As a budget showdown looms in Congress, MAGA Republicans are alone in challenging the vast quantities of American weapons and cash being funneled to Kiev, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warning The Grayzone that increasing escalation could turn the proxy war into a “potential nuclear conflict.” When approached for comment,... Read more »

As Canada’s top officials express embarrassment for honoring a WWII Nazi collaborator in parliament, the leader of the country’s military, Gen. Wayne Eyre, refuses to apologize for his standing ovation. The Canadian military has trained Ukraine’s notorious neo-Nazi Azov Battalion for years. Canadian politicians have been in frantic damage control... Read more »

By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada’s Liberal Party highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war Nazi SS veterans. Canada’s second most powerful official, Chrystia Freeland, is the granddaughter of one of Nazi Germany’s top Ukrainian... Read more »

Amnesty’s new report accusing Eritrea’s government of gruesome war crimes relies heavily on anonymous testimony, grainy satellite images, and zero field investigation. It is the latest salvo in the West’s campaign to topple the country’s independent government. Eritrea is a small country with a geostrategically significant coast on the Red... Read more »

The author of letters to social media companies demanding the financial punishment of Russell Brand is a British lawmaker implicated in London’s war on Covid-19 and Ukraine dissenters. Her husband was a commander in the Army’s psy-ops division. Allegations of sexual impropriety and abuse by comedian and podcaster Russell Brand... Read more »

US officials suppressed internal assessments that Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing had an “advanced” sarin production cell even as the US publicly blamed the Assad government for a 2013 chemical weapons attack, a report reveals. Leaked documents obtained by The Grayzone show a shadowy British intelligence contractor helped sell the story... Read more »

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial this week in New York City for overseeing a massive cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Washington learned of his dealings with narco-cartels soon after it backed a coup that brought him to power.   When then-Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernández, set out for a... Read more »

After four years of frontline reporting and research, The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil unveils her forthcoming book, Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire.  Based on four years of original investigative work and interviews with diplomats from across the globe, Corporate Coup uses the case of Venezuela to examine... Read more »

The BBC’s Marianna Spring specializes in branding average citizens as conspiracy theorists and potential terrorists for questioning official claims. When caught lying about her own professional record to advance her ambitions, she says she thought her deceit “wouldn’t be a big deal.” On September 6th, The New European reported that BBC’s... Read more »

Mahmoud Abbas has not only betrayed the Palestinian cause for his own gain, he has paved the way for Israel's legitimacy in the Arab world, argues Israeli human rights activist Miko Peled. The post Mahmoud Abbas at the UN: A Global Betrayal of Palestine’s Struggle for Justice appeared first on... Read more »

MintPress founder Mnar Adley argues that Canada's celebration of a Ukrainian Nazi in parliament continues its historical legacy of hosting Nazis post-World War II and arming Nazi-linked fascists in Ukraine. The post Revealed: How Thousands of Ukrainian Nazis Were Smuggled Into Canada after WW2 appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

The only person associated with the CIA's global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it — John Kiriakou. The post I Was the Only US Official Imprisoned Over the Torture Program — Because I Opposed It appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

For Israel, recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence. The post Ghosts of the Past: For Israel, War on UNESCO is an Existential Battle appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

In light of renewed protests in Syria, Kit Klarenberg examines files from the Central Crisis Management Cell. Dubbed "The Assad Files" by mainstream media, the files reveal intricate planning and management of Syria's 2011 'revolution' by Western powers. The post Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ as Western Regime Change Operation appeared... Read more »

Craig Murray joins MintPress to talk NATO, BRICS, pro-war mainstream media, Assange, America's forever wars and much more. The post Whistleblower Craig Murray Joins MintPress to Talk NATO Expansion, BRICS, Assange and More appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

America is addicted to war. But its citizens rarely see the brutal realities of the U.S. military industrial complex up close. That is because our pliant media hides the carnage from the public, refusing to report on the victims of the war machine, and uses euphemisms like "surgical strikes" and... Read more »

99% of the American population holds zero political power... meanwhile, our past five presidents, who claimed to represent the working class, are obscenely wealthy.  The post Presidential Oligarchs appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

The Biden administration has acknowledged neither its responsibility for the pipeline bombing nor the purpose of the sabotage. The post Seymour Hersh: A Year of Lying About Nord Stream appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

The ego’s difficulty with the happiness of others is relentlessly communicated to children. Adults stoically tolerate youthful exuberance for a while – their happiness is our priority, right? But the glee soon starts to grate. →... Read more »

The human mind stands at the centre of a circle of mirrors. The mirrors – parents, friends, lovers, teachers, strangers – constantly reflect images of who we are. We’re told we’re annoying, adorable, stupid; that →... Read more »

A key function of state-corporate media is to keep the public pacified, ignorant and ill-equipped to disrupt establishment power. Knowledge that sheds light on how the world operates politically and economically is kept to a →... Read more »

None of us has previously witnessed a barrage of extreme weather events of the kind that has been devastating lives across the globe this summer. Canadian wildfires the size of Austria, a Hawaiian town incinerated →... Read more »

On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: ‘Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.’ What he meant was →... Read more »

Why are we at Media Lens utterly terrified by climate collapse while other people we know are mildly concerned, blithely indifferent or cockily contrarian? The simple answer is that we are doing this full-time and →... Read more »

The Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko famously said that: ‘When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.’ In this country, as in other western ‘democracies’, important truths are effectively being silenced. As we →... Read more »

The late writer, broadcaster and wit Clive James formulated what he called the ‘Barry Manilow Law’: ‘Everyone you know thinks Barry Manilow is absolutely terrible. But everyone you don’t know thinks he’s great.’ (James, cited →... Read more »

The death of novelist and essayist Martin Amis on 19 May triggered a ‘mainstream’ wave, not just of admiration, but of adoration. It is clear from the obituaries that Amis died with his reputation intact →... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler  June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler.  Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »

Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout.  Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »

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Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »

Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’ Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Sputnik  May 31, 2023. Sputnik.  Europe will experience a likely decline and deindustrialization if it chooses to stay within the system dominated by the United States, renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. “Europe... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 27, 2023. Common Dreams.  We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is... Read more »

Interview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the World Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 26, 2023. Global Policy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining... Read more »

A capitalist interviews Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Richard McDaniel May 26, 2023. The Sentinel. Usually as a high school journalist, one expects to write their fair share of articles regarding anything from local events to national political issues, which may interest a decent number of students within the school.... Read more »

Noam Chomsky Speaks on What ChatGPT Is Really Good For Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou May 3, 2023. Common Dreams. Artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping the world. It is transforming every walk of life and raising in the process major ethical concerns for society and the future of humanity. ChatGPT,... Read more »

Study in 2018 found most drivers backed plans despite PM’s claim they ‘don’t reflect people’s priorities’... Read more »

Exclusive: Three men describe ‘prison-like’ conditions at controversial RAF Wethersfield in wake of ‘hunger strike’... Read more »

The Belarusian opposition’s ambition for the country to join the EU has drawn criticism. But it’s the right stance... Read more »

As thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan looks victorious. But this is not the end... Read more »

Students and academics say they are bullied and threatened with legal action for opposing ‘gender critical’ views... Read more »

When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe... Read more »

The inquiry has warned that the government’s latest stalling could be ‘detrimental’ to its investigations... Read more »

The EU agency should be monitoring Greek borders, but when 750 people got into trouble at sea, it wasn’t there... Read more »

The home secretary thinks the refugee system is too generous. She should tell that to the refugees the UK has shut out... Read more »

Rishi Sunak’s first conference speech as Tory Party leader will reportedly be a big pitch to motorists. Plus: GB News descends into civil war; and Suella Braverman has been caught out telling racist lies. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.... Read more »

“The little one seems OK because he’s only six,” says Fina, speaking to South African photographer Gideon Mendel. “But Christian is having issues. He gets very angry and then he’s anxious. He’s been really sad in the last few weeks.” Fina and her family narrowly escaped death in New South... Read more »

Following a misogynistic rant by Laurence Fox on his GB News show, Dan Wootton has been sacked as a MailOnline columnist. Plus: Labour make yet another U-turn; and police forces have been found to be misusing their bodycams. With Moya Lothian-McLean and Emma Dabiri.... Read more »

For the second episode of our series on class, writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik takes us through three centuries of thought to explain the origins of identity politics. It all starts with Haitian Revolution and its contribution to what is now called the radical Enlightenment – a movement that sought... Read more »

Over the weekend, some 300 police officers turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons after their colleague was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba.  Before the verdict last week, five close colleagues of the accused officer – who shot 24-year-old Kaba dead through his car windscreen in September... Read more »

Dan Wootton has been suspended by GB News following a segment that featured a misogynistic rant by Laurence Fox. Plus: Tens of thousand of Armenian refugees have been displaced following a military operation by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. With Michael Walker and Rivkah Brown.... Read more »

In February, following four years of campaigning by the RMT, Sadiq Khan announced that Transport for London (TfL) would extend and fund free staff travel – already enjoyed by in-house workers – to the low-paid outsourced workers on the network. “I’m pleased that I can help ease the pressure for... Read more »

Suella Braverman has called illegal migration an “existential threat” in a speech to a right-wing U.S. think tank. Plus, Labour set out plans to blitz independent schools and Avanti West Coast lands a lucrative government rail contract despite catastrophic failures. With Aaron Bastani and Rivkah Brown.... Read more »

Nearly 300 firearms officers have handed in their gun permits following the murder charge brought against the met police officer who killed Chris Kaba. Plus: whole swathes of HS2 look set to be cut by Rishi Sunak’s government; and the Canadian parliament are looking stupid after applauding a Nazi veteran.... Read more »

I’ve been re-reading with great pleasure John Le Carré’s mid-80s novel A Perfect Spy, which is a kind of roman à clef about the writer’s turbulent relationship with his father, Ronnie Cornwell, an extravagant trickster and confidence artist, who, in one of his most elaborate hoaxes, ended up running for... Read more »

March 2024 will be the seventieth anniversary of Edward R. Murrow’s 1954 See It Now program that kicked McCarthy’s butt all over the TV screen. Murrow ended with these words: “The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to... Read more »

The United Auto Workers have struck now for two weeks. Using a novel strategy to keep management on its toes, namely walking out at various plants at unexpected times, a new, different union leadership hopes to wrest some benefits from the claws of a monstrously greedy industry that has already... Read more »

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Subhas Govin Prabhakar Nair, the Indian Singaporean rapper more commonly known as Subhas, was found guilty on four counts of “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of race and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony” under section 298A(a) of the Penal Code 1871.... Read more »

The game of musical chairs is popular with children. If the child’s game is based on successfully sitting on a chair when the music stops, recent diplomacy at the U.N. has been focused on empty chairs. Empty chair diplomacy goes back to French President Charles de Gaulle when the French... Read more »

“Climate breakdown has begun. Our climate is imploding faster than we can cope,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (Source: 2024 Likely to be Hottest Year on Record, Phys.org, September 6, 2023) A report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) released by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Berlin... Read more »

All too often Black, brown, indigenous and Muslim passport holders have been denied admission to the US long before arriving at its shores when their applications for visas have been denied by US consulates and embassies in their native lands following interrogations by junior State Department staff. This is particularly... Read more »

If the “doctrine” of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) means anything[1], then it applies to the tragedy unfolding since 2020 in the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, better known as Nagorno Karabakh. The illegal aggression by Azerbaijan in 2020, accompanied by war crimes and crimes against humanity, as documented among others by... Read more »

This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some uplifting news they’ve come across. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, they were abuzz about Taylor Swift’s appearance at the Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday. Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had left Arrowhead... Read more »

Invited and chaired by Patrick Lovell (director of The Con), in this video Bill Black and I discuss financial corruption in the USA and the EU. Bill Black needs no introduction. As a lawyer he filed over 1700 indictments for financial corruption in the US, from the S&L scandal to this... Read more »

Inglorious procrastination is one of the European Union’s standard responses to major crises. This is not merely due to the difficulty of getting twenty-seven Prime Ministers and Presidents to agree. It is also because of their motivated tendency to ask themselves the wrong questions, thus heading slowly but inexorably to... Read more »

Just laid my hands on the first copy of TECHNOFEUDALISM – What killed capitalism. Good feeling. There is no substitute for physicality. Below, I copy the Preface and Table of Contents to offer you a whiff of the argument and style. I believe it will be in UK bookshops at... Read more »

The European Union has long suffered from a democratic deficit, owing to the absence of a united European polity that can hold EU political institutions accountable. In recent years, three developments have all but destroyed the idea of the EU as an effective force for good within and beyond Europe.... Read more »

My grandmother had the theory that, as we get older, our mind subconsciously cleanses our memories of a myriad misfortunes, leaving a sanitised version of the past for us to feel nostalgic about. The optimism of remembrance, she called it. Little did she know that her reasonable hypothesis would, one... Read more »

Απόσπασμα από την τοποθέτηση του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη στην Πολιτική Γραμματείας της 13ης Ιουλίου  Μετά την διπλή εκλογική ήττα, το ΜέΡΑ25 προβήκαμε (βλ. Αποφάσεις Κεντρικής Επιτροπής της 9ης Ιουλίου) σε σκληρή αυτοκριτική όσον αφορά τον τρόπο που επικοινωνήσαμε τις θέσεις μας. Κοινό ήταν το αίσθημα ότι η «ρήξη», η συνεχής ονομαστική... Read more »

On this episode of the podcast I speak with Yanis Varoufakis about the role of banks and politicians. Yanis is an economist, politician, author and Secretary-General of MeRA25. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Greek Minister of Finance during the Greek credit crisis. In our discussion... Read more »

The week started ominously with a French journalist asking me whether the Greeks have turned cold-hearted, alluding to the apparent apathy to the drowning of hundreds of refugees off the coast of the Peloponnese and to the murky role played in this tragedy by our Coastguard. Yes, I replied without... Read more »

Humanity has now developed AI algorithms capable of fully decoding a killer bug’s proteins and creating an effective antibiotic. Was there ever any doubt that conglomerates like Amazon would seize upon this opportunity to shrink workplaces along their supply chain where AI predicts a higher probability of unionization? ATHENS –... Read more »

The Canary receives a lot of emails from members and subscribers, on various topics – which the team are really grateful for. We always … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »

On 26 September, Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to stand on a picket line. He joined striking auto workers in Michigan … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »

A BBC News investigation revealed that police officers are “widely” misusing body-worn cameras. In some cases, police turned the cameras off during uses of force, … Read more By Glen Black... Read more »

The number of Europe-bound refugees who died or went missing in the Mediterranean this summer has tripled since last year, the UN has said. … Read more By Glen Black... Read more »

Not a week goes by without far-right foghorn amplifier GB News being in some sort of hot water. Now, after station bosses suspended two … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »

A federal anti-discrimination agency filed a lawsuit on 28 September accusing Elon Musk’s Tesla of allowing “pervasive” racism at its Silicon Valley car plant. … Read more By The Canary... Read more »

A top US antitrust regulator is suing online retail giant Amazon. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused the company of running an illegal … Read more By Afroze Fatima Zaidi... Read more »

Less than a week after celebrations of a key victory in Brazil’s supreme court, the country experienced a major setback for Indigenous rights. On … Read more By Hannah Sharland... Read more »

The abhorrent racism on display in the lead-up to a historic vote on Indigenous constitutional recognition in Australia has underscored exactly why the legislation … Read more By Hannah Sharland... Read more »

By Steve Ongerth – IWW Eco Union Caucus, October 1, 2023 Is renewable energy actually green? Are wind, solar, and storage infrastructure projects a climate and/or envi­ronmental solution or are they just feel-good, greenwashing, false “solutions” that either perpetuate the... Read more... Read more »

Stand Up To Racism is calling on all anti racists to join a #BravermanOut Twitterstorm on Tuesday 3 October between 1pm and 2pm. Join the Twitterstorm from your workplace, college, school or community and help get #BravermanOut trending, along with... Read more... Read more »

This collection of essays by American Academic and Trotskyist Paul Le Blanc has little of interest for anarchists or, indeed, anyone who is not a Trotskyist. For the latter, this collection of essays which seek to highlight Marxist influences in... Read more... Read more »

Besançon (Doubs): Boris’s wheelchair is on its way! At the beginning of July, we urgently re-launched our appeal for financial support for the purchase of a custom-made electric wheelchair for Boris. As a reminder, Boris is the anarchist comrade from... Read more... Read more »

Teledyne e2V in Chelmsford Essex, a part of the Teledyne Technologies Group — the largest supplier of weapons from Britain to the Israeli regime, opened its doors to students on 28th September 2023 as a recruitment drive to coincide with National... Read more... Read more »

click image for download The 20th Century saw a great global uprising against European imperialism as the former colonial countries shook off their shackles and rose up for independence. More than a half century later, global inequality is sharper than... Read more... Read more »

On Wednesday Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ rallied on behalf of six union cleaners that were terminated abruptly by the new owner of a commercial office building in Midtown.  The 6 E 45th St. building, previously owned by Silk... Read more... Read more »

By Steve Ongerth – From the book, Redwood Uprising: Book 1 Download a free PDF version of this chapter. Between 1914-18, when the IWW openly advocated ca’canny (better known as “sabotage”), it often used the symbol of an angry black... Read more... Read more »

Hazelbrook Middle School in Tualatin, just south of Portland, evacuated students and staff today after it was targeted by anti-trans outrage mongers. Yesterday, a disturbing video of a student assault made the rounds on the far-right media circuit. A bomb... Read more... Read more »

Author: Edited by Ching-In Chen, Dulani, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaTitle: The Revolution Starts at HomeSubtitle: Confronting Partner Abuse in Activist CommunitiesDate: 2016Notes: Cover art: Cristy RoadLayout: Kenji LiuFor more information or to request copies of The Revolution Starts at Home, email revolutionathome@riseup.netSource: Retrieved on 2023 September 25 from https://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Revolution-starts-at-home-zine.pdf I... Read more »

Author: Ariane Miéville and José Luis García GonzálezTitle: New rupture in Spanish anarcho-syndicalismDate: 2023Notes: Machine translated. Corrections made by a librarian.Source: Retrieved on September 23th, 2023 from libertamen.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/nueva-ruptura-en-el-anarcosindicalismo-espanol-2023-ariane-mieville-y-jose-luis-garcia-gonzalez. Spanish anarcho-syndicalism has suffered a new rupture. The crisis had been brewing for a long time. It came to an end between... Read more »

Author: Mikheil GogatishviliTitle: Dictatorship and TheorySubtitle: Varlam Cherkezishvili’s Critic of Social-Democratic MovementDate: 2015Notes: Spelling and grammatical errors retained from original text.Source: Retrieved on 23rd September 2023 from d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net Abstract The central question on which Varlam Cherkezishvili focuses attention is authoritarian character philosophy of Marx and Engels. This theory in the... Read more »

Author: Adrian RiskinTitle: Anarchism isn’t a fantasy and it’s not a political theorySubtitle: It’s a collective name for whatever forms of society can exist without murder as a political toolDate: February 19, 2023Source: chez-risk.in/2023/02/19/anarchism-isnt-a-fantasy-and-its-not-a-political-theory-its-a-collective-name-for-whatever-forms-of-society-can-exist-without-murder-as-a-political-tool When people say anarchism is a fantasy I believe they’re thinking of the apparent impossibility of... Read more »

Author: Alex RiccioTitle: The militant minority will not save the labor movementDate: September 2023Source: Retrieved on 2023-09-2 from organizing.work/2023/09/the-militant-minority-will-not-save-the-labor-movement Amidst high profile free speech battles in the early 1910s, the Agricultural Workers Organization of the IWW banned the practice of “soapboxing.” Rather than spend time and resources on legal defense... Read more »

Author: MK Lees & Marianne GarneauTitle: The leftwing deadbeatSubtitle: MK Lees and Marianne Garneau look at leftists’ poor track record in workplace organizing campaigns.Date: May 2023Source: Retrieved on 2023-09-22 from organizing.work/2020/05/the-leftwing-deadbeat There is often a temptation when starting out organizing to focus on people you think may be politically left... Read more »

Author: ChrisTitle: When do you stop going to work?Date: August 26, 2023Notes: This post is the transcript of a video available here.Source: Retrieved on 08-26-2023 from https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2023/08/26/when-do-you-stop-going-to-work/ As I went to work this week, I looked at all the smoke in the sky and smelt it in my nostrils, and... Read more »

Author: Errico MalatestaTitle: For CandiaDate: 1897Notes: “Pro Candia” [Crete], L’Agitazione (Ancona) 1, no. 1, March 14, 1897, translated by Paul Sharkey. Notes by editor Davide Turcato, from the book, The Complete Works of Malatesta, Vol. IIISource: Retrieved on September 18, 2023 from https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/for-candia-errico-malatesta-1897/ Candia has risen in revolt against the... Read more »

Author: Errico MalatestaTitle: Anti-Militarism: Was It Properly Understood?Date: 1914Notes: Published in Freedom, December 1914, and republished in Mother Earth, January 1915Source: Retrieved on September 19, 2023 from https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2022/06/22/anti-militarism-was-it-properly-understood-errico-malatesta-1914/ (To the editor of Freedom) Dear Comrade — Allow me to say a few words on Kropotkin’s article on anti-militarism published in... Read more »

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One region where events seem to have been developing at breakneck speed over the past few years is that of Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Armenian-dominated breakaway republic which – despite being internationally-recognised as Azerbaijani territory – had been ruled by Armenian militants with support from Yerevan over the past three decades.... Read more »

The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has adopted a resolution to consider Palestine as a state, news agencies reported on Friday. According to Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, this came as the IAEA’s members voted on a draft-resolution to officially adopt the designation of “State of... Read more »

Erasing Palestine is what the Zionist colonial project is about. At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu illustrated the aim by showing a map of Greater Israel – completely eliminating the existence of Gaza and the occupied West Bank – the only remaining fragments of... Read more »

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Thursday that it will start hearings on the case of the Syrian regime’s crimes against Syrians. In a statement, the ICJ said that it will hold public hearings in the case concerning the Application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,... Read more »

Israel Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi announced on Thursday that people are mistaken if they think the army can operate as normal with society being deeply divided, The Times of Israel reported. “An argument that leaves behind it a polarising divisive rift within Israeli society is dangerous,” Halevi stressed.... Read more »

Hate is the chief ingredient of everyday discourse on the streets and the country’s socio-political system to allow the Hindutva forces to continue to control the harvest. In a historic moment, the new Parliament held its first session, debating the success of India’s moon mission, when a senior lawmaker from... Read more »

The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced on Friday that the Israeli occupation is a direct threat to the security of the region, Europe and the world. In a statement issued by the PA’s Foreign Ministry, the PA asserted that the remarks by Israeli Army chief Herzi Halevi, in which he considered... Read more »

Tunisian authorities announced on Friday the blocking of 426 illegal migration attempts through maritime and ground terminals in 13 days, Anadolu Agency reported. On Facebook, the Administration of the National Guard Units posted a statement that the operations took place between 15 and 28 September. “Some 7,756 people were detained... Read more »

Israeli military analyst Tal Lev-Ram expects tension to continue on the eastern Gaza fence despite understandings between Hamas and Israel. On Thursday, mediators between Hamas and Israel announced reaching understandings between the two sides, stating that Israel agreed to increase the number of workers from Gaza to 20,000. According to... Read more »

Congressional Republicans have little time left and lack a clear path to avoid a government shutdown that would start at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1. Millions of federal workers and military families will go without pay, and vital food programs and education services for women and young children will... Read more »

The Biden administration announced plans to expand the waters available in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, as part of the new five-year leasing plan that will take effect in 2024.Manish Bapna, president and CEO of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) made the following statement:“This is the... Read more »

Today, the Department of the Interior released a proposed five-year plan for offshore drilling. The proposal includes three lease sales in 2025, 2027, and 2029. The proposed list of lease sales is the smallest possible the Biden Administration could offer while remaining in compliance with the Inflation Reduction Act’s requirements... Read more »

Today, the Protect All Our Coasts Coalition – a broad coalition representing over 20 organizations, spanning national, regional, local, and environmental justice organizations who are aligned with the shared goal of preventing new offshore drilling – reacts to the Biden administration’s National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing... Read more »

Free Speech For People and Michigan attorney Mark Brewer, on behalf of a diverse group of Michigan voters, filed a lawsuit in state court today to bar Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot in 2024. The lawsuit argues Trump is disqualified from holding... Read more »

Today, House Republicans released a Continuing Resolution that includes a “fiscal commission” designed to fast-track cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other government programs. They plan to vote on the Continuing Resolution today. The following is a statement on the commission from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works: “This... Read more »

In response to the Biden Administration’s including new leases in the final Five Year Plan for offshore oil and gas drilling, Tim Donaghy, research manager at Greenpeace USA, said: “President Biden has been given one opportunity after another to fulfill his campaign pledge to stop all new oil and gas... Read more »

The Biden Administration released its updated Proposed Final Program for the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. This program would result in three lease sales during the next five years, offering up tens of millions of acres for oil and gas extraction. In response, Collin Rees,... Read more »

President Biden announced plans today to expand offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as part of his final proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2023-2028. The new Five-Year Plan includes three new offshore oil and gas leases, covering an area that stretches from Texas... Read more »

This covers a lot of ground – Assange, Ellsberg, Skripal, Salmond, Taiwan and more. My highlight was getting to point out that China cannot “invade” Taiwan. Taiwan is Chinese and you cannot invade your own territory. Even Taiwan accepts it is part of China, it merely thinks its side of... Read more »

Thanks entirely to the brilliance of Chris Hedges in leading me through the material, I think this is the most clear outline of the Assange case which I have ever given. I wish to address some social media attacks: Nobody is paying me to be here to campaign for Julian,... Read more »

I am currently in Minnesota where I am speaking tonight and doing several media interviews. The primary purpose of the whole US visit is not the public appearances, but preparation for the campaign and defence in the USA should extradition go ahead. That does not mean at all that the... Read more »

The complaint to the United Nations against my imprisonment for contempt of court has now been submitted. This is the first time I have been able to state the case without the compulsory use of Scottish counsel, who were astonishingly timid of criticising Lady Dorrian or detailing Sturgeon’s conspiracy, its... Read more »

On 28 July a gender critical woman demonstrator, Julie Marshall, was “punched in the face” by a political opponent in Aberdeen. The man who struck her was questioned and issued with a police caution not to punch people. He was neither arrested nor charged. A month later, Scottish Government minister... Read more »

As long term readers know, I often assist with refugee and immigration cases, including representing at immigration courts, and we have occasionally over the years housed refugee families in our home for a while. I have nowadays to add for the avoidance of trolling, no I do not get paid... Read more »

I despair that there appears to be no discernible political debate over economic policy in the UK at all, outwith a few left websites and magazines with tiny readerships. The Labour Party has completely abandoned the mildly social democratic platform of Jeremy Corbyn, and now actively renounces public ownership of... Read more »

UPDATE I no longer have a source with access to Putin’s inner circle. I did not pretend to understand the astonishing episode of the Wagner march on Moscow at the time, and plainly it was impossible, if the Russian and Belarussian official narrative were remotely true, that Prigozhin could be... Read more »

This is one of those unusual occasions, where a little while ago I intended to write a post advocating the precise opposite, but events have changed my mind. After long and hard thought, I had come to the conclusion that pride had to be swallowed and personal animosity set aside.... Read more »

  Northern Irish Unionism can blame no one but itself for the predicament it is in at this very moment.  It wasn’t involved nearly as much in the Windsor Framework negotiations clearly due to the fact that when the DUP was in a king-maker role in Westminster during the Protocol... Read more »

They’re using heroin in Scotland – only this time it’s legal. A medical area has been set up, where users can legally take their fix. Is providing fix facilities the best route to dealing with this problem? By now you’ve probably heard about that sycamore tree that has stood in... Read more »

Partition was inherently unjust and could never last. It is interesting that a founder member of the DUP, Wallace Thompson, has recently stated that a united Ireland is inevitable. I believe he is saying out loud what many unionists are thinking. From my earliest days, many in my community regarded... Read more »

:   Leo Varadker, Soul Brother of the late Hitler Shirt-wearing* Ernst Rohm, has been to Kiev to worship the junta there and to dishonour the memory of Eamon de Valera, probably the most rational, ethical and successful public figure of the twentieth century.   I mean to support my... Read more »

  I run ‘Cobh Rebel Walking Tours’ here in Co. Cork.     As a result, I am met with guests of all nationalities who visit here to learn all about our war of independence and Irish history in general, each year.   I want to tell you about some of... Read more »

       There are deceitful people who ask the population if they’d vote for a reunited Ireland or staying the UK tomorrow. Yes, we know how it is to be in the UK (you get your wishes on remaining in the EU cast aside, for starters); but we don’t... Read more »

The Irish News  in its editorial a couple of days ago. called on the Dublin government to establish a citizens’ assembly to examine how a reunited Ireland might look. That’s the North’s biggest nationalist newspaper urging a specific, important step on the journey to Irish unity.  I am pleased and... Read more »

  IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING DISTRIBUTED TO CONGRESS BY THE IRISH NATIONAL CAUCUS  “My good friend Ciaran MacAirt is one of the heroes of The Troubles.He has done extraordinary work in exposing England’s collusion in, and cover-up of, the McGurk Bar Bombing, which killed his grandmother Kitty Irvine.He has refused to... Read more »

    I’ve just listened to some people on Talkback discussing  the singing of ‘Zombie’ at the week-end rugby match, and the singing of ‘Celtic Symphony’  by crowds at a Wolfe Tones concert. Much was made of ‘Zombie’ being a song that did a not-in-my-name about the Troubles. Then there... Read more »

On Saturday dawn, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Jericho city, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several military vehicles invaded Jericho from its eastern entrance and installed a military roadblock in the center of the city. They added that many Palestinians... Read more »

On Friday evening, Israeli colonizers assaulted a Palestinian at Al-Mo’arrajat Street, northwest of Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the colonizers ambushed and attacked Mohammad Salama Drei’at from Noweima village, north of Jericho. They added that the Palestinian was driving his car when... Read more »

On Friday night, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian and injured another after opening fire at their car near Al-Biereh city in the occupied West Bank’s central part. The soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds at a Palestinian car near the illegal Psagot Israeli colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands... Read more »

On Friday, Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part. The army also abducted two Palestinians near Salfit. The Palestinians and international... Read more »

On Friday, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians, and three internationals including one reporter, during the weekly procession against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent... Read more »

On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian political prisoners in Ramon prison during violent searches of section 5 of the detention facility. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers stormed and searched several rooms in section 5 and assaulted several detainees. The PPs added that the soldiers also... Read more »

On Friday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and seriously injured a young man after shooting him with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his eye. Media sources said protests took place when undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp in a car with civilian... Read more »

On Friday morning, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car, wounding the driver, and abducted another Palestinian in the Al-Biereh city in the Ramallah and Al-Biereh governorate in central West Bank. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers fired several live rounds at a car near... Read more »

On Thursday, the Israeli occupation army announced its decision to demolish the homes of the families of two detainees accused of killing an Israeli colonizer in Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. The Quds News Network said the army decided to demolish the homes of Mohammad Shanteer and... Read more »

Poverty is rising in one of the world's oldest colonies: In Puerto Rico, 41.7% of people, including 57.6% of children, live in poverty. This is nearly four times the US rate. And Puerto Rican workers are getting poorer even while unemployment falls. The post Poverty is growing in Puerto Rico,... Read more »

Cuba's embassy in Washington has been attacked two times in three years, and no one has been held accountable. This reflects the long history of US-backed terrorism against Cuba, and six decades of illegal economic warfare. The post Terror attacks on Cuba’s embassy fueled by aggressive US policy appeared first... Read more »

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss the rapidly changing world order at a time of summits of BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly. The post BRICS or NATO? G20 or G77? Summits debate rapidly changing world order... Read more »

The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Washington and the media milked this manufactured scandal for new cold war propaganda. The post Chinese balloon was not spying, US gov’t admits months... Read more »

Condemning Washington's "hegemonic mindset" and sanctions, China strengthened its strategic partnership with Venezuela. The oil-rich South American nation's President Nicolás Maduro took a historic trip to Beijing, and applied to join BRICS. The post China deepens ties with Venezuela, challenging US ‘hegemonic mindset’ appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Western sanctions are backfiring: The EU is importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China is making high-tech chips despite US export restrictions. The post Western sanctions failing: EU imports more Russian gas, China beats US tech war appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain how imperialism is a product not only of the struggle between classes but also nations. The post Imperialism: How the struggle of both classes and nations creates our world appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

In its South Africa summit, BRICS invited six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The bloc now represents 37% of global GDP (PPP), 40% of global oil production, and roughly 1/3rd of global gas production, challenging the US petrodollar system. The post BRICS expanding into... Read more »

Most people in Germany and France blame the United States and/or NATO for the war in Ukraine, according to a poll conducted not by a pro-Russian group but rather by anti-Putin activists. The post USA & NATO responsible for Ukraine war, German & French public say in poll appeared first... Read more »

For four years now, Teaching for Black Lives study groups have been sponsored by nurturing communities of anti-racist educators across the United States. This school year, more than 100 study groups are investigating what it means to teach for Black lives. The post 100+ <i>Teaching for Black Lives</i> Study Groups Formed for... Read more »

On this Constitution Day, let’s commit ourselves to teach the truth. Let’s look deeply and critically at how this document may have offered a republican form of government for some, but denied humanity to others, and contributed to the system of white supremacy we still need to dismantle. The post... Read more »

SNCC veterans Courtland Cox, Jennifer Lawson, and Judy Richardson discuss how the lessons they learned during the Civil Rights Movement are applicable today. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post Teaching in Dangerous Times: Lessons from SNCC... 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 »

We offer a new timeline of the climate crisis that traces its roots from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit and destroy the Earth in the name of maximum profit. It also emphasizes moments and movements of resistance and activism... Read more »

While book bans make the headlines, the chilling effect of the bans and anti-education laws have an even deeper impact. Our Teaching for Black Lives study groups provide support for teachers in the face of these dire conditions. However, we want to alert everyone to the nature of the repression.... Read more »

Share a story about using any of our lessons on enslavement, resistance, and Reconstruction. The post Free Books for Your Teaching Story appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history. The post Labor History Censored on Labor Day appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Teaching for Black Lives study groups have been a vital source of strength, support, and guidance during an impossibly difficult time for teachers. The post <i>Teaching for Black Lives</i> Study Groups Light a Fire of Hope in Hard Times appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

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

Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky to discuss the current state of the world, the threat of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Ukraine vs Russia conflict, the attack on free speech within western societies, Donald Trump re-running for President and much more. Subscribe to stay... Read more »

Noam Chomsky, a renowned linguist and dissident, along with former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, joined others earlier this year in urging President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been held in London's Belmarsh prison for over... 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 »

Head of Garda Human Resources is in High Court over his dismissal by Garda Commissioner after spurious investigation The post John Barrett, blowing whistle on Drew Harris appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Climate Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy, and Socialism” between linguist and political critic Noam Chomsky, Chilean exponent of the Marxist-Collapsist theoretical current Miguel Fuentes, and American ecologist and evolutionary biologist Guy McPherson. The post Climate catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Reply from Noam Chomsky to the Interventions of Miguel Fuentes and Guy McPherson in the first part of the debate “Climate Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy, and Socialism The post Reply from Noam Chomsky to the Interventions of Miguel Fuentes and Guy McPherson appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

By Conor O’Carroll The Department of Education has confirmed to Village Magazine that three as-yet-unannounced special advisers are employed at the department. Áine Doyle and Eoin Murphy are employed as special advisers to Minister of Education, Norma Foley TD, while Diane O’Gorman is employed as a special adviser to Minister... Read more »

By Ava Liange After two consecutive years of COVID-19, online learning and postponed exams, the housing crisis is once again the main obstacle that prevents students from pursuing their studies. With the start of the new academic year just around the corner, it is becoming increasingly challenging for students to... Read more »

Caroline Hurley argues that the EPA can and should be doing more to protect Ireland’s vital environment and biodiversity. Situated between the North Atlantic’s main storm tracks, Ireland has always been vulnerable to the weather. In the Royal Irish Academy’s 2020 collection of essays on Climate and Irish Society from... Read more »

By Conor O’Carroll The son of a Sligo County Councillor and former Cathaoirleach has been found advertising a property on Daft.ie to students during the week and to tourists on Airbnb during the weekend. James Clarke, son of Independent Councillor Michael Clarke, advertised the property last week on both sites... Read more »

By Conor O’Carroll At the midway point of the Rose of Tralee competition, the decision to break tradition and appoint Kathryn Thomas as co-host alongside Dáithí Ó Sé looks to be a success. Taking turns interviewing each Rose, Thomas and Ó Sé eased through the first night without any gaffs... Read more »

Liam Lynch, a republican martyr-ic0n, is the subject of a timely new biography in this, the hundredth anniversary of the ending of Ireland’s civil war. Lynch’s first biography by Florrie O’Donoghue is lyrical and incisive, being the work of a friend and comrade. Gerard Shannon, with wider access to archival... Read more »

One region where events seem to have been developing at breakneck speed over the past few years is that of Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Armenian-dominated breakaway republic which – despite being internationally-recognised as Azerbaijani territory – had been ruled by Armenian militants with support from Yerevan over the past three decades.... Read more »

Erasing Palestine is what the Zionist colonial project is about. At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu illustrated the aim by showing a map of Greater Israel – completely eliminating the existence of Gaza and the occupied West Bank – the only remaining fragments of... Read more »

Hate is the chief ingredient of everyday discourse on the streets and the country’s socio-political system to allow the Hindutva forces to continue to control the harvest. In a historic moment, the new Parliament held its first session, debating the success of India’s moon mission, when a senior lawmaker from... Read more »

The EU’s Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, has succeeded in carving out a niche for ambiguity amid all the non-binding UN resolutions, peace initiatives, normalisation agreements and the two-state compromise. The Peace Day Effort, which was held on the sidelines of the 78th UN General... Read more »

As Argentina prepares for its 22 October presidential election, far-right candidate Javier Milei, who won the largest share of votes in the presidential primary elections, has made it clear that one of the first steps he will take should he win will be to move the country’s embassy in Israel... Read more »

Germany’s new measures to reduce irregular migration have prompted sharp criticism from refugees and human rights activists. The government has introduced temporary border checks this week at crossings with Poland and the Czech Republic, stopped the voluntary intake of refugees arriving from Italy and announced plans to tighten deportation laws,... Read more »

On 27 September,  the US government granted Israel entry into its visa-waiver program, allowing Israeli citizens visa-free entry to America. To obtain this long-sought political prize, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July eased its discrimination against US nationals who are of Palestinian or, more generally, Arab or... Read more »

It is a city called home by millions from all corners of the world. It is a city synonymous with diversity, a veritable melting pot of cultures – that is Istanbul for you, Anadolu Agency reports. With this comes a vibrant culinary world like no other, where one can embark on... Read more »

Say “Roger Waters” these days and two words are likely to enter people’s minds: Nazi + uniform. Waters, who has a venerable track record of mixing anti-racist advocacy with his stage performances, donned a Nazi-like uniform in an anti-fascist skit at his recent “This Is Not A Drill” shows. However,... 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 »

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 »

Auto workers give updates on the UAW strike against the Big Three along with their thoughts on COLA, the two-tiered wage system, and more.... Read more »

Jeffrey Sachs's new book, 'To Move the World,' examines the final months of John F. Kennedy's life, which were devoted to easing Cold War tensions.... Read more »

A government shutdown would place NLRB workers on furlough, leaving striking workers without a crucial ally in their fight.... Read more »

When Fort Collins police arrived at the scene where a woman had been attacked, they pepper sprayed her boyfriend instead of searching for the men responsible for harming her.... Read more »

The New College of Florida has become a testing ground for the governor's regressive education agenda, and students as well as faculty who stand in the way are getting pushed out.... Read more »

Joe Biden’s historic visit to the picket line yesterday would never have happened if the UAW simply cozied up to Biden. As the union showed, you don’t win by showing deference to Democratic elites — you use the leverage you have to extract concessions.... Read more »

The former NBA player looks back on the influence of Malcolm X and the importance of political education in shaping his life.... Read more »

In a shocking video, Ronald K. Davis, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, grapples his ex-girlfriend Michelle Perfanov to the ground. Davis has since been charged with multiple crimes.... Read more »

As protests against Netanyahu's 'judicial coup' continue, Israelis ought to study their communist history to grasp how a democratic future alongside Palestinians can and can't be achieved.... Read more »

‘After thirteen years of austerity, local authorities just don’t have the resources to devote to applying for funding for non-statutory duties such as climate change work.’ The post Cash-starved councils forced to abandon green projects that would reduce energy costs for households and businesses appeared first on Left Foot Forward:... Read more »

Orbán-style birthrate populism with nasty racist undertones has arrived in Britain. How worried should we be? The post Making babies – the Right’s latest bright idea appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

‘At some point the government party might have to give the fact its deputy chair appears on this channel some consideration.’ The post Criticism grows over Lee Anderson’s £100,000 GB News’ job in wake of Laurence Fox misogyny scandal appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The claims contained in the report were fact checked by a number of climate academics and journalists who explained why they were wrong. The post ‘Embarrassingly wrong’ Tufton Street Net Zero report gets extensive coverage in right-wing press appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

'The aim was to shift state expenditure and debt on to low and middle income households, and create space for tax cuts for corporations and the rich' The post Why the government must abolish tuition fees and write off student debt appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's... Read more »

Six cabinet members are set to be booted out of parliament The post Every Tory cabinet member who is set to lose their seat according to the latest polls appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

"We are straight talking people in the north, so yes or no" The post ‘It’s a Yes or a No’: Rishi Sunak humiliated on BBC Radio Manchester Over HS2 appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

'If we as parliament aren’t happy with the regulations that are set, then maybe we should be tightening them up.' The post Tory MP says GB News should be taken off air appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

'Industry also wants binding commitments — partly for greater certainty, partly because businesses are made up of people who themselves want to be properly treated' The post Rishi Sunak excludes trade unions and scraps workers’ rights from his India trade deal appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's... Read more »

Cuba has released footage showing an individual throwing two Molotov cocktails inside the Cuban Embassy compound in Washington, D.C., last Sunday, condemning it as a terrorist attack. An investigation is underway, but no arrests have been made. Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío says the country is demanding... Read more »

Poland says it’s preparing to seek the extradition of a 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi after he received a standing ovation in the Canadian House of Commons last week following a speech by visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Yaroslav Hunka was invited by the speaker of the House, who has since resigned... Read more »

The government of Nagorno-Karabakh is dissolving itself after decades of struggle for autonomy from Azerbaijan, just days after Azerbaijani forces carried out a military blitz to seize the breakaway region, which has a majority of ethnic Armenians. More than half the territory’s 120,000 people have reportedly fled to Armenia, while... Read more »

Ahead of Shutdown, Biden Says GOP Extremists Are Trying to “Burn the Place Down”, Biden Warns Trump & MAGA Movement Are a Threat to Democracy, Activist Disrupts Biden Speech, Urges Him to Declare Climate Emergency, 18 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Occupying Speaker McCarthy’s Office, GOP Witnesses Admit No Evidence... Read more »

Senator Bob Menendez appeared in court Wednesday to face corruption charges yet refused to resign. A growing number of politicians have called for Menendez to step down, after federal agents discovered large amounts of cash, gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz in the Democrat’s New Jersey home. “There’s a possibility that... Read more »

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, but the details of the suit remain unclear as much of it is redacted to the public. We speak with David Dayen, author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power, about the... Read more »

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader responds to Wednesday’s second Republican debate, saying, “It’s pretty embarrassing that this is what they put forward to become the president of the most powerful country in the world.” Nader discusses the debate’s topics of social media, former President Donald Trump and wealth inequality in... Read more »

Donald Trump skipped the second Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race on Wednesday, declining once again to share a stage with competitors for the nomination whom he leads in the polls by double digits. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie criticized Trump for his... Read more »

GOP Presidential Candidates Attack an Absent Trump, Each Other at Chaotic Debate, Trump Calls on Unions to Support Him in 2024 as He Addresses Nonunion Auto Plant, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize Strike, U.S. Gov’t on Cusp of Shutdown Amid Republican House Dysfunction, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Gov’t... Read more »