The story is mostly about the political fortunes of an individual; the huge numbers of less powerful people impacted are, at best, backdrop. The post Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

An unprecedented labor action is underway as thousands of Midwest autoworkers working for the Big 3 went on strike at the same time. The post Lisa Xu on Auto Workers Strike appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

September 11, 2001, is the exemplar of a past that isn’t dead, or even past, and for no one more particularly than Muslims. The post Maha Hilal on Innocent Until Proven Muslim appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

Media have an active disinterest in telling the story of the Korean peninsula in anything other than static, cartoonish terms. The post Amanda Yee on Korean Travel Ban, Hyun Lee on Korea History appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

It does no disservice to the education battles of the current day to connect them to previous battles and conversations. The post Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every day—not a once a year pat on the back about "how far we’ve come." The post Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

It is vital that news readers become acquainted with the tropes that dominate coverage of the Israeli occupation. The post Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

Unlike elite media’s misty memories, the lawsuit is a stubborn indication that those responsible for Abu Ghraib haven't been called to account. The post Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

Facial recognition, a technology that has been proven wrong, has been deemed harmful, in principle and in practice, for years now. The post Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »

Geopolitical Economy Hour, September 23, 2023.  BRICS or NATO? G20 or G77? Summits debate changing world order RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 17th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson.... Read more »

On this episode of RT’s Going Underground, we speak to former Wall Street Financial Analyst Michael Hudson, author of ‘The Collapse of Antiquity’. He discusses the origins of debt stemming from the oligarchy-dominated Ancient Greek and Roman ‘democracies’, the tradition of debt cancellation, and how the Roman and Greek oligarchies... Read more »

“Imperialism: How the struggle of both classes and nations creates our world” Geopolitical Hour 16, August 29, 2023. RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 16th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show in which we discuss the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And... Read more »

BRICS+ is here. Danny Haiphong interviews Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar, August 25, 2023. DANNY HAIPHONG: As you can see, it’s your host, Danny Haiphong, and I’m joined by two very special guests, friends of each other and friends of this show. We have the renowned economist Michael Hudson, author... Read more »

  Michael Hudson: Debt, Sponsors of the Wars, Future of USD and BRICS AK: Hello everyone.  Welcome back to my channel. I see we are live already, perfectly on time, with a Swiss Precision today, because I have fantastic guest – Mr. Michael Hudson, who has been recommended to me by the one and... Read more »

Here I present The Destiny of Civilization to a Chinese audience via the Global University of Sustainability. It’s in 4 Parts, originally presented in 2022.   Image by 畅 苏 from Pixabay The post The Destiny of China first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

A series of lectures will be coming out of my relationship with Hong Kong’s Global University of Sustainability. These have been tiered to a Chinese audience, revealing another layer to my work. Thanks for all your support via Patreon.      Image by Владимир Харитонов from Pixabay The post Eleven... Read more »

War hawks’ drive to expand NATO into Asia may destroy Western military alliance  Geopolitical Hour, August 4, 2023 RADHIKA DESAI: Hello everyone and welcome to the [15th] Geopolitical Economy Hour, a program that discusses the political and geopolitical economy of our time. I’m Radhika Desai.  MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael... Read more »

Geopolitical Economy Report, July 28, 2023   NATO failed in Ukraine against Russia. Now it’s targeting China By Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson. 93.1K subscribers  Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how NATO has shifted from its proxy war against Russia in... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 90, leaves behind a long and complex legacy on climate and environmental issues. Feinstein represented California as a Democrat in the US Senate for... Read more »

New York City is underwater. As heavy rainfall hits the northeast, making the city’s roads impassable and halting train and subway service, social media videos show flooding through holes in subway walls and water rushing into buses and cars—as well as sewage pushing up into homes. Twenty-three million people in the... Read more »

Editor’s note: 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 of Our Land here. Plus, David Corn’s American Psychosis: A... Read more »

“As president of the Board of Supervisors, it’s my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is…Supervisor Dan White.” —Dianne Feinstein, Nov. 27, 1978 Unlike the murders that were the catalyst for her national political career, Dianne Feinstein’s... Read more »

House Republicans really don’t want to hear from Rudy Giuliani. Though their impeachment crusade grew out of the former New York City mayor’s anti-Biden machinations, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee spent much of Thursday’s impeachment inquiry hearing voting down repeated efforts by Democrats to subpoena Giuliani and Lev Parnas, his former sidekick.... Read more »

Dianne Feinstein, the five-time senator from California, has died, according to multiple reports. She was 90. A towering figure in both California and US politics, Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator in US history. Our 2017 feature on the trailblazing Democrat: People who know Feinstein say the [2016] election has... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By the time superintendent David Smith decided to close Joshua Tree national park on January 7, 2019, the list of problems was already long. Tire tracks wove through the wilderness mapping a path of... Read more »

A couple of months ago, four Nigerian stowaways traveled 3,500 miles above the rudder of a cargo ship all the way from Lagos to the southeastern coast of Brazil—without knowing where they were going. The stowaways were rescued by Brazilian authorities after 14 days at sea on a harrowing journey... Read more »

“New Low.” “Pathetic.” “Clown show.” On Thursday, during the impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden concocted by the GOP amid a potential government shutdown, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) used Republican’s own words against them. The nation is less than three days away from a potentially devastating government shutdown, with millions... Read more »