. pulls out of climate fund as other nations step up... Read more »

China calls on all sectors of Australia and the international community to join voices denouncing and resisting the fabrication and spread of disinformation by a so-called research institute in Australia, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.... Read more »

U.S., Ukraine begin talks on Ukraine crisis in Saudi Arabia... Read more »

China supports all efforts conducive to a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis and hopes all parties can reach a just, lasting and acceptable solution, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.... Read more »

China's domestic tourism, inbound arrival figures improved in 2024... Read more »

At the Two Sessions, CGTN's Li Zhao caught up with entrepreneur Yu Ruifen, who is also a member of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Yu shared her confidence in the market after hearing Premier Li Qiang's work report for 2024. She also urged the enhancement of digitalization... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends closing meeting of national legislature's annual session... Read more »

The 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, concluded its third session on Tuesday.... Read more »

Ukraine will present the United States on Tuesday with a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia, hoping to restore support from its key benefactor, which under President Donald Trump has demanded concessions to end the three-year conflict.... Read more »

Duterte taken into custody after ICC warrant... Read more »

China's domestic tourism, inbound arrival figures improved in 2024... Read more »

At this year's "two sessions," overseas attention has focused on China's efforts to boost its private sector and open its financial markets at a high level.... Read more »

US stock market plunges amid recession fears... Read more »

Two Chinese companies have been tapped by Morocco to join a group of international investors in building green hydrogen projects worth 319 billion Moroccan dirhams (about $32.7 billion), signaling another milestone in green cooperation between the two countries.... Read more »

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have spooked investors, with fears of an economic downturn driving a stock market sell-off that has wiped out $4 trillion from the S&P 500's peak last month, when Wall Street was cheering much of Trump's agenda.... Read more »

To call the China-U.S. economic ties a "rip-off" and pursue absolute reciprocity in trade goes against the most basic economic common sense, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, urging the United States to end its trade war.... Read more »

Global Inv't Landscape & China Opportunities... Read more »

ERG CEO: China leads green transition... Read more »

McKinsey China chairman: World trade pattern undergoing transformation... Read more »

The Australian government has announced increased JobSeeker payments, providing better financial assistance to unemployed and underemployed individuals. Starting from March 2025, eligible recipients will receive up to $778.00 per fortnight. This move aims to ease job seekers’ financial burden as they seek stable employment. The cost of living has risen... Read more »

Singapore is set to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2025, marking a significant milestone in its history. To commemorate this event, the government has introduced SG60 Vouchers to assist citizens financially and stimulate local businesses. This initiative aims to ease daily expenses and encourage economic participation nationwide. Every eligible Singapore... Read more »

The South African Social Security Agency is an important government organization distributing social grants to eligible citizens. SASSA has announced new job vacancies for 2025 to improve service efficiency and expand its workforce. This recruitment offers excellent career opportunities for skilled professionals who wish to contribute to public welfare while... Read more »

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an urgent warning to claimants as five key benefits are set to be phased out from April 2025. This move is part of the UK government’s Managed Migration process, which aims to transition recipients of legacy benefits to the Universal Credit... Read more »

Centrelink Advance Payments provides short-term financial relief to eligible Australians by allowing them to receive a portion of their benefits in advance. This advance functions as an interest-free loan deducted from future payments over 13 fortnights. It helps individuals manage unexpected expenses without seeking external loans or credit. The amount... Read more »

Retirement might seem far away for many, but it is an important phase that everyone should prepare for in advance. Having enough savings ensures financial stability and a comfortable lifestyle during the later years of life. The Central Provident Fund (CPF) plays a key role in retirement planning in Singapore.... Read more »

Social Security is a lifeline for millions of retirees in the United States, providing them with a stable source of income during their golden years. In January 2024, nearly 52 million retired workers received an average Social Security check of $1,978.77. Despite this modest payout, Social Security benefits remain crucial... Read more »

Students, teachers and community members at the rally warned that the disappearance of Khalil was an attack on everyone's democratic rights.... Read more »

The approval of an IMF package and the appointment of the two judges by executive decree, both clear authoritarian power grabs, took place amid accusations of corruption against Milei in connection with the “crypto crisis”.... Read more »

This report was delivered to a meeting of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Wayne State University in Detroit on March 6, 2025.... Read more »

President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are pressing ahead with attacks on federal workers, including the elimination of nearly 2,000 jobs at the Department of Education.... Read more »

As authorities in the state of Georgia prepare to formally open the military-style police training center, they continue to muzzle any form of opposition, be it peaceful protests, street demonstrations, referendums or federal lawsuits.... Read more »

According to a SAG-AFTRA statement in October, the only sticking point in the negotiations remained artificial intelligence (AI) protection, with a spokesperson for the industry asserting the parties had reached agreement on “24 out of 25 proposals.”... Read more »

The declaration of the IG Metall executive board in support of the massive war credits makes it clear that the struggle against rearmament and war cannot be waged with, but only against the trade union apparatuses and their control in workplaces.... Read more »

The repression of students protesting Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is being mounted as a co-ordinated operation between university management, the police, including counter-terrorism units, and the highest levels of the state.... Read more »

The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous administration under its control with the Damascus regime. It is part of the efforts of US imperialism, together with Israel, to dominate the Middle East.... Read more »

Global dialogue discusses China's high-quality development, innovation... Read more »

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China calls on all sectors of Australia and the international community to join voices denouncing and resisting the fabrication and spread of disinformation by a so-called research institute in Australia, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.... Read more »

China's forestation and anti-desertification campaign has made significant progress since 2023, according to Guan Zhi'ou, minister of Natural Resources.... Read more »

Study finds greenhouse gas could positively impact ozone recovery... Read more »

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For years, Western narratives have painted China as a nation devoid of a robust legal structure, often portraying it as an economic powerhouse operating in a Wild West of arbitrary rules. While this characterization may resonate in some circles, it oversimplifies a complex reality and ignores significant progress.... Read more »

Trump wants to win the trade war and is happy to push the world's largest economy to the brink of a recession to make his country richer and stronger.... Read more »

The growth of China's unicorn firms has once again been thrust into the spotlight as the government work report, submitted on March 5 to the National Legislature for deliberation, proposes to advance the tiered development of innovative enterprises, promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that use specialized... Read more »

Mark Carney has been elected the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada with an overwhelming 86 percent of the under 152,000 votes cast by party members. This will make him, in the next week or two, the new prime minister of Canada.... Read more »

How does China's 2025 vision reshape the global order? By redefining economic norms with relentless innovation, China cements itself as the key architect of a new era, where tech prowess meets economic strength to drive global progress.... Read more »

DeepSeek's journey is more than just a technological leap; it is a clarion call for a new era of AI development.... Read more »

Every indication is that China's economy is in the midst of a pivot from exports, investment, construction and old-school manufacturing to innovation, new quality productive forces and consumption. Evidence suggests foundations for this pivot predate the arrival of any specific administration in the White House or any economist's op-ed.... Read more »

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China's relations with the world have undergone positive and profound changes. There is every reason to anticipate China will continue to showcase that in 2025.... Read more »

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The Chongyuan Temple in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province was bathed in a warm glow at nightfall, creating a breathtaking scene.... Read more »

The Yangpu District in Shanghai is now home to a new art space, the Dunhuang Contemporary Art Museum, which serves as a bridge between ancient heritage and contemporary creativity.... Read more »

As the gentle spring breeze sweeps across the land, flowers burst into bloom, bringing vibrant colors to popular travel destinations across China. From plum and cherry blossoms in east China to rapeseed flowers in the south and apricot blossoms in the north, a spectacular floral feast awaits visitors, offering both... Read more »

The Chinese animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2" has grossed a total box office of 14.883 billion yuan (around $2.06 billion), including pre-sales and overseas earnings, surpassing "Avengers: Infinity War" to become the sixth highest-grossing film worldwide, according to data from online movie platforms.... Read more »

With its exquisite stone, brick, wood, clay and lime carvings, the cluster of buildings in Longmu Temple represent the peak of Lingnan-style architecture in China.... Read more »

Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip... Read more »

Greenhouse gases weakening LEO's satellite carrying capacity... Read more »

Study finds greenhouse gas could positively impact ozone recovery... Read more »

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AIGC Posters: The future of smart homes and elderly care... Read more »

Chinese biologists develop nanomaterial to boost plant photosynthesis... Read more »

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China launches communication technology test satellite... Read more »

Freed Palestinian prisoners recount how Israeli jailers ‘treated them like animals’ and ‘brutally tortured’ some to death.... Read more »

In Gaza, Israeli-imposed starvation, thirst set in; Trump admin readies more weapons, talking with Hamas and entertaining illegal settlement leader; 12-year-old arrested for writing in her notebook; the significance of Mahmoud Khalil's detention... Read more »

The author was just one of many to find a bomb in the rubble of her home, placed intentionally and disguised as a can of food. Gaza is filled with unexploded ordnance and landmines.... Read more »

Israel is killing its own people as it kills Gazans, sacrificing Israeli lives so it can carry on with the genocide. Fewer hostages means Hamas has less leverage.... Read more »

In Assembly District 14, where bold ceasefire resolutions and strong divestment from Israel had succeeded relatively early, there was only one polling site for the delegate election. That polling site was at Berkeley's pro-Israel Temple Beth Israel...... Read more »

Israel plunges Gaza into darkness; Israel to establish ‘migration administration’ to facilitate ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Columbia U student ‘abducted and detained’ after pro-Palestine activism... Read more »

On Int'l Women's Day, a snapshot of the challenges Palestinian women in Gaza face; women in the struggle for liberation and self-determination.... Read more »

Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U;... Read more »

Another Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli detention; Trump appointee makes excuses for Israel's starvation of Gazans; US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says; Gaza needs PPE to dismantle unexploded Israeli munitions; Israeli settlers call the shots in West Bank; less than... Read more »

Billions of charitable dollars took the scenic route from 2020 to 2023. The post DAFs Gave $17 Billion … to Other DAFs appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

In one, lawmakers are taxing the rich. In the other, they're rushing the rich a free pass at tax time. The post An Inequality Tale of Two Capital Cities appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump's effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater. The post The End of U.S. Soft Power appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump and the GOP are cutting programs for the poor to spend more on the war machine, mass deportations, and tax breaks for the wealthy. The post The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

At a Capitol Hill rally, faith leaders called for a season of nonviolent moral dissent against Republican budget proposals that will deepen inequality. The post Bishop Barber: ‘Bowing is Not in Our DNA’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Chuck Collins and Bob Lord explain how the "wealth defense industry" threatens democracy. The post VIDEO: This Is the Biggest Tax Dodge in History appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

We’re horrified that politicians are attempting to ban reputable health care for kids in the name of “parents’ rights.” The post We’re Parents. Trump’s Attacks on Trans Kids Don’t Speak for Us. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

This administration places its fealty to the billionaire class and the president’s penchant for imperialism above any of the ideas that would actually make the world safer. The post Watch What Trump Does (Not What He Says) appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

We’ve become accustomed, here in the 2020s, to an endless stream of headlines that herald massive new windfalls for America’s top corporate and financial execs. Back a century ago, in… The post Let Us All Not Praise Infamous Men appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Of the articles surveyed on Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, 87% chose not to call it ethnic cleansing.... Read more »

Corporate media had a hard time finding “big” plans for healthcare because they chose to look for them only in the two major parties’ platforms.... Read more »

An accounting of the ceasefire is incomplete if it excludes how anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist forces in the Middle East thwarted US/Israeli designs.... 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 »

US Army's Joint Light Tactical Vehicles Never Passed Required Armor Testing In news that we're certain will have Adam Schiff laying out a multi-national, multi-planetary conspiracy that can only be stopped by impeaching Donald Trump tomorrow, a new report from Bloomberg found that from 2017 to 2019, employees at Evraz North... Read more »

Department of Education To Cut Half Its Workforce Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Education on March 11 announced that 1,315 employees—about half its workforce—will be laid off within 90 days as part of its ongoing cost-saving measures. The U.S. Department of... Read more »

Countdown Has Begun To Resumption Of Attacks On Red Sea Shipping: Houthis The Houthis of Yemen (Ansar Allah) have announced on Tuesday the countdown has begun to the resumption of attacks on Red Sea shipping and military vessels patrolling the waters. The Iran-backed Shia group which has effectively been at... Read more »

Sen. Graham Admits The Syrian Jihadists He Once Supported Are Now Massacring Civilians Via The Libertarian Institute After a decade-long American effort to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in Damascus, Senator Lindsey Graham says the US-backed jihadists that now control the country are causing more concern than ever.... Read more »

US Tested Technology To Warn When China Tracks US Satellites: Space Force Authored by Dave Malyon via The Epoch Times, The United States’ Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) director, Kelly Hammett, has revealed that in January 2023, America quietly launched a payload designed to detect Chinese satellite tracking in space.... Read more »

Iran Tells Trump 'Do Whatever The Hell You Want' On Oil Crackdown As fully expected, Iran in a new Tuesday statement rejected the possibility of nuclear talks with the US under the Trump administration so long as it is threatened.  Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has ruled out any dialogue "while... Read more »

California Bill Would Limit Residents' Ability To Use Deadly Force To Defend Their Property Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A California bill that would restrict the use of lethal force to defend people’s property from criminals could be heard by a legislative committee March 24.... Read more »

Don't Count On SCOTUS To End Birthright Citizenship, Send It To Congress Authored by Jacob Grandstaff via RealClearPolitics, Leaving birthright citizenship to the Roberts court is walking into a minefield – legislation is the smarter route to end this unnecessary relic of the 19th century. Here’s why. If conservatives are... Read more »

"Shred And Burn All Documents": USAID Staff Ordered To Destroy Evidence On Tuesday A senior USAID official on Tuesday ordered the agency's remaining staff to report to their now-former headquarters in Washington DC for an "all day" group effort to destroy documents, many of which contain sensitive information, Politico reports. A... Read more »

Financial markets are still reeling from this week's back-and-forth with the United States' key trade partners, as President Donald Trump announced and then almost immediately withdrew crippling new tariffs.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday down another 478 points, down 1.1%. Trading on the S&P 500 closed after a decline... Read more »

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow went after congressional Republicans for quietly barreling forward with a tactic that effectively hands President Donald Trump their power to rescind his tariff policies on a silver platter.The host devoted her opening monologue on Tuesday to a Republican plan to cede their ability under the National Emergencies... Read more »

Israel said Tuesday it killed a senior Hezbollah militant responsible for drones and missiles, even as it freed Lebanese prisoners as a "goodwill" gesture to the country's new president.Despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has continued to carry out air strikes in Lebanon, claiming they are necessary to... Read more »

NASA announced Tuesday the dismissal of its chief scientist and others to comply with orders from President Donald Trump, marking the latest in a series of administration actions undermining climate change research.While the move affects only 23 people, a spokeswoman indicated more cuts are coming.The first round notably eliminates the... Read more »

by Andréa BAMBINOThe New Yorker magazine, a staple of American literary and cultural life defined by its distinctive covers, long-form journalism, witty cartoons and particular grammar, is celebrating 100 years on newsstands.To mark the publication's centenary milestone, four commemorative issues are being released, while its namesake city will host seven... Read more »

From its first edition 100 years ago through the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and on to the present day, New Yorker covers have won both artistic and journalistic acclaim.Here are some of the magazine's most memorable covers:ALSO READ: 'Absolutely unconscionable': Ex-Republican demands... Read more »

Colorado's firebrand Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert doubled down Tuesday on her controversial comments about Rep. Al Green (D-TX) during an interview with Real America's Voice News. Last week, Boebert slammed Green's actions during President Donald Trump's address to Congress."Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down,... Read more »

President Donald Trump violated a "bedrock legal principle" with his executive order stripping the well-respected law firm Perkins Coie of security clearances and access to federal buildings for their past representation of Democratic clients against his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board... Read more »

The communications director for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was recently caught doubling as a fashion influencer on social media — while using her government office as a backdrop in an apparent violation of federal rules.That's according to a Tuesday article in CNN, which reported that McLaurine Pinover... Read more »

When investing, as in horror films, the most terrifying villains are the ones we thought were dead. Stagflation that economic nightmare of the 1970s characterized by stagnant growth paired with persistent inflation was supposedly dead and buried decades ago. But like any good movie monster, it’s clawing its way back... Read more »

European leaders meeting in an “Emergency War Summit” in Brussels have agreed on huge increases in arms spending. On entering the meeting, Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, declared “Spend, spend, spend on defense and deterrence.” And in response to an interviewer’s question, French Prime Minster Francois Bayrou dismissed the idea... Read more »

“Is Social Media Hijacking Your Brain? Spontaneity May Be the Antidote,” UVAToday. The post Media Distractions first appeared on Dissident Voice.... Read more »

When Mark Zuckerberg terminated Meta’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for hiring and training employees and procuring suppliers in January 2025, he forged “inroads with the incoming Trump administration,” abandoned Meta’s founding ethos of open innovation, and dramatically realigned how the tech giant will now do business, as critics like Bärí... Read more »

Of course I want peace. Probably as much as anyone reading this. Naturally, I get excited and hopeful, whenever there are any signs that we are moving in the direction of a more peaceful world. At the same time, I’m fed up with being led down a primrose path only... Read more »

The BBC’s withdrawal of the powerful documentary, ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’, epitomises how much the UK’s national broadcaster is beholden to the Israel lobby. The corporation’s longstanding systematic protection of Israel, considered an ‘apartheid regime’ by major human rights organisations, has been particularly glaring since the country launched... Read more »

Trump’s Presidency thus far exhibits the most extreme example that I have ever found of a national leader who not only represents ONLY the extremely rich but who especially despises the poor — it’s a value-system that a person’s moral value is his/her net worth: a person’s value is his/her... Read more »

Woman at rally supporting peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany.  (Photo: Reuters) When European Union leaders met in Brussels on February 6 to discuss the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron called this time “a turning point in history.” Western leaders agree that this is an historic moment when... Read more »

There has been a prolonged furore over the BBC’s craven decision to ban a documentary on life in Gaza under Israel’s bombs after it incensed Israel and its lobbyists by, uniquely, humanising the enclave’s children. The English-speaking child narrator, 13-year-old Abdullah, who became the all-too-visible pretext for pulling the film... Read more »

In arguing for more tariffs on goods imported to the United States, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. was its “richest” or “wealthiest” during the late 1800s and early 1900s because of tariffs. In multiple ways, his claim is wrong or misleading. The post Trump’s Flawed Claim... Read more »

In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatments for measles. The post RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin... Read more »

Social media posts, some pointing to comments by podcaster Joe Rogan, are spreading unsupported claims that members of the Patriot Front are federal agents and that the group disbanded after the recent leadership change at the FBI. But days after Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI director, the Patriot Front... Read more »

Here's our fact-check of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, in video form. The post Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In his first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term, President Donald Trump distorted the facts on fraud, immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, autism and more. The post FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

As President Donald Trump has sought to secure rights to Ukraine's minerals as compensation for U.S. aid to fight the Russian invasion, he has repeatedly overstated the amount of aid provided by the U.S. compared with Europe and exaggerated the extent to which European assistance – unlike U.S. aid --... Read more »

Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of "lying" about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading or speculative comments. There's little doubt the health care program would face cuts under the plan -- and it would have to if Medicare cuts... Read more »

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have been tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing federal spending. But social media posts falsely claim that as part of that effort, DOGE stopped "royalties" to former President Barack Obama related to the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The claim... Read more »

Q: Is it true that under the SAVE Act married women will not be able to register to vote if their married name doesn’t match their birth certificate? A: The proposed SAVE Act instructs states to establish a process for people whose legal name doesn’t match their birth certificate to... Read more »

The House’s continuing resolution would effectively hand over spending decisions to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.... Read more »

Today on TAP: Trump and Musk have begun to cut back on services that veterans need. There’s a way veterans could stop them.... Read more »

On antitrust, Trump’s enforcers are challenging mergers and seeking breakups. What’s going on here?... Read more »

The sneak attack on Social Security creates new vulnerability for Elon Musk and for the entire Trump project of destroying government.... Read more »

Today on TAP: You could be forgiven, based on his recent behavior, for concluding that Trump is completely incoherent. Let’s look a little deeper.... Read more »

The GENIUS Act is the first pro-crypto bill Republicans want to rush through this Congress. Thanks to industry money, several Democrats are ignoring the bill’s major problems.... Read more »

Airport security screeners had a contract, signed just last year. On Friday, Trump trashed it.... Read more »

And the most equitable way to do that is through publicly owned utilities.... Read more »

On our live show, Harold and Adam Serwer of The Atlantic talk about the early days of the second Trump term.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann Columnist and editor Ruth Marcus has become one of many journalists to resign from the newspaper following increasing interference by its owner Jeff Bezos. The post The Washington Post’s Dark Turn appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Dima Khalidi Schools across America have a choice: Defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes. The post Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ed Wexler Over the genocide. The post Gaza Lago appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Calvin Trillin The post The Ballad of Elon Musk appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

D.D. Guttenplan Eviscerating the public sector? Javier Milei showed Trump and Musk how it’s done. The post Trump’s Dirty Tricks Were Tried in Argentina First appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann The Capitol insurrection is now Trump’s model for how to carry out his authoritarian agenda in Washington. The post The January 6 Government appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Laura Jedeed The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back. The post Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump appeared first on The... Read more »

Hussain Ahmed The post Kakakin appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Our Readers, Eric Foner Come gather ’round, people… Constitutional machinations… Executive removal (online only)… The post Letters From the April 2025 Issue appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Freed Palestinian prisoners recount how Israeli jailers ‘treated them like animals’ and ‘brutally tortured’ some to death.... Read more »

In Gaza, Israeli-imposed starvation, thirst set in; Trump admin readies more weapons, talking with Hamas and entertaining illegal settlement leader; 12-year-old arrested for writing in her notebook; the significance of Mahmoud Khalil's detention... Read more »

The author was just one of many to find a bomb in the rubble of her home, placed intentionally and disguised as a can of food. Gaza is filled with unexploded ordnance and landmines.... Read more »

Israel is killing its own people as it kills Gazans, sacrificing Israeli lives so it can carry on with the genocide. Fewer hostages means Hamas has less leverage.... Read more »

In Assembly District 14, where bold ceasefire resolutions and strong divestment from Israel had succeeded relatively early, there was only one polling site for the delegate election. That polling site was at Berkeley's pro-Israel Temple Beth Israel...... Read more »

Israel plunges Gaza into darkness; Israel to establish ‘migration administration’ to facilitate ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Columbia U student ‘abducted and detained’ after pro-Palestine activism... Read more »

On Int'l Women's Day, a snapshot of the challenges Palestinian women in Gaza face; women in the struggle for liberation and self-determination.... Read more »

Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U;... Read more »

Another Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli detention; Trump appointee makes excuses for Israel's starvation of Gazans; US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says; Gaza needs PPE to dismantle unexploded Israeli munitions; Israeli settlers call the shots in West Bank; less than... Read more »

Freed Palestinian prisoners recount how Israeli jailers ‘treated them like animals’ and ‘brutally tortured’ some to death.... Read more »

In Gaza, Israeli-imposed starvation, thirst set in; Trump admin readies more weapons, talking with Hamas and entertaining illegal settlement leader; 12-year-old arrested for writing in her notebook; the significance of Mahmoud Khalil's detention... Read more »

The author was just one of many to find a bomb in the rubble of her home, placed intentionally and disguised as a can of food. Gaza is filled with unexploded ordnance and landmines.... Read more »

Israel is killing its own people as it kills Gazans, sacrificing Israeli lives so it can carry on with the genocide. Fewer hostages means Hamas has less leverage.... Read more »

In Assembly District 14, where bold ceasefire resolutions and strong divestment from Israel had succeeded relatively early, there was only one polling site for the delegate election. That polling site was at Berkeley's pro-Israel Temple Beth Israel...... Read more »

Israel plunges Gaza into darkness; Israel to establish ‘migration administration’ to facilitate ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Columbia U student ‘abducted and detained’ after pro-Palestine activism... Read more »

On Int'l Women's Day, a snapshot of the challenges Palestinian women in Gaza face; women in the struggle for liberation and self-determination.... Read more »

Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U;... Read more »

Another Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli detention; Trump appointee makes excuses for Israel's starvation of Gazans; US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says; Gaza needs PPE to dismantle unexploded Israeli munitions; Israeli settlers call the shots in West Bank; less than... Read more »

The IGHNx: Global Health Reimagined event was held by the Irish Global Health Network, co-hosted by the HSE Global Health Programme, on the 13th of February in the Printworks Event and Exhibition Centre in Dublin Castle. The Irish Global Health …... Read more »

The 2024 EU Digital Decade report reaffirmed what many HSE beneficiaries already suspected: The state of Ireland’s e-health systems is woefully underdeveloped. Launched in February 2025, the HSE Health App marks a significant milestone in the …... Read more »

The year began dramatically for Social Europe. On 14 January, Nicholas Emiliou, one of the European Union’s Advocates General, advised the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to annul the Adequate Minimum Wages …... Read more »

A decision by the Irish state on whether a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility is deemed necessary for energy security is expected in the coming weeks. This follows on from proposals for a state-led gas emergency reserve put forward in an …... Read more »

Thomas Piketty, was dubbed the "rock star economist" after his best-selling book "Capital in the 21st Century" was published in 2014. It was remarkable that a 700 page economic tome on inequality became a world best-seller and was so widely …... Read more »

Financial abuse is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of domestic violence. It extends beyond limiting access to money, undermining survivors' confidence, self-esteem, and independence. Abusers may control bank accounts, restrict employment, …... 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 »

Yemen announces resumption of military operations targeting Israeli vessels in key maritime regions off its coastline.... Read more »

Only 14 Democrats in the US Congress have signed a letter calling for the release of Palestinian student-activist and Green Card holder Mahmoud Khalil.... Read more »

Hamas says the Israeli decision to block the entry of humanitarian aid and basic needs into the besieged Gaza Strip amounts to “war crime and collective punishment.”... Read more »

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student-activist, has become a powerful symbol of pro-Palestinian activism on US campuses after his arrest on the orders of Trump.... Read more »

Iran believes insecurity in Syria serves the interests of the Zionist regime and allows extremists to threaten regional peace, according to a senior Iranian diplomat.... Read more »

Two Israeli academics have nominated Daniella Weiss, an extremist settler in the occupied West Bank, for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.... Read more »

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.... Read more »

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student-activist, has become a powerful symbol of pro-Palestinian activism on US campuses after his arrest on the orders of Trump.... Read more »

Iran believes insecurity in Syria serves the interests of the Zionist regime and allows extremists to threaten regional peace, according to a senior Iranian diplomat.... Read more »

Donald Trump has decided to double the tariffs on the Canadian aluminum and steel from 25% to 50% as retaliation for the province of Ontario’s imposition of a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to several US states.... Read more »

Canada’s newly-elected prime minister says Canada will not let Trump and his trade war win.... Read more »

China has warned the United States of "countermeasures" should the Trump administration proceed with the new 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods set to respond to the fentanyl flow into the US.... Read more »

Yves Engler, a prominent pro-Palestine activist, was released on bail after five days in a Montreal jail for criticizing Zionism on social media. the charges against him are seen as an attack on free speech.... Read more »

Police in Canada have arrested a Canadian activist and author for criticizing Israel and its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... Read more »

Mexico has said it shall never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States under the pretense of fighting drug cartels.... Read more »

The Argentine president is facing impeachment threats following his controversial promotion of a cryptocurrency that led to huge financial losses for investors.... Read more »

Yves Engler, a prominent pro-Palestine activist, was released on bail after five days in a Montreal jail for criticizing Zionism on social media. the charges against him are seen as an attack on free speech.... Read more »

Police in Canada have arrested a Canadian activist and author for criticizing Israel and its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... Read more »

Senior officials from the US and Ukraine are meeting in Jeddah days after Trump cut military aid to Kiev.... Read more »

The Ukrainian president has sought support in Saudi Arabia after being denied help in the US following a tense meeting with Trump.... Read more »

Russia has expelled two British diplomats on suspicion of carrying out espionage activities,... Read more »

Violent clashes broke out between riot police and protesters in Paris on Saturday as thousands took to the streets to mark International Women’s Day.... Read more »

Iranian, Russian and Chinese forces are set to stage a joint naval exercise in areas near Iran’s Chabahar Port and eye closer military cooperation.... Read more »

The US has told NATO it does not plan to participate in any military exercises in Europe beyond 2025.... Read more »

The UK, France, Germany, and Italy endorsed an Egyptian proposal to rebuild Gaza as a counter to US President Donald Trump’s “riviera” scheme, which seeks to displace Palestinians forcibly from the Strip.... Read more »

Violent clashes broke out between riot police and protesters in Paris on Saturday as thousands took to the streets to mark International Women’s Day.... Read more »

Iranian, Russian and Chinese forces are set to stage a joint naval exercise in areas near Iran’s Chabahar Port and eye closer military cooperation.... Read more »