Biden has reversed Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US forces from Somalia and will redeploy Special Operations Forces. It is just the latest move in a long history of destructive US-UK meddling in the Horn of Africa. Almost as soon as the administration of President Joseph Biden announced a redeployment of... Read more »

A deeply anti-democratic MI6-linked cabal’s apparent influence on Priti Patel raises serious questions about her fitness to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US. Cabal now managing MI6-inspired “research and influence operation”  Effort may be funded by intelligence agency actors British Home Secretary implicated in plot Green advocates and... Read more »

Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone reveal possibly criminal plot by pro-Leave elites to sabotage Theresa May’s Brexit deal, infiltrate government, spy on campaign groups, and replace May with Boris Johnson. Intelligence cabal infiltrated UK civil service thanks to “centrally placed mole” Ex-MI6 chief Richard Dearlove pitched espionage operations targeting... Read more »

Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia. A comedic actor who rose to the country’s highest office in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was virtually unknown to the average American, except perhaps... Read more »

The word “Iraq” was not uttered once during the three hour funeral of Madeleine Albright, who laid the groundwork for the US invasion of the country and helped set the stage for the current war in Ukraine. This article was originally published at Sam Husseini’s Substack It’s fitting that Joe... Read more »

Richard Sakwa, scholar and author of “Frontline Ukraine”, on the obstacles to peace in Ukraine. As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media’s veneration of Zelensky; the European Union’s self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown... Read more »

By inviting an Azov fighter to address Greece’s parliament, Zelensky opened the country’s historic wounds and triggered angry demonstrations that have shaken its pro-US government. “Solidarity with the Ukrainian people is a given. But the Nazis cannot have a say in parliament.” These are the words of Alexis Tsipras, the... Read more »

While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals’ arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has framed his country’s war against Russia as a battle for democracy itself. In a carefully choreographed address... Read more »

Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the roots of the Ukraine-Russia war and its growing dangers. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters a new phase, former Swiss intelligence officer, senior United Nations official, and NATO advisor Jacques Baud analyzes the conflict and argues that the US and... Read more »

In the terrifying opening to his 2020 novel, ‘The Ministry for the Future’, Kim Stanley Robinson depicts an intense heatwave in India. In an ‘ordinary town’ in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, people are →... Read more »

Humanity’s great Achilles’ heel, the flaw that may well determine our fate, was summed up in a couple of lines in the classic Simon & Garfunkel song, ‘The Boxer’: ‘Still a man hears what he →... Read more »

As the US economist and media analyst Edward Herman rightly noted in the aftermath of the mass slaughter of the first Gulf War: ‘It is the function of defense intellectuals and other experts, and the →... Read more »

‘The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, →... Read more »

I travelled with my dad – ‘H’, as we called him – in the back seat of the car. It was the same way we’d driven a million times: to Tesco, to drop me off →... Read more »

There has been much gnashing of ‘liberal’ teeth and pulling out of ‘centrist’ hair following the Tory government’s announcement that the BBC licence fee will be abolished in 2027. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries declared via →... Read more »

If we didn’t have better things to do, it would be a simple matter to produce The Media Lens Book of Obituaries. The cover might feature grim Death shrouded in tattered newsprint carrying a five-bladed →... Read more »

Huge media coverage has been devoted to allegations, and now serious evidence, that a Christmas party was held at 10 Downing Street on 18 December 2020. London was then in a strict lockdown with social →... Read more »

One of the most damning assessments of COP26, the UN climate conference being held in Glasgow, came from Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist: ‘#COP26  has been named the must excluding COP ever. This is →... Read more »

Earlier today, Durham Police announced that they would be opening an official investigation into whether or not Labour leader Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules after he was pictured drinking beer and eating curry during a campaign event in April 2021 – a story widely known as ‘Beergate’. Durham Police say... Read more »

It might sound stupid, but if you asked 1,000 random people whether they thought homelessness was a bad thing, what percentage do you think would agree?  Conversely, if you posed the exact opposite question to them – whether they thought homelessness was in fact a good thing – firstly you’d... Read more »

Despite widespread calls to transition to renewables, the UK government still allows oil and gas companies to extract fossil fuels from within UK territory,  and on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), mainly the North Sea, where it holds mineral rights. Since 2010, two of the biggest oil and gas companies... Read more »

In order to understand why certain politicians make the decisions they do, it’s essential to understand the history of the party they represent and the ideology that underpins it. The Conservative and Unionist Party – to give them their full name – was founded in 1834 as a successor to... Read more »

Below is a transcript of EPTV’s video, complete with links to all sources: What should the government do to change the energy system and protect UK households from another Energy Price Crisis? As explained previously, the main factor driving the Energy Price Crisis is rocketing global gas prices. However, whilst... Read more »

Below is a transcript of EPTV’s video, complete with links to all sources: Why isn’t the UK government doing more to help ordinary people? Britain is already in the grip of an unprecedented cost of living crisis, and the latest statistics show that more than 3 million UK households –... Read more »

Below is a transcript of EPTV’s video, complete with links to all sources: What are other countries doing to help people with soaring energy bills? Due to the fact that the energy price crisis has largely been caused by a global price spike, countries around the world are also being... Read more »

Below is a transcript of EPTV’s video, complete with links to all sources: What are the opposition proposing?  The Labour Party have urged the government to go further, by scrapping the 5% VAT on Energy Bills, implementing a one-off windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies, and... Read more »

Below is a transcript of EPTV’s video, complete with links to all sources: What is the UK government doing to help people afford soaring Energy Bills? The UK government has been widely criticised for its slow response to the Energy Bills crisis – and the policies it has announced to... Read more »

Mient Jan Faber worked for peace and human rights during the Cold War and the tumultuous years that followed... Read more »

Gujjar and Bakarwal women in India experience period poverty – as do 500 million girls and women globallyThis story was supported by the Pulitzer Center... Read more »

How long can billionaires continue to amass wealth while the world's poorest struggle to buy food?... Read more »

The contempt for cleaners and security guards revealed by Sue Gray moved a trade union for the low-paid and migrants to disturb ‘wine time’... Read more »

English Private Landlord Survey also reveals nearly half discriminate against disabled people who need adaptations... Read more »

The war has created a divide: while some white collar workers can leave Russia, lower-paid employees are left behind... Read more »

Gustavo Petro looks set to surf to victory on the ‘Pink Tide’ of left-wing wins sweeping across South America... Read more »

The Republican party has a white Christian nationalist vision for the US, and is stopping solutions to gun violence... Read more »

The Silicon Valley Congressman says the US Left should tap into the legacy of FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights... Read more »

Rishi Sunak’s belated cost-of-living package has been welcomed by Labour. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Tonight on #TyskySour we ask chief executive of the New Econimcs Foundation Miatta Fahnbulleh. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.... Read more »

This week the crew of the rescue ship Iuventa, who are on trial in Italy for saving 14,000 refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean, told their story to Novara Media. It’s a horrifying tale, but not a new one. The Iuventa trial comes one year after Italy detained Carola Rackete,... Read more »

Earlier this month, Tesco chairman John Allen told listeners of the Today programme that there was “an overwhelming case” for a windfall tax on energy companies. Allen’s voice joined a growing chorus: as interest rates and energy company profits simultaneously hit record highs, calls for such a tax have been... Read more »

The Sue Gray report reveals a culture in Downing Street of rule-breaking, cover-ups, and disrespect towards lower paid staff. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial dig into the details.... Read more »

Rocketing food prices, multiplying energy bills, tax hikes, wage stagnation – these, we are told, are the drivers of the cost of living crisis. Perhaps it’s understandable these factors have become the focus: it’s not normal for energy bills to be hitting £3,000 a year. The problem is, there’s another,... Read more »

Good news: if you’re gay or bisexual and under-18, conversion therapy is going to be made illegal. But it’s bad news for everyone else in the LGBTQ+ community, as the government’s proposed ban has more holes in it than a distractingly tasty slice of Swiss cheese. Announced in this year’s... Read more »

In 1927, the Irish republican Michael Flannery emigrated from the quiet backroads of Tipperary to the crowded streets of New York City, swapping a life of rebellion for a humdrum career in life insurance. But the Irish American community hadn’t forgotten about the old country, and as the Troubles began... Read more »

When six suitcases full of guns are discovered on an Irish dock in 1971, suspicion falls on a newly founded organisation of Irish Americans known as Noraid. For nearly 30 years, the US, British and Irish governments accused the group of being a front for the Provisional IRA and of... Read more »

The shockwaves from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have reached across the world – all the way beyond the Urals to the globe’s northernmost point. The Arctic Council, established in 1996 as a forum for the eight countries that sit within the Arctic Circle – Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, the... Read more »

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+ Though many police departments use the motto "protect and serve," cops don't have to come to your rescue, help you when you're in distress or try to save your child from being shot. Under a Supreme Court case called Castle Rock v. Gonzalez, the police can't be held accountable for... Read more »

Anxiety about the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) toward the Russian border is one of the causes of the current war in Ukraine. But this is not the only attempt at expansion by NATO, a treaty organization created in 1949 by the United States to project its... Read more »

Once again, an unplanned and impromptu remark from President Biden has generated controversy, although this represents his third (incorrect) reference to a commitment to defend Taiwan.  Each time, Biden’s national security team has tried to walk back the president’s remarks, but the fact of the matter is that the United... Read more »

Culture wars have real casualties, just look at the 19 kids and teacher slaughtered this past week on the altar of our gun culture. But for politicians, culture wars conveniently distract people from the economy. So in that sense, culture wars are humbug. They’re the junk reactionaries and fascists vomit... Read more »

The bitter and demagogic ex-president is his white nationalist party’s front-runner for the next presidential election. His endorsement is craved by many candidates seeking office under the banner of a racist and sexist party that borders on being his personal fiefdom. This fascist, vengefully white nationalist “Amerikaner” party is hard... Read more »

The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba – or Catastrophe – is a thing of the past. That real peace requires compromises and sacrifices, therefore, the original sin that has led to the destruction of their historic homeland should... Read more »

Australia’s federal election May 18th turned left with a new power broker named climate change. Major networks refer to the election as: “Australia’s Climate Election,” with newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowing to turn Australia into a “renewable energy superpower.” The incumbent PM Scott Morrison led the Coalition opposed... Read more »

There’s no plausible way to dispute that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is spreading racist conspiracy theories, but Glenn Greenwald has been trying anyway. Since Greenwald—a former Salon columnist, and after that a Pulitzer-winning reporter for the Guardian — departed from The Intercept in September 2020, he’s become a stalwart... Read more »

From the push to turn more of the workforce into precarious “gig workers” to the ways profit-seeking digital platforms condition how we act and think while extracting free data from us, we can see and feel everyday the creeping evidence that we are living in a new reality. As world-renowned... Read more »

“The global South is not sanctioning Russia, not because they support Putin but because they’ve had enough of US government hypocrisy.” The post “No one can win this war. A negotiated, just peace guaranteed by EU-US-Russia is the only sane strategy” – CGTN interview appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.... Read more »

Capital triumphed over democracy a long time ago. Today, following the Crash of 2008, the deployment of central bank money to refloat Big Finance, and the rise of Big Tech’s platform corporations, a new type of capital has emerged: Cloud capital (a form of command capital living in the ‘Cloud’).... Read more »

Γιατί για το STAR TREK; Επειδή το θεωρούμε  το πιο απρόσμενο αντιπολεμικό μανιφέστο ελευθεριακού κομμουνισμού. Έτσι λοιπόν, συναντηθήκαμε επί σκηνής (στο φιλόξενο ΤΡΙΑΝΟΝ), καλεσμένοι του mέta, έχοντας επιλέξει κλιπς 10 επεισόδια (από το original έως και το Voyager),  για μια 4ωρη (!) συζήτηση που, τουλάχιστον εμείς, ευχαριστηθήκαμε. ΤΟ ΣΚΕΠΤΙΚΟ &... Read more »

 Η τεχνολογία, το χρέος και το χρήμα πάντα προχωρούσαν χέρι-χέρι, με τον πόλεμο να παίζει τον ρόλο του επιταχυντή της εξέλιξής τους. Σε αυτή την διάλεξη, εστίασα σε αυτή την εξελικτική διαδικασία υπό το φως των σύγχρονων εξελίξεων στην Ουκρανία αλλά και στον χώρο των ψηφιακών (κρυπτο)νομισμάτων. Σημ. Η διάλεξη... Read more »

Χωρίς απαγορευμένες ή υπαγορευμένες ερωτήσεις. Χωρίς ταμπού θέματα ή προσυμφωνημένες ατζέντες. Χωρίς την παραμικρή προσυνεννόηση. Συνεντεύξεις όπως πρέπει να γίνονται. Στο δέκατο «Σκληρό Μαρκάρισμα» με ανακρίνει ο Πάνος Χαρίτος. Μιλήσαμε χωρίς περιστροφές για τον πόλεμο στην Ουκρανία και τις δηλώσεις μελών του τάγματος Αζόφ στην ελληνική Βουλή, για την  πανδημία... Read more »

Χωρίς απαγορευμένες ή υπαγορευμένες ερωτήσεις. Χωρίς ταμπού θέματα ή προσυμφωνημένες ατζέντες. Χωρίς την παραμικρή προσυνεννόηση. Συνεντεύξεις όπως πρέπει να γίνονται. Στο ένατο «Σκληρό Μαρκάρισμα» με ανακρίνει ο Χρήστος Αβραμίδης. Μιλήσαμε χωρίς περιστροφές για την ενεργειακή κρίση, την ακρίβεια, την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, την πανδημία και τους θανάτους εκτός ΜΕΘ, τον πόλεμο... Read more »

Rare is the person who could expertly comment – in a single interview! – on the rise of NFTs and their origins in the virtual worlds of gaming, the logic of the emerging regime of techno-feudalism, and the folly of El Salvador’s Bitcoin-heavy negotiating tactics with the IMF. Luckily, we... Read more »

Since war broke out in Ukraine, Greek politician and economist Yanis Varoufakis has been accused of being a Putin apologist, a “Westsplainer”, and a conspiracy theorist. But what does he really think about this conflict? Freddie Sayers spoke to him about liberal warmongering, who’s benefitting from the war, and the... Read more »

More grim allegations about the conduct of police at the Uvalde school shooting are emerging. The massacre took place in Texas on Wednesday. 21 … Read more By Joe Glenton... Read more »

The government has announced a windfall tax to ease the so-called cost of living crisis. Think tanks have praised the measures and claimed the … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »

It’s happened again. Centrists heard a posh person speaking and immediately decided that person should be prime minister. And yet again their shout for … Read more By Joe Glenton... Read more »

This article was updated on 27 May 17:00. The article previously stated that one of the boys involved in the case had caused GBH. … Read more By Sophia Purdy-Moore... Read more »

Out of 4,540 people detected arriving by small boats in the first three months of 2022, 24% were Afghan nationals according to the Home Office. By The Canary... Read more »

On 25 May, senior civil servant Sue Gray’s long-awaited report on the Downing Street parties during the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was … Read more By Sophia Purdy-Moore... Read more »

21 people have been killed in America’s latest school massacre. The shooting spree at an elementary school in the town of Uvalde in Texas … Read more By Joe Glenton... Read more »

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries is currently in the news for trying to privatise Channel 4, but do you know about her ultra conservative views … Read more By Andrew Butler... Read more »

This article includes a discussion of mental health distress and suicidal ideation During a House of Lords prison sentencing debate on 15 November 2021, … Read more By Peadar O'Cearnaigh... Read more »

Blaming the Palestinians for the ongoing tragedy of their refugees is not only callous but as outrageous as blaming the victims of the Holocaust for the horrors of the Nazis. The post To Times of Israel Writer, Apartheid is OK, Sympathy for Palestinians “Loathsome” appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Palestinian people are, once again, unifying around the Nakba anniversary, insisting on the Right of Return for the seven million refugees in Palestine and the diaspora. The post Long Marginalized, the Right of Return is Once Again a Palestinian Priority appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Watchdog host Lowkey speaks to Lina Abu Akleh about her aunt Shireen Abu Akleh's legacy, and Israel's ongoing war against the press. The post Shireen Abu Akleh and Israel’s War on Journalism, with Lina Abu Akleh appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Such is the bipartisan consensus in Washington on Venezuela that carrying out wars, regime-change operations, terrorist attacks and assasination attempts against an elected foreign head of state have been ignored. The post Mark Esper’s Tell-Some Reveals US Plans for War and Terror Against Venezuela appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. The post Chris Hedges: No Way Out but War appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

When the Israeli press report on a killing, they never fail to toe the government line, so the Palestinian is always a terrorist or part of a violent riot. He or they, as the case may be, had to be dealt with, and the courageous Israeli fighters did so. The... Read more »

Kit Klarenberg exposes the troubling past and murky connections of Nina Jankowicz, head of Biden's recently shuttered “Disinformation Governance Board." Jankowicz, Klarenberg reveals, has a long history of acting as a de facto government propaganda agent. The post From UK Troll Farms to Covert Psyops: The Troubling Past of Nina... Read more »

Todd E. Pierce served with the 349th Psychological Operations Company and the 205th Infantry Brigade as a senior NCO. In the installment of “The Watchdog," Lowkey speaks to Pierce about the global reach of the US empire and its totalitarian ambitions. The post Guantanamo Bay and the US Global Empire... Read more »

Gaza Fights Back is the latest documentary from MintPress journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen. It tells the story of Israel’s 11-day war on the Gaza Strip in May 2021. The post New documentary trailer: Gaza Fights Back appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

Are you familiar with Politico? No, nor me, until I noted that Suzanne Lynch, who was The Irish Times correspondent in Washington, left that paper and joined Politico as one of their staff in Brussels. I like Suzanne and not just because she chaired the launch of my book Martin... Read more »

As the world and its mother know by now, the American delegation to the North has infuriated some unionist politicians by making references to a ‘manufactured’ problem in the protocol , AND  to the existence of ‘The Planter and the Gael’. We probe the thinking behind this. Did Sue Gray... Read more »

    BRITAIN’S ROYAL LYING CORPS  YESTERDAY FLEW NOT IN SINGLE  LIES  BUT DROVES, The BBC , THE TIMES and all TV Channels turned their guns on China. Anti-Chinese propaganda has been increasing for years. Chinese police in Hong Kong were subjected to physical attacks by masked rioters carrying various... Read more »

What is it with some people, that when an uncomfortable  truth is spoken they go a bit bananas? I can think of at least two past occasions when I made a comment that was truthful in every way, but a great number of people were so furious, they would cheerfully... Read more »

I saw Allison Morris, late of that venerable organ The Irish News and currently of The Belfast Telegraph, on UTV’s Spotlight  recently.  In it she said she just loved censuses  – there was so much you could do with the figures. She got that one right. According to a recent... Read more »

There were two letters in THE IRISH TIMES yesterday (24 May) which convincingly put the case for the return to the Irish non-belligerence in disputes between the Great Power Blocs and constructive neutrality as pursued for many decades by Eamon de Valera and Frank Aiken,  though of course neither of... Read more »

I see where unionist politicians and ‘commentators’ like Jamie Bryson are critical of the US delegation because they are judged to be one-sided – too green. Gordon Lyons, DUP MLA, told the B(ritish)BC “We’re going to have a particular challenge with Congressman Neal”. Jamie Bryson, it seems, has Richie Neal... Read more »

Have you heard?  Michelle O’Neill used the term ‘Northern Ireland’ in Stormont a while back, and now she’s gone and used it AGAIN at Westminster during an interview. “I think we shouldn’t get hung up on those things. It’s the beauty of the Good Friday Agreement – British, Irish or... Read more »

Long, before the creation of Britain’s Royal Flying Corps , before the heavier-than-air flying machine flown by the American Wright Brothers, before the French Montgolfier Brothers  flight in a Balloon, England was renowned for flights of fancy. It is tempting to imagine that the country was known as Perfidious Albion... Read more »

Beginning at 7 am on Sunday, dozens of right-wing Israeli paramilitary settlers, led by the extremist Itamar Ben Gvir and accompanied by squadrons of Israeli soldiers, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, removing Palestinian worshipers who were there for the morning prayer, and invading the sanctuary spaces to force out... Read more »

Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians during protests that took place after fanatic Israeli colonizers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said the assailants came from... Read more »

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that many Palestinians were injured, Saturday dawn, after Israeli soldiers and colonizers invaded Burin town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the PRCS in Nablus, said two... Read more »

Israeli soldiers were injured Saturday evening, dozens of Palestinians, and caused many others to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers invaded the village, leading to protests, before... Read more »

Israeli navy ships attacked, Saturday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats near the shore in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the navy ships fired many live rounds and gas bombs at the Palestinian fishing boats near the shore of the Sudaniyya Sea and Beit Lahia... Read more »

On Saturday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians from Hebron and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded and searched a few homes in Hebron’s Old City, interrogated several Palestinians, and abducted Saed Abed Seder. Several army jeeps invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of Hebron, before the... Read more »

Israeli troops attacked the weekly non-violent protest in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, in the central West Bank, wounding four young Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets. Dozens more suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation, when Israeli forces charged the peaceful protest and began attacking the demonstrators with tear... Read more »

Hours after the Israeli army killed a Palestinian child in the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot at least four Palestinian and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. The army invaded the at-Tal area in the Old City of... Read more »

On Friday, Illegal Israeli colonizers conducted many attacks targeting the Palestinians, including children, homes, shops, and cars in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the colonizers assaulted several Palestinian children, all below the age of ten, while playing near... Read more »

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

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

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

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

a powerful state does not want authorization because that weakens its power if you have to have authorization from someone you are not you know powerful enough to do anything you choose the same reason why the mafia don does not want a court order suppose some mafia done isn't... Read more »

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The 2010 Report of the Saville Enquiry describes much of what happened in Derry on Bloody Sunday (30 January 1972). Various commentaries and later publications have added further information, some of it of a nature that the authorities must have hoped would never be revealed. It seems however that the... Read more »

  Kendrick Lamar is one of the most popular high-brow artists. He is one of very few people in history whose work during their lifetime has been at once widely listened to (nearly 20 million hits already for the top tracks of this album on Spotify) and deeply scrutinised: every... Read more »

Why Solar In their book, ‘The Menace of Atomic Energy’,published nearly 50 years ago, Ralph Nader and John Abbotts revealed to readers that the person most responsible for developing American nuclear reactors, Dr Alvin Weinberg, admitted he would prefer solar energy if its cost could be brought down to less... Read more »

The ownership and governance arrangements for the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) are fraught with risk for future generations of women in Ireland. The board structure of the new hospital makes it liable to capture and control by the 3/3/3 membership structure.   The NMH will have minority representation of... Read more »

Putin’s 9 May speech in Red Square came and went, without any new theatre opening up. This may indicate a change in strategy to limit the kinetic war to Donbas but he’s made it quite clear that, in his world view, the culpable protagonist, is NATO /USA. By moving away from... Read more »

Daft: the solution to the housing crisis depends on facts-led public-policy but we need to be discriminating about the facts chosen and who chooses them, even when it’s Ronan Lyons.  By J Vivian Cooke. The post Donkeys led by Lyons. appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Soldier G was the ‘partner’ of Soldier F. Both soldiers served with Support Company of 1 Para. Soldier F’s real name is David Cleary. Soldier G was Ronald Alan Cook. Cook was a private in 1 Para at the time of Bloody Sunday. His military number was 24180769. He was... Read more »

After an unedifying week marked by an unrelenting stream of propaganda following the unexpected deferral of the Cabinet decision, yesterday’s poll in the Sunday Independent shows that the plurality of respondents (excluding ‘uncertains’), 45 per cent, believe there will be religious interference in the new hospital. Predictably, the role of... Read more »

The article which featured Anderton was about John Stalker and a number of other honourable English police officers and soldiers who had tried to do the right thing in Ireland. The relevant section  read as follows:   The late John Stalker, the former Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester, investigated the... Read more »

The phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh comes amid clashes in Jerusalem. It also occurred in the context of multiple international contacts with the movement, seeking to contain escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially at Al-Aqsa Mosque, following Israeli attempts to storm... Read more »

At an agricultural storage complex in the Egyptian city of Banha, Ahmed Nasser watches truck after truck offload freshly-threshed grain from the surrounding Nile Delta. Cut off from much of the Black Sea wheat it depended on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Egypt, often the world's biggest importer, is straining... Read more »

The main takeaway from this year's Davos conference was best expressed by the US Vermont independent senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders when he said; "The oligarchs party and the poor suffer." While some billionaires, including Bill Gates and Elon Musk, have been focusing on technological solutions driven by... Read more »

As the sole Lebanese armed faction from the country's civil war implicitly allowed to retain its arsenal in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord that ended the conflict, the Hezbollah movement has faced incessant calls to disarm by political and sectarian rivals alike, both domestic and foreign. These stem largely... Read more »

Contrary to its precedents, the prospects for a new Turkish intervention into Syrian territory seem linked to more diverse and complex determinants. In addition to the positions of Moscow and Washington, there are factors related to major changes that have taken place and are taking place in recent times, the... Read more »

When Palestinians speak of their ongoing Nakba (Catastrophe), they are imparting a political consciousness which the international community refuses to recognise. For world leaders, diplomats and international organisations, Palestine is just fragments of a land and people without a narrative, as evidenced by the mainstream references to Sheikh Jarrah, Gaza,... Read more »

The British Empire once ruled over a quarter of the world's population, from North America to India and from interior Africa to the Middle East. This June, the UK is lavishly celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years since she ascended the throne in 1952, after her father,... Read more »

The Israeli government took note of the statement issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, which condemned an Israeli court's decision to allow extremists to perform rites in the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israeli government gave attention to the statement issued by the... Read more »

It does not seem that either of the sides in the Iraqi crisis, the Sadrist Movement or the Coordination Framework, have the desire to put an end to the political impasse in the country, due to both sides sticking to the mechanism they believe is better to form a new... 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 »

Please Help ZNet           Source: Truthout Photo by Matt Gush/Shuttterstock   Former president Jimmy Carter deemed the U.S. as having become “an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery” in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to strike down limits on campaign contributions, and the wielding... Read more »

Please Help ZNet           This interview with world-renowned scholar and leading dissident Noam Chomsky has two goals. The primary goal is to understand America’s role in one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 21st century, the Syrian civil war. While there has been a lot of... Read more »

It is within our power to bring about the answer that we all hope for, but there is no time to waste... Read more »

Please Help ZNet         Source: Truthout Photo by Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock   Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is an utter disaster for Ukraine, and the war is not going well for the Russian forces who are experiencing heavy losses and may be running low on both... Read more »

Please Help ZNet         Source: Truthout Photo by OlegD/Shutterstock   Since World War I, propaganda has played a crucial role in warfare. Propaganda is used to increase support for the war among citizens of the nation that is waging it. National governments also use targeted propaganda campaigns... Read more »

The phrase “all options are on the table” is normal in what passes for statecraft in the U.S. and U.K. — all in direct violation of the UN Charter... Read more »

Interview on the worsening threat of nuclear warfare and how to end the war in Ukraine... Read more »

A wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine... Read more »

Interview on the stakes of the war in Ukraine and how the left must respond... Read more »

Marilyn Mosby’s list of 300 police with ‘credibility issues’ includes Melvin Hill. Battleground Baltimore investigates this former cop with dozens of allegations against him, including ‘criminal misconduct’ and making a ‘false statement.’... Read more »

As the world continues to go to hell, we convene another special Art for the End Times panel—this time to vent about people and things we hate.... Read more »

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant describes how her party has mobilized ordinary people to win victories in the war being waged on the working class and the poor—despite opposition from Democrats.... Read more »

Cop watcher Texas Sheepdog was arrested for filming in public, and the ensuing court battle over the charges indicates that law enforcement and city officials are trying to set new limits on people's First Amendment rights.... Read more »

In politics, victory usually belongs to whoever shows up. And by showing up, the NRA has managed to strangle every federal effort to restrict guns since the Newtown shooting.... Read more »

‘Thoughts and prayers’ haven’t done shit to help our suffering people. Now is the time for rage and action, philosopher George Yancy argues.... Read more »

“In the [Pacific] Islands, if there's any kind of family emergency... you drop everything and you go to help... I've used that same mentality here in the labor movement.”... Read more »

CNN investigates the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 and says she was targeted by Israeli sniper positioned 600 feet away from her with a clear line of sight.... Read more »

As the theocratic, draconian reality of a post-Roe world takes shape, what lessons can we learn from activists who fought for safe abortion access in the days before Roe?... Read more »

Industrial action over an 'insulting' 3% pay offer for employees at Sun Chemical is set to impact production of the right-wing newspaper. The post Pay strikes at ink manufacturer likely to disrupt printing of Daily Mail appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Following exposure of 'repugnant' treatment of the lowest-paid staff at No 10, there has been an outpouring of solidarity towards cleaners and security staff across the UK. The post Sue Gray’s findings spark flood of support for cleaners, security staff and low-paid workers appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading... Read more »

“C4 is in excellent financial health & does not want or need to raise outside capital to fund its future plans.” The post Channel 4 gives the perfect response to Nadine Dorries over privatisation claims appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

'The government has failed to address the systemic factors behind the cost-of-living crisis. ' The post Prof Prem Sikka: Rishi Sunak’s measures fail to address the systemic factors behind the cost-of-living crisis appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

If the Sue Gray report hadn’t had come out we wouldn’t be getting this windfall tax. The post BBC Question Time audience slams timing of Rishi Sunak’s £400 energy bill discount appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

There have been hundreds of adverts for private medical companies published on Facebook so far in 2022 targeting users in the UK. The post Private healthcare advertising booms amid record NHS waiting lists appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that oil and gas companies will get a big tax cut if they extract more fossil fuels in the UK, as he set out measures to help people with the cost of living crisis. The post Rishi Sunak announces oil and gas companies will get... Read more »

Gray confirmed in her report yesterday that she had decided not to investigate allegations of a party inside the prime minister’s private Downing Street flat on November 13th 2020 The post Claims of a ‘cover up’ after Sue Gray abandoned investigation into alleged ‘ABBA’ party in No 10 flat appeared... Read more »

Ultimately, you cannot level up the country without levelling up employment protections too, and you cannot build back better without building a better employment rights settlement The post Imran Hussain MP: Without an Employment Bill and protection for workers’ rights, you can’t level up appeared first on Left Foot Forward:... Read more »

Heavy fighting is continuing in eastern Ukraine as Russia attempts to seize the entire Donbas region, where fighting began in 2014. We speak to independent journalist Billy Nessen, who just left the city of Severodonetsk, where Russian shelling has exponentially increased. He says a possible Russian capture of Severodonetsk would... Read more »

Wednesday marked two years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, setting off worldwide protests against police violence. But has anything in Minneapolis changed? We spoke with longtime local activist Robin Wonsley Worlobah, who is also now Minneapolis’s first Black democratic socialist city councilmember. Wonsley... Read more »

Shortly before the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, we spoke with author and journalist Mark Follman about the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. Follman is the author of the new book “Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America,” in which... Read more »

Criticism Mounts over Slow Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting, “Joe Died of a Broken Heart”: Husband of Teacher Slain in Uvalde Dies of Heart Attack, Toronto Schools Lock Down as Police Shoot Man Carrying Gun Near Elementary School, U.S. Students Walk Out of Classes to Demand Gun Control Laws,... Read more »

As fighting continues in Ukraine, we speak with journalist Patrick Cockburn, who says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is peddling a “vague triumphalism” which is “obscuring just how dangerous and how bad the situation has become.” His recent CounterPunch piece is headlined “London and Washington are Being Propelled by Hubris —... Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday it would try to temporarily pause “immigration enforcement activities” in the town of Uvalde, Texas, so families could freely seek assistance and reunite with their loved ones following Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary, which left 19 students and two teachers dead. The school’s... Read more »

After the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting, Australia passed sweeping new gun control measures that largely ended mass shootings in the country. We speak with Rebecca Peters, an international arms control advocate who led the campaign to reform Australia’s gun laws after the massacre. She recalls how in just 10... Read more »

As people mourn Tuesday’s mass shooting that left dead 19 students and two teachers, Republicans who still oppose any new gun control measures face growing outrage. “This is a uniquely American problem, and it’s happening with such frequency and such devastation, it’s almost hard to wrap your mind around,” says... Read more »

Chilling Details Emerge of Gunman’s Final Moments Ahead of Texas School Massacre, Beto O’Rourke to Texas Governor: “This Is Totally Predictable When You Choose Not to Do Anything”, Pope Francis Demands Action on Gun Violence After Texas School Shooting, Ukraine’s Zelensky Blasts Henry Kissinger over Proposal to “Appease” Russia, Russian... Read more »

Daniel Defense, the company that made the gun used by the Robb Elementary shooter, has been handed over 100 federal contracts.... Read more »

A conversation with Tevita 'Uhatafe, a rank-and-file member of the Transport Workers Union Local 513 in Dallas-Fort Worth.... Read more »

Workers are pushing for the grocery store chain’s first union.... Read more »

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy.... Read more »

The private Blue School in New York teaches labor history. Its teachers just walked off the job.... Read more »

If our tax dollars are furnishing the weapons that kill journalists and other innocents, that’s not just an international crime—it’s against U.S. law, too... Read more »

California utility company PG&E has settled, but many fire victims are still waiting to see their full payout.... Read more »

These Starbucks workers were the first to unionize—but labor law went unenforced during their elections.... Read more »

A single call from an anonymous tipster is all it takes for the government to take children from their families... Read more »

First shared via our Patreon page, where some were interested in sharing this around. The support on Patreon is really appreciated and the community we are building there is solid. Our next Q&A session for Patron plus supporters is set for June. Transcript from ‘Inflation 2022’ – A Zoom panel,... Read more »

“The decline of the West is not necessary or historically inevitable. It is the result of choosing policies dictated by its rentier interests. … The threat posed to society by rentier interests is the great challenge of every nation today: whether its government can restrict the dynamics of finance capitalism... Read more »

Transcript BENJAMIN NORTON: Hey, everyone. I’m Ben Norton, and this is the Multipolarista podcast. And I have the great pleasure of being joined today by one of my favorite guests, one of I think the most important economists in the world today. I’m speaking with Professor Michael Hudson. If you’ve... Read more »

Katie Halper podcast, April 29, 2022 TRANSCRIPT KATIE HALPER: Professor Michael Hudson, thank you so much for joining us. We’re really excited to have you. We wanted to start off by asking you if you could provide an overview of what the economics driving this conflict are—and by conflict, I... Read more »

It is now clear that today’s escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America’s plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe (“NATO”) from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. As President... Read more »

Hudson Bond debate PART II March 28, 2022 Is China’s Belt and Road initiative a socialist or capitalist approach to trade? Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond discuss and debate on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay. TRANSCRIPT Paul Jay Hi and welcome back to theAnalysis.news, I’m Paul Jay. We’re going to continue our... Read more »

Hudson & Wolff discuss geo-political outcomes of America's long term campaign to control the world though currency, oil and food policy. The post Grab Bag Imperialism first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

March 29, 2022. Margaret Flowers: You’re listening to Clearing the FOG, speaking truth to expose the forces of greed, with Margaret Flowers. And now I turn to my guest, Michael Hudson. Michael is the president of the Institute for the Study of Long-term, Economic Trends, ISLET. He’s a Wall Street... Read more »

NATO-Russia Proxy War: Revealing Signs of a Fading America: Scott Ritter, Michael Hudson – Global Research – Centre for Research on Globalization. GR (Michael Welch): Great privilege to speak with you again Mr. Hudson. Welcome! Michael Hudson: Thanks for having me on! GR: Now, We’re seeing NATO unifying together behind... Read more »

More details are emerging over just how long law enforcement took to stop the Uvalde school shooting this week, including horrifying descriptions of how children suffered while police waited outside gathering resources and preparing themselves to intervene. As it becomes apparent that law enforcement delayed up to an hour before storming... Read more »

New York attorney general Letitia James’ civil fraud investigation into Donald Trump’s businesses is one of the few legal cases against the former president that has had real traction. On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the former president’s most serious attempt to stall it has no basis and the... Read more »

Former president Donald Trump spoke at the National Rifle Association’s convention in Houston, Texas, Friday night, giving a speech laden with falsehoods about gun control and school shootings. He ended with a strange dance, more fitting for one of his elaborate campaign events than a policy speech in the wake... Read more »

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last December, a young patient was admitted to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, after several medications had failed to quell the child’s relentless seizures. A hospital pediatrician, Vignesh Doraiswamy, consulted with neurologists and then tried... Read more »

As gun violence ravages communities and the country reels from a string of horrific mass shootings, Americans have been left with an all-too-familiar question: Will our lawmakers finally do something to stop the carnage? We’ve been here before, many times; we’ve watched as Republicans (and some Democrats) bowed to pressure... Read more »

In May 2016, when TMZ broke the news that a judge had granted actor Amber Heard a temporary restraining order against her then-husband, Johnny Depp, it took less than a day for the story to get picked up by USA Today, the Today Show, the Guardian, and countless celebrity outlets.... Read more »

Plenty of questions remain over the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre. But three days into the investigation, one thing is now for certain: law enforcement officials catastrophically mismanaged their response as 19 children and two teachers were killed inside a single classroom. “From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now,... Read more »

Once upon a time, Alex Berenson was a New York Times journalist covering major stories, from the Iraq War to Hurricane Katrina to the Bernie Madoff scandal. But over the last several years, he’s increasingly focused on a new pet project: owning the libs. In his Substack newsletter “Unreported Truths” he rails... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The UN secretary general has told new university graduates not to take up careers with the “climate wreckers”— companies that drive the extraction of fossil fuels. António Guterres addressed thousands of graduates at Seton Hall... Read more »

EOIN HIGGINS, eoinhiggins@gmail.com, @EoinH… The post Apologist for Tucker Carlson’s Racism: Glenn Greenwald appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of "Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment," said today that the NRA is a powerful, independent organization able to nullify any election candidate in the country who advocates for gun control The post Power of the NRA: Mass Organization, JROTC appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

The Food and Drug Administration has set a June date to review emergency use authorization requests for Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5. Researchers caution that although many parents have eagerly awaited vaccines for this age group, vaccination rates may be quite low. The post Assessing Vaccine Authorization for Children... Read more »

Jenny Ricks, the global convenor for Fight Inequality Alliance wrote, "Policy choices made by governments and international institutions throughout the pandemic have fallen woefully short of protecting people from the impact of multiple crises. Spiralling inflation, sky-rocketing energy bills and fuel prices, as well as high and still rising food... Read more »

The publisher and editorial director of The Nation, Katrina Vanden Heuvel writes, "It’s time to challenge the orthodox view on the war in Ukraine. As Russia’s illegal and brutal assault enters its fourth month, the impact on Europe, the Global South and the world is already profound." The post Ukraine... Read more »

Chas Freeman, a former U.S. diplomat, businessman, and current chair of Projects International Inc. says, "This is the fourth time in a year that the White House has had to walk back a pledge by President Biden to go to war with China over Taiwan that is inconsistent with both... Read more »

The author of the popular Covid-19 newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist, says there is “no doubt we are in the middle of a case surge in the U.S. Unfortunately, it’s not getting communicated properly.” According to Katelyn Jetelina, current transmission rates (higher than 50 reported cases per 100,000 people) across 66... Read more »

Media outlets are increasingly focusing on the… The post Bereavement Activists Push for Support of Covid-19 Orphans appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Christine Ahn, executive director of Women Cross DMZ, said: "Biden must use his trip to South Korea to take the lead on diplomacy with North Korea by abandoning failed approaches of sanctions and pressure and instead focusing on building trust and reducing tensions. Most important would be officially ending the... Read more »

War is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?... Read more »

Climate inaction was never really about denial. Rich countries just thought poorer countries would bear the brunt of the crisis... Read more »

Interview with the legendary Manuel family about the uncovering of a mass grave of 215 Indigenous children... Read more »

California’s divided and fire-scarred cities, reeling from climate disasters, need a Green New Deal... Read more »

Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists... Read more »

“The Green New Deal is a plan that could solve so many of Texas’s problems and the problems across the country, and Republicans have absolutely nothing to offer except for more deregulation, more privatization, more austerity.”... Read more »

The symbolic power of Bernie’s old pair of mittens was the work of the “us” in “not me, us.”... Read more »

A viral conspiracy theory blends together legitimate critiques with truly dangerous anti-vaccination fantasies and outright coronavirus denialism... Read more »

Republicans keep finding new ways to tell us that they don’t believe in democracy, and we should believe them... Read more »

The global food system is in much more trouble than we think. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th May 2022 For the past few years, scientists have been frantically sounding an alarm that governments refuse to hear: the global food system is beginning to look like the global... Read more »

Those who claim that we can prevent environmental collapse without political pressure or political change are now more dangerous than climate deniers. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th May 2022 In seeking to prevent environmental breakdown, what counts above all is not the new things we do, but... Read more »

Across 12 years, the Conservatives have ruined countless lives and destroyed our social fabric. Why would anyone vote for them? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian There is one question that counts when you cast your vote: have they made life better? This month, the Conservatives will have been... Read more »

What are school exams for? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th April 2022 Why are we doing this to our children? As exam term begins, the question hangs over millions of households. NHS figures suggest that 17% of 6- to 16-year-olds in England now suffer from a “probable... Read more »

The failure to adapt to new realities is not an accident. It’s the design. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th April 2022 We have a new term for doing nothing: “learning to live with”. Learning to live with Covid means abandoning testing, isolation and wearing masks in public... Read more »

Almost everyone in public life participates in the assault on truth. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th March 2022 To the Syrians who have suffered its attacks, the Kremlin’s lies about Ukraine must sound horribly familiar. Insisting that the victims of bombings are “crisis actors”, spreading falsehoods about... Read more »

It’s not decarbonisation that’s unaffordable. It’s climate breakdown. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd March 2022 While all eyes were on another horror, our war against the living world went nuclear. Over the weekend, temperatures at some weather stations in the Arctic rose to 30C above normal. Simultaneously,... Read more »

We won’t defend ourselves from the global food crisis by destroying what remains of our wildlife. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th March 2022 Should we plough up Britain? Many people seem to think so. Even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, food prices were rocketing. Now they... Read more »

Thanks to a series of astonishingly foolish decisions, Europe has allowed Vladimir Putin to control much of its energy supply. Here’s what it needs to do. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th March 2022 As Russia threatens to cut off the fossil gas on which much of Europe... Read more »