- ● Meet the media and militiamen funded by ‘Lebanese AIPAC Guy’ pushing Beirut into Israel’s handsAs 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 – and a fascist Christian goon squad – in Beirut and Washington dedicated to doing Israel’s dirty work. In late July, Lebanese daily L’Orient Today exposed... Read more »
- US DOJ relying on anonymous Israeli intel agent to convict US resident of Oct 7 participationUS prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies almost entirely on intelligence from Israel which the defendant’s lawyers are unable to see, and an Israeli agent they can not identify. The US Department of Justice... Read more »
- Israel protects Mexican official wanted for mass kidnap-murder, along with accused sex criminals and fraudstersIsrael is home to droves of international criminals accused or found guilty in a second country of various crimes. Among them is Tomás Zerón, accused mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of 43 Mexican students in Ayotzinapa. This article was originally published by ¡DoNotPanic! and features additional editing by The... Read more »
- MI5 directors who plotted IRGC ‘terror’ ban exposed in leaked emailsLeaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British government’s move to label the IRGC a terrorist entity as well as the UK’s adoption of the draconian National Security Act. The correspondence reviewed here offers extraordinary insight into how the... Read more »
- Court orders discovery in Blumenthal’s case against US govt, recognizes Fourth Amendment violationsA federal court has granted discovery in Max Blumenthal’s lawsuit against DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and called the seizure of his phones a violation of his constitutional rights. The judge framed the case as part of a wider assault on press freedom by the Trump administration. This article was adapted... Read more »
The Grayzone
- UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine SolidarityAmid a deepening crackdown on Palestine solidarity in the country, a senior member of the British parliament is leading a campaign to have a popular activist and Muslim scholar arrested. Alicia Kearns, the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs has called on the U.K. Home Office to detain Sayed Hussain Makke. ... Read more »
- How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems are propagandizing children to support war through STEMThe most infamous arms companies manufacturing the very bombs for the United States and Israel to use in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran are partnering up with the U.S. military to fund STEM mathematics programs to propagandize children in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and others. The post... Read more »
- Iran’s Shock Strike Strategy Against US Assets Opens Multiple FrontsWhile another lull in direct combat between the United States and Iran has come into effect, other fronts begin to expand and threaten to drown the region in a much broader conflict. In the latest episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh examines the ever expanding battlefield, its impacts on oil... Read more »
- Regime Change Mission Foiled: Yemen’s Ansarallah Uncover Saudi-Mossad-CIA Espionage Network to Decapitate Resistance LeadersNewly released documents reviewed by MintPress uncover a Mossad-CIA led “espionage network” inside Yemen against Ansarallah to enable “decapitation strikes” against senior leaders including AbdulMalik al-Houthi and others – mirroring Israeli intelligence campaigns previously carried out against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Iranian officials. MintPress takes you through this spy... Read more »
- Lionel Messi’s Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200Lionel Messi has quietly built relationships with companies and security firms closely linked to Israel's military-intelligence establishment. From becoming the global face of Israeli AI company OrCam staffed by former Unit 8200 officers to relying on ex-Israeli operatives for personal security, MintPress investigates the football icon's connections to Netanyahu's security... Read more »
MintPress News
- ‘Let’s Just Embrace A Mediterranean Lifestyle’: Climate Lunacy And Burnham’s ‘Pragmatism’‘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 »
- 25 Years Of Media Lens – The BBC’s Paul Adams On IranThis 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 »
- VideoWhitewash: Media Silence Over Starmer’s Gaza LegacyOn 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 »
- VideoInvitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate DenialWe, 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 »
- VideoMedia Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate OblivionAny 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 »
Media Lens
- ● The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements
A lawsuit filed with the Freedom of the Press Foundation argues the president is restricting First Amendment-protected information in a scheme to enrich himself. The post The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was
Protesting George Floyd’s murder wasn’t the “crazy” part. Centrist Dems selling out was. The post No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes
Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke.” The post “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas
Today’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin has featured increasingly desperate attacks against the frontrunner. The post Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk
To prepare for a possible war with China, the U.S. military has put Hawai’i on the front lines of a potential nuclear conflict. The post The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- Video● Joe Biden Should Be Dying Of Cancer In The Hague
I’ve seen a lot of people on social media expressing sadness and grief at the news of Biden’s situation, and I agree it is very sad that this is happening. Joe Biden shouldn’t be sitting at home dying of cancer, he should be sitting in a cell at The Hague... Read more » - A Note To Patrons And Subscribers
This is just a note to my patrons and newsletter subscribers to say I’m sorry I haven’t published anything these past few days. I’ve received a number of messages from concerned readers wondering if I’m alright, so I just want to let everyone know I’m okay and Tim and I... Read more » - VideoThere Is Beauty Everywhere. Even In Dystopia. Even In Armageddon.
There are very few things in life that I hold a rock-solid uncompromising view on, but the fact that there is beauty in everything is one of them.... Read more » - VideoALL Mainstream Western Institutions View Palestinian Lives As Worthless
"I mean, it is a bit rich watching a BBC reporter act shocked and offended by somebody saying they think Jewish lives are worth more than Palestinian lives."... Read more » - Video“I’m Not Political” Just Means “I Support The Status Quo”
Politics is pervading every aspect of our experience of life on this planet. Our only volition is in what we choose to do about this inescapable reality.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- ● D.C. Under Siege: One Year of Military Occupation
One year ago, the Trump administration brought 800 National Guard troops to occupy the streets of Washington, D.C., part of the "Safe and Beautiful Task Force." There are now approximately 5,000 troops from 15 states deployed here, with some officially moved in and set to stay through 2029. More The... Read more » - Video● The Politics of Canada in the Shadow of Empire: a Q&A with Yves Engler
Canadian foreign policy is at times presented as rights-based and as an example of textbook multilateralism. The left often argues, however, that beneath the surface lies a politics of power that aligns Ottawa’s interests with the Pentagon’s. This raises questions about the country’s role in peace and conflict. In this exclusive... Read more » - ● Chomsky Canceled, Eisenhower Stays: How the Left’s Cancellation Criteria Hurts Them
What sins can and cannot be forgiven? Earlier this year, the organization Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) announced, “Taking Down Noam Chomsky’s Portrait,” literally canceling Noam Chomsky from its portrait gallery. This is no surprise. It is a surprise that AWTT deems Dwight Eisenhower’s CIA coup-approval sins to be... Read more » - ● One Disaster After Another: Global Warming is Global Warning
Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, Italy, and the UK have all suffered extreme heat events in 2026, breaking previous temperature records, while much of the northern hemisphere is undergoing increased hot and dry conditions, impacting agriculture and producing more fires. Record surface temperatures above 33 °C (91.4 F) in the Mediterranean Sea... Read more » - ● Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal on Ice
An antitrust lawsuit by twelve Democratic states’ Attorneys General against the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, valued at $111 billion, promises to be the most high-stakes—and potentially industry-changing—case in generations. Paramount and state AGs struck an agreement on July 24 to bypass the legal wranglings of court injunctions in favor... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham – Unherd op-edIn 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 »
- Oh dear Andy, what an inauspicious start!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 »
- AI and the false consciousness trap – UnherdAscribing 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 »
- VideoAn Athenian View of American Democracy – Project Syndicate op-edAt 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 »
- Το ΝΑΤΟ πρέπει να πεθάνει – 24|7 NewsΟ 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 »
Yanis Varoufakis
- ● EXCLUSIVE: Unite leader’s husband bullied and manipulated union staff, transcripts showLeaked meeting transcripts expose how Unite the Union staff endured aggressive behaviour, bullying and intimidation under Sharon Graham’s husband, Jack Clarke. The Canary has obtained more than 100 pages of transcripts dating to 2018, prior to the leadership election, between Clarke and staff members within the National Organising and Leverage... Read more »
- Video● “We never know if we will return safely”: West Bank students speak out against the war on educationStudents in the West Bank have become “desensitised” to what Israeli occupation forces have made routine: checkpoints, incursions, intimidation and violence. But what they endure is far from normal. It’s a systematic campaign of disruption and dismantlement. Shams, a 24-year-old journalism and media graduate from Birzeit University, says fear is... Read more »
- ● Reform councillor blasts educator for using Zimbabwe flag as propIn the UK, councillors are supposed to support local people. However, Reform councillor Joe Standen seems to think his job is to attack and make fun of residents who are doing what they can to educate the city’s youth. The X post below reads: Reform UK’s Joe Standen has taken... Read more »
- ● The Times should apologise for Kathleen Stock’s shockingly ableist articleThis weekend I had the unfortunate luck of stumbling across an opinion piece in the Times by the academic, philosopher and transphobe Kathleen Stock. In a nutshell, Stock argues that Gen Z women are pretending to have chronic illnesses and invisible disabilities, and that using walking sticks has become some... Read more »
- Video● Settlers use water to ethnically cleanse the occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers were filmed deliberately emptying vital water tanks in the Palestinian herding community of Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. Ein al-Hilweh freshwater spring had been used by the farmers and Bedouin shepherds of the village for generations. But in 2019, illegal ‘Israeli’ colonists from the nearby Maskiyot... Read more »
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- Kevin A. Carson - The Desktop Regulatory StateAuthor: Kevin A. CarsonTitle: The Desktop Regulatory StateSubtitle: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and NetworksDate: March 2016Source: Retrieved on 8th April 2022 from kevinacarson.org Preface Like every book I’ve written since the first, this book was inspired by ideas I encountered in researching the previous one but was unable to... Read more »
- Voltairine de Cleyre - Will this Struggle be Drowned in Blood?Author: Voltairine de CleyreTitle: Will this Struggle be Drowned in Blood?Date: 1911Notes: From ‘Regeneración’, English Section, November 11 to 18, 1911, Los Angeles, California, edited by William C. Owen. "The following is the English copy of an article contributed recently by the well-known writer Voltairine de Cleyre, to “Volne Listy,”... Read more »
- Andy Durgan - Reflexions on the Spanish Revolution of 1936Author: Andy DurganTitle: Reflexions on the Spanish Revolution of 1936Date: 11 July 2026Notes: Translated by David Fagan for International Viewpoint from viento sur 201.Source: Retrieved on August 6, 2026 from https://internationalviewpoint.org/Reflexions-on-the-Spanish-Revolution-of-1936 In the vast body of literature surrounding the Spanish Civil War, it is often presented as a struggle between... Read more »
- Nikos Maziotis and Pola Roupa - Interview of the prisoners members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis to the International Red HelpAuthor: Nikos Maziotis and Pola RoupaTitle: Interview of the prisoners members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis to the International Red HelpDate: 2019Notes: The interview is included in the book-edition of 2019, “Proclamations — Texts of Revolutionary Struggle 2003–2018”. Introduction In 2017 Red Help International sent some (30)... Read more »
- Martin Sostre - Follow the Principles that Won My FreedomAuthor: Martin SostreTitle: Follow the Principles that Won My FreedomDate: 1976Notes: The following speech, “Follow the Principles that Won My Freedom,” was delivered by Sostre in 1976 shortly after his release from prison and offers a message of revolutionary optimism about how collective action can succeed—as it did for him—in... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- Into The Valley…Into The Valley… (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
- Library update (July 2026)Library update (July 2026) (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
- KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026 (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library)... Read more »
- Prison KnittingPrison Knitting (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
- Clara Gilbert Cole: brief notesClara Gilbert Cole: brief notes (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- ● West Bank approaching ‘point of no return’: Russia
Russia warned on Wednesday that the West Bank was approaching a “point of no return,” and that further escalation could destabilize the wider Middle East, Anadolu reports. Russian UN Amb. Vassily Nebenzya attributed the trend to Israel’s “creeping expansion” in occupied Palestinian territories. “The West Bank is approaching a point... Read more » - ● Oman and the political economy of the Strait of Hormuz
Gulf states have answered Iranian pressure in two very different ways. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates bought protection: air defence systems, advanced fighter jets, protected air bases. Oman bought access instead. It refused to join the Saudi-led war in Yemen, refused to join the 2017 blockade of Qatar,... Read more » - ● UK withholds files on Israeli firm accused of meddling in Scottish election, citing national security
The UK government has refused to release information relating to an Israeli influence firm accused of interfering in Scotland’s parliamentary election, invoking national security and warning that disclosure could damage Britain’s relations with other countries, according to a report by The National. The Scottish newspaper reported that the Cabinet Office... Read more » - ● Abraham offered normalisation. Makkah offers security
There’s a striking irony sitting inside this year’s diplomacy. Back on May 25, Donald Trump publicly pushed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse — part of a wider attempt to reshape the region while he negotiated an end to the war... Read more » - ● Pakistan rejects Netanyahu’s opposition to Palestinian state, calls for Gaza pullout
Pakistan rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state on Wednesday, saying Palestinian statehood is firmly rooted in international law and UN resolutions, Anadolu reports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi also said any refusal by Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza would be... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- Two Different America's (Sic)
Hoo boy. With the approach of what bleakly promises to be "the super-Islamophobic midterms," the Bigot-In-Chief is letting his racist freak flag fly by attacking Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, whose smarts, strength, hotness, accomplished wife and Michigan win clearly terrify him. Cue charges of "communist," "man of hate," and, probs soon,... Read more » - PEER and Allies Push Back on FCC’s Approval of Reflect Orbital’s Plan to Light Up the NightPEER, DarkSky International, the American Bird Conservancy, and Environment America — represented by Earthjustice — filed a formal Application for Review asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse its Space Bureau’s approval of Reflect Orbital Inc.’s Earendil-1 satellite.Earendil-1 is a commercial satellite that will reflect sunlight back to Earth... Read more »
- As El Niño and heatwaves dry up fields, governments must act fastClimate campaigners warned that record high temperatures and a strong El Niño is resulting in severe drought in many countries, hitting crop yields and raising food prices. 350.org urged governments to move fast to protect farming communities and consumers, and mobilize the necessary funds through higher, permanent taxes on fossil... Read more »
- Blanche Is (Still) Unfit to Be Named Attorney GeneralToday, Senator Bill Cassidy, announced that he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response:“This is an appalling outcome for the rule of law. Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s lawyer. He is committed to lawfare and Donald Trump’s... Read more »
- Food & Water Watch Applauds Failure of Bad Senate Farm BillToday Republicans failed to move their disastrous Farm Bill, the Agricultural Act of 2026, out of the Senate Agriculture Committee. A fierce movement of advocates built enough pressure to keep poison pills, like the Save Our Bacon Act, out of the Committee’s debate on the bill.Instead of serving everyday people,... Read more »
Common Dreams
- A Tide in the Affairs of MenBetween 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 »
- The Hard Right Packing of the UK Supreme CourtUnlike 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 »
- Scottish Independence: Set the Date!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 »
- Narratives of Moral Conflict: Karim Khan and Delcy RodriguezSocial 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 »
- Where Are We Going?An advert for the RNLI caught my attention because it indicated that the majority of their income comes from bequests in wills. The pitch was that, after you provide for your loved ones, you should leave money to the RNLI. I have no problem with this, having generations of lifeboatmen... Read more »
Craig Murray
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- Call to Action: Teach Voting Rights in an Age of AuthoritarianismWe 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 »
- Speak Up for the Smithsonian Exhibits and ProgramsOn July 4, 2026, the White House Domestic Policy Council issued a report attacking the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH). The post Speak Up for the Smithsonian Exhibits and Programs appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Prentiss Charney Fellows 2026–2027We are thrilled to announce our third cohort of Zinn Education Project Prentiss Charney fellows for the 2026–2027 school year. The fellowship supports a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together. The post Prentiss Charney Fellows 2026–2027 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Teacher-Led Study Groups Are Communities of Resistance and HopeIn a time of censorship and political repression, teacher-led study groups are building communities of resistance and hope. The post Teacher-Led Study Groups Are Communities of Resistance and Hope appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Teach Truth Book GiveawayFor the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, Seven Stories Press, Haymarket Books, and One Signal Publishers donated books that address the censorship of people's history. The post Teach Truth Book Giveaway appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »
Free willl
- The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resistedCouncillor 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 »
- From Bridge to GulfHow 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 »
- The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the MakingState 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 »
- RAF deal: rough deal for truthCoveney 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 »
- €492 Indicator Fault reveals the ontology of oppressionAsymmetry cannot be replaced in an afternoon The post €492 Indicator Fault reveals the ontology of oppression appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Village Magazine
- ● Oman and the political economy of the Strait of HormuzGulf states have answered Iranian pressure in two very different ways. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates bought protection: air defence systems, advanced fighter jets, protected air bases. Oman bought access instead. It refused to join the Saudi-led war in Yemen, refused to join the 2017 blockade of Qatar,... Read more »
- ● Abraham offered normalisation. Makkah offers securityThere’s a striking irony sitting inside this year’s diplomacy. Back on May 25, Donald Trump publicly pushed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse — part of a wider attempt to reshape the region while he negotiated an end to the war... Read more »
- ● Political assassinations: Libya’s yesterday and today
The killing of Libyan journalist and BBC broadcaster Mohamed Mustafa Ramadan outside London’s Central Mosque in 1980, and the recent assassination of Major General Fawzi al‑Mansouri, head of military intelligence in eastern Libya, as he left a mosque in Benghazi, are separated by nearly half a century. Yet the architecture... Read more » - ● How Abdul El-Sayed challenged America’s Muslim loyalty test
Nearly $30 million was spent by AIPAC and its affiliates to stop Abdul El-Sayed. It was enough to flood Michigan’s airwaves, but not enough to persuade Democratic voters that he was beyond the political pale. That matters because El-Sayed was fighting more than an extraordinarily well-funded opponent. As a Muslim... Read more » - Condi Rice and the belated “birth pangs of a new Middle East”
Twenty years ago, as Israeli bombs pulverised Lebanon, Condoleezza Rice surveyed the carnage with the serene vocabulary peculiar to imperial officials who experience other people’s funerals as geopolitical opportunity. These, she suggested, were the “birth pangs of a new Middle East.” History, which possesses a considerably darker sense of humour... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- A Few Words on Independence Day[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 »
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With SecurityIntro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. PresidentsChomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against FascismTomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more »
- Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam ChomskyProfessor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- Trump doesn’t rule out ‘national security emergency for elections’ floated by far-right host
“There is zero reason to not take Trump at his word that he and his team are planning something alarming to disrupt the midterms,” said CNN host Jake Tapper.... Read more » - First came the Flock cameras. Now local cops want autonomous drones.
Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.... Read more » - Real public safety means more community, not cages
DC Justice Lab’s 2026 Public Safety Policy Agenda is chock-full of evidence that criminal justice reforms that prioritize restorative justice, not draconian punishment, lead to safer communities.... Read more » - Foreign oil giant BP locks out workers at its last unionized refinery in USA“[British Petroleum] just made $5.7 billion in three months and they're paying a bigger dividend. We've been here sacrificing our personal lives for 20 years and they are intentionally hurting us and our families. It's shameful.”... Read more »
- Juliana Leon died in a climate-linked heat wave. Her daughter is suing Big Oil.This case is reportedly the first to hold Big Oil accountable for an individual’s death in a climate-related disaster.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- Trump doesn’t rule out ‘national security emergency for elections’ floated by far-right host“There is zero reason to not take Trump at his word that he and his team are planning something alarming to disrupt the midterms,” said CNN host Jake Tapper.... Read more »
- First came the Flock cameras. Now local cops want autonomous drones.Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.... Read more »
- Real public safety means more community, not cagesDC Justice Lab’s 2026 Public Safety Policy Agenda is chock-full of evidence that criminal justice reforms that prioritize restorative justice, not draconian punishment, lead to safer communities.... Read more »
- Foreign oil giant BP locks out workers at its last unionized refinery in USA“[British Petroleum] just made $5.7 billion in three months and they're paying a bigger dividend. We've been here sacrificing our personal lives for 20 years and they are intentionally hurting us and our families. It's shameful.”... Read more »
- Juliana Leon died in a climate-linked heat wave. Her daughter is suing Big Oil.This case is reportedly the first to hold Big Oil accountable for an individual’s death in a climate-related disaster.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- ● Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs MP Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon & Shahd Hammouri on U.K. Complicity in GenocideFrom London, we revisit the Gaza Tribunal, an independent, nongovernmental inquiry into the United Kingdom’s complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The tribunal, held nearly one year ago, was chaired by our three guests: former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Israeli professor of human rights law Neve... Read more »
- ● Headlines for August 12, 2026Death Toll from Colombia Earthquake Tops 250 as Rescue Crews Scramble to Reach Survivors, Iran Nears Deal with Oman over Control of Strait of Hormuz, Trump Hid in Catering Truck to Sneak Off Air Force One Amid Alleged Threat from Iran, Former Ukrainian Prisoners Recount Torture and Sexual Abuse in... Read more »
- Bryan Stevenson on the "Enduring Evil of Slavery" and Trump's Attempt to Rewrite HistoryWe spend the hour with civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, to tell the history of millions of enslaved Africans who were abducted and trafficked across the Atlantic to the Americas... Read more »
- Headlines for August 11, 2026More Than 160 People Dead After a 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Colombia, NOAA: July Was the Hottest Month Ever Documented in the U.S., More Than a Million People Evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall in China, Trump Issues Executive Order Reducing Childhood Vaccinations, Trump Demands Compensation from Iran Threatening Ceasefire... Read more »
- Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil's Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & "A Trial — after An Enemy of the People"We continue our coverage from the Edinburgh International Festival, where acclaimed Brazilian actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura stars in the play A Trial — after An Enemy of the People. A sequel to the 1882 Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People, A Trial — after An Enemy of... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Gina Plata-Nino & Crystal FitzSimons (2025) on Food Aid Cuts
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 » - The ‘Rigor’ and ‘Empathy’ Ross Douthat Will Bring to 60 Minutes
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 » - mp3Vincent Southerland on Black Voting Barriers
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 » - mp3Dorothee Benz on Prairieland Protest Case
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 » - mp3Lauren Bonds on ICE Murders
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260717.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Maine Monitor (7/15/26) This week on CounterSpin: Protests are ongoing in southern Maine, where Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was killed by an ICE agent on July 13. The Maine Monitor says folks are “expressing rage, fear and questions... Read more »
CounterSpin
- ● The Dollar’s Last Line of DefenceAmerica’s wars against Iran, Venezuela and Russia are designed to preserve dollar dominance by controlling oil exports, capturing their revenues and forcing them back into US financial markets. The result is accelerating the creation of a rival economic order. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here:... Read more »
- Global ShakedownThe conflict with Iran is not about nuclear weapons. It is a struggle over oil, dollar dominance and whether nations can control their own trade and resources. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- Wall Street’s Two WingsThe 2026 US midterms may expose a broken party system as Trump, corporate Democrats and grassroots socialists prepare for a deeper class conflict. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- America’s War on an Independent WorldHow the United States is using oil, technology, transportation and the dollar system to rebuild its declining global power. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- An Economy of Unearned WealthMichael Hudson explains how finance, monopoly and economic rent have captured government, inflated asset prices and weakened the productive economy. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- ● I Asked AI to Write a Novel. It’s Not So Bad.A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Like many offbeat ideas,... Read more »
- ● Fauci, RFK Jr., and the Latest in American HealthLettuce contaminated with cyclospora. Cruise ship passengers contracting a deadly form of hantavirus. Legionnaires’ disease (yet again) in big cities. RFK Jr. refusing any responsibility for measles outbreaks. That’s just a brief list of public health stories in America this summer. And we haven’t even mentioned Dr. Anthony Fauci being... Read more »
- ● Trump Admin Releases Final Rule Attacking Healthcare for Low-Income Trans KidsSince President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he’s been vowing to stamp out gender-affirming medical care—what his administration terms “sex-rejecting procedures”—for young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Now, his administration is specifically going after the health care of trans kids from low-income families. On Tuesday, the Centers for... Read more »
- VideoWhat Does “Woke 1” Even Mean?Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invoked the term “Woke 1.0” during her Sunday interview on ABC News’ This Week to refer to rhetoric many progressive circles used during some of the social movements of the late 2010s—but instead of engaging with them in a 2026 context, she dismissed them as ideas of... Read more »
- Analysis: Alito Made Up To $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on Top CourtThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9 million from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows. The analysis from the nonprofit advocacy group and judicial watchdog Court Accountability,... Read more »
Mother Jones
- Media advisory: DNC resolution related to Israel’s military aidTwo federal statutes known as the Leahy law are the subject of a resolution that is set to be voted on when the Democratic National Committee convenes in Austin on Thursday. The post Media advisory: DNC resolution related to Israel’s military aid appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
- Crypto Bill “Crafted by and for Crypto Billionaires”“The massive and hugely dangerous CLARITY Act crypto bill is coming to the Senate floor in the next week. The legislation was crafted by and for the very crypto billionaires who are pushing Trump’s anti-democratic ideas. The bill locks-in weak protections for people and the economy and greenlights Trump’s crypto... Read more »
- Peace Protesters: * Arrests in SC * Trial in NJOn Tuesday, July 28, during Elbit Out of South Carolina’s (EOSC) weekly picket outside of the Elbit Systems of America factory, "three protestors were wrongfully arrested by an off-duty North Charleston Police Department (NCPD) officer. The officer, who was acting as paid security for Elbit Systems, arrested EOSC protestors on bogus charges... Read more »
- Hospitals See Rise in Uninsured Patients After CutsAfter Republicans ended enhanced federal tax credits for people enrolled in an ACA plan, hospitals have seen a sharp rise in the number of uninsured people showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics. The post Hospitals See Rise in Uninsured Patients After Cuts appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
- Ultra-Wealthy’s Private Jets Were Gas Guzzling for the World CupIn an opinion piece for The Hill, Chuck Collins from the Institute for Policy Studies calls on FIFA to “ban private jets at matches and live up to its pledge to be carbon neutral by 2040… FIFA should also stop designing tournaments that span continents and cater to the ultra-wealthy... Read more »
News Releases Archive - accuracy.org
- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis VaroufakisFrom recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »
- How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of WarA 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 BDSThe Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »
- ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- In DeepThe 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 »
- HotheadsSteady 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 »
- Two-Tier JusticeIt’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 »
- Reality Be DamnedThe 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 »
- Vampire CapitalThe 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 »
George Monbiot
- ● Economic analyst reveals 'two Americas' phenomenon primed to sink Trump
President Donald Trump's handling of the economy has resulted in "two Americas" being created, according to one leading economic analyst, and it is also a familiar situation that could spell doom for him and the GOP in the coming midterm elections.During a Wednesday segment on CNN, host Sara Sidner spoke... Read more » - ● Ex-Trump aide reveals Republican 'running the most embarrassing campaign'
A U.S. Senate candidate is already acting as if he doesn't care much about his campaign. Speaking for the Defiance.org podcast, former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor said that it's clear Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running a "terrible campaign." While in San Antonio, Paxton was shouted... Read more » - ● Judge smacks down Trump’s 'desperate' attempt to seize control of elections
On Wednesday, a federal judge smacked down President Donald Trump’s “unconstitutional” attack on U.S. election integrity by ruling against an executive order that would assert federal control over mail-in voting. According to former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, the judge’s order comes as Trump has given “every reason to take him... Read more » - ● MAGA would be furious if they knew how Trump was spending their tax dollars
U.S. President Donald Trump's interventionist foreign policy is drawing vehement criticism from some prominent figures in the MAGA movement, including former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson — both of whom believe is betraying the "America First" agenda he aggressively promoted in the past.... Read more » - ● Department of veterans 'scrambling' to clear backlog after massive mistakes
The Veterans Administration (VA) was part of an ongoing effort to make the government run more efficiently while also eliminating staff. Now, veterans are having claims denied by the VA that they counted on for healthcare. NOTUS told a story of Paul Rushing, who had a stroke at age 54... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● The Bomb in Monaco and a Torture Room Near KyivThey took her trainers. That is the detail that survives, once the rest is stripped away – the belongings removed from the corpse, the shoes pulled from her feet, the shallow hole in woods sixty kilometers west of Kyiv. Anastasiia Berezovska had been shot in the back of the head,... Read more »
- ● The New Apologists for American EmpireThe Trump administration marked the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of U.S. independence with a series of statements in support of American empire. Despite the fact that Trump campaigned against endless war and the White House issued a National Security Strategy that rejected “global domination,” the Trump administration celebrated the nation’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary... Read more »
- ● The Long Road to WarThe war between the United States and Iran is rooted in events stretching back more than seventy years. As the major media continues to ignore the history, it is important to understand this essential backstory. If you’re wondering why the United States and Iran have been bitter antagonists for more... Read more »
- The Silver Lining: The Donald’s Impending Defeat in Iran May Finally Bring the Empire HomeIt is damn obvious that Washington has lost Donald Trump’s idiotic war on Iran. After all, it is now five months since the opening salvos of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, which was advertised to last only 3-4 weeks. Instead, the conflict has settled into a grinding, inconclusive stalemate... Read more »
- Trump’s Iran War Raises a Midterm Question: Who Decides When America Goes to War?On July 23, President Donald Trump threatened to carry out his “biggest attack yet” on Iran after nearly two weeks of renewed U.S. airstrikes. That same day, the House voted 214–208 to direct the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, while a parallel Senate effort failed 47–49.... Read more »
Antiwar.com
- What France's far right has learned from Israel's apartheid systemThere are regular warnings that France risks succumbing to fascism. But Mussolini's Italy may not be the model that attracts the far right; it could be Binyamin Netanyahu's de facto apartheid state. - 2026/08 / editorial... Read more »
- Can capitalism save Cuba's revolution?Cuba is undergoing its biggest economic transformation in decades: private firms are back and small businesses employ a quarter of the workforce. But market reform has brought no political opening. - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
- Donald Trump's Latin American proconsulsThe US once supported military coups to keep Latin America under its control. Now, a weaker left and the rise of organised crime are helping the far right assert itself. This suits the White House just fine. - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
- When the world took Ethiopia's sideMussolini's attack on Ethiopia in 1935 caused more than half a million deaths by the end of the Italian occupation in 1941. Why were the sanctions imposed on Italy only half-heartedly enforced? - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
- White Australia's ‘unprecedented act of racism'?Australians rejected the idea of creating the Indigenous Voice to Parliament advisory body in October 2023. Two years after this stinging defeat, the state of Victoria signed a treaty with its First Peoples. - 2026/08 / article, 2026/08 australia... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- ● How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalismAs Media Lens celebrates 25 years, Peter Oborne pays tribute to the dissident outlet that influenced his work The post How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalism appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- UK used Cyprus base to ‘secretly’ move ‘sensitive equipment’Declassified files raise further questions about the role of Britain’s Cyprus base in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza The post UK used Cyprus base to ‘secretly’ move ‘sensitive equipment’ appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement fundingCharity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers The post UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- BBC censored film on British army killing childDowning Street persuaded Panorama to cut an exposé on the shooting of an unarmed boy in Derry in 1972 The post BBC censored film on British army killing child appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- US ammunition ship docked in Wales during Iran strikesThe Sagamore is a key vessel for keeping US bases in Britain stocked up with bombs The post US ammunition ship docked in Wales during Iran strikes appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● Zhu Rongji: reformer who led China’s economic transformation through ‘minefield or abyss’
“Regardless of what lies ahead – be it a minefield or a deep abyss – I will forge ahead unswervingly, dedicating my entire life and energy to the country until my dying day.” Those words, spoken at the dawn of his premiership, came to define Zhu Rongji, China’s towering economic... Read more » - ● Erdogan wants Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact to draw more countries
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan aimed at stabilising a region wracked by conflict. The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples with fallout... Read more » - ● Hong Kong baby food producer recalls pastas over rice weevil scare
A Hong Kong baby food producer has voluntarily recalled several products from store shelves as a precaution after parents and online users raised concerns that they might contain rice weevils. Baby Basic on Wednesday said the recall covered “instant baby congee – konbu salmon”, with an expiry date of June... Read more » - ● China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’
China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare earths, including processing technologies that Beijing has increasingly sought to protect from overseas transfer. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) unveiled the latest joint workshop programme with its Iranian counterpart on Monday, listing... Read more » - ● Fearing deflated China demand, US soybean growers pivot to new buyers and biofuel
US soybean growers are “adapting” to a steep decline in China-bound exports by selling to third countries and the American biofuel sector, compensating enough to cause only a small drop in production, according to a top trade association’s chief economist. In November, Beijing committed to buy at least 25 million... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● Zhu Rongji: reformer who led China’s economic transformation through ‘minefield or abyss’“Regardless of what lies ahead – be it a minefield or a deep abyss – I will forge ahead unswervingly, dedicating my entire life and energy to the country until my dying day.” Those words, spoken at the dawn of his premiership, came to define Zhu Rongji, China’s towering economic... Read more »
- ● Blackout at China’s Terracotta Army museum triggers nationwide cultural safety review
China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration is putting museums nationwide on notice to strengthen emergency management during the summer peak season, following a series of operational failures, including a sudden power outage in Xian’s Terracotta Warriors museum last week. According to the notice published on Monday, there have been issues such... Read more » - ● Zhu Rongji, China’s chief engineer of economic reform and former premier, dies aged 97
Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who helped engineer one of the greatest economic reforms in human history, died of an illness on Wednesday in Beijing. He was 97. Zhu, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, is remembered for shaking up the centrally planned economy, overhauling the state-owned... Read more » - ● China prepares to mark Jiang Zemin centenary with full commemorative honours
Beijing has started airing a flagship documentary on former Chinese president Jiang Zemin as part of commemorative events marking the centenary of his birth, expected to culminate on Monday in a grand ceremony presided over by President Xi Jinping. In the lead-up to the anniversary, state broadcaster CCTV launched a... Read more » - ● Fishing trip mishap or grey-zone test? Taiwan arrests men after boat slips past defences
Two people from mainland China were arrested six days after illegally landing in Taiwan by inflatable boat, raising fresh concerns over the island’s coastal security amid its biggest annual military drill. The timing of the incident has drawn scrutiny. The two men arrived just before the 10-day Han Kuang exercise,... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- Most Americans are uncomfortable with transgender athletes on sports teams that don’t match their birth sexMost Americans are not comfortable with transgender athletes competing on teams that don't match their birth sex.... Read more »
- Confidence in election fairnessWeekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of Americans who are confident that all citizens who want to vote in the midterms will be able to. Far more Republicans than Democrats hold this view (83% vs. 53%).... Read more »
- Scripps announces digital restructure and layoffsThe Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story E.W. Scripps, the broadcasting company with dozens of local affiliates, is laying off 268 employees as it restructures its local TV business around digital-first news production and streaming. The... Read more »
- MethodologyThe American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 196 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from July 6 to July 12, 2026. A total of 3,554 panelists responded out... Read more »
- AcknowledgmentsThis report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherGabe Borelli, Research AssociateAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateAndy Cerda, Research Analyst Shanay Gracia, Research AnalystTed Van Green, Research... Read more »
Pew Research Center
- ● The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to TruthSocial AnnouncementsA lawsuit filed with two legal advocacy groups argues the president is restricting First Amendment-protected information in a scheme to enrich himself. The post The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to TruthSocial Announcements appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It WasProtesting George Floyd’s murder wasn’t the “crazy” part. Centrist Dems selling out was. The post No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat StrikesGovernment officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke.” The post “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of IdeasToday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin has featured increasingly desperate attacks against the frontrunner. The post Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at RiskTo prepare for a possible war with China, the U.S. military has put Hawai’i on the front lines of a potential nuclear conflict. The post The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- ‘Those People’
The American safety net didn’t catch me when I fell. The people I was warned about as a child did.... Read more » - Building Bonds
As the number of immigrant detainees and their bond amounts skyrocket under Trump 2.0, their neighbors across the country rally to get them out.... Read more » - A Requiem for America’s 250th Birthday
Donald Trump was the inevitable result of a country that has spent its existence profiting from slavery, economic exploitation, and a military-industrial complex.... Read more » - Don’t Curtail Access to Weight-Loss Drugs
A system that covers the consequences of a disease while refusing to cover its treatment is just moving costs downstream.... Read more » - A Father in Gaza Pleads for Materials to Rebuild
Israel has damaged or destroyed most of the structures in Gaza, and yet it blocks the materials needed to rebuild.... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- Two Different America's (Sic)Hoo boy. With the approach of what bleakly promises to be "the super-Islamophobic midterms," the Bigot-In-Chief is letting his racist freak flag fly by attacking Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, whose smarts, strength, hotness, accomplished wife and Michigan win clearly terrify him. Cue charges of "communist," "man of hate," and, probs soon,... Read more »
- PEER and Allies Push Back on FCC’s Approval of Reflect Orbital’s Plan to Light Up the NightPEER, DarkSky International, the American Bird Conservancy, and Environment America — represented by Earthjustice — filed a formal Application for Review asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse its Space Bureau’s approval of Reflect Orbital Inc.’s Earendil-1 satellite.Earendil-1 is a commercial satellite that will reflect sunlight back to Earth... Read more »
- As El Niño and heatwaves dry up fields, governments must act fastClimate campaigners warned that record high temperatures and a strong El Niño is resulting in severe drought in many countries, hitting crop yields and raising food prices. 350.org urged governments to move fast to protect farming communities and consumers, and mobilize the necessary funds through higher, permanent taxes on fossil... Read more »
- Blanche Is (Still) Unfit to Be Named Attorney GeneralToday, Senator Bill Cassidy, announced that he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response:“This is an appalling outcome for the rule of law. Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s lawyer. He is committed to lawfare and Donald Trump’s... Read more »
- Food & Water Watch Applauds Failure of Bad Senate Farm BillToday Republicans failed to move their disastrous Farm Bill, the Agricultural Act of 2026, out of the Senate Agriculture Committee. A fierce movement of advocates built enough pressure to keep poison pills, like the Save Our Bacon Act, out of the Committee’s debate on the bill.Instead of serving everyday people,... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3Organizing to WinWorkers want and deserve decent, dignified, and democratic workplaces. But better wages and working conditions can be elusive in the face of management inertia and intransigence. Veteran organizer and Labor Notes board chair Ellen David Friedman talks about how to win workplace demands while building workers’ collective power. Ellen David... Read more »
- mp3Criminalizing DissentThe Trump administration has been unabashed in its intention to criminalize dissent, labeling protestors “domestic terrorists.” A recent verdict against anti-ICE protestors in Texas promises to be consequential in that effort. Scholar Thomas Zeitzoff reflects on the administration’s widespread attempts to quash opposition, from targeting fundraising by liberal nonprofits, knocking... Read more »
- mp3Oil and Global CapitalismThe ramifications of the US attack on Iran have been a harsh reminder of the centrality of oil to the global economy – and not just for fuel and transport. Political economist Adam Hanieh reflects on the rise of crude oil in the 20th century. He argues that the blockage... Read more »
- mp3Marion Nestle on Food Choices and Food PoliticsFood affects all of us — but while it’s a necessity for our survival, it’s also a vast, sprawling industry spanning the globe, which generates enormous profits as well as significant damage to public health and the environment. Nutritionist and molecular biologist Marion Nestle sheds light on the choices we... Read more »
- mp3Trump and the Powers of the U.S. PresidencyThe powers of the president of the United States have grown since the Cold War, expanding under both Republicans and Democrats. And many of these presidential powers – such as those laid out in the presidential emergency action documents — are unknown to the US public. Journalist Andrew Cockburn reflects... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- ● Africa CDC backs DR Congo's response package against Ebola
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has expressed support for the immediate implementation of the decisions made by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to control the expanding Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak.... Read more » - ● UN: Water shortages in occupied Palestinian territory threaten health
Most of the population across the occupied Palestinian territory lacks sufficient access to water, sanitation and hygiene, UN humanitarians said Tuesday.... Read more » - ● Elon Musk praises China as inbound foreign tourism rises by 20%
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and his mother endorse travelling to China on social media.... Read more » - ● Europe's heat and drought deepen as rivers hit record lows
Europe's heat and drought deepen as rivers hit record lows... Read more » - ● Israel, Venezuela agree to renew consular ties for 1st time in 17 yrs
Israel and Venezuela have agreed to renew consular ties for the first time in 17 years despite the absence of diplomatic relations, Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.... Read more »
World
- ● China, Indonesia wrap up naval navigation exercise
The Chinese and Indonesian navies have completed a naval navigation exercise in waters east of China's Taiwan Island on Wednesday, according to Chinese military authorities.... Read more » - ● Russia will respond in kind if EU nations seize Russian vessels
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind if European countries seize Russian merchant vessels, the TASS state news agency reported.... Read more » - ● China urges relevant nations to stop abusing arms control mechanisms
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday urged relevant countries to stop abusing multilateral arms control mechanisms.... Read more » - ● OPEC lowers oil demand growth forecasts for 2026
Global oil demand is forecast to grow by 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026 year-on-year, down from last month's assessment, said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Wednesday.... Read more » - ● ROK top court upholds compensation order over WWII forced labor
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering a Japanese company to pay 80 million won (about $56,500) to the family of an ROK national forced into labor by Japan during World War II, Yonhap News Agency reported.... Read more »
Politics
- ● Beyond Ne Zha success, China's animation goes global
China's animation industry is having a blockbuster summer, with the animated film All Wishes Come True emerging as a surprise hit. As of August 9, the film had grossed more than 1.4 billion yuan ($195 million) at the box office, making it one of the year's biggest homegrown animated films.... Read more » - ● China's homegrown C919 jet begins first intl. commercial flights
China's domestically developed C919 large passenger aircraft has officially begun regular international commercial operations, with its inaugural flight departing from Beijing for Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday afternoon.... Read more » - ● China's pharma rise: why global drugmakers are buying in
China's pharma rise: why global drugmakers are buying in... Read more » - Japan's corporate bankruptcies wave deepens
Japan has now recorded two back-to-back months with over 1,000 corporate bankruptcies each—a first in 14 years. Rising prices and labor shortages are squeezing smaller businesses, according to a Tokyo Shoko Research report released on Monday.... Read more » - Nvidia, Wall Street firms target $500 billion for AI infrastructure
Nvidia, Wall Street firms target $500 billion for AI infrastructure... Read more »
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- ● Student protests against the far-right in Australia: The fight against One Nation is a fight against the Labor government and capitalism!The rise of the far-right One Nation party is the result above all of the pro-business policies of Labor and the union bureaucracy and can only be fought by building a socialist movement of the working class.... Read more »
- ● Australia: Albanese government prepares to ram through brutal attack on the disabledThe bipartisan assault rides roughshod over deep-seated opposition from NDIS participants and their families, disability experts, health and welfare workers and even recent warnings from the government-funded Human Rights Commission.... Read more »
- ● Australian air traffic control crisis deepens with 2 near misses at Sydney airportThe narrowly averted collisions came amid longstanding air traffic controller shortages, which are also causing frequent flight delays.... Read more »
- ● US-Japan yen intervention unravellingHalf the gains in the value of the yen after joint US-Japan action were wiped out when trading began this week.... Read more »
- ● Italy: Fire at working class housing occupation exposes Rome’s housing crisisMeloni’s crackdown on the Spin Time Labs building is part of a coordinated “law and order“ legislative campaign designed to systematically dismantle Italy's squatter networks and prioritize private property rights.... Read more »
World Socialist Web Site (en)
- ● 'The Odyssey' sparks heated discussion ahead of China release
As The Odyssey approaches its August 14 theatrical release in Chinese cinemas, anticipation and questions surrounding the film are mounting on social media. Overseas, classical scholars and literary critics have also been examining the film, with much of their discussion focusing on how faithfully Christopher Nolan's adaptation reflects Homer's epic.... Read more » - ● Hit legal drama 'Forging Justice' transforms TV viewers into tourists
The new Chinese legal drama series Forging Justice (Zhong Qi) officially premiered nationwide on August 10, with synchronized broadcasts on CCTV-8 and mainstream streaming platform iQiyi.... Read more » - ● Evidence of Atrocities | A Catastrophe for Cultural Heritage
Evidence of Atrocities | A Catastrophe for Cultural Heritage... Read more » - ● How Chinese firefighters rescue children with trapped hands
How Chinese firefighters rescue children with trapped hands... Read more » - ● China's homegrown C919 jet begins first intl. commercial flightsChina's domestically developed C919 large passenger aircraft has officially begun regular international commercial operations, with its inaugural flight departing from Beijing for Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday afternoon.... Read more »
China
- ● Open-source AI is an inevitable historical trend
The open-source AI models represent not merely a model of technological development, but a historical trend that fosters technological equity and ensures technology remains safe and controllable.... Read more » - ● Vietnam's tragedy: The man-made famine perpetrated by Japanese troops
We must not forget those who perished silently in the great famine of north Vietnam, nor the Chinese and Vietnamese patriots who fought the enemy hand in hand.... Read more » - ● How a village found wealth in green development
How a village found wealth in green development... Read more » - Mecca agreement: Rethinking Mideast security amid a multipolar shift
Mecca agreement: Rethinking Mideast security amid a multipolar shift... Read more » - Takaichi's nuclear ambiguity signals Japan's remilitarization drive
Commitments to peace should not be selectively upheld. Japan's past aggression inflicted profound suffering on Asian countries and the world, which is why international concerns over Japan's military developments have a strong historical basis.... Read more »
Opinion
- ● Kam Grand Choirs: A melody of life, nature and unity
For the Dong people, the Grand Song is more than music.... Read more » - ● Foreign tourists line up for Chongqing’s motorcycle "movie scenes"
Foreign tourists line up for Chongqing’s motorcycle "movie scenes"... Read more » - China's box office hits 24.5 bln yuan as summer movie season heats up
China's total box office revenue in 2026 has surpassed 24.5 billion yuan (about $3.4 billion), with more than 600 million moviegoers and over 92.6 million screenings recorded, according to data from a Chinese ticketing platform.... Read more » - International visitors explore an enduring legacy of China in Henan
From around the world to Zhengzhou City in central China's Henan Province, fleets of international travelers are stepping into the world of traditional Chinese culture.... Read more » - How gaming drives Shenzhen's youth culture
How gaming drives Shenzhen's youth culture... Read more »
Culture
- ● China's meteorological satellites team up to track Typhoon Dolphin
China's meteorological satellites team up to track Typhoon Dolphin... Read more » - ● Symbiosis | Harvesting the Sun in the Desert
Twelve thousand heliostats track the sun day and night across Dunhuang's Gobi Desert, site of China's first 100‑megawatt molten‑salt tower concentrated solar power plant.... Read more » - ● China's pharma rise: why global drugmakers are buying inChina's pharma rise: why global drugmakers are buying in... Read more »
- US to exempt open-weight AI models from safety reviews
US to exempt open-weight AI models from safety reviews... Read more » - China's EREV market sees diverging demand across price segments
China's extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) market is seeing a shift in 2026. Visits to new-energy vehicle dealerships in Chongqing reveal weak demand for lower-priced EREVs, while large premium models continue to sell well.... Read more »
Tech&Sci
- ● Israeli Bulldozing Intensifies Destruction of Farmland, Water Systems in West Bank and GazaFarmers say the effects extend far beyond the plots directly hit by bulldozers, with destroyed wells, irrigation lines, and access roads leaving large agricultural zones dry and inaccessible.... Read more »
- ● Gazans struggle with “slow and cumulative effect of…manufactured deprivation” – Daily UpdateGaza soccer tournament to commemorate 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed ■ West Bank endures hundreds of attacks/week ■ How Israel Christ-washes hasbara ■ Israel double-taps ambulance in Lebanon ■ Human rights groups sue Trump ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israel’s siege cripples transport system in Gaza, cuts off food and medicine, pushing residents back toward famineIsrael persists in maintaining its illegal siege on Gaza, intentionally disrupting transportation and freight by destroying trucks and warehouses of transport companies.... Read more »
- “She was shot in the head. She was in the prayer area memorizing the Quran.”Samoud Al-Rabai’a said her daughter Saba al-Hashash died after Israeli forces shot her on Saturday, August 8, as she went to recite to her Quran teacher in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, in Gaza.... Read more »
- ‘Is this how our story ends?’ Palestinian refugees live in fear as Israel takes aim at West Bank campsAmid escalating raids and statements by Israeli officials promising a massive military operation against refugee camps in the West Bank, Palestinians in Ramallah-area camps say it’s not a question of whether their turn will come, but when.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- VideoVIDEO: Netanyahu’s Rejection of Gaza Withdrawal Plan Keeps the Genocide GoingOn Al Jazeera, Phyllis Bennis lays out what real pressure on Israel would look like. The post VIDEO: Netanyahu’s Rejection of Gaza Withdrawal Plan Keeps the Genocide Going appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Myth of a Global AntifaFascism, not anti-fascism, is the threat, both domestically and internationally. The post The Myth of a Global Antifa appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- VideoVIDEO: “When We March to Defend Our Right to Vote, We Are Marching Against War”Phyllis Bennis's remarks at the final Moral Monday in Washington connected the fight for democracy to the struggle against genocide. The post VIDEO: “When We March to Defend Our Right to Vote, We Are Marching Against War” appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His NameBut a broader look at Fulbright’s legacy reveals him as one of the most prescient critics of militarism and the “imperial presidency”—lessons that apply more than ever today. The post Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His Name appeared first on Institute... Read more »
- Israeli Forces Have Killed US Citizens. Congress Wants to Deepen Military Ties.Section 219, a measure to integrate parts of the Israeli and US militaries, could provide more cover for Israeli crimes. The post Israeli Forces Have Killed US Citizens. Congress Wants to Deepen Military Ties. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- VideoVIDEO: Netanyahu’s Rejection of Gaza Withdrawal Plan Keeps the Genocide GoingOn Al Jazeera, Phyllis Bennis lays out what real pressure on Israel would look like. The post VIDEO: Netanyahu’s Rejection of Gaza Withdrawal Plan Keeps the Genocide Going appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Myth of a Global AntifaFascism, not anti-fascism, is the threat, both domestically and internationally. The post The Myth of a Global Antifa appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- VideoVIDEO: “When We March to Defend Our Right to Vote, We Are Marching Against War”Phyllis Bennis's remarks at the final Moral Monday in Washington connected the fight for democracy to the struggle against genocide. The post VIDEO: “When We March to Defend Our Right to Vote, We Are Marching Against War” appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His NameBut a broader look at Fulbright’s legacy reveals him as one of the most prescient critics of militarism and the “imperial presidency”—lessons that apply more than ever today. The post Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His Name appeared first on Institute... Read more »
- Israeli Forces Have Killed US Citizens. Congress Wants to Deepen Military Ties.Section 219, a measure to integrate parts of the Israeli and US militaries, could provide more cover for Israeli crimes. The post Israeli Forces Have Killed US Citizens. Congress Wants to Deepen Military Ties. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- ● Putin Threatens Seizures Of European Ships Over EU's "Piracy & Banditry"Putin Threatens Seizures Of European Ships Over EU's "Piracy & Banditry" Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday addressed the persisting issue of European governments and navies seizing what they deem Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels off Europe's coast. The past year alone has seen several examples, sometimes involving French or Swedish... Read more »
- ● Trump Mulls Capital Gains Relief As Midterm SweetenerTrump Mulls Capital Gains Relief As Midterm Sweetener President Donald Trump is looking for new policy pledges to put before voters ahead of November, and two of them involve cutting capital gains taxes, according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and former NEC chief Larry Kudlow, who discussed the... Read more »
- ● Lacy Hunt Turns Bearish Bonds: Studying His ReversalLacy Hunt Turns Bearish Bonds: Studying His Reversal Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economist Lacy Hunt has been a bond bull longer than most money managers have been in the business. Recently, he made a surprising U-turn on his bullish stance. The following paragraph opens his Second Quarter Review and... Read more »
- ● Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, 'I Think We Will Keep It' - Confirms Economic Siege StrategyTrump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, 'I Think We Will Keep It' - Confirms Economic Siege Strategy Summary Trump claims "total control" of Hormuz, signals strategy of continued economic pressure. Iran declares "victory" & says it can sustain the conflict & outlast. Iran shifts to a "survival economy" to withstand sanctions,... Read more »
- ● Josh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover DealJosh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover Deal The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney CEO Bob Iger for a record-breaking $12 billion, according to a new ESPN report. The sports... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● 'We will keep it!': Frantic Trump posts baseless boasts as peace talks stall
A frantic President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that the U.S. maintains control of the Strait of Hormuz even as transit hit record record lows and peace talks stalled, reports show. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz," wrote Trump on Truth Social. "I THINK WE WILL KEEP... Read more » - ● Lakers fans fume over Ivanka-kin takeover: 'Entire country is being strip mined'
Los Angeles Lakers fans are in open revolt after reports that the storied franchise is being sold to venture capitalist Josh Kushner — brother of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner — and former Disney CEO Bob Iger.The record-shattering deal, reported Wednesday, values the team at roughly $12 billion, with... Read more » - ● Snarky Karoline Leavitt has stumbled into a Trump trap — and will take the fall
One of the most worrisome signs coming into Trump's second administration was that he right off named Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff. Wiles is a lot of things, including an unrepentant and cynical supporter of the most corrupt and incompetent president in history, but she is most certainly not... Read more » - Video● Republican hounded for weird wolf 'obsession': 'It's all he talks about'
CNN's Pamela Brown was caught off guard by a Democratic congresswoman's claim about a Republican colleague who's running for Wisconsin governor.Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who lost her Democratic primary for U.S. Senate last week, appeared Wednesday on "The Situation Room" to discuss this week's primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and... Read more » - Video● Trump's 'verbal word salad' called out by ex-CIA veteran: 'Makes no sense whatsoever'
Former CIA official Marc Polymeropoulos admitted on Wednesday morning that he was baffled by President Donald Trump’s answers about his controversial plane switch in Turkey following a NATO meeting.Appearing on MS NOW, the 26-year intelligence veteran called out the president for rambling answers during Tuesday's press conference.With the White House... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● 'We will keep it!': Frantic Trump posts baseless boasts as peace talks stallA frantic President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that the U.S. maintains control of the Strait of Hormuz even as transit hit record record lows and peace talks stalled, reports show. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz," wrote Trump on Truth Social. "I THINK WE WILL KEEP... Read more »
- ● Lakers fans fume over Ivanka-kin takeover: 'Entire country is being strip mined'Los Angeles Lakers fans are in open revolt after reports that the storied franchise is being sold to venture capitalist Josh Kushner — brother of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner — and former Disney CEO Bob Iger.The record-shattering deal, reported Wednesday, values the team at roughly $12 billion, with... Read more »
- ● Snarky Karoline Leavitt has stumbled into a Trump trap — and will take the fallOne of the most worrisome signs coming into Trump's second administration was that he right off named Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff. Wiles is a lot of things, including an unrepentant and cynical supporter of the most corrupt and incompetent president in history, but she is most certainly not... Read more »
- Video● Republican hounded for weird wolf 'obsession': 'It's all he talks about'CNN's Pamela Brown was caught off guard by a Democratic congresswoman's claim about a Republican colleague who's running for Wisconsin governor.Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who lost her Democratic primary for U.S. Senate last week, appeared Wednesday on "The Situation Room" to discuss this week's primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and... Read more »
- Video● Trump's 'verbal word salad' called out by ex-CIA veteran: 'Makes no sense whatsoever'Former CIA official Marc Polymeropoulos admitted on Wednesday morning that he was baffled by President Donald Trump’s answers about his controversial plane switch in Turkey following a NATO meeting.Appearing on MS NOW, the 26-year intelligence veteran called out the president for rambling answers during Tuesday's press conference.With the White House... Read more »
Raw Story
- Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine ClaimsDuring the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. The post Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims appeared first... Read more »
- Trump’s False MMR Vaccine ClaimsIn signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism. There's no evidence for those claims, and the vaccine has been... Read more »
- VideoRogers Makes False 9/11 Claim About El-SayedRepublican Mike Rogers has provided no evidence that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “believes that America deserved 9/11,” as Rogers falsely claimed in a statement this month. Instead Rogers’ Senate campaign has pointed to past comments made by a liberal political commentator. El-Sayed said in April that the 2001 terrorist attack on... Read more »
- Explaining the Medicare Drug-Plan Subsidy That Trump Is EndingQ: Is President Donald Trump really cutting Medicare subsidies? A: The Trump administration recently announced that it is ending a temporary subsidy that has reduced premiums for Medicare Part D standalone prescription drug plans. The subsidy, originally slated to run through at least 2027, was put into place by the... Read more »
- Players Guide 2026Every election cycle since 2010, we have published profiles of some of the many outside groups trying to influence who gets elected to Congress and the White House. Today, we’re launching our latest Players Guide with write-ups of eight of the biggest spenders so far for the 2026 midterms. The... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine ClaimsDuring the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. The post Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims appeared first... Read more »
- Trump’s False MMR Vaccine ClaimsIn signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism. There's no evidence for those claims, and the vaccine has been... Read more »
- VideoRogers Makes False 9/11 Claim About El-SayedRepublican Mike Rogers has provided no evidence that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “believes that America deserved 9/11,” as Rogers falsely claimed in a statement this month. Instead Rogers’ Senate campaign has pointed to past comments made by a liberal political commentator. El-Sayed said in April that the 2001 terrorist attack on... Read more »
- Explaining the Medicare Drug-Plan Subsidy That Trump Is EndingQ: Is President Donald Trump really cutting Medicare subsidies? A: The Trump administration recently announced that it is ending a temporary subsidy that has reduced premiums for Medicare Part D standalone prescription drug plans. The subsidy, originally slated to run through at least 2027, was put into place by the... Read more »
- Players Guide 2026Every election cycle since 2010, we have published profiles of some of the many outside groups trying to influence who gets elected to Congress and the White House. Today, we’re launching our latest Players Guide with write-ups of eight of the biggest spenders so far for the 2026 midterms. The... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- ● We're Longtime DNC Members—And We Support Ken MartinLarry Cohen, James Zogby Many of those trying to bring the DNC chair down just want the party to continue to act as an ATM machine for their consultancies. The post We're Longtime DNC Members—And We Support Ken Martin appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- ● Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026)Sylvia Hernández From frontline organizing to political commentary, her fierce, multiracial advocacy reshaped 20th-century liberation and continues to inspire social justice. The post Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026) appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- ● Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like FoolsDavid Klion Two foreign-policy camps are claiming Trump for themselves, while the Middle East fiasco humiliates every single one of them. The post Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like Fools appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- ● Boots Riley’s Communist Heist FilmJorge Cotte Yes, it even has Marxist teleporters. The post Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- ● How Occupy Wall Street Still Explains Politics TodayYotam Marom It sowed the seeds for a new era of social movements—but its politics of powerlessness should act as a cautionary tale. The post How Occupy Wall Street Still Explains Politics Today appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
Article | The Nation
- ● Israeli Bulldozing Intensifies Destruction of Farmland, Water Systems in West Bank and GazaFarmers say the effects extend far beyond the plots directly hit by bulldozers, with destroyed wells, irrigation lines, and access roads leaving large agricultural zones dry and inaccessible.... Read more »
- ● Gazans struggle with “slow and cumulative effect of…manufactured deprivation” – Daily UpdateGaza soccer tournament to commemorate 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed ■ West Bank endures hundreds of attacks/week ■ How Israel Christ-washes hasbara ■ Israel double-taps ambulance in Lebanon ■ Human rights groups sue Trump ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israel’s siege cripples transport system in Gaza, cuts off food and medicine, pushing residents back toward famineIsrael persists in maintaining its illegal siege on Gaza, intentionally disrupting transportation and freight by destroying trucks and warehouses of transport companies.... Read more »
- “She was shot in the head. She was in the prayer area memorizing the Quran.”Samoud Al-Rabai’a said her daughter Saba al-Hashash died after Israeli forces shot her on Saturday, August 8, as she went to recite to her Quran teacher in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, in Gaza.... Read more »
- ‘Is this how our story ends?’ Palestinian refugees live in fear as Israel takes aim at West Bank campsAmid escalating raids and statements by Israeli officials promising a massive military operation against refugee camps in the West Bank, Palestinians in Ramallah-area camps say it’s not a question of whether their turn will come, but when.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- ● Israeli Bulldozing Intensifies Destruction of Farmland, Water Systems in West Bank and GazaFarmers say the effects extend far beyond the plots directly hit by bulldozers, with destroyed wells, irrigation lines, and access roads leaving large agricultural zones dry and inaccessible.... Read more »
- ● Gazans struggle with “slow and cumulative effect of…manufactured deprivation” – Daily UpdateGaza soccer tournament to commemorate 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed ■ West Bank endures hundreds of attacks/week ■ How Israel Christ-washes hasbara ■ Israel double-taps ambulance in Lebanon ■ Human rights groups sue Trump ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israel’s siege cripples transport system in Gaza, cuts off food and medicine, pushing residents back toward famineIsrael persists in maintaining its illegal siege on Gaza, intentionally disrupting transportation and freight by destroying trucks and warehouses of transport companies.... Read more »
- “She was shot in the head. She was in the prayer area memorizing the Quran.”Samoud Al-Rabai’a said her daughter Saba al-Hashash died after Israeli forces shot her on Saturday, August 8, as she went to recite to her Quran teacher in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, in Gaza.... Read more »
- ‘Is this how our story ends?’ Palestinian refugees live in fear as Israel takes aim at West Bank campsAmid escalating raids and statements by Israeli officials promising a massive military operation against refugee camps in the West Bank, Palestinians in Ramallah-area camps say it’s not a question of whether their turn will come, but when.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Democracy is for everybody, not just a majority, and definitely not just the majority.
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 » - Hidden Deprivation: Hygiene Poverty and the Limits of Irish Data
Discussions on hygiene habits typically happen around public health concerns, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently with the Hantavirus outbreak. In our day-to-day lives, adequate hygiene supports good health, while hygiene poverty - the …... Read more » - Modern Methods of Construction in 2026: A viable, sustainable solution for the housing crisis?
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 » - Youth Development as the Basis of National Resilience System in Ukraine
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 » - What Difference Would a Left-Led Government Make to Ireland?
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 »
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