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

A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with paid partnerships. One year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, The Charlie... Read more »

As public anger against the Nepalese government mounts after deadly landslides in Nepal, files show the country’s new prime minister and several of his colleagues came to power thanks in part to a covert program sponsored by the US government. See the complete files here. Eight months before a deadly... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements.  The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, and caused all of his... Read more »

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continue to target US vessels and tankers violating the Strait of Hormuz blockade, as its advanced weapons program has aided its allies in Yemen to become the region's second most feared ballistic missile power. On this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert... Read more »

Ansarallah-led government forces have liberated the entire west coast of Yemen from Saudi-backed forces, triggering an Israeli media meltdown. Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have taken out a series of US assets and began firing new-generation electro-optical missiles at American warships. Also, Iran captured a US Dive LD... Read more »

Recent escalations in West Asia including Iranian missile strikes on US targets, Israeli ceasefire violations in Lebanon, and Yemeni territorial breakthroughs—are actively spiking global oil prices, defying established US political narratives. Alongside these military developments, the critical issue of information warfare is addressed, specifically debunking viral disinformation that falsely equates... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power? The post Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Beset by critics in Knoxville, Flock partnered with a nonprofit accused of “astroturfing” for a campaign to generate support for its surveillance cameras. The post Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE. The post The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS. The post Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

So far, settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdover cases. Without policy changes, however, they might keep growing toward a $1 billion total since 2018. The post NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. The post Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

While many fixated on the man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy, Georgia is set to kill Stacey Humphreys despite “extreme juror misconduct.” The post A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept. The post Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich. The post Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People who defend Israel’s actions in Gaza consistently act in bad faith. Of course they do. They support genocide. They’re bad people.... Read more »

American oligarchs kicking an artist off a tour for supporting Palestine is a very in-your-face illustration of why mainstream culture is so vapid and fake these days.... Read more »

Check out our latest video, Awakening To The Truth On Every Level: Here’s the text, for my subscribers who prefer to read: Different people mean different things when they talk about having an awakening. Some use “awakening” to describe the movement into revolutionary politics as you gradually discover that everything... Read more »

Our society isn’t what it pretends to be.... Read more »

The latest effort to revive this long-dead debate comes in the form of a letter signed by 5,000 high-profile Israel supporters like Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, Zionist megadonor Haim Saban, and neoconservative war criminal Elliott Abrams.... Read more »

As Buckminster Fuller said many years ago, “It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. It is a matter of... Read more »

The world was lied to about the Gaza holocaust, just like it was lied to about every other act of mass military slaughter that the US involves itself in.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Singer Ed Sheeran has dropped rapper Macklemore from his US tour. The move comes after the Israel lobby’s baying for Macklemore’s removal. The US artist called for a “Free Palestine” during his set last week and performed his “Hind’s Hall” song as opener for the British singer. Ed Sheeran —... Read more »

A great celebration is rarely defined by how much money was spent on it. People remember the atmosphere, the conversations, and the moments that made them feel involved. Whether you’re organising a birthday party, wedding reception, family gathering, or work social, giving guests opportunities to connect helps everyone settle in.... Read more »

The Quick Answer Ask ten people who’ve travelled Vietnam which transport option is best, and expect ten different answers – because there isn’t one. Trains are gorgeous but painfully slow. Sleeper buses get the job done cheaply, if you don’t mind arriving a bit rattled. Motorbikes are the postcard image... Read more »

A team of volunteers has removed more than a tonne of plastic and other marine waste from some of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s most inaccessible coastlines. Marine conservation charity Clean Ocean Sailing (COS) completed the three-week clean-up expedition aboard The Annette, its 118-year-old traditional sailing vessel. A 16-strong... Read more »

Some scents can do what a photograph never quite manages: they drop you straight back onto the beach towel, into the salt spray, under a sun that never seems to set. That is the quiet magic of the right holiday fragrance — one spritz and you are somewhere warmer, slower,... Read more »

Students, former students and colleagues of the late Prof Jason Arday gathered to demand action at Cambridge University as a legacy for their friend and mentor. But so far there is little sign of the university doing the right thing. Arday died on 14 August after the media poured out... Read more »

Lloyds Bank, which targeted the Canary for a financial ‘debanking’ attack, is at the centre of yet another debanking scandal. The financial giant has now debanked Emma Kamio, mother of anti-genocide prisoner Ellie Kamio – and Ellie herself, before she was convicted of any crime. It also refused Emma a... Read more »

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

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

Communiqué de Modevite Kulaktik, Municipio de Tenejapa, Chiapas, September 12, 2026. TO THE PUBLIC TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MASS MEDIA, TO THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO RESISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS In the face of the imposition of megaprojects that cause... Read more... Read more »

Miguel López Vega, a land rights advocate for the Nahua community of Zacatepec in the Cholulteca region of Puebla, denounces the plunder of the region by the State Water and Sanitation Commission (CEAS), Concesiones Integrales, and the state’s municipalities, “which... Read more... Read more »

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. September 14, 2026 Bulletin No. 15 • The Government of Chiapas  is masterful at concealing the violence that persists in the region, in collusion with organized crime The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas... Read more... Read more »

The night gradually fades, and the sun begins to cast its first rays of light upon a more than 200-year-old cottonwood tree, where the Tohono O’odham people are performing a ritual. Other trees like this one were cut down weeks... Read more... Read more »

by Miledys Guzman, Hood Communist Originally published Thursday – September 3, 2026 June 22, 2026  Presented June 22, 2026 by Miledys Guzman, MD – National Network on Cuba Distinguished Chair, Members of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, and... Read more... Read more »

Updated: 16th of September 2026 Sweepstakes casinos let you play slots, table games and more using a dual-currency model — Gold Coins for fun play, and Sweeps Coins that can potentially be redeemed for cash prizes. Because redemption speed matters... Read more... Read more »

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Submission to North Shore The workshop schedule and tables lineup is now available for the Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair, taking place Saturday October 3 from 10am-5pm at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. Please note that due to recent events with... Read more... Read more »

Like thousands of projects, we have made use of the digital infrastructure provided by Autistici/Inventati, creators of the noblogs publishing platform. In light of their designation as a terrorist organization by the Trump administration on August 26, and their announcement... Read more... Read more »

Author: OCD RebellionTitle: Towards an Anarchist centred critical theory of OCDDate: 16/09/26Source: Original draft here: <medium.com/@davidayokadeniyi/towards-an-anarchist-phenomenology-and-critical-theory-of-ocd-b0c36b7744a3> Looking on the anarchist library there is nothing specifically related to OCD. Ugh.... Same as a few years ago, while there is a lot of criticism of psychiatry and diagnostic logics used to pathologise... Read more »

Author: Derrick BrozeTitle: Assessing the Agorist Movement’s Progression from Statism to FreedomDate: September 7th, 2016Source: https://c4ss.org/content/45978 The goal of this essay is to examine where the counter-economy and the “Agorist movement” is in relation to Samuel E. Konkin III’s hypothesis of a progression from Statism to Agorism in four phases.... Read more »

Author: Iain MckayTitle: What it means to be libertarianDate: September 8, 2017Notes: Talk: What it means to be libertarian (London, 28-Oct-2017)Source: https://anarchism.pageabode.com/blog/talk-what-it-means-to-be-libertarian-london-28-oct-2017/ , Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260917011058/https://anarchism.pageabode.com/blog/talk-what-it-means-to-be-libertarian-london-28-oct-2017/   Yes, it is that time of the year again – the London Anarchist Bookfair. This year’s Bookfair will be on Saturday 28th October from... Read more »

Author: Philip RuffTitle: Anarchy in the USSRSubtitle: A New BeginningDate: 1991Notes: Print copies can be bought from anarchist publisher AK Press: <www.akuk.com>Source: <www.archive.org>   Seventy years after the death of Kropotkin, the massacre of the Kronstadt Commune and the rout of Makhno, the Party which outlawed anarchism in Russia has... Read more »

Author: CharlieBanga & SemiyahTitle: The Assumptive Logic of AnarchismDate: 06/01/26Source: https://charliebanga.substack.com/p/the-assumptive-logic-of-anarchism?r=21oo9w&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer “William Godwin, Max Stirner, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Emma Goldman, and Errico Malatesta didn’t really talk about Blackness, were not really concerned with Blackness, didn’t bring Blackness to bear on their thinking, and didn’t think that Blackness’s... Read more »

Author: Punch Up * Kick Down DistroTitle: Abolish PunishmentSubtitle: Rejecting Carceral Ideology & Embracing Radical Compassion Author’s Note What you’re about to read is the second edition of this zine. This will continue to be a living text, hopefully. We here at Punch Up • Kick Down invite you to... Read more »

Author: Emon AzmiTitle: The Reformism Inherent to StatismSubtitle: Autonomous Politics against FascismDate: September 15, 2026Source: https://thatanarkatamuslim.substack.com/p/the-statism-inherent-to-fascism As oppressive conditions internal to the u.s. settler empire are clarified through the (re)consolidation of amerikan fascism, the prospect of revolution feels strikingly urgent and yet ever more remote. So much of our “past”... Read more »

Author: Emon AzmiTitle: Solidarity has to have teethSubtitle: Where’s the anti-imperialism that goes beyond lip service in the west?Source: https://thatanarkatamuslim.substack.com/p/solidarity-has-to-have-teeth A recent Open Letter to Iran’s Political Prisoners published by the Guardian has gotten lots of attention (criticism and defense). i have some thoughts on this. However, i’m more interested... Read more »

Author: E. DRAMATitle: A Short History of Anarchism in BrusselsSubtitle: Part 1 (1830–1900)Date: 15/09/2026Notes: Zine published in Brussels to spread the knowledge of the city’s Anarchist history. ***A short history of Anarchism in Brussels*** — **Part 1 (1830 — 1900)**   E. Drama (2026) This text is the first part... Read more »

A Humble Reminder : To the Propertied Classes ['We have fed you all for a thousand years']... Read more »

And Now? [Against CNT collaborationism, June 1937]... Read more »

Where I Stand... Read more »

The Anarchists in Spain : A Reply To Emma Goldman... Read more »

Remembering Bartolomé Flores Cano and Pedro Cano Garrido... Read more »

Nestor Makhno (1889-1934), Anarcho-communist activist and fighter... Read more »

Worldwide Proletariat and Concrete Utopia... Read more »

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

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

Israel represents the greatest danger to stability in the Middle East, Syria warned the UN Security Council on Thursday, Anadolu reports. Permanent Representative to the UN Ibrahim Olabi told council members that Israeli aggression constitutes “the greatest threat facing the stability of the entire region, not just Syria,” pointing to... Read more »

The Israeli documentary Naza attracted considerable international media and political attention after winning the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, despite not yet having reached the wider public. Following its screening at the festival, the film received a 25-minute standing ovation, an unusual occurrence at such events. The film runs... Read more »

Weapons and ammunition stolen from Israeli army warehouses during the war in the Gaza Strip have made their way to criminal organizations, including LAW anti-tank rockets, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported Thursday. It said the military may not know the full quantity of weapons and ammunition stolen from warehouses and... Read more »

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, discussed efforts Thursday to end regional escalation and restore calm, as Amman reiterated its condemnation of attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, Anadolu reports. The talks came during a call between the two ministers, according to a statement by the... Read more »

The US State Department approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, it said in a statement on Thursday, Anadolu reports. The package also includes 49 Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 engines, along with cryptographic equipment, electronic warfare support, training and logistics packages, according to... Read more »

Palestine on Thursday rejected a US decision to extend visa restrictions on Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York, calling the measure “unjustified” and harmful to efforts to rebuild confidence and advance a two-state solution, Anadolu reports.... Read more »

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic inaugurated a factory for assembling Israeli-made drones, which will produce equipment for the Serbian Armed Forces and the militaries of other countries, Anadolu reports. “I opened a factory for the assembly of the most modern Israeli-made drones, which will employ around 100 workers and produce state-of-the-art... Read more »

The Mecca Pact is already facing the test that matters: whether its promise of collective defence can shape the response to an actual war. With fighting escalating in Yemen and Saudi Arabia under attack, regional leaders no longer have the luxury of discussing security institutions as a future project. They... Read more »

Just weeks before Israel’s Oct. 27 elections, an Israeli opposition party leader said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bears responsibility for the events of Oct. 7, 2023, and should leave office, calling for all those who were part of the governing coalition at the time to be excluded from the... Read more »

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a sweeping new directive that attempts to strip imperiled wildlife of protections from most activities that can kill or injure them.“This stabs at the very heart of the Endangered Species Act by giving federal approval to the killing of some of America’s... Read more »

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) today released a new report, Citizenship and the Affordability Agenda: A Path to Better Jobs, Higher Wages, and Prosperity for All, detailing how the mass deportation agenda is exacerbating the affordability crisis by... Read more »

Along with grief and loss, the anniversary of 9/11 brought home for many the "incalculable cost" of the quarter century of carnage it unleashed - the militarizing "beyond all sanity," the othering of "everyone who isn't 'them,'" the lying, fear-mongering, inflicting of terror that's left America hollowed out from forever... Read more »

AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI development.Digital rights group Fight for the Future, which has run many of the highest profile campaigns against... Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce today that it will stop regulating carbon dioxide released by power plants burning fossil fuels, according to reports. If allowed to go into effect, the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be allowed to grow unchecked. In... Read more »

According to published reports, the Trump Administration will finalize rules to rollback carbon pollution standards for power plants, as soon as today.Following is reaction from Meredith Hankins, federal climate legal director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):“With millions of Americans facing wildfires, heat waves and deadly storms fueled by climate... Read more »

According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This action would... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced today that they will launch a campaign soon after the November midterm elections calling for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to enter the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.“As the prospective field comes into view, it’s crucial... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, has launched an investigation into OpenAI following revelations that the company’s AI agents breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity evaluations this summer. Hawley is seeking documents and information from OpenAI about the incident, including evidence that the... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post One Hundred Years of High... Read more »

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

The America433+ coalition, led by the Resistance Rangers and including the Zinn Education Project, is hosting two events to introduce the Get Loud Toolkit: IG Live and a Climate Week NYC session on the Staten Island Ferry. The post Get Loud: Defend Truthtelling at the National Parks appeared first on... Read more »

Studying the Constitution is essential — especially now, as constitutional rights are increasingly under attack. We offer activities to teach truthfully about the Constitution on Constitition Day and all year long. The post Teach Truth on Constitution Day appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

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

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

In appreciation for your story about your teaching activities using any of our lessons on Voting Rights and/or the Constitution, we can send you one of several books thanks to donations by publishers. The post Free Book for Voting Rights and the Constitution Teaching Story appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Israeli documentary Naza attracted considerable international media and political attention after winning the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, despite not yet having reached the wider public. Following its screening at the festival, the film received a 25-minute standing ovation, an unusual occurrence at such events. The film runs... Read more »

The Mecca Pact is already facing the test that matters: whether its promise of collective defence can shape the response to an actual war. With fighting escalating in Yemen and Saudi Arabia under attack, regional leaders no longer have the luxury of discussing security institutions as a future project. They... Read more »

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz reiterated the plan to forcibly transfer Palestinians out of Gaza. Noting that 70 per cent of Gaza has been emptied of Palestinians, Katz said that Israel was merely waiting for US approval. “The IDF is prepared, once given the directive to eliminate Hamas, to finish... Read more »

There are few political tricks more effective than wrapping the interests of a state in the sanctity of God. Saudi Arabia now says that its air defences intercepted an Ansar Allah drone south of Mecca before it entered the Holy City’s restricted airspace. Ansar Allah denies targeting Mecca or any... Read more »

When news broke, in 2023, that Libya’s first female foreign minister, Najla Al-Mangoush, had secretly met her Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, in Rome, most Libyans were stunned. It was, as far as is publicly known, the first official meeting between the two countries and the first known high-level diplomatic contact... Read more »

On the afternoon of 17th September 1948,  a three-car convoy wound its way through the tense, war-torn streets of Jerusalem. Inside one of the vehicles sat Count Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish aristocrat  and diplomat who had achieved international renown during World War II for saving thousands of concentration camp inmates... Read more »

This time, Europe seems serious about holding Israel accountable – or at least that is what 11 European countries, together with Canada, want us to believe. On September 8, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK announced their intention to introduce national restrictions,... Read more »

For nearly three years, Palestinians in Gaza have been taught, brutally, that almost everything necessary for ordinary human life can be destroyed or turned into an instrument of war. A home can disappear, a neighbourhood can be flattened, a road made impassable, a hospital rendered dysfunctional, a field made unreachable... Read more »

Small and middle powers rarely choose their geography. They only choose what to do with it. Pakistan sits at the seam of South Asia, the Gulf, and China. It cannot out-produce Beijing. It cannot out-spend Riyadh. It cannot match Washington’s reach. But it can make itself impossible to bypass. That... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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He’s been called “MAGA’s man” in Latin America. And he is at the heart of a shocking scandal that includes “attempted femicide,” election rigging, fake news, and powerful political ties to far-right presidents across Latin America. This is episode 14 of Under the Shadow, Season 2... Read more »

AI is devouring our industry and undermining access to factual information. We all have a duty to fight back.... Read more »

“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”... Read more »

An interview with Colin Kaepernick about his new memoir of football, protest and betrayal at the dawn of the Trump era.... Read more »

“A Black family with five children [was] driving through Manchester, Tennessee, and had their children taken and forced into foster care all over marijuana. ... I had to publicly put it out to people and let them know what's going on in this city that we consider a sundown town.... Read more »

“This executive order was a blatant power grab designed to silence voters and undermine our elections, but it failed because the people and the law were on our side.”... Read more »

“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.”... Read more »

25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror's legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran.... Read more »

His colorful antics and controversial tactics thrust Denver activist Eric Brandt into the crosshairs of law enforcement. After serving 5 years of a 12 year sentence Brandt speaks to Taya Graham and Stephen Janis shortly after his release about the toll his battle with the legal system has inflicted, and... Read more »

He’s been called “MAGA’s man” in Latin America. And he is at the heart of a shocking scandal that includes “attempted femicide,” election rigging, fake news, and powerful political ties to far-right presidents across Latin America. This is episode 14 of Under the Shadow, Season 2... Read more »

AI is devouring our industry and undermining access to factual information. We all have a duty to fight back.... Read more »

“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”... Read more »

An interview with Colin Kaepernick about his new memoir of football, protest and betrayal at the dawn of the Trump era.... Read more »

“A Black family with five children [was] driving through Manchester, Tennessee, and had their children taken and forced into foster care all over marijuana. ... I had to publicly put it out to people and let them know what's going on in this city that we consider a sundown town.... Read more »

“This executive order was a blatant power grab designed to silence voters and undermine our elections, but it failed because the people and the law were on our side.”... Read more »

“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.”... Read more »

25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror's legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran.... Read more »

His colorful antics and controversial tactics thrust Denver activist Eric Brandt into the crosshairs of law enforcement. After serving 5 years of a 12 year sentence Brandt speaks to Taya Graham and Stephen Janis shortly after his release about the toll his battle with the legal system has inflicted, and... Read more »

We speak with moral philosopher Susan Neiman, author of the new book Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era. Neiman argues that evil — far from being an outdated religious concept — is a vital way to understand how injustice works in the world. The Trump administration’s abusive policies have... Read more »

Amid growing concerns over food safety in the United States, President Donald Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. Imported beef and pork were once labeled with their country of... Read more »

U.S. Declines to Join Saudi Attacks on Yemen After Secretly Meeting With Houthis, Trump on Iran: “Hopefully We Are Towards the End of ​the War”, Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2023 as Iran War Drives Inflation, Oil Prices Dip Slightly From 4-Month Highs as Saudi Arabia Offers... Read more »

Four years ago today, the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising erupted in Iran after the death in custody of Zhina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who had been arrested by Iran’s “morality police.” Over the next three months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets protesting against Iran’s... Read more »

A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.” “For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,”... Read more »

Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation after ProPublica revealed on Monday that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin bankrolled part of Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding in May. ProPublica reports that Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars on wedding expenses, including the rental of a private island.... Read more »

U.S. House of Representatives Votes to End War on Iran for a Third Time, Saudi Arabia Claims It Destroyed a Houthi Drone South of Mecca, GOP Congressmember Massie Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Defense Secretary Hegseth, U.S. Acknowledges Space Force Has Deployed Weapons in Orbit, Trump Admin Approves $2.8 Billion Package... Read more »

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis. The rise... Read more »

Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Order Restricting Mail-In Voting, Whistleblower Says Federal Agents Broke Laws in Trump-Ordered Search for “Unlawful Voters”, Trump Rejects Calls to Regulate A.I. as a ”SICK Conspiracy” and ”HOAX”, Saudi Crown Prince MBS Meets CENTCOM Chief as Houthis Consolidate Control Over Red Sea Coast, Iran’s IRGC Claims... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington’s attempt to isolate Iran may instead accelerate the shift from SWIFT, weaken the dollar system and isolate the United States. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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War, AI, climate breakdown and debt are converging into a civilizational crisis that conventional economics was built not to understand. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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An oil shock becomes a debt crisis, then a political rupture. The coming defaults may finally break the creditor rules built into the dollar system. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

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The Iran economic war is boomeranging through oil prices, currencies and debt, placing greater pressure on the leveraged West than on Tehran. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »

More than 60 percent of Americans believe it’s at least moderately likely that artificial intelligence will kill us all, according to a Politico survey released Wednesday. It’s easy to see why. Arguments that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” have dominated the news this week. But despite our fear... Read more »

“It’s a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday. He was talking about a fellow Trump ally’s oil deal with Venezuela: oil tycoon Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, a US petroleum and natural gas production company,... Read more »

When Jon Rosenthal announced his campaign last fall for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, he never expected to talk about the short-lived Republic of Rhodesia. Rosenthal, a 63-year-old mechanical engineer and Democratic state representative from northwest Houston, is the kind of politician you might expect to show interest... Read more »

In July, Meta published a press release saying that it would issue $2 million worth of grants to 30 organizations that would test ways its AI glasses could “help people work safer, learn faster, and live more independently.” The grantees include organizations that would develop workshops to help Blind people... Read more »

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse,” delivering pollutants, pesticides, and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found. The EU-funded project, which has so far resulted in 22 peer-reviewed studies, found microplastics in the... Read more »

Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for its seven-week campaigning recess ahead of November’s midterm elections. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth—who was scheduled for an impeachment vote brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on the basis of his conduct during the Iran war—has been... Read more »

Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of, among a ton of other stuff, the New England Patriots and its stadium, allegedly pressured Ed Sheeran and his team to remove rapper Macklemore from his tour after Macklemore voiced support for Palestinians amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. All four of the remaining... Read more »

“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life.” That’s how Sakariye Abdi Mohamed described the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, where he and a handful of other Somali immigrants are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Late last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and... Read more »

My new book, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America (HarperCollins), was published this week. It covers how Russia has mounted multiple influence and disinformation operations against US elections (often to help Trump) since 2016 and how Trump, the GOP, MAGA, and right-wing media have... Read more »

The National Security Agency announced it would undergo its most extensive restructuring in at least a decade. The post NSA Restructuring appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced that they are launching a campaign this November after the midterms to call for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. The post RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America Urge AOC and Ro Khanna... Read more »

Coleen Rowley is a former FBI special agent and division counsel. She wrote a May 2002 memo to the FBI’s then-Director Robert Mueller exposing some of the FBI’s pre-9/11 conduct. Later in 2002 she was named a Person of the Year by TIME, when the magazine reported: “Coleen Rowley is... Read more »

In a video shared via social media, former immigration judge George Pappas calls on immigration judges to resign. “The time has come,” he says, “to look at the machinery you are operating, recognize its profound moral bankruptcy, and resign… The immigration courts are no longer tribunals of law. They are... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The New York Times reports that China is playing chess while President Trump appears to be throwing rocks.“One of the most important lessons from the war with Iran is one that few saw coming,” reports NY Times writers Rebecca Elliot and Keith Bradsher. “The conflict has made clear that China,... Read more »

Women in the U.S. have been slightly more religious than men for untold decades. And many are recognized as the driving force for organized religion and getting kids and spouses to church on religious days. But that’s changing, says author Sarah Stankorb, as the church fails to evolve with the... Read more »

On Thursday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) found himself squirming to respond to a wildly inaccurate claim about the state he represents made by President Donald Trump the previous evening. During a campaign rally for MAGA Senate candidate Michael Whatley, the president declared that North Carolina is “one of the most... Read more »

President Donald Trump and his supporters are trying to make sure Republican cannot lose the 2026 midterm elections, including by gerrymandering key races so that Democrats are less likely to win those races. In Missouri, this took the form of trying to force pro-Republican maps on the state's House races... Read more »

Time is counting down to the November midterms and some Republicans are choosing self-preservation over loyalty, reports NBC News. President Donald Trump has urged Republican voters to pretend he’s on the midterm ballot. But a handful of GOP candidates in tough races are keeping their distance,” writes NBC News reporter... Read more »

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan spoke at The Atlantic Festival Thursday, where the former detailed her predictions about President Donald Trump's presidency if Democrats take over one or both houses of Congress. In a discussion about pardons and members of the administration breaking laws, court rulings,... Read more »

Editor's Note: This article was updated to correct the word "expansive" to "expensive" in the sentence, "AlterNet had an expansive conversation with Wolff."President Donald Trump has permanently destroyed both America's working class and its standing in the global community, according to an expert economist who spoke exclusively with AlterNet.Dr. Richard... Read more »

On Thursday, a prominent political analyst warned that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate staffers are engaged in an "ongoing, elaborate cover-up" to conceal the cognitive decline of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY). This is according to political science professor Tom Schaller, who warned that McConnell is "obviously and... Read more »

President Donald Trump has suffered another legal humiliation in his ongoing effort to rig the 2026 midterm elections for his Republican Party over the competing Democrats."BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database," Democracy Docket's Marc... Read more »

The United Kingdom criminalized support for the direct action network, Palestine Action, at a minute after midnight, Saturday July 5, 2025. Hours later, Pink Floyd star Roger Waters shared a video clip to his Facebook page of him writing on a piece of cardboard, the words: “I support Palestine Action…... Read more »

During a recent “State of the Space Force” address in Maryland, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess stated frankly that the US has at least non-kinetic weapons positioned in space, and that these capabilities were used in the war on Iran. “Let me be crystal clear: today, Guardians operate... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Thank you, GOP Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, for courageously drafting and presenting Tuesday in Congress eight Articles of Impeachment which demonstrated that Secretary Hegseth has pursued war, death and destruction at his own instance. He has, in the name of the United States,... Read more »

President Donald Trump may have discovered a new opportunity to provoke a NATO ally.  Last year, the White House created a brouhaha with Denmark (and other European countries) by insisting that Copenhagen sell Greenland to the United States. This time, Washington’s agitation involves a chain of islands off the east... Read more »

“Peace Through Strength” has been a Republican mantra for decades. The slogan holds that peace can be achieved by maintaining a powerful military capable of deterring potential adversaries. It is said that sufficient military power – occasionally showcased by stomping on those who would seek to question its overarching authority... Read more »

In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse, according to some news... Read more »

To examine the unyielding multi-billionaire dollar shield that the United States provides Israel is to confront the coarse mechanics of modern empire. Washington has, for decades, maintained a posture of absolute defense, supplying advanced weaponry, providing diplomatic immunity, and rationalizing actions that human rights organizations and international courts characterize as... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. If you’ve followed my interviews, you know I’ve been warning about the high likelihood of a third round of the war – one that would almost certainly be far more intense than the previous two. I’ve also argued that, given Trump’s erroneous reading... Read more »

Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history is already clear,” he proclaimed, “to answer these attacks and... Read more »

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On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal. The post Starmer ‘complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen massacre appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Exclusive: Six British charities appear to funnel donations to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank The post The UK charities sending nearly £2 million to illegal settlements appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Ed Miliband’s decision to leave the military relationship with Israel intact raises serious concerns about Britain’s compliance with international law. The post How Israel’s arms industry is integrated into Britain’s military appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Peter Mandelson claimed his 2001 visit to Syria had nothing to do with “politics” yet he carried a message from Tony Blair to Bashar Assad, declassified files show  The post Blair used Mandelson to court Syrian dictator appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there had been “major progress” towards establishing an American military base in Poland, after Warsaw said it was holding talks with Washington on the issue. “Thanks to the bold leadership of my friend, Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, major progress is being... Read more »

US-sanctioned Chinese companies are increasingly turning to open-source research to innovate and reverse-engineer restricted foreign technology, with a 72 per cent surge in scientific literature citations in their patent applications, according to a new study. While the United States said it expanded its Entity List to safeguard national security and... Read more »

A ⁠diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as ⁠a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century. The cat, called Tilcayo by local communities, is part of a group called... Read more »

Hong Kong authorities have hit out at a US congressional commission for colluding with “anti-China politicians” to hold a hearing on jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and introducing a bill to “intimidate” local national security officials with sanctions. The government issued the condemnation on Thursday night after the... Read more »

A photo of US President Donald Trump examining a depiction of Washington’s Kennedy Centre apparently being demolished sparked widespread attention on Thursday after he threatened to tear down the revered arts venue because he has been blocked from renaming it after himself. In the image captured by Agence France-Presse photographer... Read more »

US President Donald Trump will personally greet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews when Xi lands in Washington next Wednesday, a rare airport reception, a US official confirmed on background. Trump will attend Xi’s arrival ceremony at Andrews, where the Chinese president’s aircraft is expected... Read more »

Hong Kong authorities have said they will legislate against persistent sexual abuse of children and the act of sending images of genitals to others online without consent after consulting the public. In a consultation report published on Thursday, the Security Bureau stated that with the city’s two professional legal associations... Read more »

Around 100 start-ups selected to join Hong Kong’s flagship border tech hub will undergo mentorship programmes ranging from five to eight years, backed by industry heavyweights, the operator has revealed. Vincent Ma, CEO of Loop Hong Kong Park Company, said in an interview on Thursday that the start-ups were chosen... Read more »

Tertiary institutions seeking to establish campuses in one of three university towns planned for the Northern Metropolis megaproject will be given “favourable consideration” if they do not require a government loan to build their facilities, Hong Kong’s education minister has said. The government has expanded all three university towns –... Read more »

A former director of a state-owned museum at the centre of a rare high-profile art scandal was sentenced to three years in prison, Chinese state media said on Wednesday. Xu Huping was found to have abused his position at the Nanjing Museum in eastern Jiangsu province and taken bribes, including... Read more »

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears The Chinese-American community expressed anger... Read more »

Police in Guangzhou said on Monday they had apprehended a man in the southern Chinese city’s university town district after receiving reports that he was wielding a knife and injuring pedestrians. Emergency services started receiving calls around 5.20pm local time about multiple stabbings in front of a hotpot restaurant in... Read more »

Beijing has hailed a “one country, two systems” proposal by a Taiwanese scholar in a rare official statement on an issue regarded as politically sensitive on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. “We are pleased to see that more and more Taiwan compatriots are facing up to reunification, beginning to... Read more »

Beijing has introduced stricter drone regulations, banning all uncrewed flights as well as the possession and storage of existing devices, while detailing disposal methods for the first time in an effort to strengthen security in the capital. The new rules, which will take effect on November 15, follow an incident... Read more »

For generations of Chinese schoolchildren, English textbooks offered a glimpse of an unfamiliar world, from London’s Tower Bridge and Big Ben to American school life and Halloween traditions. Today, students opening an English textbook are more likely to encounter passages on late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) thinker Liang Qichao, the Dragon... Read more »

China’s top intelligence official has warned of rising national security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), calling for robust risk prevention frameworks and stronger global governance of the emerging technology. The call from Chen Yixin, China’s state security minister, comes as Beijing seeks to play a leading role in global... Read more »

China’s new draft law on combating cross-border corruption is as much a weapon against foreign interference as it is a tool against illicit financial flows, analysts say. The draft sets out ways to block extraterritorial investigations and to retaliate against foreign anti-corruption enforcement, drawing a firm legal boundary against foreign... Read more »

“Separatists” and the United States are putting Taiwan in greater danger, mainland China’s state broadcaster has warned, days after Washington’s de facto ambassador to the self-ruled island said it only needed to convince a potential adversary that landing forces would be very difficult. “Taiwan doesn’t need to demonstrate that it... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Federal court proceedings this week revealed an extended fight between the Justice Department and LinkedIn, with the government seeking to obtain details on a... Read more »

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Laura Silver, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchRichard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes ResearchMoira Fagan, Senior ResearcherJordan Lippert, Research Analyst Julia Armeli, Research AssistantDorene Asare-Marfo, Senior Panel ManagerPeter Bell, Associate Director, Design and UXJanakee Chavda, Associate... Read more »

About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates and Social Research Centre. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Read more about... Read more »

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Trust in China, the U.S. and the EU to regulate AI is tied to overall favorability. Many people trust their own country more than any other regulator.... Read more »

People in high-income countries are more likely than those in less wealthy nations to be concerned about AI, as well as its impact on jobs and economic inequality.... Read more »

A 37-country survey finds that young adults are particularly worried about AI leading to fewer jobs. Still, they're more likely than older people to feel both excited and concerned about AI.... Read more »

Majorities in most of 37 countries surveyed have at least some awareness of AI. In some places, the share who has heard a lot about it has increased since last year.... Read more »

Amid a mix of concern and excitement about AI, a 37-country survey finds pessimism about its potential impact on jobs and economic inequality.... Read more »

What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power? The post Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Beset by critics in Knoxville, Flock partnered with a nonprofit accused of “astroturfing” for a campaign to generate support for its surveillance cameras. The post Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE. The post The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS. The post Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

So far, settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdover cases. Without policy changes, however, they might keep growing toward a $1 billion total since 2018. The post NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. The post Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

While many fixated on the man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy, Georgia is set to kill Stacey Humphreys despite “extreme juror misconduct.” The post A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept. The post Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich. The post Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Be wary of people who try to frighten you into doing things.... Read more »

Colombia’s fumbled reckoning with regularization has left its migrant population vulnerable... Read more »

The state’s Republican-majority environmental commission is considering rules that would establish no numerical limits for PFAS in surface water.... Read more »

In his new book, Tad Stoermer explores why resistance movements in the United States face uphill odds.... Read more »

I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection for fifteen years. I have a hard time taking the administration’s campaign against fraud very seriously.... Read more »

What was once a hobby passed down by her mother has become a thirty-five-year-old Palestinian woman’s main income.... Read more »

It is important to remember that governments and their leaders do not represent all of humanity.... Read more »

If nothing else, the 2026 World Cup exposed the fact that globalization represents no challenge to neofascism, authoritarianism, rightwing nationalism.... Read more »

The race to develop artificial intelligence puts humankind in unparalleled danger.... Read more »

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a sweeping new directive that attempts to strip imperiled wildlife of protections from most activities that can kill or injure them.“This stabs at the very heart of the Endangered Species Act by giving federal approval to the killing of some of America’s... Read more »

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) today released a new report, Citizenship and the Affordability Agenda: A Path to Better Jobs, Higher Wages, and Prosperity for All, detailing how the mass deportation agenda is exacerbating the affordability crisis by... Read more »

Along with grief and loss, the anniversary of 9/11 brought home for many the "incalculable cost" of the quarter century of carnage it unleashed - the militarizing "beyond all sanity," the othering of "everyone who isn't 'them,'" the lying, fear-mongering, inflicting of terror that's left America hollowed out from forever... Read more »

AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI development.Digital rights group Fight for the Future, which has run many of the highest profile campaigns against... Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce today that it will stop regulating carbon dioxide released by power plants burning fossil fuels, according to reports. If allowed to go into effect, the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be allowed to grow unchecked. In... Read more »

According to published reports, the Trump Administration will finalize rules to rollback carbon pollution standards for power plants, as soon as today.Following is reaction from Meredith Hankins, federal climate legal director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):“With millions of Americans facing wildfires, heat waves and deadly storms fueled by climate... Read more »

According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This action would... Read more »

Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced today that they will launch a campaign soon after the November midterm elections calling for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to enter the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.“As the prospective field comes into view, it’s crucial... Read more »

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, has launched an investigation into OpenAI following revelations that the company’s AI agents breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity evaluations this summer. Hawley is seeking documents and information from OpenAI about the incident, including evidence that the... Read more »

Some of the most important struggles for health justice have taken place in New York City — from the Young Lords to ACT UP, from battles to make school lunches free to the Fight for $15 for low wage workers. Public health scholar Nicholas Freudenberg discusses the lessons he’s gleaned... Read more »

We live our lives often through the things we buy — presuming the more we have, the happier we’ll be. Have we always thought this way? Economist Mark Joseph Stelzner examines the need for ever more consumption under capitalism — and reflects on what our lives might be like if... Read more »

Almost 98% of all state executions in the U.S. are conducted by lethal injection, purportedly a quick and painless death. Corinna Barrett Lain states nothing could be further from the truth — but that it’s in the interests of the killing state that we imagine it that way. Corinna Barrett... Read more »

Why do poor, often sick, rural people vote for Republicans even after they slash funding for Medicaid and close rural hospitals? Michael Shepherd describes how conservative politicians and media have successfully built support for those cuts by claiming programs like Medicaid only help city dwellers, people of color, and immigrants.... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

Intl. media outlets highlight China's role in BRICS cooperation... Read more »

EU to launch climate insurance alliance after extreme summer... Read more »

Japan's remilitarization and the deployment of missiles near Russia's borders pose a threat to the latter's national security, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.... Read more »

US Fed hikes rates for first time since 2023 as inflation stays sticky... Read more »

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Cairo on Tuesday, with the two leaders discussing bilateral relations, trade and regional security.... Read more »

Officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are meeting in Geneva on September 16-17 for the seventh session of the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM).... Read more »

CGTN Poll: Global governance must avoid 'insecurity for security' trap... Read more »

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday called on China and Brazil to strengthen strategic coordination on major international and regional issues, continue to stand on the side of international fairness and justice, and jointly uphold multilateralism.... Read more »

From the ozone hole to recovery: Global action enters a new phase... Read more »

In the past two decades, BRICS has brought tangible benefits to the Global South with a series of cooperation mechanisms that introduce alternative financial resources, foster industrial and technological innovation and amplify its voice in global governance.... Read more »

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reshuffled her cabinet on Thursday, retaining most key ministers while bringing in a newcomer from the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), the junior coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).... Read more »

Chinese FM holds phone talks with Rubio... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, chairman of Indonesia's National Economic Council, in Beijing on Thursday.... Read more »

Under "One Country, Two Systems," Hong Kong's distinctive function has always been connective: linking China and the world, capital and opportunity. The first five-year plan of Hong Kong does not diminish that function; it furnishes it with coordinates and a ledger. A city that plans has not lost its way;... Read more »

Lao Defense Minister: Defense ties with China deepen... Read more »

Hong Kong’s Five-Year Plan: Mapping the future of a global hub... Read more »

Saudi royal calls for diplomacy to resolve Middle East conflicts... Read more »

Iran on Thursday ordered a Swedish diplomat to leave the country within 48 hours in response to Sweden's expulsion of an official at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm, while rejecting Sweden's accusations against Tehran as "baseless."... Read more »

US Fed hikes rates for first time since 2023 as inflation stays sticky... Read more »

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has unveiled its first five-year plan for economic and social development (2026-2030) on Wednesday.... Read more »

Graphics: What stood out in China's economy in August?... Read more »

The Pinglu Canal opens a faster gateway to the sea for China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's cargo.... Read more »

Chinese films are gaining momentum in overseas markets, with North America emerging as an important testing ground for their global appeal.... Read more »

The release of Hong Kong's first five-year plan marks an important milestone in the city's development. By building on its existing strengths and creating new opportunities through planning and innovation, the city can strengthen its competitiveness in a changing global environment.... Read more »

The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo is set to open in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.... Read more »

Chinese mainland welcomes Taiwan to Pinglu Canal opportunities... Read more »

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has never lacked ambition when it comes to urban development.... Read more »

Supply chain workers for steel company in Italy walk out to defend jobs; Gazan dentists protest Israeli blockade of essential dental supplies; doctors, pharmacists and dental surgeons in national 48-hour stoppage across Senegal over work conditions and funding for health... Read more »

Communication Workers Union officials are working to stifle opposition to restructuring among postal workers.... Read more »

The struggle of the Smart workers is part of the growing wave of workers’ struggles and wildcat strikes in Türkiye against wages eroded by inflation, the stripping away of rights and attacks on the right to organize.... Read more »

Michael McCaul, who had just returned to the US after discussions with Albanese and other government leaders, declared there was “no doubt” Australia would join a war with China over Taiwan.... Read more »

Like all capitalist governments around the world, the ruling JVP/NPP, as it imposes austerity measures on working people, is now preparing the repressive apparatus to suppress the inevitable popular opposition.... Read more »

The decision, taken at a union members’ meeting on September 11, raises the possibility of further stoppages, following an earlier 24-hour strike.... Read more »

The Appeals Court ruled in the case of Jackson, Mississippi that the Constitution provides no right to clean drinking water.... Read more »

The 15-year sentence “cannot be reconciled with Ukraine’s binding legal obligations,” the Guild’s president writes, and for a chronically ill prisoner “risks becoming, in effect, a sentence of death.”... Read more »

Mass protests and strikes have erupted in countries around the globe against the devastating increase in energy prices caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran.... Read more »

Held up on the banks of the Dadu River by a lack of ferries to carry its soldiers and equipment across, the Central Red Army was under imminent threat from a vast, rapidly-approaching enemy force. To open up an alternative route across the river, the Red Army's 4th Regiment was ordered... Read more »

In late May 1935, the Central Red Army reached the banks of the Dadu River in Sichuan Province. However, their attempts to cross were severely hampered by the limited number of boats available and the river's swift, turbulent current.... Read more »

In late May 1935, the Central Red Army reached the banks of the Dadu River in Sichuan. However, the possibility of crossing it was complicated by a severe shortage of available ferries.... Read more »

Intl. media outlets highlight China's role in BRICS cooperation... Read more »

The 134.2-km-long Pinglu Canal in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially opened to navigation on September 16, connecting the Xijiang River waterway with the Beibu Gulf. Among the canal's 104 bridges is a special ecological overpass designed exclusively for wildlife, locally dubbed a "bridge of life."... Read more »

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday called on China and Brazil to strengthen strategic coordination on major international and regional issues, continue to stand on the side of international fairness and justice, and jointly uphold multilateralism.... Read more »

Wujiang Village: A traditional way of life along the Wujiang River... Read more »

China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on Wednesday said the Chinese military is ready to work with all parties to jointly safeguard international and regional stability, foster a favorable security environment, and provide a guarantee for peaceful development.... Read more »

From the ozone hole to recovery: Global action enters a new phase... Read more »

Less national stigmatization and more joint enforcement, financial tracing, technology governance and victim protection: That is the only route to a safer world.... Read more »

HK's first five-year plan reflects rational interaction between the inherent governance culture and techniques of "One Country, Two Systems" in the new era, as well as institutional progress in competent governance under "Patriots administering Hong Kong."... Read more »

As China and ASEAN enter the next stage of their comprehensive strategic partnership, the central question is how deeply they can align their development strategies while ensuring cooperation continues to deliver visible benefits for ordinary people.... Read more »

As BRICS enters its third Golden Decade, its gold shines not merely because the mechanism has grown larger, but because its central idea remains compelling: countries can pursue their own development while contributing to shared progress.... Read more »

Walking the Long March: An American's journey... Read more »

In an evolving multipolar order, the most reliable path toward greater synergy in global governance remains open dialogue, accessible trade, and joint rule-making for emerging technologies. By executing this approach at scale, China and ASEAN offer a compelling regional answer to a global governance deficit.... Read more »

Respecting the HKSAR's right to independent planning, the plan charts long-term development based on Hong Kong's own realities and demonstrates the Central Government's firm stance of strongly supporting Hong Kong in achieving prosperity from stability and sustaining its long-term prosperity and stability.... Read more »

BRICS enters its third decade: Exclusive with fmr. NDB advisor... Read more »

By continuously refining a global public security cooperation architecture based on extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, China is contributing significantly to a fairer, more rational and efficient direction for global public security governance.... Read more »

In Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, visitors can enjoy a feast of equestrian acrobatics at "The Dance of Horses," a grand show that also features a large herd of horses galloping together, Mongolian wrestling and other displays of local ethnic culture.... Read more »

The new solo exhibition Cognition of Grain by Chinese artist Zhang Jietao recently opened in Beijing ahead of the 9th Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival on September 23, the autumn equinox.... Read more »

Have Fun in China II | Cycling into Beijing Life... Read more »

A group of young creatives in the area say poverty is only part of Kibera's story. There is also power, laughter, talent, ambition, opportunity and young people determined to change the familiar Kibera narrative.... Read more »

About 150 kilometers southwest of Hami in Xinjiang's Gobi Desert lies Dahaidao, a 4,000-square-kilometer yardang cluster.... Read more »

A humanoid robot performed several different dances at a shopping mall in Beijing, attracting a crowd of onlookers.... Read more »

The Long March has been brought to life on stage in Yudu, Jiangxi Province. The performance offers audiences an immersive way to experience this pivotal chapter in Chinese history.... Read more »

New Zealand singer Verity performed "By a Miracle" in the first round of the 2nd Silk Way Star International Music Competition, conveying the power of hope through music.... Read more »

The 2nd Silk Way Star International Music Competition is being broadcast on China Central Television, featuring singers from 12 countries – China, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Türkiye, Vietnam, South Africa, Russia, Serbia, Brazil and New Zealand.... Read more »

Health Talk: The link between hormones, weight and sleep... Read more »

The 2026 Arab Media Summit, held in Dubai from September 15 to 17, attracted 250 media organizations from 23 countries, bringing together senior government officials, heads of media institutions, prominent figures and content creators.... Read more »

EU to launch climate insurance alliance after extreme summer... Read more »

The 134.2-km-long Pinglu Canal in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially opened to navigation on September 16, connecting the Xijiang River waterway with the Beibu Gulf. Among the canal's 104 bridges is a special ecological overpass designed exclusively for wildlife, locally dubbed a "bridge of life."... Read more »

Sci-tech cooperation helps the Global South build its own capacity... Read more »

Zheng Yongnian: Chinese modernization is 'open-source' development... Read more »

Talent, new industries: HK accelerates innovation-led transformation... Read more »

The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled on Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.... Read more »

China's Zhuque-2E rocket launches 10 satellites into space... Read more »

Many of the 20 officials identified by the organizers secured lucrative roles in elite spaces. Some landed gigs associated with liberal politics, despite 77% of Democratic voters believing Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and 74% opposing additional economic and military aid to Israel, according to recent surveys.... Read more »

The giant influx from American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACs is a case study in money distorting politics.... Read more »

Some Jewish supremacists are promoting anti-Muslim hatred to redirect public attention away from Israel’s policies of genocide and dispossession... Read more »

US again bars Mahmoud Abbas from UN General Assembly, citing Palestinian efforts to pursue Israel in international courts and win international recognition... Read more »

Israeli occupation forces detained dozens of Palestinians, including journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi, as settlers attacked homes, farmland, and water infrastructure across the West Bank. Al-Rimawi recently organized a debt-forgiveness initiative to help suffering West Bankers... Read more »

Killing the sale outright would require a veto-proof joint resolution of disapproval in both chambers, a bar Congress has not cleared in the past. Tucker Carlson says public outrage is necessary... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine, Israeli war crimes (past, present, and future), Ed Sheeran & Macklemore, and more. Get informed – not overwhelmed – here.... Read more »

His comments advocating Jewish supremacy were captured on video and have been shared on social media.... Read more »

More than six months of the war on Iran have burned billions of dollars while badly depleting missile stockpiles, according to two new official reports... Read more »

Millions of lawfully present immigrants are set to lose health care under the GOP’s changes. Millions more U.S. citizens will join them. The post Immigrants Didn’t Take Your Health Care. ICE Did. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

That sum could address the teacher shortage, install thousands of solar panels, or ease the housing crisis The post What Could Indianapolis Fund Instead of Giving Big Tech $395 Million in Tax Breaks for Data Centers? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The analysis spotlights the impacts of three major trends in giving – accumulation, capitulation, and, in rare but instructive cases, solidarity – while demonstrating how adjusting payout requirements would unleash hundreds of billions for working charities. The post New Report Spotlights Philanthropy Under Oligarchy and How to Reform Charitable Giving... Read more »

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight. The post Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Bush could have immediately given a very clear and unequivocal speech to his nation and to the world that might have gone something like this. The post What George W. Bush Could Have Said After 9-11 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A functioning democracy requires rules voters and states understand before ballots are cast, not legal ambiguity that keeps results tied up in legal battles after the election. The post The Supreme Court’s Midterm Chaos Is Voter Suppression appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Communities in Louisiana are fighting, including against their own governments, to block new polluting projects. The post The Struggle Against Industrial Expansion in Cancer Alley appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

In the days after 9/11, IPS convened scores of allies to express our grief — and to speak out against the rush to war. The post ‘Justice, Not Vengeance’: Read Our 2001 Statement on the 9/11 Attacks appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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

Millions of lawfully present immigrants are set to lose health care under the GOP’s changes. Millions more U.S. citizens will join them. The post Immigrants Didn’t Take Your Health Care. ICE Did. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

That sum could address the teacher shortage, install thousands of solar panels, or ease the housing crisis The post What Could Indianapolis Fund Instead of Giving Big Tech $395 Million in Tax Breaks for Data Centers? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The analysis spotlights the impacts of three major trends in giving – accumulation, capitulation, and, in rare but instructive cases, solidarity – while demonstrating how adjusting payout requirements would unleash hundreds of billions for working charities. The post New Report Spotlights Philanthropy Under Oligarchy and How to Reform Charitable Giving... Read more »

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight. The post Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Bush could have immediately given a very clear and unequivocal speech to his nation and to the world that might have gone something like this. The post What George W. Bush Could Have Said After 9-11 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

A functioning democracy requires rules voters and states understand before ballots are cast, not legal ambiguity that keeps results tied up in legal battles after the election. The post The Supreme Court’s Midterm Chaos Is Voter Suppression appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Communities in Louisiana are fighting, including against their own governments, to block new polluting projects. The post The Struggle Against Industrial Expansion in Cancer Alley appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

In the days after 9/11, IPS convened scores of allies to express our grief — and to speak out against the rush to war. The post ‘Justice, Not Vengeance’: Read Our 2001 Statement on the 9/11 Attacks appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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

We Are Not In A Recession... So Why Are We Borrowing Like It? Authored by Ken Buck via The Epoch Times, Despite a lot of talk about fiscal responsibility, lawmakers in Washington are continuing to run up the tab on America's already maxed-out credit card. The U.S. annual deficit -... Read more »

Turkish State Takes Near-Total Control Of US-Sanctioned Bank Over IRGC Ties On September 4, the US Treasury unveiled sanctions against a Turkey-based bank and two of its subsidiaries, accusing them of moving tens of millions of dollars on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and facilitating Tehran's... Read more »

Apparently This Is Not Criminal Damage... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A Dutch 'activist' who climbed Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square, sprayed it with "Zionist war criminal," "Globalise the Intifada" and Hamas-style red triangles, then argued the graffiti didn't count because it could be washed off, has... Read more »

Belarus Gets Partial US Sanctions Relief After Freeing More Political Prisoners In a rare development, Belarus - which forms a 'Union State' with Russia, has received partial US sanctions relief after it agreed to free 25 political prisoners.  President Trump's envoy, John Coale, revealed to reporters in the Belarusian capital... Read more »

Britain's Speech Police: How The State Learned To Fear Its People Authored by Paul Birch via The Daily Sceptic, Many of us in Britain still flatter ourselves that we live in a free country. Although the UK isn't quite a police state (not yet anyway), neither is it a country... Read more »

Russian Frigate Fires Flares At Danish Military Helicopter, Copenhagen Summons Ambassador There's been another dangerous incident and major 'close call' involving a Russian ship in international waters off Europe. In this case, which unfolded Monday, a Danish military helicopter reportedly hovered near a Russian military frigate, seeking to monitor and photograph... Read more »

Turkey Takes On Houthis? Any Support To Saudis Faces Huge Blowback Via Middle East Eye Turkey's new commitments to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca defence pact could increase the risk of Ankara being drawn into a confrontation with Yemen's Houthis, a development that could have significant consequences for Turkish supply... Read more »

9 Terrifying Truths About Long-Term Economic Crises Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, Why preparation matters less than adaptation, and why the next crisis will not resemble the last... My father kept his layoff notice from 1982 taped inside his toolbox until he died. The letterhead - blue, corporate, indifferent... Read more »

J-50 Designers Reveal "Leapfrog" Technology For China's Next-Gen Stealth Fighter China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design &... Read more »

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won't disclose what his congressional roommate pays to live in the Capitol Hill home Mullin owns.According to a Thursday article by The Daily Mail, Mullin has shared the house with Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) for three years. Smith, who is unmarried, confirmed the arrangement to... Read more »

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was repeatedly thwarted during a speech critical of childhood vaccines by a reading lamp that kept falling from the podium and resisting his efforts to operate it, often drawing laughter from the friendly audience.Kennedy delivered the address Thursday afternoon at the Grand Hyatt Washington,... Read more »

Democrats have gained a surprising advantage over Republicans on the economy and other financial concerns in competitive House districts likely to determine control of Congress, according to new polling.Voters in those districts report trusting Democrats more to handle the economy, inflation, gas prices, international trade and corruption, the Cook Political... Read more »

TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach doesn’t plan to request an endorsement from President Donald Trump in the November general election.Kobach is running for reelection against Democratic nominee Chris Mann, an attorney and former police officer who lost to Kobach in 2022.Kobach, a prominent Trump ally since endorsing his presidential... Read more »

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) confirmed on Thursday that he won't be voting for Bo French, the embattled GOP candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner."He's an embarrassment to the Republican Party, and he's going to drag the whole ticket down because of his racist comments," Cornyn told Ramsey Touchberry of the Washington... Read more »

American-made boots issued to U.S. Marines began falling apart within days during training in the Arctic, forcing some troops from the field and leaving commanders scrambling for replacements.The failures occurred in Norway as Marines prepared for Cold Response 2026, a massive exercise intended to “showcase how U.S. forces could operate... Read more »

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's financials appear to have omitted a major property asset that could be costing him a lot of money.According to Politico's Daniel Lippman, Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico, "has repeatedly left a plot of land in Maui... Read more »

A federal judge is tightening the leash on the Trump-allied Kennedy Center board, ordering it to provide 30 days' written notice before making any changes to its renovation plans, including potential demolition of the historic building's main structure.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper denied a request for an emergency hearing from... Read more »

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) said a gay president is more likely to be a Republican because Black voters are "not ready" to elect one.Van Orden made the remarks Thursday in an interview with TMZ outside the U.S. Capitol.Reporter Charlie Cotton asked the congressman about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg,... Read more »

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won't disclose what his congressional roommate pays to live in the Capitol Hill home Mullin owns.According to a Thursday article by The Daily Mail, Mullin has shared the house with Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) for three years. Smith, who is unmarried, confirmed the arrangement to... Read more »

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was repeatedly thwarted during a speech critical of childhood vaccines by a reading lamp that kept falling from the podium and resisting his efforts to operate it, often drawing laughter from the friendly audience.Kennedy delivered the address Thursday afternoon at the Grand Hyatt Washington,... Read more »

Democrats have gained a surprising advantage over Republicans on the economy and other financial concerns in competitive House districts likely to determine control of Congress, according to new polling.Voters in those districts report trusting Democrats more to handle the economy, inflation, gas prices, international trade and corruption, the Cook Political... Read more »

TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach doesn’t plan to request an endorsement from President Donald Trump in the November general election.Kobach is running for reelection against Democratic nominee Chris Mann, an attorney and former police officer who lost to Kobach in 2022.Kobach, a prominent Trump ally since endorsing his presidential... Read more »

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) confirmed on Thursday that he won't be voting for Bo French, the embattled GOP candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner."He's an embarrassment to the Republican Party, and he's going to drag the whole ticket down because of his racist comments," Cornyn told Ramsey Touchberry of the Washington... Read more »

American-made boots issued to U.S. Marines began falling apart within days during training in the Arctic, forcing some troops from the field and leaving commanders scrambling for replacements.The failures occurred in Norway as Marines prepared for Cold Response 2026, a massive exercise intended to “showcase how U.S. forces could operate... Read more »

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's financials appear to have omitted a major property asset that could be costing him a lot of money.According to Politico's Daniel Lippman, Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico, "has repeatedly left a plot of land in Maui... Read more »

A federal judge is tightening the leash on the Trump-allied Kennedy Center board, ordering it to provide 30 days' written notice before making any changes to its renovation plans, including potential demolition of the historic building's main structure.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper denied a request for an emergency hearing from... Read more »

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) said a gay president is more likely to be a Republican because Black voters are "not ready" to elect one.Van Orden made the remarks Thursday in an interview with TMZ outside the U.S. Capitol.Reporter Charlie Cotton asked the congressman about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg,... Read more »

As the midterms approach, ads supporting Democrats and Republicans are making competing claims about how President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy law will impact rural healthcare.  The post Midterm Ads Clash Over GOP Law’s Impact on Rural Healthcare appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In the Texas Senate race, Republican candidate Ken Paxton is running an ad that features an artificial-intelligence version of James Talarico, Paxton's Democratic opponent, repeating several statements the real Talarico made about religion and gender identity. But some of the statements are missing the context behind the remarks. The post... Read more »

Vice President JD Vance gave the keynote address on the second night of the Republican midterm convention, which also featured Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Mike Johnson and a final send-off from President Donald Trump. Here's what we found in fact-checking their remarks: The... Read more »

In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn't, among other familiar claims. The post FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It's true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislation and that the company supported his campaigns. But Husted hasn't been... Read more »

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

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

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

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

As the midterms approach, ads supporting Democrats and Republicans are making competing claims about how President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy law will impact rural healthcare.  The post Midterm Ads Clash Over GOP Law’s Impact on Rural Healthcare appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

In the Texas Senate race, Republican candidate Ken Paxton is running an ad that features an artificial-intelligence version of James Talarico, Paxton's Democratic opponent, repeating several statements the real Talarico made about religion and gender identity. But some of the statements are missing the context behind the remarks. The post... Read more »

Vice President JD Vance gave the keynote address on the second night of the Republican midterm convention, which also featured Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Mike Johnson and a final send-off from President Donald Trump. Here's what we found in fact-checking their remarks: The... Read more »

In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn't, among other familiar claims. The post FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It's true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislation and that the company supported his campaigns. But Husted hasn't been... Read more »

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

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

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

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

Anonymous Buy Canadian. The post Keep Calm appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jared Abbott, Frederick DeVeaux We’re keeping an eye on their races to find out. Here’s where things stand. The post Can These 4 Working-Class Populists Win In November? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Stanley Reed Analysts say the consequences for energy prices and the world economy may be more serious in this later phase of a war that many had expected to be largely over by now. The post A Spreading War Rattles Global Energy Markets appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh In a bizarre Senate committee hearing, the FBI director defends his tenure and disrespects Democrats. The post Kash Patel Stands Up for “Victims” of Bestiality appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Dara Herman Zierlein In 2022, Amini was murdered by Iran’s Morality Police for removing her hijab in public. The post Remembering Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann The crusade against ballot access, like virtually every other facet of Trump’s agenda, does nothing to serve the interests of “the people,” but our press is too brain-dead to notice. The post Populists Can’t Be Populist if They Suppress the Vote appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sarayu Bongale A 2025 study found that 70 percent of adolescents sought reproductive health information through social media platforms. The post When Texas Sex Ed Falls Short, Gen Z Women Turn to Social Media appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

David Faris The United States is losing the conflict, stoking chaos in the region, and inviting economic calamity—all with no end in sight. The post Trump Has Lost Interest in the Iran War, but It’s Still Quite Interested in Him appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Matthew Duss It is damn time we all started acting like it. The post The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Many of the 20 officials identified by the organizers secured lucrative roles in elite spaces. Some landed gigs associated with liberal politics, despite 77% of Democratic voters believing Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and 74% opposing additional economic and military aid to Israel, according to recent surveys.... Read more »

The giant influx from American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACs is a case study in money distorting politics.... Read more »

Some Jewish supremacists are promoting anti-Muslim hatred to redirect public attention away from Israel’s policies of genocide and dispossession... Read more »

US again bars Mahmoud Abbas from UN General Assembly, citing Palestinian efforts to pursue Israel in international courts and win international recognition... Read more »

Israeli occupation forces detained dozens of Palestinians, including journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi, as settlers attacked homes, farmland, and water infrastructure across the West Bank. Al-Rimawi recently organized a debt-forgiveness initiative to help suffering West Bankers... Read more »

Killing the sale outright would require a veto-proof joint resolution of disapproval in both chambers, a bar Congress has not cleared in the past. Tucker Carlson says public outrage is necessary... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine, Israeli war crimes (past, present, and future), Ed Sheeran & Macklemore, and more. Get informed – not overwhelmed – here.... Read more »

His comments advocating Jewish supremacy were captured on video and have been shared on social media.... Read more »

More than six months of the war on Iran have burned billions of dollars while badly depleting missile stockpiles, according to two new official reports... Read more »

Many of the 20 officials identified by the organizers secured lucrative roles in elite spaces. Some landed gigs associated with liberal politics, despite 77% of Democratic voters believing Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and 74% opposing additional economic and military aid to Israel, according to recent surveys.... Read more »

The giant influx from American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACs is a case study in money distorting politics.... Read more »

Some Jewish supremacists are promoting anti-Muslim hatred to redirect public attention away from Israel’s policies of genocide and dispossession... Read more »

US again bars Mahmoud Abbas from UN General Assembly, citing Palestinian efforts to pursue Israel in international courts and win international recognition... Read more »

Israeli occupation forces detained dozens of Palestinians, including journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi, as settlers attacked homes, farmland, and water infrastructure across the West Bank. Al-Rimawi recently organized a debt-forgiveness initiative to help suffering West Bankers... Read more »

Killing the sale outright would require a veto-proof joint resolution of disapproval in both chambers, a bar Congress has not cleared in the past. Tucker Carlson says public outrage is necessary... Read more »

News and headlines on Palestine, Israeli war crimes (past, present, and future), Ed Sheeran & Macklemore, and more. Get informed – not overwhelmed – here.... Read more »

His comments advocating Jewish supremacy were captured on video and have been shared on social media.... Read more »

More than six months of the war on Iran have burned billions of dollars while badly depleting missile stockpiles, according to two new official reports... Read more »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »