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The occupying Israeli army targeted a prominent Lebanese journalist when they pillaged and demolished his painstakingly-constructed family home located outside Israel’s so-called “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon. Was it retaliation for his widely-viewed documentary on Israel’s notorious pager attacks? Israeli soldiers have looted and demolished the family home of Radwan... Read more »

Two US-based activists have been ordered by the Department of Justice to testify in mysterious grand jury proceedings, even after they served two months in jail for impeding production of one of Israel’s biggest arms suppliers. They’re not the only ones, they say — and are urging anyone slapped with... Read more »

US media and the human rights industry are portraying Jeffrey Jarquin as a heroic freedom fighter tortured and wrongly imprisoned by Nicaragua’s government. It turns out he was an opposition hooligan who destroyed a public university during the violent US-backed 2018 coup attempt. On 1 October 2026, Jeffrey Isaac Jarquin,... Read more »

Private messages show show Hamish De Bretton-Gordon, a top British pundit on the Salisbury poisoning incident, was a close associate of the MI6 officer who handled the Russian intelligence defector at the center of the scandal — and reaped considerable benefits from his proximity to the case. This September, a... Read more »

The Trump administration took the unusual step of negotiating directly for the release of captive IDF soldier Edan Alexander on the grounds that he was a dual American-Israeli citizen. But a source who’s been in contact with his family says he was not a US citizen at all. The Grayzone... Read more »

Once again, the British state is exploiting anti-democratic terrorism measures to secure convictions of Palestine Action defendants who targeted an Israeli weapons plant. UK media is currently forbidden from reporting on the trial. From October 5th, an eight-week-long trial of nine Palestine Action activists known as the Instro 10 will... Read more »

Kathmandu’s arrest of a prominent political observer who shared critical reporting by The Grayzone is the latest sign that a government which promised reform may be more repressive than the one it forcibly replaced. The Supreme Court of Nepal has ordered the government to explain its reasoning for arresting political... Read more »

When a semi-anonymous social media user declared that the federal government had targeted her in a bizarre entrapment scheme, the paranoid claim snowballed into a more disturbing revelation: the Pentagon appears to be breaking the law by paying conservative influencers to track, surveil, and propagandize Americans. Who else is involved... 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. One year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, The Charlie... Read more »

Iran’s IRGC have implemented an intensive strike strategy in the Strait of Hormuz, changing the nature of their conflict with the United States, while working alongside their regional allies to create new conditions on the ground. In this Monday’s episode of The Target looks at the shifts in the power... Read more »

Iran releases the shocking claim that it killed 200 US Soldiers in its strikes on bases in Jordan alone, provoking a denial from CENTCOM and threats to use the Mother Of All Bomb (MOAB)’s against the Islamic Republic. In the latest episode of The Target, MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh looks... Read more »

Through its myriad of agencies, the United States government has recruited and groomed rappers from around the world to further its political interests. Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars funding, training, and promoting artists who foment public discontent, organize protests, and lead color revolutions in nations in its... Read more »

The page that is still up Westminster Synagogue sits in the exclusive Knightsbridge district of London. In the financial year 2024, it brought in a total income of £1.31 million (U.S.$1.75 million). Its “Ways to Support” page still lists appeals that go well beyond a collection plate. Two of them... Read more »

Yemen’s Ansarallah are combating Israel’s expanded military outpost project, centred in Somaliland, as it accelerated plans to control the Red Sea and overthrow Yemen’s resistance government that had bankrupted Israel’s Eilat Port. Israel lost its foothold on Mayyun Island following a Yemeni operation that ended with Sana'a taking control of... Read more »

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu draft plans to launch another attack on Iran – as oil prices continue to rise once again. In this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the developments that have put a stranglehold on the US in... Read more »

Fund our high schools instead of genocides Photo: Stephane Jouteux For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their education. They want more teachers, smaller classes, decent school buildings and a public education system that works for... Read more »

Yemen’s Armed Forces have imposed a no-fly zone over Riyadh following a massive assault by Saudi Arabia using 100 aircraft, combined with a shock offensive aimed at capturing Bab el-Mandeb. In this Monday’s edition of The Target, MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh breaks down the conflict on the ground and why... Read more »

Oil facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have again been struck by ballistic missiles and drones, while evidence has emerged that the US could be plotting raids into north-eastern Iranian territory. In the latest episode of The Target stream, MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the incidents... Read more »

Last week, Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader and UK Prime Minister, addressed the Labour party conference in Liverpool: ‘All Together Now. That’s my rallying call to the country today. When we pull as one, →... Read more »

In response to news that we are this year celebrating 25 years of Media Lens we have received many kind comments from readers, some of them sympathising that it must be ‘awful’ to live with →... Read more »

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is a megastar. With over 128 million followers on Spotify, he ranks as the platform’s second most-followed artist, surpassed only by Taylor Swift. Sheeran’s official YouTube channel has more than 50 →... 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 »

Centrist Democrats’ calls to fall in line behind the party’s nominee only ever seem to cut one way — and fall apart when their candidate loses. The post The Spirit of “Party Unity, My Ass” Is Back and Coming for the DSA (and El-Sayed) appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mississippi investigators said the shooting was “justified,” but new body camera footage shows the cop firing into the passenger’s side as the car passed by him. The post Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Inequality Media co-founder Robert Reich and The Intercept’s Akela Lacy break down the most pressing issues of the midterm elections. The post The Intercept Live in Conversation With Robert Reich appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Fellowship PAC routed more than half a million dollars in support of Democrats through a firm co-founded by former Trump crypto adviser Bo Hines. The post Giant Crypto Super PAC Funnels Big Money to Former Trump Official’s Firm to Support… Democrats? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“Almost all of the worst ideas in the United States have been intentionally exported to Brazil as a way to make Brazil a worse country that’s more in line with U.S. interests.” The post The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election  appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The New York City mayor has said he doesn’t want to “normalize” ICE. But the NYPD, led by Jessica Tisch, has other plans. The post Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Sofia Liguori stepped down from DeepMind due to current military contracts — not speculative fears of an AI apocalypse. The post Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad. The post Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mississippi has yet to release any support for its claim that a “thorough and impartial” review showed the shooting was “justified.” The post Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong 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 »

A few months ago I said, "You're being told there's a dangerous explosion of Jew hatred to cover up the fact that there's actually a very healthy explosion of Israel hatred." The Bell review is here admitting that my assertion is correct.... Read more »

President Trump is telling the press that he is done negotiating with the Iranians and that something will be happening "fairly soon", while America's other president, Benjamin Netanyahu, proclaims that the time has come to topple Tehran once and for all.... Read more »

The review, led by Sir David Bell, mentions the word “political” or “geopolitical” no fewer than 125 times. It mentions the word “Israel” or “Israeli” 60 times and the word “Palestine” or “Palestinian” 35 times.... Read more »

I don’t know what kind of future we’re moving into — could be very, very bad, could be very, very good. But I’m glad we’re moving into it together.... Read more »

"This is interesting, because it reveals the exact value that these companies place on human life."... Read more »

"People are successfully manipulated in these ways because the wealthiest among us control the media and own all the largest platforms, which gives them a very high degree of narrative control."... Read more »

These people are such evil freaks. War profiteering should be fucking illegal.... Read more »

I have no respect for this idea that art is somehow separable from politics. ALL art is political when you live in a genocidal dystopia, because all your expression exists in relation to our freakish civilization.... Read more »

The new issue of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version. This issue features a painting of Jeff Bezos. It says so much about how diseased our society has become that the most revered and respected among us are emotionally stunted man-babies... Read more »

Την Δευτέρα 12/10 το βράδυ, στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών, 5 γυναίκες θα παρουσιάσουν το νέο μου βιβλίο (για 5 άλλες γυναίκες, των οποίων οι ιστορίες συνθέτουν μια ιδιαίτερη Ιστορία Ενός Αιώνα, 1923-2023). ΤΗΝ ΨΥΧΗ ΨΗΛΑ | Πέντε γυναίκες που μου δίδαξαν την αντίσταση στον φασισμό, στον αυταρχισμό και στον σοβινιστή... Read more »

In my 2023 book I explained Big Tech’s overweening power to shape society “technofeudalism.” In this article for Jacobin, I reply to my critics that this isn’t a moral critique but one based ona fully-fledged Marxist analysis of the dynamic of capital accumulation today. The full argument linking Marx’s political economics... Read more »

As recently as two years ago, most Chinese economists paid only lip service to Marxism and assigned Western textbooks to their students. The advent of AI has changed that, because the technology—open source and available to the smallest manufacturer for a pittance—promises to avoid the “rent trap” common to capitalist... Read more »

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has returned Homer’s epic to the centre of popular culture, a feat that must be welcomed. Many have asked me to review the film. I declined. Being Greek gives me no privileged vantage point from which to comment on a work that belongs to everyone, that... 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 »

When your loved one suffers from dementia, it is not easy to care for them. Among the most common symptoms that worsen as the condition progresses is memory loss. In the elderly, particularly in Alzheimer’s disease, the most commonly affected function is short-term memory. It is not just about remembering... Read more »

Your dining room sees more life than almost any other space in your home. Family dinners, holiday gatherings, homework sessions, and late night conversations all happen around that one table. Yet many homeowners leave this room untouched for years, assuming a refresh means spending thousands of dollars. The truth is... Read more »

Retraining as a personal trainer does not necessarily mean leaving your current job before you start studying. If you plan the qualification route carefully, you can fit theory work around evenings, weekends or changing shifts, then arrange practical training and assessment dates once you know what the course requires. The... Read more »

Content warning: This article contains a graphic image of injuries A Palestinian man has been shot dead and others injured during the olive harvest in the Ramin Valley as the world marks the third anniversary of the 7 October genocide. The area, which is in the Tulkarm governorate in the... Read more »

Somalia is facing a massive human catastrophe, fuelled by a combination of climate chaos and decades of foreign intervention (primarily from the US). This crisis is intensifying at a time when north-eastern Africa has become a key focus for regional powers following the US-Israeli war on Iran’s severe disruption of... Read more »

Campaigners continue to apply pressure to convince Reform-led Kirklees Council to finally reopen Dewsbury Sports Centre. The previous Labour leadership had taken the “devastating” and highly questionable decision to permanently close the sports centre in Dewsbury – one of England’s most deprived towns. For three years campaigners have been pushing... Read more »

Today, 7 October 2026, is the third anniversary of horror. However, it is not the horror that the mainstream UK media, British politicians and Israel lobbyists will tell you about. On 7 October 2023, from before dawn until well into the evening, Israel conducted the mass slaughter of its own... Read more »

The Guardian has been accused of inverting reality in its attempt to undermine the Green Party’s conference motion declaring that Zionism is (and it is) racism. The paper’s headline blared that: British Jews more likely to identify as Zionist since 7 October attacks, research finds. Percentage who feel ‘very emotionally... Read more »

Numerous public figures who want to see lasting peace in the North of Ireland have signed an open letter. The letter, to Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant, expresses support for the Garvaghy Road residents in Portadown. The open letter in support of Garvaghy Road residents Dear Secretary of State, We... Read more »

With all of those who continue to demonstrate against injustice and who imagine a different world … The Nature of Mass Demonstrations John Berger This article originally appeared in New Society, 23 May 1968. Seventy years ago (on 6 May... Read more... Read more »

from Ill Will, 22/10/2026 On the final pages of his Republic, Plato presents us with the image of a perfect, total order that no earthly city could ever achieve. Ian Alan Paul’s “The Disorder of Things” begins where Plato’s text... Read more... Read more »

Our condition, in terms of hope and desire, resembles that of those who, in Dante’s Divine Comedy, remain suspended in Limbo and who, in Virgil’s words, desire without any longer hoping (sanza speme vivemo in disio). We too, like the... Read more... Read more »

Audio interview with Ami Chen Mills, candidate for Santa Cruz, California mayor in Nov. 3, 2026 runoff election. Audio interview with Ami Chen Mills, candidate for Santa Cruz, California mayor in Nov. 3, 2026 runoff election. Five candidates ran for... Read more... Read more »

We are the people fighting to suffer no moreAn open letter from prisoners of the ongoing uprisings in France 23 October 2026 We are writing to you from a prison in the Île-de-France region (France) whose name we will not... Read more... Read more »

We’re pleased to report that, in the case of the Mancunian antifascist arrested on false charges for defending Manchester against a pack of racist invaders from “Britain First,” the costs of his legal defence had been fully covered. His supporters... Read more... Read more »

All of this week’s episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Anti-Palestinian Racism How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It... Read more... Read more »

A 57-year-old man died in the Scugog River with Kawartha Lakes Police Service (KLPS) officers present in Lindsay, Ontario, on October 23, 2026. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) reports that Kawartha Lakes Police Service officers were investigating a break-and-enter that... Read more... Read more »

Nellie and Andrew talk about parenting as world-building, reparenting themselves, gender-liberation as brown anti-capitalist people, Latinx parenting, anti-racist resources, for their 3 year old kiddo Inti. ... Read more »

Author: Walter BenjaminTitle: The MoonSource: Berlin Childhood around 1900 The light streaming down from the moon has no part in the theater of our daily existence. The terrain it illuminates so equivocally seems to belong to some counterearth or alternate earth. It is an earth different from that to which... Read more »

Author: Marina St. James and Fíona VivienneTitle: The December RuptureSubtitle: Luigi Mangione and the Revolt Against ReverenceDate: 2025Notes: Essay from The Luigi Reader, Bacchus Editions 2025. bacchuseditions.netSource: Bacchus Editions, bacchuseditions.net I begin with appetite. Not the appetite that can be satisfied by acquisition, nor the domesticated desire that waits patiently... Read more »

Author: Philippe ChanialTitle: Proudhon, Sociologist and Activist of the Autonomy of the SocialDate: 2017Notes: Translated by Shaun Murdock.Source: “Proudhon, sociologue et militant de l’autonomie du social” Revue de la Société P.-J. Proudhon, no. 3 (2017): 9–16. Source in French: https://www.proudhon.net/philippe-chanial-proudhon-sociologue-et-militant-de-lautonomie-du-social/ If Proudhon can and should be read as a forerunner... Read more »

Author: Elisée ReclusTitle: The Vivisection of ChinaDate: 1898Notes: From the September 1898 issue of The AtlanticSource: Retrieved on October 22, 2026 from an archived copy of https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1898/09/the-vivisection-of-china/636369/ THE great events which are creating such an excitement in the West Indies over the last shreds of the ancient colonial empire of... Read more »

Author: Fíona VivienneTitle: An Anarchist Mother's AcheDate: 2025Notes: Originally published in a collection of writings responding to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, issued by Bacchus Editions. Subsequently published as a standalone pamphlet by Bacchus Editions, with the original text unchanged. A Note on This Standalone Copy An Anarchist Mother's Ache... Read more »

Author: Martin H.Title: Barry Pateman: An AppreciationDate: 2026-10-21Notes: [First posted on the Kate Sharpley Library website]Source: https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/c2ft1b It’s important to appreciate those who have come before us. I first met Barry through Albert Meltzer, probably at a bookfair. I’d learned to trust that if Albert thought well of someone, he... Read more »

Author: Leonardo CaffoTitle: The “enemy” isn’t in the streets. It’s what sends you there From France to Albania, from Belgium to Turin, the protests of these days stage a clash between metaphors. Young people (the people) and police officers (the State), equally precarious, face each other as if the other... Read more »

Author: Schplinky DonkanovTitle: Infrastructure of AttackSubtitle: To Kill and SustainDate: May 2026 Whatever is most enduring is ultimately overtaken in the ceaseless transformation of things. Roger Ames Coping With the Trouble I started writing this zine with one question in mind: “If the state is toppled, where the fuck am... Read more »

Author: Wahono Karyadi & MatsutakeTitle: Anarchist Archives: Critique & Self-Critique #1.1Date: 2026Notes: Anarchist Archives: Critique & Self-Critique—will be written and published periodically—is a space for those running the Archipelago Anarchist Archive to engage in critical reflection.Source: Retrieved on October 14, 2026 from https://archive.org/details/@archipelago-anti-authoritarian-archive Printed and published (or even unpublished) works—such... Read more »

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The Commons and the Dangers of a Reactionary Derailment : Amorós in Rodrigo Mora’s Looking Glass... Read more »

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Sixteen years after recognising the State of Palestine, Chile will mark its first official Day of Chilean-Palestinian Friendship and Solidarity on 7th January 2027, following the passage of a new law celebrating the historic ties between the two peoples. Published in Chile’s Official Gazette on Thursday, 22nd October 2026, Law... Read more »

Marine bunkering services have begun at Gwadar. Meanwhile, according to reporting in June 2026, the proposed $10 billion Saudi refinery announced for the port in 2019 had yet to attract the promised investment. These contrasting experiences raise a fundamental question: where should Pakistan begin with Gwadar’s development? The strongest starting... Read more »

On Thursday, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry defended the country’s seat on the Board of Peace. Ministry spokesperson Vahd Nabyl Mulachela said joining the Board is part of Indonesia’s effort to support Palestine and help rebuild Gaza. He hoped the Board could lead to an independent Palestine living next to Israel. He... Read more »

Amnesty International on Saturday warned that upcoming elections must not deflect attention from Israel’s international crimes, urging continued scrutiny and accountability, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research, policy, advocacy and campaigns, said Palestinians have little reason to expect the outcome to deliver... Read more »

Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that no US troops are left in the country, including in advisory roles, as Baghdad moves to bring all weapons under state control by next June, Anadolu reports. Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the absence of foreign forces had removed... Read more »

Two children were killed, three civilians wounded and four people abducted in Houthi attacks in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province over 24 hours, a rights group said Saturday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Yemen Network for Rights and Freedoms said it had “documented 21 crimes and violations by the Houthis... Read more »

The Israeli army continued its siege of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank for a second consecutive day on Saturday, forcing dozens of Palestinians from their homes, according to Palestinian media, Anadolu reports. Israeli forces raided the al-Jilda and Deir Bahha areas in central Hebron and placed them under... Read more »

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense announced Saturday that danger has passed in four areas of the kingdom following earlier alerts warning of a “potential danger,”  Anadolu reports. The all-clear covered the Jeddah, Taif and Yanbu governorates, as well as Mecca province, according to statements issued by the Civil Defense on US... Read more »

Jordan declared three days of national mourning Friday for the victims of a terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud village in the southern Karak governorate that killed eight people, Anadolu reports. Prime Minister Jafar Hassan issued a directive declaring nationwide mourning starting Oct. 23, 2026, and ordering... Read more »

These truly-through-the-looking-glass days, it seems the drunk great-uncle you really didn't wanna ask to dinner is somehow getting worse. Scarily and no longer mirthfully, the befuddled "head" of a GOP blitzed on projection daily spirals deeper into phantasmagoria - slurring words, crafting fictions, renaming oceans, rekindling grievances, losing it over... Read more »

Today, Public Citizen released a new set of fact sheets that track the toll of the NAFTA-WTO era and today’s chaotic trade policies on the workers, farmers, local communities in all 50 states in the U.S., covering lost manufacturing jobs and farms, shuttered factories, battered union membership, depressed wages, falling... Read more »

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that a U.S. manufacturer of electroshock weapons stop sending its devices to Israel following an investigative report revealing their systematic use in the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees.According to an investigation published... Read more »

The nation’s largest and most profitable corporations paid an average federal income tax rate of just 10.4 percent in 2025, the lowest rate documented in more than four decades of research by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), according to a new study released today.The study examines the... Read more »

In nearly two years the Trump administration has protected just three species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and missed dozens of deadlines to make decisions promised in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service workplan. No other administration in the more than 50 years since the law... Read more »

The Trump-Vance administration has abandoned its appeal in National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. McMahon, a case brought by a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, more than a dozen local governments, and labor unions against the U.S. Department of Education. The case stopped a new rule that would have... Read more »

UltraViolet, a leading national women-led gender-justice organization responsible for numerous impactful victories against sexual predators and tech-facilitated sexual violence, issued the following statement in response to Apple updating its developer guidelines to ban AI “nudify” apps on its App Store, calling on Google to make the same changes in its... Read more »

Today, Unrig the Economy and Americans for Tax Fairness released a new analysis (in English and Spanish) showing that cuts to SNAP enacted under Trump and Congressional Republicans’ tax law have disproportionately affected Latinos. Since the law passed, more than 1.5 million Latinos nationwide are estimated to have lost food... Read more »

Today, the No Kings Coalition sent an open letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding immediate transparency and public answers regarding the sudden suspension of its official Instagram account during the nationwide No Kings: Vote Early day of action on Saturday, October 17.On Saturday, as millions... Read more »

It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranational underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at an egregious state injustice. That the temporary collapse of authority and restraint will allow some opportunists to... Read more »

“Forget justice, it’s much too expensive and time consuming. Plus if you take the government to court, you will have to spend your own money, and we are saving you from that”. That is a fair summary of the judgement by Lords Pentland and Troy and Lady Wise in our... Read more »

Tomorrow at 10am we get the judgement in our appeal against the suspension of the Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action. We cannot have won as the appeal – held by “urgent process” – was intended to allow a judicial review before the Supreme Court meets in... Read more »

Rather than abandoning the plainly nuts Fairford narrative, Burnham and his government are doubling down on the claim it is an Iranian terror plot. It remains quite possible the men were indeed fuel thieves, simply stealing fuel from farms. They appear to have been equipped for fuel theft and all... Read more »

I have lost faith both in Western social democracy, and in the institutions of international law. As both have been fundamental to the work of my life, this is rather a blow as I approach 70. A number of deeply shocking things have happened this past three years, not as... Read more »

On Friday we have our appeal against the suspension of the Palestine Action judicial review in Scotland. Our legal crowdfunder has been closed down by the card processors following Trump’s designation of Palestine Action as a global terrorist organisation. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/scottish-challenge-to-proscription/dashboard/ If you can, please come to the Court of Session... Read more »

I was surprised a few weeks ago to get an invitation from Yana Lantratova, Russian Federal Commissioner for Human Rights, to deliver a speech on human rights to the International Youth Festival in Ekaterinburg. It is approaching 20 years since I was last in Russia, and I tend to avoid... 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 »

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 »

Please complete this short survey and tell us which books or other works of literature you have taught using a Zinn Education Project people’s history lesson, and how you have used ZEP lessons to provide historical context in your English classroom.  The post What Literature Are You Teaching in Your... Read more »

Join us to celebrate the Zinn Education Project’s 18th year while we are in Philadelphia for the National Council for the Teachers of English conference. The post Invitation: Dinner Reception in Philadelphia appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with Howard Bryant about his book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post Robeson, Robinson, and Resistance: Athletes,... Read more »

Historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale discussed student organizing and state repression, and talked about their new books, High School Students Unite! and A New Kind of Youth. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The... Read more »

The Zinn Education Project’s Freedom to Teach and Learn Report documents, in educators’ own words, how the chilling effect is unfolding in schools today and how teachers are resisting. More than 610 educators from at least 43 states and Washington, D.C. responded to the survey. The post Freedom to Teach... Read more »

Resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day and all year to teach outside the textbook. The post Indigenous Peoples’ Day appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... 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 »

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 »

Marine bunkering services have begun at Gwadar. Meanwhile, according to reporting in June 2026, the proposed $10 billion Saudi refinery announced for the port in 2019 had yet to attract the promised investment. These contrasting experiences raise a fundamental question: where should Pakistan begin with Gwadar’s development? The strongest starting... Read more »

On Thursday, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry defended the country’s seat on the Board of Peace. Ministry spokesperson Vahd Nabyl Mulachela said joining the Board is part of Indonesia’s effort to support Palestine and help rebuild Gaza. He hoped the Board could lead to an independent Palestine living next to Israel. He... Read more »

When Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, met Iranian leaders in Tehran last Tuesday, he heard a familiar message in a harder form. President Masoud Pezeshkian said Washington must lift sanctions and pressure before talks resume. Security chief Mohsen Rezaei said no enriched material would leave Iran. After Munir... Read more »

President Trump’s pre-midterm pause on strikes against Iran landed as a claim of diplomatic momentum, not a concession of failure. The pause was framed as proof that negotiations are working. Look closer, and a different mechanism appears. The war meant to project strength has become an electoral liability, and the... Read more »

Yemen’s prolonged conflict is frequently discussed through the familiar language of ceasefires, military de-escalation, humanitarian assistance and negotiations between the principal armed parties. These are important elements of any effort to end the war. Yet they do not fully explain why successive political initiatives have struggled to establish a durable... Read more »

When Egyptian officials signalled their readiness to support Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, the announcement was presented as a familiar display of Arab solidarity. Yet beneath the diplomatic rhetoric lies a much more significant story, one that says less about military cooperation and more about the changing... Read more »

Iran’s latest military doctrine rests on a dangerous proposition: a country does not have to defeat a superior enemy on the battlefield to deny it a meaningful victory. By threatening broader retaliation, expanding the geography of conflict and exploiting vulnerabilities in regional trade, Tehran is attempting to make the political... Read more »

A seabed survey is usually an engineering step. For the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), it has become a test of how far Greece, Cyprus and Türkiye can manage their maritime dispute without letting it derail a major infrastructure project. In mid-October 2026, the GSI developer applied to resume surveys for... Read more »

Israel’s forthcoming elections on 27th October, the first since the events of 7th October three years ago and their aftermath, are taking place amid deep polarisation and fierce competition among rival political currents. Issues dividing groups of differing orientations, successive last-minute surprises and opinion poll findings all underscore the complexity... 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 »

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We sent two of the country’s top labor reporters to the 23rd Quadrennial Convention of the International Union of Police Associations in Las Vegas to find out…... Read more »

As Brazilians prepare to vote in the runoff election this Sunday, October 25, Meta has been working to lift the candidacy of Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro.... Read more »

"We want to be really clear that it is time for these armed soldiers to leave DC… We've seen them standing in front of polling locations… at our schools… all over our transportation system… It's billions of dollars. It is a clear effort to violate our rights… and we're not... Read more »

The decision is a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.... Read more »

We speak with three union workers who are among the “Minnesota 15” defendants the Trump administration is targeting for organizing to defend their Minneapolis communities from ICE earlier this year.... Read more »

“These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes,” said the US congressional candidate.... Read more »

Maryland's gubernatorial debate was a “missed opportunity to talk about big ideas, new ideas, something bold. What we saw is two candidates who could stay relatively safe within the bandwidth of their two respective parties. No one had to challenge, no one was challenged.”... Read more »

Over the weekend, thousands marched in cities across Brazil in support of Lula, one week out from the country's runoff election.... Read more »

Hundreds rallied in downtown Ithaca for “I Am Jane Doe” after a former Cornell student’s lawsuit alleging she was gang raped by seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers in 2024 sparked national outrage and a reopened criminal investigation.... Read more »

We sent two of the country’s top labor reporters to the 23rd Quadrennial Convention of the International Union of Police Associations in Las Vegas to find out…... Read more »

As Brazilians prepare to vote in the runoff election this Sunday, October 25, Meta has been working to lift the candidacy of Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro.... Read more »

"We want to be really clear that it is time for these armed soldiers to leave DC… We've seen them standing in front of polling locations… at our schools… all over our transportation system… It's billions of dollars. It is a clear effort to violate our rights… and we're not... Read more »

The decision is a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.... Read more »

We speak with three union workers who are among the “Minnesota 15” defendants the Trump administration is targeting for organizing to defend their Minneapolis communities from ICE earlier this year.... Read more »

“These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes,” said the US congressional candidate.... Read more »

Maryland's gubernatorial debate was a “missed opportunity to talk about big ideas, new ideas, something bold. What we saw is two candidates who could stay relatively safe within the bandwidth of their two respective parties. No one had to challenge, no one was challenged.”... Read more »

Over the weekend, thousands marched in cities across Brazil in support of Lula, one week out from the country's runoff election.... Read more »

Hundreds rallied in downtown Ithaca for “I Am Jane Doe” after a former Cornell student’s lawsuit alleging she was gang raped by seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers in 2024 sparked national outrage and a reopened criminal investigation.... Read more »

At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a decade. Many deaths have been linked to medical neglect, including four of five recent deaths at California’s Adelanto Processing Center, according to a 2026 report... Read more »

Brazilian voters are heading to the polls on Sunday for the presidential runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with polls showing a tight race that will decide whether Brazil remains led by the left or joins the right-wing surge across Latin America.... Read more »

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have both defended Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy after his campaign released a TV ad that appears to accuse Democratic nominee Amy Acton of lying about being sexually abused as a child. Acton’s stepfather was indicted in 1978 on charges of sexually... Read more »

Netanyahu Moves to Fully Lock Down West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections, As Trump Threatens New Strikes, U.S. Ambassador Says Iran War Could Last Another Year, Study: European Heat Waves Killed 50,000 in 2026 as Toll of Climate Crisis Grows, French Student Union Denounces Macron Ban on “Illegitimate” Protests, Serbia:... Read more »

A court in India on Wednesday ordered the release of two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, the youth-led movement that has led historic waves of protests in India since the summer. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained amid massive protests last week after they scaled a barricade to... Read more »

The growing controversy over AIPAC’s impact on U.S. politics is the subject of a new Zeteo documentary titled Night Flower: Inside AIPAC’s Fight for Influence. The film examines AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping U.S. policy toward Israel, and questions whether its activities warrant further scrutiny under the Foreign... Read more »

One of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections is in Michigan between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official who is campaigning on a platform of Medicare for All, ending military aid to Israel, and getting corporate money out of... Read more »

U.S. and Israeli Militaries Draft Plans to Resume Strikes on Iran After Midterm Elections, Saudi Arabia Says Four People Are Killed as Houthis Attack Oil Field, King Fahd Airport, Russia Kills More Civilians in Ukraine as U.S. Envoy Witkoff Praises Putin as a “Humanitarian”, Nigeria Reports First Case of Ebola... Read more »

We’re joined by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, co-authors of the book End Times Fascism, for a wide-ranging conversation on the multitrillion-dollar global investment in artificial intelligence and its reverberating effects around the world. Klein recently spoke at the People’s AI Assembly, alongside other critics of the artificial intelligence industry,... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin261023.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Pluto Press (2026) Disinformation has been a key part of Israel’s US-supported war on Palestinians since before October 7, 2023, but it has been amped up since. Yet as various state and media claims are proven false, it... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin261016.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   “Electrocution,” George Bellows (1917) Donald Trump has apparently called off plans to livestream an execution. It’s impossible to imagine that Trump—the guy who thought it was cute to post video of a tiger killing a man, video that... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin261009.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Fortune (9/13/26) This week on CounterSpin: When Fortune magazine is telling you “corporations are raking in cash, but American workers are reaping less and less of the rewards,” something is afoot. The not-notoriously capitalist-critical magazine reported recently on... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin261002.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Institute for Policy Studies This week on CounterSpin: It may sound awkward, but there’s a reason that some of us refer to the lethal attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as “September 11, 2001.” It’s... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260925.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Verso Books (2022) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media sell a lot of messages, but perhaps the overarching one is: This is how it is. You can be mad about it; we’ll give you a personal profile, maybe.... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260918.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).     Corporate Crime Reporter (8/3/26) This week on CounterSpin: FAIR, the nonprofit collective that produces CounterSpin, had a T-shirt early on that called for the “separation of press and state.” That’s still meaningful, of course, but it feels... 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 »

European manufacturers are being asked to compete with China while paying more for energy and surrendering export markets. Michael Hudson argues that governments have helped create this competitive disadvantage, then blamed foreign producers for the results. Speaking with former British diplomat Ian Proud, Hudson connects Europe’s energy policy to the... Read more »

Ian Proud, Conversation with Professor Michael Hudson, “Europe Chooses Economic Suicide,” Wednesday 14 October, 2026. Professor Michael Hudson, it’s good to see you again. I really enjoy our conversations about economics, a subject close to my heart. The 14th of October. Zelensky has been in London, and the UK Chancellor... Read more »

Selling oil is one thing. Getting paid in something you can use is another. A country can run a trade surplus and still find itself holding another government’s debt, a depreciating currency or reserves vulnerable to sanctions. In this conversation with Kathleen Tyson at the David Graeber Institute, Michael Hudson... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson debate gold, dollar alternatives and how resource exporters can retain more of the wealth their economies produce. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

I stopped calling myself an economist in the 1970s. Debt, the balance of payments and monetary imperialism were central to what I studied, but increasingly peripheral to what the profession wanted to discuss. Catholic publications gave me space to make arguments that had little place in the academic curriculum. This... Read more »

Michael Hudson argues that the 2026 Nobel Economics Prize rewards theories that overlook debt deflation and reinforce the power of creditors. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

            I’m seeing a powerful transformation in the use of the term “holocaust” on the Internet. Long before World War II, it was a Greek-based English word for killing or massacre. It was a natural extension for its being used as a more familiar word to describe what the Palestinians... Read more »

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Michael Hudson and Ann Pettifor challenge central bank independence and explain why higher interest rates could deepen an oil-driven economic crisis. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s the second-most used material on Earth, it’s an environmental disaster, and it’s falling apart all around us. Meet concrete, the subject of a new feature-length documentary by John Wilson, a filmmaker with a knack for... Read more »

In the runup to this year’s midterm elections, one of the defining campaign issues is the elections themselves. Ever since President Donald Trump first urged red states to draw new maps to give Republican candidates an electoral edge, America has been caught in a historic redistricting fight, which was supercharged... Read more »

The Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Alaska on Thursday, preemptively attempting to decertify the state’s election results—unless they win. Their justification: Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, who served as Alaska’s House representative from 2022 to 2025, is running against two men named Dan Sullivan, and that could... Read more »

On Thursday, Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel announced racketeering, money laundering, and drug trafficking charges against state Sen. Louise Lucas, the 82-year-old legislator who just so happened to lead Virginia Democrats’ redistricting effort earlier this year. But if you’re wondering if this is just retribution against... Read more »

His name might not be on the ballot this November, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in American politics right now. After his barrier-breaking victory late last year, Mamdani has emerged as the face of the no-holds-barred progressive movement and has... Read more »

It is a truth universally acknowledged that rich people love a designer dog. TikTok influencers walk their viewers through the process of cloning their dearly departed pugs. If you’ve got enough money, you can get a genetically-engineered hypoallergenic beagle. And, of course, pre-CRISPR genetic abominations created with simple old-school breeding... Read more »

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web. The discreet banner notice comes in stark contrast to... Read more »

Sipping on an iced caramel latte with whipped cream and talking about “squadding up” with his daughters on Fortnite, Brian Poindexter doesn’t necessarily fit the stereotype of a “manly man,” which is how another magazine characterized the congressional candidate in mid-July.  For what it’s worth, it’s his political opponent, Republican... Read more »

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter-million trees occupied the 815 acres of forest near the town of Muhos in rural... Read more »

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s sanctions against the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide and Democracy for the Arab World Now, ruling that penalizing human rights groups for supporting the International Criminal Court’s investigations into war crimes in Gaza violates the First Amendment. The post Trump Setback on ICC... Read more »

World BEYOND War is hosting its annual global conference, #NoWar2026: Beyond Borders, on October 23-25. The post #NoWar2026 Conference: Beyond Borders appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face each other in a runoff election on October 25th. The post Brazil Elections appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The documentary Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?, which explores how government deregulation led to the Great Recession, has been updated and reissued. The post “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?” appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

A “People-First Foreign Policy Pledge,” signed by dozens of national organizations and foreign policy experts, calls on Congressional candidates to commit to three widely popular foreign policy positions in order to win midterm elections and deliver change. The post People-First Foreign Policy Pledge appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) faces a massive fight in the upcoming runoff presidential election. The post Lula Path Uphill But Feasible in Brazil Election Runoff appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Paul Loeb has put out an updated edition of his book, The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times. The post “The Impossible Will Take a Little While” appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

TrumpRx, the Trump administration’s prescription-drug purchasing website, creates the appearance of lowering drug prices. But are there meaningful savings? The post Realities Below the TrumpRx Surface appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Sina Toossi offered us an analysis of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech at the United Nations, the indirect talks involving Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and the latest statements from senior Iranian officials. The post Iran at the UN General Assembly appeared first on accuracy.org.... 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 »

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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 »

Let’s eradicate our life support systems – that’ll teach the liberals! By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd October 2026 However grim the trajectory might seem, I’ve always believed that sense will ultimately prevail. As the great perils of dismantling the living world become increasingly obvious, even the most... Read more »

We should get Palantir out of our public services before it becomes locked in. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th October 2026 What a world we live in. Imagine: gangs dragging civil servants off commuter trains and beating them up because they handed government data jobs to the... Read more »

Instead of taking responsibility, the government is passing crucial resilience roles to the public, and failure is inevitable. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th October 2026 Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it, could you please build an anti-missile system in your garden? Then... Read more »

Air travel is on track to account for almost all our emissions by 2050. So why aren’t we working to reduce demand? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd October 2026 If a third runway is built at Heathrow, what will be the impact on the wealth of the... Read more »

The neglect and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS is a scandal of astonishing proportions. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th September 2026 I’ve spent my working life covering neglected issues. But few are neglected like the devastating chronic condition ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome). In severe... Read more »

Petromasculinity not only kills people on the road. It spills into our politics, fuelling far-right individualism.   By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th September 2026 Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is... Read more »

With its determination to extract more fossil fuels and its useless adaptation plans, does the UK government have any idea what it is igniting? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th September 2026 Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here is a Labour government spending a vast amount of political... Read more »

Why are our prime ministers more afraid of a few wealthy people than they are of losing office? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd September 2026 Damn the electorate. They’re so impatient. No sooner do they get a new leader than they want another one. Those ingrates are... Read more »

Successive governments stonewall any talk of strategic food reserves. They side with the grasshopper against the ant. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th August 2026 When a business makes long-term plans, they call it prudence. When a government makes long-term plans, they call it communism. Any sustained state... Read more »

When the Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against California to block 20,000 voters from voting, the associate attorney general made a significant admission that made the co-hosts of the "Sisters-in-Law" podcast burst out laughing.Kimberly Atkins Stohr, a senior opinion writer at the Boston Globe and MS NOW contributor, explained... Read more »

This week, Sarah Longwell's podcast focuses on people in Maine who feel Sen. Susan Collins (R) has abandoned them, along with whatever independence she once claimed to have. Speaking to newspaper editor and former national political reporter Alex Seitz Wald, Longwell played clips from voters she spoke with, all concerned... Read more »

A group of men accused of assaulting a woman who heckled President Donald Trump at a recent rally remain uncharged nearly two weeks later, according to a report from The New York Times, with one commentator calling it a prime example of the sort of "selective good ole boy justice"... Read more »

Conservative former War College professor and ex-Republican Tom Nichols thinks the U.S. could quickly decide to remove the president's pardon power, or alter it radically.The Washington Sun reported Saturday morning that President Donald Trump's administration is considering a blanket pardon for all junior staff if Democrats take over the House... Read more »

President Donald Trump's desperate bid to salvage the midterms with bribes and goodies got a withering response on CNN's Table for Five, with the panel likening him to a third grader running for class president, making wild "pie in the sky" promises to win.On Saturday, the latest edition of the... Read more »

Republican strategists think that President Donald Trump made a major misstep in his latest lawsuit. Late Thursday evening, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward filed a suit in Alaska that, if approved, would stop the certification of the election if anyone other than the incumbent Republican wins. According to the suit,... Read more »

Former national security staffer to President Obama and member of the "Pod Save America" hosts, Tommy Vietor, thinks that a recent memo sent out by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is foreshadowing justification for more Iran attacks. He wasn't alone, with one ex-CIA official also weighing in on the ominous... Read more »

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies have a lot of "evil and nefarious" goals, including potentially warping data to make the administration look good, but according to conservative attorney and commentator George Conway, they are still too "incompetent" to pull it off.Previously married to Trump's first-term senior counselor, Kellyanne... Read more »

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday morning to urge his supporters to start turning in their mail-in ballots and absentee ballots, and to go vote early. It's a surprising move, given how many years Trump has spent railing against early votes and mail-in ballots as a major... Read more »

“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes national security, public order, economic necessity,... Read more »

On New Year’s Eve in 2023, on the Danish side of the border with Germany, two children stood near their father’s house watching fireworks. The boy was ten, his sister thirteen. A team of masked men in black stormed the house, beat the father to the ground, and took the... Read more »

The recent death in my family underscored for me the devastating impact of personal grief, illuminating the deep loss and constant state of mortality that Palestinian families endure every day. To be Palestinian is to carry an inherited archive of loss. After nearly a century of forced displacement, military occupation... Read more »

Part 1 In case you are ever tempted to feel sorry for Trumpy – now might be the time. We are referring, of course, to the current shrill crescendo of attacks from the mainstream media and UniParty pols upon Trump over his spat with Zelensky and his sensible decision to... Read more »

Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. War is peace. Donald Trump has killed thousands of Iranians, kidnapped Venezuela’s president and bombed Somalia 200 times but for what does Marc Carney criticize him? An energy deal. Since Donald Trump began his second term, the US has bombed nine countries/territories. According to New... Read more »

The war in Ukraine can be ended permanently on terms that protect Ukraine’s statehood, meet Russia’s security concerns, and lay the foundation for a durable European security order. As another round of negotiations gears up in Norway, I propose a settlement concluded as a single package, signed by Ukraine and... Read more »

Israel’s 2026 election is occurring in a highly polarized and incendiary political atmosphere that recalls 1995. Then, the Oslo process had split Israeli society between an increasingly radicalized right and a peace-oriented government. As the incendiary political climate was condoned by the right-wing Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor’s Prime Minister Yitzhak... Read more »

The fight between Saudi Arabia and Yemen is escalating at a rapid pace. On October 11, the Houthis carried out a major attack on the airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. The strikes killed 12 and injured over 300, in what was the deadliest Houthi attack Saudi Arabia had... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi‘s Substack:  On March 9 of this year, roughly ten days into the Iran war, I made the following points on Twitter: Trump is desperately seeking to end the war, but Iran has a vote to, and it won’t allow the war to end quite... Read more »

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In the run-up to October's election, the US president has been using diplomatic pressure to undermine Brazilian sovereignty and bolster Flávio Bolsonaro. This continues a long history of US interference. - 2026/10 / article... Read more »

Some of the world's smallest states have taken their climate fight to the highest international court, shifting the debate from pleas for help to questions of human rights and state responsibility. - 2026/10 / article, 2026/10 Oceania... Read more »

Albania's Adriatic coast, concrete-free until now, is beginning to suffer from tourism-led development. Winning political support for projects seems to be easy – especially if your name is Trump. - 2026/10 / article... Read more »

On Moscow's streets, signs of a nation at war are hard to see. Its effects are clearer in individual lives. The burden has fallen unevenly on Russians, reshaping fortunes and fracturing families. - 2026/10 / article... Read more »

The prospect of Ukraine's likely EU accession is becoming less popular with Poles, as farmers and truckers face price collapses. And with disputes over historical memory, too, mistrust is deepening. - 2026/10 / article... Read more »

Nigel Farage is surrounded by scandal and has seen his poll numbers dip. To counter Andy Burnham, Britain's populist leader marshalled his ‘People's Army' at Reform UK's annual conference. - 2026/10 / article... Read more »

Wes Streeting once called for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. Now he’s helping its air force bomb Yemen. The post UK boosts Saudi support after it kills Yemeni civilians appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Sean Farmer was shot dead by off-duty soldiers and police in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, court told The post Detective: Murder gang got guns from British army appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

This read was first published exclusively for our email subscribers on the 14th of September 2026.Get the latest from Anna Stavrianakis direct to your inbox at www.declassifieduk.org/newsletter It is now the official view of the British government that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful.  With his statement on 8... Read more »

Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops The post Revealed: The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Satellite imagery uncovered by Declassified shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment The post Revealed: The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Exclusive: UK foreign secretary boasted about “mounting a world wide lobbying exercise” against landmark motion. The post Britain helped to kill ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Amnesty International says Conservative donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements The post Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Pat Finucane was murdered in Belfast decades ago. Could an inquiry finally force British intelligence to come clean? The post A lawyer was murdered. Now an inquiry must expose MI5’s role appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

The pro-Israel group does not have to declare its funders because majority of board are not Labour party members The post Why is Labour Friends of Israel not led by Labour members? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted frontline operations for more than a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. “The speeds are now where they need to be,” Zelensky said on social media, adding that... Read more »

Firefighters battled on Saturday to put out flames that tore through Adolf Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” mountain retreat while police detained a suspect who investigators said may have psychiatric problems. The alarm was raised late on Friday at the former guest house for top Nazi officials, 1,834 metres (6,000 feet) high... Read more »

Police have arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly mixed rat poison into food left for stray cats in a Kowloon park and was found in possession of a knife. The force said it received a report at around 3.30am on Saturday that a man was suspected of putting poison in... Read more »

Houthi media reported that Saudi strikes killed 11 people in Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, shortly after the Saudi-led coalition fighting them said it had intercepted two missiles targeting Saudi cities. The Houthis’ Al-Masirah outlet reported a series of “Saudi enemy air strikes” targeting Sanaa, including one on a house... Read more »

Parts of two installations in a controversial lighting project along a walking trail on The Peak have been removed, days after Hong Kong’s tourism authorities pledged to balance the community’s needs and said the scheme was not “set in stone”. The removals came hours after Commissioner for Tourism Ann Chan... Read more »

Fighter jets typically house their main radars behind a radome in the nose, while conventional airborne early-warning aircraft often carry large radar arrays in prominent structures above the fuselage. Although aircraft wings offer a large surface area, their relatively thin cross-sections leave limited internal space for radar equipment. Top Chinese... Read more »

A prominent Chinese economist’s social media channel has been restricted as Beijing steps up regulatory scrutiny of financial market influencers. Chinese internet users on Saturday noticed that the WeChat account of Ren Zeping, known for his outspoken comments on investments and policies, had been stopped from gaining new followers and... Read more »

Over nearly four decades, Operation Santa Claus (OSC) has grown from a quirky holiday fundraiser into an “engine” for community change in Hong Kong. For some beneficiaries, the journey was a full circle. Rachel Chow Chiu-yan learned about the fundraising drive in Young Post when she was a student, later... Read more »

Protests across France were largely peaceful on Saturday, despite heightened tensions and sporadic clashes between protesters and the police, but authorities remained on high alert as night fell. The French Interior Ministry counted 410,000 people who hit the streets across the country on Saturday, down from the 550,000 who protested... Read more »

Typhoon Champi continued to batter China’s eastern coast on Saturday, grounding over a hundred flights and prompting the authorities to relocate tens of thousands of people, while weakening as it moved towards Japan. Flights from airports in Shanghai as well as Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were grounded. China Eastern Airlines... Read more »

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee, the upper echelon of China’s ruling Communist Party, are major events on the country’s political calendar. In the third part of this series, William Zheng and Alcott Wei examine how the fight against corruption is shaping the party’s future. When China’s political elites gather... Read more »

China’s Communist Party convened an early monthly Politburo meeting on Friday to review a key internal inspection report, doubling down on its high-pressure anti-corruption campaign ahead of a major party conclave next week. Chaired by President Xi Jinping, the now 21-member Politburo met on Friday – earlier than its traditional... Read more »

A key Communist Party meeting next week in Beijing is likely to be dominated by two themes – the renewal of President Xi Jinping’s long-standing anti-corruption drive and the hunt for clues about a looming leadership reshuffle. “Major issues related to advancing full and rigorous party self-governance” will top the... Read more »

Flight disruptions and cancellations surged across East Asia as Typhoon Champi approached Taiwan on Friday, prompting emergency precautions in eastern mainland China, including Shanghai, and in Japan during a large-scale joint military drill with the US. Taiwan’s transport ministry said 262 local flights and 715 international and cross-strait flights had... Read more »

All efforts need to be focused on search and rescue for survivors and treating the injured, President Xi Jinping instructed on Friday morning, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 16 and injured 65 in China’s Tibet autonomous region overnight. “The disaster-hit area is located in a high-altitude region with cold weather.... Read more »

A strong and united party leadership is vital to victory, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a keynote speech on Thursday marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March. Speaking days before an important Communist Party meeting known as the fifth plenum, Xi said the party managed... Read more »

A fresh dispute has erupted between Beijing and Taipei over commemorations for Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese revolutionary hero who is revered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Beijing on Wednesday lashed out at Taipei’s move to ban Taiwanese officials from attending events in the mainland Chinese capital marking the... Read more »

The director of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), Song Tao, has held a rare meeting with a delegation of US scholars, pledging to push for the peaceful development of cross-strait ties. During the meeting in Beijing on Tuesday with a delegation from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP)... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 8 December 2025 Reform UK leads the polls in most surveys and could form the next government. What can Britons, and the rest of the world, expect? The answer is not precisely clear since Reform has said virtually nothing about what its foreign policy would... Read more »

by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock, Declassified UK, 18 November 2025 The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide.  Rather,... 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 »

Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of U.S. adults under 30 who regularly get news from TikTok.... Read more »

Among the 8% of U.S. adults using chatbots for this purpose, most have sought information about candidates or issues in the elections.... Read more »

A majority of U.S. adults (58%) now say social media is an important way for them to keep up with the news.... Read more »

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story According to a report by Axios, the White House sent a letter this week warning Politico that it must retract or correct recent articles... Read more »

Politics A monthly digest of research on public attitudes on politics and major policy issues · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of registered voters who say the economy is very important to their midterm vote. Read more... Read more »

Gender, work and caregiving are often woven together in family life in the United States. Most parents with children under 18 are employed. And as the population ages, a growing share of Americans are caring for an older parent. In fact, many U.S. adults are sandwiched in between roles, supporting... Read more »

Men's employment grew faster than women's in occupations most exposed to AI, a gap driven largely by workers without a bachelor's degree.... Read more »

President Trump has appointed fewer federal judges in this term than at this point in his first, and his pace trails that of most recent presidents.... Read more »

Religion & Public Life A weekly digest of the Center’s latest research on religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world · Subscribe ↗ Media mentions White Evangelicals backing GOP midterm candidates, but other religious groups favor Democrats: Pew poll Oct. 19 – The Christian Post In the news... Read more »

Centrist Democrats’ calls to fall in line behind the party’s nominee only ever seem to cut one way — and fall apart when their candidate loses. The post The Spirit of “Party Unity, My Ass” Is Back and Coming for the DSA (and El-Sayed) appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mississippi investigators said the shooting was “justified,” but new body camera footage shows the cop firing into the passenger’s side as the car passed by him. The post Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Inequality Media co-founder Robert Reich and The Intercept’s Akela Lacy break down the most pressing issues of the midterm elections. The post The Intercept Live in Conversation With Robert Reich appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Fellowship PAC routed more than half a million dollars in support of Democrats through a firm co-founded by former Trump crypto adviser Bo Hines. The post Giant Crypto Super PAC Funnels Big Money to Former Trump Official’s Firm to Support… Democrats? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“Almost all of the worst ideas in the United States have been intentionally exported to Brazil as a way to make Brazil a worse country that’s more in line with U.S. interests.” The post The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election  appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The New York City mayor has said he doesn’t want to “normalize” ICE. But the NYPD, led by Jessica Tisch, has other plans. The post Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Sofia Liguori stepped down from DeepMind due to current military contracts — not speculative fears of an AI apocalypse. The post Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad. The post Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mississippi has yet to release any support for its claim that a “thorough and impartial” review showed the shooting was “justified.” The post Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Israelis are set to head to the polls for the first time since the genocide in Gaza began. Despite three years of violence, only a minority of citizens want meaningful change.... Read more »

Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘The Rush’ expertly reflects on a period of U.S. history increasingly resonant in a new Gilded Age.... Read more »

Pro-Israel hawks like U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper are a rapidly shrinking group within the Democratic Party.... Read more »

Parks are essential community infrastructure, providing safety, support, and connection when other trusted resources are strained or unavailable.... Read more »

Every voter still gets to decide what candidates and positions to support. No one has to vote the way the commercials advise.... Read more »

Community oncology helps absorb the pressures that might otherwise pull a patient off treatment.... Read more »

Let’s not mince words when it comes to discussing the nation’s white supremacists.... Read more »

Three years of trauma and displacement have devastated education for children in Gaza.... Read more »

By refusing to make his act of protest personal, Colin Kaepernick’s kneel became replicable for people across the country to express political dissent.... Read more »

These truly-through-the-looking-glass days, it seems the drunk great-uncle you really didn't wanna ask to dinner is somehow getting worse. Scarily and no longer mirthfully, the befuddled "head" of a GOP blitzed on projection daily spirals deeper into phantasmagoria - slurring words, crafting fictions, renaming oceans, rekindling grievances, losing it over... Read more »

Today, Public Citizen released a new set of fact sheets that track the toll of the NAFTA-WTO era and today’s chaotic trade policies on the workers, farmers, local communities in all 50 states in the U.S., covering lost manufacturing jobs and farms, shuttered factories, battered union membership, depressed wages, falling... Read more »

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that a U.S. manufacturer of electroshock weapons stop sending its devices to Israel following an investigative report revealing their systematic use in the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees.According to an investigation published... Read more »

The nation’s largest and most profitable corporations paid an average federal income tax rate of just 10.4 percent in 2025, the lowest rate documented in more than four decades of research by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), according to a new study released today.The study examines the... Read more »

In nearly two years the Trump administration has protected just three species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and missed dozens of deadlines to make decisions promised in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service workplan. No other administration in the more than 50 years since the law... Read more »

The Trump-Vance administration has abandoned its appeal in National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. McMahon, a case brought by a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, more than a dozen local governments, and labor unions against the U.S. Department of Education. The case stopped a new rule that would have... Read more »

UltraViolet, a leading national women-led gender-justice organization responsible for numerous impactful victories against sexual predators and tech-facilitated sexual violence, issued the following statement in response to Apple updating its developer guidelines to ban AI “nudify” apps on its App Store, calling on Google to make the same changes in its... Read more »

Today, Unrig the Economy and Americans for Tax Fairness released a new analysis (in English and Spanish) showing that cuts to SNAP enacted under Trump and Congressional Republicans’ tax law have disproportionately affected Latinos. Since the law passed, more than 1.5 million Latinos nationwide are estimated to have lost food... Read more »

Today, the No Kings Coalition sent an open letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding immediate transparency and public answers regarding the sudden suspension of its official Instagram account during the nationwide No Kings: Vote Early day of action on Saturday, October 17.On Saturday, as millions... Read more »

There’s not a person on earth who does not have PFAS, or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in their blood. Mariah Blake reflects on the how these chemicals came to pollute the world and the remarkable grassroots movement — much of it coming from working class communities in red states —... Read more »

Our era is marked both by mass protest and the increasing criminalization of protest — driven by private interests, as well as states and the federal government. Annie Leonard, longtime activist, discusses the rich tradition of protest in this country and why we need to defend it, in the face... Read more »

We live in a time, says Brazilian political philosopher Rodrigo Nunes, where it feels like things cannot go on as they are — while at the same time, we can’t imagine anything else. Nunes discusses how such sentiments have fueled the ascendancy of the far right around the world and... Read more »

Elites, especially in tech, in recent years have overtly espoused the repugnant idea that extreme social inequality is not only inevitable but desirable. Acclaimed historian Kim Phillips-Fein argues that there is a long US tradition promoting wealth inequality that has once again moved from the shadows into the mainstream. And... Read more »

How should we organize while the planet is burning and authoritarianism is intensifying? Chris Dixon reflects on lessons for the present, drawn from decades of activism on the left – for a moment where interest in left politics has grown significantly, yet while the organizational infrastructures of the left are... Read more »

What was the most powerful technology introduced into schools in the past century? You might answer the computer, or something like Zoom, or even the slide projector. But scholar Antero Garcia argues that it was the humble yellow school bus. Buses have been central to the struggle to desegregate education.... Read more »

Longtime activist Annie Leonard discusses the rich tradition of protest in this country and why we need to defend it, in the face of anti-protest laws, SLAPP suits, and diktats from the Trump administration. Donate in support of Against the Grain and KPFA The post Fund Drive Special: The Power... Read more »

Historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez argues that our immigration laws were put in place first to protect enslavers, and later elites more broadly, from the insurgent radicalism of migrants, starting with the Haitian Revolution. She looks at the modern construction of immigration control both as a type of counterinsurgency and labor... Read more »

The history of African American antifascism is often overlooked, from Ida B Wells-Barnett’s struggle against lynchings to activism against police violence and the carceral state today. In our increasingly authoritarian times, scholar Jeanelle Hope discusses what we can learn from the black antifascist tradition. The post Fund Drive Special: The... Read more »

Israel is preparing a major military operation in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as local sources reported that Israeli forces had demolished a residential building in Hebron and closed the city's main entrances following a shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and two... Read more »

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Friday denounced a new threat of military intervention against the Caribbean nation by US President Donald Trump.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Barham Salih, who is in China for the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan).... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) has become increasingly relevant one year after its launch, calling for efforts to turn its vision into reality.... Read more »

South African police are investigating the alleged killing of a foreign national by a crowd of about 50 people in Durban, amid heightened tensions over immigration. The victim died at the scene, and police say the motive remains unclear as investigators pursue leads to identify those responsible.... Read more »

Kenyan health experts have called for stronger border surveillance, rapid contact tracing and early warning systems as confirmed cases of Bundibugyo Ebola rise to nine, including one death.... Read more »

China and the United States have both the capability and the responsibility to jointly develop and govern artificial intelligence (AI) well, ensuring that its development remains under human control and benefits the people, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday.... Read more »

Switzerland has confirmed that Nigeria's first Ebola patient is the wife of a Swiss embassy staff member in Abuja. The woman, who has the Bundibugyo strain, recently travelled to Uganda with her husband, but neither visited the Democratic Republic of Congo.... Read more »

COMESA leaders have called for stronger regional integration, increased intra-African trade and greater local processing of natural resources to accelerate economic growth and industrialization. At the bloc's 25th summit in Zimbabwe, new chairperson Emmerson Mnangagwa and outgoing chairperson William Ruto urged member states to address trade barriers, strengthen regional value... Read more »

China on Saturday expressed "grave concern" and "firm opposition" to a recent US Treasury proposal that would expand and intensify restrictions on outbound investment in China, calling it a discriminatory move and a typical practice of overstretching the concept of national security.... Read more »

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Saturday accompanied Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on a visit to Dandong in northeast China's Liaoning Province.... Read more »

Jordan tightens security after deadly church attack kills eight... Read more »

China has built collaborative platforms for its fellow Global South members to collectively address imbalances in the global governance system, according to an African official.... Read more »

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has in recent years stressed that the Party's full and rigorous self-governance is an unceasing endeavor and that self-reform is a journey to which there is no end.... Read more »

Israel is preparing a major military operation in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as local sources reported that Israeli forces had demolished a residential building in Hebron and closed the city's main entrances following a shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and two... Read more »

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Friday denounced a new threat of military intervention against the Caribbean nation by US President Donald Trump.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Barham Salih, who is in China for the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan).... Read more »

Cuba faces transit challenges from fuel blockade... Read more »

The Chinese bond market has been the best performing in the world this year, said Vincent Mortier, chief investment officer at Amundi, stating that it offers investors an attractive diversification.... Read more »

China's global expansion is emerging as a key long-term investment theme for the coming years, said Robin Xu, general manager at UBS Securities.... Read more »

What happens after people are lifted out of poverty in China?... Read more »

The 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan) is taking place from October 23 to 25 in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Its theme is "Rebuilding Confidence and Cooperation: Reforming and Improving Global Governance in a Transforming World".... Read more »

From debt to dilution: the AI buildout meets its funding test... Read more »

Eurasia Group economist: China's new growth drivers taking shape... Read more »

ADB: China's strength and resilience creates opportunities across Asia... Read more »

BizTalk | Inside China's Q3 economy... Read more »

Asia is reaping broad benefits from the AI boom, with gains spreading across the entire supply chain rather than being concentrated in just a few leading economies, said Sonali Jain-Chandra, Deputy Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, in an interview with CGTN's Yu Hongyu.... Read more »

The crisis that drives the bourgeoisie to war is drawing ever broader sections of the working class into struggle on a world scale.... Read more »

Major strikes and national days of protest are planned for November in several of the countries affected, in which millions of workers will take part. A fundamental class conflict is developing, one that directly raises the question of power.... Read more »

Netanyahu sealed off the West Bank and announced a military operation of a kind not carried out since 1967, as the US and Israel prepare new strikes on Iran after the elections.... Read more »

Brazilians return to the polls on October 25 for the presidential runoff amid an eruption of the class struggle on a world scale.... Read more »

The United States recorded no measles death at all between 2016 and 2024. Three were reported last year. Pennsylvania by itself has now recorded six in 2026, the latest a 39-year-old unvaccinated woman in Franklin County.... Read more »

The Sheinbaum government’s labor authorities have publicly praised Volkswagen and the SITIAVW for overriding two “no” votes.... Read more »

The entire purpose of the pension system imposed by the Pinochet dictatorship in 1981 has been to convert the compulsory savings of the working class into a reservoir of capital for the Chilean oligarchy and the global financial markets.... Read more »

The betrayal of doctors is a graphic demonstration of the treacherous role of the trade unions, which are presiding over the further evisceration of a public health system already in an advanced state of crisis.... Read more »

India: Thousands of Punjab state bus workers launch indefinite strike; Bangladesh garment workers defy police attacks to demand living wage; Australia: Victorian allied health workers escalate bans after rejecting Labor’s offer; University of Sydney staff strike for 24 hours.... Read more »

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has in recent years stressed that the Party's full and rigorous self-governance is an unceasing endeavor and that self-reform is a journey to which there is no end.... Read more »

All aboard: China and Guinea train Simandou railway crews... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Barham Salih, who is in China for the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan).... Read more »

Brazilian factories installed almost 4,300 industrial robots last year – 38 percent more than in 2024, and the most in at least a decade.... Read more »

The upcoming fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee will review a document on promoting full and rigorous Party self-governance.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) has become increasingly relevant one year after its launch, calling for efforts to turn its vision into reality.... Read more »

How global financial leaders view smart spending... Read more »

China and the United States have both the capability and the responsibility to jointly develop and govern artificial intelligence (AI) well, ensuring that its development remains under human control and benefits the people, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday.... Read more »

China earmarks 80 mln yuan for Xizang quake relief and recovery... Read more »

If no one is watching, would you still do the right thing? Ancient Chinese wisdom offers "Shen Du": Stay true to your principles, even when alone. What can this age-old ideal reveal about China's approach to self-discipline and Party governance?... Read more »

To inherit the Long March spirit is to find light in darkness, choose a path amid confusion and stand firm when winds rise and seas turn rough.... Read more »

CPC self-revolution with no finish line in sight... Read more »

Upholding the one-China principle is not only a matter of respecting China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also a matter of preserving the seriousness, continuity and authority of the postwar international order itself.... Read more »

The Global Governance Forum is dedicated to dismantling the existing monopoly on international discourse and elevating the global majority to the central agenda of governance reform. The ultimate goal is to drive a fundamental shift: transforming developing countries from passive rule-takers on the margins to active participants, constructive builders and... Read more »

Ninety years ago, after crossing snow-covered mountains and vast grasslands, the Chinese Red Army reached a new starting point in northwestern China. Today, as China pursues modernization and national rejuvenation, why does this arduous journey still matter?... Read more »

CGTN Poll: World doesn't need more talk but governance that works... Read more »

The Long March ended 90 years ago, but the pursuit of development continues.... Read more »

Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are bound by blood, have shared common sufferings, and face a shared future. Today, we are closer than ever before in history to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and more capable than ever of safeguarding territorial integrity.... Read more »

The 2026 Baoji Marathon is set to kick off on October 25, with the host city giving runners a warm welcome through complimentary traditional breakfasts and special offers beyond the racecourse. Participants can use their race bibs to claim vouchers, enjoy discounts on shopping and entertainment and gain free entry... Read more »

"Cultivate yourself, regulate your family, govern your state, and bring peace to the world." This ancient Confucian principle from "The Book of Rites" still resonates today.... Read more »

"Do not tie your shoes in a melon field, nor adjust your hat under a plum tree." This line is from Cao Zhi's poem "The Conduct of a Gentleman." It serves as a metaphor for proactively avoiding suspicion and preventing problems before they arise.... Read more »

Years later, working for CGTN, I found myself in Yeping Village, Ruijin, in China's Jiangxi Province, filming a documentary about this historic journey. I had come to document history. I did not expect the experience to change the way I understood its relationship with the present.... Read more »

Kunming forum eyes closer regional education cooperation under RCEP... Read more »

China, the 'golden thread' of fashion friendship... Read more »

Marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, five international young travelers set off following clues from the book "Red Star Over China."... Read more »

From the charming lanes of Yandaixiejie Street to the centuries-old Wanning Bridge, CGTN's Ioana Gomoi explores another side of Beijing's history.... Read more »

A father and son. A thousand-year-old instrument. A 600-year-old altar.... Read more »

Brazilian factories installed almost 4,300 industrial robots last year – 38 percent more than in 2024, and the most in at least a decade.... Read more »

Two cybersecurity companies, Calif and Wiz, say they used Artificial Intelligence agents to discover the flaw.... Read more »

China has deployed satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to aid rescue efforts following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in the country's southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region on Thursday evening.... Read more »

China launches Yaogan-50 03 remote sensing satellite... Read more »

Stretched, not squeezed: Why the Xizang quake was a 'pull-apart'... Read more »

AI governance: China promotes inclusiveness through open source... Read more »

China builds 1st demo of next-gen heavy-ion cancer therapy accelerator... Read more »

From debt to dilution: the AI buildout meets its funding test... Read more »

World's longest cross-sea railway bridge reaches key milestone... Read more »

Last year, the US was 1 of only 17 countries to record an official execution. The post Americans Should Reject All State-Sanctioned Murder, Live-Streamed or Not appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn. The post Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A new book chronicles the challenging task of helping ordinary people in North Korea. The post Saving Lives in North Korea appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

At our LM Awards, Unidos MN leader Emilia Gonzalez Avalos shares the “sacred power” of neighbors standing up for each other. The post ‘Their Power Rests on Fear. Ours Rests on Each Other.’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey Brin alone. The post $55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, OR city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps. The post Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The world we want now and for future generations is one where we are safe, healthy, and cared for. Let’s work together to make it ours. The post Climate Week NYC 2026: War and the Climate Crisis Demand International Solidarity From Our Movements appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the life sciences. The post The Plundering Oligarch You Haven’t Heard Of appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Data shows that New York City has grown richer since the pandemic, but the gains have flowed overwhelmingly to the top. The post New York Is Getting Richer. Most New Yorkers Aren’t. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Last year, the US was 1 of only 17 countries to record an official execution. The post Americans Should Reject All State-Sanctioned Murder, Live-Streamed or Not appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn. The post Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A new book chronicles the challenging task of helping ordinary people in North Korea. The post Saving Lives in North Korea appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

At our LM Awards, Unidos MN leader Emilia Gonzalez Avalos shares the “sacred power” of neighbors standing up for each other. The post ‘Their Power Rests on Fear. Ours Rests on Each Other.’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey Brin alone. The post $55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, OR city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps. The post Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The world we want now and for future generations is one where we are safe, healthy, and cared for. Let’s work together to make it ours. The post Climate Week NYC 2026: War and the Climate Crisis Demand International Solidarity From Our Movements appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the life sciences. The post The Plundering Oligarch You Haven’t Heard Of appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Data shows that New York City has grown richer since the pandemic, but the gains have flowed overwhelmingly to the top. The post New York Is Getting Richer. Most New Yorkers Aren’t. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations In First 18 Months: Think Tank Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second administration, a report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think... Read more »

Houthis Announce Massive Missile Attack On Saudi Territory, Including East-West Pipeline Yeman's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) have announced a major new Saturday operation against Saudi territory, claiming to have struck over a half-dozen targets deep inside the kingdom, including against energy infrastructure and airports. Within an hour of the announcement,... Read more »

Roswell UFO Witness Describes Alien Bodies, Egg-Shaped Craft In Newly Released Files Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The Pentagon released its seventh batch of newly declassified UFO files including an eyewitness account of the 1947 Roswell suspected UFO crash describing alien bodies and an egg-shaped craft. Building... Read more »

AOC Goes Full Woke On 'Trans Rights' Because She's A 'Girl's Girl' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at a Maine town hall Thursday that she defends transgender rights because she is a "girl's girl," telling the crowd she does not support trans rights just to protect her own, but supports "the... Read more »

The Early Signs Of A Massive Market Rotation Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance I wanted to take a moment after this week, as the market continues to show signs of weakness, to revisit what is increasingly coming into focus as a potential strategy heading into next year. Most of my... Read more »

Riots Erupt In France As Far-Left Fuels Unrest For Second Weekend Summary: Despite France Deploying Extra Police, Riots Continue  EU's Far-Left Uprising Is a Security Concern  Riots Begin In France, Spread To Brussels  France Deploys 70,000 Police As Cities Brace For Far-Left Chaos   French Riots Begin By late afternoon,... Read more »

58% Of Americans Get Their News From Four Left-Leaning Aggregators; Study Finds Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A new study from a conservative media watchdog group has found that nearly 60 percent of Americans get their news from at least one of the Big Four news aggregators: Apple... Read more »

Netanyahu Locks Down West Bank, Launches Massive Operation After Two IDF Soldiers Killed Just a few days away from Israel's national elections, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a major new military and security operation in the occupied West Bank late Friday into Saturday. It is expected to continue through... Read more »

"A Nation Ceases To Be A Nation If It Can't Protect Its Borders": Fifth Circuit Backs Trump's Mandatory Detention Policy Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump's administration a significant immigration enforcement victory Friday, ruling that illegal immigrants detained within the... Read more »

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart wasn’t satisfied with a Democratic congressman’s assurances that President Donald Trump can’t steal the midterms. He cut him off on air to tell him so.Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal elections, appeared on “The Weekend” on... Read more »

A political group claiming to rally Democrats behind a Republican Senate candidate drew an embarrassingly thin crowd panned by critics.Photos from a Saturday rally held by the super PAC formerly called "Democrats for Mike Rogers" showed a mostly empty parking lot with only a handful of people scattered across the... Read more »

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has made Ohio Democrats an unusual promise.“If Ohio goes Blue for the Gov and Senator race I’m dressing in drag and doing a cold plunge!” Santos wrote on X Thursday night. “Bookmark this!”Ohio has two of the most closely watched statewide races in the country... Read more »

Far-right activist Laura Loomer, one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies, is pushing his administration to get tougher on Russian President Vladimir Putin. She’s also making a startling claim about Americans held in Russia.“SCOOP: I just spoke with an official at the center of the negotiations to release American... Read more »

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his own $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC. Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance is betting he’ll drop the case before that happens.Trump sued the British broadcaster for defamation over its editing of his Jan. 6, 2021,... Read more »

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has quietly reworked its explosive attack ad against Democrat Amy Acton, cutting a line that didn't hold up.The new 30-second cut featuring Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, drops her claim that Acton never lived in a tent, journalist David Weigel pointed out on X. What's left is... Read more »

James Fishback, who challenged Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) in Florida’s Republican primary for governor, says Donalds’ campaign kicked him out of a public event on Saturday and threatened to have him arrested.“Byron Donalds just denied me entry to his public event in St. Pete, and threatened to arrest me if... Read more »

A veteran Trump adversary heading into federal court to fight the administration's latest election push thinks he knows what's really rattling the president.Norm Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and a former House Judiciary Committee special counsel during Trump's first impeachment, wrote in The Contrarian on Saturday that record early... Read more »

An economist checked President Donald Trump's favorite economic brag against a source the White House can't easily wave away, and the math collapsed.On Saturday's episode of "Platypus Economics," economist Justin Wolfers took on Trump's claim that he has brought $21 trillion in new investment into the country since returning to... Read more »

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart wasn’t satisfied with a Democratic congressman’s assurances that President Donald Trump can’t steal the midterms. He cut him off on air to tell him so.Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal elections, appeared on “The Weekend” on... Read more »

A political group claiming to rally Democrats behind a Republican Senate candidate drew an embarrassingly thin crowd panned by critics.Photos from a Saturday rally held by the super PAC formerly called "Democrats for Mike Rogers" showed a mostly empty parking lot with only a handful of people scattered across the... Read more »

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has made Ohio Democrats an unusual promise.“If Ohio goes Blue for the Gov and Senator race I’m dressing in drag and doing a cold plunge!” Santos wrote on X Thursday night. “Bookmark this!”Ohio has two of the most closely watched statewide races in the country... Read more »

Far-right activist Laura Loomer, one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies, is pushing his administration to get tougher on Russian President Vladimir Putin. She’s also making a startling claim about Americans held in Russia.“SCOOP: I just spoke with an official at the center of the negotiations to release American... Read more »

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his own $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC. Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance is betting he’ll drop the case before that happens.Trump sued the British broadcaster for defamation over its editing of his Jan. 6, 2021,... Read more »

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has quietly reworked its explosive attack ad against Democrat Amy Acton, cutting a line that didn't hold up.The new 30-second cut featuring Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, drops her claim that Acton never lived in a tent, journalist David Weigel pointed out on X. What's left is... Read more »

James Fishback, who challenged Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) in Florida’s Republican primary for governor, says Donalds’ campaign kicked him out of a public event on Saturday and threatened to have him arrested.“Byron Donalds just denied me entry to his public event in St. Pete, and threatened to arrest me if... Read more »

A veteran Trump adversary heading into federal court to fight the administration's latest election push thinks he knows what's really rattling the president.Norm Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and a former House Judiciary Committee special counsel during Trump's first impeachment, wrote in The Contrarian on Saturday that record early... Read more »

An economist checked President Donald Trump's favorite economic brag against a source the White House can't easily wave away, and the math collapsed.On Saturday's episode of "Platypus Economics," economist Justin Wolfers took on Trump's claim that he has brought $21 trillion in new investment into the country since returning to... Read more »

An ad from the campaign of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska features a mother whose 22-year-old son died from fentanyl and who claims Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola took contributions from "liberals [who] opened our borders to the drug cartels" and then "voted with them against securing our border."... Read more »

In late August, Democrat James Talarico said that he had told "every ... wealthy person" that "if you are OK with getting taxed more, if you're OK with me limiting your influence in politics, you are welcome to join this movement that we are building." But an ad from his... Read more »

The campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican running for governor in Ohio, sparked controversy this week with an ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton. In the ad, Acton’s mother calls her a “liar” who is being dishonest about her past. The post Controversial Ohio... Read more »

Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators of how the country is faring as the midterms loom. The post Trump’s Numbers, October 2026 Update appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In the Maine Senate race, ads from pro-Republican groups give Democratic candidate Troy Jackson the nickname “Taxin’ Jackson,” but they make misleading claims about his proposal for Social Security taxes and his votes on some other issues. The post Ads in Maine Make Misleading Tax Claims About Jackson appeared first... Read more »

Democratic ads in multiple congressional races are accusing Republican candidates of “gutting Medicare,” voting for “huge cuts to Medicare” and “cheering on Trump’s attack on Medicare.” Several ads cite President Donald Trump's major domestic policy law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But the law's changes to Medicare are narrow in... Read more »

An ad from a Democratic-aligned super PAC claims Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan "voted to raise Alaskans' healthcare costs by $1,800 and on that same day voted to give himself a $500,000 taxpayer-funded payout." But that's not the whole story, and the ad leaves the false impression that Sullivan received that... Read more »

Q: Claims about James Talarico being hospitalized in a mental health facility. Is this true? A: No. An Ohio mental health center rebutted false online rumors that Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, had been there as a patient. Talarico said he was off the campaign trail... Read more »

In partially repealing a Biden-era regulation that limited carbon emissions from power plants, Trump administration officials have misleadingly cast the prior administration’s policy as a threat to grid reliability. Experts say that’s unfounded. The post Trump Officials Mislead About Electrical Grid Reliability appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

An ad from the campaign of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska features a mother whose 22-year-old son died from fentanyl and who claims Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola took contributions from "liberals [who] opened our borders to the drug cartels" and then "voted with them against securing our border."... Read more »

In late August, Democrat James Talarico said that he had told "every ... wealthy person" that "if you are OK with getting taxed more, if you're OK with me limiting your influence in politics, you are welcome to join this movement that we are building." But an ad from his... Read more »

The campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican running for governor in Ohio, sparked controversy this week with an ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton. In the ad, Acton’s mother calls her a “liar” who is being dishonest about her past. The post Controversial Ohio... Read more »

Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators of how the country is faring as the midterms loom. The post Trump’s Numbers, October 2026 Update appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In the Maine Senate race, ads from pro-Republican groups give Democratic candidate Troy Jackson the nickname “Taxin’ Jackson,” but they make misleading claims about his proposal for Social Security taxes and his votes on some other issues. The post Ads in Maine Make Misleading Tax Claims About Jackson appeared first... Read more »

Democratic ads in multiple congressional races are accusing Republican candidates of “gutting Medicare,” voting for “huge cuts to Medicare” and “cheering on Trump’s attack on Medicare.” Several ads cite President Donald Trump's major domestic policy law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But the law's changes to Medicare are narrow in... Read more »

An ad from a Democratic-aligned super PAC claims Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan "voted to raise Alaskans' healthcare costs by $1,800 and on that same day voted to give himself a $500,000 taxpayer-funded payout." But that's not the whole story, and the ad leaves the false impression that Sullivan received that... Read more »

Q: Claims about James Talarico being hospitalized in a mental health facility. Is this true? A: No. An Ohio mental health center rebutted false online rumors that Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, had been there as a patient. Talarico said he was off the campaign trail... Read more »

In partially repealing a Biden-era regulation that limited carbon emissions from power plants, Trump administration officials have misleadingly cast the prior administration’s policy as a threat to grid reliability. Experts say that’s unfounded. The post Trump Officials Mislead About Electrical Grid Reliability appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Paris Marx Northern Virginia is laden with structures that house data for Fortune 500 companies. I went inside just one of those monstrosities that bothers its neighbors. The post What’s It Like Inside a Data Center? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. U.S, our justice correspondent challenges Democrats' lack of a plan if Trump steals the midterms. Plus: the most racist, and honest, AI add ever. The post What Are Democrats Prepared to Do if Trump Rigs the Election? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Steve Brodner Quotes of the Week. The post Ramaswamy’s Guide to a Better Vocabulary appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ben Reiff The run-up to the vote on Tuesday is exposing the façade of Israeli democracy—and the fealty of the country's so-called opposition when it comes to matters of Jewish supremacy. The post Israel’s Extremist Election appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer The president is leaning into the politics of toxic parenting. The post Why Trump Is Embracing Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vile Ad appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Tjeerd Royaards High-tech weapons, low-tech intelligence. The post The Shadow Knows appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sasha Abramsky Carlson has broken with Trump largely over the war in Iran. But on Ukraine and immigration, the two speak very much the same language. The post What Trump and Tucker Carlson Have in Common appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sophia Goodfriend As violent technologies like spyware, predictive targeting algorithms, and 2,000-pound warheads become ordinary instruments of military rule, once-abhorred practices become routine. The post “NAZA” and Israel’s History of Automated Warfare appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Michael Koncewicz It’s been 10 years since he passed away. The post Tom Hayden’s Legacy and the New American Left appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Catch up on Israel's threat of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank; approaching famine and ethnic cleansing (on top of genocide) in Gaza; goings-on in Israel; headlines from Iran and beyond; More.... Read more »

Detailed report finds that Israel has committed “mediacide”. Israel has used “interconnected patterns” which have both facilitated genocide and hindered accountability. Media have repeated unverified Israeli claims & stripped away historical context... Read more »

The BBC have been “very compliant to Israel." BBC threatened job loss to enforce compliance. “There is a huge amount of anger amongst many BBC journalists and staff who are disgusted at what their organisation is doing... Read more »

After an attack on a military checkpoint near Hebron, Netanyahu ordered a lockdown of the West Bank and what he said would be the most intense military campaign in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in decades... Read more »

Investigation suggests American company Axon still supplies Israel with Taser weapons despite evidence they have been used to torture prisoners... Read more »

Freelance journalists in Gaza are risking their lives to document the genocide, often with no protections from the news agencies that hire them and rely on their work.... Read more »

Palestinians queue for bread as shortages deepen, with authorities warning of imminent famine and worsening food insecurity... Read more »

Israel’s war has disrupted every stage of breast cancer care, from early diagnosis and identifying tumour characteristics to treatment and follow-up. Only a handful of hospitals can still provide these services.... Read more »

Famine looms over Gaza once again as bakeries, hospitals shut down ■ Ben Gvir arms even more Israeli settlers ■ US tasers + Israeli torturers ■ Iran update ■ Media bias ■ More... Read more »

Catch up on Israel's threat of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank; approaching famine and ethnic cleansing (on top of genocide) in Gaza; goings-on in Israel; headlines from Iran and beyond; More.... Read more »

Detailed report finds that Israel has committed “mediacide”. Israel has used “interconnected patterns” which have both facilitated genocide and hindered accountability. Media have repeated unverified Israeli claims & stripped away historical context... Read more »

The BBC have been “very compliant to Israel." BBC threatened job loss to enforce compliance. “There is a huge amount of anger amongst many BBC journalists and staff who are disgusted at what their organisation is doing... Read more »

After an attack on a military checkpoint near Hebron, Netanyahu ordered a lockdown of the West Bank and what he said would be the most intense military campaign in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in decades... Read more »

Investigation suggests American company Axon still supplies Israel with Taser weapons despite evidence they have been used to torture prisoners... Read more »

Freelance journalists in Gaza are risking their lives to document the genocide, often with no protections from the news agencies that hire them and rely on their work.... Read more »

Palestinians queue for bread as shortages deepen, with authorities warning of imminent famine and worsening food insecurity... Read more »

Israel’s war has disrupted every stage of breast cancer care, from early diagnosis and identifying tumour characteristics to treatment and follow-up. Only a handful of hospitals can still provide these services.... Read more »

Famine looms over Gaza once again as bakeries, hospitals shut down ■ Ben Gvir arms even more Israeli settlers ■ US tasers + Israeli torturers ■ Iran update ■ Media bias ■ More... Read more »

AI for Everyone? A Critical Look at Ireland's AIready.ie Platform Artificial Intelligence (AI) is constantly appearing in news headlines from warnings about job losses and ethical concerns, to fears about the unchecked power this technology could …... 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 »

Among the Saudi targets hit were Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, Aramco facilities in Yanbu, and the Rabigh oil refinery.... Read more »

Hamas called Israel's ongoing West Bank offensive, marked by raids, abductions, home demolitions, and forced evictions, an extension of the aggression against the Palestinian people.... Read more »

Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks have targeted several areas of Yemen, including Sana’a, Mokha, and Sa’ada, with local sources reporting deaths and injuries.... Read more »

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi says that no American troops remain in the country, not even military advisers.... Read more »

Two Palestinians were killed, and three others were injured in Israeli gunfire and shelling targeting areas of Gaza City and Beit Lahia.... Read more »

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the “heinous” terrorist attack on a church in southern Jordan that killed seven people and injured dozens.... Read more »

Israeli forces raided at least 13 towns across the northern occupied West Bank as hundreds of families on the southern side were ordered to evacuate.... Read more »

Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called for the immediate release of five Italian activists abducted by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this week.... Read more »

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi says that no American troops remain in the country, not even military advisers.... Read more »

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has warned that the island's shores are an "inhospitable environment for those who make it to our shores with hostile purposes and lust for domination.”... Read more »

The US has secured discounted Venezuelan oil and a 35% stake in a private oil venture under a secret deal that gives Washington preferential access to the country’s oil output, says a report.... Read more »

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemns the US’s ongoing illegal actions against Cuba, denouncing Washington’s sanctions and attempts to intimidate Cuban officials and public figures.... Read more »

An incident at one of Canada’s busiest military training bases in Alberta caused a large fire and left some killed and injured, according to Canada’s defense minister.... Read more »

Colombian authorities detain an Israeli settler, known as “The Banker,” after confirming an Interpol Red Notice.... Read more »

Iran has strongly condemned Colombia’s opening of an embassy in occupied al-Quds, calling the move a violation of international law and Palestinian rights.... Read more »

Mark Carney has warned that the US is seeking to divide Canada to gain greater control over the country, as Alberta prepares to vote on a path toward separation.... Read more »

Venezuela's democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty in a New York court to fabricated torture charges lodged by US prosecutors following his abduction.... Read more »

An incident at one of Canada’s busiest military training bases in Alberta caused a large fire and left some killed and injured, according to Canada’s defense minister.... Read more »

Russia denies evacuating its diplomats and nuclear specialists from Iran amid threats of renewed US aggression against the country.... Read more »

French police fired tear gas at protesters as fresh nationwide rallies over the high cost of living drew tens of thousands on Saturday.... Read more »

France is going to deploy 70,000 troops across the country to curb protests as French opposition parties challenge restrictions.... Read more »

Economic and trade cooperation will be the main focus of Pezeshkian’s upcoming meeting with Putin in Moscow, according to Iran’s envoy to Russia.... Read more »

Zelensky says Trump is spreading “totally false information” about the global energy crisis.... Read more »

The mayor of Trappes, a city west of Paris, has condemned a deadly shooting at a gas station as a “racist, probably Islamophobic” attack that left one person dead and four others wounded.... Read more »

Britain and France held their first joint Mediterranean exercise involving France’s airborne nuclear capability, signalling closer nuclear cooperation between Europe’s two nuclear powers.... Read more »

The IEA chief warns that Europe faces a costly winter, with gas stocks well below normal and prices likely to rise as the war on Iran disrupts global supplies.... Read more »

Economic and trade cooperation will be the main focus of Pezeshkian’s upcoming meeting with Putin in Moscow, according to Iran’s envoy to Russia.... Read more »