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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 »

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

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

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

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

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 »

Scrambling to halt the ongoing offensive of Yemen’s Armed Forces, Israel and Saudi Arabia have strengthened ties through a joint covert campaign aimed at salvaging what remains of their supremacy in the Red Sea region. Tel Aviv and Riyadh’s losses of key military strongholds in Yemen’s Western coast, has ushered... Read more »

Damning reports confirm dozens of casualties amongst US navy sailors and marines in Iranian attacks this month, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seize another American unmanned submarine in the Strait of Hormuz. Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the latest blows dealt to Washington across West Asia... Read more »

As US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with annihilation, Iranian missiles and drones have been targeting Israeli Mossad proxies, American bases and destroying tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington’s allies in Riyadh are meanwhile suffering enormous losses due to their war on Yemen, which has collapsed a joint project... Read more »

A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal.  Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject... Read more »

Iran’s IRGC has been striking various US targets and an average of two to three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on a daily basis, as gas prices hit working class Americans where it hurts. On this episode of The Target stream, Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh explains how these... Read more »

The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements.  The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, and caused all of his... Read more »

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continue to target US vessels and tankers violating the Strait of Hormuz blockade, as its advanced weapons program has aided its allies in Yemen to become the region's second most feared ballistic missile power. On this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert... Read more »

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

From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack. The post The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Decades after blaming Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it. The post The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor. The post Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence. The post Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country. The post Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee. The post Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. The post The Pentagon’s Secret Budget appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. The post ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Despite support from other Democrats, the Senate voted 51–47 against a resolution to force U.S. probes on killings of Americans in the West Bank. The post Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them. 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 »

Genocidal apartheid ethnostates should not exist, and it is racist to believe that they should. It’s amazing this isn’t obvious to everybody.... Read more »

Stop. He’s a genocidal monster. That’s his only legacy. End of story.... Read more »

"And now she is on a respirator in a hospital as doctors fight to save her life, presumably so that the state of Tennessee can try to kill her again."... Read more »

It’s like spraying yourself with asshole repellant.... Read more »

AI cannot make music. It cannot create the experience of an artist using skill and intention to transport something from inside them into an audience through vibrations in the air. It can only mimic the noises of that encounter.... Read more »

Humanity’s problems are not caused by a lack of intelligence, our problems are caused by greedy plutocrats like Zuckerberg. It’s like a serial killer telling us we can stop serial killing by making serial killers smarter.... Read more »

The Wall Street Journal has a new article out titled “Why Are So Many Adults Cutting Off Their Parents?” about the rising levels of family estrangement in our society.... Read more »

Empire psychosis keeps us in a constant state of distraction and escapism, always scrambling to avoid the here and now like we’re trying to climb out of our own skins.... Read more »

It’s just a bunch of drugged-up rich guys using their vast fortunes to chart a course for our species that would sound totally awesome to the average preadolescent boy.... 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 »

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

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 »

Content warning: This article contains distressing/ graphic images and videos of physical violence West Bank’s olive harvesting season has not yet officially started but ‘Israeli’ violence in olive groves, and theft of produce is already occurring throughout the territory Every autumn, Palestinian families return to their groves to harvest olives.... Read more »

“Do you know what you wanted 18 years ago? Or 10? Or five? Did you want to be Head of Year at North London Comprehensive? I doubt it.” Colin Firth’s character Paul says this to his partner Sarah in Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch, as he tries to justify his unhealthy... Read more »

Notorious and ultra-Zionist Israel lobby group, the so-called ‘Jewish Labour Movement’ (JLM), has threatened the Green Party with an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its landmark motion declaring that ‘Zionism is racism’. It follows an earlier complaint by Labour MPs to Sussex Police over “possible... Read more »

After saying, on his accession to power, that he would scrap Keir Starmer’s rightly-hated digital ID scheme, Andy Burnham’s government has U-turned and doubled down. Ministers are considering making UK citizens produce passport ID or a driving licence just to be able to access social media, the Times reported. The... Read more »

Nine of the most ardent Israel lobbyists among Labour’s MPs have written to Sussex Police demanding a hate-crime investigation against the Green Party. The party’s supposed ‘crime’ is to have passed a conference motion declaring, accurately, that Zionism — support for the apartheid, genocidal colony Israel — is racist. The... Read more »

A rooflight may transform the ambiance of a space. A formerly gloomy kitchen extension, hallway or workstation may feel so much more open when daylight streams down from above. But the glass itself is only one part of the endeavor. The actual work takes place at the point where the... Read more »

The concept of leisure time has historically served as a critical indicator of economic development, social class, and labor rights. Throughout the Industrial Revolution and much of the twentieth century, the struggle for a fair distribution of time culminated in the standardised eight-hour workday and the weekend. For the working... Read more »

21 October 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of when a colliery spoil tip in Aberfan, South Wales, collapsed after heavy rain. It slipped down the side of a hill, and engulfed Pantglas Junior School and surrounding homes. The disaster claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults. 60 years... Read more »

Come to the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 61 Fieldgate Street E1 1ES, for the a monthly social and fundraiser. From 8pm until midnight you can meet up with other anarchists for a chill time to chat, gripe, and possibly... Read more... Read more »

Student demonstration held on August 13, 1968. The march proceeded from the Casco de Santo Tomás to the Zócalo. Photo from the Manuel Gutiérrez Paredes collection, UNAM Historical Archive. Herding is a word with rural connotations. Originally, it likely referred... Read more... Read more »

It’s a hot morning on the beach in Puerto Morelos, and Dr. Leticia Durand is preparing for a long-awaited encounter with sargassum (Sargassum sp.). The Riviera Maya’s characteristic turquoise blue disappears abruptly beneath a brown carpet that gives off a... Read more... Read more »

The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2026 is cooking! Returning back to Trinity (for the first time in nine years), BAB 2026 will play host to dozens of stalls from across the anarchist spectrum, and a huge array of free workshops, skillshares... Read more... Read more »

Nicole: 00:00:00 Welcome to the Frontline Herbalism Podcast with your host Nicole Rose from the Nicole: 00:00:04 Solidarity Apothecary. Nicole: 00:00:06 This is your place for all things plants and Nicole: 00:00:08 liberation. Nicole: 00:00:09 Let’s get started. Nicole: 00:00:11... Read more... Read more »

From the Open-Publishing Calendar From the Open-Publishing Newswire Indybay Feature Date: Thursday, October 08, 2026 Time: 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM Event Type: Protest Organizer/Author: Veterans for Peace Chapter 46 Location Details: Sloat Ave Gate Corner of Sloat and 9th... Read more... Read more »

Palestine Solidarity Vigil/ Protest ongoing uninterrupted nearly three years bringing attention to the massacres and forced displacement 80 years ago, the illegal, brutal occupation for nearly 60 years and today’s Palestinian Genocide by Israel with Western enablement. (Did you know... Read more... Read more »

France is bracing for another massive wave of demonstrations by striking students and teachers. The mobilisation follows a week of escalating tension, spontaneous school blockades, and a record-breaking government crackdown What began as a series of protests in the Parisian... Read more... Read more »

This past week, thousands of teenagers have taken the streets of France, clashing with police as they demonstrate against the deplorable conditions in their high schools and a rapidly collapsing future. This is a promising sign, shifting attention from the... Read more... Read more »

Author: Kenyon ZimmerTitle: “The Whole World Is Our Country”Subtitle: Immigration and anarchism in the United States, 1885–1940Date: 2010Notes: Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.Source: <https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/7910> <br> University of Pittsburgh <center> <strong>“THE WHOLE WORLD... Read more »

Author: An Insurrectionary PursuitTitle: In The Ashes of AntifascismDate: October 9th, 2025Source: Author, previously published on NoBlogs, which became defunt. Antifascism, as a meaningful path for resisting fascism, has been dead in the water for some time now. Perhaps, it was dead on arrival. It is not entirely or even... Read more »

Author: AnonymousTitle: A Theory Of SabotageSubtitle: Anti-Zionism, Disruption and National LiberationDate: August 25th 2026Source: Retrieved on 2026-09-16 from <backlashblogs.wpcomstaging.com/2026/08/25/new-zine-a-theory-of-sabotage-anti-zionism-disruption-and-national-liberation> “Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it … As for we who have decided to break the back of colonialism, our historic mission... Read more »

Author: Lewis HydeTitle: The GiftSubtitle: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the WorldDate: 1979Notes: Third Edition (2019)Source: <www.lewishyde.com/the-gift>   By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities.... Read more »

Author: Vancouver IWWTitle: What Does the IWW Mean By ‘Abolition of the Wage System’?Date: 1984Source: Retrieved on October 4 2026 from vancouveriww.org/mean-by-abolition-wage-system/ The Industrial Workers of the World believe in a better life for all. In considering what’s right and what’s wrong with our present society, the IWW naturally includes... Read more »

Author: Adam Gary LewisTitle: Cultures of Anarchist Anti-ColonialismSubtitle: Considering Anarchist Prefigurative Possibilities for the FutureDate: 2026Notes: *A text edited for the workshop “Cultures of Anarchist Anti-Colonialism” at the 2026 Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair. **Note: This zine is a heftily edited version of chapters, ideas, and discussions that appear in the 2026... Read more »

Author: Spencer BeswickTitle: Building the American Anarchist MovementSubtitle: Radical Collectives and Continental Convergences in the 1980sDate: 2026Notes: Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2026) 20 (1): 29–51. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.20.1.0029 Source: Retrieved on October 4, 2026 from https://anarchistnews.org/content/building-american-anarchist-movement “Bowl a strike, not a spare—Revolution everywhere!” Members of the Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League... Read more »

Author: Barry PatemanTitle: Tensions in AnarchismNotes: ‘Anarchist Tension #1-#4’ From Mob action against the state: collected speeches from the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair (AK Press, 2002), ISBN 1902593510. Recorded by DJ Slo-Mo and Rad, compiled, edited and produced by DJ Slo-Mo of Entartete Kunst with assistance from RK of... Read more »

Author: Audre LordeTitle: The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.Subtitle: Comments at “The Personal and the Political” Panel [Second Sex Conference, October 29, 1979]Date: 1983Notes: Proof-read version.Source: KITCHEN TABLE: Women of Color Press; Retrieved on 09/30/2026 from monoskop.org Also by Cherrie Moraga Cuentos: <br>Stories by Latinas, ed. with... Read more »

Barry Pateman [2011 portrait]... Read more »

Tensions in Anarchism... Read more »

Barry Pateman 1951-2026... Read more »

Anarchism in Cuba: Historic Trajectory and the Clash With Castroism... Read more »

A German Anarchist in the Cuban Revolution: Augustin Souchy and the (Mis)remembering of Cooperativism in Cuba... Read more »

The Pet Voter : An Incident of the Recent Elections... Read more »

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

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

Where I Stand... Read more »

UEFA opened an investigation Tuesday after an Israeli player was accused of spitting at a member of Ireland’s coaching staff during their Nations League match in Serbia, according to media reports. Ireland’s head of athletic performance, Damien Doyle, alleged that an Israeli player spat at him as the teams left... Read more »

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The kingdom’s official news agency SPA shared photos of the meeting on US social media platform X, without disclosing any further details. The Syrian presidency said the meeting was also attended by Foreign... Read more »

Israeli occupiers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied West Bank 26 times in September, while the army banned the Muslim call to prayer 150 times at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a report detailing Israeli violations of... Read more »

Iran warned Tuesday that any new attack by the US or Israel would face a stronger response, saying it has prepared potential targets for retaliation and significantly expanded its weapons production capacity, Anadolu reports. Defense Ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik said any renewed attack would be met with a “decisive response”... Read more »

Russia has finalized preparations to provide a $1 billion loan to Iran, with the funds ready for transfer once Tehran provides bank account details, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency said the payment process had been finalized but disagreements among Iranian government bodies over how the money... Read more »

The ceasefire in Gaza has failed to provide stability or adequate humanitarian relief, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday, urging all parties to fully implement their obligations to achieve lasting peace, Anadolu reports. “Last year’s ceasefire brought some relief. But it has yet to deliver security, adequate humanitarian assistance or... Read more »

Israel’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and security personnel are facing psychological trauma since the Gaza war in October 2023, Anadolu reports. The ministry said around 30,000 Israeli soldiers and security personnel wounded since the war have been admitted to its Rehabilitation Department. It explained that about... Read more »

The Yemeni army said Tuesday that 100 Houthi fighters were killed and five drones were downed in the southwestern province of Taiz during ongoing military operations in the country, Anadolu reports. The army’s Taiz Military Axis said in a statement that government forces carried out attacks on several fronts as... Read more »

Three years into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and UN data show sweeping consequences for women and girls, from deaths, injuries and disappearances to rising miscarriage rates, unsafe births and malnutrition, Anadolu reports. The collapse of Gaza’s health system has also deprived pregnant women of medical care, forcing... Read more »

More than 200 conservation organizations sent a letter today urging Congress to oppose the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Mike Lee (R-Utah). The bill includes sweeping attacks on the Endangered Species Act that... Read more »

Apologies for invoking again the awful noise that never stops. But a month before mid-terms, a fascist feckless clown show run by the dumbest people ever churns on with lies, bribes, cruelty, crude racism; their flailing leader grows daily more perilous; and fiery patriots remind us we cannot grow weary.... Read more »

The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. The case, which was heard by eight justices panel after Justice Samuel Alito recused himself, concerns the permissibility of state-law claims over climate-related deception and harms. In response, David Arkush,... Read more »

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s arguments today in Suncor v. Boulder, Corey Riday-White, legal director of the Center for Climate Integrity, released the following statement: “Big Oil’s desperation to escape trial for climate deception is still in search of a legal justification. Justices across the ideological spectrum asked... Read more »

A coalition of environmental and consumer protection organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s final rule rolling back federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, a move that will make new vehicles less fuel efficient, increase gasoline consumption, and drive up costs for American drivers already facing... Read more »

Sidestepping his debacle of a war, "smug pathetic little man," warfighter fetishist and Gen.-Patton-cosplaying clown Pete Hegseth just gave a blustering speech before troops In a "hyper-macho freak show" to announce he's cutting forces, starting several senseless new programs, and proclaiming, "We are no longer the woke (or) weak department...No... Read more »

The U.S. Senate defeated House-approved legislation today that would have allowed all members to retain their conflicting stock investments and continue manipulating the stock market. Craig Holman, Ph.D., government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, released the following statement:“This measure was a ruse, promoted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, to make... Read more »

Sens. Martin Heinrich and Sheldon Whitehouse today released a top-line summary of an agreement with Sen. Shelly Moore Capito and Rep. Bruce Westerman to advance so-called “permitting reform.”The legislative package, cynically titled the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” would provide massive long-term structural advantages to the fossil... Read more »

Today, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch sued the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding the agency release records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to its abandonment of an Animal Agriculture and Water Quality (AAWQ) Federal Advisory Subcommittee.EPA formed the Subcommittee in 2024 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 »

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

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

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

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 »

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 Survey builds on and updates those findings by documenting, 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... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

Despite Iran’s continued restrictions on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, oil flows through and around the waterway appear to be gradually increasing. This is one of the most important developments in the energy situation since the war began in February. Before the conflict, around 20 million barrels of crude... Read more »

On 7 October 2026, three years will have passed since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The anniversary confronts the world with an imperative to defend Palestinian existence, halt the crimes against the Palestinian people and hold accountable the governments that sustain the occupation. After three years, “Israel” has achieved no victory in... Read more »

In August this year, the EU’s High Representative Office issued a statement noting that the E1 settlement project which envisages 1,200 housing units, “harms the prospect of the two-State solution.” Yesterday, 500 former politicians and diplomats wrote to the EU to state the same rhetoric. The only difference is that... Read more »

Some obscenities are so stark that no language of diplomacy can disguise what they are. For three years, Gaza was destroyed in full view of the world. Children were buried under concrete. Hospitals were bombed. Hunger was weaponised. Entire neighbourhoods disappeared. Palestinians were slaughtered while the Muslim world’s most powerful... Read more »

Two months. That’s how long the Makkah pact has existed, and already it’s being asked to do the thing pacts are least ready for in their early days: handle a real war. On Sunday, Yemen’s internationally recognised government said it was launching a campaign to retake all Houthi-held territory. The... Read more »

At Duqm, Kuwait holds a stake in refining and product-export capacity outside the Strait of Hormuz, while European partners envisage a departure point for future hydrogen shipments. Oman is using this coastline to attract industrial investment and connect its energy resources to overseas markets. The challenge for Muscat is to... Read more »

The trend was already tracing itself through the corridors of power, but the world’s most powerful defence department has fallen, most heavily, for the use of artificial intelligence at virtually every level of its operations.  Even before the Pentagon’s intoxicating pursuit of artificial intelligence was announced, the Defence Advanced Research... Read more »

When Donald Trump sat in the White House surrounded by Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman, and Dario Amodei, the scene was far more than an administrative meeting between an American president and executives of major tech corporations. It was a grand, awe-inspiring theatrical display laden... Read more »

On 3 October, 2026, the Washington Stand, the publishing arm of the Family Research Council (FRC), ran an article under the heading “The Midterms and the Middle East.” Strip away the pieties and the argument is short. The White House has a Middle East policy. That policy needs a Congress... 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 started the breakfast program in California, and within two weeks it was a national program because people said, 'Hey, we can do that here. This is how they did it. We can do it here.' The party set examples that people could follow in every aspect. We were on... Read more »

“The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” said the mayor of Los Angeles.... Read more »

“I was working for a company that dealt with a very strong epoxy resin… And with the company, it's easier for them just to pay you off than it is to change their safety protocols.”... Read more »

Panamerican Dispatch is a new journalism project created in September 2026 to produce and distribute news and analysis from Latin America, within the United States.... Read more »

The Brazilian election is headed to a second round on October 25. President Lula spoke to press after the first round vote.... Read more »

“In every state, a day’s delay in delivery means that if mail voters wait until the last day or two before the election to mail their ballot... they could be disenfranchised.”... Read more »

Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.... Read more »

On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print.... Read more »

“America has tried to raise generations of warriors to be on the front lines of American imperialism… So what we have done is raise two or three generations of men in America who don't know how to be human.”... Read more »

“We started the breakfast program in California, and within two weeks it was a national program because people said, 'Hey, we can do that here. This is how they did it. We can do it here.' The party set examples that people could follow in every aspect. We were on... Read more »

“The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” said the mayor of Los Angeles.... Read more »

“I was working for a company that dealt with a very strong epoxy resin… And with the company, it's easier for them just to pay you off than it is to change their safety protocols.”... Read more »

Panamerican Dispatch is a new journalism project created in September 2026 to produce and distribute news and analysis from Latin America, within the United States.... Read more »

The Brazilian election is headed to a second round on October 25. President Lula spoke to press after the first round vote.... Read more »

“In every state, a day’s delay in delivery means that if mail voters wait until the last day or two before the election to mail their ballot... they could be disenfranchised.”... Read more »

Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.... Read more »

On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print.... Read more »

“America has tried to raise generations of warriors to be on the front lines of American imperialism… So what we have done is raise two or three generations of men in America who don't know how to be human.”... Read more »

In a victory for environmentalists and immigration rights’ advocates, a federal judge in El Paso, Texas, has blocked further border wall construction inside Big Bend National Park. “We slammed the brakes on $7 billion worth of corrupt construction contracts,” says Laiken Jordahl, a national public lands advocate with the Center... Read more »

We go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the site of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. Health authorities believe the outbreak first began in January but was not detected until May, in part due to cuts in global health investments, like the dismantling of USAID. Since then, over... Read more »

Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling... Read more »

Supreme Court Case Will Determine Whether State and Local Governments Can Sue for Climate Harms, Pentagon Says Latest Boat Strike Killed Four Narcotraffickers, Provides No Evidence, Turkey and Pakistan to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia as Yemeni Government Forces Battle Houthis, Trump Defends Decision to Attack Iran, Says “Let Them... Read more »

We speak with Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro after he was detained at an Israeli military base for seven hours on Friday. Amro, the founder of the Hebron-based group Youth Against Settlements, was helping a Palestinian family that he says had been attacked by armed Israeli settlers at their... Read more »

Revelations of sexual assault at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 and how the university responded have sparked national outrage, reigniting a public debate about “the extent to which fraternities, the extent to which athletics really support this kind of culture that allows perpetrators to escape with little or no... Read more »

Brazil’s presidential election is headed to a runoff between leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro after neither candidate cleared 50% in Sunday’s vote, in which the right made gains in Congress and in governor races across the country. Bolsonaro received 47% of the vote... Read more »

Brazil’s Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff, U.S. Pulls Bombs Out of RAF Fairford After New Warnings of an Iranian-Backed Plot Targeting the Base, Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Will Remain Closed, Yemen’s Saudi-Backed Forces Announce Major New Operation Against Houthis, Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Kills at Least Five Palestinians,... Read more »

Drop Site News released a major investigation this week into the U.S. bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh children’s school in the Iranian city of Minab on February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents and witnesses in one of... 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 »

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

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

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

Washington wants South Korea and Japan to bankroll American industry while paying more for energy and American technology. It’s an expensive offer: finance your competitor, inflate your own costs, call it protection. Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff examine an empire that needs its allies’ money—and keeps giving them reasons to... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff explore how the American empire demands tribute from its allies—and why those demands could drive them away. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

There is a v ery good article by Evgeny Morozov in today’s FT, emphasizing how the U.S. progressive movemenet endorsing Trump’s U.S. attempt to maintain its postindustrial prosperity by establishing monopoly choke points is reminiscent of how Britain’s Labour Party sught to benefit its membership from the predatory takings of... Read more »

I”m overjoyed to see that the number of Patreon subscribers is increasing. One of the virtues is getting feedback from you. This is the best way to extend the scope of the approach that we’re interested in spreading. One subscriber just sent me the following note: When worked in refineries... Read more »

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SuperImperialism, Dollar System, Financialization and China’s Economic Transition South South Dialogue on Sustainability 18 September 2026  Host: Professor Lau Kin Chi (Lingnan University and Global University for Sustainability, Hong Kong, China) Interview Transcript Lau Kin Chi: The first question is, the United States has $40 trillion in federal debt. Is... Read more »

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My friend Amarynth at Sovereignista.com has posted the folloing information. Blocking Bachelet leaves only Grossi — who turned over Iranian scientists names and labs as targets for Israeli assassins to kill afer his “inspections” — as a candidate not recommended by tiny island nations at the behest/threat of financial support... Read more »

What does an empire expect to live on after losing its industrial advantage? In this discussion with Richard Wolff and Nima Alkhorshid, I examine the economic rent at stake in the struggle over oil. Paying for extraction while claiming the resource surplus leaves the producing country working through its natural... Read more »

On Monday morning outside the Supreme Court, as Justices heard arguments concerning a landmark climate liability lawsuit, a rally organized by the Center for Climate Integrity and Fossil Free Media drew a crowd of roughly one hundred people. Many carried signs with messages like “Climate Change is No Accident,” “SCOTUS... Read more »

A federal court struck down a California rule that required voters to sign and return vote-by-mail ballots on paper, rather than doing so electronically. The ruling in California Council of the Blind v. Weber, announced October 3, is a victory for disabled voters—but it probably won’t change things much until... Read more »

Only 17 percent of Americans approve of how President Donald Trump is handling the cost of living, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. This is a record low for both of Trump’s presidential terms—notable as he spent much of his... Read more »

Like many conservative evangelical pastors with whom I had worked for almost four decades, Rev. David Corbett is a mild-mannered, white-haired, avuncular 75-year-old who carries a handgun on his belt and quotes liberally from the King James Version of the Bible. A former lobster fisherman, he’s had two key vocations... Read more »

Last month, I wrote about a DHS Office of Inspector General report that revealed alarming conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz, an immigrant detention center opened last summer in the Everglades that held up to 1,500 people. Among the worst violations was the use of metal cages as “calming areas” where detainees... Read more »

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a preliminary injunction Friday to halt construction on the border wall in Texas’ expansive Big Bend sector, including the national and state parks. Cardone read a brief order from the... Read more »

Big Tech is back on the big screen—but its bosses might not be thrilled. This fall, Hollywood will release four movies on tech executives: Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, on CEO Sam Altman’s tumultuous time as the head of OpenAI; Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, on the investigation into Facebook and CEO... Read more »

You might have seen the viral campaign ad. Last month, Rep. María Elvira Salazar—a Miami Republican endorsed by Donald Trump—launched a TV commercial criticizing the president’s mass-deportation campaign. “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” she warned, speaking directly into the camera. “Be careful what... Read more »

In remarks delivered before a MAHA audience at the Waldorf Astoria in D.C. last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proclaimed the changes he’s wrought to HHS are permanent, and praised his allies in the movement for helping to make them happen.  “Even if I got... 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 »

Marcy Winograd writes that schools need to critically examine Zionism as a political ideology and that allowing students to question Zionism supports intellectual freedom and critical thinking. The post Challenging Zionism in Schools appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The National Security Agency announced it would undergo its most extensive restructuring in at least a decade. The post NSA Restructuring appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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 »

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 »

How capitalism stopped pretending, and became an undisguised death cult. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  5th August 2026 Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good for you. Reject the woke love of life! Welcome civilisational collapse! Watch it all burn, then dance in the ashes! This, roughly... Read more »

At astonishing speed, around the world, fundamental rights are being cancelled at the behest of oligarchs and corporations. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  31st July 2026 No more resistance in the US. The era of human rights is over, and dissent is once more forbidden. This is what... Read more »

Trashing the living world on behalf of corporate power: is this really all we can expect from the ministers in charge of protecting it? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd July 2026 There’s a slightly mean question I often ask British people with an interest in the living... Read more »

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

President Donald Trump failed to convince a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former Stars and Stripes publisher over alleged First Amendment violations — although the same judge also decided not to provide the plaintiff with injunctive relief."JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta (Obama/DC) denies fired Stars & Stripes ombudsman... Read more »

Tuesday marks 28 days until the Nov. 3 election, and Democrats are preparing for a "doomsday scenario," CNN reports. It's not unheard of for the Democratic Party or presidential campaigns to assemble an army of lawyers ready to file lawsuits or go to judges at a moment's notice. This year,... Read more »

George Conway, the longtime enemy of Donald Trump, unloaded on the president in a new post, calling him "at once both psychopathic and psychotic," among many other things, in response to recent remarks about Democrat-run cities being destroyed.Trump sparked yet another controversy during a political rally this week, as he... Read more »

This summer, former Olympian David Hearn found himself in a nightmare, as he was caught up in the highly-publicized drama with Trump’s Reflecting Pool and subsequently found himself wrongfully accused of vandalizing the national landmark.Fast forward to the present, and although Hearn had the felony charges against him dismissed shortly... Read more »

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has spent his career skeptical of the rigid version of originalism championed by Justice Antonin Scalia. Now, that skepticism has placed him in an unexpected position: as a model for a Trump-era legal movement increasingly impatient with old conservative rules.Jack Goldsmith, a professor of law... Read more »

Bill O’Reilly believes that the Republican Party is overlooking the issues that voters care about most as they campaign to maintain their slim control of Congress.During an appearance on NewsNation, the former Fox News presenter criticized the GOP, warning that they risk losing their congressional majority because they have not... Read more »

In the midst of dwindling pre-election poll results, the Trump administration has announced its plans to move forward with one of its long sought after goals — and specific communities are set to reap the benefits.Per Politico, the Trump administration seeks to reward “communities with high birth and marriage rates”... Read more »

The Bulwark's publisher, Sarah Longwell, a former Republican and longtime pollster, spoke to her focus groups in Iowa about their experience living in Donald Trump's economy and how it is affecting elections for the House, Senate and Governor's Office. In her analysis of the meetings, Longwell explained that Trump has... Read more »

A federal judge seemed to not-so-subtly jab at the Trump administration during a hearing this week, according to a Wall Street Journal reporter, agreeing with the opposing lawyer that she did not "want to be here either."The Walt Disney Company is currently suing President Donald Trump's FCC to block its... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi‘s Substack:  Michelle Brohard, head of policy and geopolitical risk at Kpler, speculated in a recent interview with energy analyst Rory Johnston (@commoditycontext) that the reason why more crude is getting through the Strait of Hormuz may be because some countries are paying Iran a... Read more »

Reprinted from John’s Substack:  The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that the US is winning and Tehran had better submit to Washington’s demands before... Read more »

Looking across the devastated landscape of the Gaza Strip, where surviving generations now carry the permanent physical and psychological scars of war, the ultimate indictment of our era is damning:  The world watched the horror unfold  in real-time, possessed all the legal, political and institutional mechanisms to stop it, and... Read more »

Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office — one of whom was St. Thomas More — and even the... Read more »

For decades, American support for Israel was a bipartisan consensus. It was believed that only fringe figures, kooks, or antisemites would question the close bond between the two nations, and that this was a relationship forged on the grounds of mutual geopolitical interests. Well, after years of Israel conducting a... Read more »

When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I thought it was an old video. It was not. My conclusion, however, was understandable. In December 2023, only months after the start of the Israeli... Read more »

It’s easy to forget that the western media – the so-called “free press” – likes to distinguish itself from media in authoritarian regimes on the basis that, unlike them, it asks critical questions of the powerful, reports facts objectively, and formulates its analyses dispassionately. They do propaganda, we do news... Read more »

In his fiery speech to the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against accusations of genocide levelled against Israel, as many delegates walked out and hundreds of protesters rallied against him across Manhattan. After Netanyahu had downplayed Israeli settler violence, rejected Gaza genocide and presented a... Read more »

On Sunday morning, without notice, a private plane carried Benjamin Netanyahu out of Israel and into Abu Dhabi. Channel 12 broke the story while he was still on the ground. A day later both governments confirmed the meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, calling it a conversation about bilateral relations.... 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 »

The situation in the West Bank is increasingly violent. Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in a campaign of dispossession, actively supported by the Israeli authorities. - 2026/10 / article... 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 »

BP and Shell are cashing in on Venezuela’s oil and gas following the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. The post Trump kidnapped Venezuela’s president. Now Britain looks to profit appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

UK helped Gulf monarchy crackdown on dissidents to keep control over Strait of Hormuz oil route The post British soldiers interrogated detainees before mass execution appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Concerns about elderly Northern Ireland veterans are being used to protect the SAS from the Afghanistan inquiry The post I was a senior British army lawyer. This is the truth about ‘lawfare’ appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’ The post Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Exclusive: Ed Miliband's ‘double lock’ on arms exports to Israel has made no immediate impact on the flow of weaponry to Tel Aviv. The post UK sanctions on Israel result in no extra arms export suspensions appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

‘Defensive’ refuelling of planes bombing Yemen can still cause war crimes. Just ask Keir Starmer The post What the media isn’t telling you about Burnham’s support for Saudi Arabia appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

US President Donald Trump suggested to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego, drawing a swift rebuke from California’s Democratic leaders and some fellow Republicans. Trump, speaking at a political rally in the state’s farm... Read more »

The European Union has launched a €35 million (US$39.4 million) tender to fund research and coordination on, among other things, detecting rogue efforts to alter the Earth’s atmosphere by blocking out the sun. The EU’s Horizon Europe arm, which funds research and innovation, launched the call for projects on Tuesday... Read more »

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical uncertainties, global energy price trends and energy security have returned firmly to the spotlight. Taking place in Hong Kong late this month, the International Gas Union (IGU) Council 2026 and the “Empowering... Read more »

Hong Kong’s private, semi-private and international schools have been given the green light to raise tuition fees by an average of 4.75 per cent, 4.07 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively. The Education Bureau said on Tuesday it had received applications from 185 schools as of August 31 to... Read more »

Four Indonesian seamen who were kidnapped and held hostage by Somali pirates aboard an oil tanker for more than five months arrived back home on Tuesday. The men were among 17 crew rescued a week ago when maritime police from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia stormed the... Read more »

British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offence over a security incident at a US-run military airbase in England that authorities have linked to Iran. The arrest is the seventh in connection with a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, located 160km (100... Read more »

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Iceland had long been a “critical outpost” for security during a visit to the island, as his country pushed for greater US influence in the Arctic region. His trip comes after US President Donald Trump has stirred up the power... Read more »

Risks to Southeast Asia’s energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an International Energy Agency report released on Tuesday. Southeast Asia has a seemingly insatiable appetite for energy, but the region is now in a pinch... Read more »

Chinese researchers have developed a “lifelike” shape-changing hydrogel they say could provide a platform for next-generation developments, such as flexible tissue engineering scaffolds, brain-computer interfaces and humanlike robots. Inspired by living organisms, the team created a light-triggered system called STERS, which uses liquid metal particles to generate slow, self-sustaining chemical... Read more »

China tried three times to persuade powerful families in northern Myanmar to shut down scam operations before Myanmar police carried out large-scale arrests in 2023, according to a new documentary broadcast on Chinese state television. The three-part documentary, jointly produced by China’s Ministry of Public Security and state broadcaster CCTV,... Read more »

In 2019, President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to publicly call for the exploration of detailed proposals for governing Taiwan after reunification. Seven years later, the first proposals from a handful of the mainland’s leading research institutes have either been finalised or are nearing completion, the South China... Read more »

Taipei’s dilemma over its history during World War II appeared to deepen as Beijing and Washington looked to the Flying Tigers as a source of connection and goodwill during last month’s Xi–Trump summit. US President Donald Trump’s description of China as an American ally during the war has raised concerns... Read more »

For the first time in a decade, China has returned to the top 100 out of 145 economies in an annual global report assessing gender equality. China closed 69.9 per cent of its gender gap in 2025, rising to 96th place from 103rd the previous year and increasing 1.3 percentage... Read more »

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) used water cannons to expel a mainland Chinese fishing vessel near Dongsha Island, authorities said on Friday. The incident occurred on October 1, 27 nautical miles east of the Taiwanese-controlled Dongsha Island, also called Pratas Island, in the South China Sea, the agency revealed. The... Read more »

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering global relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump condemns ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI, says he is only guardrail needed US President Donald Trump... Read more »

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trade, Taiwan and ‘strategic stability’: key Xi-Trump takeaways overall Here are the key takeaways from Chinese... Read more »

China’s ruling Communist Party is marking 90 years since the end of the Long March with exhibitions, tours, film and television productions as it tries to mobilise the nation to contribute to its vision for the future. Ahead of the October 22 anniversary, commemorative activities are under way to promote... Read more »

The fields in Xinjiang’s Awati county – a cotton hub hit by US sanctions – were nearly ready for the October harvest. Yusup Molamaiti, a 36-year-old technician, recalled what it was like manually planting and harvesting 37 mu (about 2.5 hectares or 6 acres) of scattered plots of land. “Planting... 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 »

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 »

From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack. The post The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Decades after blaming Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it. The post The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor. The post Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence. The post Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country. The post Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee. The post Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. The post The Pentagon’s Secret Budget appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. The post ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Despite support from other Democrats, the Senate voted 51–47 against a resolution to force U.S. probes on killings of Americans in the West Bank. The post Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

An excerpt from pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil’s new book.... Read more »

Someone must do the unglamorous work of turning vouchers into signed leases and stable tenancies.... Read more »

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initiatives build on a long history of housing advocacy.... Read more »

Berry was bighearted, ever open to other people, passionate about what he believed, and accustomed to being misunderstood.... Read more »

A note from Managing Editor Alexandra Tempus on corporate media and American democracy.... Read more »

As the Trump Administration kneecaps federal agencies for sport, special education takes the latest hit.... Read more »

The federal government wants to gut one of its most essential educational programs—but the public can still push back.... Read more »

Growing surveillance of women’s intimate health data puts them at risk.... Read more »

I escaped the dangers in Gaza, but I could not escape the pain I experienced there.... Read more »

More than 200 conservation organizations sent a letter today urging Congress to oppose the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Mike Lee (R-Utah). The bill includes sweeping attacks on the Endangered Species Act that... Read more »

Apologies for invoking again the awful noise that never stops. But a month before mid-terms, a fascist feckless clown show run by the dumbest people ever churns on with lies, bribes, cruelty, crude racism; their flailing leader grows daily more perilous; and fiery patriots remind us we cannot grow weary.... Read more »

The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. The case, which was heard by eight justices panel after Justice Samuel Alito recused himself, concerns the permissibility of state-law claims over climate-related deception and harms. In response, David Arkush,... Read more »

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s arguments today in Suncor v. Boulder, Corey Riday-White, legal director of the Center for Climate Integrity, released the following statement: “Big Oil’s desperation to escape trial for climate deception is still in search of a legal justification. Justices across the ideological spectrum asked... Read more »

A coalition of environmental and consumer protection organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s final rule rolling back federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, a move that will make new vehicles less fuel efficient, increase gasoline consumption, and drive up costs for American drivers already facing... Read more »

Sidestepping his debacle of a war, "smug pathetic little man," warfighter fetishist and Gen.-Patton-cosplaying clown Pete Hegseth just gave a blustering speech before troops In a "hyper-macho freak show" to announce he's cutting forces, starting several senseless new programs, and proclaiming, "We are no longer the woke (or) weak department...No... Read more »

The U.S. Senate defeated House-approved legislation today that would have allowed all members to retain their conflicting stock investments and continue manipulating the stock market. Craig Holman, Ph.D., government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, released the following statement:“This measure was a ruse, promoted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, to make... Read more »

Sens. Martin Heinrich and Sheldon Whitehouse today released a top-line summary of an agreement with Sen. Shelly Moore Capito and Rep. Bruce Westerman to advance so-called “permitting reform.”The legislative package, cynically titled the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” would provide massive long-term structural advantages to the fossil... Read more »

Today, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch sued the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding the agency release records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to its abandonment of an Animal Agriculture and Water Quality (AAWQ) Federal Advisory Subcommittee.EPA formed the Subcommittee in 2024 in... 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 »

American education has long been a battleground, but struggles over what students learn has become particularly intense right now, when teaching about racism has been prohibited in multiple states. Sociologist Nikki Khanna reflects on what’s missing, including key episodes from US history – from the United States attempts to starve... Read more »

Canadian physician Gabor Mate discusses the maladies that are the norm in our society — how stress and trauma, accentuated by the divisions of class, gender, and race, damage our lives and bodies. Donate in support of Against the Grain and KPFA The post Fund Drive Special: Gabor Mate on... Read more »

Historian and activist, teacher and playwright — Howard Zinn told a different history of the United States, one of struggle between those on the bottom against those on top. Donate in support of Against the Grain and KPFA The post Fund Drive Special: Howard Zinn on His Life and Times... Read more »

Are women as strong as men? According to science writer Starre Vartan, in some cases, they are stronger. She argues that scientific research over the last several decades shows that culture shapes strength as much as hormones — and that much of what we presume about sex differences, strength, and... Read more »

Elites, especially in tech, over at least the last decade have espoused repugnant ideas arguing 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... Read more »

Calling 911 can save lives. But all too often phoning the emergency hotline leads to maiming or death at the hands of the police. Rebecca Neusteter describes the origins of the emergency response system as a means of quashing social unrest, out of the urban uprisings of the 1960s. Rebecca... Read more »

Some of the most important struggles for health justice have taken place in New York City — from the Young Lords to ACT UP, from battles to make school lunches free to the Fight for $15 for low wage workers. Public health scholar Nicholas Freudenberg discusses the lessons he’s gleaned... Read more »

We live our lives often through the things we buy — presuming the more we have, the happier we’ll be. Have we always thought this way? Economist Mark Joseph Stelzner examines the need for ever more consumption under capitalism — and reflects on what our lives might be like if... Read more »

UN chief calls for permanent Gaza ceasefire... Read more »

Russia on Monday condemned Japan's 27th sanctions package as illegitimate and vowed to take proportionate countermeasures, focusing on areas of interest to Japan.... Read more »

US Supreme Court opens nine-month term with Colorado climate lawsuit... Read more »

Brazil’s presidential election heads to second-round runoff... Read more »

AI researchers tell New York that an AI catastrophe is possible... Read more »

US killed 235 people in strikes on alleged drug boats since 2025... Read more »

Huawei's original tech gets global recognition with Qualcomm deal... Read more »

Abiy Ahmed was officially re-elected as Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Monday, securing a new five-year mandate as the newly elected House of Peoples’ Representatives convened in Addis Ababa to begin its seventh parliamentary term.... Read more »

Hundreds of French high schools will begin a second week of closures on ‌Monday as protests over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages precede a nationwide day of demonstrations on Tuesday.... Read more »

The Taiwan question is China's internal affair, and resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese people themselves that brooks no external interference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday.... Read more »

Three years into the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a ceasefire has reduced fighting, but key issues needed to end the conflict remain unresolved.... Read more »

China firmly opposes US arms sales to China's Taiwan region... Read more »

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday expressed hope that the EU will work with China in the same direction and promote the sound and steady development of China-EU economic and trade relations.... Read more »

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday urged the Philippine side to immediately stop its infringement and provocations in the South China Sea.... Read more »

Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday it had launched a fresh ballistic missile strike on Abha International Airport in southwest Saudi Arabia's Asir region, claiming the attack disrupted air traffic.... Read more »

Gaza after three years: Why stopping the war is easier than ending it... Read more »

October 7 marks three years since the conflict began. Gaza is now devastated, with rubble strewn across much of the territory. Nearly 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 174,000 injured, while around 90% of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been destroyed. Israel has also taken direct control of about... Read more »

The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv is assessed to have acted alone, according to Israeli sources familiar with the investigation. Those sources say he told investigators he was retaliating for the Gaza conflict and sought to die as a martyr.... Read more »

Libya has issued a decision to regulate and control exports, imposing a series of restrictions on the export and re-export of goods and products, according to a ministry statement.... Read more »

China turning CO₂ emissions into resources... Read more »

The fiscal 2026 earnings cycle has underscored the extraordinary momentum behind the AI boom, with tech giants posting record revenues while their shares have also rallied. But beneath the headline numbers, a new test is emerging: how long can AI-driven cash generation keep pace with the massive investment required to... Read more »

Driven by the economic and trade consultation mechanism, China and the US have continuously expanded the list of cooperation areas while shortening the list of outstanding issues, playing a positive role in maintaining overall stability in China-US economic and trade relations.... Read more »

The Chinese government is rolling out a comprehensive suite of incremental policy measures to kickstart a new cycle of growth stabilization and propel a sustained economic recovery.... Read more »

China on Tuesday said a reported tool being pushed by some European Union member states is a typical example of protectionism and unilateralism that would disrupt China-EU trade as well as the stability of global industrial and supply chains.... Read more »

This story traces an electric vehicle's journey from imported components at the Port of Mombasa to local assembly and Kenyan roads, while examining the growth of the EV industry, its benefits and the challenges of cost, charging infrastructure and adoption.... Read more »

China's service sector has maintained strong growth momentum this year, contributing 66.1% to the country's economic growth in the first half (H1) of 2026, up 5.9 percentage points from the same period a year earlier, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, said on Tuesday.... Read more »

CCPIT: China-US summit brings greater certainty to trade and business... Read more »

The scandal has laid bare the reality of the “Manchesterism”, as Burnham’s ethos is revealed as nothing more than slavish fawning after big business.... Read more »

Hull workers must take the defence of their jobs out of the hands of the GMB and local politicians and establish an independent rank-and-file committee to organise a fight for the reopening of the plants.... Read more »

A “new report” presented by the Sheinbaum administration on September 28 does little to advance the prosecution of those responsible and continues the cover-up of the military’s role.... Read more »

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Respecting the HKSAR's right to independent planning, the plan charts long-term development based on Hong Kong's own realities and demonstrates the Central Government's firm stance of strongly supporting Hong Kong in achieving prosperity from stability and sustaining its long-term prosperity and stability.... Read more »

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Featuring a blend of cultural consumption and tourism, the film market during this year's week-long National Day holiday starting from October 1 has kept up a strong momentum.... Read more »

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China's National Day holiday box office has surpassed 800 million yuan ($119.32 million), including pre-sales, by the fifth day of the seven-day break, according to data from online ticketing platforms.... Read more »

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Tourists are flocking to Kashi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during the week-long National Day holiday, enjoying a variety of activities amid the spectacular scenery of the Taklamakan Desert.... Read more »

The National Day holiday offered a vivid snapshot of a China where strong emotional ties and an active consumer economy came together, reflecting the vitality and resilience of its high-quality development.... Read more »

What if animals were just like us? For "Natural Habitat Shorts," that simple idea has grown into a global animation phenomenon, reaching audiences far beyond its American roots.... Read more »

From drones, action cameras and other digital products to goji berry drinks and moxibustion boxes, as well as trendy toys, silk products and customized souvenirs, a growing range of Chinese goods are making their way into the luggage of foreign tourists. The growing trend of "China Haul" reflects rising recognition... Read more »

China's homegrown 12,000m rig completes second ultra-deep well... Read more »

During China's National Day holiday, millions of people are on the move, traveling by high-speed rail, road and air or visiting museums and scenic spots. Behind the busy stations, smooth traffic and increasingly convenient sightseeing experiences, a range of digital technologies are quietly working together.... Read more »

Google launched a prototype satellite into orbit on Thursday to evaluate how its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) operate in space.... Read more »

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U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.... Read more »

The British former banker said he planned to reveal more about his claims involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Jeffrey Epstein and the financial firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC.... Read more »

Israeli forces continued attacks across Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing and and wounding others in airstrikes and gunfire, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an attack the previous day... Read more »

The planning for the Oct 7 prison breakout was long in the making and met with “catastrophic success.” Tens of thousands of Gazans poured out into the lands that had been their families’ properties for generations...... Read more »

The West Bank too is crumbling, as IDF finds excuses to kill Palestinians, steal land, demolish homes, even rewrite history. Latest news and headlines here.... Read more »

A family in Lebanon describes their own ethnic cleansing. Over the past 7 months, Israeli officials have been open about their plans to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon. US tax dollars are funding this, while US media help... Read more »

BBC funded the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,” but then refused to air it. See the film that Israel and its partisans tried to hide... Read more »

The 49-minute film is available online in 17 languages. Two of its three creators are in the IDF; information on the funding for the film is yet to come.... Read more »

Ellison has appointed Ynon Kreiz, former CEO of Mattel, as co-CEO of the new company being created by his merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery... Read more »

The mid-century height of the potluck is long gone, but some towns are keeping the flame alive. The post Our Town, Our Table: The Community-Building Power of a Shared Meal appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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Sarah Anderson tells the Windham World Affairs Council about Pinochet's coup and the long fight for justice for our murdered colleagues. The post VIDEO: The Long Blowback of U.S. Support for Pinochet’s Chile appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

"It's never too late" to stop supporting a genocide, Phyllis Bennis tells the Jasim Al-Azzawi Show. The post VIDEO: Phyllis Bennis on Netanyahu’s UN Speech, the Gaza Genocide, and a Shifting Political Landscape appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump's Pentagon hike would send war spending to nearly 70 percent of discretionary funds. Most would benefit weapons contractors. The post FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A cadre of Californians opposing a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months. The post Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

An international tribunal awarded only a fraction of the firm’s original claim, but Mexico’s struggle against corporate legal threats continues. The post American Mining Corporation Wins Partial Victory in Lawsuit Against Mexico appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The mid-century height of the potluck is long gone, but some towns are keeping the flame alive. The post Our Town, Our Table: The Community-Building Power of a Shared Meal appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Amid growing concerns about America’s polarization, similar gatherings are being rediscovered as a way to rebuild connections. The post Does Your Neighborhood Need a Coffee Klatch? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Or do we have more to worry about from Donald Trump? The post Is AI About to Destroy Humanity? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The next Congress may see a record crop of progressive lawmakers. Here are some of the global issues they’ll need to confront. The post Foreign Policy Crisis Points Awaiting the Next Generation of Progressive Lawmakers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Sarah Anderson tells the Windham World Affairs Council about Pinochet's coup and the long fight for justice for our murdered colleagues. The post VIDEO: The Long Blowback of U.S. Support for Pinochet’s Chile appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

"It's never too late" to stop supporting a genocide, Phyllis Bennis tells the Jasim Al-Azzawi Show. The post VIDEO: Phyllis Bennis on Netanyahu’s UN Speech, the Gaza Genocide, and a Shifting Political Landscape appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump's Pentagon hike would send war spending to nearly 70 percent of discretionary funds. Most would benefit weapons contractors. The post FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A cadre of Californians opposing a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months. The post Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

An international tribunal awarded only a fraction of the firm’s original claim, but Mexico’s struggle against corporate legal threats continues. The post American Mining Corporation Wins Partial Victory in Lawsuit Against Mexico appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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Houthis Attack Multiple Saudi Airports, Wounding Bystanders - Warn Civilian Infrastructure Now In Crosshairs Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, or Houthis, have over the past 48 hours been targeting airports along with Aramco sites within Saudi territory, and have warned further that civilian infrastructure will increasingly be fair game in retaliation... Read more »

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As a human being, I was appalled.As an American, I was embarrassed.As a Californian, I was alarmed.As a citizen, I was unsurprised.It’s apparently OK now for the President of the United States to threaten two of the most populous cities in the union, Los Angeles and San Diego. It’s even... Read more »

MAGA figures erupted Tuesday over a report that the FBI monitored Melania and Barron Trump’s travel and tapped future White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ phone during its investigation of President Donald Trump.The New York Post reported that newly released documents show the surveillance occurred as part of special... Read more »

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British prosecutors allege that Andrew Tate appeared in a sexualized video with a 17-year-old girl and shared it with others, according to court documents filed Monday as part of the U.K.'s bid to extradite him from the United States.The filing, submitted in federal court in the Southern District of Florida,... Read more »

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) was abruptly stopped mid-sentence Tuesday when CNN's Manu Raju confronted him with a blunt fact-check about rising fuel prices.The moment unfolded on "Inside Politics" when the Pennsylvania Republican, who won his battleground district by just one percentage point in 2024, launched a forceful defense of President... Read more »

ABC's lawyers and free speech experts tore into President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair as a federal judge weighed the network's bid to save its TV licenses.The clash came Tuesday at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington. ABC and its parent company, Disney, asked her... Read more »

A Republican super PAC ad attacking Democrat Sherrod Brown over transgender surgery for minors stars a woman who isn't from Ohio and had her surgery as an adult, News 5 Cleveland reported.The Senate Leadership Fund, a leading GOP group, has run multiple ads accusing the former senator of "forcing childhood... Read more »

As a human being, I was appalled.As an American, I was embarrassed.As a Californian, I was alarmed.As a citizen, I was unsurprised.It’s apparently OK now for the President of the United States to threaten two of the most populous cities in the union, Los Angeles and San Diego. It’s even... Read more »

MAGA figures erupted Tuesday over a report that the FBI monitored Melania and Barron Trump’s travel and tapped future White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ phone during its investigation of President Donald Trump.The New York Post reported that newly released documents show the surveillance occurred as part of special... Read more »

A fashion guru spotted a damning detail in the suit President Donald Trump chose to wear at his Nebraska rally Tuesday. Trump traveled to Grand Island, Nebraska, to stump for Republicans like Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) against independent candidate Dan Osborn and other lawmakers as the GOP attempts to retain... Read more »

A crypto firm's promise of a "gala dinner" with President Donald Trump briefly boosted the price of his meme coin, even as the coin's biggest holder moved tens of millions of dollars' worth of tokens into position to sell.The firm behind $TRUMP is offering seats at what it calls "the... Read more »

Michigan Republican Mike Rogers appears to have a lot of work to do in the next 27 days before the midterm elections to get disillusioned Donald Trump voters to show up for him as he seeks an open US Senate seat.On Tuesday, MS NOW analyst Elise Jordan shared video from... Read more »

British prosecutors allege that Andrew Tate appeared in a sexualized video with a 17-year-old girl and shared it with others, according to court documents filed Monday as part of the U.K.'s bid to extradite him from the United States.The filing, submitted in federal court in the Southern District of Florida,... Read more »

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) was abruptly stopped mid-sentence Tuesday when CNN's Manu Raju confronted him with a blunt fact-check about rising fuel prices.The moment unfolded on "Inside Politics" when the Pennsylvania Republican, who won his battleground district by just one percentage point in 2024, launched a forceful defense of President... Read more »

ABC's lawyers and free speech experts tore into President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair as a federal judge weighed the network's bid to save its TV licenses.The clash came Tuesday at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington. ABC and its parent company, Disney, asked her... Read more »

A Republican super PAC ad attacking Democrat Sherrod Brown over transgender surgery for minors stars a woman who isn't from Ohio and had her surgery as an adult, News 5 Cleveland reported.The Senate Leadership Fund, a leading GOP group, has run multiple ads accusing the former senator of "forcing childhood... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are "rescuing state budgets" or helping to "save Medicaid" by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over a decade. But experts say there are many unanswered questions... Read more »

In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to "cover up the Epstein files" and received "$3 million to her super PAC" from "Jeffrey Epstein's business partner." The post Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein appeared... Read more »

The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are political messages intended to influence the 2026 midterms and may violate U.S. laws,... Read more »

In the Texas Senate race, comments Republican Ken Paxton made in 2022 about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are circulating on social media, thanks to posts by his opponent, Democrat James Talarico, and the Democratic Party. But their posts use just a snippet of Paxton's... Read more »

A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper "let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf" when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits were in the custody of hundreds of local law enforcement... Read more »

A pro-environment/liberal nonprofit with an affiliated super PAC. The post League of Conservation Voters appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

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A pro-Republican super PAC created by Elon Musk, the co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX. The post America PAC appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

A super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the Senate. The post WinSenate appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are "rescuing state budgets" or helping to "save Medicaid" by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over a decade. But experts say there are many unanswered questions... Read more »

In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to "cover up the Epstein files" and received "$3 million to her super PAC" from "Jeffrey Epstein's business partner." The post Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein appeared... Read more »

The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are political messages intended to influence the 2026 midterms and may violate U.S. laws,... Read more »

In the Texas Senate race, comments Republican Ken Paxton made in 2022 about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are circulating on social media, thanks to posts by his opponent, Democrat James Talarico, and the Democratic Party. But their posts use just a snippet of Paxton's... Read more »

A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper "let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf" when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits were in the custody of hundreds of local law enforcement... Read more »

A pro-environment/liberal nonprofit with an affiliated super PAC. The post League of Conservation Voters appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

A Republican nonprofit affiliated with the Senate Leadership Fund. The post One Nation appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

A pro-Republican super PAC created by Elon Musk, the co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX. The post America PAC appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

A super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the Senate. The post WinSenate appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Elie Mystal The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it. The post This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s Caused appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

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Chris Lehmann The disgraced former congressman was a better representative of the GOP than the party would like to admit. The post The Picture of Dennis Hastert appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jonathan Schlefer American analysts have long viewed inequality as a byproduct of technological causes. But Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena Party has boosted workers’ income without any technological tradeoffs. The post How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

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William W. Taylor III The 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election should be referendums on whether Trump and his associates can profit from his presidency. The post Corruption in the White House: Does Anybody Care? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Elizabeth Spiers I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way. The post My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.... Read more »

The British former banker said he planned to reveal more about his claims involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Jeffrey Epstein and the financial firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC.... Read more »

Israeli forces continued attacks across Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing and and wounding others in airstrikes and gunfire, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an attack the previous day... Read more »

The planning for the Oct 7 prison breakout was long in the making and met with “catastrophic success.” Tens of thousands of Gazans poured out into the lands that had been their families’ properties for generations...... Read more »

The West Bank too is crumbling, as IDF finds excuses to kill Palestinians, steal land, demolish homes, even rewrite history. Latest news and headlines here.... Read more »

A family in Lebanon describes their own ethnic cleansing. Over the past 7 months, Israeli officials have been open about their plans to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon. US tax dollars are funding this, while US media help... Read more »

BBC funded the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,” but then refused to air it. See the film that Israel and its partisans tried to hide... Read more »

The 49-minute film is available online in 17 languages. Two of its three creators are in the IDF; information on the funding for the film is yet to come.... Read more »

Ellison has appointed Ynon Kreiz, former CEO of Mattel, as co-CEO of the new company being created by his merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery... Read more »

U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.... Read more »

The British former banker said he planned to reveal more about his claims involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Jeffrey Epstein and the financial firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC.... Read more »

Israeli forces continued attacks across Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing and and wounding others in airstrikes and gunfire, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an attack the previous day... Read more »

The planning for the Oct 7 prison breakout was long in the making and met with “catastrophic success.” Tens of thousands of Gazans poured out into the lands that had been their families’ properties for generations...... Read more »

The West Bank too is crumbling, as IDF finds excuses to kill Palestinians, steal land, demolish homes, even rewrite history. Latest news and headlines here.... Read more »

A family in Lebanon describes their own ethnic cleansing. Over the past 7 months, Israeli officials have been open about their plans to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon. US tax dollars are funding this, while US media help... Read more »

BBC funded the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,” but then refused to air it. See the film that Israel and its partisans tried to hide... Read more »

The 49-minute film is available online in 17 languages. Two of its three creators are in the IDF; information on the funding for the film is yet to come.... Read more »

Ellison has appointed Ynon Kreiz, former CEO of Mattel, as co-CEO of the new company being created by his merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery... Read more »

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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 »

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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 »

Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is the foremost resistance fighter in the modern era, says the secretary-general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah.... Read more »

An Iraqi analyst says several factors, including Iran's victories over the US and public anger in Iraq, accelerated the expulsion of the occupying US forces from Iraq.... Read more »

Hamas has condemned Ben-Gvir’s presence at a home demolition in occupied al-Quds, calling it “organized terrorism.”... Read more »

From Gaza’s devastation and Israel’s growing isolation to its shattered facade of invincibility, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood exposed the vulnerabilities of a US-backed order built on military force and political impunity.... Read more »

Six people from the same family have been killed in a Saudi airstrike targeting a home in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah.... Read more »

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Yemen’s armed forces say they have maintained full control over all their battlefield gains.... Read more »

From Gaza’s devastation and Israel’s growing isolation to its shattered facade of invincibility, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood exposed the vulnerabilities of a US-backed order built on military force and political impunity.... Read more »

Six people from the same family have been killed in a Saudi airstrike targeting a home in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah.... Read more »

SOUTHCOM says 4 more suspects were killed in a US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.... Read more »

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Iran says Colombia’s baseless allegations run counter to the principle of mutual respect and the interests of the two nations.... Read more »

The US military takes preparatory measures for potential action around Cuba, a report says.... Read more »

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Iran has summoned France’s ambassador in Tehran over excessive police force against student protesters, calling for respect for human rights and the right to peaceful assembly.... Read more »

Iran has questioned France’s response to the nationwide student protests, accusing Paris of applying double standards to the right to protest and human rights.... Read more »

A fire broke out Monday aboard France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while the vessel was docked at the Toulon naval base, the French Navy said.... Read more »

Global trade will feel the consequences of the US war against Iran for a long time, and experts have yet to measure the full scale of the damage, Russia’s minister of economic development says.... Read more »

Russia’s military has hit two key logistics hub and data center in Ukraine’s soil, the Russian Defense Ministry says.... Read more »

Republic of Ireland players refuse to shake hands with their Israeli counterparts before their UEFA Nations League match on Sunday.... Read more »

Russia has vowed to increase its retaliatory attacks after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky threatened to strike Russian refineries.... Read more »

Global trade will feel the consequences of the US war against Iran for a long time, and experts have yet to measure the full scale of the damage, Russia’s minister of economic development says.... Read more »

Russia’s military has hit two key logistics hub and data center in Ukraine’s soil, the Russian Defense Ministry says.... Read more »