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Famine in Gaza: Will We Continue to Watch as Gaza Starves to Death?
The situation in Gaza today starkly highlights Israeli exceptionalism. Israel is employing the starvation of two million Palestinians in the blockaded and devastated Gaza Strip as a tactic to extract...
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I’m a Brand New Activist — Here’s What Got Me to Join Others In the Streets
I am one of the many people whose interest in politics came only once I had been directly impacted by changing legislation. It’s not a new mentality, and not a story that’s unique to Americans. Most...
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The U.S. and Europe’s Retreat from Allied Unity in the Victory Over Nazi Fascism
Europeans have sunk so low that the European Union leadership warned EU heads of government against participating in Moscow’s May 9 celebrations this Friday of the 80th anniversary of the Allied...
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Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s...
The CEO of the private prison firm CoreCivic told investors on a Thursday call that his company has a value proposition for the federal government: American prison profiteers are less likely to draw...
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Inside the Indigenous ‘Land Back’ Movement in Colombia
Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the...
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What a ‘Peace Summit’ Reveals About the State of the Israeli Left
This weekend, a coalition of 50 Israeli peace and shared-society organizations will convene in Jerusalem for the “People’s Peace Summit” — a two-day gathering that aims, according to its website, to...
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The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You
Forty years ago this month, I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. I would be part of America’s all-volunteer force (AVF) for 20 years, hitting my marks and retiring as a...
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Bridging the Digital Divide Between the Left and Capitalism, an Urgent...
The struggle for socialist liberation in the 21st century cannot rely on the tools of the previous century. In a time when algorithms dominate, public consciousness is managed through artificial...
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Israeli Plan to Occupy All of Gaza Could Open the Door for Annexation of the...
Israel’s security cabinet has announced a plan to “capture” the whole of the Gaza Strip. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on May 5 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would remain in the...
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Why Washington Is Worried About Burkina Faso’s Young Revolutionary Leader
Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western...
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Eighty Years On: Remembering the Defeat of Fascism—or Witnessing Its Return?
As we approach a major anniversary, 80 years since the defeat of fascism, a strange silence hangs over my country, Macedonia, and the broader region we now call the “territory of former Yugoslavia.”...
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Collective Punishment: A Tool To Silence Dissent
Throughout history, oppressive regimes have used collective punishment as a strategic tool to suppress dissent when individuals cannot be silenced through intimidation or coercion, the authoritarian...
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End Times Fascism
“Our opponents know full well that we are entering an age of emergency, but have responded by. . . choosing to let the Earth burn. Our task is to build a wide and deep movement, as spiritual as it is...
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Zohran Mamdani Is Laser-Focused on an Affordable New York
If anyone needed a compelling argument for why New York City is in desperate need of socialist governance, the city’s real estate elites and the political class they own gave one last week. The Rent...
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‘You’re Literally Brainwashed’: Jewish-School Students Speak Out
In February, I released Find IDF Soldiers, a database containing profiles of Canadians that have joined the Israeli military. Many of the soldiers attended Jewish schools in Canada, and sometimes...
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How Federal Workers Without a Union Can Still Act Like a Union
The reality for over 1.3 million federal government workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations...
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Beyond the Ivy League, International Students at Rural Colleges Are Being...
Friday, March 28, was a near-perfect spring day in Mankato, Minnesota. The sun peeked out and temperatures hovered around 70 degrees. Students on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, wore...
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Norway’s Largest Trade Union Votes for Boycott of Israel
The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during the labor federation’s national congress. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor...
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The Left’s Contribution?
I bet you agree that we need to persistently resist Trumpian fascism. ‘Smash Trump. Sink his administration. Replace both.” I said that just now. Countless others have said similar things increasingly...
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BRICS nations and Israel: Hype, Hope and Helplessness
Prof. Patrick Bond sat down with the MRN to offer insights into the reality behind the rhetoric on Israel. He explains the deep-seated links between the SA elite ruling class and corporate business and...
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Theroux’s Film On Israel’s Violent Settlers Was A Mirror. Resist The Calls To...
Louis Theroux explains in a commentary published by the Guardian today why the backlash to his recent film about violent, Israeli state-backed settlers misses the point. His critics say he is unfairly...
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The European Union Still Can’t Shake the Austerity Habit
These are desperate times. As the rancorous Trump administration is turning away from Europe, accusing its “pathetic” nations of “free-loading,” and withdrawing support for thankless Ukraine, which...
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The End Of US Empire Is Not The End Of The World
There is no doubt that the world has entered a new era of multipolarity. While the United States remains powerful, it is increasingly counterbalanced by a China-led global order. This isn’t just about...
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Peace for Minerals: DRC Activists Refuse American Blackmail
The negotiation process toward a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda – mediated by the United States – is still shrouded in secrecy. On Friday, May 2, exactly one...
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The Oilworkers’ Plan
“Energy is the principal geopolitical dispute of our time.” So began the Progressive International’s workshop this weekend in Bogotá, convened by the Unión Sindical Obrera de la Industria del Petróleo...
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Swedish Dockworkers’ Union leader Sacked For Gaza Solidarity Action Asks...
Security is a funny elixir. The more of it that you have, the less there is for someone else… or that’s the conventional wisdom anyway. Erik Helgeson’s experience, however, proves otherwise. Erik, 42,...
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Don’t Let The News Overwhelm You — Use This Tool To Stay Engaged
If you try to track every piece of news, you may find it impossible to mentally survive the onslaught of these times. Donald Trump and Elon Musk have unleashed a barrage of civil rights rollbacks,...
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Warning of Grave Threat to Free Speech, Judge Frees Rümeysa Öztürk
Rümeysa Öztürk, one of several pro-Palestine scholars kidnapped and imprisoned by the Trump administration under its dubious interpretation of an 18th-century law and a Cold War-era national security...
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The Left Has to Speak to Average American Values — or Perish
As pundits debate whether inflation or cultural grievance drove high numbers of working-class voters into Donald Trump’s embrace, legal scholar Joan C. Williams suggests a new approach to the problem....
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The Price of Silence: Gaza’s Famine and the Erosion of Our Humanity –...
The situation in Gaza today starkly highlights Israeli exceptionalism. Israel is employing the starvation of two million Palestinians in the blockaded and devastated Gaza Strip as a tactic to extract...
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