After censoring experts who found that the victims in Douma could not have been killed by chlorine gas, the OPCW’s new IIT report continues the cover-up and baselessly accuses the Syrian government. [Note: this article contains graphic images.] On April 7th 2018, gruesome images of an alleged chemical attack emerged... Read more »

A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua’s government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the... Read more »

At the United Nations, Aaron Maté debunks the OPCW’s latest attempts to whitewash the cover-up of its investigation into the alleged April 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Syria. Speaking to the United Nations Security Council, Aaron Maté of The Grayzone calls out the OPCW’s ongoing cover-up of its investigation into... Read more »

Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal communications when he tried to schedule an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story. On March 10, Fox News host Tucker Carlson told the Full Send podcast that the US government “broke into [his] text messages”... Read more »

The lockdowns and the stimulus required to keep the economy alive helped drive inflation. Then the Fed jacked up interest rates. And all hell broke loose. On Friday March 10th, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) died of Covid. Alright, it’s a little more complicated than that, but Covid lockdowns followed... Read more »

A growing body of evidence suggests that the US would blow up the global economy to prevent China from laying claim to Taiwan’s semiconductor factories. Former White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien has hinted at a sinister US contingency plan in the event of a Chinese invasion of... Read more »

A peer-reviewed paper initially approved and praised by a prestigious academic journal was suddenly rescinded without explanation. Its author, one of the world’s top scholars on Ukraine-related issues, had marshaled overwhelming evidence to conclude Maidan protesters were killed by pro-coup snipers. The massacre by snipers of anti-government activists and police... Read more »

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bücker, founder of Berlin’s COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany’s military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bücker also discusses... Read more »

Staffed by British special forces veterans, Pilgrims’ Group quietly shaped international coverage of the MH17 disaster as it shepherded journalists to and from the crash site. In November of 2022, a final judgment arrived in the trial of alleged perpetrators of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Russian... Read more »

Kit Klarnberg reveals the industrial-scale corruption which allowed billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to flow into Afghanistan without supervision and for weaponry and aid to be misused, stolen or illegally sold off by Afghans, U.S. personnel and Pentagon contractors alike. The post Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later:... Read more »

Israelis are calling for democracy. Privileged citizens that denied democracy to Palestinians fear that their democracy is in danger. This is not a new phenomenon; we have seen this in the US, in Australia, and other settler colonial states. The post For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing Palestinians is Fine, But Judicial... Read more »

Iran International: Alan Macleod reveals how a network of Western and Saudi interests converged to create the ultimate propaganda tool in a failed bid to overthrow the government of Iran. The post Iran International: Inside the “Saudi-Funded” Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Bezalel Smotrich has never hidden or disguised his opinions or violent tendencies, and neither his hate-filled opinions nor his violent past has stood in the way of his meteoric rise in Israeli politics. The post The Glaring Hypocrisy Surrounding Bezel Smotrich’s Genocidal Comments appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Discover the precarious state of the banking system and the need for regulatory reform in this incisive interview with James Fauntleroy, a regular contributor to the Revolutionary Blackout Network, as he discusses the potential for a catastrophic economic crisis. The post The Banking Crisis, Housing Insecurity and Preparing for the... Read more »

As geopolitical spaces open for countries in the Global South more countries are daring to challenge the hegemony of colonial powers, including Israel. The post Israel’s Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in Africa appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Israeli human rights activist Miko Peled argues that by recognizing Israel, Muslim countries are betraying the Palestinian cause. The post Indonesia’s Betrayal of Palestine: Hosting Israel in Under-20 World Cup appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Netanyahu has two main demands from Italy: not to vote against Israel at the United Nations and, more importantly, to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The post Cheap Algerian Gas vs Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem? appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Discrimination against Palestinians at George Washington University is an institutional problem deeply rooted in the administration and powerful entities that support it. The post Title VI Complaint Filed Against George Washington University Over “Hostile Environment of Anti-Palestinian Racism” appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

The 20th anniversary of the illegal US/UK-led invasion of Iraq has demonstrated once again the subservience of state and corporate media to Western power. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, veered as close to the →... Read more »

Eliot Jacobson is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science who regularly appears on our Twitter feed discussing the climate crisis. He sends tweets under the grim title, ‘Your “moment of doom” for the →... Read more »

On 21 February 2023, climate scientist Professor Bill McGuire issued a stark warning: ‘Remember this date. First rationing of food in UK due to extreme weather. Things will only get worse as climate breakdown bites →... Read more »

The 20th anniversary of the illegal, unprovoked US-UK war of aggression on Iraq comes at an awkward time for a UK press currently suppressing the truth of the illegal, provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s →... Read more »

Who is unquestionably the greatest writer of all time? And which was obviously the greatest popular music band of all time? Sorry, but you’re wrong on both counts. How so? Well, let me pick your →... Read more »

People in power get nervous when the population’s trust in national institutions plummets. It has often been a precursor of significant social unrest, even revolutions. This is an underlying reason why UK prime minister Rishi →... Read more »

If we were to choose a hill to die on, it would probably not be in defence of a British prince. In truth, we don’t need to like or support – and may even abhor →... Read more »

Julian Assange once observed that, ‘Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.’ For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at →... Read more »

On November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine’s energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. This was →... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Biden, progressives, and how we achieve real change Noam Chomsky in Conversation with Anand Giridharadas Summer 2020. The.Ink. ANAND Talk to me about how you have lived this pandemic moment, which has obviously been such a difficult moment for everybody personally, but also a political crisis and,... Read more »

‘Humanity is dedicated to its own destruction’ – Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by The Brussels Times January 5, 2023. The Brussels Times. On 20 January 2022, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set their infamous Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight for the third year running. Their accompanying report... Read more »

Noam Chomsky: Another World Is Possible. Let’s Bring It to Reality Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou January 4, 2023. Truthout. It’s a truism that the world is in a dismal state; indeed, there are too many great challenges facing our world and the planet is in fact at a... Read more »

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Chomsky: Wars could break out all over the map Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Dhaka Tribune December 28, 2022. Dhaka Tribune. American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky predicts a grim future for the world as the superpowers are at loggerheads over establishing supremacy centering on the Russia-Ukraine war. In April,... Read more »

Chomsky: Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield Stalemate Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou December 22, 2022. Truthout. It’s now more than 300 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the conflict has intensified rather than subsided, with Ukrainian leaders expressing fears of impending mass infantry attacks from Russia and... Read more »

Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism” Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou December 8, 2022. Truthout. Neoliberalism has reigned supreme as an economic philosophy for nearly half a century. But neoliberal policies have wreaked havoc around the world, reversing most gains made under managed capitalism... Read more »

An objective look at US foreign policy Noam Chomsky Interviewed by John Rachel December 2, 2022. DissidentVoice.org. Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He has devoted his whole life to calling out the abuses of power and the excesses of U.S. empire. At 94, he still is actively engaged in the... Read more »

‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy’: From UN Peacekeeper to U.S. Sentinel State In this long read, author John Price works with Noam Chomsky to respond to Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. December 2, 2022. rabble.ca. In a recent article in the Ottawa Hill-Times, journalist David Crane asked an important question: “Is Canada trying to match or outdo... Read more »

The Dream of Karabakh, about a woman’s attachment to her village, is rooted in personal memories that cannot be moved, unlike borders... Read more »

Russian aggression is driving Ukrainians into poverty. But the war could also be an opportunity to reset the Ukrainian economy – if only people and politicians could agree how. The danger is that wartime ‘reforms’ could ease a permanent shift to a smaller state – with less regulation and protection... Read more »

OPINION: Will the regulator allow two Tory MPs to interview a Tory chancellor about a Tory Budget on a news channel?... Read more »

Turkish and Kurdish people in Britain say they are unable to help loved ones affected by last month's earthquake because of UK immigration delays... Read more »

OPINION: Comparisons between destruction in Iraq and Ukraine could boost the International Criminal Court’s authority in the West... Read more »

A Tennessee drag queen and LGBTIQ+ historian explain a new law that will ban drag shows in the state from April... Read more »

Just a tenth of Iraqis claiming asylum in the UK have been given refugee status since the war... Read more »

LIAM BYRNE: The government must be transparent about its decision to waive sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin... Read more »

OPINION: Thought landlords were selling up and making it even harder to rent? Think again... Read more »

If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked the end of a form of geopolitical globalisation, already eroding since 2008, then the unfolding ‘chip war’ between the US and China is its technological equivalent. In October, the United States imposed wide-ranging restrictions on the export of advanced computer chip technology to its... Read more »

Britain is unique in the way that public schools (that’s private schools to anyone outside of Britain) have a stranglehold on the establishment. Alumni of these schools are massively overrepresented in the upper echelons of society – so is it any wonder that the media, the judicial system and the... Read more »

The French are rioting against Macron’s pension reforms. Is it time we learnt from them? We ask Cole Stangler. Plus, governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey warns against price hikes. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.... Read more »

A prolonged industrial dispute between UK university staff and employers looks set to continue, despite initial talks of a “breakthrough” by the University and College Union (UCU). Over 70,000 staff at 150 universities took three days of strike action this week, in a long running dispute over pay, conditions, and... Read more »

How will history judge the Nicola Sturgeon era? That depends on how successful the hagiography of it is. Her personal talents and abilities are undoubted. For many, she has been a ray of light under the shadow of what feels like permanent Tory rule. But there is precious little of... Read more »

Starmer embraces his cop energy in his latest speech and the Bank of England hike interest rates yet again. Plus, Johnson’s media sycophants and Sunak’s dodgy deal with Israel’s right-wing. With Michael Walker and Barnaby Raine.... Read more »

A convicted fraudster who was arrested for knocking a woman unconscious and fined for drug-driving is the organiser of an anti-migrant protest supposedly aimed at protecting women. In February around 100 protesters gathered outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, which has housed asylum seekers for several months, as a... Read more »

In the wake of another report depicting the Metropolitan Police as institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, the idea of reform seems increasingly futile. Can the police ever be held to account? This week on Novara FM, we’re republishing James Butler’s 2021 conversation with Mark Neocleous, Professor of the Critique of... Read more »

Tristan, a trans man who lives in West Yorkshire, was referred to an NHS gender clinic seven years ago, aged 18.  “It felt like I was going to have to put my life on hold,” Tristan recalls, of the astronomical wait time. “There were things that I wanted to do... Read more »

Over the years, the term “October surprise” has been applied to any unexpected event on the eve of an election that could have consequences for one campaign or another.  The indictment of former secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger only weeks before the 1992 election for his role in Iran-Contra revived... Read more »

Funded by taxpayer dollars and the Atlanta Police Foundation, some of Atlanta’s last forest canopy would be cut down and replaced by Cop City. During the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War, this area was a dairy farm and later the Old Atlanta Prison Farm. From 1920 to 1989, prisoners... Read more »

America’s slide into a fascist politics demands a revitalized understanding of the historical moment in which we find ourselves, along with a systemic critical analysis of the new political formations that mark this period. Part of this challenge is to create a new language and mass social movement to address... Read more »

What a coup.  Nakedly amoral but utterly self-serving in its saccharine minted glory.  India’s showman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who otherwise appears to have clerkish, desk-bound qualities, had what he wanted: an accommodating, possibly clueless guest in the form of the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese; a common interest in... Read more »

Did you notice how China brokered the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia? Or that Turkish President Erdogan recently announced an extension of the deal that allowed exports of Ukrainian grain? Remember the 2014 Minsk agreements among representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE which sought to end fighting in Donbas?... Read more »

It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy, the first, it was claimed, since the ancient Greeks. Great decision-making power was conferred to…white men who owned property, except for Jews, Catholics, and Quakers. Ugh. Sure, some states allowed... Read more »

On Saturday, March 18th, Yellowstone National Park released the latest report of bison slaughter and removaloperations on the Interagency Bison Management Plan website. The report shows that the slaughter of Yellowstone’s bison continues, including the killing of pregnant females who are just weeks away from giving birth. As of Saturday,... Read more »

Prologue On March 20, 2023, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its 6th Assessment Report, a technical compendium of numbers, charts, research findings, and exhortations to world leaders that climate change is real and anthropogenic and dangerous. These dire warnings come from hundreds of experienced UN climatologists and... Read more »

Democracy summits are organized not only in the United States, but also in China.  The Second summit opened on 23 March 2023 in Beijing with the participation of dozens of experts and professors from the entire globe.  I participated in the first summit in 2022 and was invited to Beijing... Read more »

“Like lambs to the slaughter” was how an elderly neighbour described the deaths of youngsters travelling on Intercity 62 which, on the night of 28 February, crashed head-on with a freight train in Greece killing 57 people. Many of the dead were students returning after a long weekend from Athens... Read more »

From the very beginning, Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon’s statues and friezes caused something of a discursive British civil war. On one side were humanists, like Lord Byron; on the other were Empire apologists, who defend Elgin’s actions and support the British Museum’s inalienable property rights to the artefacts it,... Read more »

On 7th February 2023, I returned to the Chamber to discuss a wide variety of issues, beginning with a Europe-at-war, post-Brexit Britain, the New Cold War that marks capitalism’s global transition to (what I call Technofeudalism), the state of the Left in Eastern Europe and more. Thanks Cambridge Union! The... Read more »

Η μάχη των εκλογών ξεκίνησε. Το ΜέΡΑ25 μπαίνει σε αυτή την μάχη με πρωτοπόρα ανάλυση της συγκυρίας (ελληνικής, ευρωπαϊκής και διεθνούς), με συνεκτικό κυβερνητικό Πρόγραμμα 100 Ημερών, με πλούσια δράση στελεχών και μελών του και, ίσως το πιο σημαντικό, χέρι-χέρι με ανιοδετελείς αγωνιστές που ανταποκρίθηκαν στο κάλεσμά μας για συστράτευση... Read more »

A diverse group of global thinkers answers 8 fundamental questions about economics and capitalism. In this video interview, Yanis Varoufakis has a go: 0:00 – Prologue 01:19 – Intro 01:38 – 1. Why does economics matter? 03:00 – 2. What are the differences between economic science and economic engineering? 09:46... Read more »

Ο Πόλεμος στην Ουκρανία επιτάχυνε την διάσπαση της υφηλίου σε δύο τεχνο-φέουδα – στο ένα οι αξίες εκφράζονται σε δολάρια, στο άλλο σε γουάν. Καθώς ο κόσμος διασπάται, οι ταξικές συγκρούσεις τόσο εντός όσο και μεταξύ αυτών των τεχνο-φέουδων γεννούν καταστροφικές δυνάμεις που απειλούν το είδος μας με εξαφάνιση –... Read more »

The War in Ukraine has sped up the division of the world into two technofeudal fiefdoms – one US dollar denominated and one Chinese yuan denominated. As the world bifurcates, class struggles within each technofeudal fiefdom, as well as between them, generate destructive forces that threaten our species survival –... Read more »

So used are we to the idea of an ‘electricity market’ that the next sentence may jar in your mind: There is no such thing as an electricity market! In this video I explain why those who talk to us about electricity markets as something natural, clever and necessary are... Read more »

From the Great Moderation to the Great Crash, the Great Recession, the Great Stagnation, the Great Inflation and, finally, to the Great Volatility. What are the forces driving this 50yr dynamic? Plus an answer to: “What did the euro crisis teach us about the EU’s various debt instruments?” A lecture... Read more »

Last week, on 21 March, Uganda’s parliament passed draconian homophobic and anti-LGBT+ legislation. MP Fox Odoi-Oywelowo warned that this would mean life imprisonment or … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »

A major strike brought much of Germany’s air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on 27 March, as workers demanded wage … Read more By Glen Black... Read more »

Citizens in the UK and Israel are protesting Israel’s prime minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of his government. It’s all happening as … Read more By The Canary... Read more »

The far right mobilised in various locations in recent days. Some of their action was once again against refugees housed by the Home Office in … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »

Trade union the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been fighting on behalf of Post Office workers in an ongoing pay dispute. Following a significantly … Read more By The Canary... Read more »

Animal rights group Open Cages has staged an in-store protest at a Morrisons in Wood Green, London. The protest was the largest of its … Read more By The Canary... Read more »

The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the news, politics, or anything … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »

French protests against pension reform have led to the postponement of king Charles III’s trip to the country. Workers have brought refineries, transport, and … Read more By Maryam Jameela... Read more »

On 21 March, Uganda’s parliament passed sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. It imposes extreme new penalties for same-sex relationships. Parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among stated that … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »

By Nicola BenvenutiStansbury ForumMarch 12th, 2022 My initial contact with a powerful and class concious labor movement came in 1971-72 when I was studying at the University of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. I witnessed massive marches of workers protesting the... Read more... Read more »

From La Nemesi, machine translated The past financial week (March 12-19) was dominated by fears for the international banking system: first came the bankruptcy of the Silicon Valley Bank, the Californian bank specializing in supporting start-ups and the silicone economy... Read more... Read more »

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From La Nemesi, translated by Act for freedom now! Urgent updates on the health condition of Alfredo Cospito at over 150 days’ hunger strike to the end (21-22 March 2023) [under update] Update on the medical situationdi Alfredo Cospito, ion... Read more... Read more »

The anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito has now been on hunger strike for 154 days to protest against the solitary confinement conditions under Italian Article 41bis. In the meantime, his health has deteriorated massively and yesterday an acute heart crisis was... Read more... Read more »

From Athens Indymedia, translated by Act for freedom now! Summary of the previous days’ actions in Athens in solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker (since 20/10/2022) Alfredo Cospito. Actions/Interventions: 8.3.2023: An intervention took place in Syntagma Square on March 8,... Read more... Read more »

From Anarchist Agency, Press Brief Agency, an anarchist PR project, provides key talking points and a resource list for media on why anarchists support restorative justice and transformative justice practices Why do anarchists advocate for restorative justice and transformative justice... Read more... Read more »

Share This: twitter facebook Report on counter-mobilization against a far-Right anti-trans rally in Jefferson City, Missouri. A coalition of Missouri and Kansas-based leftist organizations came together on Monday, March 20th, to intervene in an aggressive and genocidal rally to ban... Read more... Read more »

via: Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Mid-March, Windsor USA. “In mid-March, 2023, anarchist comrades attacked a local Consolidated Engineering Laboratories (CEL) office in Windsor, CA, an ATLAS subsidiary, to decry their affiliation with the creators of Cop City. The action... Read more... Read more »

Author: Edvin DahlgrenTitle: Militant Unions – The Backbone Of “Movement Socialism”Date: 2023-03-21Notes: This article is a short version of an essay originally published in Swedish. The Swedish essay was first published in the union paper Arbetarenin 2018. Thereafter published on the website Anarkism.info in 2022 (slightly updated). The author is... Read more »

Author: Andrew FialaTitle: Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American TraditionDate: 2013Notes: Andrew Fiala, « Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American Tradition », European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy [En ligne], V-2 | 2013, mis en ligne le 24 décembre 2013, consulté le 24 mars 2023.... Read more »

Author: Anarchist Federation of Rio de JaneiroTitle: Thoughts on Commitment, Responsibility and Self-disciplineNotes: Translated from Portuguese by Jonathan Payn Related Link: http://farj.org/Source: Retrieved on March 24th, 2023 from https://zabalazabooks.net/2014/03/05/thoughts-on-commitment-responsibility-and-self-discipline/ “A subject who has a Libertarian Ethic knows why they are struggling and can explain the ideological reasons for the struggle,... Read more »

Author: Jeff SteinTitle: Black WobbliesSubtitle: Hubert Harrison and Ben FletcherDate: 2022, SpringNotes: a review of Jeffrey B. Perry, Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918. Columbia University Press, 2009. Jeffrey B. Perry, Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927. Columbia University Press, 2021. Peter Cole, Ben Fletcher: The Life... Read more »

Author: CrimethInc.Title: Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and SyriaDate: 16.03.2023Notes: Kurdish: Felaketên Dewletê: Li ser Erdhejên Tirkiye û Sûriyê Turkish: Devletin Felaketleri: Türkiye ve Suriye'deki Depremler HakkındaSource: Retrieved on 19th March 2023 from crimethinc.com On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.7 hit southern... Read more »

Author: Errico MalatestaTitle: Communists and FascistsDate: 1924Notes: Translation by João Black. Originally published as "Comunisti e fascisti" in the journal Pensiero e Volontà (May 1, 1924).Source: Tranlsated on March 2022 from www.eleuthera.it (pg.104) We are not scandalized by the violence and electoral plots [pastette elettorali] of fascism. Workers must face... Read more »

Author: Notes From BelowTitle: IllegalismDate: January 18, 2010Source: Retrieved on March 6, 2012 from web.archive.org The recent arrest of Alfredo Bonanno on suspicion of an alleged bank robbery in Greece has exposed the risks and reopened the controversy surrounding the tactic of political expropriation. Whilst criminality remains in the arsenal... Read more »

Author: Laurance LabadieTitle: In a Pickle!Date: January 29, 1965Source: Retrieved 03/17/2023 from unionofegoists.com I don’t know of any party, sect, or movement with whom I couldn’t be ascribed to, not by those in any particular group, but by their rivals. In the same sense, I could not be identified with... Read more »

Author: David S. D’AmatoTitle: Language & the Construction of Economic PowerDate: 12/5/22Source: Retrieved on March 13, 2023 from https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/language-and-the-construction-of The language we use in large part creates our social reality. The character of our social institutions emerges from the things we say about them, and injustices can hide in plain... Read more »

KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023 (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library)... Read more »

Looking Back (then and now) (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »

Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture [Book review] (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »

Frank Leech (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »

The Wooden Shoe is on the other foot: examining a myth (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »

The Free Commune 3, October 1898 (in Free Commune)... Read more »

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Manifesto: The Industrial Union of Direct Actionists [1907]... Read more »

Letter asking for help to rent an office for the London Federation of Anarchists... Read more »

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Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faced increasing pressure on Monday to put the brakes on his government's drive to enact sweeping changes to the Israeli judiciary, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, Reuters reports. The courts overhaul plan has sparked unprecedented public anger ever since Netanyahu's coalition of... Read more »

In its final report released on Monday, the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed "deep concern" over the country's deteriorating human rights situation and that there is reason to believe that the state security forces and armed militia groups have committed "a wide array of war crimes and crimes... Read more »

READ: Iraq Parliament approves unpopular election law amendments... Read more »

Qatar's Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani has submitted a fresh bid to buy English Premier League football club Manchester United, according to reports on Saturday. The son of Qatar's former prime minister and head of Qatar Islamic Bank made the new, improved offer after requesting a deadline extension... Read more »

Iraq's Parliament approved, on Monday, amendments to the elections law, a move that has angered independent lawmakers and small parties who say the new legislation could weaken their chances, Reuters reports. The amendments abandon an election law under which the last parliamentary election was held in 2021, in response to... Read more »

Israel has gone to war yet again, but this time it's on home turf: Israelis are fighting with Israelis. The eyes of the world are on the Zionist state as more than half a million Israelis protest to get rid of corrupt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is a delicious... Read more »

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his Defence Chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary, Reuters reports. Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing... Read more »

This is a developing story... Please check back for updates...At least three children and three adults were killed Monday by a shooter at the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville which serves students from preschool through sixth grade.The suspect was "engaged by police" who arrived at the scene... Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on H.R. 1, a major energy package focused on fossil fuels. The sprawling bill would: Expand oil and gas drilling on public lands and in the oceanSpeed the construction of polluting projects, including gas pipelines, while limiting the ability... Read more »

In addition to denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to station so-called "tactical" nuclear weapons in Belarus, anti-war campaigners are calling into question the effectiveness of "nuclear deterrence" and reiterating their demands for global disarmament. "As long as Putin has nuclear weapons, Europe cannot be safe," Daniel Högsta, acting executive... Read more »

Israel collapsed into virtual chaos over the weekend, after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant made a dramatic televised address to the nation, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend his government’s extremist political plan.He noted, among other things, that the army was in open revolt against the draconian legislative agenda.The... Read more »

Italian authorities on Sunday seized a migrant aid ship financed by renowned British street artist Banksy after the vessel allegedly violated a decree by Italy's far-right cabinet by refusing to head to port following a rescue operation.Reuters reports the Italian coast guard instructed the MV Louise Michel—named after the French... Read more »

Residents of Philadelphia and the surrounding area demanded clarity about the safety of their drinking water from city officials on Monday, three days after chemicals leaked from a plant into a tributary of the Delaware River, which provides water for about 14 million people in four states. About 8,100 gallons... Read more »

Relations between the United States and China are spiraling dangerously downward, and neither side seems able to reverse the trend. Yet it is imperative that the world’s two biggest economies find a modus vivendi if the peace of the planet is to be preserved. Consider the recent contretemps between the... Read more »

Update: In the face of massive public backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to delay his proposed judicial overhaul legislation until at least early May as part of a deal with the far-right party of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.Under the deal, according to The Times of... Read more »

On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The results were — or at least should have been — stunning, even by the standards of a department that’s used to getting what it wants when it wants it.The new Pentagon budget would come in... Read more »

I am completely at a loss as to why the UK should seek to join in with the US in considering China an enemy, and in looking to build up military forces in the Pacific to oppose China. In what sense are Chinese interests opposed to British interests? I am... Read more »

Do not despair. There may be politicians who have abandoned any genuine intent to gain Scottish Independence, but the path is still open. It is a question of nerve and will. I think we should lift our eyes beyond the current SNP leadership contest – although I shall in future... Read more »

A recurring row has broken out over the island of Rockall, an uninhabited rock in the Atlantic whose ownership is disputed between the UK and Ireland. The Scottish government, under whose jurisdiction Rockall falls, has banned Irish vessels which traditionally fish there from doing so. This is an article in... Read more »

Three climate activists in two separate trials have been sent to jail by Judge Silas Reid using the entirely arbitrary powers of Contempt of Court, because they insisted on telling the jury that their protests had been motivated by the climate crisis and fuel poverty. Juries are an essential safeguard... Read more »

Speaking to the No2Nato meeting on Saturday, I had the challenge of telling a packed and highly motivated audience some things that they very much instinctively disagreed with, from a very different viewpoint to much of what they had heard from some excellent speakers all day. I had to follow... Read more »

It is over ten years since I allowed a guest post on this blog. This is because I never listen to anybody except myself. That way I avoid hearing anything disagreeable. (Those last two sentences are a joke, deliberately in the style of Jane Austen. Of course it ruins the... Read more »

Unexpectedly, the election for leader of the SNP has become a true hinge moment in the entire history of the Scottish nation. Sure of their control of the party, the devolutionists in the SNP have openly come out with the proposal that Independence is merely an “aspiration” – Humza Yousaf’s... Read more »

In their urgency to foist Sturgeon’s nominated devolutionist successor on Scotland, the media are going all out against Kate Forbes for saying she could never vote for gay marriage. But they have not noted that Humza Yousaf also did not vote for gay marriage, he absented himself. It is absolutely... Read more »

Donald John Morrison was the last man to speak to Willie McRae, unless his murderer talked. He invited me warmly into his neat Benbecula home, where I was visiting with my friend, his cousin Donnie. Donald took my coat from me and hung it neatly in a cupboard. He then... Read more »

A man called Padraig O’Malley has written a book called The Perils and Possibilities of a united Ireland.  Neither Pat nor I has read it yet, but we have watched a long interview conducted by Sam McBride, examining some of the ideas. Most of our video looks at some of... Read more »

    For centuries Britain accepted all comers. Including asylum seekers, troublemakers or those fleeing fleeing trouble  at home . Karl Marx and Napoleon III come to mind. Karl Marx could plot in the British Museum Reading Room, drink and carouse in London pubs, throw stones at street lights, take... Read more »

Where does the DUP go from here? The Windsor Framework complete with Stormont Brake has now been passed into law by Britain – and yet the Britain-loving Dup still refuses to go back to Stormont. As the old movie said, Quo Vadis, Jeffrey? Emmanuel Macron has by-passed parliament (it’s legal,... Read more »

I didn’t watch the first programme in this series, and turned off the second within a minute.   Because it immediately equated President Putin with the NAZI tyrant.   Had the programme told us about Hitler, and later provided a case to equate the Russian leader with the tyrant, I... Read more »

  Speaking of democracy – the Democratic Unionist Party has it in their title – is democracy dovetailing nicely with politics? Well, not really. The average CEO in the US these days earns – or should I say is handed? –  some 400 times the salary enjoyed by the average... Read more »

  “Under its successive names, accepted or given Socety, The South Place Ethical Society is a traceable    and constant endeavour to study carefully, and hope to keep abreast of the growing knowledge of the world, at whatever cost to traditional prejudices and opinions, to do this in a spirit no... Read more »

a I see someone called Carl Mullan in the news. Never heard of him before.   But in 1949, in Lansdowne Road I saw Ireland’s first Grand Slam winning  Captain,Carl Mullen playing, and I seem to remember him with his shorts pulled down  and mooning at the Bay.   I... Read more »

Will Donald Trump be arrested this week, for having paid off the lovely Stormy Daniels, with whom he once had (ahem) a stormy affair? Vladimir (‘Vlad’ to his friends)Putin has been declared a war criminal, a charge that will apparently last all his life. He won’t be able to travel... Read more »

When John Bolton was US Under Secretary of State during the Presidency of G.W. Bush,  he said the US did not recognise the right of the ICC to sit in judgement over the US and its allies.   As National Security Advisor under President Trump in 2018 he launched a... Read more »

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp south of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank, shot Six Palestinians, including a child, and abducted a young man. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp and surrounded the home of Wael Awadat Al-Mqaiti, before storming the... Read more »

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and searched many homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank and abducted at least eight Palestinians. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the city’s eastern area and searched many homes. The soldiers also invaded the Askar refugee camp... Read more »

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted several Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and attacked worshipers in Al-Aqsa in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Al-Qibli Mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound and assaulted many worshipers before forcing them out and abducting Hassanein Rommana and Ali Morad Sandouqa. In... Read more »

On Sunday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers burnt Palestinian farmlands in Huwwara town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said the colonizers came from Yitzhar illegal colony, built on... Read more »

On Sunday dawn, undercover Israeli soldiers invaded Nur Shams refugee camp east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings, and assaulted and injured the father of the two siblings. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the refugee camp before undercover soldiers stormed... Read more »

On Sunday dawn, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers infiltrated Sinjil town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and burnt a home as the family slept before the father rushed his four children and his wife out to safety. Media sources said the home is on the outskirts of... Read more »

On Sunday dawn, Israeli police officers killed a Palestinian citizen of Israel in Kafr Yasif, in the Galilee in the northern part of the country. Media sources said an off-duty police officer fired several rounds at a car carrying several passengers, seriously wounding Omar Ghaleb Sawa’ed, 22, who succumbed to... Read more »

On Saturday evening, two Israeli soldiers, including one who suffered serious wounds, were shot in a shooting attack in Huwwara town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Israeli sources have confined that two combat soldiers were shot and added that one suffered serious wounds... Read more »

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians in several parts of the Nablus governorate in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics rushed a Palestinian from Deir Sharaf town, northwest of Nablus, to a hospital after the soldiers assaulted... Read more »

China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, pledging "changes the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years", agreeing to deepen economic integration and challenge the hegemony of the US dollar using yuan and other currencies in international trade. The post China & Russia pledge... Read more »

Mexico's leftist President AMLO condemned "hypocritical" Republicans who want the US military to invade, declaring "Mexico is an independent and free country, not a US colony or protectorate!" In a massive rally, López Obrador also celebrated the expropriation of oil and lithium, condemning exploitative foreign corporations. The post ‘Mexico is... Read more »

The US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB's loans went to venture capitalist and private... Read more »

China's peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a big blow to the petrodollar that undergirds US economic hegemony. Both countries are top oil producers that are discussing selling energy in other currencies. They also applied to join BRICS, and are members of the Belt and Road Initiative. The... Read more »

U.S. government agencies have spent more than $2 million researching Havana Syndrome, but medical experts and internal reports suggest it is psychological, not physical. Similar investigations into the "Moscow signal" during the Cold War found nothing. The post The U.S. is spending millions on ‘Havana Syndrome’ research – but it’s... Read more »

Honduras' leftist President Xiomara Castro officially recognized China. Now only 12 UN member states have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan separatists. They have a combined population of less than 39 million, or 0.49% of the planet. The post Taiwan separatists lose key ally, Honduras recognizes China – just 12 small... Read more »

With staunch US support, Pakistan's unelected "imported government" is trying to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the most popular politician in the country, to prevent him from running in elections. But protesters are protecting him. The post Pakistan’s coup regime tries to arrest Imran Khan – but faces massive... Read more »

Economist Michael Hudson analyzes the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature Bank, explaining the similarities to the 2008 financial crash and the US government bailout (which it is not calling a bailout). The post Why 3 US banks collapsed in 1 week: Economist Michael Hudson explains appeared first... Read more »

Rather than following the Western capitalist model that led to a "middle-income trap", China is building a new system of high-tech socialism, based on "high-quality growth", rejecting the neoliberal trap. The post How China’s ‘high-tech socialism’ challenges the West’s ‘neoliberal trap’ appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Students in a Louisville, Kentucky classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites based on the lesson Echoes of Enslavement. The post Students Uncover Echoes of Enslavement in Their Hometown appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth on June 10, 2023. The post Teach Truth Day of Action June 10 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Historian Kidada E. Williams shared stories from her new book, I Saw Death Coming, a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror... Read more »

Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, the 2022 documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks depicts Rosa Parks' life-long dedication to justice. The post <i>The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</i> Classroom Screening Licenses appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more »

Teaching for Black Lives study groups not only deepen participants' knowledge and improve their practice — they also increase their resolve to continue teaching honestly. And they provide a community of accountability and mutual support.  The post Best Defense Against Anti-CRT Chilling Effect: <i>Teaching for Black Lives</i> Study Groups appeared... Read more »

The Zinn Education Project had the opportunity to collaborate on an installation and panel on banned books at SXSW this year in Austin. The post Zinn Education Project at SXSW appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

In 2023, not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQI identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. The official lists of banned books are a drop in the bucket. The post Book Bans Threaten Public Education appeared first on Zinn... Read more »

The Boston Teachers Union Climate Justice Committee offered a climate justice teaching workshop, facilitated by the Zinn Education Project. The post Teach Climate Justice Workshop Hosted by Boston Teachers Union appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

On International Women's Day, close to 400 teachers from around the country came together online to view the documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis. The post International Women’s Day Viewing of <i>The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</i> Film appeared... Read more »

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***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

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***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »

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The post Boris Johnson's venal use of the Honours System has numerous historical antecedents appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Dodgy Damien English, as Junior Minister (2017-21), and Dave Walsh, now ‘retired’ former head of the planning department, were among the range of officials and Ministers in the Housing Department who served to keep Gerard Convie’s allegations about corruption in Donegal planning out of the public domain. The post Time... Read more »

  And O’Brien is benefiting from favourable coverage in the paper for his precipitate  U-turning Planning Bill which embraces Bord Pleanála, social housing, judicial review and the foreshore   The Minister of Housing, Darragh O’Brien has been scrambling of late to hustle through the passage of the still fast-evolving unfinished... Read more »

Friday, November 18th, 2022 Peace came in the door and sat down beside me and said how glad it was to see me, genuinely, and to finally meet my wife, I knew I must take its hand though I did not know who I would be in the absence of... Read more »

  By J Vivian Cooke. The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 is currently — precipitously — accelerating through the Houses of the Oireachtas. In part, it will facilitate the appointment of Oonagh Buckley as interim head of An Bord Pleanála (ABP). Village has expressed grave and detailed... Read more »

BORD PLEANÁLA:  O’BRIEN REVERTS TO RAY BURKE ERA LEGISLATIVE ETHOS Media ignore Department of Housing’s disarray over how to appoint a new Chairperson to guide discredited planning appeals body By J Vivian Cooke and Michael Smith Ireland’s crisis-raddled planning appeals board, An Bord Pleanála (ABP), is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial... Read more »

There was that nervous anticipation as we sat down in the Point. It’s Bob Dylan after all. And at 81 he is still challenging. There’s none of that reverence that bordered on the mawkish that greeted Leonard Cohen. But Leonard had almost become a legacy act. While Bob was still... Read more »

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Israel has gone to war yet again, but this time it's on home turf: Israelis are fighting with Israelis. The eyes of the world are on the Zionist state as more than half a million Israelis protest to get rid of corrupt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is a delicious... Read more »

The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its nascent stages, between the United States and its Western allies on the one hand, and Russia, China and their allies, on... Read more »

It was a difficult labour for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which came to life in July 1998. Following the First and Second World Wars, projects to establish a permanent criminal court to eliminate the state of widespread impunity were set up. However, some countries which feared the prosecution of... Read more »

What are the consequences of the war in Iraq for the US? The US's international credibility was seriously damaged because the invasion was carried out on the pretext of Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) program, which turned out to be non-existent (as many contemporary observers knew and predicted,... Read more »

Following a diplomatic thaw between regional arch-foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom's top diplomat on Wednesday phoned his Iranian counterpart to convey his well wishes upon the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The first phone call between the foreign ministers of the two countries in seven... Read more »

We may be surprised by the result of the pressures exerted by the massive public protests and political opposition in Israel. We might see the collapse of the fascist far-right government coalition, and the formation of a new government without some of the more overtly extremist members, such as Itamar... Read more »

We did not need to hear Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich denying the existence of the Palestinian people and presenting a map of Greater Israel that includes Palestine and Jordan to understand that the occupation state has a radical, racist government. Nor did we need to witness the passing... Read more »

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his official election campaign on 10 March. The presidential and parliamentary elections have been brought forward to 14 May, having originally been scheduled for 18 June. Erdogan said that the change will boost voter turnout by avoiding any clash with university exams, school... Read more »

The global and regional echoes of Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran will reverberate for quite some time. China announced its first diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East and it presented its credentials as a guarantor of good-neighbourly agreements, peace, cooperation and security arrangements that limit the magnitudes of proxy wars and violent conflicts that... 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 »

Paul Jay interviews Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg as they continue their discussion about how to avoid nuclear war. Part I available HERE.... Read more »

Jorge Luis Borges once wrote that to live in a time of great peril and promise is to experience both tragedy and comedy, with “the imminence of a revelation” in understanding ourselves and the world. Today our supposedly revolutionary advancements in artificial intelligence are indeed cause for both concern and... Read more »

Independent journalist and commentator Richard Medhurst interviews Noam Chomsky about his opinion on the current protests by Israelis against Netanyahu and the Israeli government.... Read more »

Noam Chomsky Interview with Richard Medhurst: Ukraine, China, BRICS & Middle East... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on the Ukraine war and how the world outside the west perceives it and how western narrative is being shaped. 00:00 – Where do we stand after one year of war on Ukraine? 00:25 – ‘We can’t go on like this'” 02:28 – ‘The United States is saying... Read more »

The war in Ukraine is almost a year old, with no end in sight to the fighting, suffering and destruction. In fact, the war’s next phase could turn into a bloodbath and last for years, as the U.S. and Germany agree to supply Ukraine with battle tanks and as Volodymyr... Read more »

This Public Health Conversation Starter features Noam Chomsky, “the father of modern linguistics” in discussion with BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea. Dr. Chomsky shares what it was like growing up during the Great Depression, discusses the interplay of power, politics, and public health, and reflects on what gives him hope.... Read more »

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The right-wing riot and insurrection led on January 8 by followers of Brazil’s incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro had strong echoes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s supporters. Like Trump supporters’ mob attack on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., the January 8, 2023, insurrection in... Read more »

Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie's family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.... Read more »

"This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it," said one Israeli journalist.... Read more »

The push by Republicans and industry lobbyists to roll back child labor laws in states like Arkansas, Iowa, and Ohio are part of a larger attack on workers and the federal government’s ability to enforce labor standards.... Read more »

Over 150 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000. Behind the killings is a nexus of corruption and violence that links organized crime, police, and government.... Read more »

"If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don't care about privacy, you just hate that a Chinese company has built a dominant social media platform," said one digital rights campaigner.... Read more »

A routine encounter with a Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer led to an aggressive arrest ending with life changing charges against an innocent motorist.... Read more »

British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds.... Read more »

With public safety front and center in Chicago's runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.... Read more »

Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.... Read more »

Kwarteng, along with other MPs, was exposed in an operation carried out by campaign group Led by Donkeys The post Kwasi Kwarteng promised fake firm access to Boris Johnson for £10k a day appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

By addressing unmet needs, current users of social care, and their families, will live more dignified and fulfilling lives The post Our last remaining local services are at risk. Social care reform could save them appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

"Why should she be allowed to hand out rewards for failure?" The post Liz Truss to award peerages to heads of Vote Leave and Institute of Economic Affairs appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Dismay has been voiced about the UK’s largest commercial, national and regional news publisher's proposed cuts to editorial roles. The post Reach under fire for cuts to editorial roles, as publisher makes 4% pay increase offer for lowest paid staff appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive... Read more »

'The humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen is manmade – the result of deliberate policy decisions by the warring parties and their international allies, including the UK.' The post Eight years of war: Anti-war coalition urges international community to stop arms exports to Yemen appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the... Read more »

Boris Johnson might be looking down the barrel of political oblivion after his disastrous appearance at the Privileges Committee, but his legacy of ‘jobs for Tory cronies’ and the politicalisation of public appointments, is alive and kicking. The post Why are national institutions being stuffed with Tory ‘stooges’? appeared first on Left... Read more »

‘Another eg. of Conservatives’ drift to the unhinged right.' The post ‘Woke-on-Trent:’ Jonathan Gullis’ anti-woke jibe backfires appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

March has been a momentous month for trade unions and the rights of workers, but there’s plenty of disputes about unfair pay and working conditions not yet resolved. The post List of strike action in April appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The poll also found that just 28% of Tory voters say that they believed Johnson told the truth about the scandal. The post 70% of voters say Boris Johnson lied about Partygate appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

We remember the human rights activist and lawyer Randall Robinson, the founder of TransAfrica, who died Friday at the age of 81. Robinson played a critical role in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States and was a prominent critic of U.S. policy in Haiti. In 2004, he helped expose... Read more »

At the U.N. Water Development Conference, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivered the U.S. statement and called for Indigenous governance of shared waters, underscoring the importance of Indigenous-led conservation in addressing the climate and drought crises. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last Monday on... Read more »

A new report by the United Nations warns that a quarter of humanity lacks access to safe drinking water, and nearly half of the global population has no access to basic sanitation. Unless action is taken, 60% of the world’s population could face water supply issues by 2050. At the... Read more »

Workers across Israel are taking part in a general strike Monday to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to disempower Israel’s judiciary. This comes after Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on Sunday over Gallant’s warning that the judicial overhaul represents “a clear, immediate and tangible threat to... Read more »

More Mass Protests Rock Israel After Netanyahu Fires Minister Who Urged Halt to Courts Overhaul, Mississippi Reels After Tornado Kills 26 People, as South Braces for More Heavy Storms, At Least 29 Migrants Drowned While Trying to Reach Europe as Gov’ts Make It Harder to Save Lives at Sea, Russia... Read more »

In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed “Cop City” police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being... Read more »

In his new book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence, investigative journalist James Bamford reveals that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched a secret Israeli agent to the United States in the spring of 2016 to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. The agent... Read more »

We speak with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, regulating the banking sector, and how Federal Reserve interest rate hikes contributed to the banking crisis. Silicon Valley Bank was based in Khanna’s district in California, and he has criticized fellow Democrats who... Read more »

French unions say nearly 3.5 million people took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide general strike to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron forced the legislation through the French National Assembly last week, using a constitutional clause to... Read more »