- UK judge gags Palestine Action defendants to secure ‘terror’ stitch-upDesperate to secure a conviction of Palestine Action defendants, a draconian British judge has forbidden them from referring to the principle of jury equity in their closing speeches. It is one of countless restrictions aimed at blocking the activists from mounting an effective defense. Since the retrial of six Palestine... Read more »
- Israel’s AI foreign influence op blames Palestinians for killing Hind RajabA new website established by the Israeli government through a contract with Trump’s former campaign manager seeks to manipulate AI platforms into denying established accounts of Hind Rajab’s killing. Israel has created nine English language websites explicitly aimed at manipulating AI platforms like Claude and ChatGPT. Its vehicle for maintaining... Read more »
- The US tech giant where employees wear IDF uniforms to workLast month, a data analyst at financial tech giant Intuit showed up to a company Zoom call in full IDF uniform. Intuit’s products include the widely-used tax return program TurboTax. This article was originally published by Do Not Panic! The American tech giant behind the most popular tax filing software... Read more »
- UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackoutSix Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the... Read more »
- Senior BBC Iran reporter exposed as opposition activistAfter a top reporter at the BBC drew outrage for publishing a quote demanding Iran be nuked, she’s been revealed as a dedicated regime change activist whose career was launched by a CIA-founded propaganda network. Serious questions remain about the BBC’s editorial process. On April 6, 2026, horrified social media... Read more »
The Grayzone
- Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE ComplicityAs Washington shifts from threats to negotiations, Iran is signaling it no longer sees talks as credible. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains why Tehran is rejecting U.S. outreach — citing escalating attacks, deep mistrust, and even assassination threats against its negotiating team. The post Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders,... Read more »
- VideoUAE Launches Muslim Shia Crackdown Under Cover of “Iran-Linked Terror” ClaimsDespite labeling the arrests of 27 individuals as part of an “Iran-linked terror threat”, UAE authorities have not brought terrorism charges — raising concerns that, in the context of the Iran war, the crackdown on dissent is targeting Shia communities under the guise of security. The post UAE Launches Muslim... Read more »
- Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian Women Lead Resistance to U.S.-Israeli WarAs Western leaders claim to “liberate” Iranian women, millions are taking to the streets to defend their country — directly challenging long-standing orientalist narratives that portray them as passive victims in need of saving, explains Iranian professor Dr. Setareh Sadeqi. The post Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian... Read more »
- Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow Role In the US-Israeli War on IranBehind claims of neutrality, the UAE has emerged as a key player in the war on Iran — providing surveillance, hosting operations, enabling strikes from its bases and aiding Israeli false flags while portraying itself as a victim on the world stage The post Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow... Read more »
- From Dunks To Drones: The NBA Has an Israel ProblemAs the NBA playoffs tip off this weekend, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry are under growing scrutiny — not just for their play, but for links to Israeli drone technology and security firms tied to Israel’s military operations that are used to commit war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon,... Read more »
MintPress News
- A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank MuseumI 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 »
- VideoNuclear Genocide – The Threat And The CeasefireGiven 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 »
- Video‘How On Earth Do You Justify That?’ Laura Kuenssberg’s Selective EmpathyOn 8 March, on the BBC politics programme, ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’, the former BBC political editor put these impassioned words to Seyed Ali Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador to the UK: ‘Since we last spoke, →... Read more »
- ‘Operation Epic Fury’ – Anatomy Of A War Of AggressionCommenting last week on the build-up of US military forces targeting Iran, Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, got it right: ‘This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air →... Read more »
- ‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are political leaders and compliant news media publicly acknowledging that the ‘international →... Read more »
Media Lens
- VideoNoam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182)Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler. Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »
- Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming UninhabitableChomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout. Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »
- Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam ChomskyCurrent US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »
chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
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 » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
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 » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- Video● Protest Laws Should Be Viewed As Efforts To Ban Criticism Of Israel
The goal is to just keep adding more and more protest laws until nobody's willing to attend a pro-Palestine demonstration without a lawyer present.... Read more » - VideoPodcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
Caitlin and Tim discuss the Israeli abduction of Global Sumud Flotilla activists hundreds of miles away from their territorial waters, US war plans for Cuba, Israel’s ethnic cleansing plans for Gaza, the billionaire propagandist who owns Politico, motherhood, misogyny, and more. As usual, please leave us your questions, comments and... Read more » - VideoOur Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little
Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald's is bringing back the McRib.... Read more » - VideoThree Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propaganda
In the last few days I've seen three separate instances of generative AI being used to promote propaganda for US-Israeli war agendas which are worth paying attention to.... Read more » - VideoPodcast: This War Is Going To Starve People
Caitlin and Tim discuss the global consequences the US-Israeli war on Iran is set to have on the weakest members of the poorest countries, the latest Trump assassination attempt, BBC headline shenanigans, and more. Please give us your questions and comments in the replies so we can answer them in... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- ● We Need a Guns and Butter Debate Over the Costs of the Iran War
Where is today’s public discussion on how much the U.S. economy will have to pay to rebuild an even vaster military-industrial complex to restock the missiles that Trump has used up? I’m not sure that there’s much intention of paying the Military Industrial Complex with weapons that have failed in... Read more » - ● Combatting and Overcoming Administrative Obstacles to Voting
2026 is the sixty-second year since Civil Rights Summer, that remarkable upsurge of practical action intended to break the grip of the political oligarchy that had ruled the states of the old Confederacy through terror and violence since the end of Reconstruction. Its objective in 1964 was to empower the... Read more » - ● A Country of Strangers: Death, Despair and Indifference in the US
One of the few guarantees in life is loss. The unmerciful realities of temporal existence and entropy make the pain of separation a sole constancy. Over the course of an average life, a person will lose not only one person of emotional importance, but many. A few will take their... Read more » - ● Roaming Charges: Bad Citizens
Cole Allen had been sold too many promises that didn’t pan out. The promise of hope and change. The promise of restoring the “soul of America,” whatever that really means. The promise of nostalgia restored, a reified America from the land of promise and dreams. But it’s the little annoyances... Read more » - ● Life After Trump: Is MAGA Reversible?
Donald Trump as an individual will not define American politics forever. But MAGA may outlast him. Trump has had a transformative influence in the United States and beyond. The question is whether American politics will move past Trump, who is now 80 years old. Will we ever return to a... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- On Iran and the LeftOn Iran and the Left A Lebanese woman passes a portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini. (Anadolu/Getty) Yanis Varoufakis · Mar 14, 2026 · 7 mins Once again, I find myself caught in the conundrum of opposing an illegal war unleashed by the United States and its allies on a country whose... Read more »
- Can we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big techCan we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big tech This is light years beyond mere surveillance capitalism. (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty) Yanis Varoufakis 12 Feb 2026 · 6 mins Artificial intelligence · Big tech · Prometheus Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, did not have two separate... Read more »
- Capitalism & Genocide: My testimony at the Gaza Tribunal, Istanbul 23-10-2025On 23rd October, I testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. My speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. Here it is: My name is Yanis Varoufakis. I am an economist, a politician and activist representing... Read more »
- RAISE YOUR SOUL! My new book telling the story of the last 100 years through the voices of 5 remarkable women
Hello everyone. RAISE YOUR SOUL! is my new book which I am taking the liberty of presenting to you. It is unlike anything I have written before. Setting aside high theory, it is the story of five women who, over of a hundred years, resisted fascism, authoritarianism and chauvinism. It... Read more » - A Trust Fund for Everyone: How to create a Monetary Commons that socialises money and funds a basic dividend without new taxes or debtAt a time Donald Trump, Big Tech and Wall Street deploy stablecoins to privatise the dollar, usurping the decentralising power of blockchain to enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense, here is an alternative use of blockchain that harnesses its decentralising powers to benefit everyone equally – to pay everyone a... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- ● German ‘antisemitism commissioner’ arson is Israel lobby’s anti-Palestine smear case study
An arson attack against the ‘antisemitism commissioner’ of the German state of Brandenburg has turned out to be a case study in the Israel lobby’s antisemitism smear tactics. And, of course, the way in which those tactics are aided by the state-corporate media. It’s a lesson that the UK badly... Read more » - ● Polanski unveils radical workers’ charter to protect people before profit
The Green party launched its Workers’ Charter 2026 tonight at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. Zack Polanski opened the event with a wonderfully passionate call to build a system that works for the workers and not the wealthy few. Polanski’s powerful call to finally level the playing field, reinstate... Read more » - ● Very original: desperate Labour ghouls plan to get Andy Burnham back — again
MPs in the withering Labour Party have a master plan to try and stop a general election wipe-out. In a daring, novel and original move, the party will try to get Manchester mayor Andy Burnham back into parliament – again. Yes, you heard right. The Guardian newspaper — which also... Read more » - ● Oxford-educated billionaire-owned newspaper editor warns Greens will ‘destroy London’
Alys Denby, editor of billionaire-owned City AM, told billionaire-owned Times Radio she was upset at being forced to vote Labour to keep the “extremist” Greens out. The Greens will be beside themselves with grief, no doubt. Here is the full commentary from 1 May: Proud Conservative @alysdenby has proclaimed she’s... Read more » - ● ‘Brutalised at sea’: Palestine flotilla activists ‘punched, kicked, dragged’ by Israeli thugs
Activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla have reported being brutalised by the Israeli military after their humanitarian ships were stormed. They also said they were denied food and water. The illegal seizure was a brutal re-run of previous attacks on flotillas. The activists were detained by an Israeli Occupation Force... Read more »
Canary
- ● May First – Lucy E. Parsons (1906)From ‘The Liberator’, January 28, 1906, Chicago, edited by Lucy E. Parsons In No. 21 of The Liberator, A. Klemencic suggested that a general movement be set on foot now to inaugurate the movement looking to an observance of the... Read more... Read more »
- ● Italy renews 41bis regime against Alfredo CospitoThe punitive political choice confirms prison as an instrument of annihilation ~ Osservatorio Repressione ~ Italian Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio has decided to renew 41bis for Alfredo Cospito. The measure, expected by 4 May, was notified to defence attorney... Read more... Read more »
- ● Facets of MaydayFrom Industrial Worker May Day has layers of meaning—some celebratory, others tragic—shaped across centuries. From its origins as a festival of spring and renewal, to its modern incarnation as International Workers’ Day, May Day reflects the aspirations and struggles of... Read more... Read more »
- ● ASR 94 (Summer 2026)From Anarcho-Syndicalist Review – An independent labor magazine Wobbles: Jobs or Life?, Teleporting Bosses, Prosperity for Who?, Solidarity with Iranian anarchists Resistance to Austerity in Argentina by John Kalwaic Syndicalist News: Indian General Strike, Spanish Syndicalists Strike Amazon, Cyprus Gig... Read more... Read more »
- ● anti specist group set fire to a bunch (15-ish) of refrigerated trucksFrom Act for Freedom Now! Original title: France : On the night of the 4th of April, a well meant anti specist group set fire to a bunch (15-ish) of refrigerated trucks belonging to the Paris Terroir’s slaugtherhouse by ALF... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Wulfinna - Dregs of SpiritAuthor: WulfinnaTitle: Dregs of SpiritDate: 26 April 2026Notes: Additional source https://ignitedindark.surge.sh/2026/04/26/dregs-of-spirit/Source: Retrieved on 26 April 2026 from <ignitedindark.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/dregs-of-spirit> March–April 2026 · Bewildered haranguing Preface Note, These fragments make up a [stressed, long-winded] bundle of outpouring, not meticulous design, that spans the last month and change of prose, veered into... Read more »
- Various Authors - AttentatAuthor: Various AuthorsTitle: AttentatSubtitle: A journal of collisionDate: 2013Notes: An anonymously written journal composed of essays on nihilist ideas, history, strategy, and critique.Attentat is intended to explore the collision between anarchist and nihilist ideas. The position itself is more about the collision than about words (or labels). For too long... Read more »
- Maddison Stoff - Terrorpop, a manifestoAuthor: Maddison StoffTitle: Terrorpop, a manifestoSubtitle: Or, how to wield your free speech like a weapon against the technofascists who are taking over OUR internet!Date: 23/4/26Source: https://maddisonstoff.neocities.org/terrorpop Terrorism is a word which increasingly holds little meaning as we move towards the last years of the 2020s. When Luigi Mangione was... Read more »
- Warlock Lumpen - What The Hell Is Even That?Author: Warlock LumpenTitle: What The Hell Is Even That?Subtitle: A mockery made of “Maoist Vegan Straight Edge — A New Ethic” by a vegan egoistDate: April 12, 2026Source: https://archive.org/details/maoistxvxcritique Introduction: What The Fuck Did I Just Read? “I have found a union of egoists that includes all living beings, where... Read more »
- Murray Bookchin - Reflections on Spanish AnarchismAuthor: Murray BookchinTitle: Reflections on Spanish AnarchismDate: Spring 1974Source: Published: in Our Generation, vol. 10, no. 1 (Spring 1974). HTML-markup: Jonas Holmgren at https://www.marxists.org/archive/bookchin/1973/09/reflections.htm In the morning hours of July 18, 1936, General Francisco Franco issued the pronunciamiento from Las Palmas in Spanish North Africa that openly launched the struggle... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- Bates Colliery, Blyth [1984?]Bates Colliery, Blyth [1984?] (in Cologne FAU solidarity with Northumberland NUM Album)... Read more »
- Miner statueMiner statue (in Cologne FAU solidarity with Northumberland NUM Album)... Read more »
- Ralph Aurand's Honorary membership of Northumberland Area of the NUMRalph Aurand's Honorary membership of Northumberland Area of the NUM (in Cologne FAU solidarity with Northumberland NUM Album)... Read more »
- FAU-IAA Miners' solidarity collecting tinFAU-IAA Miners' solidarity collecting tin (in Cologne FAU solidarity with Northumberland NUM Album)... Read more »
- British Miners’ Children in the Eifel [October-November 1984]British Miners’ Children in the Eifel [October-November 1984]... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- ● Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Italy, Spain amid split on Iran
President Donald Trump voiced displeasure with Italy and Spain Friday as the rift between the NATO allies grows amid the stalled US-Israeli war on Iran, Anadolu reports. “I’m not happy with Italy, and I’m not happy with Spain. They feel it’s okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Anybody... Read more » - ● Israeli army demolishes Christian monastery, nuns’ school in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army demolished a monastery and a school run by the Sisters of the Holy Savior in the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, the state National News Agency reported on Friday. The school “was considered one of the most prominent educational institutions in the region,” having educated thousands of... Read more » - ● Lebanon death toll since March 2 Israeli offensive surpasses 2,600
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has reached 2,618, with 8,094 people injured, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the ministry said 32 people were killed and 74 others were injured as a result of Israeli raids over the past... Read more » - ● Trump says ‘not satisfied’ with Iran’s proposal, citing demands he cannot agree to
US President Donald Trump said he is not satisfied with Iran’s latest ceasefire proposal, adding that Tehran is asking for things he cannot agree to, Anadolu Agency reports. “They’ve got to come up with the right deal. At this moment, I’m not satisfied,” Trump told reporters before he departed the... Read more » - ● Palestine Book Awards mark 15 years as 2026 submissions close
The Palestine Book Awards (PBA) has officially closed submissions for its 2026 cycle, marking another successful year with around 80 books entered. Now in its 15th year, the Awards continue to grow in stature, serving as a vital platform for literature that centres Palestinian history, identity and resistance. This year’s... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- ● Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different NamePresident Trump signed off on a key permit to construct the Bridger Pipeline Expansion project, often referred to as “Keystone Light” because it would pump huge volumes of Canada’s sludgy tar sands oil along a portion of the controversial canceled Keystone XL pipeline’s route.Following is reaction from Anthony Swift, a... Read more »
- ● Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025.At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over $100 million in pay and bonuses last year. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan led the pack at over $205 million. Billionaires were paid $2,500... Read more »
- ● 100,000+ Students to Walk Out Alongside Workers in Largest One-Day Strike in Over 80 YearsToday, more than 100,000 students across the country are walking out of their classrooms as part of the largest one-day student strike in over 80 years, joined by coordinated Sunrise Movement actions and community mobilizations nationwide, from Minneapolis to New York City. Students are participating in school walkouts while community... Read more »
- Video● Telling It Like It Is
In a devastating blow to what John Lewis called “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy,” a right-wing, illegitimate SCOTUS finally gutted the Voting Rights Act they’ve long been chipping away at, ensuring communities of color will increasingly be denied “a voice in their own destiny.” By... Read more » - AFGE Urges Passage of the Shutdown Fairness ActToday, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:“For the past 76 days, tens of thousands of AFGE members at the... Read more »
Common Dreams
- An Inspiring Story
In 2018, at the height of the economic crisis in Venezuela through crippling sanctions, Kellogg’s announced the overnight closure of their Maracay factory with hundreds of redundancies – and massive knock-on effects in the local community. The workers refused to accept the closure and, with government assistance, restarted the factory.... Read more » - Vote for the Alliance to Liberate Scotland
It was not my intention to run for election to the Scottish parliament from a hospital bed in Caracas, but sometimes we have to take what life gives us. I went to a clinic a week ago feeling dizzy and was immediately rushed to hospital. My heart rate was fluttering... Read more » - The Strait of Hormuz
In international law, Tehran has every right to close the strait of Hormuz to nations with which it is in armed conflict. Two vital points: 1) States who permit attacks on Iran to be launched from their territory can be blocked 2) Iran can block neutral ships from trading with... Read more » - VideoThe Weight on Delcy Rodriguez
As I was leaving the University of the Communes in Tocuyito, after a joyful and uplifting visit, an earnest young Professor came up to me and pulled me aside. Very quietly, he asked me what was going to happen. A number of the students were terrified there would be regime... Read more » - The Caracas MetroThe extreme nature of sanctions against Venezuela made it very challenging to keep economic activity going. One example is Caracas’s impressive five-line Metro system, where for almost twenty years they had to keep things running with no spares or maintenance support from the train manufacturers. Yet resilience and ingenuity kicked... Read more »
Craig Murray
- ● PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP LOVING CHARLES, THE SPRINGHILL MASSACRE, JEWS AND ISRAEL, & COPS WHO KICKDid you watch those banquet speeches by King Charles and King – oops – President Trump? And was there a certain word beginning with an E which both were desperate to avoid? Meanwhile, after campaigning for more than 50 years, the relatives of those massacred in Springhill got... Read more »
- The Charles-Donald bromance
That was some shindig Donald Trump put on for his good mate King Charles, what? If they had moved to a couch and begun to fondle each other it couldn’t have been closer. But what impressed me was the way they skirted round, never mentioned, forgot all about two people... Read more » - LIBERATION Theology is the Way Forward – by Joe McVeigh
by Joe McVeigh Liberation theology’s main focus is the plight of the poor in a world of plenty, the oppression of indigenous peoples and the oppression of women. It is also concerned with the urgent need to Care for God’s Creation. That brings those who support liberation theology into... Read more » - PAT +JUDE TALK ABOUT STUPID EDUCATED PEOPLE, TRUMP UNDER FIRE AGAIN, AND THE SF ARD FHEIS…JOIN US
The London Marathon – some sight, that, eh? But is running in a circle really a sensible way to behave? What if some or all that talent and energy was directed at some of our many problems? Sinn Féin had their Árd Fheis in Belfast at the weekend. Some journalists... Read more » - Political Lessons from Travelling – by Carl Duffy
I’ve been fortunate enough to have visited over fifty countries and to have seen a varietyof different cultures first-hand. From the consumeristic USA to the communistcountries of Cuba and Vietnam. Or from the Islamic societies of Jordan, Morocco andEgypt to the Buddhist Thailand. In Palestine, I was unfortunate in seeing... Read more »
Jude Collins
- ● PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP LOVING CHARLES, THE SPRINGHILL MASSACRE, JEWS AND ISRAEL, & COPS WHO KICKDid you watch those banquet speeches by King Charles and King – oops – President Trump? And was there a certain word beginning with an E which both were desperate to avoid? Meanwhile, after campaigning for more than 50 years, the relatives of those massacred in Springhill got... Read more »
- The Charles-Donald bromanceThat was some shindig Donald Trump put on for his good mate King Charles, what? If they had moved to a couch and begun to fondle each other it couldn’t have been closer. But what impressed me was the way they skirted round, never mentioned, forgot all about two people... Read more »
- LIBERATION Theology is the Way Forward – by Joe McVeigh by Joe McVeigh Liberation theology’s main focus is the plight of the poor in a world of plenty, the oppression of indigenous peoples and the oppression of women. It is also concerned with the urgent need to Care for God’s Creation. That brings those who support liberation theology into... Read more »
- PAT +JUDE TALK ABOUT STUPID EDUCATED PEOPLE, TRUMP UNDER FIRE AGAIN, AND THE SF ARD FHEIS…JOIN USThe London Marathon – some sight, that, eh? But is running in a circle really a sensible way to behave? What if some or all that talent and energy was directed at some of our many problems? Sinn Féin had their Árd Fheis in Belfast at the weekend. Some journalists... Read more »
- Political Lessons from Travelling – by Carl DuffyI’ve been fortunate enough to have visited over fifty countries and to have seen a varietyof different cultures first-hand. From the consumeristic USA to the communistcountries of Cuba and Vietnam. Or from the Islamic societies of Jordan, Morocco andEgypt to the Buddhist Thailand. In Palestine, I was unfortunate in seeing... Read more »
Jude Collins
- VideoIs another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers
Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial crisis, with major problems in the $3 trillion private credit market. Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers of Wall Street's Ponzi schemes. The post Is another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains... Read more » - VideoIran is winning the war with the US. This is how
Iran is winning the war started by Trump. This is now admitted even in the Western media. Tehran has destroyed major US military bases in West Asia, expelling American troops to Europe. The post Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how appeared first on Geopolitical Economy... Read more » - The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how
The US-Israeli war on Iran is altering the geopolitical order, and could cause a global economic crisis. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the shock in the oil market and Tehran's challenge to US dominance. The post The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how appeared... Read more » - West refuses to condemn slavery in UN General Assembly vote
The Global South voted for a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Europe abstained. The US, Israel, and Argentina voted against it. The post West refuses to condemn slavery in UN General Assembly vote appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more » - VideoAsymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations
In response to Trump's war of aggression, Iran is using asymmetric tactics, targeting US corporations and dollar dominance, challenging the petrodollar system, demanding oil sales in Chinese yuan. The post Asymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations appeared... Read more »
Geopolitical Economy Report
- Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights
To help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. The post Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice
People’s exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — made worse by the recent cuts to the already limited regulations. This administration is placing the health of our students at risk. The post Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Educators Learn Hidden History — and Talk About Why It Matters
It’s not every day that educators can learn directly from leading historians, writers, and activists, and then immediately process that learning in small groups with peers equally committed to truth and justice. That’s exactly what makes the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class series so rare... Read more » - Organization of American Historians 2026 Conference
The Zinn Education Project hosted a booth with HowardZinn.org at the Organization of American Historians Conference in Philadelphia from April 16–18, 2026. The post Organization of American Historians 2026 Conference appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Teach Truth Public Events
We need to reach as many people as possible with information about the chilling effect of these laws and how they threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. We offere here lots of ways to make our voices heard. The post Teach Truth Public Events appeared first on... Read more »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#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 »
Free willl
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister#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 »
Free willl
- ● The silent pipeline wars: Who is drawing the new gas map of the Middle East?
In today’s Middle East, competition over energy resources is no longer confined to oil and gas fields; it is increasingly centered on routes—and the power to design them. Gas pipelines, once viewed as purely technical infrastructure, have evolved into geopolitical instruments used to project influence, redefine alliances and shape the... Read more » - ● Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it
At a high-profile industrial groundbreaking event in Central Java, President Prabowo Subianto responded sharply to critics who describe Indonesia as being in decline. Rejecting the phrase “Indonesia is dark,” he declared that such critics have “blurred vision,” insisted the country is “bright,” and then went further: if they are unhappy,... Read more » - The US–Iran impasse: Who stands to lose more?
By the end of this month, US–Iran negotiations had reached a near stalemate, following rounds of talks in Islamabad and Muscat that failed to produce any meaningful breakthrough. At the same time, the conflict has been steadily morphing into something closer to a “cold war,” driven less by direct confrontation... Read more » - Flotilla defiance, Zionist terror, and the cowardice of Muslim regimes
There are moments when power stops pretending to be lawful and simply performs its obscenity in public. Israel’s assault on the Gaza-bound flotilla is one such moment: a state so accustomed to impunity that it now treats the Mediterranean as its private checkpoint, international waters as occupied territory, and unarmed... Read more » - When a ceasefire becomes an offensive system
Ceasefires are usually treated as the negative space of war: the moment when fire stops, diplomats return and the strategic temperature begins to fall. That reading is dangerously incomplete. In the present Iran-US-Israel confrontation, the ceasefire is not merely an interruption of violence. It is becoming a coercive architecture in... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough 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 »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough 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 »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough 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 »
- Who Speaks for the World?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 »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic 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 »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With Security
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 » - Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more » - Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against Fascism
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 » - Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam Chomsky
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 » - Humanity Imperiled[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 »
Posts – ZNetwork
- ● Alec Baldwin backs Starbucks barista union drive
“Starbucks became Starbucks because they were not unionized and they could exploit that, they could exploit labor,” Alec Baldwin, Academy-Award-nominated actor and producer of the new documentary “Baristas vs. Billionaires,” tells TRNN.... Read more » - The Atlantic’s Hasan Piker meltdown perfectly distills elite media’s warped priorities
Zero stories in the Atlantic about Hind Rajab, zero stories about Israel killing medical workers or journalists—but five articles in two weeks on a Twitch streamer.... Read more » - ‘This is piracy’: Israel condemned for seizure of Gaza-bound flotilla near Greece
“How on Earth,” asked the UN’s top Palestine expert, “is possible that Israel is allowed to assault and seize vessels in international waters just off Greece/Europe?”... Read more » - Politico boss reportedly demands allegiance to Israel from editorial staff
The publication’s parent company, Axel Springer, considers Israel’s right to exist one of its “essential” values.... Read more » - Hundreds of incarcerated migrants go on hunger strike in remote Michigan prisonMigrants at the GEO Group-run facility demand their right to due process, edible food, and an end to sleep deprivation.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- ● Local elections 2026: What would a good night look like for the Lib Dems?The Lib Dems are expected to make gains in next week's local elections, and could even become the second largest party in local government The post Local elections 2026: What would a good night look like for the Lib Dems? appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive... Read more »
- ● Suella Braverman ‘deliberately misinterprets’ journalist’s questions as she gets challenged over Nigel Farage’s £5 million donationBraverman resorted to incorrectly claiming that Sophy Ridge had suggested Farage shouldn’t have security The post Suella Braverman ‘deliberately misinterprets’ journalist’s questions as she gets challenged over Nigel Farage’s £5 million donation appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- ● BBC Question Time: Zia Yusuf fails to answer question about Reform council five times“Ok, but do you want to answer the question?” The post BBC Question Time: Zia Yusuf fails to answer question about Reform council five times appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- VideoGood Law Project: Money flowing into Reform is about changing UK culture, not just electing FarageAgustina Oliveri says "it's no coincidence" that US anti-abortion group, the Alliance Defending Freedom, has been funnelling money into the UK The post Good Law Project: Money flowing into Reform is about changing UK culture, not just electing Farage appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Good Law Project highlights billions in continuing costs to British taxpayers of dodgy Covid contracts'We're not only talking about the ramifications of the money that's already been lost, you know, money that we probably not going see the entirety of it back.' The post Good Law Project highlights billions in continuing costs to British taxpayers of dodgy Covid contracts appeared first on Left Foot... Read more »
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
- ● "A People's History of Invisible India": Journalist Neha Dixit on Dire State of Worker Rights
On International Workers’ Day, we take a look at the state of workers’ rights and freedoms in India, where pressure on fuel supplies from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has deepened the cost-of-living crisis and labor unrest is on the rise. In mid-April, tens of thousands of workers from the... Read more » - ● "No School, No Work, No Shopping": Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day Protests
As workers around the world rally to mark May Day, International Workers’ Day, we speak with organizers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The May Day Strong coalition here in the United States says 3,000 protests and events are scheduled across the country with organizers calling for “no school, no work,... Read more » - ● From Springfield, Ohio, to the Supreme Court: A Pastor's Fight to Protect TPS for Haitians
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on President Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians living in the United States. The TPS program grants protection from deportation and work authorization to immigrants whose home countries are deemed unsafe to return to, most... Read more » - ● Headlines for May 1, 2026Senate Republicans Block Iran War Powers Resolution for Sixth Time Ahead of 60-Day Deadline, Israel Continues Deadly Strikes on Southern Lebanon in Latest Ceasefire Violations, Israeli Military Claims Control of Two-Thirds of Gaza in New Maps, Israeli Ceasefire Violations Kill Three and Wound 10 in Gaza, Including Aunt of Poet... Read more »
- Sunlight Doesn't Go Through the Strait of Hormuz: Bill McKibben on Iran Oil Shock & Green Transition
We speak with author and activist Bill McKibben about the worsening climate crisis and why the world must rapidly transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the worst impacts. He says the Iran war has exposed the “utter folly” of fossil fuel dependence. “Sunlight has to travel 93... Read more »
Democracy Now!
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https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260501.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Yahoo Finance (4/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: A CNN headline a few months back told us that Instacart—which used to call itself a company that delivers groceries, but now, as its CEO told investors, is the “leading technology... Read more » - mp3Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, many laws and policies that claim to be about “ending homelessness” seem to be clearly more about hurting homeless people than changing their circumstance. Even if you,... Read more » - mp3Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on the Wayback Machine
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Inequality.org (3/4/26) This week on CounterSpin: Tesla reported $5.7 billion in US profits in 2025 and paid $0.0 in taxes. As Rebecca Crosby and Judd Legum at Popular Information report, there’s little mystery to this miracle: Tesla used... Read more » - mp3Sina Toossi on War on Iran, Chip Gibbons on Impeaching Trump
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260410.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). New York Times (4/8/26) When a president commits war crimes, including what the Nuremberg trials established as the “supreme international crime” of plotting and waging an aggressive war, as Trump has done, and then blithely threatens more... Read more » - mp3Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260403.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). USA Today (4/1/26) This week on CounterSpin: In Chiles vs. Salazar, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado’s law prohibiting health practitioners from employing the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” young people from their sexual orientation or... Read more »
CounterSpin
- ● How Iran Turned Oil Into the Empire’s Weak PointMichael Hudson and Richard Wolff explain how the Iran war has exposed the economic limits of U.S. power, with oil prices, gold flows, Gulf alliances and the Strait of Hormuz turning against Washington. The post How Iran Turned Oil Into the Empire’s Weak Point first appeared on Michael Hudson. The... Read more »
- Wall Street’s Exit Plan Is YouNima Alkhorshid: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 16, 2026, and our dear friend Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are here with us. Welcome back. Richard Wolff: Glad to be here. Nima Alkhorshid: Let me start, Richard, with the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, which is the new policy... Read more »
- VideoThe Ponzi Economy Is BreakingBen Norton, April 21, 2026, “US Economy is Based on a Ponzi Scheme,” interview of March 16, 2026, published on April 21. Is another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers.” Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial... Read more »
- Hormuz Is LeverageMichael Hudson explains how Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz has shifted global power, turning oil transit into leverage that could trigger a deep global depression if conflict escalates. The post Hormuz Is Leverage first appeared on Michael Hudson. The post Hormuz Is Leverage first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »
- Strait PowerCross-posted from the Democracy Collaborative. Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World April 17,2026 Announcing that “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Donald Trump threatened on April 7, 2026 to destroy “every bridge in Iran” and “every power plant... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- ● A Right-Wing Court Just Moved to Choke Off Abortion by MailA federal appeals court packed with conservatives has handed abortion opponents a major victory against the US Food and Drug Administration, effectively reinstating an in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion medication mifepristone and likely shutting down telemedicine providers from prescribing the abortion pill across the US. In a 3-0 order... Read more »
- ● This May Day, Even Organizers Are Cautious, But HopefulAfter last month’s No Kings protest, Indivisible, the group that describes itself as a pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian people-powered movement, joined May Day Strong’s actions to take a page out of Minnesota’s one-day strike playbook from this past January. On its surface, Indivisible’s participation appears to be a slight pivot, engaging in... Read more »
- ● Amazon Powers ICE. Its Workers Aren’t Happy.
Matt Multari has been driving for Amazon—and organizing with the Teamsters—for about a year and a half. His days are mostly spent delivering packages. But he thinks of his role as a worker-organizer as something much more historically significant than just maximizing delivery efficiency. “After the Assyrians lost their state,... Read more » - ● Trump’s New Medicaid Work Requirements Are HereOn Friday, Nebraska became the first state to enact Medicaid work requirements, mandatory for states with Medicaid expansion due to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Notably, the state did it seven months before the deadline. Now, around 70,000 adults below the age of 65 in Nebraska who have Medicaid... Read more »
- ● Trump’s New Crypto Club Offers “Luxury Suites at the Biggest Sporting Events”Fresh on the heels of a lackluster Mar-a-Lago “luncheon” party for his struggling $TRUMP meme coin, President Donald Trump appears ready to launch his next crypto-coin-for-exclusive-access project: Trump Coin Club. In the wake of the Mar-a-Lago bash, the official $TRUMP coin website was updated with a new offer. The details... Read more »
Mother Jones
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- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis
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 » - How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of War
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
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 » - ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”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 »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”
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 »
Posts – ZNetwork
- Alternating CurrentIf this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay... Read more »
- VideoSelf-BurnThanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambing to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition... Read more »
- Gateway DumpHow the deregulation of waste disposal has turned this country into a magnet for the mafia. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st April 2026 This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of criminal waste gangs, it is... Read more »
- A Potential Termination EventCascading failure across the global food system is a real and horrific possibility, which most governments are doing nothing to avert. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th March 2026 The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying not to be proved right. Vindication is what we... Read more »
- Leave Tyrants in the GroundBy unhooking ourselves from fossil fuels, we release ourselves from a world of harm. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th March 2026 I realise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? The intense western... Read more »
George Monbiot
- ● 'He was a laughingstock': Tariff-busting wine importer sandblasts Trump
Wine importer Victor O. Schwartz — who would one day initiate the downfall of President Donald Trump’s signature tariff policy — crossed paths with the future commander in chief once back in the 1990s. He was having lunch at a restaurant in Trump International Hotel when he heard a nearby... Read more » - ● Conservative attorney begs court to kill the Trump 'virus' before it 'spreads'
Former U.S. solicitor general and conservative attorney Paul Clement says the Trump administration’s lawsuit against an entire federal court in Maryland must die, and die quickly, before the spirit of the infection spreads to other courts and dismantles the U.S. justice system.Last June, President Donald Trump’s politicized Department of Justice... Read more » - ● New Infowars owner bids merciless 'good riddance' to 'rubbish' Alex Jones
After almost 30 years of broadcasts and MAGA-style conspiracy theories, MS NOW reports the lights are off at Infowars on Friday. And the new company owner couldn’t be more pleased to see founder Alex Jones bump the door on the way out.“Good riddance to the world’s worst rubbish,” The Onion’s... Read more » - Video● Panel loses it after GOP lawmaker claims fuel and prices 'feel good'
Former Republican speechwriter Tim Miller, MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace, and civil rights activist Al Sharpton did not hide their confusion after U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) tried to claim the economy was “firing on all cylinders” and feeling great.“The fact of the matter is that all of the cylinders... Read more » - ● Judge batters Trump prosecutors for 'grandstanding' shooting case
CNN reports the federal judge overseeing the White House Correspondent’ Dinner gunman matter is already losing patience with President Donald Trump’s prosecution team.Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya “privately admonished” prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for accused gunman Cole Tomas Allen, according to a transcript obtained by... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● Soon Comes The Mother of All Supply ShocksIt’s getting pretty hard to tell who is more delusional: The Donald or the noisy boy band of school-yard incompetents that surround him. Either way, it’s not surprising that Trump posted this missive earlier today. He apparently actually thinks that his cockamamie Iranian War, which is on the edge of... Read more »
- ● The Trump Surveillance StateThe Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It requires that warrants be supported by probable cause of crime and specifically describe the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Last week, for the... Read more »
- ● No, Zelensky Is Not ‘The Leader of the Free World’Just when sensible people might conclude that American or European members of Ukraine’s sycophantic fan club cannot become even more detached from reality, a prominent member of the club proves the opposite. This time, it is conservative pundit David French, who wins the prize in his April 26, 2026, New... Read more »
- The Lesson of GaddafiI want to tell you a story that most Americans have never been told. Not because the information is hidden. Because no one has connected the dots in a way that makes the consequences visible. It is a story about trust. About prosperity. About what happens when a country trusts... Read more »
- How Pax Silica Could Multiply Philippines’s Economic RisksWith the U.S.-led Pax Silica framework, the Philippines is becoming a dual-use platform where military strategy and supply-chain restructuring are converging. Over the past year, the Philippines has moved decisively into the front line of US–China friction, thanks to expanded access under the bilateral Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), large-scale... Read more »
Antiwar.com
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- Asia / Map, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more » - Strategic and commercial oil reserves
- Energy / Map, 2026/05 energy... Read more » - Lebanon: where civilisations met and mergedThe gnarled, monumental olive trees leading to Nabil Nahas's studio in the mountains north of Beirut, portrayed by the renowned Lebanese-American artist in semi-abstract paintings, are silent witnesses to more than a thousand years of history. ‘They date from the Roman period,' and come from lands mentioned in the bible,... Read more »
- At Palmyra, heritage comes before peopleThe ancient city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert has frequently been ravaged by war. As new reconstruction plans take shape, the drive to rebuild it risks sidelining the needs of local people. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »
- Anthropic, Silicon Valley's conscience?Anthropic's recent clash with the White House over the use of AI in military and surveillance technology signalled lofty principles. Yet it's already embedded in the defence systems it claims to resist. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- Palestine Action defendants dismiss lawyers to address jury directly
Rare move sees pro-Palestine activists represent themselves in court and deliver impassioned speeches about Britain’s role in Gaza genocide The post Palestine Action defendants dismiss lawyers to address jury directly appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - UK played hidden intelligence role in Iran war, data suggests
Exclusive: Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified indicates Britain had a more active role in Iran war than ministers admit. The post UK played hidden intelligence role in Iran war, data suggests appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Why don’t UK media mention the Israel lobby?
Because they’re part of it. The post Why don’t UK media mention the Israel lobby? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - VideoLobby group taking journalists on propaganda tours of Israel
Amid the systematic killing of Palestinian and Lebanese journalists, one organisation has been quietly bringing British media workers to Israel. The post Lobby group taking journalists on propaganda tours of Israel appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity
Demands follow Declassified investigation, which revealed how Shivat Zion touted ‘awesome’ illegal settlements The post UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, fulfilling Trump threat
The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s threat as he clashes with the German leader over the US war with Iran. Trump had threatened to withdraw some troops from the Nato ally... Read more » - ● Why Beijing now wants its spies executed in Taiwan to come in from decades in the cold
Fujian province, the closest mainland Chinese province to Taiwan, is an important site for Beijing’s messaging towards the island. In the first of a two-part series, Xinlu Liang examines how Beijing is framing the executions of Communist Party spies in Taiwan within a reunification narrative. A courtyard house in an... Read more » - ● Hong Kong’s population policy is still trapped in a city state mindset
Hong Kong is increasingly being urged to develop a comprehensive population policy. Academics, policymakers and business leaders warn that rapid ageing, low fertility and a shrinking labour force threaten the city’s competitiveness, and call for more decisive government intervention. Most such calls converge around two familiar strategies: encouraging Hong Kong... Read more » - ● China’s UN envoy blasts US ‘bullying’ as sanctions widen before Trump-Xi talks
China’s top UN diplomat slammed the US on Friday over its coercive behaviour, sanctioning of Chinese vessels and firms and for starting the Iran war along with Israel as Beijing assumed the rotating one-month presidency of the UN Security Council. The verbal blast came as Washington heaped more pressure on... Read more » - ● Trump expands Cuba sanctions with global reach, targeting foreign banks and firms
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order expanding sanctions on Cuba, authorising penalties not only against Cuban officials but also on foreign companies and financial institutions that do business with the island. The order significantly broadens Washington’s ability to exert economic pressure, allowing US authorities to target... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● Why Beijing now wants its spies executed in Taiwan to come in from decades in the coldFujian province, the closest mainland Chinese province to Taiwan, is an important site for Beijing’s messaging towards the island. In the first of a two-part series, Xinlu Liang examines how Beijing is framing the executions of Communist Party spies in Taiwan within a reunification narrative. A courtyard house in an... Read more »
- Xi Jinping urges ‘disruptive innovation’ to boost China amid high-stakes US tech race
Amid a high-stakes global race for technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts to boost research and innovation in the country by expanding its talent pool and fostering a culture of tolerance. “Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the main switch for... Read more » - Former CSRC chairman Yi Huiman to face trial for taking bribes, abusing power
A former head of China’s equities market regulator will face trial on allegations that he took vast sums in bribes in return for approving company listings and loans, according to the Communist Party’s top anti-graft watchdog. Yi Huiman, former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), allegedly used “his... Read more » - How China can avoid a repeat of Japan’s ‘lost decades’, in eyes of top economist
Bai Chongen is a prominent Chinese economist and government adviser. He is the dean of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management and serves concurrently as vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. From 2015 to 2018, he was a member of the Chinese central bank’s monetary policy... Read more » - Is it wrong to show Taiwan army officers a film about KMT forces fighting Japan in WWII?
A Taiwanese army officer has been punished for screening The Eight Hundred, a mainland Chinese war film depicting Kuomintang forces fighting Japanese troops during World War II. The punishment has triggered a political row on the island over Beijing’s state-led messaging to sway opinions in Taiwan as well as historical... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby 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 »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby 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 »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby 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 »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby 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 »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’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 »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- ● MethodologyThe American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 192 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted April 20-26, 2026. A total of 5,103 panelists responded out of 5,898 who were... Read more »
- ● AcknowledgmentsThis report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherGabe Borelli, Research AssociateAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateAndy Cerda, Research Analyst Shanay Gracia, Research AnalystTed Van Green, Research... Read more »
- ● Democrats and Republicans place more importance on advancing own policies than finding common groundRepublicans and Republican leaning independents overwhelmingly (76%) say Trump is doing an excellent or good job pushing for his policies, regardless of whether Democratic officials agree with them. By comparison, Democrats and Democratic leaners continue to be more critical of the job their elected officials have done at pushing against... Read more »
- ● Americans continue to view both the Republican and Democratic parties negativelyThe American public’s views of the two major political parties are more unfavorable than favorable, with a substantial share expressing negative views of both parties. While there have been relatively modest fluctuations in these overall ratings over the last several years, the share of the public holding unfavorable views of... Read more »
Pew Research Center
- ● Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine
After throwing their support behind Gov. Janet Mills, party leaders are left doing an about-face on the insurgent candidate. The post Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - ● Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk evoked a “Terminator” scenario. He said nothing about the people AI is already killing. The post Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Video● Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories
Rep. Jamie Raskin responds to his Dana Bash interview, plus journalist Mike Rothschild on the world of political conspiracies. The post Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - ● FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump's Deportation PushOver 9,000 FBI personnel were assigned to immigration after Trump returned to office — a massive diversion that experts warn could put national security at risk. The post FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump’s Deportation Push appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border WallDHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said. The post Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- ● In Chile, Latin America’s Latest Far-Right Leader Takes the Stage
José Antonio Kast, a once-marginal figure who rode fearmongering on crime and migration to Chile’s presidency, is taking pointers from far-right leaders in the region.... Read more » - ● Waking Up the Possums
As the Democratic Party’s favorability plummeted, party leaders clung to restoration and moderation over transformation and progressivism.... Read more » - Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
Another pandemic is inevitable. But under RFK Jr.’s destructive leadership, the nation’s top health agencies no longer treat pandemic viruses as significant threats.... Read more » - The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
The ultimate voter suppression is a peoples’ systematic destruction, displacement, and erasure.... Read more » - The Battle to Close Ridglan Farms
How protests over the treatment of beagles bred for research has paved the way for the dogs to end up in loving homes.... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- ● Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different NamePresident Trump signed off on a key permit to construct the Bridger Pipeline Expansion project, often referred to as “Keystone Light” because it would pump huge volumes of Canada’s sludgy tar sands oil along a portion of the controversial canceled Keystone XL pipeline’s route.Following is reaction from Anthony Swift, a... Read more »
- ● Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025.At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over $100 million in pay and bonuses last year. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan led the pack at over $205 million. Billionaires were paid $2,500... Read more »
- ● 100,000+ Students to Walk Out Alongside Workers in Largest One-Day Strike in Over 80 YearsToday, more than 100,000 students across the country are walking out of their classrooms as part of the largest one-day student strike in over 80 years, joined by coordinated Sunrise Movement actions and community mobilizations nationwide, from Minneapolis to New York City. Students are participating in school walkouts while community... Read more »
- Video● Telling It Like It IsIn a devastating blow to what John Lewis called “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy,” a right-wing, illegitimate SCOTUS finally gutted the Voting Rights Act they’ve long been chipping away at, ensuring communities of color will increasingly be denied “a voice in their own destiny.” By... Read more »
- AFGE Urges Passage of the Shutdown Fairness ActToday, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:“For the past 76 days, tens of thousands of AFGE members at the... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3Sugar and CapitalismSugar may seem like a natural, almost eternal substance, cultivated over thousands of years. But it was remade by capitalism and turned into a homogenized commodity. Enslaved labor was central to sugar production on vast plantations, which would then be discarded as sugar laid waste to both the lands and... Read more »
- mp3Science Fiction and the Far RightFiction that imagines alternate futures is often associated with the left — with writers like Octavia Butler and Ursula LeGuin. But the tropes of science fiction are well-suited to the right and, as Jordan Carroll illustrates, far right authors and aficionados have populated the ranks of speculative fiction since its... Read more »
- mp3The Political Power of the PoliceThe power the police wield on the streets of this country is plain to see. Less visible, but no less formidable, is the immense political power and influence that the police exercise. Historian Stuart Schrader describes how police unions amassed enormous power over the last fifty years. Stuart Schrader, Blue... Read more »
- mp3The Decline of U.S. Capitalism?The left has a long history of predicting the decline of US capitalism and empire. Some argue that Trump is a symptom of that decline — a strongman chosen by capital to set things right — and that the ill health of U.S. capitalism is paralleled by the decline of... Read more »
- mp3American Jews and the LeftJews and the left have been closely associated with each other for well over a century, both in Europe where the Nazis genocidally linked one with the other, and in the United States. Scholar Benjamin Balthaser considers the history of American Jews and the left, including in opposition to Jewish... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more » - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more » - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more » - IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran war
The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more » - Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visit
To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
World
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezChinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more »
- President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAEPresident Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »
- Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit ChinaMozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »
- IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran warThe heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more »
- Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visitTo Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
Politics
- Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy
Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy... Read more » - IMF downgrades global growth forecast amid Middle East conflict
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global economic outlook for 2026 amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.... Read more » - 85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success
85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success... Read more » - China drives sharp reduction of trade surplus with Q1 import surge
China's Q1 imports surged, reshaping the familiar narrative of export-led trade growth.... Read more » - UNDP: Middle East tensions could cost Asia-Pacific up to $299 billion
A new report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warns that military escalation in the Middle East could inflict $97 billion to $299 billion in economic losses across the Asia-Pacific region and push 8.8 million people into poverty.... Read more »
Business
- Canada Rolls Out New Disability Benefit Program Under Bill C-22
Canada has taken a historic step toward economic equity and social inclusion with the rollout of the Canada Disability Benefit... Read more » - Check Eligibility Criteria for Singapore’s 2025 Assurance Package
As Singapore continues its planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 7% to 9%... Read more » - Check Eligibility, Fees & Processing Time for Canada’s Open Work Permit in 2025
As of March 2025, Canada’s Open Work Permit (OWP) program has undergone significant changes aimed at simplifying the process... Read more » - Australia Government Launches Financial Relief Package to Ease Living Costs in 2025
As Australians continue to grapple with the growing burden of daily expenses... Read more » - Unlocking International Opportunities with the Digital Nomad Visa
Canada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »
Citizen Truth
- ● Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the PacificIndia: Andhra Pradesh hospital sanitation workers at Vijayawada demand outstanding wages; Haryana fire and emergency services workers’ strike; Australia: Queensland rail workers resume industrial action; Victoria’s state school nurses demand wage parity.... Read more »
- ● South Africa’s ruling class incites pogroms against migrantsThis scapegoating must be understood in the context of the social order the ANC has presided over since 1994. While the legal framework of apartheid was dismantled, the underlying class structures have been preserved.... Read more »
- ● Golders Green attack used to launch ferocious right-wing campaign against democratic rights and anti-genocide protestsPrime Minister Keir Starmer responded by holding those who have protested the Gaza genocide responsible, and promising draconian attacks on demonstrations.... Read more »
- ● Campaign begins for meetings on 100 years since British General StrikeReports from SEP branches in London, Sheffield and Inverness are featured.... Read more »
- ● Germany’s Morenoite RIO joins Left Party in support of war, attacks on the working classThe integration of the RIO Morenoites into the Left Party marks a further political shift to the right by this pseudo-left tendency, which can only be understood in the context of the current crisis of capitalism.... Read more »
World Socialist Web Site (en)
- Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief
Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief... Read more » - Premier Li: China encourages more Chinese companies to invest in Spain
China is ready to import more high-quality products from Spain and encourages more capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Spain, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam
Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader
Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader... Read more » - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read more »
China
- Sanchez's fourth China visit signals EU strategic shift
The Spanish prime minister is undertaking a state visit to China from April 11 to 15. This marks his fourth trip to China in four years, demonstrating a sustained high-level engagement between two countries aimed at bolstering economic ties.... Read more » - Europe's Atlantic foundation crumbles as the US becomes a threat
The Politico survey is a clarion call. As the US retreats into a fortress of protectionism and unpredictability, Europe's quest for strategic autonomy should be matched by a diversification of its global partnerships.... Read more » - CICPE to decode China's consumption upgrade
As a weathervane for consumption upgrade, the CICPE is witnessing China's consumption transformation from quantity accumulation to quality leap.... Read more » - Three takeaways from KMT chair's visit to the mainland
Cheng's visit reinforces the argument that stability and peaceful development should remain the core priorities in managing cross-Strait relations.... Read more » - Sanchez's China visit to promote development of China-Europe ties
The growing development of Sino-Spanish relations is bringing tangible benefits to both sides, rendering any attempts to question or suppress the ties naive, hypocritical and powerless.... Read more »
Opinion
- CGTN's picks for the 16th Beijing International Film Festival
The 16th Beijing International Film Festival has arrived as promised this April, reuniting film lovers everywhere in front of the big screen.... Read more » - Brought with the Storm
The film centers on a male protagonist who has just ended a relationship.... Read more » - The Fox King
The film tells the story of a pair of twin brothers living in a peaceful coastal town in Malaysia.... Read more » - Goodbye Julia
Mona was once a singer before retiring from the stage after marriage. Leading a respectable life, she is tormented by a secret deep inside: She was indirectly responsible for a murder.... Read more » - The Blue Trail
Set in Brazil, the film follows a story where a mandatory elderly segregation policy is enforced, sending senior citizens to remote "relocation zones."... Read more »
Culture
- Spanish PM stresses role of cooperation in driving scientific progress
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored the vital role of cooperation in driving scientific progress during a visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.... Read more » - Musk's XChat set for App Store debut
Musk's XChat set for App Store debut... Read more » - International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy
International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy... Read more » - Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS
Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS... Read more » - 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit kicks off in HKSAR
The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Asia-Pacific Summit opened in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday morning.... Read more »
Tech&Sci
- ● Israel conducts farthest-ever strike in long history of attacks on Gaza humanitarian aid flotillasIsrael’s attacks on humanitarian sea missions aiming to reach Gaza go back over 2 decades (Israel attacked almost all of them)- Here is the list... Read more »
- ● In Gaza, Israel commits 10+ ceasefire violations a day – Daily UpdateUS sides with Israel on flotilla stoppage ■ Israel continues to block sheltering mat'ls from Gaza ■ Gaza unemployment at 68% ■ Israel may return to Iran attacks soon ■ Rubio floats a plan to disarm Hezbollah so Israel won’t have to ■ Israel earmarks $730 million to refurbish its... Read more »
- US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hoursThe Israeli Defense Ministry reported, “Since the launch of Operation Roaring Lion, Israel has received more than 115,600 tons of military equipment in 403 airlifts and 10 sealifts.”... Read more »
- A New Library in Gaza Rises From the Ashes of DestructionWhat began as one writer's quest to save his cherished book collection through six displacements became a grassroots effort to salvage the remains of Gaza's libraries. The newly opened Phoenix Library is also a testament of resilience: 'We refuse to be a people who just live in tents and wait'... Read more »
- Israel’s top Jewish religious body ‘refuses to condemn’ smashing of Jesus statueIsrael’s Chief Rabbinate declined to condemn the smashing of a statue of Jesus by a soldier in southern Lebanon, but agreed to coordinate with the military and Israel’s propaganda apparatus, known as hasbara, in handling similar incidents in the future... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Re-Opening Mexico to Fracking Could Lead to More Corporate LawsuitsIn any battle over fracking, transnational corporations would be well-positioned to overpower local resistance. The post Re-Opening Mexico to Fracking Could Lead to More Corporate Lawsuits appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Why Russia’s Backwardness Benefits PutinBut Putin’s reliance on the troika of fossil fuels, corruption, and autocracy to prevent a political challenge to his authority may end up producing the very revolt from below he fears the most. The post Why Russia’s Backwardness Benefits Putin appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Corporate and Billionaire Opponents of San Francisco’s Overpaid Executive TaxFive billionaires and numerous corporations with huge pay gaps are funding a war chest against Proposition D on the city's primary ballot. The post The Corporate and Billionaire Opponents of San Francisco’s Overpaid Executive Tax appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Letter to the Government of Colombia and President Gustavo Petro UrregoA new multi-organization letter to Petro and his government urges them to take the Santa Marta Conference as an opportunity to reject free trade agreements and investment protects systems that put profiteers over communities. The post Letter to the Government of Colombia and President Gustavo Petro Urrego appeared first on... Read more »
- I’ve Been Organizing Climate Strikes Since I Was 12. Colombia’s Santa Marta Conference Is Giving Me Hope Again.It is easy to lose hope for combating the climate crisis in times like these. But while the US government has relinquished its leadership, others are stepping forward. The post I’ve Been Organizing Climate Strikes Since I Was 12. Colombia’s Santa Marta Conference Is Giving Me Hope Again. appeared first... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever
The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, but coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged.... Read more » - mp3A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.... Read more » - The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.... Read more » - After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.... Read more » - VideoLabeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.... Read more »
FAIR
- ● New California DMV Rules Allow Autonomous Vehicles To Be Cited
New California DMV Rules Allow Autonomous Vehicles To Be Cited Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), SAN FRANCISCO—Driverless vehicles such as Waymo robotaxis could be ticketed for moving violations, according to updated autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on... Read more » - ● Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat
Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat In a huge late in the day Friday development, the Trump administration plans to pull some 5,000 troops from NATO member Germany, CBS is reporting. Citing senior defense officials, the Pentagon expects the troop draw down will... Read more » - ● In Charts: Communist Cuba's Lights Dim Amid US Oil Blockade
In Charts: Communist Cuba's Lights Dim Amid US Oil Blockade Authored by Sylvia Xu, Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blackouts, shortages, fuel rationing, and empty streets now define daily life in Cuba. People wait to fill their water containers during a nationwide blackout in Havana on March... Read more » - ● USAF Tests Interceptor Drone To Hunt Iranian Shahed-Style Threat
USAF Tests Interceptor Drone To Hunt Iranian Shahed-Style Threat Defense Blog's Dylan Malyasov reports that U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airmen tested a counter-drone interceptor in Arizona, designed as a low-cost solution against one-way attack drones, such as Iran's Shahed drone. Malyasov said the Guardian-1 Interceptor from defense startup Powerus... Read more » - ● The Elites And Their Contempt
The Elites And Their Contempt Authored by Rev. John F. Naugle via The Brownstone Institute, Last week, I was unexpectedly hit with a post-lockdown trauma response. While driving to a baseball game days before the NFL Draft came to Pittsburgh, I passed a digital highway sign instructing me to avoid... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● Trump sidelines GOP Senate candidate after Elon Musk spends $10 million boosting him
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will be giving an administration job to a key Kentucky Republican Senate candidate — effectively sidelining him from the race, after tech billionaire Elon Musk spent $10 million supporting his candidacy.The president also teased that he would make an endorsement soon in... Read more » - ● Trump admin under fire as ‘Keystone Light’ pipeline gets green light
“We know that if this project goes through, our land and our water are in danger. Our future is in danger,” warned Krystal Two Bulls, one of many community, conservation, and Indigenous group leaders speaking out after President Donald Trump granted a cross-border permit to what critics called “nothing more... Read more » - ● Wisconsin conservatives turn on each other as right-wing group sues over GOP election law
A Wisconsin law passed by the GOP-controlled legislature to put new restrictions on the signature-gathering process for congressional candidates is being challenged in a new lawsuit — by a conservative group.According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The conservative legal firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit Wednesday... Read more » - ● Ex-MAGA insider calls out Erika Kirk for crying foul while ruining people's careers
A defecting MAGA influencer blasted Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk for claiming that remarks made about her were "dehumanizing." Ashley St. Clair posted a video on TikTok on Friday where she argued that plenty of "dehumanization" took place after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point... Read more » - ● Prominent right-wing news outlet hit with mass layoffs
The far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week — gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro.According to The Wrap, "Ben Shapiro’s right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are 'a number... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● Trump sidelines GOP Senate candidate after Elon Musk spends $10 million boosting himPresident Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will be giving an administration job to a key Kentucky Republican Senate candidate — effectively sidelining him from the race, after tech billionaire Elon Musk spent $10 million supporting his candidacy.The president also teased that he would make an endorsement soon in... Read more »
- ● Trump admin under fire as ‘Keystone Light’ pipeline gets green light“We know that if this project goes through, our land and our water are in danger. Our future is in danger,” warned Krystal Two Bulls, one of many community, conservation, and Indigenous group leaders speaking out after President Donald Trump granted a cross-border permit to what critics called “nothing more... Read more »
- ● Wisconsin conservatives turn on each other as right-wing group sues over GOP election lawA Wisconsin law passed by the GOP-controlled legislature to put new restrictions on the signature-gathering process for congressional candidates is being challenged in a new lawsuit — by a conservative group.According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The conservative legal firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit Wednesday... Read more »
- ● Ex-MAGA insider calls out Erika Kirk for crying foul while ruining people's careersA defecting MAGA influencer blasted Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk for claiming that remarks made about her were "dehumanizing." Ashley St. Clair posted a video on TikTok on Friday where she argued that plenty of "dehumanization" took place after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point... Read more »
- ● Prominent right-wing news outlet hit with mass layoffsThe far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week — gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro.According to The Wrap, "Ben Shapiro’s right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are 'a number... Read more »
Raw Story
- VideoRFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessly suggesting that it was industry-generated and “fraudulent.” The post RFK Jr.’s Unsupported... Read more » - VideoDefinition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
A federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of "86." The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something. The post Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart... Read more » - VideoProviding Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and other Republicans. But several of the statements she quoted were stripped of their original... Read more » - Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The post Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more » - VideoThe Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety
It’s a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misunderstands the vaccine safety testing process and takes advantage of a narrow definition of a placebo, scientists told us. The post... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- VideoRFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessly suggesting that it was industry-generated and “fraudulent.” The post RFK Jr.’s Unsupported... Read more »
- VideoDefinition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey IndictmentA federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of "86." The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something. The post Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart... Read more »
- VideoProviding Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and other Republicans. But several of the statements she quoted were stripped of their original... Read more »
- Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner AwardFactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The post Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »
- VideoThe Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for SafetyIt’s a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misunderstands the vaccine safety testing process and takes advantage of a narrow definition of a placebo, scientists told us. The post... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- ● Friend of the Court
Steve Brodner Cockles and Mussels. The post Friend of the Court appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy?
Jeet Heer DNC chair Ken Martin has turned himself into the shifty bad guy from Fargo. The post Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Mining Federal Lands for Profits
Peter Kuper Trump is welcoming destruction of our heritage. The post Mining Federal Lands for Profits appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned
Kali Holloway They’ve seen the light and no longer support the president—but they still believe in his worst ideas and policies. The post Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● The Rise of the Vichy Scientists
Gregg Gonsalves Too many scientists are willing to collaborate with Trumpism in the mistaken assumption that obedience will save their own necks. The post The Rise of the Vichy Scientists appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
Article | The Nation
- ● Israel conducts farthest-ever strike in long history of attacks on Gaza humanitarian aid flotillasIsrael’s attacks on humanitarian sea missions aiming to reach Gaza go back over 2 decades (Israel attacked almost all of them)- Here is the list... Read more »
- ● In Gaza, Israel commits 10+ ceasefire violations a day – Daily UpdateUS sides with Israel on flotilla stoppage ■ Israel continues to block sheltering mat'ls from Gaza ■ Gaza unemployment at 68% ■ Israel may return to Iran attacks soon ■ Rubio floats a plan to disarm Hezbollah so Israel won’t have to ■ Israel earmarks $730 million to refurbish its... Read more »
- US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hoursThe Israeli Defense Ministry reported, “Since the launch of Operation Roaring Lion, Israel has received more than 115,600 tons of military equipment in 403 airlifts and 10 sealifts.”... Read more »
- A New Library in Gaza Rises From the Ashes of DestructionWhat began as one writer's quest to save his cherished book collection through six displacements became a grassroots effort to salvage the remains of Gaza's libraries. The newly opened Phoenix Library is also a testament of resilience: 'We refuse to be a people who just live in tents and wait'... Read more »
- Israel’s top Jewish religious body ‘refuses to condemn’ smashing of Jesus statueIsrael’s Chief Rabbinate declined to condemn the smashing of a statue of Jesus by a soldier in southern Lebanon, but agreed to coordinate with the military and Israel’s propaganda apparatus, known as hasbara, in handling similar incidents in the future... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- ● Israel conducts farthest-ever strike in long history of attacks on Gaza humanitarian aid flotillasIsrael’s attacks on humanitarian sea missions aiming to reach Gaza go back over 2 decades (Israel attacked almost all of them)- Here is the list... Read more »
- ● In Gaza, Israel commits 10+ ceasefire violations a day – Daily UpdateUS sides with Israel on flotilla stoppage ■ Israel continues to block sheltering mat'ls from Gaza ■ Gaza unemployment at 68% ■ Israel may return to Iran attacks soon ■ Rubio floats a plan to disarm Hezbollah so Israel won’t have to ■ Israel earmarks $730 million to refurbish its... Read more »
- US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hoursThe Israeli Defense Ministry reported, “Since the launch of Operation Roaring Lion, Israel has received more than 115,600 tons of military equipment in 403 airlifts and 10 sealifts.”... Read more »
- A New Library in Gaza Rises From the Ashes of DestructionWhat began as one writer's quest to save his cherished book collection through six displacements became a grassroots effort to salvage the remains of Gaza's libraries. The newly opened Phoenix Library is also a testament of resilience: 'We refuse to be a people who just live in tents and wait'... Read more »
- Israel’s top Jewish religious body ‘refuses to condemn’ smashing of Jesus statueIsrael’s Chief Rabbinate declined to condemn the smashing of a statue of Jesus by a soldier in southern Lebanon, but agreed to coordinate with the military and Israel’s propaganda apparatus, known as hasbara, in handling similar incidents in the future... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- How AI Music is Advancing Far Right Narratives in Ireland
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 » - Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests
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 » - Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
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 » - A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
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 » - Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens?
Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Draghi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to boost economic growth. The Draghi report was published in late 2024 running to almost 400 pages. Last …... Read more »
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- 'Digital Apartheid': Meta lets Israeli settlers profit from terror on PalestiniansMeta Platforms allows Israeli settler groups to profit from anti-Palestinians content, while blocking monetization for the accounts of Palestinians and limiting their reach, a report says.... Read more »
- 'There's not much you can do': Israel confirms Hezbollah drone nightmareIsrael has admitted its failure to counter Hezbollah’s drones, stressing that the aircraft has become one of the most significant challenges facing invading Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.... Read more »
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- Two US embassy officials killed in car crash in Mexico were CIA agents: ReportThe two US embassy officials who were killed during a car accident in Mexico worked for the CIA, according to a report.... Read more »
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- ‘We are not afraid of war’: Cuba president dismisses Trump’s threatsCuba pledges to do its best to defend itself if the United States launches an illegal act of aggression against the Caribbean country.... Read more »
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- ‘Complicity in US crimes’: Iran condemns Costa Rica’s move to designate IRGCTehran has strongly condemned Costa Rica's decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).... Read more »
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- Germany blasts Trump’s anti-Iran strategy, urges quick end to aggressionGermany’s vice chancellor has strongly criticized Trump over his anti-Iran strategy and called on him to end the war of aggression against Iran as quickly as possible.... Read more »
- Christian leaders slam ‘despicable’ Israeli assault on French nun in occupied al-QudsCondemnations pour following an assault by an extremist Israeli settler on a French nun, as attacks on Christian and Muslim clergy and holy sites are on the rise across the occupied territories.... Read more »
- Spain summons envoy, others blast Israeli kidnap of Gaza flotilla crewMadrid has summoned the Israeli envoy to protest the occupying regime's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters and the abduction of pro-Palestine activists.... Read more »
- Iran FM urges world to hold aggressors accountable for imposed warIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns that the resulting insecurity in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz is a direct consequence of illegal actions by the US and Israel.... Read more »
- Acting US ambassador to Ukraine to step down over ‘differences’ with TrumpThe United States’ acting ambassador to Ukraine will quit due to “differences” with Donald Trump. ... Read more »
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