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A pair of activists subpoenaed by Trump’s Justice Department have announced their refusal to cooperate with investigators on an apparent legal fishing expedition into pro-Palestine donor Fergie Chambers. They call potential imprisonment “a cheap price to pay for the defense of our movement.” Read The Grayzone’s first exclusive report on... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iranian air defences downed three US drones and opened fire on a fighter jet, amidst ongoing military preparations by the United States to carry out another large-scale attack. In this edition of The Target, MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the latest battlefield developments across West Asia and how this... Read more »

The new House report portrays both President Trump and former United States Special Representative for Global Partnerships Paolo Zampolli as being members of Epstein’s trafficking inner circle, and catalogs how Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) “actively obstructed the Epstein investigation into any co-conspirators" and attempted to block the release of... Read more »

The son of an Israeli secret agent, Lyor Cohen is the most important man in hip hop. With inordinate influence over the genre, he has made his views on Israel/Palestine clear, and has used his influence to stamp out what he sees as anti-semitism in the industry. He is now... Read more »

Iran’s Army has revealed a new drone that carries a warhead twice the weight of the previous generation, as Tehran threatens a war without limits in retaliation for US-Israeli military operations – MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the latest developments in the regional war, the economic fallout and weapons... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a Fox News interview, Trump said the U.S. will stop giving Israel weapons for free because Abdul El-Sayed keeps talking about it. The post Trump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The GOP candidate for Iowa’s open Senate seat tapped the co-founder of a consulting firm with a $9.9 million Israel contract. The post Ashley Hinson’s Digital Chief Oversees Firm Paid Millions to Push Israeli Propaganda appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Voters in Maine, Michigan, and Texas said they want to see Democrats deliver Medicare for All, social welfare spending, and lower prices. And fewer campaign mailers. The post If Democrats Win, Thank the Left appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the Michigan Senate race finishes with a focus on the Democratic primary loser’s gripes over Israel, the party nominee has endured a barrage of anti-Muslim attacks. The post Abdul El-Sayed’s Race Has Been Defined by Islamophobia. Will It Be Determined by It? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Intercept reviewed more than two dozen incidents of ICE using its army of unmarked cars to attack immigrants and American activists alike. The post “Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The refusal of two pro-Palestine protesters to testify before a grand jury could hamper the left-wing donor’s extradition from Spain. The post Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

By endorsing Abdul El-Sayed’s opponent for Israel’s sake, Stevens shows how the real threat to progress comes from centrists. The post Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Voting rights advocates in Texas warn that spreading awareness of voter intimidation could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The post Warnings About ICE at the Polls Risk Their Own Kind of Voter Suppression appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

With Marco Rubio’s public plea for Cubans to work with the CIA, the administration is eyeing its next imperial conquest. The post The CIA Is Resorting to an Open Casting Call for Would-Be Cuban Assets appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never want to hear another American compare their media’s malpractice to North Korean propaganda ever again. Westerners are more aggressively propagandized than any other population on earth.... Read more »

"There are a whole lot more of us than there are of them, and we can force revolutionary change whenever we want."... Read more »

Under Trump, the war propagandists don’t even need to try anymore.... Read more »

When you zoom out, this is just a story about how incredibly bleak life is for ordinary people in the heart of the US empire.... Read more »

Jillian Segal is an immoral, manipulative white South African whose job is to deceive the public in order to facilitate genocide and apartheid.... Read more »

We can allow a few massively outnumbered plutocrats and empire managers to drive our species to extinction via climate disaster, nuclear holocaust, or AI apocalypse if we want to. We are completely free to do that.... Read more »

I don't know who first coined the saying "If the penalty is a fine, then it's legal for rich people," but it certainly applies here.... Read more »

Reading by Tim Foley: There are Polymarket ads in fortune cookies.There are pop-ups in our prayers.There are paywalls on the monasteries,and the monks are millionaires. Well little Johnny’s gone to war.He joined the McMarines.The Iranians must be liberatedand blown to smithereens. Light a candle in the chapel, John,and pray to... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The following is a step-by-step account of what has gone on at Canary Media Limited this year. It follows multiple online accusations against the CEO, Steve Topple, his wife, Nicola Jeffery, and several staff members. During late 2025 and early 2026, multiple staff members were either arrested or facing court... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A recent fundraiser from the 1776 Project Foundation promotes Christian nationalism and deploys spiritual warfare rhetoric that goes far beyond the public image promoted on the group’s policy-oriented website. Its leader, Ryan Girdusky, is a right-wing activist who has been... Read more... Read more »

CPAC has invited “its most dedicated supporters” to “an exclusive retreat” at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club this week. CPAC says the “multi-day experience” will center on “leadership, strategy, and celebration.” If the election results are even close to polling... Read more... Read more »

Episode Summary This Week in the Apocalypse, Miriam is here to teach Brooke about the first horseman of the apocalypse, Pestilence. Plague is back y’all, and Miriam has a lot to say about zoonotic diseases, so buckle in. Host Info... Read more... Read more »

Episode Summary This time on Live Like the World is Dying, we have an eerie Halloween inspired episode where Inmn and Brooke talk fictional apocalypse The Walking Dead universe, from rating the groups survival and preparedness skills to talking about... Read more... Read more »

Episode Summary This Week in the Apocalypse, Brooke and Margaret talk about the midterm elections in the United States, as well as how many governments around the world are ramping up their advice to their citizens to get prepared, and... Read more... Read more »

Selection from Eibisch, Jonathan (2024): Politische Theorie des Anarchismus, transcript Verlag: Bielefeld, S. 187-208. (open access: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7183-4) machined translated text from German to American English. Author Jonathan Eibisch Submitted by John Lost on November 2, 2026 3.3 Anarchist Communism Anarchist... Read more... Read more »

💌 Letter writing in solidarity with prisoners is starting up again from this Wednesday, 6-8pm at Base. Come and show the prisoners they are not alone 💌 🇵🇸 It has been three years since the start of the genocide in... Read more... Read more »

Hard to imagine a more telling statement than fascist Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declaring that the message of “Star Wars” is “entirely wrong” because Darth Vader “is actually the good guy.”... Read more »

T’was the night of halloween, and all through the smart shity, goblins and ghouls were stirring, ready to get busy, with expanding surveillance furthering control by cops and the state, we all are called to retaliate. so come gather near,... Read more... Read more »

Author: Iain MckayTitle: Michael Bakunin, Anarchist & SyndicalistDate: 2026, FallNotes: Publication information is available online at https://syndicalist.us/Source: Scanned from Anarcho-Syndicalist Review #95, Fall, 2026, page 40 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Michael Bakunin (May 30, 1814, to July 1, 1876). While best known for his... Read more »

Author: Dani BurlisonTitle: Aradia: A Divine Ally In Times Of RevoltDate: 26 Oct 2026Source: Retrieved on October 31 2026 from https://www.cawshinythings.com/aradia-a-divine-ally-in-times-of-revolt/ You may have heard of her: Aradia, daughter of Diana, the Roman moon goddess, and Lucifer, the personification of the morning star. Siblings in this particular tale, they create... Read more »

Author: Warzone DistroTitle: A is for NihilismDate: 2017/09/08 04:28Source: Retrieved on 01/17/2026 from https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/post/2017/09/08/a-is-for-nihilism/ “We’re all animals prescribed medication in the form of artificiality. Moral values, roles and “higher purposes” are socially constructed and assigned to us to reinforce social control. Individualist anarchy contradicts the homogeny of civilized order. Our... Read more »

Author: Murray BookchinTitle: The Youth CultureSubtitle: An Anarcho-Communist ViewDate: 1970Notes: Published in Hip Culture: 6 Essays on Its Revolutionary Potential; Yippie, Third World, Feminist, Marxist, High School Student, Anarchist.Source: <https://archive.org/details/HipCulture> The “hip culture”—the word is really the youth culture and I will use it from now on—does not really need... Read more »

Author: a stargazerTitle: The Leeches that Steal its SoulSubtitle: a response to “Goodnight Eurocentric Pride”Date: 2026/07/29Source: https://unravel.nublogs.org/index.html%3Fp=2684.html “Just as we arm our hands to strengthen our blows, we must also fortify our minds. Our imagination, nourished by memories of resistance that has come before, bolstered by a precise projectuality, sharpened... Read more »

Author: Camilla PowerTitle: Royal Wedding ArrestsSubtitle: The Guillotine Three and the Zombie WeddingDate: July 7 2011Notes: Camilla Power tells the story of her arrest for attempted street theatre on the occasion of the royal wedding. An edited version of this article was previously published in the Times Higher Educational Supplement,... Read more »

Author: Leonard PeltierTitle: Solidarity From Anti-AuthoritariansDate: 1990Notes: An untitled statement made to the International Tribunal on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the US, published in ‘Open Road’, Vancouver (Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territory), BC, Winter 1990; ‘Prison News Service: A Bulldozer Publication’, Toronto, Dish With One Spoon (Haudenosaunee/Anishinaabe)... Read more »

Author: Aotearoa Workers Solidarity MovementTitle: This Halloween...Abolish The Zombie Monarchy!Date: October 29 2018Notes: On 31st October two members of the Windsor family will be visiting Rotorua, Aotearoa/New Zealand as part of their nationwide tour. The Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM) has distributed this brief leaflet in anticipation of the visit.Source:... Read more »

Author: AnonymousTitle: Devil’s Night Against LandlordsDate: November 17, 2023Source: Retrieved on Oct 29 2026 from https://mtlcounterinfo.org/devils-night-against-landlords/ Devil’s night is traditionally a time of mischief and subversive activity, striking fear into the forces of order. On this night, the weekend before Halloween, we took the form of mischievous creatures and decided... Read more »

Barry Pateman, Oakland, November 2015... Read more »

Ron Marsden banner... Read more »

Barry Pateman: An Appreciation... Read more »

An anarchist in the archive : Remembering Barry Pateman... Read more »

Library News (Oct. 2026)... Read more »

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

Guángara Libertaria Memories... Read more »

The Jargon Libre Collections... Read more »

Sebastian “Bas” Moreel (1930-2026)... Read more »

The UN on Tuesday warned that public health risks are rising in the Gaza Strip as solid waste collection is hampered by Israeli restrictions, Anadolu reports. Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a news conference that “partners supporting the collection of solid waste warn that only half of their vehicle fleet is... Read more »

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Tuesday that the “change bloc” would “act quickly” to form a “national emergency government,” elect a new parliament speaker and advance legislation, Anadolu reports. Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, made the remarks following a meeting of opposition leaders, Israeli news outlet Ynet reported.... Read more »

The central banks of China and Oman signed a five-year currency swap agreement worth 30 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) against 1.5 billion Omani rials, China’s central bank said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng and his Omani counterpart, Ahmed bin Jaafar Al Musalmi, signed the agreement... Read more »

Three Palestinians, including a security officer and a girl, were killed in Israeli attacks and from earlier wounds in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. A Palestinian girl was killed and several others wounded when an Israeli drone struck a tent next to Gaza Municipality Park in central Gaza... Read more »

An influence operation linked to entities based in Israel spent an estimated £6.12 million ($8.2 million) promoting anti-Muslim conspiracy theories across more than 30 countries, according to a new report. The report, Manufacturing The Great Replacement, found that the campaign ran from October 2023 to October 2026, generating an estimated... Read more »

Israel’s Democrats party leader Yair Golan accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of an “enormous failure” Tuesday after US President Donald Trump announced that Washington would end financial assistance to Israel by the end of the year. In a post on US social media platform X, Golan warned that ending US... Read more »

The UN human rights chief warned on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing “virulent and unprecedented attacks” to “isolate and paralyze” the court, Anadolu reports. Volker Turk said some countries were imposing sanctions on the court, pursuing criminal proceedings against its officials and spreading disinformation about its... Read more »

Sudan’s Joint Force, an armed coalition fighting alongside the national army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), announced Tuesday that one of its operations commanders had been killed in North Kordofan state. Citing the force, Sudan News Agency reported that Brig. Gen. Haroun Mursal Abu Tikka was killed in... Read more »

Iran said Tuesday that Washington’s response to its demands was “not convincing,” insisting that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen only after the US fulfilled seven Iranian conditions, Anadolu reports. “The US response to Iran’s rights and demands was not convincing,” Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said on... Read more »

350.org has welcomed the publication of the global roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Energy Systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner (TAFF), commissioned under Brazil’s COP30 Presidency, describing it as an important step towards turning the global commitment to move away from fossil fuels into practical... Read more »

Today, the COP30 presidency announced its global roadmap for a transition away from fossil fuels.In response, Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said:“Brazil has offered a valuable blueprint for the global transition away from fossil fuels. It recognizes there is no one-size-fits-all pathway, that all countries need... Read more »

Hoo boy. We made it, barely. Not stressed, really. But pretty wrung dry by the relentless lies, slurs, sludge, fearmongering in "the most nakedly bigoted American political campaign” ever by bottom-feeding crooks, hacks and pedophile-adjacent rapists scurrying to escape their well-deserved debacle (please). On the last day, they just disgorged... Read more »

In a ruling on Nov. 2, Federal District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan denied the DOJ’s motion for a stay pending appeal in Common Cause and individual voters’ ongoing lawsuit challenging the federal agency’s attempts to obtain sensitive voter data and exercise control over states’... Read more »

The Trump administration is trying to allow more electric bikes onto national park trails, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). New rules being finalized by the National Park Service (NPS) weaken the environmental reviews required under a successful PEER lawsuit brought during the first Trump term challenging an... Read more »

Damn but we're tired of a racist, petty, what-about-me child in the White House. For solace: He's hopefully heading for the losingest fail of his long loser's life - and maybe a jail cell please? - and there are many, many people just as tired, with good shticks to match.... Read more »

Financial disclosures filed by Stephen Miller, a senior White House official, contain numerous inconsistencies between reported stock sales, share counts and disclosed family assets, according to a new investigation by Public Citizen. The discrepancies raise questions about the accuracy of the filings and the White House ethics office’s certification of... Read more »

350.org says oil companies cannot continue to reap the rewards of fossil fuels while households face rising energy bills and communities bear the costs of climate devastation.As communities across the world face devastating heat, droughts, wildfires and growing pressure on public services, US oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil are among... Read more »

Corporate political spending in the 2026 midterm elections has reached approximately $737 million, a 60 percent increase from what was spent on the 2024 presidential election, according to newly filed federal campaign finance data analyzed by Public Citizen. Spending this cycle accounts for 40 percent of the $1.8 billion corporations... Read more »

I was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Warsaw 1994-98. While that was a long time ago, I knew personally many of the people at the heart of the current crisis, such as Donald Tusk and Radek Sikorski. 1) The first thing to say about Poland is that the... Read more »

Netanyahu is seeking to build a new coalition with Jewish “opposition” parties to ensure the continued exclusion of Arabs from government in Israel. It will be a long and convoluted process but I expect he will eventually succeed. In the meantime he remains in power. Next week Trump will lose... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acclaimed sports journalist and author Howard Bryant joined Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to talk about his recent book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America, which explores the striking parallels between the Robeson–McCarthy era and today: media complacency, attacks on civil liberties, and demands for public... Read more »

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

From November 19-22, the Zinn Education Project will host a booth and workshops at the annual National Council of the Teachers of English convention in Philadelphia. The post People’s History at English Teachers Convention in 2026 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On 31 October, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, instructed the armed forces to answer any future threat with an immediate and effective response, “without geographical restrictions”. He also ordered commanders to update the list of American and Israeli material and non-material assets within Iran’s reach, while strengthening intelligence, doctrine and... Read more »

On 26 October, senior officials from three of Washington’s regional security partners flew to Tehran and sat down with its fiercest adversary. Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman led the delegation, joined by Turkey’s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, and Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. They met Iranian... Read more »

A few weeks ago, a government booklet started landing on doormats across Ireland. It explains what to do when the lights go out, and it is being sent to roughly 2.2 million households. Finland plans to post about 3.5 million printed guides covering crises and even drone threats. In Britain,... Read more »

Qatar is buying American liquefied natural gas while spending billions to expand its own export capacity. That apparent contradiction offers a way to understand Doha’s diplomacy during the Persian Gulf crisis. Buying gas abroad gives QatarEnergy something to sell when tankers cannot leave Ras Laffan. It does far less for... Read more »

Israel’s Arab voters have made themselves impossible to ignore. The question now is whether the country’s political leaders will accept their elected representatives as partners in shaping its future. The answer will shape both the next government and the prospects for peace. By the morning of 29 October, reporting on... Read more »

Israel has finished counting the votes, but its political leaders now face a more difficult question: will they accept the political power of the Palestinian citizens who cast them? The election on 27 October produced no clear winner. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc holds 53 seats, while the opposition bloc... Read more »

Regardless of the Israeli election result, France will still pursue the two-state paradigm. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot completely missed the point with this statement. The Israeli elections did not factor in two-state politics. Neither did Zionist colonialism. Colonial expansion has one aim: to displace the indigenous population and replace... Read more »

Could this election usher in a new era of meaningful Palestinian political participation? Tuesday’s election took place amid deep polarisation in Israeli society between those seeking to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power and those determined to remove him. This divide may make little difference to Palestinians on fundamental... Read more »

In the past, many Palestinians and Arabs followed Israeli elections closely. They did so not because they entertained illusions that a Zionist leader would deliver peace and justice, dismantle the occupation or remove illegal settlements. Rather, they feared that some Israeli leaders were worse than others. They hoped to avert... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“This is where Section 219 of the NDAA comes in,” said one observer. “They’re going to transfer all of the aid behind closed doors and cut it from the appropriations process.”... Read more »

Advocates say inhumane conditions and no-contact policies at the CoreCivic-run facility are intentionally designed to pressure people detained there into signing deportation orders.... Read more »

I can’t predict the results of this week’s high-stakes elections around the country, but when it comes to Trump and the MAGA-fied GOP, there is one prediction I’m confident making.... Read more »

As part of our on-the-ground coverage of the midterm elections we’ve spoken to voters from across the spectrum in Lehigh Valley in the battleground district of PA-7.... Read more »

“Macron and his government have left us no choice but to prepare for a total … shutdown of production and public services by uniting our trade union confederations and standing in solidarity with the students.”... Read more »

“Should [we] have a society where some people can spend all day giving orders because they have money and some people have to spend all day taking orders because they don't?”... Read more »

El-Sayed has 95% of Democratic voters’ support—the same as the GOP support for Rogers. But “division” narratives hound only one candidate. Why?... Read more »

“We, the workers in the ports, know very well that without us nothing moves. Without our hands, containers remain still, ships are not loaded, the war machines are blocked.”... Read more »

“We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter said.... Read more »

“This is where Section 219 of the NDAA comes in,” said one observer. “They’re going to transfer all of the aid behind closed doors and cut it from the appropriations process.”... Read more »

Advocates say inhumane conditions and no-contact policies at the CoreCivic-run facility are intentionally designed to pressure people detained there into signing deportation orders.... Read more »

I can’t predict the results of this week’s high-stakes elections around the country, but when it comes to Trump and the MAGA-fied GOP, there is one prediction I’m confident making.... Read more »

As part of our on-the-ground coverage of the midterm elections we’ve spoken to voters from across the spectrum in Lehigh Valley in the battleground district of PA-7.... Read more »

“Macron and his government have left us no choice but to prepare for a total … shutdown of production and public services by uniting our trade union confederations and standing in solidarity with the students.”... Read more »

“Should [we] have a society where some people can spend all day giving orders because they have money and some people have to spend all day taking orders because they don't?”... Read more »

El-Sayed has 95% of Democratic voters’ support—the same as the GOP support for Rogers. But “division” narratives hound only one candidate. Why?... Read more »

“We, the workers in the ports, know very well that without us nothing moves. Without our hands, containers remain still, ships are not loaded, the war machines are blocked.”... Read more »

“We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter said.... Read more »

In 2024, Donald Trump won the presidency with the support of 44% of Hispanic voters, suggesting that a major realignment in party preferences might be underway. But just two years later, it appears much of that support has eroded. Sixty-one percent of Hispanic voters say they will now support Democrats... Read more »

New York City is preparing to send two DSA members, presumptive election night winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, to Capitol Hill. DSA-backed candidates made historic gains in this year’s Democratic primaries, with at least five expected to join current DSA members Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the... Read more »

As President Donald Trump continues to cast doubt on the integrity of U.S. elections, signaling his intentions to challenge results unfavorable to Republicans, we go to Washington, D.C., where a federal judge ruled Monday night that the Department of Justice can deploy election monitors to polling sites across the country,... Read more »

As voters in the United States head to the polls, we take a look at what’s on the ballot with Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “This is a consequential election, and voters are going to be able to vote on democracy itself, whether they can... Read more »

WSJ: U.S. Carries Out Strikes Around Strait of Hormuz on Eve of Midterm Elections, SCOTUS Rejects Trump Admin’s Attempt to Force California to Set Aside 20,000 Mail-In Ballots, Federal Judge Denies Attempt by NAACP to Block DOJ from Deploying Election Monitors, Michigan Democratic Senate Nominee Dr. El-Sayed Raises $2.4 Million... Read more »

Vanity Fair recently published an excerpt from longtime investigative reporter Matthew Cole’s new book, Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East. The excerpt alleged that during President Trump’s first term, Saudi and Emirati leaders secretly put at least $2 billion into... Read more »

Democratic Congressmember Stevens Endorses MAGA Republican Rogers in Michigan’s Senate Election, Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Halt Pressure Campaign Against Election Officials, Federal Judge Rejects DOJ’s Lawsuit Seeking to Block Certification of Alaska’s Senate Election If GOP Loses, Federal Appeals Panel Refuses DOJ’s Request for California to Segregate Ballots... Read more »

We speak with Forensic Architecture’s Eyal Weizman about his new book, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide, a meticulous investigation into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the physical destruction of the territory and its impact on the Palestinian people. Forensic Architecture was founded in 2010 as an interdisciplinary research group focused on... Read more »

DOJ Opens Criminal Probe of California Mail-In Ballots Despite Judge’s Order, Corporations Spend $737M on Midterm Elections as Super-Rich Give $4.2B to Super PACs, Trump Returns to South Carolina to Rally GOP Support as Pollsters Declare Senate Race a Toss-Up, DOJ Ramps Up Criminal Probe of Alaska Senate Candidate Mary... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin261030.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New York Times (10/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: You can smell what US corporate press are cooking with the New York Times headline that the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was “a blow to Brazil’s right.”... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Workers were promised that rising house prices and pension investments would give them a stake in financial prosperity. Michael Hudson examines the bargain: their retirement savings could help finance corporate takeovers that stripped assets and undermined the jobs those workers depended on. Speaking with Robinson Erhardt, Michael follows this process... Read more »

A hospital sells its buildings, then pays rent to keep treating patients. Its owners collect a dividend while its operating costs rise. Michael Hudson joins Robinson Erhardt to explain how financial engineering creates fortunes by adding expenses to the rest of the economy. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%.... Read more »

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Europe’s place in America’s sphere of influence comes at a cost. Michael Hudson examines Nord Stream, monopoly power and the obstacles to reindustrialization. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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Can housing stay affordable while owners expect rising prices? Michael Hudson and Einar Tangen debate China’s property market and the taxation of land rent. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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

Europe’s costly energy choices undermine its industry. Michael Hudson and Ian Proud discuss sanctions, Chinese competition and dependence on Washington. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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

On the morning of Election Day, Donald Trump went on Fox & Friends to deliver a surprise announcement: The United States, he said, would be cutting off $4 billion in aid to Israel at the end of the year. “We have a helper, and it’s Israel because, you know, we... Read more »

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. “Nauseously optimistic.” That’s how one... Read more »

The most infamous political advertisement of the 2026 election cycle was first scooped by a quirky blogger who recently went to jail for sending a lawmaker what you might call a Shrext—a sexually explicit illustration of Shrek.  D.J. Byrnes, the man behind a lefty Ohio political news site called The... Read more »

“It’s easy in this industry, especially during the current era, to just feel like nothing matters,” Abby Vesoulis says. “Sometimes I gaslight myself into thinking: Is anyone going to care about this?” Abby, a reporter in our Washington bureau, is from Ohio, and she covered its Senate race in 2024,... Read more »

When I sat down with Mike for an interview at a homeless shelter in Northern Virginia, he shook his head and chuckled. “The staff told me someone was coming here to ask about voting, thought you might be someone from ICE,” he said. “Your mind runs wild, and you start thinking,... Read more »

On October 25, Brazil stunned the world by decisively rejecting the far right and reelecting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a fourth term. Lula, 81, defeated Flávio Bolsonaro—the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of attempting a coup—by a margin of more than 4 million... Read more »

It’s almost over, and on this special Election Eve edition of Stress Test, David Corn and Garrison Hayes deconstruct the manic final moments before America votes. The big last-minute surprise was the 11th-hour bombshell out of Michigan. Defeated Democratic primary contender Haley Stevens sent shockwaves through the political world on... Read more »

Will undecided voters in states such as Alaska and Michigan base their ballot decisions Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s fountain repairs in Washington, DC? If so, Trump’s 47-minute appearance on Monday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool would make sense. But polls sh0w voters are worried about high prices,... Read more »

When the Republican-controlled Guilford County Board of Elections rejected North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students’ request for an on-campus early voting location, students like Jimmie Holton Jr. had two options: Pay up to $30 for a rideshare or walk 45 minutes in 85-degree heat to the nearest site.... Read more »

In California, the “most powerful Democrats––including the governor Gavin Newsom, his near-certain successor Xavier Becerra and the Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass––have lined up with Silicon Valley billionaires” who’ve raised upward of $340 million to defeat the ballot measure for a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaire wealth, Norman Solomon... Read more »

​​Writing for The Nation, Jungmin Choi and Paul Loeb offer readers five key lessons in how to stop a potential coup attempt by President Trump, based on events in South Korea in 2024. The post Lessons from South Korea appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Tuesday, with Republicans expected to lose their majority in the House, Fox News revealed that the GOP is poised to erupt with infighting over who will assume the role of minority leader. What’s more, Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram says that it’s “unclear” whether defeat in the... Read more »

Today’s midterm elections are a battle for the soul of the nation.President Trump is a fascist hate preacher. MAGA is a form of fundamentalist religious politics in which Trump functions as God.As retired Judge Michael Luttig wrote on Sunday: “The existential ‘danger from within’ has finally arrived. America’s time of... Read more »

Sources say the politicized Trump Justice Department is in the process of sending 20 target letters as part of its investigation into the Dan J. Sullivan campaign in Alaska, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. “A target letter is an official notification from prosecutors informing an individual or... Read more »

It’s time for Democrats to revitalize democracy.It’s Election Day so I am legally obligated to present to you the following disclaimer: everything I am about to say could be moot by the end of the day. I don’t think it will be, but I am a mere mortal and democratic... Read more »

Disbarred Trump lawyer John Eastman wants the Supreme Court to reinstate his law license. A legal ethics expert has warned that if he wins, the real winners will be the lawyers currently running Trump’s Justice Department.Writing in Just Security on Tuesday, UCLA legal ethics professor Scott Cummings argued that Eastman’s... Read more »

President Donald Trump was irate following the GOP's failures in the 2018 midterms, according to a prominent leaker from his first term, and in the face of this year's blue wave, he will almost certainly become "angrier" and as "unhinged" as ever.Miles Taylor worked at the Department of Homeland Security... Read more »

On Tuesday, as the nation went to the polls for midterm Election Day, the hosts at Fox News found themselves “caught off-guard” by an announcement President Donald Trump made on their network earlier in the morning. As hosts Bret Baier and Stuart Varney noted, it appeared to be a desperate... Read more »

A historian who has studied presidential speeches says Donald Trump’s rallies are unmistakable evidence of his decline. Ted Widmer, a former White House speechwriter and editor of the Library of America’s collection American Speeches, wrote in The Guardian on Tuesday that Trump’s rallies, at their worst, offer evidence of “a... Read more »

President Donald Trump is facing growing scrutiny from members of his own party and political allies as Republicans brace for a challenging midterm election season. According to a new analysis from The Atlantic, Trump's continued flirtation with election denialism is increasingly alienating his supporters and becoming a political liability for... Read more »

The Russian Empire entered the First World War in 1914 as one of Europe’s great powers, yet four years of catastrophic military defeats, economic dislocation, and social upheaval destroyed the foundations of the Romanov autocracy. By early 1917 the army was demoralized, the cities were hungry, and the authority of... Read more »

Netanyahu’s response to the October 27 election has been extraordinary, even by his increasingly incendiary standards. Having failed to secure a governing majority, he and Likud have moved from contesting political opponents to questioning the legitimacy of the electorate itself. Israeli Palestinian voters turned out in unprecedented numbers, helping the... Read more »

In the past, many Palestinians and Arabs followed Israeli elections closely. They did so not because they entertained illusions that a Zionist leader would deliver peace and justice, dismantle the occupation or remove illegal settlements. Rather, they feared that some Israeli leaders were worse than others. They hoped to avert... Read more »

With all of President Donald Trump’s wars – Iran, Yemen, Ukraine, Nigeria, Somalia, Venezuela, and cartels – it’s easy to lose track of what is happening on the Korean Peninsula. However, since Trump returned to the White House, a series of developments on the Korean Peninsula have increased the risk... Read more »

Imperial systems historically fall by the weight of their insatiable greed, reckless wastefulness and institutional hubris. Today, the United States stands as the sole imperial power, with Israel – the last remaining colonizing state – serving as its vanguard in West Asia. Both are showing the first signs of fundamental... Read more »

America has a deadly addiction to war. Since 1950, presidents of both political parties have sent American troops into conflicts across the globe, killed countless people, sacrificed the lives and limbs of American servicemen and women, and wasted trillions of dollars. Yet these wars have consistently failed to achieve the... Read more »

As we indicated in Part 1, even by the end of the 18th century, the nation of “Ukraine” was nowhere to be seen on the maps of the era. And shortly thereafter the greatest map-making assemblage of nations that the world had ever seen only confirmed its non-existence within the... Read more »

As expected, the early Israeli exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Netanyahu and his prime adversary former chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot face deadlock. In the past 10-15 years, the country’s political center of gravity has shifted sharply toward security and military power, documented in my The Fall of Israel... Read more »

For almost two months, an Air Force officer has been sitting alone in a cell, twenty-four hours a day. When they let him out to eat or exercise, he’s still alone, according to his attorney. His name is Major Jason Watson. He hasn’t been convicted of anything. Under military law... Read more »

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African states want to develop AI attuned to local needs and cultures. But for educated young Africans, the reality of the AI revolution looks more like poorly paid, precarious work for Western firms. - 2026/11 / article... Read more »

Since the death of its iron dictator a decade ago, Uzbekistan is keen to rewrite its image through the arts. But beneath talk of intellectual openness, propaganda is still rife and new taboos are emerging. - 2026/11 / article... Read more »

A lagoon on Spain's Mediterranean coast is the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood, and now it's taking its polluters to court. But it's up against bureaucracy and local economic interests. - 2026/11 / article... Read more »

Much of the fishmeal for seafood consumed in France comes from global suppliers known for pollution, labour abuse, overfishing and food insecurity. And the costs of producing this feed are rarely revealed. - 2026/11 / article... Read more »

With the diplomatic deadlock over Western Sahara and Israel, the Algeria-Morocco border remains firmly closed. This is devastating for local economies and cross-border trade, and a boon to traffickers. - 2026/11 / article, 2026/11 algeria morocco... Read more »

Who in the Arab world really wants peace? While war rages on in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, and within Libya, Sudan and Yemen, no major initiative is emerging to stop the fighting or prevent new conflicts breaking out, such as those brewing between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters,... Read more »

Unprecedented Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have exposed its vulnerability. And with Donald Trump reluctant to intervene and other potential allies holding back, Iran's position is only strengthened. - 2026/11 / article, 2026/11 Iran... Read more »

Navies around the world are racing to deploy deep-sea drones known as autonomous underwater vehicles. These machines promise to transform the exploration – and control – of the ocean depths. - 2026/11 / article... Read more »

Jewish Leadership Council and Community Security Trust allowed to intervene in landmark case and seek to ‘expand the justification for proscription’, lawyers for Huda Ammori say The post Palestine Action ban to be appealed at Supreme Court appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Cluster bombs “should be used if deemed necessary”, the Ministry of Defence said as it intervened in the country’s civil war in 2000, declassified files show. The post Britain was prepared to use cluster bombs in Sierra Leone appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Almost 30 years after Sean Brown was kidnapped from a football club, British intelligence is still censoring files that could help solve his murder The post The murder MI5 wants to hide appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greenland’s parliament on Tuesday ratified the Arctic ⁠island’s security agreement ⁠struck earlier this year with US ⁠President Donald Trump, although some opposition party members questioned the deal’s economic value. The US, Denmark and Greenland in September signed the agreement, aimed at ending tensions after Trump’s repeated threats to take control... Read more »

At least seven flights and a cruise ⁠ship in Europe received bomb threats on ⁠Tuesday, causing disruption at airports although no devices were discovered. At least ⁠two flights to Warsaw, two to Sofia, two to Rome and one to Murcia airport in Spain were subjected to the threats on Tuesday,... Read more »

Amid continuously escalating tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday accused a handful of Philippine politicians of “egregious, irrational and intolerable” conduct, urging Manila to rein in their anti-China rhetoric, state media reported. Wang made the remarks during a phone conversation with Philippine Foreign Minister Theresa Lazaro, as China-Philippines... Read more »

King Charles called the transatlantic slave trade “a monstrous injustice” on Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK leader Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising for Britain’s role in slavery. The monarch told the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda that slavery “still casts a... Read more »

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was ending a 10-year security aid deal with Israel that allowed US$3.8 billion in annual aid to its ally until 2028. Trump said Israel was “fine” with him ending the aid, which began in 2019 and was signed under his predecessor,... Read more »

Indonesian authorities have arrested three people for allegedly tapping President Prabowo Subianto’s phone, according to police on Tuesday, with media reports suggesting one of the suspects may be a senior official. Prabowo, who took office in 2024, has come under increasing pressure for his government’s handling of the economy and... Read more »

Hongkongers moving to the United Kingdom under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme will be exempt from plans to double the qualifying period for settlement to 10 years, according to an official announcement. But they will still face stricter English-language requirements and tighter rules on criminal records, alongside existing conditions... Read more »

Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter after a soccer player died following an on-field collision with the opposing team’s goalkeeper in a second-division match. Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel died after he suffered cardiac arrest from the on-field collision, his club said on Tuesday. He was... Read more »

Last week, Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, welcomed its first ambassador from Israel. Diplomat Michael Lotem presented his credentials in Hargeisa, while officials laid the cornerstone for an Israeli embassy. The ceremony, announced by Israel’s foreign ministry on Sunday, formalised a relationship that began... Read more »

A Chinese court has begun hearings in a defamation case filed by authorities and institutes in Beijing and Wuhan against the US state of Missouri over accusations tied to Covid-19. In a notice on Monday, the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court said it held a hearing on Friday and legal proceedings... Read more »

A key document endorsed by the Communist Party proposes stronger oversight of principal leaders below the central level, barring them from demanding personal allegiance from their leadership teams – a demand that is only for the top leaders. The proposal is part of a 17,000-word resolution approved at the fifth... Read more »

China’s ruling Communist Party has pledged to target “old nice persons” within its ranks as it steps up its anti-corruption drive ahead of a major leadership reshuffle next year. Rendered in Chinese as lao hao ren, the term refers to unprincipled, conflict-averse officials who turn a blind eye to misconduct... Read more »

Retired cadres were consulted during the eight-month drafting of a landmark document on building China’s Communist Party endorsed at a major political meeting in Beijing last week, according to state media. A detailed account published by Xinhua on Monday gave a behind-the-scenes look into how the 20th Central Committee finalised... Read more »

Three ancient wooden boats unearthed in Beijing and dating back about 1,800 years offer new evidence of shipbuilding technology and cultural exchanges between ancient China and the rest of the world, according to researchers. The researchers unveiled details of “the first physical evidence of ancient inland water transport” in the... Read more »

China’s ruling Communist Party has overhauled its personnel process in its search for clean and battle-tested cadres ahead of next year’s major leadership reshuffle. New rules were included in a resolution adopted at the 20th Central Committee’s fifth plenum last Thursday and published by state news agency Xinhua on Sunday.... Read more »

This article is the official English translation of the original Chinese document released by Xinhua.... Read more »

Construction workers have been working late into the night in downtown Shenzhen as the city makes its final preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in two weeks’ time. On a weekday night, a South China Morning Post reporter saw at least 50 construction workers gathered at an intersection about... Read more »

China’s ruling Communist Party will step up “party building” across the country’s tech sector and deploy digital tools to fight corruption, according to a landmark document adopted at a key political plenum. These tools include a digital discipline inspection platform and a big-data supervision platform. The party will also crack... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pick a card that speaks to you and share it on your favorite social platform. Let’s get the conversation started! For more information, see the full report “Online Community and Connection in America.”... Read more »

Internet, Science & Tech A monthly digest of the Center’s latest research on how the internet, science and technology are impacting society · Subscribe ↗ Media mentions Think Social Media Is Bad for Democracy? The Rest of the World Is Starting to Agree PCMag Reddit, gaming and hobby groups—Your online... Read more »

Overall, 80% of Americans express this view, up from 75% in September 2025. Another 16% say such criticism keeps political leaders from doing their job.... Read more »

Trust in national and local news has risen since last year across parties and age groups, while trust in social media is virtually unchanged.... Read more »

Estimates of the U.S. Middle Eastern or North African population range from 3.1 to 5.2 million in 2024, depending on how ancestry, race and language are counted.... Read more »

Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The number of states all but guaranteed to elect their first woman governor next week. They are Minnesota and Tennessee, where both major-party candidates are women.... Read more »

Gas prices have surged amid the Iran conflict, but adjusted for inflation and wages, 2008 was costlier.... Read more »

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Artificial intelligence is now integrated into not only chatbots but also major social media platforms and search engines. This is raising questions about the... Read more »

Political ads about data centers on Facebook and Instagram have turned increasingly critical, with 57% opposed and just 3% supportive ahead of the midterms.... Read more »

In a Fox News interview, Trump said the U.S. will stop giving Israel weapons for free because Abdul El-Sayed keeps talking about it. The post Trump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The GOP candidate for Iowa’s open Senate seat tapped the co-founder of a consulting firm with a $9.9 million Israel contract. The post Ashley Hinson’s Digital Chief Oversees Firm Paid Millions to Push Israeli Propaganda appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Voters in Maine, Michigan, and Texas said they want to see Democrats deliver Medicare for All, social welfare spending, and lower prices. And fewer campaign mailers. The post If Democrats Win, Thank the Left appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the Michigan Senate race finishes with a focus on the Democratic primary loser’s gripes over Israel, the party nominee has endured a barrage of anti-Muslim attacks. The post Abdul El-Sayed’s Race Has Been Defined by Islamophobia. Will It Be Determined by It? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Intercept reviewed more than two dozen incidents of ICE using its army of unmarked cars to attack immigrants and American activists alike. The post “Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The refusal of two pro-Palestine protesters to testify before a grand jury could hamper the left-wing donor’s extradition from Spain. The post Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

By endorsing Abdul El-Sayed’s opponent for Israel’s sake, Stevens shows how the real threat to progress comes from centrists. The post Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Voting rights advocates in Texas warn that spreading awareness of voter intimidation could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The post Warnings About ICE at the Polls Risk Their Own Kind of Voter Suppression appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

With Marco Rubio’s public plea for Cubans to work with the CIA, the administration is eyeing its next imperial conquest. The post The CIA Is Resorting to an Open Casting Call for Would-Be Cuban Assets appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

One Connecticut child care provider has an innovative fix for a broken system: housing its workers for free.... Read more »

Two cities in Montana temporarily halted grants that would locally expand federal immigration enforcement.... Read more »

There’s a gap between hospital policies that promote lunch breaks as employee self-care and the conditions that prevent us from taking them.... Read more »

Historically hostile to its own public schools, the state legislature has issued a ballot measure that could threaten their existence.... Read more »

Even though driverless technology may indeed be a runaway locomotive that’s impossible to stop, it’s worth the effort to try anyway.... Read more »

For nearly two decades after her death, I never fully processed the grief of losing my sister. Then a prison introduced me to the wind phone.... Read more »

The goal is to protect democracy and hold those in power accountable.... Read more »

I can prefer a candidate and still ask more from them.... Read more »

In Oregon, incarcerated residents are suing to stop the use of solitary confinement.... Read more »

350.org has welcomed the publication of the global roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Energy Systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner (TAFF), commissioned under Brazil’s COP30 Presidency, describing it as an important step towards turning the global commitment to move away from fossil fuels into practical... Read more »

Today, the COP30 presidency announced its global roadmap for a transition away from fossil fuels.In response, Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said:“Brazil has offered a valuable blueprint for the global transition away from fossil fuels. It recognizes there is no one-size-fits-all pathway, that all countries need... Read more »

Hoo boy. We made it, barely. Not stressed, really. But pretty wrung dry by the relentless lies, slurs, sludge, fearmongering in "the most nakedly bigoted American political campaign” ever by bottom-feeding crooks, hacks and pedophile-adjacent rapists scurrying to escape their well-deserved debacle (please). On the last day, they just disgorged... Read more »

In a ruling on Nov. 2, Federal District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan denied the DOJ’s motion for a stay pending appeal in Common Cause and individual voters’ ongoing lawsuit challenging the federal agency’s attempts to obtain sensitive voter data and exercise control over states’... Read more »

The Trump administration is trying to allow more electric bikes onto national park trails, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). New rules being finalized by the National Park Service (NPS) weaken the environmental reviews required under a successful PEER lawsuit brought during the first Trump term challenging an... Read more »

Damn but we're tired of a racist, petty, what-about-me child in the White House. For solace: He's hopefully heading for the losingest fail of his long loser's life - and maybe a jail cell please? - and there are many, many people just as tired, with good shticks to match.... Read more »

Financial disclosures filed by Stephen Miller, a senior White House official, contain numerous inconsistencies between reported stock sales, share counts and disclosed family assets, according to a new investigation by Public Citizen. The discrepancies raise questions about the accuracy of the filings and the White House ethics office’s certification of... Read more »

350.org says oil companies cannot continue to reap the rewards of fossil fuels while households face rising energy bills and communities bear the costs of climate devastation.As communities across the world face devastating heat, droughts, wildfires and growing pressure on public services, US oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil are among... Read more »

Corporate political spending in the 2026 midterm elections has reached approximately $737 million, a 60 percent increase from what was spent on the 2024 presidential election, according to newly filed federal campaign finance data analyzed by Public Citizen. Spending this cycle accounts for 40 percent of the $1.8 billion corporations... Read more »

It’s no mystery that the fortunes of the very rich have soared under this administration, but the concentration of wealth in the hands of the very few is a hallmark of capitalism itself. Economist Rob Larson returns to discuss wealth and power in the United States, as well as the... Read more »

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the arrest of the Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci and his incarceration in a fascist prison. Jordan Camp argues that Gramsci’s writing on the so-called southern question was the kernel for an alternate tradition of anti-authoritarianism and anti-fascism, reformulated by thinkers like C.L.R... Read more »

The terrorizing and mass deportations of immigrants under the Trump administration may seem an unprecedented descent into an racist order where Constitutional protections no longer apply. But, as historian Kelly Lytle Hernández argues, from early on the U.S. immigration system was exempted from the guardrails of the Constitution. She illustrates... Read more »

While Trump’s brand of reactionary politics is crude and often incoherent, a group of intellectuals have sought to legitimize his authoritarianism in the service of the greater good. Historian Hannah Gurman describes the ideas and influence of postliberalism, promulgated through publications like Compact and counting J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio... Read more »

Over the last decade, employees in the tech industry defied stereotypes — opposing contracts with ICE and the US military, even organizing to bargain collectively. Their employers, led by Elon Musk, responded by laying them off en masse and moving further to the right. Tech organizers J.S. Tan and Clarissa... Read more »

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

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

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

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

2026 WIC Wuzhen Summit opens with focus on open-source AI... Read more »

Chinese opera singer finds his stage on Italy's streets... Read more »

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

Will California pass a Billionaire’s Tax?... Read more »

US midterm elections: Senate control could hinge on Texas... Read more »

US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday that the United States will mediate working-level talks between Russia and Ukraine on November 10 to 11 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).... Read more »

All 69 victims of last week's deadly high-speed train collision in Urda, central Spain, have been identified, while 29 injured people remain hospitalized, authorities said Monday.... Read more »

The United States will bring together delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Russia's conflict with Ukraine, post-conflict security agreements and de-escalation, US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday.... Read more »

China's top diplomat holds talks with Saudi national security advisor... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called for joint efforts to advance the building of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future, expressing China's support for Myanmar's political reconciliation, economic development and improvement of people's livelihoods.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called for advancing the building of a China-Laos community with a shared future, as the two countries mark the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow in Beijing, calling for stronger strategic communication and deeper mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.... Read more »

Voters are starting to cast their ballots in the United States' midterm elections as polls opened at 6 a.m. Eastern Time (1100 GMT) on Tuesday in several eastern US states, including Maine, New York and Virginia.... Read more »

Campaigning for South Africa’s local government elections officially ends at midnight on November 3, with voters set to go to the polls on Wednesday, November 4.... Read more »

The body of Liu Yandong, a former Chinese vice premier and state councilor, was cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. She died of illness in Beijing on October 28 at age 81.... Read more »

Senior Chinese official He Lifeng held talks with Nguyen Thanh Nghi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and secretary of the CPV Central Committee, in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

Russia will hold three-way peace talks with Ukraine ​and the United States ‌in Abu Dhabi from November 10 to 11, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Tuesday.... Read more »

Graphics: High-frequency terms from CPC self-governance resolution... Read more »

China's central bank to raise forex reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions... Read more »

Shanghai Disney Resort to open third themed hotel in December... Read more »

Never underestimate a robot dog!... Read more »

China's digital economy is picking up speed! From booming digital consumption to breakthroughs in technology and innovation, the momentum is building across the board.... Read more »

New high-speed railway bridge advances connectivity in northwest China... Read more »

In Kenya's lakeside city of Kisumu, Chinese-made machinery is helping local manufacturers improve efficiency, expand production and meet growing demand for packaging materials.... Read more »

AI reshapes the labor market and triggers worries about technological unemployment. Though AI displaces jobs, the reinstatement effect creates new work opportunities. Short‑term risks include skill mismatches and rising inequality without policy support. For China's large‑sized labor force, vocational training, better skill certification and emerging‑industry development help achieve high‑quality employment... Read more »

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fifth plenary session in Beijing from October 26 to 29, 2026, where it deliberated and adopted the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous... Read more »

70 years on, why global buyers keep coming back to Canton Fair... Read more »

Pandemic, war, economic crisis, the machinations of the ruling class, revolt—these are timely matters. To find a film echoing them is significant.... Read more »

Part two of a 10-part series on British historian Hakim Adi’s book on the Communist International and Africa examines how it erases Leon Trotsky’s role in founding the International and his theory of Permanent Revolution.... Read more »

Tom Barker, a teaching assistant and UNISON representative, was dismissed by Ash Field Academy special school in Leicester on September 29 after an 11-month suspension. His colleagues in UNISON will walk out on November 4 in their 16 day of strike action to demand the end of his victimisation.... Read more »

Delivered the night before the midterm elections, this lecture explains why the war against Iran, the AI bubble and the eruption of mass struggle across Europe pose the necessity of socialist revolution.... Read more »

Labor and the union bureaucracy have played the central role in creating the social crisis One Nation exploits and cultivating the reactionary political environment in which it has come to prominence.... Read more »

Workers describe depressed wages, exhausting workloads and years of temporary employment as faculty vote on strike action across the CSU system.... Read more »

We are publishing here the speech delivered by Johannes Stern at the presentation of the book “Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism?” at the Left Book Fair in Nuremberg.... Read more »

The Committee of Interns and Residents has dragged negotiations out for more than a year as workers grapple with the exorbitant cost of living.... Read more »

The SEG’s election meeting discussed the drive to world war, the assault on living standards and the necessity of building a revolutionary party of the working class in New Zealand.... Read more »

2026 WIC Wuzhen Summit opens with focus on open-source AI... Read more »

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China's top legislator Zhao Leji held talks with Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

China's top legislature began deliberating a draft law on combating cross-border corruption, which includes a provision on promoting the building of a fair and equitable global anti-corruption governance system.... Read more »

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman in Beijing on Monday.... Read more »

Shanghai Disney Resort to open third themed hotel in December... Read more »

China's top diplomat holds talks with Saudi national security advisor... Read more »

The CPC has translated its commitment to poverty reduction into targeted policies, nationwide coordination and sustained action, from the transformation of Shibadong Village to the national campaign against poverty. ... Read more »

Openness and connectivity, not isolation, remains the surest path to shared opportunity.... Read more »

A rule should mean what it says, or be changed in the open, never emptied out in silence. International relations theory points the same way.... Read more »

Discipline and full and rigorous Party self-governance are at the core of Party building, organization and readiness for a changing world.... Read more »

Democracy: a record high bill and counting.... Read more »

The upgraded China‑Switzerland FTA widens market access and adds digital trade and sustainability chapters.... Read more »

China's continuity‑oriented long‑term governance is contrasted with Britain's vote‑driven short‑term fiscal gestures, centering on integrity and Party education.... Read more »

Hong Kong's response to its fire tragedy reflects a broader understanding of people-centered governance.... Read more »

Tai Po Fire: HKSAR government responds with accountability and reform... Read more »

CGTN's Tian Wei speaks with David Lampton, former president of the National Committee on United States-China relations, on what this new dynamic means for both sides.... Read more »

China's first phoenix: a jade treasure from 4,000 years ago... Read more »

The 2026 International Copyright Forum opened on November 2 in Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Co-hosted by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), it carries the theme "Copyright and the Creative Industries in the Digital Era: Preserving Cultural Heritage and Empowering Global Creativity."... Read more »

Chinese opera singer finds his stage on Italy's streets... Read more »

Shanghai Disney Resort to open third themed hotel in December... Read more »

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As the global observance of 2026 World Cities Day opened in Fuzhou, Season 3 of "Urban Charm Record," co-produced by China Media Group and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, premiered on October 30.... Read more »

Against the scenic backdrop of snow-capped peaks and vibrant autumn colors, the ancient city of Kashi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has come alive with a rich lineup of traditional performances, drawing crowds of visitors and sparking fresh vitality in rural tourism.... Read more »

The sixth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival will open at Bay Opera of Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province on the evening of October 31.... Read more »

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How biosphere reserves help people and nature thrive together... Read more »

Yellow River runs clearer after decades of conservation... Read more »

2026 WIC Wuzhen Summit opens with focus on open-source AI... Read more »

New high-speed railway bridge advances connectivity in northwest China... Read more »

In Kenya's lakeside city of Kisumu, Chinese-made machinery is helping local manufacturers improve efficiency, expand production and meet growing demand for packaging materials.... Read more »

China's top legislature on Monday began deliberating a draft amendment to the Law on Renewable Energy that would strengthen the management of renewable energy development and construction.... Read more »

A total of 20 projects, including the "Jiuzhang 4.0" programmable photonic quantum computing prototype, won the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Leading Science and Technology Awards at a ceremony held on Monday in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province.... Read more »

2026 World Laureates Forum: Can AI become a research partner?... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the vision of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace during his address at the opening ceremony of the second World Internet Conference in 2015. For over a decade, Xi has championed this vision on multiple occasions.... Read more »

Letelier worked tirelessly to turn the 1976 assassination of her husband, Orlando Letelier, into a force for justice.  The post Remembering Isabel Letelier, Who Turned a Tragedy into a Global Movement for Human Rights appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

California voters are considering a one-time, 5 percent billionaire wealth tax. The billionaires spending big to oppose it have seen their wealth grow 64 percent. The post What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

By wide margin, U.S. voters want less jet setting for politicians, tech bros, billionaire vacationers and ICE. The post National survey: Voters support increased regulations on private jets appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Whoever forms Israel's next government is unlikely to significantly change course on Iran or Palestine, Phyllis Bennis warns. The post VIDEO: What Israel’s Fractured Election Results Mean for Gaza, Iran, and the U.S. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Words from La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicanas representatives Julio César Flores López and Adriana Barbosa Carranza at our 2026 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards The post ‘Long Live International Solidarity!’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Making it easier to build data centers and fossil fuel infrastructure benefits no one except Big Tech and Big Oil. A bipartisan group of Senators wants to do it anyway. The post ‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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

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

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

Letelier worked tirelessly to turn the 1976 assassination of her husband, Orlando Letelier, into a force for justice.  The post Remembering Isabel Letelier, Who Turned a Tragedy into a Global Movement for Human Rights appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

California voters are considering a one-time, 5 percent billionaire wealth tax. The billionaires spending big to oppose it have seen their wealth grow 64 percent. The post What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

By wide margin, U.S. voters want less jet setting for politicians, tech bros, billionaire vacationers and ICE. The post National survey: Voters support increased regulations on private jets appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Whoever forms Israel's next government is unlikely to significantly change course on Iran or Palestine, Phyllis Bennis warns. The post VIDEO: What Israel’s Fractured Election Results Mean for Gaza, Iran, and the U.S. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Words from La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicanas representatives Julio César Flores López and Adriana Barbosa Carranza at our 2026 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards The post ‘Long Live International Solidarity!’ appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Making it easier to build data centers and fossil fuel infrastructure benefits no one except Big Tech and Big Oil. A bipartisan group of Senators wants to do it anyway. The post ‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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

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

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

Berkeley Voters To Decide Whether To Initiate Public Bank With New Parcel Tax Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times,Voters in Berkeley, California, will decide in the coming election whether to start a public bank using a new parcel tax as seed money in order to create long-term investments... Read more »

Physical Oil Flips From Bidding War To Fire Sale As Gulf Barrels Flood Back For much of the past two months, the most important oil price in the world was the one nobody saw on TV.While ICE Brent futures chopped around in a range, the price of actual, deliverable barrels... Read more »

Expert Flags Crucial Mistake That May Have Doomed Florida Learjet The crucial mistake may have come before the Learjet began its fatal plunge: flying into dangerous weather instead of going around it, according to a veteran pilot interviewed by the New York Post.Justin Crabbe, a pilot and CEO of charter-booking... Read more »

BMW ADRs Tumble On Full-Year Outlook Cut, China Demand Woes Add BMW to the growing list of European automakers slashing forecasts due to softening demand, especially in China.BMW's ADRs fell 5% late in the US cash session after news that the struggling automaker slashed its full-year automotive profit outlook to... Read more »

Seven Toss-Ups, A Decoy Candidate, & A 1AM Finish: Your Election Night Survival Guide The House is done. Or at least the market thinks so.Going into tonight, Polymarket traders give Democrats a 96% chance of taking the House and 74% for the Senate, the highest Democratic Senate odds since the... Read more »

Houthis Launch Cross-Border Ground Raids On Saudi Territory Fresh reporting in Mideast regional outlets suggesst a major escalation in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. While drones and missiles have been launched on Saudi territory almost daily since September, a new report says that Houthi militants are actually conducting ground force... Read more »

"Laboratories Of Democracy": Five State Ballot Measures To Watch Today Authored by Jon Miltimore via The Daily Economy,On Tuesday night, millions of Americans will track election results to see which party controls Congress after the ballots are counted. Far less attention will be paid to state elections, including ballot initiatives... Read more »

Indian National Pleads Guilty In $227 Million COVID Test Scam, Bought Data From Pakistani Firm Syed Murtuza Kablazada, an Indian national living in Des Plaines, Illinois, pleaded guilty Friday to a Medicare fraud scheme that billed $227 million for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits nobody ordered, the Justice Department said. Prosecutors... Read more »

Iran Rejects Latest Draft Proposal To End War: US 'Must Act On 7 Conditions' To Reopen Hormuz SummaryIran Rejects US Draft Proposal: Tehran insists all seven conditions must be met before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.Negotiations Remain Uncertain: Reports of US-Iran concessions raised hopes of a breakthrough, but Iran indicates... Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) raised concerns Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to end military aid to Israel could be an Election Day political ploy, saying the move gave him “heartburn.”The revealing remarks came during CNN’s Election Day coverage when the Nebraska Republican was asked about Trump’s announcement that... Read more »

The Conservative Political Action Conference is hosting a gathering at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club this week, with ticket packages priced at up to $95,000. HuffPost reported the event could funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump from his wealthiest supporters, regardless of Tuesday’s election results.The so-called “Gathering of... Read more »

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pushed back against fellow Republican Ken Paxton’s chilling Election Day warning about left-wing violence, revealing that he himself has faced death threats from someone on the far right.The telling remarks came during CNN’s Election Day coverage Tuesday, as host Erin Burnett played a clip... Read more »

The ACLU of Iowa has won a preliminary injunction that clears the way for The Satanic Temple to stage a holiday event next month in the Iowa Capitol rotunda.In August, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the state in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa over... Read more »

“A lot of people don’t know ‘dumb’ has a ‘b’ in it, actually.”Donald Trump, September 9, 2026, trying to explain his new nickname "brand" for Democrats, the "Dumocrats" to a MAGA crowd.No, President Donald Trump, only extremely dumb people don't know that "dumb" has a "b" in it and, if... Read more »

A GOP political analyst sounded the alarm Tuesday morning just as voters started heading to the polls for the midterms, warning that their own election models were projecting a dire outcome for Republicans.“God all my models are already projecting doom. And it’s 8am,” reads a text message from the unnamed... Read more »

The Justice Department has sent letters to about 20 Democrats warning that they may be targets of its investigation into the recruitment of a candidate with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).The New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the move, that sending such notifications... Read more »

A former Trump administration official says a Democratic victory in Texas’ high-stakes Senate race could trigger an effort by President Donald Trump to overturn the results — potentially involving the FBI. Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff under Trump, outlined that scenario in an exclusive... Read more »

The New York Times drew a wave of condemnation after it dropped a romance columnist who reposted criticism of its handling of a rape allegation against President Donald Trump.Olivia Waite, who wrote the romance fiction column for the paper’s Book Review, gave her account to the romance site Smart Bitches,... Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) raised concerns Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to end military aid to Israel could be an Election Day political ploy, saying the move gave him “heartburn.”The revealing remarks came during CNN’s Election Day coverage when the Nebraska Republican was asked about Trump’s announcement that... Read more »

The Conservative Political Action Conference is hosting a gathering at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club this week, with ticket packages priced at up to $95,000. HuffPost reported the event could funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump from his wealthiest supporters, regardless of Tuesday’s election results.The so-called “Gathering of... Read more »

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pushed back against fellow Republican Ken Paxton’s chilling Election Day warning about left-wing violence, revealing that he himself has faced death threats from someone on the far right.The telling remarks came during CNN’s Election Day coverage Tuesday, as host Erin Burnett played a clip... Read more »

The ACLU of Iowa has won a preliminary injunction that clears the way for The Satanic Temple to stage a holiday event next month in the Iowa Capitol rotunda.In August, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the state in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa over... Read more »

“A lot of people don’t know ‘dumb’ has a ‘b’ in it, actually.”Donald Trump, September 9, 2026, trying to explain his new nickname "brand" for Democrats, the "Dumocrats" to a MAGA crowd.No, President Donald Trump, only extremely dumb people don't know that "dumb" has a "b" in it and, if... Read more »

A GOP political analyst sounded the alarm Tuesday morning just as voters started heading to the polls for the midterms, warning that their own election models were projecting a dire outcome for Republicans.“God all my models are already projecting doom. And it’s 8am,” reads a text message from the unnamed... Read more »

The Justice Department has sent letters to about 20 Democrats warning that they may be targets of its investigation into the recruitment of a candidate with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).The New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the move, that sending such notifications... Read more »

A former Trump administration official says a Democratic victory in Texas’ high-stakes Senate race could trigger an effort by President Donald Trump to overturn the results — potentially involving the FBI. Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff under Trump, outlined that scenario in an exclusive... Read more »

The New York Times drew a wave of condemnation after it dropped a romance columnist who reposted criticism of its handling of a rape allegation against President Donald Trump.Olivia Waite, who wrote the romance fiction column for the paper’s Book Review, gave her account to the romance site Smart Bitches,... Read more »

As fact-checkers, we watch a lot of ads in the lead-up to elections, and we only write about a fraction of them. Some of them are downright bizarre. As we first started doing 20 years ago -- just for fun -- on Election Day, we're giving out pretend awards to... Read more »

Over the course of this election, we've monitored key toss-up congressional races, fact-checking false claims and distortions of the facts on a host of topics. But some issues have loomed larger than others. The post Common Themes in the 2026 Midterms appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In Kansas’ tight Senate race, ads from Democratic and Republican outside groups are accusing the other party’s candidate of having protected pedophiles. In both cases, the attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence. The post In Kansas, Both Sides Twist the Facts in Accusations of Protecting Pedophiles appeared first... Read more »

One of the closing ads from Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race says that Crystal Mason received a five-year prison sentence for illegal voting "because of Ken Paxton’s crackdown on voters of color." But there's more to the story. The post Talarico Ad Omits Details of Crystal Mason’s... Read more »

In the Alaska Senate race, the candidacy of retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. — not the incumbent Republican senator, Dan S. Sullivan — has been the subject of months of legal wrangling. But the issue took on increased national prominence this past week. The post Explaining the Case of... Read more »

An ad airing in the New Hampshire Senate race tells viewers that Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is “out for himself,” using cherry-picked figures to falsely claim that his net worth has skyrocketed while in office. The post NH Ad Distorts the Facts in Claiming Pappas Grew Rich in Office appeared... Read more »

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has cast data centers as a “massive force to reduce the price of electricity” even as many midterm ads claim the opposite. Who is right? We explain the complexities. The post Data Centers and Electricity Prices: It’s Not as Simple as Voters May Think appeared first... Read more »

Q: Are voting machines changing Democratic votes to Republican votes? Several posts on Facebook are making that claim. A: There is no evidence that touchscreen voting machines are deliberately switching voter selections. Rather, elections experts and state election officials have said that reported issues of machines initially not recording votes... Read more »

Throughout October, President Donald Trump has traveled across the country, holding campaign rallies supporting Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms. In his remarks, he has made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims. The post FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Rallies appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

As fact-checkers, we watch a lot of ads in the lead-up to elections, and we only write about a fraction of them. Some of them are downright bizarre. As we first started doing 20 years ago -- just for fun -- on Election Day, we're giving out pretend awards to... Read more »

Over the course of this election, we've monitored key toss-up congressional races, fact-checking false claims and distortions of the facts on a host of topics. But some issues have loomed larger than others. The post Common Themes in the 2026 Midterms appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In Kansas’ tight Senate race, ads from Democratic and Republican outside groups are accusing the other party’s candidate of having protected pedophiles. In both cases, the attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence. The post In Kansas, Both Sides Twist the Facts in Accusations of Protecting Pedophiles appeared first... Read more »

One of the closing ads from Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race says that Crystal Mason received a five-year prison sentence for illegal voting "because of Ken Paxton’s crackdown on voters of color." But there's more to the story. The post Talarico Ad Omits Details of Crystal Mason’s... Read more »

In the Alaska Senate race, the candidacy of retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. — not the incumbent Republican senator, Dan S. Sullivan — has been the subject of months of legal wrangling. But the issue took on increased national prominence this past week. The post Explaining the Case of... Read more »

An ad airing in the New Hampshire Senate race tells viewers that Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is “out for himself,” using cherry-picked figures to falsely claim that his net worth has skyrocketed while in office. The post NH Ad Distorts the Facts in Claiming Pappas Grew Rich in Office appeared... Read more »

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has cast data centers as a “massive force to reduce the price of electricity” even as many midterm ads claim the opposite. Who is right? We explain the complexities. The post Data Centers and Electricity Prices: It’s Not as Simple as Voters May Think appeared first... Read more »

Q: Are voting machines changing Democratic votes to Republican votes? Several posts on Facebook are making that claim. A: There is no evidence that touchscreen voting machines are deliberately switching voter selections. Rather, elections experts and state election officials have said that reported issues of machines initially not recording votes... Read more »

Throughout October, President Donald Trump has traveled across the country, holding campaign rallies supporting Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms. In his remarks, he has made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims. The post FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Rallies appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Lalo Alcaraz Stop Elon Musk from purchasing the midterms. The post This Won’t Fly, but The Truth Can. VOTE! appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Dave Zirin As Fox News whips up anti-trans, anti-WNBA hysteria, the Valkyries’ win is a victory for the sane. The post The Valkyries’ WNBA Finals Win Was a Triumph Against Fox News Bile appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sarayu Bongale Despite Michigan being a battleground for one of the most contentious midterm races this cycle, I couldn’t help but feel a draw to my native Texas. The post I Am a UMich Student From Texas. Choosing Where to Vote Was Impossible. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols The former vice president reminds The Nation that, even if government is divided in DC, “a governor, as the chief executive of a state, can actually make things happen.” The post Kamala Harris Has Her Eye on Today’s Gubernatorial Races appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Bill de Blasio New York State’s governor and New York City’s mayor are illustrating how ideologically diverse Democrats can build winning coalitions. The post Hochul and Mamdani Teach Democrats a Vital Lesson in Party Unity appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh Flanagan opponent Michele Tafoya’s extreme and erratic stands on Operation Metro Surge may well cost her the Senate seat. The post Peggy Flanagan Makes Her Closing Argument Against Trump’s “Cruelty and Chaos” in the Minnesota Senate Race appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann At one of his final midterm rallies, the president showed just what a spent political force he has become—and what little grip on reality he still has. The post Donald Trump Has Lost It appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer Centrist, pro-Israel Democrats helped Stevens undermine Abdul El-Sayed for months. Now they are reaping the consequences. The post Haley Stevens’s Betrayal Is a Fiasco for the Democratic Establishment appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols The Minnesota representative tells The Nation that her targeting is “a deliberate attempt to distract the American people from the failures of this administration.” The post Ilhan Omar: “Trump Has an Unhealthy and Creepy Obsession With Me” appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ayalet Kroizer, a former member of the Israeli army spokesperson’s unit, pens an open letter about her experience as she joins Breaking the Silence... Read more »

The campaign comes a day after she announced she would be unfollowing every celebrity and leader who has not been vocal about the genocide in Gaza, while urging others to do the same.... Read more »

On November 2, 1917, the Balfour Declaration changed everything for Palestine. Newly unearthed archives reveal how Britain documented Zionist terrorism against Palestinians and questioned Zionist statehood claims during the Mandate era... Read more »

As the World Food Programme reduces food assistance in Gaza amid funding shortages, Palestinians describe worsening hunger, rising prices, and the dangers of facing another winter in damaged homes and deteriorating tents.... Read more »

Eisenkot's own words demonstrate that he is prepared to deepen the horror perpetrated by Netanyahu over the last three years in Gaza. Western media needs to be truthful about the direction Israel is taking.... Read more »

Israeli whistleblower reveals: IDF routinely lied to media ■ Hebron siege lifted after 10 days ■ Settler violence (of course) ■ Is Eisenkot an improvement over Netanyahu? ■ The closer you look, the worse Haley Stevens and Mike Rogers look ■ More... Read more »

Haley Stevens’s decision to endorse Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is presented as consistent with the pro-Israel donors and political spending that supported her campaign against Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic primary.... Read more »

Mike Rogers earned over $420,000 as a board member of The MITRE Corporation, which is coordinating Project Meridian, a controversial initiative helping plan the future of U.S. warfare in Iran and beyond.... Read more »

Sludge reports: "Starboard, which has collected thousands from Trump’s joint fundraising committee and runs a network of conservative news sites, registered as a foreign agent days before the midterms to run a $500,000 influence campaign for Israel."... Read more »

Ayalet Kroizer, a former member of the Israeli army spokesperson’s unit, pens an open letter about her experience as she joins Breaking the Silence... Read more »

The campaign comes a day after she announced she would be unfollowing every celebrity and leader who has not been vocal about the genocide in Gaza, while urging others to do the same.... Read more »

On November 2, 1917, the Balfour Declaration changed everything for Palestine. Newly unearthed archives reveal how Britain documented Zionist terrorism against Palestinians and questioned Zionist statehood claims during the Mandate era... Read more »

As the World Food Programme reduces food assistance in Gaza amid funding shortages, Palestinians describe worsening hunger, rising prices, and the dangers of facing another winter in damaged homes and deteriorating tents.... Read more »

Eisenkot's own words demonstrate that he is prepared to deepen the horror perpetrated by Netanyahu over the last three years in Gaza. Western media needs to be truthful about the direction Israel is taking.... Read more »

Israeli whistleblower reveals: IDF routinely lied to media ■ Hebron siege lifted after 10 days ■ Settler violence (of course) ■ Is Eisenkot an improvement over Netanyahu? ■ The closer you look, the worse Haley Stevens and Mike Rogers look ■ More... Read more »

Haley Stevens’s decision to endorse Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is presented as consistent with the pro-Israel donors and political spending that supported her campaign against Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic primary.... Read more »

Mike Rogers earned over $420,000 as a board member of The MITRE Corporation, which is coordinating Project Meridian, a controversial initiative helping plan the future of U.S. warfare in Iran and beyond.... Read more »

Sludge reports: "Starboard, which has collected thousands from Trump’s joint fundraising committee and runs a network of conservative news sites, registered as a foreign agent days before the midterms to run a $500,000 influence campaign for Israel."... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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