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A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with paid partnerships. One year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, The Charlie... Read more »

As public anger against the Nepalese government mounts after deadly landslides in Nepal, files show the country’s new prime minister and several of his colleagues came to power thanks in part to a covert program sponsored by the US government. Eight months before a deadly landslide in Nepal claimed over... Read more »

As the US prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump has removed top Al Qaeda figures from the US list of designated terrorists. Among those he delisted was Abdullah Muhaysini, a Saudi cleric who recruited child fighters and teen suicide bombers to wreak havoc across Syria.... Read more »

The ADC is suing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the government’s seizure and attempted forensic search of Max Blumenthal’s phones after he returned from a reporting trip to Iran. The lawsuit accuses the government of not only violating his Fourth Amendment rights, but of retaliating against him for his journalism... Read more »

Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy... Read more »

As the British state seeks to destroy Palestine Action, a new trial is underway in which a judge has threatened defendants with a ‘terrorism connection’ if they explain the motives behind their activism.  It is one of three such trials in which the government has muzzled defendants, blinded jurors and... Read more »

A family of Iranian legal permanent residents was abducted and confined to an ICE prison after US government-backed regime change activist Masih Alinejad campaigned for their deportation. The family committed no crime, and was only targeted by Alinejad for their bloodline. A family of Iranian legal permanent residents of the... Read more »

As the deadly Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon continues, the fabulously wealthy banker-turned-“philanthropist” Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives in Washington – and a fascist Christian goon squad in Beirut – dedicated to doing Israel’s dirty work. In late July, Lebanese daily L’Orient Today exposed... Read more »

US prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies almost entirely on intelligence from Israel which the defendant’s lawyers are unable to see, and an Israeli agent they can not identify. The US Department of Justice... Read more »

Ansarallah-led government forces have liberated the entire west coast of Yemen from Saudi-backed forces, triggering an Israeli media meltdown. Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have taken out a series of US assets and began firing new-generation electro-optical missiles at American warships. Also, Iran also captured a US Dive... Read more »

Recent escalations in West Asia including Iranian missile strikes on US targets, Israeli ceasefire violations in Lebanon, and Yemeni territorial breakthroughs—are actively spiking global oil prices, defying established US political narratives. Alongside these military developments, the critical issue of information warfare is addressed, specifically debunking viral disinformation that falsely equates... Read more »

The United States is confronting a severe strategic crisis characterized by critically depleted air defense munitions and newly confirmed, extensive damage to its military and intelligence facilities from precise Iranian strikes. This military vulnerability is exacerbated by escalating regional instability, including a collapsing ceasefire in Lebanon, ongoing conflict in Yemen,... Read more »

The U.S.’ designation of U.K.-based activist collective Palestine Action as a global terrorist group is part of a wider project, concocted by far-right pro-Israel strategist Sebastian Gorka, to criminalize left-wing or pro-Palestine dissent against Trump’s rule. MintPress exposes this plan.  The Man Behind It All The Trump administration announced Wednesday... Read more »

Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic offensive in a desperate attempt to pressure the Iranians to open to Strait of Hormuz. In the latest episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh... Read more »

From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces.  But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying... Read more »

Hezbollah have repelled another Israeli attempt to seize the strategic Ali al-Taher Hills in southern Lebanon as Iran issues a threat that it will not stand idly by and could soon escalate unless the US backs down over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Ansarrallah continue to advance on areas... Read more »

The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being... Read more »

Tehran has imposed a series of equations on the US-Israeli alliance, using covert and asymmetric warfare tactics, that may have just set in motion a series of regional shifts as Yemen’s Ansarallah led Armed Forces have continued to bombard strategic targets, in Yemen, controlled by Saudi proxy forces. In this... Read more »

A stark warning was issued to humanity via CCTV on 26 August when a tsunami-like torrent of floodwater rising as high as 130 metres destroyed Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal →... Read more »

If you need an indication of how divorced the ‘mainstream’ media is from reality, consider this: the possibility of at least 4 billion deaths resulting from 3 degrees Celsius of global warming by 2050 made →... Read more »

‘Britain can’t stop climate change. Let’s just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle’ This has to be a serious candidate for the most foolish comment ever made publicly by a British newspaper editor. Allister Heath, editor of →... Read more »

This month marks the 25th anniversary of Media Lens. Still in short trousers, we sent our first media alert to a handful of readers on 9 July 2001. For a long time, our alerts focused →... Read more »

On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the ‘mainstream’ media, portraying him as a ‘decent’ man who put his country first. And now the same news organisations are burnishing Andy →... Read more »

We, of course, post on all kinds of emotive and controversial issues on social media: genocide in Gaza, the war of aggression on Iran, the weaponisation of anti-semitism to undermine democratic choice and defend Israel, →... Read more »

Any aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »

Historian Ian Kershaw titled the two volumes of his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler, ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’. (Allen Lane, 1998 and 2000) Inevitably, it seems, great power comes with great hubris. For a brief, glorious →... Read more »

I was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history. As a child, the 17-year gap seemed a lifetime; as →... Read more »

As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept. The post Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich. The post Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home. The post The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests. The post Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the right attacks mass participation head on, the center is telling the rest of us to pipe down while the elites are talking. The post Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true. The post Osama Bin Laden Won appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech. The post Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee. The post Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The unfriendly skies: On United, your checked bags might be riding alongside some tank parts bound for Israel. The post United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more »

An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more »

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more »

Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more »

Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »

If Donald Trump fails to end the Iran war soon, its effects could last for decades, with unpredictable consequences... Read more »

We speak to journalists and defenders of human and environmental rights about how their lives have come under threat... Read more »

Keen to present itself as a key EU partner on migration, Morocco pushed migrants out of sight before tourists arrived.... Read more »

What can progressives everywhere learn from Magyar’s historic victory over Orbán’s anti-democratic regime?... Read more »

American oligarchs kicking an artist off a tour for supporting Palestine is a very in-your-face illustration of why mainstream culture is so vapid and fake these days.... Read more »

Check out our latest video, Awakening To The Truth On Every Level: Here’s the text, for my subscribers who prefer to read: Different people mean different things when they talk about having an awakening. Some use “awakening” to describe the movement into revolutionary politics as you gradually discover that everything... Read more »

Our society isn’t what it pretends to be.... Read more »

The latest effort to revive this long-dead debate comes in the form of a letter signed by 5,000 high-profile Israel supporters like Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, Zionist megadonor Haim Saban, and neoconservative war criminal Elliott Abrams.... Read more »

As Buckminster Fuller said many years ago, “It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. It is a matter of... Read more »

The world was lied to about the Gaza holocaust, just like it was lied to about every other act of mass military slaughter that the US involves itself in.... Read more »

“Antisemitism” watchdog groups are flipping the fuck out about hip hop artist Macklemore saying “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran, and the western press are of course helping to spin this ridiculous nonsense as a massive scandal.... Read more »

The state of Israel should have a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer on its flag.... Read more »

My husband Tim did an on-camera reading of our latest piece “Liberal Zionists Are Evil Shitbags”. Let us know what you think. _________________ The best way to make sure you see everything I publish is to get on my free mailing list. My work is entirely reader-supported, so if you... Read more »

In the lead-up to the Brexit referendum, Remainers deployed Project Fear to scare the living daylights out of anyone considering voting to Leave. Their statistical projections of an economic Armageddon were so absurd that they proved a monumental own goal, deemed sensationalist scaremongering. Ten years on, still smarting from the... Read more »

The very definition of an inauspicious start. The New Chancellor will push public debt further into the red to buy US weaponry that does nothing either to bolster productivity or UK’s defences. The same ol’ Home Secretary will continue practising ritualistic brutality (or vicious signalling) on refugees. Cooper will continue... Read more »

Ascribing human traits to chatbots empowers techlords. ‘Our slavery will be one we have consented to, enthusiastically.’  The trouble with impressive new technologies is that they have the uncanny ability to expose the awfulness of our relationship to one another, not to mention to our own selves. Now that our... Read more »

At 250, America is now producing a mindless, raw power and exponentially growing instability. The possibility of catharsis that characterized the United States at its bicentennial is hard to envisage a half-century later—to the detriment of us all._ ATHENS—On the heels of America’s 250th anniversary, I felt the curious need... Read more »

Ο Μαρκ Ρούτε, ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός της Ολλανδίας και νυν γενικός γραμματέας του ΝΑΤΟ, πρόσφατα άφησε να διαρρεύσει μια αλήθεια που προκάλεσε αναταραχή σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη. Περιέγραψε τη Συμμαχία όχι ως την αμυντική ασπίδα της Ευρώπης, αλλά ως «…μια πλατφόρμα για τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες να προβάλλουν τη δύναμή τους... Read more »

With Keir Starmer expected to fall on his sword shortly, here is my take on the conundrum facing Andy Burnham, indeed any and every British PM. The true nature of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the United States has far more to do with American financiers’ willingness to keep borrowing to... Read more »

Έχουμε μια επιτακτική ευθύνη. Το υπάρχον σύστημα γεννά τις κοινωνικές και οικολογικές κρίσεις του 21ου αιώνα. Όπου κοιτάξουμε, βλέπουμε την τραγική αντίφαση. Έχουμε αναπτύξει εκπληκτικές νέες τεχνολογίες και συλλογική ικανότητα να παράγουμε περισσότερα τρόφιμα, περισσότερα αγαθά απ’ όσα χρειαζόμαστε ή όσα μπορεί να αντέξει ο πλανήτης. Ταυτόχρονα, δισεκατομμύρια υποφέρουν από... Read more »

Some claim that the threats Europe is facing, especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, can create the momentum toward political union that the euro crisis and then the pandemic failed to generate. Right or wrong, one thing is clear: a functional defense union requires political union, and NATO’s existence is... Read more »

«Να πέσει ο Μητσοτάκης!», προσεύχεται η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία. «Πότε θα ενωθείτε να τον ρίξετε;», μας προκαλούν. «Γιατί περιχαρακώνεστε στο ξεπερασμένο σχήμα Αριστερά-Δεξιά;», μας ρωτούν. «Και τί κάνετε για την ενότητα της Αριστεράς;», απαιτούν να μάθουν οι πιο αριστεροί. Πρόκειται για ερωτήματα που λαμβάνουμε σοβαρά υπ’ όψιν στο ΜέΡΑ25 σε μια... Read more »

Singer Ed Sheeran has dropped rapper Macklemore from his US tour. The move comes after the Israel lobby’s baying for Macklemore’s removal. The US artist called for a “Free Palestine” during his set last week and performed his “Hind’s Hall” song as opener for the British singer. Ed Sheeran —... Read more »

A great celebration is rarely defined by how much money was spent on it. People remember the atmosphere, the conversations, and the moments that made them feel involved. Whether you’re organising a birthday party, wedding reception, family gathering, or work social, giving guests opportunities to connect helps everyone settle in.... Read more »

The Quick Answer Ask ten people who’ve travelled Vietnam which transport option is best, and expect ten different answers – because there isn’t one. Trains are gorgeous but painfully slow. Sleeper buses get the job done cheaply, if you don’t mind arriving a bit rattled. Motorbikes are the postcard image... Read more »

A team of volunteers has removed more than a tonne of plastic and other marine waste from some of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s most inaccessible coastlines. Marine conservation charity Clean Ocean Sailing (COS) completed the three-week clean-up expedition aboard The Annette, its 118-year-old traditional sailing vessel. A 16-strong... Read more »

Some scents can do what a photograph never quite manages: they drop you straight back onto the beach towel, into the salt spray, under a sun that never seems to set. That is the quiet magic of the right holiday fragrance — one spritz and you are somewhere warmer, slower,... Read more »

Students, former students and colleagues of the late Prof Jason Arday gathered to demand action at Cambridge University as a legacy for their friend and mentor. But so far there is little sign of the university doing the right thing. Arday died on 14 August after the media poured out... Read more »

Lloyds Bank, which targeted the Canary for a financial ‘debanking’ attack, is at the centre of yet another debanking scandal. The financial giant has now debanked Emma Kamio, mother of anti-genocide prisoner Ellie Kamio – and Ellie herself, before she was convicted of any crime. It also refused Emma a... Read more »

Britain’s broadband transformation is entering its most difficult phase. After years of investment by Openreach, Virgin Media O2, CityFibre and dozens of smaller network operators, full-fibre broadband is now available to 82% of UK homes. Gigabit-capable coverage, which also includes technologies other than fibre-to-the-premises, has reached 89%. Those are significant... Read more »

The daily commute into London has never fully recovered, and plenty of Essex workers are glad of it. Trains from Shenfield and Billericay still fill up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but for many the working week now splits between the office and home. That shift has exposed a problem. Kitchen... Read more »

By Ron Jacobs Originally published in Counterpunch September 11th, 2026 Manijeh Maradian is a founder of the Raha Iranian Feminist Collective and the author of This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States. The homepage of the website for... Read more... Read more »

Fifteen years ago, during President Obama’s first term, we co-founded RootsAction as an online progressive group challenging not only Republicans but also the corporatism and militarism of the Democratic Party. RootsAction supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 and 2020.... Read more... Read more »

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Edmonton Police Service (EPS) shot and killed a 36-year-old man at a home in west Edmonton on September 13, 2026. It is reported that EPS were called at around 10 AM to a home near Donsdale Drive and 45 Avenue... Read more... Read more »

Author: Hossam el-Hamalawy Title: Egypt’s Repressive Apparatus in the Age of Counterrevolution Date: 29 April 2026 Source: “The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World”, 2026 Introduction It is common to assume that a counterrevolution restores the ancien... Read more... Read more »

Title: The International Dimension of “Arab Authoritarianism” Date: 29 April 2026 Source: “The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World”, 2026 Introduction Authoritarian power in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is predominantly understood as pertaining to... Read more... Read more »

Author: Elia Ayoub Title: Actually Existing Multipolarity Date: 29 April 2026 Source: “The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World”, 2026 Introduction Since the 2011 Syrian revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine, many Syrians and Ukrainians have... Read more... Read more »

Author: E. DRAMA Title: A Short History of Anarchism in Brussels Subtitle: Part 1 (1830–1900) Date: 15/09/2026 Notes: Zine published in Brussels to spread the knowledge of the city’s Anarchist history. ***A short history of Anarchism in Brussels*** — **Part... Read more... Read more »

Striking AFM 6 opera musicians were forced on strike after concession demands by the management of the opera. They preformed at Robin Williams Meadow after the Opera In The Park was cancelled by management because of the strike they caused.... Read more... Read more »

Author: E. DRAMATitle: A Short History of Anarchism in BrusselsSubtitle: Part 1 (1830–1900)Date: 15/09/2026Notes: Zine published in Brussels to spread the knowledge of the city’s Anarchist history. ***A short history of Anarchism in Brussels*** — **Part 1 (1830 — 1900)**   E. Drama (2026) This text is the first part... Read more »

Author: OCD RebellionTitle: Towards an Anarchist Critical Theory of OCDSubtitle: Synthesizing an Anarchist OCDDate: 4th SeptemberSource: Retrieved on 4th September Looking on the anarchist library there is nothing specifically related to OCD. Ugh…. Same as a few years ago, while there is a lot of criticism of psychiatry and diagnostic... Read more »

Author: Yasmeen MekawyTitle: Feeling RevolutionSubtitle: Affect and the Afterlives of the Arab UprisingsDate: 29 April 2026Source: “The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World”, 2026 Introduction One demand that rang out across virtually all the Arab uprisings was the call for dignity, or karama. Though its precise meaning... Read more »

Author: Elia AyoubTitle: Actually Existing MultipolarityDate: 29 April 2026Source: “The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World”, 2026 Introduction Since the 2011 Syrian revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine, many Syrians and Ukrainians have found themselves sharing a common enemy: Russian imperialism. Russia’s intervention in Syria started... Read more »

Author: Blazing TruthTitle: Reading “What is Property?” Pt. I — On the Character of ProudhonDate: May 17th, 2012Notes: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120927062624/http://www.blazingtruth.com/proudhon-character/ This is part of a series of posts I’ve been writing as I’ve read the works of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. I’ve found him to be a very energetic character whose methodology... Read more »

Author: CrimethincTitle: US Government Designates Host of NoBlogs.org a “Global Terrorist”Date: August 27 2026Source: Retrieved on September 6 2026 from https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/27/us-government-designates-host-of-noblogsorg-a-global-terrorist On August 26, 2026, the United States government classified the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” citing the collective’s “far-left” politics to justify the designation. They... Read more »

Author: Dominic BlackTitle: Rupturism and Popular InternationalismSubtitle: An Open Letter of Political Divorce and DisassociationDate: September 6th, 2026Source: https://scissortailrising.substack.com/p/rupturism-and-popular-internationalism   Drafted by: Dominic Black Adopted by: NLH, Anark, The Peaceful Revolutionary, Scissortail Anarchist Organization, Direct Action Distro, South Florida Anarchist Black Cross, Scissortail Anarchist Black Cross, FAFO Collective, El Monte... Read more »

Author: Anarchist Front of Iran and AfghanistanTitle: Now that the Islamic Republic has not fallen through street protests or foreign war, what should we do?Date: September 5 2026Source: Retrieved on September 5 2026 from https://www.instagram.com/anarchist_front/p/Dc5QNClDfyv/ What can we actually do? The continued rule of a political system does not necessarily... Read more »

Author: Autistici/InventatiTitle: A/I (Autistici/Inventati) shuts downSubtitle: Stay humanDate: September 6 2026Notes: On August 26, 2026, the United States government classified the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” citing the collective’s “far-left” politics to justify the designation. They announced similar designations of the British group Palestine Action and... Read more »

A Humble Reminder : To the Propertied Classes ['We have fed you all a thousand years']... Read more »

And Now? [Against CNT collaborationism, June 1937]... Read more »

Where I Stand... Read more »

The Anarchists in Spain : A Reply To Emma Goldman... Read more »

Remembering Bartolomé Flores Cano and Pedro Cano Garrido... Read more »

Nestor Makhno (1889-1934), Anarcho-communist activist and fighter... Read more »

Worldwide Proletariat and Concrete Utopia... Read more »

Remembering Ron Marsden (1937-2026)... Read more »

After the debate : Anarchism v. Socialism... Read more »

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Iran on Tuesday to stop its destabilizing activities in the region and to not extend the conflict into Iraq through its proxies, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Berlin, Merz said the two leaders discussed regional... Read more »

Irish actor and longtime Palestine advocate Liam Cunningham criticised Ed Sheeran after rapper Macklemore was removed from the remaining US dates of the British singer’s Loop Tour, Anadolu reports. “We know who Ed Sheeran is now,” the Game of Thrones star, wrote on X. In a subsequent post that did... Read more »

Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in the latest violations of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, medics said, Anadolu reports. A medical source told Anadolu that two Palestinians were killed in a double Israeli strike on the Sheikh Radwan... Read more »

Libya’s National Oil Corporation announced Tuesday that production and operations at three oil sites were suspended after members of the Petroleum Facilities Guards closed the valve on the Al-Hamada–Zawiya shipping pipeline in western Libya, Anadolu reports. The Petroleum Facilities Guard is a state-affiliated security force tasked with protecting Libya’s critical... Read more »

The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that many areas in Gaza continue to be levelled by Israeli bulldozers, criticizing the lack of respect for the dead under the rubble, Anadolu reports. “Much of Gaza has been flattened by Israeli bombing or demolition and clearing by heavy machinery and explosives.... Read more »

Praising the bare minimum in terms of statements in support of Palestine has long been treated like a diplomatic breakthrough. BRICS’s New Delhi Declaration was no exception. Following the 18th  summit held in Delhi, BRICS referenced Palestine in its statement among many other political concerns and reiterated all the rhetoric... Read more »

Women and girls in the occupied West Bank face heightened risks of violence, displacement, and movement restrictions, according to a new analysis by UN Women released Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The analysis found that about 83,200 households in the West Bank are headed by women, while 40% of women-headed households reported... Read more »

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that the economic cost of Israel’s wars on Lebanon since 2023 may exceed $27 billion, stressing that reconstruction is beyond the state’s current capacity and requires Arab and international funding, Anadolu reports. “We must also be frank with the Lebanese people: the scale of... Read more »

In this episode we speak to Muhammed Shehada about his clash with the Board of Peace and his concern that it is burying evidence of genocide in Gaza. We unpack revelations in the Haaretz that Benjamin Netanyahu was warned in advance of the 7 October attack. Marking twenty-five years since... Read more »

Along with grief and loss, the anniversary of 9/11 brought home for many the "incalculable cost" of the quarter century of carnage it unleashed - the militarizing "beyond all sanity," the othering of "everyone who isn't 'them,'" the lying, fear-mongering, inflicting of terror that's left America hollowed out from forever... Read more »

AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI development.Digital rights group Fight for the Future, which has run many of the highest profile campaigns against... Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce today that it will stop regulating carbon dioxide released by power plants burning fossil fuels, according to reports. If allowed to go into effect, the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be allowed to grow unchecked. In... Read more »

According to published reports, the Trump Administration will finalize rules to rollback carbon pollution standards for power plants, as soon as today.Following is reaction from Meredith Hankins, federal climate legal director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):“With millions of Americans facing wildfires, heat waves and deadly storms fueled by climate... Read more »

According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This action would... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced today that they will launch a campaign soon after the November midterm elections calling for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to enter the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.“As the prospective field comes into view, it’s crucial... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, has launched an investigation into OpenAI following revelations that the company’s AI agents breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity evaluations this summer. Hawley is seeking documents and information from OpenAI about the incident, including evidence that the... Read more »

A coalition of 45 faith, peace, labor, health, and political organizations is calling on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and committee Ranking Members Gregory Meeks and Jim McGovern to immediately announce plans to call a vote on Rep. Nydia Velázquez’s Cuba War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res. 106). In a letter sent... Read more »

Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows prices rose 0.4% in August and are up 3.4% over the past year. Core prices, which exclude food and energy, rose 0.3% in August alone. Gas prices reached their highest ever recorded for August, and the pressure has not let up, climbing $4.29... Read more »

UPDATE We got an expedited date to “reclaim” (appeal) against the suspension of the case, on 25 September. We shall also be reclaiming against the decision not to send the case straight to the Inner House. All parties seemed to agree there may just be time, if our appeal is... Read more »

Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined. German manufacturing... Read more »

Dr David Halpin, a redoubtable campaigner over the murder of Dr David Kelly, and a friend of this blog for over twenty years, has died. He will be missed. His sister Mary was for many years an invaluable commenter here and occasional researcher for me. Unfortunately about ten years ago... Read more »

We still don’t have a decision on whether the Scottish judicial review of Palestine Action can proceed. Lord Young is thinking about it. Last Thursday’s hearing went about as well as it could go. The UK government produced no written argument and barely seemed to be trying. They moved in... Read more »

After eight months of obstructionism from the Labour Friends of Israel government of the UK, tomorrow is the day on which the Scottish Court of Session will finally decide whether to go ahead with the judicial review it granted in January, or kowtow to Downing St. I publish below two... Read more »

Between ten and five years ago, specifically in the light of Brexit, it was not in the least unusual for Scottish Independence supporters to discuss a declaration of Independence as the way forward. Debate more often centred on who should make the declaration – the Scottish parliament or some form... Read more »

Unlike the USA, where it is obsessively watched, the UK has no political culture of scrutinising the political composition of its Supreme Court. This is a big mistake. The UK Supreme Court has been deliberately and openly, even ostentatiously, packed with hard-right judges selected on the specific criterion that they... Read more »

  The Scottish Government urgently needs a bold and radical approach to achieving Independence in spite of the firm London veto on a referendum. It is plain that there is no plan at present. The Scottish Parliament has a pro-Independence majority and government. This is how to achieve Independence consistent... Read more »

Social media is not conducive to nuance. In the interest of reach, cut and dried positions are more effective and binary moral judgement expected. This leads to over-simplification of complex issues, and to skipping over facts inconvenient to your chosen narrative. There are issues affecting two high-profile people where it... Read more »

Thanks to donations, we are sending Voting Rights Teaching Toolkits to teachers. These toolkits help young people see voting as part of a broader effort to improve their lives and communities — and to see themselves as agents of change rather than spectators to politics. The post Voting Rights Teaching... Read more »

It is essential that students know their rights: not just to pass a test, but to protect themselves. We offer FIVE ways to Teach Truth on Constitution Day. The post Five Ways to Teach Truth About the Constitution appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

To contribute to national efforts to get out the vote and defend the elections, we encourage middle and high school teachers to focus on voting rights and the Constitution in September and October. We ask for your help to send free voting rights toolkits to educators nationwide. The post Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits... Read more »

The America433+ coalition, led by the Resistance Rangers and including the Zinn Education Project, is hosting two events to introduce the Get Loud Toolkit: IG Live and a Climate Week NYC session on the Staten Island Ferry. The post Get Loud: Defend Truthtelling at the National Parks appeared first on... Read more »

Studying the Constitution is essential — especially now, as constitutional rights are increasingly under attack. We offer activities to teach truthfully about the Constitution on Constitition Day and all year long. The post Teach Truth on Constitution Day appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

We are witnessing a vicious attack on voting rights, democratic participation, and truthful education. History reminds us that we must organize to protect the gains won through generations of struggle. The post Call to Action: Teach Voting Rights in an Age of Authoritarianism appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Thanks to a donation by Seven Stories Press, we can offer 100 individual copies to public school teachers and teacher educators of the new edition of A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki.  The post <i>A Different Mirror</i>: Free Copy for Teaching Stories... Read more »

In appreciation for your story about your teaching activities using any of our lessons on Voting Rights and/or the Constitution, we can send you one of several books thanks to donations by publishers. The post Free Book for Voting Rights and the Constitution Teaching Story appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more »

Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators. The post Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Through the voices of survivors, journalists, and excerpts of legal depositions, Diabolical dips its toes into the world of the Epstein Files–a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, e-mails, and other records pertaining to criminal investigations undertaken by the FBI of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The records... Read more »

#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »

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For more than six decades, Jürgen Habermas defended the power of reasoned dialogue against authoritarianism, consumerism and political cynicism The post Our greatest intellectual is gone appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Councillor Seamie Moore got a judge’s parking vision seen to and avoided a fine he should have paid. The post The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resisted appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

How Mary McAleese’s post-presidential embrace of UAE institutions jars with the bridge-building that defined her presidency The post From Bridge to Gulf appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

State anchoring its flagship emergency energy asset, in County Clare, to an environmental crime scene and a non-existent root of title The post The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the Making appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Coveney and Martin lied to the Dáil on a fundamental matter of state The post RAF deal: rough deal for truth appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Asymmetry cannot be replaced in an afternoon The post €492 Indicator Fault reveals the ontology of oppression appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Use of the army in support of the Garda rested on a mixture of custom, convenience, delegated regulations and constitutional assumption rather than explicit statutory authority, until the fuel protests and statutory panic ended all that The post Soldiers, statute and the State: Ireland’s aid to the civil power appeared... Read more »

How public cash funding Expressway shadow fleet has been exposed using the State’s own real-time tracking data The post The €1.2 billion Public Service Obligation-funded Heist appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

The Irish Times’ Pat Leahy is the establishment’s favourite storyteller The post Pat Solutions, Irish Times political editor appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Praising the bare minimum in terms of statements in support of Palestine has long been treated like a diplomatic breakthrough. BRICS’s New Delhi Declaration was no exception. Following the 18th  summit held in Delhi, BRICS referenced Palestine in its statement among many other political concerns and reiterated all the rhetoric... Read more »

Recent reporting says yes — at least on the intelligence front. Diplomatic sources cited separately by Israel Hayom, Walla, and The Jerusalem Post say Riyadh has sought intelligence assistance from Israel through U.S. Central Command as Houthi forces advance along the Red Sea coast, seize strategic islands including Perim, and... Read more »

For decades, the European Union has said that its relationship with Israel is built not only on trade, science and security cooperation, but also on human rights and international law. This is not just political language. Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement says clearly that relations between the two... Read more »

Whatever awaits him this coming November, few politicians could claim to have the endurance, bloody mindedness and sense of granite staying power than Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.  With some prowess, he has wooed, deceived, and lied his way to power, and, for the most part, stayed the course for the best... Read more »

Brazil is experiencing one of its most polarised electoral battles, as the race intensifies between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his right-wing rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. While the economy, security and domestic crises dominate voters’ concerns, an issue that at first glance... Read more »

Half a billion Arabs inhabit a region drowning in weapons. There are millions of men under arms, fleets of American and European combat aircraft, missile batteries, intelligence agencies, foreign bases and defense budgets large enough to make the arms trade look like a branch of theology. Then came Gaza, and... Read more »

In Gaza, keeping a medical device running can depend on access to engine oil. A Reuters report published on 10 September 2026 describes shortages of lubricants, spare parts and fuel threatening generators serving hospitals and residential neighbourhoods. Equipment designed for emergencies carries the burden of everyday electricity supply, without assured... Read more »

The age-old debate between faith and atheism emerged alongside the very first stirrings of human consciousness. It is a centuries-long conflict that has consumed rivers of ink and fueled fierce intellectual battles, yet its historical calculus has yielded nothing tangible to alter the core of human suffering. Atheists have gained... Read more »

Israel can still win the war in Gaza. It cannot win the argument that follows it. That is the gap accountability advocates keep pointing to, and it is the gap Israel’s own allies in Europe are now widening. The war has split into three fronts. The military one, in Gaza,... Read more »

Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon.  Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »

Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon.  Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »

Although the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »

Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »

Ethnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »

You obviously can not be against this terrible war, but support it continuing. We must support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and encourage them to find mutual peace in an agreed neutrality/sovereignty to end this tragic and unnecessary confrontation between such close peoples. Neutrality and internationally monitored referendums... Read more »

A key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. ... Read more »

The declared intention of USA NATO and Ukraine’s government to join in a hostile military alliance against their neighbour Russia has now proven to be a terrible mistake and negligent disaster for the people and sovereign state of Ukraine. For USA/NATO to now continue making Ukraine a weapon, while we... Read more »

(i) This is the Wikipedia article on the Galician Regional Elections held by the Galician Autonomous President, Alberto Nuñez Feyjoo, on March 1, 2009;  the first Regional Elections in which he was victorious. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_al_Parlamento_de_Galicia_de_2009?wprov=sfti1  in total number and percentage of votes, the opposition won, made up of Emilio Pérez Touriño... Read more »

[The following was originally published in 1995 by Covert Action Quarterly.] … Independence Day was designed by the first state propaganda agency, Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information (CPI), created during World War I to whip a pacifist country into anti-German frenzy and, incidentally, to beat down the threat of... Read more »

Intro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more »

Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »

Tomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more »

Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more »

[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest devastating news about climate change to the revival of nuclear fears thanks to the war in Ukraine — is all too of the moment. This piece was adapted... Read more »

The force pushing humanity towards destructive wars and climate catastrophe is “very simple,” Noam Chomsky says. It’s “the word we’re not allowed to think about called: capitalism.” In this interview with The Breach’s publisher Dru Oja Jay, Chomsky explains why our current period of capitalism is particularly harsh. He also... Read more »

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 are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act... 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.... Read more »

“This executive order was a blatant power grab designed to silence voters and undermine our elections, but it failed because the people and the law were on our side.”... Read more »

“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.”... Read more »

25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror's legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran.... Read more »

His colorful antics and controversial tactics thrust Denver activist Eric Brandt into the crosshairs of law enforcement. After serving 5 years of a 12 year sentence Brandt speaks to Taya Graham and Stephen Janis shortly after his release about the toll his battle with the legal system has inflicted, and... Read more »

Professor Mary Anne Franks analyzes the persistent myths surrounding the history of free speech in the United States.... Read more »

“We are not the only ones to face hard times. Our ancestors who faced such times left us their stories so that we would know what to do now. Don't let those stories go to waste! There is power in them. We have power in them.”... Read more »

First Amendment auditors and cop watchers with YouTube audiences ranging from thousands to more than a million subscribers say their channels have suddenly been demonetized.... Read more »

“There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” said Israel Katz.... Read more »

Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of the public.... Read more »

“This executive order was a blatant power grab designed to silence voters and undermine our elections, but it failed because the people and the law were on our side.”... Read more »

“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.”... Read more »

25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror's legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran.... Read more »

His colorful antics and controversial tactics thrust Denver activist Eric Brandt into the crosshairs of law enforcement. After serving 5 years of a 12 year sentence Brandt speaks to Taya Graham and Stephen Janis shortly after his release about the toll his battle with the legal system has inflicted, and... Read more »

Professor Mary Anne Franks analyzes the persistent myths surrounding the history of free speech in the United States.... Read more »

“We are not the only ones to face hard times. Our ancestors who faced such times left us their stories so that we would know what to do now. Don't let those stories go to waste! There is power in them. We have power in them.”... Read more »

First Amendment auditors and cop watchers with YouTube audiences ranging from thousands to more than a million subscribers say their channels have suddenly been demonetized.... Read more »

“There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” said Israel Katz.... Read more »

Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of the public.... Read more »

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis. The rise... Read more »

Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Order Restricting Mail-In Voting, Whistleblower Says Federal Agents Broke Laws in Trump-Ordered Search for “Unlawful Voters”, Trump Rejects Calls to Regulate A.I. as a ”SICK Conspiracy” and ”HOAX”, Saudi Crown Prince MBS Meets CENTCOM Chief as Houthis Consolidate Control Over Red Sea Coast, Iran’s IRGC Claims... Read more »

Yemen is at risk of spiraling back into all-out war as Houthi forces and Saudi Arabia exchange new strikes amid a fight over control of the key Bab el-Mandeb strait through which much of Saudi oil passes on its way to world markets. The Houthis, the Iran-allied force also known... Read more »

Did Saudi Arabia play a role in the planning and execution of the September 11 attacks of 2001? That question was raised immediately after the attack, when 15 of the 19 hijackers were revealed to be Saudi citizens, and it has only grown louder in the 25 years since as... Read more »

A quarter-century after the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, a group of victims’ families is continuing a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia to hold the kingdom accountable for any role it played in the planning and execution of the plot. While the Saudi government... Read more »

The film NAZA, which documents the Israeli military’s use of secret AI-powered systems to deliberately and systematically target and massacre civilians in Gaza, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday. The film was directed by Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and filmmaker Rachel Szor, both of whom... Read more »

Anthropic’s CEO Calls for the Development of Artificial Intelligence to Slowdown, Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Blocked From Attending Annual IAEA Meeting, Houthis Claim Drone and Missile Attack on Military Base in Southern Saudi Arabia, B’tselem: Israel Systematically Dismantling Palestinian Life in Occupied West Bank, Israeli Airstrike in Gaza... Read more »

We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of... Read more »

Friday marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Around 3,000 people were killed that day, and nearly 10,000 more have died in the years since from 9/11-related illnesses connected to the collapse... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260911.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   HarperCollins (2006) This week on CounterSpin: Some 3,000 people died when planes hit the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. One hundred twenty-five people died at the Pentagon in Virginia, and at least 265 people were killed—passengers and... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260904.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   CCR (7/30/26) This week on CounterSpin: No humor intended: Listening to this show might make you a domestic terrorist. Yes, the Trump White House is trying to make anyone a “terrorist” who speaks out publicly, or co-signs silently,... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260828.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New Republic (8/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate news media obscure it, almost like it’s their job, but we still understand that laws and policies land on differently situated people differently. I can believe that there are millionaire... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260821.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New York Times (8/15/26) This week on CounterSpin: The US news media marked the anniversary of August 2021’s nominal withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. A New York Times story explained that Taliban flags were “flying high along... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260814.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Al Jazeera (8/12/26) This week on CounterSpin: It was not a shock when Donald Trump’s Justice Department greenlit the merger of Paramount—owned by the scion of the Trump-adjacent Ellison family—with Warner Bros Discovery. Who cares if a single entity... Read more »

https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260807.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). CT Mirror (7/30/26) This week on CounterSpin: If you look for media coverage about the Farm Bill that’s currently passing through Congress, you can find it–at sites like agriculture.com or agri-pulse.com, or those outlets that have “ag” sections. If you... Read more »

  60 Minutes announced a batch of new hires to replace a number of staffers fired by CBS network commissar Bari Weiss, with the most prominent addition being longtime conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (Washington Post, 7/28/26). 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton—brought in by Weiss from Vanity... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260731.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   NPR (7/16/26) This week on CounterSpin: “In Primetime Speech, Trump Doesn’t Provide Evidence for Illegal Voting” was the temperate headline NPR put on a story about Trump’s recent East Room speech that, they allowed, “included many baseless claims”... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260724.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Nine of the Prairieland protesters received sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years; one received a 30-year sentence for moving a box of zines. (Photo: DFW Support Committee) This week on CounterSpin: Are you upset about ICE agents... Read more »

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War, AI, climate breakdown and debt are converging into a civilizational crisis that conventional economics was built not to understand. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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An oil shock becomes a debt crisis, then a political rupture. The coming defaults may finally break the creditor rules built into the dollar system. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

The West’s debt system is no longer financing growth. Creditor power is displacing industry, democracy, and public investment. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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The Iran economic war is boomeranging through oil prices, currencies and debt, placing greater pressure on the leveraged West than on Tehran. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

Rentier capitalism protects finance, monopoly and inherited privilege while suppressing the mixed economy that once drove industrial development. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff examine how military bases, arms shortages and industrial decay are accelerating US imperial decline. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

In a campaign ad released Monday, Seth Bodnar—an Independent candidate running for U.S. Senate in Montana—warns viewers that Flock Safety cameras are tracking Americans “getting groceries,” “going to church,” and “buying ammo for the season.” He then sets a surveillance camera on a tree stump, pulls a shotgun from his... Read more »

September 9 loomed large for the approximately 170,000 Salvadorans living in the United States with humanitarian protection for immigrants from crisis-stricken countries. The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador was set to expire that day, potentially putting one of the largest groups of TPS holders in the country... Read more »

Emily St. John Mandel is perhaps best known for her 2014 novel Station Eleven, which presciently depicted a devastating global pandemic. Her new novel, Exit Party, out this week, isn’t much sunnier: This one imagines the aftermath of the collapse of the United States as a nation, and both the... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s latest effort to steal the midterms has played out in plain view. His plan was to force states to conform to last minute, untested, and too-late-to-implement vote-by-mail requirements with the inevitable result of disenfranchising thousands, if not millions, of voters. The only thing Trump needed to launch... Read more »

“Your courage is contagious.” In May 2026, while staring directly into the eyes of three of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein—during a congressional hearing on the late financier’s sprawling web of rape, trafficking, and abuse—that’s what Rep. Jasmine Crockett said. “I’ve been smiling probably more than I’m supposed to as... Read more »

Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigrant detention camp erected in the Florida Everglades last year, routinely held detainees in “small metal enclosures” with just 18 square feet of floor space, a practice that the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog called “highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane... Read more »

New York is leading a 22-state lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully expanding the “public charge” rules that restrict entry to the United States for immigrants deemed likely to make use of public benefits. A group of municipalities, led by New York City, is separately suing over the same... Read more »

Michael Premo was gasping for air. It was January 6, 2021, and Premo and his partner, fellow filmmaker Rachel Falcone, were crushed against a wall in the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the US Capitol. Between the gas mask and the body armor compressing his torso, Premo was struggling to... Read more »

In January 2022, at an event hosted by one of the scores of local “election integrity” groups inspired by Donald Trump’s fraudulent assertion that voter fraud had cost him the 2020 election, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin made a big announcement: His state was leaving ERIC. This was puzzling... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced that they are launching a campaign this November after the midterms to call for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. The post RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America Urge AOC and Ro Khanna... Read more »

Coleen Rowley is a former FBI special agent and division counsel. She wrote a May 2002 memo to the FBI’s then-Director Robert Mueller exposing some of the FBI’s pre-9/11 conduct. Later in 2002 she was named a Person of the Year by TIME, when the magazine reported: “Coleen Rowley is... Read more »

In a video shared via social media, former immigration judge George Pappas calls on immigration judges to resign. “The time has come,” he says, “to look at the machinery you are operating, recognize its profound moral bankruptcy, and resign… The immigration courts are no longer tribunals of law. They are... Read more »

New reporting from Drop Site News found that Israeli military institutions and weapons companies are funding military research at various U.S. universities. After reviewing state and university audits, research papers, funding disclosures and other records, journalists identified more than $15 million in funding that was unreported or inconsistently reported. Research... Read more »

A new book, The Road to Medicare for All, will be released on September 4. The book provides a roadmap for making health care a right in the United States while offering arguments against scare tactics and fear mongering. The post The Road to Medicare for All appeared first on... Read more »

A report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University, “Lethal Precision Without Accountability: Israeli Government ‘Quadcopter’ Use in Gaza,” does a deep dive into the use of soldier-operated ‘quadcopter’ drones that facilitate close-range attacks on civilians, including children. These drones are small, relatively inexpensive, easy to use, and... Read more »

Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s new book, Israel’… The post Israel and Its Lobby ‘Gone Rogue’ appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The fight over federal food aid continued last week as the Senate farm bill got stuck over Supplemental Assistance Program (SNAP) cost-sharing requirements. Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ proposed one-year delay in state cost-sharing requirements for SNAP. This is after HR1 cut SNAP spending by roughly $187 billion in 2025 and... Read more »

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania has signed an executive order directing the Department of Environmental Protection to limit new data center projects. He directed the department to only review permit applications for data centers if developers have made a commitment to meeting Responsible Infrastructure Development Requirements and have received local... Read more »

From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »

A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more »

The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »

In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.”  Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »

Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »

Exactly 15 years ago this week, I published an article in the Guardian. It began like this: It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South... Read more »

On Wednesday, October 18, the Lever’s David Sirota hosted a live event with Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the mounting humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. David, Naomi, and Omar spoke about the historical and political... Read more »

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi... Read more »

All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why? The reason is the long-running battle over west Maui’s most precious natural... Read more »

The numbers are simply mind-blowing: up to £264 billion for a climate “solution” that will increase emissions. Has the government lost its mind? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th July 2026 The new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying on the ground. The... Read more »

Steady temperatures are the preserve of the rich. The billionaire press wants everyone else to suffer. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 1st July 2026 Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you... Read more »

It’s real, and it’s the exact opposite of what the far right says it is. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June 2026 “If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, asked last week, “how else... Read more »

The policies of both Reform UK and the Conservatives would destroy a million jobs. In return, they offer imaginary employment in a fantasy industry. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th June 2026 Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that... Read more »

The highly lucrative trade in children in care reveals another level of cynicism altogether. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th June 2026 Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They’re handing out money faster than you can stuff it in a sack. All you need do... Read more »

How to alienate people from the green transition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th May 2026 We will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best and we will force you to comply. This, I’m sorry to say, is how the government’s climate... Read more »

Why is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign. He justified his enthusiasm as follows:... Read more »

Why are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »

Radical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »

Long-time Republican political consultant Mike Murphy is concerned that Republicans have put themselves in a bind with some of the people that they've elected over the years.In a post on X, Murphy wrote of the disastrous debate between Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Ks.) and Rev. Adam Hamilton (D) at the Kansas... Read more »

President Donald Trump has caused numerous "crises" throughout his terms that could define his legacy, but according to a new analysis from The i Paper, a much more unlikely "looming crisis" could help define him as the "worst president ever.""Having promised to solve Russia’s war on Ukraine on 'day one'... Read more »

Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina Anderson, are furious over a ProPublica report alleging that their wedding in the Bahamas in May was partially funded by Umar Kremlev — a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin. The article's allegations are resulting in strong criticism of President... Read more »

On Tuesday, it became clear that President Donald Trump has been hit by a bad case of “buyer’s remorse” over his appointees to the Supreme Court. And according to Newsweek Senior Editor Shane Croucher, Trump isn’t the only one regretting his pick as many of his voters have ditched their... Read more »

Drive-time talk-radio hosts Nick Kayal and Dawn Stensland are begging a Republican candidate to either stop coming on their station or stop saying things that make her look worse to voters. During their Monday morning show, conservatives Kayal and Stensland, along with ex-Green Party candidate Greg Stoker, complained about the... Read more »

On Thursday, September 10, attorney and veteran GOP operative Joseph diGenova abruptly resigned from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he had been focused on a conspiracy investigation targeting President Donald Trump's foes. And according to Salon's Heather Digby Parton, the fact that he left DOJ without getting a... Read more »

The Wall Street Journal editorial board took several Republican lawmakers to task in a new piece, calling them out for "hypocrisy" after they supported President Donald Trump's "economic mistake" tariffs while also quietly begging for exceptions.The WSJ board is typically known for published pieces with a heavily conservative slant, often... Read more »

The debate over the dangers of artificial intelligence has exploded in recent days as a string of industry insiders have warned that its development should be slowed. President Donald Trump, however, has rejected such concerns, claiming that his “high IQ” is all that’s needed to ensure that AI won’t destroy... Read more »

For the man who associates himself with wealth and opulence, the president has lost $300 million in the past year. According to a Tuesday Forbes report, the billionaire has fallen in his ranking among other billionaires, and he now ranks 245th on the list of the Forbes 400 richest people.... Read more »

In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse, according to some news... Read more »

To examine the unyielding multi-billionaire dollar shield that the United States provides Israel is to confront the coarse mechanics of modern empire. Washington has, for decades, maintained a posture of absolute defense, supplying advanced weaponry, providing diplomatic immunity, and rationalizing actions that human rights organizations and international courts characterize as... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. If you’ve followed my interviews, you know I’ve been warning about the high likelihood of a third round of the war – one that would almost certainly be far more intense than the previous two. I’ve also argued that, given Trump’s erroneous reading... Read more »

Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history is already clear,” he proclaimed, “to answer these attacks and... Read more »

Over the last several weeks in the lead up to the 25th anniversary of al Qaeda’s attack on the U.S., I’ve had American and foreign journalists ask me the same question: how did 9/11 change America? My answer has generally been some version of this: 9/11 didn’t change us, we... Read more »

“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in  –  and the West in general  –  into an unbearable hell and a choking life.” – Osama bin Laden (October 2001) “GIVE THEM NIGHTMARES.” – President Donald Trump (September 2026)... Read more »

U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a staunch zionist, recently made waves when he referred to Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank as “terrorists.” “It’s an act of terror,” Huckabee said. “I’ve been criticized a little bit for calling that terror, but terror is when a person is forced... Read more »

A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers... Read more »

As Israel’s war on Gaza enters a grim third year, the prevailing narrative developed by mainstream Western media serves as a masterclass in institutional complicity; filtering genocide through a lens of manufactured neutrality. Since October 2025, when the so-called ceasefire – which Israel has repeatedly violated – began, the tragedy... Read more »

The month's archives. - 2026/09 / perspective... Read more »

On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will... Read more »

The small self-proclaimed state of Somaliland is aiming to become a regional player: it is now an ally of Israel and has commercial and security agreements in the Gulf. Now it's hoping for US support. - 2026/09 / article, 2026/09 Somaliland... Read more »

The dollar gives America huge power, but the international monetary system built around it is sliding into chaos, as recent US support for the yen shows. Yet replacing the dollar brings risks of its own. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

The US left is making gains. With elections looming and his ratings tanking, Trump has revived the old communist spectre – and recast the left as a terrorist threat. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

Emmanuel Macron leaves the Élysée in eight months. And, in keeping with the political journalism tradition whereby last-minute criticism apparently makes up for a decade of deference, the brickbats are coming thick and fast. The Economist, having once regarded him as the ‘saviour of Europe', now mocks a ‘lame duck'... Read more »

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Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to ‘change the face of the Middle East'. But the war with Iran has created a situation that no single power can control. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany has broken with its postwar military restraint: it is rearming at speed and has set its sights on becoming NATO's leading European power, with US blessing. - 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany... Read more »

Exclusive: Six British charities appear to funnel donations to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank The post The UK charities sending nearly £2 million to illegal settlements appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Ed Miliband’s decision to leave the military relationship with Israel intact raises serious concerns about Britain’s compliance with international law. The post How Israel’s arms industry is integrated into Britain’s military appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Peter Mandelson claimed his 2001 visit to Syria had nothing to do with “politics” yet he carried a message from Tony Blair to Bashar Assad, declassified files show  The post Blair used Mandelson to court Syrian dictator appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Stopping trade with Israeli settlements but leaving the military relationship intact could see Labour lose ground to the Greens The post Do Andy Burnham’s sanctions on Israel go far enough? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

New details emerge about extreme measures used by British soldiers to support a Gulf autocrat The post When Britain used torture to control the Strait of Hormuz appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

That’s the unwritten rule for Britain’s media The post It’s OK to fight for a foreign army (as long as they’re our friends) appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

College of Policing held over a dozen trainings for police from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, designated by the Foreign Office as countries of concern The post UK police trained officers in states flagged over human rights appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

The British military undertook “intensive military cooperation" with Russia while it was killing civilians in Chechnya in 1995, declassified files show The post When the UK trained the Russian army — and a Russian spy appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Judge rules that damage caused during protest at bank branch not enough to merit terrorism sentencing The post ‘BarclayS 5’ Palestine activists will not be tried as terrorists appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday confirmed that he will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng this weekend for the final preparatory talks between the two sides, less than a week before Chinese President Xi Jinping travels to Washington for a bilateral summit with US President Donald Trump. “With... Read more »

A Paris court on Tuesday sentenced a man to one year under house arrest with an ankle tag for sexually assaulting primary schoolchildren in his care. The sentence is the heaviest imposed since multiple allegations of sexual or physical violence emerged in recent months against monitors the city employs to... Read more »

A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen (US$6,500) for forcing a 12-year-old Thai girl to provide sexual services at his private-room massage parlour in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court found Masayuki Hosono guilty of violating the child... Read more »

Hong Kong’s finance chief has called on Cathay Pacific Airways to offer attractive fares and expand its route network, as China’s national development plan reinforces the city’s status as a global aviation hub. Speaking at Cathay’s 80th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po described the flag carrier... Read more »

Okinawa’s election on Sunday of a governor backed by Japan’s ruling party ended 12 years of local leadership opposed to the relocation of a US airbase and elements of Tokyo’s defence build-up plans. While experts say that Genta Koja’s victory will not give Tokyo any new military authority in the... Read more »

Canada’s exports to China jumped by 30.1 per cent in the first half of 2026, led by crude oil, copper and other energy and mineral products, as Ottawa stepped up efforts to diversify trade ties amid growing tensions with its largest trading partner, the United States. Exports to China reached... Read more »

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears The Chinese-American community expressed anger... Read more »

A lack of mutual trust and confidence haunts Sino-US relations, a major security conference in Beijing has heard, just a week before Xi Jinping travels to America for his first state visit there in over a decade. “[While] we have the agreement on this constructive strategic stability, we don’t have... Read more »

A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to... Read more »

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears The Chinese-American community expressed anger... Read more »

Police in Guangzhou said on Monday they had apprehended a man in the southern Chinese city’s university town district after receiving reports that he was wielding a knife and injuring pedestrians. Emergency services started receiving calls around 5.20pm local time about multiple stabbings in front of a hotpot restaurant in... Read more »

Beijing has hailed a “one country, two systems” proposal by a Taiwanese scholar in a rare official statement on an issue regarded as politically sensitive on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. “We are pleased to see that more and more Taiwan compatriots are facing up to reunification, beginning to... Read more »

Beijing has introduced stricter drone regulations, banning all uncrewed flights as well as the possession and storage of existing devices, while detailing disposal methods for the first time in an effort to strengthen security in the capital. The new rules, which will take effect on November 15, follow an incident... Read more »

For generations of Chinese schoolchildren, English textbooks offered a glimpse of an unfamiliar world, from London’s Tower Bridge and Big Ben to American school life and Halloween traditions. Today, students opening an English textbook are more likely to encounter passages on late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) thinker Liang Qichao, the Dragon... Read more »

China’s top intelligence official has warned of rising national security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), calling for robust risk prevention frameworks and stronger global governance of the emerging technology. The call from Chen Yixin, China’s state security minister, comes as Beijing seeks to play a leading role in global... Read more »

China’s new draft law on combating cross-border corruption is as much a weapon against foreign interference as it is a tool against illicit financial flows, analysts say. The draft sets out ways to block extraterritorial investigations and to retaliate against foreign anti-corruption enforcement, drawing a firm legal boundary against foreign... Read more »

“Separatists” and the United States are putting Taiwan in greater danger, mainland China’s state broadcaster has warned, days after Washington’s de facto ambassador to the self-ruled island said it only needed to convince a potential adversary that landing forces would be very difficult. “Taiwan doesn’t need to demonstrate that it... Read more »

Authorities in China are taking content creators, fan groups and online platforms to task as their aggressive pursuit of online traffic upends lives and public services across the country. State media and local authorities have called on these parties to exercise restraint and stop attention-seeking behaviour from getting out of... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal.  The event, entitled... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 September 2025 Britain colluded with a militia in the Kosovo war whose leaders now face war crimes charges in The Hague. Will UK officials ever be held to account? On 28 April 1999, prime minister Tony Blair’s adviser John Sawers wrote a memo to... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 August 2025 Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable.  There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »

More than 70 million people in the U.S. identify as Hispanic today, but government agencies and survey organizations don't count the Hispanic population in the same way.... Read more »

This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The American Trends Panel survey methodology, Wave 190 Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 190 of the American... Read more »

This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/. Research Kirsten Eddy, Senior ResearcherKaterina Eva Matsa, Director, News and Information Research   Michael Lipka, Associate Director,... Read more »

Republicans and Democrats largely agree that the Trump administration and the U.S. news media have a bad relationship.... Read more »

Roughly half of U.S. adults say news organizations are influenced a great deal by corporations and government interests.... Read more »

Substantial shares of U.S. adults think the government, news organizations and social media companies intentionally keep news from reaching the public.... Read more »

U.S. adults hold a wide range of opinions on what's acceptable for news organizations to report and how the government should treat journalists.... Read more »

U.S. adults define press freedom in varying ways but many bring up the ability to report or publish information freely.... Read more »

About half of U.S. adults correctly identified that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.... Read more »

As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept. The post Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich. The post Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home. The post The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests. The post Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the right attacks mass participation head on, the center is telling the rest of us to pipe down while the elites are talking. The post Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true. The post Osama Bin Laden Won appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech. The post Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee. The post Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The unfriendly skies: On United, your checked bags might be riding alongside some tank parts bound for Israel. The post United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

In his new book, Tad Stoermer explores why resistance movements in the United States face uphill odds.... Read more »

I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection for fifteen years. I have a hard time taking the administration’s campaign against fraud very seriously.... Read more »

What was once a hobby passed down by her mother has become a thirty-five-year-old Palestinian woman’s main income.... Read more »

It is important to remember that governments and their leaders do not represent all of humanity.... Read more »

If nothing else, the 2026 World Cup exposed the fact that globalization represents no challenge to neofascism, authoritarianism, rightwing nationalism.... Read more »

The race to develop artificial intelligence puts humankind in unparalleled danger.... Read more »

State officials weigh a new federal school voucher program that is ripe for profiteering and discrimination.... Read more »

Repeatedly displaced by Israel’s advances over the war’s first six months, many residents fear they won’t see home again.... Read more »

Tradwife influencers underscore the inevitability of feminist equity.... Read more »

Along with grief and loss, the anniversary of 9/11 brought home for many the "incalculable cost" of the quarter century of carnage it unleashed - the militarizing "beyond all sanity," the othering of "everyone who isn't 'them,'" the lying, fear-mongering, inflicting of terror that's left America hollowed out from forever... Read more »

AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI development.Digital rights group Fight for the Future, which has run many of the highest profile campaigns against... Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce today that it will stop regulating carbon dioxide released by power plants burning fossil fuels, according to reports. If allowed to go into effect, the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be allowed to grow unchecked. In... Read more »

According to published reports, the Trump Administration will finalize rules to rollback carbon pollution standards for power plants, as soon as today.Following is reaction from Meredith Hankins, federal climate legal director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):“With millions of Americans facing wildfires, heat waves and deadly storms fueled by climate... Read more »

According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This action would... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced today that they will launch a campaign soon after the November midterm elections calling for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to enter the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.“As the prospective field comes into view, it’s crucial... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, has launched an investigation into OpenAI following revelations that the company’s AI agents breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity evaluations this summer. Hawley is seeking documents and information from OpenAI about the incident, including evidence that the... Read more »

A coalition of 45 faith, peace, labor, health, and political organizations is calling on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and committee Ranking Members Gregory Meeks and Jim McGovern to immediately announce plans to call a vote on Rep. Nydia Velázquez’s Cuba War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res. 106). In a letter sent... Read more »

Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows prices rose 0.4% in August and are up 3.4% over the past year. Core prices, which exclude food and energy, rose 0.3% in August alone. Gas prices reached their highest ever recorded for August, and the pressure has not let up, climbing $4.29... Read more »

Almost 98% of all state executions in the U.S. are conducted by lethal injection, purportedly a quick and painless death. Corinna Barrett Lain states nothing could be further from the truth — but that it’s in the interests of the killing state that we imagine it that way. Corinna Barrett... Read more »

Why do poor, often sick, rural people vote for Republicans even after they slash funding for Medicaid and close rural hospitals? Michael Shepherd describes how conservative politicians and media have successfully built support for those cuts by claiming programs like Medicaid only help city dwellers, people of color, and immigrants.... Read more »

When we think of world makers, we’re unlikely to picture a flower. Yet flowers completely transformed our planet, giving us rain forests, altering coastlines, producing the food we eat, and enticing our pre-human ancestors to climb down from the trees. And they did that partially through reshaping the formerly adversarial... Read more »

The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the official union movement, propelled such efforts. He discusses the black labor movement’s divisions, including in the face of the... Read more »

Jessica Mitford revived muckraking journalism in the United States, shaping generations of investigative writers who followed her. She also lived a committed life on the left, despite her ultra-reactionary English upper class origins. Carla Kaplan argues that Mitford is woman for our times. Carla Kaplan, Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life... Read more »

Big Tech’s owners see themselves as visionaries — as singularly capable of understanding and shaping the future — in contrast to the rest of us. Adrian Daub explores the worldview of Silicon Valley’s owners. Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Governing Stanford University Press, 2026 Photo by Igor Shalyminov on Unsplash... Read more »

After a century of drug prohibition, during which the use of many illicit drugs increased, states and countries are moving to decriminalize the usage of certain psychoactive substances. As corporations rush to profit, legal scholar Kojo Koram argues for the legalization of drugs without commercial gain. Kojo Koram, The Next... Read more »

Recessions, trade wars, labor unrest — in moments of societal crisis in the United States, Asian-Americans have been perennially targeted, from the destruction of Chinatowns by white mobs, to the mass internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2, to attacks against Asians during Covid. Historian Scott Kurashige reflects on more than 175... Read more »

Capitalism has transformed the world like no other force, which historian Sven Beckert calls a fundamental break in human history. Beckert traces the emergence and expansion of capitalism, arguing that we can best understand the present by coming to terms with its past. (Full-length presentation.) Sven Beckert, Capitalism: A Global... Read more »

At least 21 Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to Palestinian sources, as strikes continued despite a ceasefire, with Gaza's already devastated education system facing further collapse.... Read more »

A US federal judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would impose fixed limits on how long foreign students, exchange visitors and representatives of foreign media may stay in the United States.... Read more »

US President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post on Monday that Iran wants to reach an agreement with Washington "quickly and badly" and he would decide whether the US engages with Tehran.... Read more »

Microsoft's AI division on Monday published a code of conduct governing how its artificial intelligence (AI) models should behave, as fears rise about the dangers of AI.... Read more »

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held talks with visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Khamlieng Outhakaysone in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

Why do Panda birthdays matter?... Read more »

Researchers say early warnings must be matched with financial and practical support to help vulnerable pastoralists prepare for drought.... Read more »

When President Xi Jinping described China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) as both a blueprint for China's own development and a list of opportunities for the world, the wording amounted to more than a diplomatic turn of phrase. It pointed to the outward-facing logic of China's next stage of modernization: progress... Read more »

Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in security, trade and political affairs following talks between their presidents in Abidjan.... Read more »

Experts: Xi sets clear direction for greater BRICS cooperation... Read more »

Denmark summons Russian ambassador over flares fired at helicopter... Read more »

Uruguay defense official calls for greater autonomy and cooperation... Read more »

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on strengthening basic research will be published on Wednesday.... Read more »

China hopes that the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union will build on its traditional goodwill toward China, fulfill its responsibility and create conditions for bringing the bilateral relations back on the right track, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.... Read more »

CGTN poll on the China-ASEAN Expo... Read more »

Brazilian president's special advisor to visit China Sept. 16-17... Read more »

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday urged the US side to stop expanding its military buildup and preparing for war in outer space, and safeguard global strategic stability through concrete actions.... Read more »

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to visit China... Read more »

A trade fair, a cultural exchange that carries on... Read more »

China called for BRICS countries to be pioneers in advancing innovation-driven development, upholding peace and stability, facilitating mutual learning between civilizations, as well as reforming and improving global governance. As BRICS enters a new stage of expansion, these offer a roadmap for deeper cooperation and a stronger Global South voice... Read more »

BRICS is moving beyond climate pledges to build the financial infrastructure needed to fund the Global South's green transition. From local-currency lending and adaptation finance to carbon markets and central-bank coordination, the bloc is seeking to turn climate commitments into capital that can actually flow.... Read more »

Nigerian scholar: Global South pins high hopes on BRICS's 'China Year'... Read more »

China's yuan-denominated loans rose by 10.44 trillion yuan ($1.54 trillion) in the first eight months of 2026, central bank data showed on Monday.... Read more »

The US AI Exports Program claims global sharing but demands that US tech is used by default. China's low-cost models get hit with so-called "adversarial distillation" sanctions. "Pax Silica" is forcing partners to pick sides. Public good or private club? CGTN's Wang Tianyu explains.... Read more »

A search for partners leads to smarter logistics.... Read more »

AI economy takes the spotlight at Inclusion Conference on the Bund... Read more »

The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) wrapped up in Beijing on Sunday with more than 1,200 outcomes, underscoring the growing role of technology and knowledge-intensive services in China's rapidly evolving service trade.... Read more »

The narrow waterway linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean carries 12 percent of maritime world trade. With the Strait of Hormuz closed, this portends the opening of another front in the wider regional war between the US-Israeli bloc and Iran.... Read more »

While Canary has been driven to the brink of bankruptcy and Galloway cannot access UK banking facilities, far-right leader Nigel Farage has secured donations this past week from two British crypto-billionaires worth £72 million.... Read more »

This campaign aims to misdirect legitimate concerns about the deployment of increasingly powerful AI models by profit-seeking corporations into an effort to more directly align the development of technology with the geopolitical interests of American imperialism.... Read more »

Two workers were killed on construction sites in Texas within a week, while a worker in Utah suffered severe injuries after being crushed between two trailers.... Read more »

One Nation’s plan is an extension of anti-immigrant policies implemented by the federal Labor government, which has scapegoated international students for the social crisis and persecuted refugees.... Read more »

Several hundred workers at Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia’s largest performing arts complex, held a 24-hour strike on Friday against a below-inflation pay offer and deteriorating conditions.... Read more »

On numerous occasions, Steve said he regretted not meeting the party earlier in his life. But once he did join, he dedicated his last ten years to fighting in the working class for socialism, from which he never wavered in his commitment.... Read more »

The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond hit 5 percent yesterday, a full percentage point increase since the start of the war on Iran in February, with expectations it will go higher.... Read more »

The disconnect between Mamdani's promises and the reality of advancing war, dictatorship and austerity is preparing a crisis for the DSA mayor as he is driven to more openly confront the working class.... Read more »

China's industrial output up 5.3% in first 8 months... Read more »

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held talks with visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Khamlieng Outhakaysone in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

Why do Panda birthdays matter?... Read more »

When President Xi Jinping described China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) as both a blueprint for China's own development and a list of opportunities for the world, the wording amounted to more than a diplomatic turn of phrase. It pointed to the outward-facing logic of China's next stage of modernization: progress... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held phone talks with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze on Monday on bilateral relations.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held phone talks with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and international issues.... Read more »

From Tuesday to Thursday, the 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum will be held under the theme of "Build Consensus on Stability, Advance Security Governance Together."... Read more »

With greater BRICS cooperation entering a new stage of high-quality development, Xi outlined how the grouping can play a more active role in a world marked by growing uncertainty and transformation.... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed that China and India should be partners, which is the most important consensus the two leaders reached during their meeting, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.... Read more »

BRICS enters its third decade: Exclusive with fmr. NDB advisor... Read more »

By continuously refining a global public security cooperation architecture based on extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China is contributing significantly to a fairer, more rational and efficient direction for global public security governance.... Read more »

The trajectory of Beijng Xiangshan Forum is also an epitome of China's fulfillment of its responsibility as a major country and its efforts to build the image of a responsible major country.... Read more »

When President Xi Jinping described China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) as both a blueprint for China's own development and a list of opportunities for the world, the wording amounted to more than a diplomatic turn of phrase. It pointed to the outward-facing logic of China's next stage of modernization: progress... Read more »

For ordinary people, what does BRICS actually mean?... Read more »

Global South countries are calling for a governance system that reflects their economic weight.... Read more »

A stable China-India relationship would contribute to Asian stability, strengthen South-South cooperation, give greater momentum to BRICS and provide the Global South with a more influential voice in shaping the international order.... Read more »

China and India may have their differences, but they have to learn to deal with each other.... Read more »

The New Delhi Declaration adopted by BRICS leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit sets out priorities for cooperation across a wide range of areas. Behind these broad commitments are a series of practical measures aimed at turning cooperation into concrete outcomes.... Read more »

Walking the Red Army Trail in Luding, Sichuan, retraces the epic 120-kilometer march that changed the fate of a nation.... Read more »

The pterosaur-themed museum just opened in Hami, Xinjiang, on September 13.... Read more »

Why do Panda birthdays matter?... Read more »

The 12th Euro-Asian Mediations Digital Art Biennale is currently underway at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum.... Read more »

China's Mid-Autumn Festival and the legends we put in the moon... Read more »

An emerald matcha mooncake – with Yunnan ham as part of its filling – quickly drew the attention of crowds of attendees who sampled the treat on the first day of the four-day Beijing International Tea and Tea Ceremony Exhibition, which opened on the morning of September 11.... Read more »

In the early hours of September 9, a spectacular meteor shower was captured on camera in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.... Read more »

Ruan Junting began drawing comics at 14 and has spent over two decades teaching art at the China Academy of Art. For years, she struggled between her artistic ambitions and the practical need to make a living. But her experiences with students gradually changed the way she understood art and... Read more »

BRICS Across Continents | A Russian Student Steps Into Ancient Xi'an... Read more »

China's Zhuque-2E rocket launches 10 satellites into space... Read more »

China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.2% year on year in August, accelerating by 0.7 percentage point from the previous month, official data showed Tuesday, with industrial robots among the standout products.... Read more »

Why AI rivals want to slow the race?... Read more »

China's largest shield tunneling machine rolls off the production line... Read more »

China has donated a sample from the far side of the moon collected by its historic Chang'e-6 mission to the United Nations.... Read more »

China's tech-matching conference bridges research and industry... Read more »

China announces Pinglu Canal's navigation classification... Read more »

SpaceX Starship's next test flight set for September 22... Read more »

Microsoft's AI division on Monday published a code of conduct governing how its artificial intelligence (AI) models should behave, as fears rise about the dangers of AI.... Read more »

Haaretz journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval alleged that Netanyahu held a 45-minute phone conversation with UAE President bin Zayed about 10 days before Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, warning him of their impending actions.... Read more »

Sama Safi, an American psychology student, was violently detained by armed Israeli soldiers in the West Bank in June and has been held in a military prison ever since... Read more »

Raids, abductions, and occupation deepen insecurity and fear for border communities in southern Lebanon... Read more »

A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with paid partnerships.... Read more »

A settler reports a sheep theft – apparently a false accusation – setting off this chain of events: The army raids a Palestinian village, joins settlers in stealing dozens of sheep and goats, and, along the way, shoots two young men dead... Read more »

‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die.... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine and Israel, including: Trump thinks things are swell in Gaza; West Bank is a tinderbox; a "treasonous" Israeli film; more.... Read more »

Israel's war machine never rests, nor is any Palestinian immune from its weapons.... Read more »

Gaza hospitals are rationing electricity ■ Netanyahu's party is going downhill ■ Israeli settlers' siege on Qusra hits one-month mark ■ More... Read more »

The analysis spotlights the impacts of three major trends in giving – accumulation, capitulation, and, in rare but instructive cases, solidarity – while demonstrating how adjusting payout requirements would unleash hundreds of billions for working charities. The post New Report Spotlights Philanthropy Under Oligarchy and How to Reform Charitable Giving... Read more »

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight. The post Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Bush could have immediately given a very clear and unequivocal speech to his nation and to the world that might have gone something like this. The post What George W. Bush Could Have Said After 9-11 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A functioning democracy requires rules voters and states understand before ballots are cast, not legal ambiguity that keeps results tied up in legal battles after the election. The post The Supreme Court’s Midterm Chaos Is Voter Suppression appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Communities in Louisiana are fighting, including against their own governments, to block new polluting projects. The post The Struggle Against Industrial Expansion in Cancer Alley appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

In the days after 9/11, IPS convened scores of allies to express our grief — and to speak out against the rush to war. The post ‘Justice, Not Vengeance’: Read Our 2001 Statement on the 9/11 Attacks appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Corporate leaders are living on an alternate economic planet. That may explain their silence even as their own workers are targeted. The post Corporations With Big Pay Disparities Have Been Silent as ICE Detains Their Workers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The wars against immigrants and Iran have helped to ratchet up of anti-Muslim sentiment. The post Muslim Americans Organize Amid Spike in Islamophobia appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells say they pay a high price for extraction. The post Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco appeared first on... Read more »

The analysis spotlights the impacts of three major trends in giving – accumulation, capitulation, and, in rare but instructive cases, solidarity – while demonstrating how adjusting payout requirements would unleash hundreds of billions for working charities. The post New Report Spotlights Philanthropy Under Oligarchy and How to Reform Charitable Giving... Read more »

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight. The post Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Bush could have immediately given a very clear and unequivocal speech to his nation and to the world that might have gone something like this. The post What George W. Bush Could Have Said After 9-11 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A functioning democracy requires rules voters and states understand before ballots are cast, not legal ambiguity that keeps results tied up in legal battles after the election. The post The Supreme Court’s Midterm Chaos Is Voter Suppression appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Communities in Louisiana are fighting, including against their own governments, to block new polluting projects. The post The Struggle Against Industrial Expansion in Cancer Alley appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

In the days after 9/11, IPS convened scores of allies to express our grief — and to speak out against the rush to war. The post ‘Justice, Not Vengeance’: Read Our 2001 Statement on the 9/11 Attacks appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Corporate leaders are living on an alternate economic planet. That may explain their silence even as their own workers are targeted. The post Corporations With Big Pay Disparities Have Been Silent as ICE Detains Their Workers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The wars against immigrants and Iran have helped to ratchet up of anti-Muslim sentiment. The post Muslim Americans Organize Amid Spike in Islamophobia appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells say they pay a high price for extraction. The post Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco appeared first on... Read more »

Saudis Cancel September Crude Cargoes To Europe As East-West Pipeline Shutdown Deepens Energy Crisis Summary: Saudis Cancel September-Loading Crude Cargoes to Europe Europeans are paying between $9-$11 per gallon for diesel amid Global Refining Crisis  Saudi Oil Routes Narrow: Kingdom Eyes Hormuz Export Surge After Pipeline Attack Saudis Cancel September-Loading Crude Cargoes... Read more »

Everybody Involved In The "AI Extinction" Conversation Is Talking Their Own Book By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Coalition of the Exceedingly Reluctant US 10-year bond yields topped 5% on Monday, and again on Tuesday, as crude oil prices continued to move higher and overnight index swaps implied... Read more »

Democrat Judge Rules Trump's FEMA Staffing Cut Violated The Law Shock of all shocks - a California judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it ordered  the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cut its workforce from 23,000 to 11,500 by the end of the 2026 fiscal year.... Read more »

Trump Says Countries Should Reimburse US For Strait Of Hormuz Help Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Sept. 14 said that countries should reimburse the United States for its military efforts in trying to get oil through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran... Read more »

Here Lies The Motive: AI Leaders' Cunning Plan Exposed Are you scared enough yet? The AI overlords certainly hope so, as they have hatched a plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a fox. What follows is all speculation: the facts are real, the... Read more »

"Completely Beyond The Pale..." Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A newly unveiled memorial to Charlie Kirk was vandalized overnight outside Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix - and TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet says the attack went beyond ordinary graffiti. On Fox News' America's Newsroom, Kolvet described the damage... Read more »

Judge In Lindsay Clancy Trial Orders Jurors' Identities To Be Sealed Indefinitely Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The judge in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ordered that the jurors' names be sealed indefinitely due to concerns about their privacy. Judge William Sullivan said on Sept. 14... Read more »

Dazed And Confused Mitch McConnell Reappears After Three Month Hiatus He's 84-years-young and the poster child for term limits - Mitch McConnell has been a thorn in the side of the Trump Administration for years.  A classic Neo-Con, McConnell has continued to oppose voter identification under the Save Act and... Read more »

UK Mulls Military Support For Saudis Against Houthis After MbS Appeal Amid ongoing Saudi humiliation as the Houthis have rapidly expanded their territory in Yemen, which involved a 36-hour period last week where the rebels took control of the country's entire Red Sea coast, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is... Read more »

Sen. Dick Durbin called out Republicans Tuesday after revealing that Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee only received a months-old letter from FBI Director Kash Patel the night before Patel appeared for an oversight hearing.Durbin interrupted the proceedings after Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referenced the letter, which Patel... Read more »

An "anonymous donor" paid for the cremation of a gunman who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.The detail was buried in a trove of documents about would-be assassin Thomas Crooks provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as part of... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel derailed a Senate oversight hearing with personal attacks on a Democratic senator until the Republican presiding over it banged his gavel and ordered him to stop.The clash came Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's annual oversight hearing on the FBI, Patel's second since taking over the... Read more »

President Donald Trump continued his campaign to seize control over the Kennedy Center on Tuesday by insisting that a security guard had come mere “seconds away from certain death” due to the building’s state of disrepair.A small chunk of ceiling at the Kennedy Center collapsed earlier this month, though no... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel came armed with a stack of statistics to a congressional hearing this week, but a former top official at the bureau questioned his numbers.President Donald Trump's nominee cited crime data to rebut Democratic criticism of his leadership, but former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and CNN's... Read more »

The Vladimir Putin ally who secretly bankrolled much of Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding had apparently met him only once in public — at an event where they bonded over a MAGA outrage.In what appears to be the only recorded meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, Trump... Read more »

President Donald Trump explicitly alleged Tuesday that the 2024 attempt on his life by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was a “Democrat Plot” designed to keep him from the White House, and further argued that the Biden administration’s FBI director “should pay a price.”Trump’s accusation comes after newly disclosed FBI documents... Read more »

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent snapped at Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) instead of answering her question about whether tariffs have pushed inflation too high during an explosive clash on Tuesday.The exchange came before the House Financial Services Committee, where Bessent was the sole witness for his annual testimony on the state... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel sparked mass confusion Tuesday after being grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) over the FBI’s bizarre new recruiting policy regarding bestiality.Late last month, reporting revealed that the FBI had quietly loosened its vetting standards to make acts of bestiality no longer an instant disqualifier. At the... Read more »

Sen. Dick Durbin called out Republicans Tuesday after revealing that Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee only received a months-old letter from FBI Director Kash Patel the night before Patel appeared for an oversight hearing.Durbin interrupted the proceedings after Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referenced the letter, which Patel... Read more »

An "anonymous donor" paid for the cremation of a gunman who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.The detail was buried in a trove of documents about would-be assassin Thomas Crooks provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as part of... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel derailed a Senate oversight hearing with personal attacks on a Democratic senator until the Republican presiding over it banged his gavel and ordered him to stop.The clash came Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's annual oversight hearing on the FBI, Patel's second since taking over the... Read more »

President Donald Trump continued his campaign to seize control over the Kennedy Center on Tuesday by insisting that a security guard had come mere “seconds away from certain death” due to the building’s state of disrepair.A small chunk of ceiling at the Kennedy Center collapsed earlier this month, though no... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel came armed with a stack of statistics to a congressional hearing this week, but a former top official at the bureau questioned his numbers.President Donald Trump's nominee cited crime data to rebut Democratic criticism of his leadership, but former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and CNN's... Read more »

The Vladimir Putin ally who secretly bankrolled much of Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding had apparently met him only once in public — at an event where they bonded over a MAGA outrage.In what appears to be the only recorded meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, Trump... Read more »

President Donald Trump explicitly alleged Tuesday that the 2024 attempt on his life by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was a “Democrat Plot” designed to keep him from the White House, and further argued that the Biden administration’s FBI director “should pay a price.”Trump’s accusation comes after newly disclosed FBI documents... Read more »

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent snapped at Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) instead of answering her question about whether tariffs have pushed inflation too high during an explosive clash on Tuesday.The exchange came before the House Financial Services Committee, where Bessent was the sole witness for his annual testimony on the state... Read more »

FBI Director Kash Patel sparked mass confusion Tuesday after being grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) over the FBI’s bizarre new recruiting policy regarding bestiality.Late last month, reporting revealed that the FBI had quietly loosened its vetting standards to make acts of bestiality no longer an instant disqualifier. At the... Read more »

Vice President JD Vance gave the keynote address on the second night of the Republican midterm convention, which also featured Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Mike Johnson and a final send-off from President Donald Trump. Here's what we found in fact-checking their remarks: The... Read more »

In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn't, among other familiar claims. The post FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It's true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislation and that the company supported his campaigns. But Husted hasn't been... Read more »

In his campaign's latest TV ad, Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper of North Carolina highlights the issue of affordability using direct quotes from his Republican opponent. They are, in fact, direct quotes from Michael Whatley -- but they are a bit dated, and some of the comments were more defensible... Read more »

In the Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has been running TV ads that take a sound bite from his opponent about Social Security out of context. The post Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course? A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in... Read more »

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts are skeptical those measures have had much impact on prices overall, and they say other... Read more »

After the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two cases of measles-related deaths in one county, the local coroner appeared to contradict the account. And in an ongoing spat with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that a Shapiro staffer may have... Read more »

Vice President JD Vance gave the keynote address on the second night of the Republican midterm convention, which also featured Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Mike Johnson and a final send-off from President Donald Trump. Here's what we found in fact-checking their remarks: The... Read more »

In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn't, among other familiar claims. The post FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It's true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislation and that the company supported his campaigns. But Husted hasn't been... Read more »

In his campaign's latest TV ad, Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper of North Carolina highlights the issue of affordability using direct quotes from his Republican opponent. They are, in fact, direct quotes from Michael Whatley -- but they are a bit dated, and some of the comments were more defensible... Read more »

In the Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has been running TV ads that take a sound bite from his opponent about Social Security out of context. The post Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course? A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in... Read more »

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts are skeptical those measures have had much impact on prices overall, and they say other... Read more »

After the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two cases of measles-related deaths in one county, the local coroner appeared to contradict the account. And in an ongoing spat with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that a Shapiro staffer may have... Read more »

D.D. Guttenplan A new film biography depicts the Palestinian writer as still out of place—and ahead of his time.  The post Edward Said: Between Worlds appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Andrea Arroyo A spontaneous memorial honoring Gloria Steinem (March 25, 1934–September 2, 2026), an extraordinary woman, leader, and lifelong force for equality. New York City, September 2026. The post In Memory of Gloria Steinem appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Kai Bird The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends. The post We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Nadezhda Azhgikhina “Keep women’s solidarity in mind: Don’t forget how we empower each other through mutual support,” she reminded us. The post Gloria Steinem: A View From 1990s Moscow appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Genevieve Morrison The Liberal Gun Club, which has chapters in more than 30 states, reported a spike in interest as ICE raids ratcheted up early this year. The post Assault Weapons Are Banned in Massachusetts. These Leftists Want to Change That. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Catherine Lutz, Anne Lutz Fernandez Electric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools. The post Electric Shocks for Kids and the Push to Militarize Schools appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer As Trump subverts elections, his most ardent fans want to overturn the 19th Amendment. The post MAGA Is Exploiting the Lindsay Clancy Case to Try to End Voting for Women appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Andrea Arroyo What are the dangers of surrendering too much of our humanity to technology? The post Artificial Intelligence: Who Is Giving Birth to the Future? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

David Futrelle The recent spate of reports about the technology’s destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively. The post Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Haaretz journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval alleged that Netanyahu held a 45-minute phone conversation with UAE President bin Zayed about 10 days before Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, warning him of their impending actions.... Read more »

Sama Safi, an American psychology student, was violently detained by armed Israeli soldiers in the West Bank in June and has been held in a military prison ever since... Read more »

Raids, abductions, and occupation deepen insecurity and fear for border communities in southern Lebanon... Read more »

A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with paid partnerships.... Read more »

A settler reports a sheep theft – apparently a false accusation – setting off this chain of events: The army raids a Palestinian village, joins settlers in stealing dozens of sheep and goats, and, along the way, shoots two young men dead... Read more »

‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die.... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine and Israel, including: Trump thinks things are swell in Gaza; West Bank is a tinderbox; a "treasonous" Israeli film; more.... Read more »

Israel's war machine never rests, nor is any Palestinian immune from its weapons.... Read more »

Gaza hospitals are rationing electricity ■ Netanyahu's party is going downhill ■ Israeli settlers' siege on Qusra hits one-month mark ■ More... Read more »

Haaretz journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval alleged that Netanyahu held a 45-minute phone conversation with UAE President bin Zayed about 10 days before Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, warning him of their impending actions.... Read more »

Sama Safi, an American psychology student, was violently detained by armed Israeli soldiers in the West Bank in June and has been held in a military prison ever since... Read more »

Raids, abductions, and occupation deepen insecurity and fear for border communities in southern Lebanon... Read more »

A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with paid partnerships.... Read more »

A settler reports a sheep theft – apparently a false accusation – setting off this chain of events: The army raids a Palestinian village, joins settlers in stealing dozens of sheep and goats, and, along the way, shoots two young men dead... Read more »

‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die.... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine and Israel, including: Trump thinks things are swell in Gaza; West Bank is a tinderbox; a "treasonous" Israeli film; more.... Read more »

Israel's war machine never rests, nor is any Palestinian immune from its weapons.... Read more »

Gaza hospitals are rationing electricity ■ Netanyahu's party is going downhill ■ Israeli settlers' siege on Qusra hits one-month mark ■ More... Read more »

Content warning: This article discusses themes of suicide which may be upsetting to some readers, including the criminalisation of suicide and death by suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. Call 116 123 to …... Read more »

Politics is the art of compromise.  Therefore, both in decision-making and in elections, both for the electorate and for their representatives, voting procedures should cater for those who wish to compromise.  Single-preference procedures – like …... Read more »

Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have become an important part of the government’s strategy to combat the ongoing Irish housing crisis. Adopting MMC is a key part of Pillar 1 of the current housing strategy: Delivering Homes, Building …... Read more »

The world is entering a period of prolonged instability: geopolitical confrontation, technological acceleration, demographic pressure, information manipulation, social fragmentation and declining institutional trust. These dynamics are no longer …... Read more »

As of January 2026, successive opinion polls give centre-right Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael combined less than 40% of support for the next general election. Could Ireland have a government for the first time that excludes both of these traditional …... Read more »

For the past 26 years, I have worked in the addiction sector in Dublin watching the landscape of substance use evolve. While much attention is given to young people and new drug trends, there is a growing, overlooked and underserved group, older …... Read more »

In the middle of summer 2024, the song “10 Drunk Cigarettes” became a TikTok sensation. This was the height of Brat Summer - a time when women like Charli xcx and Sabrina Carpenter were dominating the pop industry, chartreuse was the colour of …... Read more »

Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the blockading of key infrastructure have disrupted daily life across the country. These developments echo …... Read more »

In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more »