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Ken Loach Is Back With One Final Film
Since the 1966 BBC television play Cathy Come Home triggered changes in England’s homeless laws, Ken Loach, the son of an electrician, has made films about ordinary, salt-of-the-earth characters. They...
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The Coming Israeli Attack On Iran (Plus: ‘Tehran Found Itself Backed Into A...
There is little doubt that Israel will respond to Iran’s launch of three hundred and twenty drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles on its territory with a major attack on Iran, and this for...
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The ECHR’s First Climate Ruling: What Does it Mean?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today ruled that insufficient action to tackle climate change is a violation of human rights. In a historic judgement, the court ruled that Switzerland’s...
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When Namibia Stands Up to Germany: How Gaza Revolutionized the Global South
The distance between Gaza and Namibia is measured in the thousands of kilometers. But the historical distance is much closer. This is precisely why Namibia was one of the first countries to take a...
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More than a Domestic Conflict
When war broke out on 15 April 2023 between Sudan’s military, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary unit of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by...
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Cruelty of Language: Leaked NY Times Memo Reveals Moral Depravity of US Media
The New York Times coverage of the Israeli carnage in Gaza, like that of other mainstream US media, is a disgrace to journalism. This assertion should not surprise anyone. US media is driven neither...
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The Farce of Diplomatic Assurances
The United States has now, on the face of it, produced the Diplomatic Note giving the two assurances required by the High Court to allow the extradition of Julian Assange to proceed. The assurance that...
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Fired by a German University for Solidarity with Palestine
The University of Cologne canceled a guest professorship with the philosophy professor from The New School. In this interview, she speaks about Germany dividing between “Good Jews” and “Bad Jews,” her...
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Modelling Injustice: South Experts Call for Climate Model Paradigm Shift
A growing body of scientists and experts in the Global South are calling for what they see as “blinkered” and “neo-colonialist” assumptions in climate change mitigation models to be addressed. They...
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Militancy—and Beyond
“At a moment when the political climate for workers is far less hospitable than it was at the height of the New Deal, when right-wing ethnonationalism is competing for the loyalty of the working class,...
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To Accomplish What?
After reading of actions at UC Berkeley to prevent a speaker from addressing a meeting, and disrupting a dean’s backyard party, as a veteran of the Free Speech Movement, the first thing that comes to...
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Energy Descent: Public Letter
Ed. note: This piece is a public letter that you can sign if you wish to show your support. The links to see who has signed already and how to add your signature are at the bottom of the piece. The...
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Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to...
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Gaza and Germany’s Path to Authoritarianism
The German government’s stance on the war in Gaza and its increasingly repressive treatment of critics are causing growing national and international concern. The administration made up of Social...
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What Are Academic Boycotts For?
In 2004, academics and intellectuals launched the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and called on international scholars to initiate a boycott of Israeli...
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Outraged by White Rural Rage
I don’t like to slam books, especially those ahead of mine on the best seller list. It might seem like petty jealousy. But one recent release, White Rural Rage by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, is...
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What Ecuador’s Lawless Assault on Mexico Means
The U.S. puppet in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa, is on quite a roll. First Mexico severs diplomatic relations with Ecuador, after cops storm the Mexican embassy on April 5 to arrest former vice...
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Climate Crisis to Cost Global Economy $38 Trillion a Year by 2050
The climate crisis will shrink the average global income 19% in the next 26 years compared to what it would have been without global heating caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, a study...
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Abolition Is a Project of Human Liberation That Must Be Ongoing
One of the most common misconceptions about prison abolition is that it’s “unrealistic.” However, in Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché’s new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement...
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Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Univ. President Orders NYPD to Clear...
Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik on Thursday called on New York police to forcibly clear a student occupation on the lawn of the school, which had been dubbed the Gaza Solidarity...
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