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

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

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

As the British state seeks to destroy Palestine Action, a new trial is underway in which a judge has threatened defendants with a ‘terrorism connection’ if they explain the motives behind their activism.  It is one of three such trials in which the government has muzzled defendants, blinded jurors and... Read more »

A family of Iranian legal permanent residents was abducted and confined to an ICE prison after US government-backed regime change activist Masih Alinejad campaigned for their deportation. The family committed no crime, and was only targeted by Alinejad for their bloodline. A family of Iranian legal permanent residents of the... Read more »

As the deadly Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon continues, the fabulously wealthy banker-turned-“philanthropist” Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives in Washington – and a fascist Christian goon squad in Beirut – dedicated to doing Israel’s dirty work. In late July, Lebanese daily L’Orient Today exposed... Read more »

US prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies almost entirely on intelligence from Israel which the defendant’s lawyers are unable to see, and an Israeli agent they can not identify. The US Department of Justice... Read more »

Israel is home to droves of international criminals accused or found guilty in a second country of various crimes. Among them is Tomás Zerón, accused mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of 43 Mexican students in Ayotzinapa. This article was originally published by ¡DoNotPanic! and features additional editing by The... Read more »

Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British government’s move to label the IRGC a terrorist entity as well as the UK’s adoption of the draconian National Security Act. The correspondence reviewed here offers extraordinary insight into how the... Read more »

The United States is confronting a severe strategic crisis characterized by critically depleted air defense munitions and newly confirmed, extensive damage to its military and intelligence facilities from precise Iranian strikes. This military vulnerability is exacerbated by escalating regional instability, including a collapsing ceasefire in Lebanon, ongoing conflict in Yemen,... Read more »

The U.S.’ designation of U.K.-based activist collective Palestine Action as a global terrorist group is part of a wider project, concocted by far-right pro-Israel strategist Sebastian Gorka, to criminalize left-wing or pro-Palestine dissent against Trump’s rule. MintPress exposes this plan.  The Man Behind It All The Trump administration announced Wednesday... Read more »

Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic offensive in a desperate attempt to pressure the Iranians to open to Strait of Hormuz. In the latest episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh... Read more »

From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces.  But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying... Read more »

Hezbollah have repelled another Israeli attempt to seize the strategic Ali al-Taher Hills in southern Lebanon as Iran issues a threat that it will not stand idly by and could soon escalate unless the US backs down over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Ansarrallah continue to advance on areas... Read more »

The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being... Read more »

Tehran has imposed a series of equations on the US-Israeli alliance, using covert and asymmetric warfare tactics, that may have just set in motion a series of regional shifts as Yemen’s Ansarallah led Armed Forces have continued to bombard strategic targets, in Yemen, controlled by Saudi proxy forces. In this... Read more »

Yemen’s Ansarallah led government’s forces have expanded their offensive in an attempt to retake strategic areas occupied by Saudi-proxy forces, resulting in clashes that have been erupting near Taiz, Marib. In the latest stream of the Target, Robert Inlakesh looks at how important the developments in Yemen are to the... Read more »

The campaign against Makke has also been led by The Jewish Chronicle, a stridently pro-Israel newspaper that refuses to disclose its ownership, even amid widespread speculation of foreign powers or agents controlling the outlet.  The post UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down... 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 »

Any aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »

Historian Ian Kershaw titled the two volumes of his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler, ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’. (Allen Lane, 1998 and 2000) Inevitably, it seems, great power comes with great hubris. For a brief, glorious →... Read more »

I was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history. As a child, the 17-year gap seemed a lifetime; as →... Read more »

Given the ‘mainstream’ structural filters that reflexively whitewash the crimes of ‘The Good Guys’ – ‘us’, by doctrinal fiat – we have often wondered how the great and the good of corporate politics and media →... Read more »

The cattle ranch at the center of the case demands strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.” The post FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept. The post The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI. The post AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

By elevating Kirk to a martyr and clamping down on free speech, the right assured that he would be ridiculed even in death. The post They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The DNA expert at Jeff Prible’s trial accuses then-prosecutor Kelly Siegler of using his testimony in an “inflammatory” way. The post A True-Crime Star’s Lurid Claims Sent a Man to Die. Her Key Witness Just Recanted. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The leftist Mexican president seeks to block Washington’s meddling with new citizenship requirements. Critics say it’s authoritarian. The post Claudia Sheinbaum Wants to Ban Dual Citizens From Office to Shield Mexico From Trump appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Rozina Ali on the rise of Islamophobia in America and the vague terrorism laws now being wielded against dissidents like the Prairieland protesters. The post 25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mayors and governors control many of Flock’s contracts for its AI-powered surveillance cameras. It’s donating to their associations. The post Flock Donations to Local Politicians’ Groups Skyrocket as Protests Against AI Cameras Mount appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Palantir created ELITE, a powerful new app for ICE to target immigrants. The feds never published a legally required privacy assessment for it. The post ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks 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 »

“Antisemitism” watchdog groups are flipping the fuck out about hip hop artist Macklemore saying “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran, and the western press are of course helping to spin this ridiculous nonsense as a massive scandal.... Read more »

The state of Israel should have a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer on its flag.... Read more »

My husband Tim did an on-camera reading of our latest piece “Liberal Zionists Are Evil Shitbags”. Let us know what you think. _________________ The best way to make sure you see everything I publish is to get on my free mailing list. My work is entirely reader-supported, so if you... Read more »

In a recent appearance at the Hampton Institute, Hillary Clinton stated that Benjamin Netanyahu’s “first and foremost” offense is the damage he has done to Israel and its reputation.... Read more »

I’m experimenting with whether it’s worthwhile to spend some extra effort turning my articles into well-made videos with actual clips and music and stuff. This is a video version of my article “For A Westerner, Opposing The Empire Is The Only Path To Dignity”. Let me know what you think:... Read more »

We have no control over the fact that right now we live in a society that is fueled by a system of imperialist extraction propped up by the barrel of a gun, but we can control our response to that reality.... Read more »

I decided to put in some extra effort and make a proper video for my reading of my poem about Gloria Steinem, with music and video accompaniment. Enjoy! _________________ The best way to make sure you see everything I publish is to get on my free mailing list. My work... Read more »

Reading by Caitlin Johnstone: CIA veteran Gloria Steinem has died.She helped Langley win the Cold Warwhile women remain blacksited and brokenraining teeth from bloody mouthslike the reds in Pinochet’s torture camps. In this CIA civilization womenslap name tags over baby vomit stainssmiling ear to ear for chortling customerswho shovel cheesecarbs into... Read more »

Today in dystopia, war pundits have begun suggesting that the US could recruit sufficient troops for a ground invasion of Iran by offering young Americans debt forgiveness in exchange for enlisting.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

Έχουμε μια επιτακτική ευθύνη. Το υπάρχον σύστημα γεννά τις κοινωνικές και οικολογικές κρίσεις του 21ου αιώνα. Όπου κοιτάξουμε, βλέπουμε την τραγική αντίφαση. Έχουμε αναπτύξει εκπληκτικές νέες τεχνολογίες και συλλογική ικανότητα να παράγουμε περισσότερα τρόφιμα, περισσότερα αγαθά απ’ όσα χρειαζόμαστε ή όσα μπορεί να αντέξει ο πλανήτης. Ταυτόχρονα, δισεκατομμύρια υποφέρουν από... Read more »

Some claim that the threats Europe is facing, especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, can create the momentum toward political union that the euro crisis and then the pandemic failed to generate. Right or wrong, one thing is clear: a functional defense union requires political union, and NATO’s existence is... Read more »

«Να πέσει ο Μητσοτάκης!», προσεύχεται η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία. «Πότε θα ενωθείτε να τον ρίξετε;», μας προκαλούν. «Γιατί περιχαρακώνεστε στο ξεπερασμένο σχήμα Αριστερά-Δεξιά;», μας ρωτούν. «Και τί κάνετε για την ενότητα της Αριστεράς;», απαιτούν να μάθουν οι πιο αριστεροί. Πρόκειται για ερωτήματα που λαμβάνουμε σοβαρά υπ’ όψιν στο ΜέΡΑ25 σε μια... Read more »

Britain’s broadband transformation is entering its most difficult phase. After years of investment by Openreach, Virgin Media O2, CityFibre and dozens of smaller network operators, full-fibre broadband is now available to 82% of UK homes. Gigabit-capable coverage, which also includes technologies other than fibre-to-the-premises, has reached 89%. Those are significant... Read more »

The daily commute into London has never fully recovered, and plenty of Essex workers are glad of it. Trains from Shenfield and Billericay still fill up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but for many the working week now splits between the office and home. That shift has exposed a problem. Kitchen... Read more »

The following is an open letter to the Green Party from the Canary management Dear Green Party, We are writing in relation to a draft motion which has been brought to our attention and which we understand may be intended for consideration at the forthcoming Green Party conference. We appreciate... Read more »

The Canary has faced sustained attacks from both the political right and left, alongside repeated attempts to undermine our organisation and restrict our ability to operate. This has resulted in the Guardian publishing allegations against us today (Friday 4 September). At the same time, Canary Media Limited has had another... Read more »

“Another literary festival, another cancellation”. These are the words of Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, after Cambridge University’s Newnham College Literary Festival cancelled her planned appearance to discuss her new book. Cancelled by the Cambridge Literary Festival Abdel-Fattah was scheduled to appear at the Cambridge Literary Festival to discuss... Read more »

In a previously unreleased Freedom of Information (FOI) response, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said it does not hold information about which companies, organisations or bodies are using the UK’s largest data centres nor the purposes for which they are used. The government plans to massively expand sites... Read more »

An increasingly paranoid Nigel Farage has been accused of talking up ‘conspiracy theories’. It came in a tense exchange with a BBC interviewer in which Farage complained everyone is out to get him: BBC's Chris Mason Accuses Nigel Farage Of Spouting 'Conspiracy Theories' In Tense Interviewhttps://t.co/UEdS3BcZ3E — Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧... Read more »

Law experts, family members and a British medic who worked in Gaza during Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians gathered in London on Thursday 3 September 2026. They came together to mark the launch of an appeal by four Palestine Action prisoners against the court’s “grotesque” decision to sentence them as... Read more »

The pro-Israel, so-called ‘Jewish Greens‘ group of the Green Party have followed their pro-genocide manoeuvres to block an anti-Zionism conference motion with an attack on the Canary. The group, which labelled the Greens’ Jewish party leader as ‘antisemitic’ for opposing genocide, successfully filibustered the “Zionism is Racism” motion tabled at... Read more »

On the cover: A 400-metric-ton reactor remains near the site where the GPO ammonia plant is being built. A peaceful protest encampment blocking the entrance to the site has halted construction due to irregularities in the megaproject and the lack... Read more... Read more »

Gabriel Mendoza Zárate* Introduction: The Clash of Two Political Ontologies We find ourselves today at a historic turning point where the debate centers not only on the viability of a highway infrastructure project, but also on the very persistence of... Read more... Read more »

Can evidence serve communities—and not only the courts? In this live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026), host Pooja Rangan is joined by media artist Sharon Daniel and... Read more... Read more »

Author: ziq Title: Generative AI Isn’t Your Friend Date: August 28, 2026 Source: https://raddle.me/wiki/generative_ai I’ve been seeing more and more people insist “AI is just a tool, capitalism is the problem”… OK. A tool for whom though? AI wasn’t invented... Read more... Read more »

We live in a world of surveillance states, militarized police, and crackdowns on dissent. Meanwhile, corporate behemoths will often ally with the state to shut down dissident speech or aid and abet surveillance.  In this context, it’s important for independent... Read more... Read more »

This article is presented as two imposed PDFs intended to be printed on A4 paper, resulting in an A5 saddle-stitched pamphlet. The first PDF is a double-sided cover intended to be printed in colour, the second double-sided inside pages intended... Read more... Read more »

Farrah Tomazin @ The Daily Beast: Trump Tells Jaw-Dropping Lie About Being ‘Rescued’ on 9/11 Donald Trump took his years of embellishing his role in the aftermath of 9/11 to another level Tuesday by suggesting firefighters pulled him from Ground... Read more... Read more »

Joshua Feuerstein tells women to stop supporting Lindsay Clancy if they don’t “want people to start rethinking the 19th Amendment.” Brian Sauvé declares that “feminism has not made women smarter, happier, or more successful”: “It has more or less made... Read more... Read more »

WE WENT TO THE CHARLIE KIRK PARODY DRAG SHOW AND ALL WE GOT WAS PSYCHEDELIC VISUALS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN September 8, 2026 by ABNER HÄUGE | HALEY ORION Part of a series: THE KIRKENING Share this article: The Metro Music... Read more... Read more »

Welcome to The Anarchist Library The Anarchist Library on torrent: Torrent link: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/torrent/tal.torrent Magnet link (text): https://theanarchistlibrary.org/torrent/tal.torrent more information at The Anarchist Library on torrent bookshelf page... Read more »

Author: ziqTitle: Generative AI Isn't Your FriendDate: August 28, 2026Source: https://raddle.me/wiki/generative_ai I've been seeing more and more people insist "AI is just a tool, capitalism is the problem"... OK. A tool for whom though? AI wasn't invented when capitalism went hunting for a "neutral" technology to misuse for evil. Capital... Read more »

Author: History Keeps HappeningTitle: Anarchists and Fellow Travellers on PalestineDate: September 2026Notes: An intro to a collection of articles.Source: Retrieved on September 3, 2026 from historykeepshappening.wordpress.com Historically speaking, anarchists have never had a unified stance on Palestine or Zionism. Even anarchists who shared an opposition to Zionism didn’t necessarily oppose... Read more »

Author: Rasmus HästbackaTitle: Sweden’s Employment Protection Act Is a JokeDate: September 2, 2026Notes: Translated from the Swedish union paper Arbetaren. The author is a member of the syndicalist union SAC.Source: Retrieved on September 3, from Znetwork Labor lawyer Rasmus Hästbacka writes about Sweden’s supposedly strong legal protection for workers. I... Read more »

Author: PUNKTitle: From Mosh Pits to ProtestsSubtitle: Investigating how the Punk Community Motivates Punks to Participate in Social Movements.Date: May 1, 2026 <center> <strong>From Mosh Pits to Protests:</strong> <strong>Investigating how the Punk Community Motivates Punks to Participate in Social Movements.</strong> PUNK (May 1, 2026) </center> <strong>Contents</strong> [[#_Toc228532953][Section 1: Introduction. 3]]... Read more »

Author: AsherTitle: What Queerness Means To MeDate: July 7, 2011Notes: retrieved via the internet archive from https://web.archive.org/web/20150228140452/http://www.tranarchism.com/2011/07/07/what-queerness-means-to-me/index.htmlSource: Retrieved on 28 Feb 2015 from http://www.tranarchism.com/2011/07/07/what-queerness-means-to-me/index.html I remember playing pretend games with my brother when he was really little. For a happy ending to one epic struggle of good versus evil, he... Read more »

Author: Deleuze & GuattariTitle: Anti-OedipusSubtitle: Capitalism and SchizophreniaDate: 1972 #pubdate 2021-07-31T14:41:32 #source Retrieved on July 31, 2021 from https://libcom.org/files/Anti-Oedipus.pdf Contents Preface by Michel Foucault Introduction by Mark Seem 1. The Desiring-Machines 1. Desiring-Production The schizo’s stroll • Nature and industry • The process • Desiring-machine, partial objects and flows: and... Read more »

Author: Deleuze & GuattariTitle: A Thousand PlateausSubtitle: Capitalism and SchizophreniaDate: 1987 ; Contents Translator’s Foreword: Pleasures of Philosophy by Brian Massumi Notes on the Translation and Acknowledgments Author’s Note 1. Introduction: Rhizome Root, radicle, and rhizome—Issues concerning books—The One and the Multiple—Tree and rhizome—The geographical directions, Orient, Occident, America—The misdeeds... Read more »

Author: 3D Action/HealthTitle: End the Healthcare Protection RacketSubtitle: A Call to Health Autonomy and LiberationDate: 2026 #source uploaded by authors Fundamental Questions To answer the question of why the December 4th execution of UHC CEO Brian Thompson happened seems easy. Denials, price gouging, and the health insurance industry at large.... Read more »

Remembering Ron Marsden (1937-2026)... Read more »

After the debate : Anarchism v. Socialism... Read more »

They Want Your Votes - We Want Your Action! / Anarchist Manifesto... Read more »

Anarchism in Cuba Revisited: History of a Libertarian Striving... Read more »

Revolutionary Counter-Terror: The Kovalevich Outrage [The Leontiev Lane Attack]... Read more »

Glossary of Some Organizations... Read more »

Ease up on the death notices : from the end of the working class to its reconstruction... Read more »

The Miller of Drone : A Comic Scots Ballad... Read more »

The Bailies of Bonnie Dundee... Read more »

The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it imposed sanctions on 36 targets linked to Iran’s aviation sector, including 27 airlines, accusing the sector of facilitating the movement of weapons, personnel and illicit cargo, Anadolu reports. The action, carried out under the Treasury’s “Operation Economic Outcast,” includes sanctions against Iran’s remaining... Read more »

Citing the existence of “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” Britain will impose a trade ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, the country’s foreign secretary announced Tuesday. In a statement to lawmakers in the House of Commons, Ed Miliband said today marks the “beginning of a new... Read more »

Israel’s opposition could secure a parliamentary majority if a new party led by Yoaz Hendel joins its bloc, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies would win just 47 seats, according to a new poll published Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The survey, conducted by the private Lazar Research Institute and published by Israeli... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that military pressure is not a solution to the conflict between the US and Iran, Anadolu reports. Wang made the remarks during a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Beijing, according to a Chinese Foreign... Read more »

A US MQ-1 drone was shot down by Iranian air defenses over the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday. The drone was detected and targeted by the Iranian army’s air defense units stationed in the country’s southeast while flying over the strategic waterway, Fars said. It... Read more »

During Israel’s genocide in Gaza, people around the world understood that diplomacy was not truly averse to the erasure of Palestinians. When Israel spoke openly of its plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians, it was granted weapons and diplomatic support. When forced transfer was revealed to be part of the... Read more »

At least 1,120 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan in the first six months of 2026, accounting for 80% of all civilian deaths documented by the UN human rights office during the period, a senior UN official said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,... Read more »

Eleven European countries plus Canada announced plans on Tuesday to introduce national restrictions on trade in goods with Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced, Anadolu reports. “Today, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Sweden confirm... Read more »

Turkiye’s parliament speaker voiced hope Tuesday that the Development Road Project linking Iraq with Turkiye would become fully operational as soon as possible, Anadolu reports. “I hope the Development Road Project will become an active, visible and fully implemented project with all its components as soon as possible,” Numan Kurtulmus told... Read more »

President Donald Trump and his recently appointed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Aitkins are proposing to rescind the pay-to-play rule. The rule prohibits investment advisers and their officers from making or soliciting campaign contributions above a small threshold to government officials responsible for awarding investment contracts to those... Read more »

Center for International Policy Executive Vice President Matt Duss issued the following statement in response to new measures announced by the United Kingdom and other US allies in response to Israeli settlement expansion:“Banning the import of settlement goods and sanctioning those who facilitate settlement expansion are welcome, if long overdue,... Read more »

After a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and record-breaking temperatures, new polling has revealed the UK public want Burnham’s government to take strong climate action to protect people in schools and hospitals. The More in Common polling, commissioned by investigative climate non-profit Global Witness, revealed high levels of concern about how... Read more »

An increase in civilian deaths and injuries caused by cluster munitions should trigger united action among the 124 countries that are members of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch said today on the release of the “Cluster Munition Monitor 2026” by the Cluster Munition Coalition. Human Rights Watch... Read more »

Deadly US-Israeli coalition attacks on densely populated areas of Tehran in March 2026, that killed and injured dozens of civilians, must urgently be independently and impartially investigated to determine whether they constitute war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. The organization is calling for accountability and... Read more »

The latest of thousands of innocent victims of inhuman ethnic cleansing carnage, Pierre Damas Bel was a 20-year-old Haitian honor student, soccer player, aspiring doctor and "beautiful soul" in Ohio who, overwhelmed by the shame of an ICE shackle and the fear of being sent back to his ravaged country,... Read more »

The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today proposed a rule that would strip Clean Water Act protections from the vast majority of the country’s wetlands and streams. The proposal would generally protect only waters that flow every day of the year and wetlands that are... Read more »

Today, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers announced a revised proposal that would gut bedrock Clean Water Act protections for nearly all wetlands and streams by drastically narrowing what waterways will be considered “Waters of the United States.” The proposal goes much farther than the initial... Read more »

Today’s jobs report shows the economy added 162,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%. Job gains averaged just 31,000 per month over the past year and labor force participation remains near recent lows at 61.6%. Today’s noisy report offers little guidance for policymakers navigating the... Read more »

UPDATE We got an expedited date to “reclaim” (appeal) against the suspension of the case, on 25 September. We shall also be reclaiming against the decision not to send the case straight to the Inner House. All parties seemed to agree there may just be time, if our appeal is... Read more »

Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined. German manufacturing... Read more »

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

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

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

Between ten and five years ago, specifically in the light of Brexit, it was not in the least unusual for Scottish Independence supporters to discuss a declaration of Independence as the way forward. Debate more often centred on who should make the declaration – the Scottish parliament or some form... Read more »

Unlike the USA, where it is obsessively watched, the UK has no political culture of scrutinising the political composition of its Supreme Court. This is a big mistake. The UK Supreme Court has been deliberately and openly, even ostentatiously, packed with hard-right judges selected on the specific criterion that they... Read more »

  The Scottish Government urgently needs a bold and radical approach to achieving Independence in spite of the firm London veto on a referendum. It is plain that there is no plan at present. The Scottish Parliament has a pro-Independence majority and government. This is how to achieve Independence consistent... Read more »

Social media is not conducive to nuance. In the interest of reach, cut and dried positions are more effective and binary moral judgement expected. This leads to over-simplification of complex issues, and to skipping over facts inconvenient to your chosen narrative. There are issues affecting two high-profile people where it... 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 »

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

Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators. The post Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

If you are interested in exploring participatory city budgeting with your students, or maybe you already do, request a copy of the new book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities by Celina Su. The post Reimagine Resource Distribution: Creating People’s Budgets appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

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

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

This workshop is a part of our national call to action to teach about voting rights in an age of authoritarianism, which includes a workshop series focused on voting rights, Reconstruction, constitutional struggles, student organizing, and the long movement to expand freedom in the United States.  The post “Who Gets... Read more »

The Zinn Education Project supports Teaching for Black Lives study groups each year. Apply to host a group. The post <i>Teaching for Black Lives</i> Study Groups appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

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

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 »

During Israel’s genocide in Gaza, people around the world understood that diplomacy was not truly averse to the erasure of Palestinians. When Israel spoke openly of its plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians, it was granted weapons and diplomatic support. When forced transfer was revealed to be part of the... Read more »

Lebanon’s electricity crisis is usually attributed to fuel shortages, financial collapse and institutional failure. All three explanations are valid, but they are incomplete. The deeper problem is that Lebanon remains an energy island in a region increasingly shaped by cross-border grids, gas corridors and flexible electricity markets. Lebanese households and... Read more »

The late Dr. Israel Shahak once related that during WWII when a collaborator at the Warsaw ghetto was eliminated, the jubilant inmates (himself included) danced with joy.[0]  Maybe the extreme situation didn’t permit the semblance of a legal process, but natural law ran its course. Now imagine if at that... Read more »

A proposal to sell the Suez Canal, in north-eastern Egypt, has sparked widespread concern among Egyptians, who are already deeply suspicious of the government’s accelerated sale of state assets, vital infrastructure and strategic ports to Gulf allies. The idea was put forward days ago by Hassan Heikal, an adviser to... Read more »

After a summer in which the dreams of dozens of the best and the brightest young people in Palestine seemed to be shattered by the Irish authorities, it was fitting that three survivors of the Gaza genocide managed to shame the Irish Government thanks to the brilliance of their artwork... Read more »

On a summer day in 1749, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was walking through the streets of Paris when he stumbled upon a question posted by the Academy of Dijon: Has the progress of the sciences and arts contributed to the purification and elevation of morals? It was meant as an intellectual competition,... Read more »

A few days ago, a very interesting article appeared in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. It was written by AJ Jaff, whose profile describes him as “a recognised expert in international security, crisis management, and geopolitical risk”. The “expert” began the article by acknowledging that the 6-month-long air war... Read more »

Cyprus presents one of the Eastern Mediterranean’s most striking energy contradictions. It possesses commercially promising offshore gas fields, yet its electricity system remains isolated from the European grid, dependent on imported fuels and increasingly unable to absorb all the solar power generated on the island. For Nicosia, therefore, the central... Read more »

When Iran launched salvoes of drones and missiles at American bases, the message was clear. Strikes hit facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates on September 3. Tehran wanted to signal that it retains complete dominance over the Persian Gulf. Yet behind these dramatic strikes lies a far... 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 »

Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more »

[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest devastating news about climate change to the revival of nuclear fears thanks to the war in Ukraine — is all too of the moment. This piece was adapted... Read more »

The force pushing humanity towards destructive wars and climate catastrophe is “very simple,” Noam Chomsky says. It’s “the word we’re not allowed to think about called: capitalism.” In this interview with The Breach’s publisher Dru Oja Jay, Chomsky explains why our current period of capitalism is particularly harsh. He also... Read more »

Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act... Read more »

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

First Amendment auditors and cop watchers with YouTube audiences ranging from thousands to more than a million subscribers say their channels have suddenly been demonetized.... Read more »

“There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” said Israel Katz.... Read more »

Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of the public.... Read more »

“They gave no reason, nothing... people have no job. No money to pay our bills. For 11 years, I made money for them. And now they’re not doing anything for me.”... Read more »

This is episode 13 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.... Read more »

Few countries in the world have fought disinformation as actively as Brazil. Now, the United States is pushing to roll it back in the name of US-style “free speech.”... Read more »

“It's like becoming an astronaut to say, ‘Oh, I'm going to go have Taylor Swift's career.’ It's absurd… What I want more than anything else, which we have a lot of, is freedom. We make enough money to get by, but we can do whatever we want.”... Read more »

"...We need our own people's archives. We need our own spaces where we not only celebrate and remember, but we tell accurate histories of resistance, of black liberation in particular, but not even limited to that, the experience of indigenous people, the experience of Latino people" says Dominque Conway.... Read more »

A W.R. Grace facility in Howard County, Maryland, passed permitting that area residents say shields it from accountability... Read more »

First Amendment auditors and cop watchers with YouTube audiences ranging from thousands to more than a million subscribers say their channels have suddenly been demonetized.... Read more »

“There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” said Israel Katz.... Read more »

Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of the public.... Read more »

“They gave no reason, nothing... people have no job. No money to pay our bills. For 11 years, I made money for them. And now they’re not doing anything for me.”... Read more »

This is episode 13 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.... Read more »

Few countries in the world have fought disinformation as actively as Brazil. Now, the United States is pushing to roll it back in the name of US-style “free speech.”... Read more »

“It's like becoming an astronaut to say, ‘Oh, I'm going to go have Taylor Swift's career.’ It's absurd… What I want more than anything else, which we have a lot of, is freedom. We make enough money to get by, but we can do whatever we want.”... Read more »

"...We need our own people's archives. We need our own spaces where we not only celebrate and remember, but we tell accurate histories of resistance, of black liberation in particular, but not even limited to that, the experience of indigenous people, the experience of Latino people" says Dominque Conway.... Read more »

A W.R. Grace facility in Howard County, Maryland, passed permitting that area residents say shields it from accountability... Read more »

Bob Hennelly, general manager of WBAI Pacifica Radio in New York, broadcast live during the September 11 attacks in 2001 and has been covering developments ever since. He says officials rushed to reopen the city after the disaster, despite the health risks from toxic air and debris around ground zero.... Read more »

We speak with Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, about how flight attendants were affected by the 9/11 attacks. Nelson was working in Chicago that day, but she lost five of her friends, who were fellow flight attendants, in the attacks. “My handbook is in... Read more »

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, many New York City residents are still grappling with complicated health conditions related to exposure to the toxic air and debris around ground zero. “We were digging through the pile and using rakes to spread out all the debris to look for anyone’s remains,”... Read more »

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, more people are believed to have died from cancer, respiratory and other illnesses due to exposure to the airborne toxins than the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. In the weeks and months that followed 9/11, former New... Read more »

Houthi Forces from Yemen Strike Saudi Cities and Energy Sites, Injuring Over 70 People, U.S. Gov’t Investigators Administer Polygraph Exams to 50 People on the Military’s Joint Staff, Israeli Strikes Kill 11 People in Southern Lebanon, Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes on the Gaza Strip, Killing Two Children, Palestinian Teenager... Read more »

A special broadcast: Highlights from Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration at the historic Riverside Church, featuring Angela Davis, Patti Smith, Mosab Abu Toha, Michael Stipe, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Amy Goodman, Juan González, Nermeen Shaikh and a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen.... Read more »

A new documentary titled Top of the World tells the story of Windows on the World, the legendary restaurant atop the World Trade Center, through the eyes of its former employees. Windows on the World served guests for 25 years, until the morning of September 11, 2001, when it was... Read more »

We go to Danbury, Connecticut, where residents held a mass demonstration this week to protest recent immigration arrests and to support the city’s immigrant community. Danbury, like many other communities across the United States, has been the target of a spike in immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, including local... Read more »

Tyson Foods, the United States’ largest meatpacking and processing company, shuttered a beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois, last month, laying off more than 2,500 primarily immigrant workers “virtually overnight.” Although Tyson Foods CEO and President Donnie King made over $34 million last year, nearly 800 times more than the... Read more »

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

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260828.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New Republic (8/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate news media obscure it, almost like it’s their job, but we still understand that laws and policies land on differently situated people differently. I can believe that there are millionaire... Read more »

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

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

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

  60 Minutes announced a batch of new hires to replace a number of staffers fired by CBS network commissar Bari Weiss, with the most prominent addition being longtime conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (Washington Post, 7/28/26). 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton—brought in by Weiss from Vanity... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260731.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   NPR (7/16/26) This week on CounterSpin: “In Primetime Speech, Trump Doesn’t Provide Evidence for Illegal Voting” was the temperate headline NPR put on a story about Trump’s recent East Room speech that, they allowed, “included many baseless claims”... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260724.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Nine of the Prairieland protesters received sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years; one received a 30-year sentence for moving a box of zines. (Photo: DFW Support Committee) This week on CounterSpin: Are you upset about ICE agents... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260717.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Maine Monitor (7/15/26) This week on CounterSpin: Protests are ongoing in southern Maine, where Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was killed by an ICE agent on July 13. The Maine Monitor says folks are “expressing rage, fear and questions... Read more »

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Where was Donald Trump on 9/11? Getting pulled from Ground Zero by firefighters, he seemed to claim on Tuesday. Nup. “We thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big strong guys… they grabbed me under the arms, said, ‘got to get out of here!’ and... 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. What made Gloria Steinem so... Read more »

This summer, the Trump administration celebrated the country’s 250th anniversary with a series of splashy events that it insisted were nonpartisan. Tens of thousands of Americans signed up online to grab free tickets for gatherings like the Great American State Fair, the July 4 fireworks show in Washington, and the... Read more »

Jennifer Sey had been waiting for an athlete like Sophie Cunningham. Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics, a sportswear startup that openly calls transgender people’s identity a “lie,” has spent the last two and a half years stoking the flames of the national panic over trans athletes. A former marketing... Read more »

It’s the day after Labor Day, and it’s not a great day to be a worker. New data released this month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the share of economic growth that translates to worker compensation is now at the lowest level ever recorded. Now, 52.8 percent... Read more »

Since 2020, President Donald Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to “protect” polling places—hints that have come more frequently as Trump’s approval ratings crater and the midterms draw closer. In mid-May, Trump made a Mob-boss-like threat: “I would do anything necessary to make... Read more »

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found. Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network, found there to be an estimated 402... Read more »

Sen. John Fetterman responded angrily this weekend to a recent Wall Street Journal report, which quoted former staffers and the senator’s own alleged text messages to demonstrate his waning interest in performing basic job duties. The Pennsylvania Democrat, per the report, declined to meet with constituents, balked at attending a... Read more »

Republican politicians are heading to Texas next week—some of them, anyway. At Donald Trump’s behest, the party is holding a special midterm convention in Dallas to celebrate what the president calls “our Tremendous Victories and Success.” On Saturday, he once again hyped the event, writing on Truth Social: “The Greatest... Read more »

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

A new book, The Road to Medicare for All, will be released on September 4. The book provides a roadmap for making health care a right in the United States while offering arguments against scare tactics and fear mongering. The post The Road to Medicare for All appeared first on... Read more »

A report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University, “Lethal Precision Without Accountability: Israeli Government ‘Quadcopter’ Use in Gaza,” does a deep dive into the use of soldier-operated ‘quadcopter’ drones that facilitate close-range attacks on civilians, including children. These drones are small, relatively inexpensive, easy to use, and... Read more »

Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s new book, Israel’… The post Israel and Its Lobby ‘Gone Rogue’ appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The fight over federal food aid continued last week as the Senate farm bill got stuck over Supplemental Assistance Program (SNAP) cost-sharing requirements. Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ proposed one-year delay in state cost-sharing requirements for SNAP. This is after HR1 cut SNAP spending by roughly $187 billion in 2025 and... Read more »

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania has signed an executive order directing the Department of Environmental Protection to limit new data center projects. He directed the department to only review permit applications for data centers if developers have made a commitment to meeting Responsible Infrastructure Development Requirements and have received local... Read more »

In an article for FAIR, Raina Lipsitz assesses how corporate media outlets have depicted DSA organizing as a sinister conspiracy. The post Much Media Coverage Gets DSA Organizing Wrong appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The U.S. State Department has shamelessly published a video celebrating U.S. ‘dominance’ of the Western Hemisphere under the banner of the Monroe Doctrine, complete with falsified history and grotesque omissions. The post Assessing the State Department’s Claims About the Monroe Doctrine appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

One resolution puts the DNC on record that it “urges Democratic members of Congress to craft legislation abolishing ICE and enacting immigration reform that provides pathways to citizenship, protects workers, and ensures dignity for all impacted people.” The resolution also “urges Democratic members of Congress to pursue civil and criminal... 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 »

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi... Read more »

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

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

Steady temperatures are the preserve of the rich. The billionaire press wants everyone else to suffer. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 1st July 2026 Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you... Read more »

It’s real, and it’s the exact opposite of what the far right says it is. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June 2026 “If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, asked last week, “how else... Read more »

The policies of both Reform UK and the Conservatives would destroy a million jobs. In return, they offer imaginary employment in a fantasy industry. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th June 2026 Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that... Read more »

The highly lucrative trade in children in care reveals another level of cynicism altogether. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th June 2026 Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They’re handing out money faster than you can stuff it in a sack. All you need do... Read more »

How to alienate people from the green transition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th May 2026 We will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best and we will force you to comply. This, I’m sorry to say, is how the government’s climate... Read more »

Why is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign. He justified his enthusiasm as follows:... Read more »

Why are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »

Radical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »

President Donald Trump's Transportation Secretary was embarrassed on Tuesday for claiming one of America's largest automobile companies manufactures its batteries in China, only to be informed that this statement ignores that Michigan is in the United States."[Sean] Duffy went on to highlight Ford’s dependence on licensed technology from Chinese battery... Read more »

Conservative pundit and radio host Scott Jennings got shaved by a fellow conservative Tuesday nightTuesday night after struggling to answer for President Donald Trump’s attacks on Democrats at a 9-11 memorial speech.On Tuesday, while delivering remarks at a 9-11 memorial at the White House, President Donald Trump took advantage of... Read more »

American television host and conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp had an unexpected response to news that President Donald Trump spends an exorbitant amount of time on the golf course rather than manning the White House.Forbes reported this week that Trump is spending nearly 30 percent of his second term chasing... Read more »

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, who famously helped Bill Clinton win the 1992 presidential election, has previously predicted that President Donald Trump will lose in the 2026 midterm elections because of his unpopular war against Iran and similarly unpopular economic policies.Now Carville is arguing that, when Democrats retake one or... Read more »

CNN anchor John King reports that people who voted for President Donald Trump appear to be souring on his economy in this red Colorado district.Colorado’s 8th Congressional district swung hard Republican in 2024 largely because of the district’s 40 percent Latino populace, which Trump won over with sweet talk on... Read more »

President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war and war of words against Canada, one of America's closest allies, has already started alienating many of his supporters. Despite this, Trump continues to double down on his belligerent posture toward Canada — and, in response, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is comparing Trump's... Read more »

President Donald Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch in his own honor that would eclipse the historic view that exists at Arlington Cemetery, where more than 400,000 of America's veterans are buried. Now that Vietnam War veterans are suing the White House over his latest self-honoring construction project,... Read more »

“Star Trek” began as a television series but grew into a cultural phenomenon.When it premiered in 1966, no one could have predicted that it would lead to more than a dozen spinoff shows, more than a dozen movies and one of the most enduring fandoms in popular culture.“Star Trek” is... Read more »

When it comes to picking between a multi-billion-dollar company and the customers whose credit scores its wrongly ravaged, President Donald Trump appears to be choosing the company.Russell Vought, Trump’s head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spent his first 18 months “trying to dismantle the bureau,” reports Fulcrum writer Andy... Read more »

Reprinted from The Realist Review. Washington is more united than is often thought. Despite the ruptures with an imagined past that have been said to have been caused by the chaos agent in the White House, the foreign policy consensus (underwritten by the national religion of American exceptionalism) has shown... Read more »

A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During the first seven years after that mass atrocity, Pentagon spending doubled. The aftermath of 9/11 was also a huge boost for “the intelligence community.” Despite – and because... Read more »

The Trump administration sent Congress its civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. Asked what the deal permits, the president wrote: There will be no enrichment of material. His own Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, has said the opposite. The agreement gives Riyadh a pathway to enrich uranium on its own... Read more »

The death of Palestinian artist Sliman Anis Mansour stirred powerful memories. He passed away at Al-Makassed Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem on August 24, at the age of 79, bringing to a close a legacy that cannot truly be described, but only experienced. His life almost exactly spanned the age... Read more »

The jury took just two hours. Tony Greenstein – Jewish socialist, anti-Zionist – had faced fourteen years under the Terrorism Act for three social media posts and a blog article opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The Crown called it “inviting support for Hamas.” The jury called it something else. Section... Read more »

American bombs are now falling on Tehran, and while Donald Trump ultimately pulled the trigger, administrations before him—Republican and Democrat alike—constructed the gun, and even loaded it. In 1995, US president Bill Clinton issued executive orders banning US investment tied to Iran’s petroleum sector and, soon after, most US trade... Read more »

While many mainstream commentators blanch at the characterization of the United States as an empire, the hard data show that it is today impossible to seriously dispute. The U.S. military operates between 750 and 800 bases around the world, located in around 80 foreign countries and territories. Because there is... Read more »

There is a point in the decline of republics when the problem is no longer that government breaks its own laws. Governments will always behave unlawfully. The deeper problem comes when the constitutional machinery designed to prevent those acts stops functioning — when spending becomes detached from arithmetic, presidential power... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. A final deal between the United States and Iran is slipping further out of reach. Since the Memorandum of Understanding collapsed in July, the prospects for reviving it have deteriorated by the day. While Tehran publicly demands a return to the MOU, Trump’s... Read more »

The small self-proclaimed state of Somaliland is aiming to become a regional player: it is now an ally of Israel and has commercial and security agreements in the Gulf. Now it's hoping for US support. - 2026/09 / article, 2026/09 Somaliland... Read more »

The dollar gives America huge power, but the international monetary system built around it is sliding into chaos, as recent US support for the yen shows. Yet replacing the dollar brings risks of its own. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

The US left is making gains. With elections looming and his ratings tanking, Trump has revived the old communist spectre – and recast the left as a terrorist threat. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

Emmanuel Macron leaves the Élysée in eight months. And, in keeping with the political journalism tradition whereby last-minute criticism apparently makes up for a decade of deference, the brickbats are coming thick and fast. The Economist, having once regarded him as the ‘saviour of Europe', now mocks a ‘lame duck'... Read more »

- Africa / Map, 2026/09 Somaliland... Read more »

Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to ‘change the face of the Middle East'. But the war with Iran has created a situation that no single power can control. - 2026/09 / article... Read more »

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany has broken with its postwar military restraint: it is rearming at speed and has set its sights on becoming NATO's leading European power, with US blessing. - 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany... Read more »

Germany wants to build ‘the strongest conventional army in Europe'. And the country's defence giant Rheinmetall is expanding into new sectors, from shipbuilding to space, to supply what it needs. - 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany... Read more »

As its postwar industrial export model fades, Germany is turning to rearmament to jump-start growth. This controversial strategy risks alienating neighbours and a younger generation that rejects any return to military service. - 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany... Read more »

Stopping trade with Israeli settlements but leaving the military relationship intact could see Labour lose ground to the Greens The post Do Andy Burnham’s sanctions on Israel go far enough? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

New details emerge about extreme measures used by British soldiers to support a Gulf autocrat The post When Britain used torture to control the Strait of Hormuz appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

That’s the unwritten rule for Britain’s media The post It’s OK to fight for a foreign army (as long as they’re our friends) appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

College of Policing held over a dozen trainings for police from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, designated by the Foreign Office as countries of concern The post UK police trained officers in states flagged over human rights appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

The British military undertook “intensive military cooperation" with Russia while it was killing civilians in Chechnya in 1995, declassified files show The post When the UK trained the Russian army — and a Russian spy appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Judge rules that damage caused during protest at bank branch not enough to merit terrorism sentencing The post ‘BarclayS 5’ Palestine activists will not be tried as terrorists appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Labour MP Dave Nellist was monitored by Britain’s political police, but evidence was shredded before an inquiry got to the truth The post Why did Special Branch keep files on a socialist politician? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

After 37 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach verdicts on most of the charges The post Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action ‘organisers’ for Israeli arms factory raid appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

If the prime minister wants to ‘rewire’ Whitehall, then holding MI5 accountable could be his toughest test The post Can Andy Burnham make MI5 respect the Hillsborough Law? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Thai authorities said on Wednesday they are investigating a Bangkok clinic where a Nigerian-born British businessman and influencer underwent a penis enlargement procedure that led to his death. A coroner in London last month ruled that the March 6 death of Igho Ubiribo, 43, in the Thai capital was caused... Read more »

Pharmaceutical companies have embraced artificial intelligence in drug research almost universally, yet few company executives expect AI to actually make drugs succeed, according to a Citi survey released on Tuesday. “The biggest risk to the AI-powered drug discovery thesis is not that AI fails to accelerate discovery,” said John Yung,... Read more »

An elderly Chinese couple reported their granddaughter to the police after she took 20,000 yuan (US$3,000) and a gold bracelet from their home without permission, igniting intense discussions online. The woman, identified by her surname Chen and hailing from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, received a six-month jail sentence... Read more »

Former Malaysian pilgrimage fund chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to abusing his position to secure a lucrative corporate post and influence a 193.5 million ringgit (US$47.5 million) investment by the fund. Azeez, 60, a veteran Umno Supreme Council member, is the highest-profile politician to be... Read more »

Former Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai, who resigned after an alleged drink-driving incident, has been given two months to consider his plea on four traffic offences. Wong, 66, was not required to enter a plea during his first appearance at Sha Tin Court on Wednesday. Defence lawyer Paul Tse... Read more »

China’s biotechnology market has “significantly” driven up the demand for primate experimental models as the market recovers, tightening the supply of laboratory monkeys, according to a leading biotech firm. The continued recovery of fundraising and out-licensing deals in innovative drugs in China this year has led to significant growth in... Read more »

US President Donald Trump has condemned Australia’s recent moves to clamp down on social media – predominantly run by American tech companies – as “a form of extortion”, hinting at more threats to come. “President Trump has unequivocally warned trading partners against imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms... Read more »

Hong Kong will continue to serve as a gateway linking belt and road economies with mainland China and global markets, the chief executive has said, underscoring the city’s role in bringing together capital, talent and businesses to advance the national initiative. Speaking at the opening of the annual Belt and... Read more »

The first two F-16 Block 70 fighters bought by Taipei from the United States have yet to reach Taiwan, after spending more than two weeks in Hawaii for reasons that remain unclear. The aircraft, which were expected to arrive at Taiwan’s Chihhang Air Base in late August, were spotted preparing... Read more »

The first two F-16 Block 70 fighters bought by Taipei from the United States have yet to reach Taiwan, after spending more than two weeks in Hawaii for reasons that remain unclear. The aircraft, which were expected to arrive at Taiwan’s Chihhang Air Base in late August, were spotted preparing... Read more »

When you are denied a pay rise, when you feel anxious about your children’s education, or when you are alienated by colleagues, Chairman Mao can help. At least, that is what China’s online influencers and their hundreds of thousands of followers believe. Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the death... Read more »

Taiwan’s opposition and tour operators have hit back at new registration rules for travellers heading to mainland China, with politicians accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of trying to fan cross-strait fears ahead of local elections. Since September 1, travellers to the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau have been required... Read more »

China’s top court has issued new guidance on how judges should handle civil cases involving artificial intelligence, setting out rules on liability for deepfakes, voice cloning, hallucinations and violations of personal rights. Although Beijing has yet to pass a dedicated AI law, the guidelines expand the country’s legal framework governing... Read more »

China’s top police officer has pledged deeper cooperation with his Central Asian counterparts to crack down on terrorism, separatism and extremism, while strengthening measures to protect Belt and Road Initiative investments. Presiding over an informal meeting of the China-Central Asia Public Security and Interior Ministers’ mechanism in Beijing, Chinese Public... Read more »

“I do not want to stop [searching]. If I pause, I start thinking about my brothers and sisters and all the moments of my life here.” Gui Xinwei, deputy chief of the Gyirong Border Inspection Station, was speaking to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV from the ruins of his workplace, seven... Read more »

Calls to reduce English’s status as a core subject in China’s education system have resurfaced after an internet-famous maths teacher urged the country to end “worshipping foreign things”. The controversy has revived a long-running debate over the role of English in Chinese schools. The argument came to life again after... Read more »

A television drama produced by Beijing’s top counter-espionage agency has put the spotlight on real-life cases in the high-stakes intelligence battle between mainland China and Taiwan. Over the past decade, mainland Chinese spy dramas have rarely touched on contemporary espionage across the Taiwan Strait but on Sunday state broadcaster CCTV... Read more »

Radically rewriting world and Chinese history without solid proof could threaten China’s international image and national identity, a leading Communist Party journal has warned. There has been a growing trend to promote a less Western-centric view of history in recent years, while Beijing has also been keen to promote the... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »

The cattle ranch at the center of the case demands strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.” The post FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept. The post The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI. The post AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

By elevating Kirk to a martyr and clamping down on free speech, the right assured that he would be ridiculed even in death. The post They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The DNA expert at Jeff Prible’s trial accuses then-prosecutor Kelly Siegler of using his testimony in an “inflammatory” way. The post A True-Crime Star’s Lurid Claims Sent a Man to Die. Her Key Witness Just Recanted. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The leftist Mexican president seeks to block Washington’s meddling with new citizenship requirements. Critics say it’s authoritarian. The post Claudia Sheinbaum Wants to Ban Dual Citizens From Office to Shield Mexico From Trump appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Rozina Ali on the rise of Islamophobia in America and the vague terrorism laws now being wielded against dissidents like the Prairieland protesters. The post 25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Mayors and governors control many of Flock’s contracts for its AI-powered surveillance cameras. It’s donating to their associations. The post Flock Donations to Local Politicians’ Groups Skyrocket as Protests Against AI Cameras Mount appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Palantir created ELITE, a powerful new app for ICE to target immigrants. The feds never published a legally required privacy assessment for it. The post ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Tradwife influencers underscore the inevitability of feminist equity.... Read more »

The war has decimated Gaza’s agricultural sector and damaged most of its farmland.... Read more »

Every billionaire-owned media outlet is a profound threat to our democracy.... Read more »

We cannot extract our way to a better future. Sharing and caring for the Earth is the only sane and healthy path forward.... Read more »

In Gaza, gravediggers are constantly preparing for the next burial.... Read more »

Modern day unsolved deaths bear the hallmarks of nineteenth and twentieth century lynchings.... Read more »

As dangerous trends continue to intensify, we need his voice more than ever.... Read more »

The great poet, essayist, and fiction writer had a habit of repeating himself—but only because what he had to say was so important.... Read more »

The legendary poet, farmer, and philosopher had vital lessons on transforming modern isolation.... Read more »

President Donald Trump and his recently appointed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Aitkins are proposing to rescind the pay-to-play rule. The rule prohibits investment advisers and their officers from making or soliciting campaign contributions above a small threshold to government officials responsible for awarding investment contracts to those... Read more »

Center for International Policy Executive Vice President Matt Duss issued the following statement in response to new measures announced by the United Kingdom and other US allies in response to Israeli settlement expansion:“Banning the import of settlement goods and sanctioning those who facilitate settlement expansion are welcome, if long overdue,... Read more »

After a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and record-breaking temperatures, new polling has revealed the UK public want Burnham’s government to take strong climate action to protect people in schools and hospitals. The More in Common polling, commissioned by investigative climate non-profit Global Witness, revealed high levels of concern about how... Read more »

An increase in civilian deaths and injuries caused by cluster munitions should trigger united action among the 124 countries that are members of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch said today on the release of the “Cluster Munition Monitor 2026” by the Cluster Munition Coalition. Human Rights Watch... Read more »

Deadly US-Israeli coalition attacks on densely populated areas of Tehran in March 2026, that killed and injured dozens of civilians, must urgently be independently and impartially investigated to determine whether they constitute war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. The organization is calling for accountability and... Read more »

The latest of thousands of innocent victims of inhuman ethnic cleansing carnage, Pierre Damas Bel was a 20-year-old Haitian honor student, soccer player, aspiring doctor and "beautiful soul" in Ohio who, overwhelmed by the shame of an ICE shackle and the fear of being sent back to his ravaged country,... Read more »

The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today proposed a rule that would strip Clean Water Act protections from the vast majority of the country’s wetlands and streams. The proposal would generally protect only waters that flow every day of the year and wetlands that are... Read more »

Today, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers announced a revised proposal that would gut bedrock Clean Water Act protections for nearly all wetlands and streams by drastically narrowing what waterways will be considered “Waters of the United States.” The proposal goes much farther than the initial... Read more »

Today’s jobs report shows the economy added 162,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%. Job gains averaged just 31,000 per month over the past year and labor force participation remains near recent lows at 61.6%. Today’s noisy report offers little guidance for policymakers navigating the... Read more »

When we think of world makers, we’re unlikely to picture a flower. Yet flowers completely transformed our planet, giving us rain forests, altering coastlines, producing the food we eat, and enticing our pre-human ancestors to climb down from the trees. And they did that partially through reshaping the formerly adversarial... Read more »

The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the official union movement, propelled such efforts. He discusses the black labor movement’s divisions, including in the face of the... Read more »

Jessica Mitford revived muckraking journalism in the United States, shaping generations of investigative writers who followed her. She also lived a committed life on the left, despite her ultra-reactionary English upper class origins. Carla Kaplan argues that Mitford is woman for our times. Carla Kaplan, Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life... Read more »

Big Tech’s owners see themselves as visionaries — as singularly capable of understanding and shaping the future — in contrast to the rest of us. Adrian Daub explores the worldview of Silicon Valley’s owners. Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Governing Stanford University Press, 2026 Photo by Igor Shalyminov on Unsplash... Read more »

After a century of drug prohibition, during which the use of many illicit drugs increased, states and countries are moving to decriminalize the usage of certain psychoactive substances. As corporations rush to profit, legal scholar Kojo Koram argues for the legalization of drugs without commercial gain. Kojo Koram, The Next... Read more »

Recessions, trade wars, labor unrest — in moments of societal crisis in the United States, Asian-Americans have been perennially targeted, from the destruction of Chinatowns by white mobs, to the mass internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2, to attacks against Asians during Covid. Historian Scott Kurashige reflects on more than 175... Read more »

Capitalism has transformed the world like no other force, which historian Sven Beckert calls a fundamental break in human history. Beckert traces the emergence and expansion of capitalism, arguing that we can best understand the present by coming to terms with its past. (Full-length presentation.) Sven Beckert, Capitalism: A Global... Read more »

The Trump administration has justified the mass incarceration and deportation of immigrants by asserting that it’s going after the most violent offenders. Scholars of law and punishment, Keramet Reiter and Joshua Page, delve into the designation of the worst of the worse — from Three Strikes laws to longterm solitary... Read more »

For as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We’ve also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Environmental historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future. And forest activist and writer Greg King discusses the decimation... Read more »

China will continue to actively expand voluntary opening-up and take more concrete measures to facilitate international investment in China, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said on Tuesday.... Read more »

Xi extends congratulations over DPRK's 78th founding anniversary... Read more »

US modifies scope of Canadian products subject to additional duties... Read more »

UK bans trade with Israeli settlements... Read more »

At one of the busiest airports in the United States, investigators are now trying to determine what caused an Amazon cargo plane to crash at Miami International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 6, an accident that killed five people and injured others on the ground.... Read more »

The escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute is putting growing pressure on businesses on both sides of the border, particularly in closely integrated industries such as automobiles, steel and manufacturing.... Read more »

US expands third country deportations... Read more »

Mexico targets more Chinese tourists... Read more »

Chinese batteries power Mexico’s energy transition... Read more »

Wang Yi discusses situation in the Middle East with Qatari PM... Read more »

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, died in Zanzibar while being treated for a heart condition.... Read more »

Twelve countries, including the UK, Canada and France, issued a joint statement on Tuesday, announcing the introduction of restrictions on trade in goods with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.... Read more »

"For too long, we have treated climate action as a cost to be managed and air pollution as the unfortunate outcome of development," said Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Britain to respect and trust each other, transcend differences, seek common ground while reserving differences, and expand mutually beneficial cooperation.... Read more »

The Lai Ching-te authorities' wanton distortion of the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 has once again exposed their "Taiwan independence" separatist nature, and such fallacies cannot change the historical and legal fact that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Qatar, in Beijing on Tuesday.... Read more »

China pledges support to Nepal after mudslide... Read more »

Hungary has asked 10 members of the Russian diplomatic mission to leave the country over activities deemed "unacceptable under the Vienna Convention," Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban said on Tuesday.... Read more »

China will continue to actively expand voluntary opening-up and take more concrete measures to facilitate international investment in China, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said on Tuesday.... Read more »

The escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute is putting growing pressure on businesses on both sides of the border, particularly in closely integrated industries such as automobiles, steel and manufacturing.... Read more »

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods, valued at approximately $20 billion, took effect on Tuesday morning.... Read more »

As the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) gets underway, a global online survey by CGTN shows strong international confidence in China's services trade opening up. The poll found that 89.6% of respondents believe CIFTIS has grown into an important platform for promoting high-level opening up in... Read more »

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"For too long, we have treated climate action as a cost to be managed and air pollution as the unfortunate outcome of development," said Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.... Read more »

China is currently the world's largest single-country aviation market and is forecast to require 8,830 new aircraft deliveries over the next two decades, Troy Wang, Global Senior Vice President of Airbus and Head of Commercial of Airbus China, told CGTN in an interview.... Read more »

'China Shock' or China Opportunity?... Read more »

China's import growth outpaced export growth in August for the sixth consecutive month.... Read more »

Tens of thousands of building workers, contractors and home buyers will be impacted by the collapse, which may be a harbinger of a deepening insolvency crisis in the construction sector.... Read more »

A rise in Japanese interest rates may halt the yen’s slide but set off a disorderly unwinding of the so-called “carry trade.”... Read more »

Australian Education Union President Mullaly’s video betrayed a nervousness that union members who voted Yes last time, or did not vote at all, may switch to No, as the nature of the betrayal becomes clearer.... Read more »

The Minns government’s planned vast police powers and new offences apply far more broadly than Labor’s supposed target of gang violence.... Read more »

Letters demanding the release of the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk continue to arrive at the Pervomaisk City District Court and the Mykolaiv Court of Appeal from historians, workers and opponents of war on four continents.... Read more »

“Bogdan has not done anything wrong; he is making a great contribution to world peace and democracy. He is uniting Ukrainian and Russian workers against a war that does not belong to them.” — A young worker in China... Read more »

Black lung has returned to 1970s levels among veteran underground miners in Central Appalachia as a long-delayed federal silica standard remains stalled and the UMWA bureaucracy has spent decades suppressing the industrial power of the miners.... Read more »

With workers facing existential threats on multiple fronts, trade unions could only mobilize a tiny fraction of their membership for the annual Detroit Labor Day event.... Read more »

A government whose austerity program is feeding the economic crisis and mass discontent is reaching simultaneously for the rehabilitation of the military dictatorships and for nationalist chauvinism.... Read more »

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China's CPI up 0.8% in August... Read more »

China will continue to actively expand voluntary opening-up and take more concrete measures to facilitate international investment in China, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said on Tuesday.... Read more »

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As the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) gets underway, a global online survey by CGTN shows strong international confidence in China's services trade opening up. The poll found that 89.6% of respondents believe CIFTIS has grown into an important platform for promoting high-level opening up in... Read more »

From a Barcelona operating room to AI classrooms in Kazakhstan, Chinese technology increasingly arrives abroad as complete solutions, not just products. Half-year customs data shows surgical robot exports tripling, and China's imports growing even faster than its exports.... Read more »

Public security technology expo opens in east China... Read more »

Building a smarter energy future: What can APEC help?... Read more »

BRICS is growing because the Global South wants not a new hierarchy, but more room to shape the world.... Read more »

As dividends from the trade in goods gradually taper off and global industrial chains restructure, trade in services is no longer a supplementary segment of foreign trade.... Read more »

Exclusive with Uzbekistan's Senate First Deputy Chairman Sodiq Safoyev... Read more »

The significance of Once Upon a Time in the Middle East extends beyond the film itself.... Read more »

Closer China-Nepal cooperation in cross-border disaster monitoring, early warning and emergency rescue is not only helping Nepal respond to the crisis, but also laying the groundwork for a more effective regional mechanism to confront future climate disasters.... Read more »

By recovering the Asia-Pacific's traditions of mutual understanding and giving greater visibility to the connections among its peoples, the media can help create the intellectual and public space for a more peaceful Asia-Pacific future.... Read more »

SCO at 25: How the organisation became a global player... Read more »

The US is escalating the economic war on Iran. Will it work?... Read more »

Brazilian Barbecue Meets Dongguan Roast Goose... Read more »

From Hollywood blockbusters to viral videos, Thomas Bergersen's music has reached millions around the world.... Read more »

Purple blooms blanket China's Qinghai plateau... Read more »

The textbook series Learn Chinese with Ease, jointly developed by CGTN and Beijing Language and Culture University Press (BLCUP), was unveiled at the book fair held from September 2 to 6.... Read more »

From the winds of the steppe to the songs of rivers and grasslands, the sounds of nomadic heritage are finding new life through music.... Read more »

George Hatem on Long March bitterness: I only suffered 'one-tenth'... Read more »

China Media Group (CMG) has partnered with China Southern Airlines to introduce a series of in-flight programs themed around the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries, with the aim of promoting cross-cultural exchanges.... Read more »

The 2026 CIFTIS venue at Beijing's Shougang Park is getting its final preparations.... Read more »

This summer, several Chinese films brought more than stories to the big screen. They also put some real locations in the spotlight.... Read more »

China's valid domestic invention patents have reached 5.39 million while valid domestic registered trademarks stand at 50.82 million, said China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on Tuesday at the 15th China Intellectual Property Annual Conference in Beijing.... Read more »

China releases 5-year plan for information, communications sector... Read more »

Beyond blue skies: The green transition behind China's cleaner air... Read more »

Xi Jinping's key quotes on new quality productive forces... Read more »

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For the past years, BRICS countries have been deepening cooperation in space technology, expanding from joint satellite projects to broader data sharing, disaster monitoring and climate-change response.... Read more »

OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident,' calls for AI transparency... Read more »

How a tiny semiconductor stabilizes high-voltage power lines... Read more »

Technology powers Gyirong rescue, guards against secondary disasters... Read more »

The diplomatic confrontation comes as the new government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares what Miliband has called a “comprehensive” response to Israel’s accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.... Read more »

On Sunday, the Israeli-American Council launched a petition, calling for the rapper's removal from the remaining tour dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.... Read more »

A remarkable coalition is taking shape around opposition to US Middle East policy. Israel was one of the dominant subjects, speaker after speaker challenging Washington’s relationship with Israel.... Read more »

In 2024 The prestigious society censored Abulhawa's speech. The membership unanimously voted against this, but it remained censored... Read more »

Within hours (long enough for AIPAC to disseminate talking points through Congress & the media), a chorus of condemnation was launched. Congress members who can't manage a single sentence for the thousands of children mutilated, burned alive, or shot by Israeli snipers, found unified clarity about a word...... Read more »

The Center reported that more than 20,051 school-age students have been killed since October 2023, while at least 19,886 others have left the education system because of displacement, travel, abduction or injury.... Read more »

Even the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a statement, followed by a parade of Democratic lawmakers, broadcasters, and notable personalities.... Read more »

Israeli settlers have been repeatedly entering the Palestinian al-Mughayyir village under IDF protection, grazing flocks near the village homes, and then reporting their livestock was harmed. At least seven Palestinians were then wounded as the IDF responded... Read more »

Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.... Read more »

Corporate leaders are living on an alternate economic planet. That may explain their silence even as their own workers are targeted. The post Corporations With Big Pay Disparities Have Been Silent as ICE Detains Their Workers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells say they pay a high price for extraction. The post Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco appeared first on... Read more »

Unpacking some of the claims about voting and ensuring your own ballot counts. The post FACT SHEET: Voter Suppression and the 2026 Midterms appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

‘Low-Wage 100’ CEOs enrich themselves while their workers face stagnating wages, drastic cuts to public assistance, and aggressive ICE actions, study finds. The post REPORT: CEO-Worker Pay Gaps and Political Priorities of the 100 Largest Low-Wage Corporations  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

CEOs of the 100 largest low-wage corporations enrich themselves while turning a blind eye to policies harming their workers. The post Executive Excess 2026 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The two major superpowers have asymmetric super powers. The post The New Cold War of Rocks vs. Chips appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

No matter where you were born or how you feel about immigration, no government should have the power to kill or jail people with so little accountability. The post We’re Getting Dangerously Used to ICE Abuse appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Introduction In Riverside County, California, a School Resource Officer was alerted to a confrontation between two students a block from their school. When the armed officer arrived on the scene,… The post Making Schools Safer with Restorative Justice  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The rising cost of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in lives, tax dollars, and affordability for working people. The post FACT SHEET: What has the Iran War Cost So Far? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Corporate leaders are living on an alternate economic planet. That may explain their silence even as their own workers are targeted. The post Corporations With Big Pay Disparities Have Been Silent as ICE Detains Their Workers appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells say they pay a high price for extraction. The post Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco appeared first on... Read more »

Unpacking some of the claims about voting and ensuring your own ballot counts. The post FACT SHEET: Voter Suppression and the 2026 Midterms appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

‘Low-Wage 100’ CEOs enrich themselves while their workers face stagnating wages, drastic cuts to public assistance, and aggressive ICE actions, study finds. The post REPORT: CEO-Worker Pay Gaps and Political Priorities of the 100 Largest Low-Wage Corporations  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

CEOs of the 100 largest low-wage corporations enrich themselves while turning a blind eye to policies harming their workers. The post Executive Excess 2026 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The two major superpowers have asymmetric super powers. The post The New Cold War of Rocks vs. Chips appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

No matter where you were born or how you feel about immigration, no government should have the power to kill or jail people with so little accountability. The post We’re Getting Dangerously Used to ICE Abuse appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Introduction In Riverside County, California, a School Resource Officer was alerted to a confrontation between two students a block from their school. When the armed officer arrived on the scene,… The post Making Schools Safer with Restorative Justice  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The rising cost of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in lives, tax dollars, and affordability for working people. The post FACT SHEET: What has the Iran War Cost So Far? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Intense SoCal Heatwave Sparks Cooling Demand Surge, Testing Grid Reliability The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories across California's Central Valley and coastal areas, including the Bay Area and Los Angeles, with more severe extreme heat warnings in parts of Southern California. Cooling demand is expected to soar over... Read more »

NIH Ends Biodefense Focus, Signs Pact With Department Of War Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, Senior officials inside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were baffled late last week when Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued a statement that Pentagon officials are trying to "raid" NIH... Read more »

Lindsay Clancy Supporters Threaten The Father Of The Children She Murdered Patrick Clancy, the father of three children killed by his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, inside the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023, is now the target of an online harassment campaign built on the false claim that he... Read more »

Most US Workers Fear Obsolescence In AI Era, Experts Say Adaptation Goes Beyond Tech Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Just as "The Obsolete Man," which aired in 1961, depicted a future society in which technology had rendered certain professions obsolete, a recent survey showed that, as AI... Read more »

China's "Quasi-Monopolistic" Grip On Critical Materials Ignites Western Supply Race: First To Deliver Wins Big The global push toward electrification carries several risks, including replacing dependence on foreign oil and natural gas with reliance on Chinese technology and critical materials, as access to cheap electricity dictates investment flows and where... Read more »

US Navy's New Air-To-Air Missile AIM-424 Malice: Countering China's Growing Airpower By Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. With its revealed range in “excess of 250 nautical miles” (287 miles), the U.S. Navy’s new long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) constitutes a major upgrade in the ability of... Read more »

Iran Says Basij Force Commander Killed In Mystery Insurgent 'Terror Attack' American and Israeli officials have continued to speculate about fomenting some kind of internal rebellion or large-scale street uprising inside Iran, in hopes of toppling the leadership of the Islamic Republic. Bombs have largely fallen silent, for now. But... Read more »

Mamdani's 9/11 Pen: A Socialist's Contempt For The Dead Authored by Kyle McClay via American Thinker, On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Then he handed the ceremonial pen to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem -... Read more »

China Halts New Battery Storage Plant Approvals By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com China has paused approvals for new battery storage factories amid a review of existing and planned capacity, Chinese financial news outlet Cailianshe reported this weekend, citing industry sources. The temporary suspension of approvals of plants that have not... Read more »

MS NOW's Jen Psaki identified a key talking point of Republicans for the midterms on Tuesday evening — and zeroed in on a candidate who blows that talking point to bits."The stage is now set, and the national political parties are telling us exactly how they want to frame the... Read more »

The Department of Justice has concocted what one former prosecutor described as a "silly" defense for an immigration agent who shot an individual in the leg through a closed door.Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, faces four counts of second-degree assault and a charge of falsely reporting a... Read more »

The same AI meme strategy that helped President Donald Trump crush Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican presidential primary is now the very habit fueling concerns about his mental state, per his own biographer.A Daily Beast review found Trump racked up over a thousand Truth Social posts in... Read more »

A military expert laid into two of President Donald Trump's envoys Tuesday after it was reported that they had made a "ludicrous" mistake while meeting with the Russians. On Saturday, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin about ending the war... Read more »

Conservative columnist S.E. Cupp didn't hold back when she was asked about President Donald Trump's comments on 9/11 during a ceremony Tuesday. Trump spoke at an event honoring 9/11 first responders, where he claimed that he was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center by rescuers. Critics immediately... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is escalating an investigation targeting former officials involved in examining his ties to Russia to prove an “intelligence community conspiracy” against the president. Federal prosecutors are issuing subpoenas that will force former government officials to testify under oath about the investigation into Russian interference in... Read more »

President Donald Trump's efforts to drag the GOP to his "happy place" in Dallas, Texas, this week are another sign that he doesn't see the oncoming wave that the midterms could bring, according to a new analysis. Veteran journalist Dan Rather argued in a new essay for his Substack, "Ready,"... Read more »

President Donald Trump jumped on his Truth Social platform Tuesday evening to rage against a prominent CNN anchor who has often created embarrassments for him."Very dumb and unhappy Fake News CNN 'reporter,' Kaitlan Collins (really low ratings, also!), had a panel where discussions were all FICTION AND LIES," said Trump.... Read more »

The White House offered no evidence Tuesday to support President Donald Trump’s latest account of his actions near Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Trump claimed during a ceremony honoring 9/11 emergency personnel that two firefighters lifted him and carried him away from a building they feared would collapse.... Read more »

MS NOW's Jen Psaki identified a key talking point of Republicans for the midterms on Tuesday evening — and zeroed in on a candidate who blows that talking point to bits."The stage is now set, and the national political parties are telling us exactly how they want to frame the... Read more »

The Department of Justice has concocted what one former prosecutor described as a "silly" defense for an immigration agent who shot an individual in the leg through a closed door.Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, faces four counts of second-degree assault and a charge of falsely reporting a... Read more »

The same AI meme strategy that helped President Donald Trump crush Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican presidential primary is now the very habit fueling concerns about his mental state, per his own biographer.A Daily Beast review found Trump racked up over a thousand Truth Social posts in... Read more »

A military expert laid into two of President Donald Trump's envoys Tuesday after it was reported that they had made a "ludicrous" mistake while meeting with the Russians. On Saturday, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin about ending the war... Read more »

Conservative columnist S.E. Cupp didn't hold back when she was asked about President Donald Trump's comments on 9/11 during a ceremony Tuesday. Trump spoke at an event honoring 9/11 first responders, where he claimed that he was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center by rescuers. Critics immediately... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is escalating an investigation targeting former officials involved in examining his ties to Russia to prove an “intelligence community conspiracy” against the president. Federal prosecutors are issuing subpoenas that will force former government officials to testify under oath about the investigation into Russian interference in... Read more »

President Donald Trump's efforts to drag the GOP to his "happy place" in Dallas, Texas, this week are another sign that he doesn't see the oncoming wave that the midterms could bring, according to a new analysis. Veteran journalist Dan Rather argued in a new essay for his Substack, "Ready,"... Read more »

President Donald Trump jumped on his Truth Social platform Tuesday evening to rage against a prominent CNN anchor who has often created embarrassments for him."Very dumb and unhappy Fake News CNN 'reporter,' Kaitlan Collins (really low ratings, also!), had a panel where discussions were all FICTION AND LIES," said Trump.... Read more »

The White House offered no evidence Tuesday to support President Donald Trump’s latest account of his actions near Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Trump claimed during a ceremony honoring 9/11 emergency personnel that two firefighters lifted him and carried him away from a building they feared would collapse.... Read more »

In his campaign's latest TV ad, Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper of North Carolina highlights the issue of affordability using direct quotes from his Republican opponent. They are, in fact, direct quotes from Michael Whatley -- but they are a bit dated, and some of the comments were more defensible... Read more »

In the Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has been running TV ads that take a sound bite from his opponent about Social Security out of context. The post Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course? A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in... Read more »

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts are skeptical those measures have had much impact on prices overall, and they say other... Read more »

After the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two cases of measles-related deaths in one county, the local coroner appeared to contradict the account. And in an ongoing spat with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that a Shapiro staffer may have... Read more »

A Republican ad attacking Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson in Maine says under his "failed leadership” the state’s high schools “dropped to dead last” in the country, according to annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. But that’s not the whole story.   The post Collins Ad Attacks Jackson on... Read more »

An ad from a super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley features a heart-wrenching testimonial from the father of a woman who was murdered in 2025. The ad falsely implies the accused murderer was one of the prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic when Whatley's Democratic opponent, Roy Cooper,... Read more »

In the Ohio Senate race, a Republican ad blames former Sen. Sherrod Brown for a deadly crash in April on an Ohio interstate in which an immigrant was charged with vehicular homicide. But there’s no evidence of any tie between Brown's votes on immigration, as the ad suggests, and the... Read more »

In his campaign's latest TV ad, Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper of North Carolina highlights the issue of affordability using direct quotes from his Republican opponent. They are, in fact, direct quotes from Michael Whatley -- but they are a bit dated, and some of the comments were more defensible... Read more »

In the Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has been running TV ads that take a sound bite from his opponent about Social Security out of context. The post Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course? A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in... Read more »

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in... Read more »

President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts are skeptical those measures have had much impact on prices overall, and they say other... Read more »

After the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two cases of measles-related deaths in one county, the local coroner appeared to contradict the account. And in an ongoing spat with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that a Shapiro staffer may have... Read more »

A Republican ad attacking Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson in Maine says under his "failed leadership” the state’s high schools “dropped to dead last” in the country, according to annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. But that’s not the whole story.   The post Collins Ad Attacks Jackson on... Read more »

An ad from a super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley features a heart-wrenching testimonial from the father of a woman who was murdered in 2025. The ad falsely implies the accused murderer was one of the prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic when Whatley's Democratic opponent, Roy Cooper,... Read more »

In the Ohio Senate race, a Republican ad blames former Sen. Sherrod Brown for a deadly crash in April on an Ohio interstate in which an immigrant was charged with vehicular homicide. But there’s no evidence of any tie between Brown's votes on immigration, as the ad suggests, and the... Read more »

Betty Medsger How Homeland Security has adopted the COINTELPRO playbook. The post COINTELPRO Is Back appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer Corey Lewandowski is a disposable underling, but he’s protected enough to scorn the law. The post In Trump’s Mafia, Even Goons Can Do Billion-Dollar Shakedowns appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Tjeerd Royaards Children continue to die though media attention fades. The post Flying Kites in Gaza appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Bruce Robbins Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future. The post The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ahmed Shamali The post Subject: Untitled appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Alex Press A new book follows a rising generation of labor organizers as they attempt to unionize their workplaces. The post The Making of the Millennial Working Class appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, The Nation The Florida Senate candidate responded to Republican book-banning schemes by opening a bookstore. The post Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Leah Umansky The post Ars Poetica in Questions appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Vivian Gornick When will the American novel grow up? The post Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

The diplomatic confrontation comes as the new government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares what Miliband has called a “comprehensive” response to Israel’s accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.... Read more »

On Sunday, the Israeli-American Council launched a petition, calling for the rapper's removal from the remaining tour dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.... Read more »

A remarkable coalition is taking shape around opposition to US Middle East policy. Israel was one of the dominant subjects, speaker after speaker challenging Washington’s relationship with Israel.... Read more »

In 2024 The prestigious society censored Abulhawa's speech. The membership unanimously voted against this, but it remained censored... Read more »

Within hours (long enough for AIPAC to disseminate talking points through Congress & the media), a chorus of condemnation was launched. Congress members who can't manage a single sentence for the thousands of children mutilated, burned alive, or shot by Israeli snipers, found unified clarity about a word...... Read more »

The Center reported that more than 20,051 school-age students have been killed since October 2023, while at least 19,886 others have left the education system because of displacement, travel, abduction or injury.... Read more »

Even the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a statement, followed by a parade of Democratic lawmakers, broadcasters, and notable personalities.... Read more »

Israeli settlers have been repeatedly entering the Palestinian al-Mughayyir village under IDF protection, grazing flocks near the village homes, and then reporting their livestock was harmed. At least seven Palestinians were then wounded as the IDF responded... Read more »

Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.... Read more »

The diplomatic confrontation comes as the new government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares what Miliband has called a “comprehensive” response to Israel’s accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.... Read more »

On Sunday, the Israeli-American Council launched a petition, calling for the rapper's removal from the remaining tour dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.... Read more »

A remarkable coalition is taking shape around opposition to US Middle East policy. Israel was one of the dominant subjects, speaker after speaker challenging Washington’s relationship with Israel.... Read more »

In 2024 The prestigious society censored Abulhawa's speech. The membership unanimously voted against this, but it remained censored... Read more »

Within hours (long enough for AIPAC to disseminate talking points through Congress & the media), a chorus of condemnation was launched. Congress members who can't manage a single sentence for the thousands of children mutilated, burned alive, or shot by Israeli snipers, found unified clarity about a word...... Read more »

The Center reported that more than 20,051 school-age students have been killed since October 2023, while at least 19,886 others have left the education system because of displacement, travel, abduction or injury.... Read more »

Even the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a statement, followed by a parade of Democratic lawmakers, broadcasters, and notable personalities.... Read more »

Israeli settlers have been repeatedly entering the Palestinian al-Mughayyir village under IDF protection, grazing flocks near the village homes, and then reporting their livestock was harmed. At least seven Palestinians were then wounded as the IDF responded... Read more »

Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.... 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 »

In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more »

In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more »