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Two Myths About the Gaza Ceasefire
There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday. The first myth attributes the agreement to pressure from Donald Trump, who had expressed his desire to have...
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Trump Wants to Cut Taxes on the Rich. States Can Choose Differently.
As President Trump takes office, one of his first agenda items is to slash taxes on corporations and the rich. The results will be more inequality and less revenue for the programs Americans rely on....
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Gaza Ceasefire at Last: How Israel’s ‘First Defeat’ Will Shape the Country’s...
The headline in the Times of Israel says it all: “For the First Time, Israel Just Lost a War.” Regardless of the reasoning behind this statement, which the article divides into fourteen points, it...
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Can a Labor-Backed Candidate in Nebraska Inspire More Working-Class...
While running for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, working class candidate Dan Osborn characterized the Senate as “a country club of millionaires that work for billionaires.” In November, he almost crashed...
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A Simpol Solution for a World Gone Crazy?
ME: Could we start with a brief introduction. Can you tell the reader a bit about yourself, your age, background, where you are from, that kind of thing. Please tell us anything that you feel...
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Revisiting Our 2020 Post-Election Hypotheses, Four Years On
In the immediate aftermath of the November 2020 elections, the two of us composed some hypotheses about the political moment. We received an overwhelmingly positive response and then proceeded on with...
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Sheinbaum’s Message of Change for Mexico − Wake-up Call in US
On January 12, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking to 350,000 people gathered in Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza, outlined her government’s accomplishments and prospects. Elected with a 60%...
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Israel Continues Deadly Attack on Jenin; Trump Lifts Sanctions on Extremist...
While a ceasefire is largely holding in Gaza, Israel is intensifying attacks on the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military has killed at least 13 people in a major military operation targeting Jenin...
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Trump’s Vision For a “Golden Age of America”: Oligarchy Plus Ultranationalism
Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States put on display fascism’s 21st-century iteration — a combination of oligarchic power and ultranationalism unlike anything in recent...
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Abolish Rent. Yes, For Real.
The largest tenant union in the country is responding quickly and passionately to the devastation of the Los Angeles fires. The LA Tenants Union is demanding not just enforcement of existing California...
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Trump’s Blitz on Immigration Aimed to Overwhelm. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Pandering to his nativist base, Donald Trump made the central pledge of his 2024 presidential campaign a threat to “carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” On January...
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Abolish Climate Disasters
“Under racial capitalism, land is treated as nothing more than a natural resource to be extracted, and violence is committed against the climate and the waters,” said Leah Penniman, who runs Soul Fire...
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Economic Justice and Liberation!
This is a transcribe of a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the People’s March in Olympia, Washington State on January 18, 2025. Thank you for attending this well attended rally. It is a very dangerous...
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Unions Show the Way
My father was a family doctor in the mid-twentieth century whose main political issue was socialized medicine, which he preached against to his “large, poor family,” as he liked to describe us. Dad...
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The Treaty On the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Provides a Way To Avert...
Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, when―pressed by a popular upsurge against nuclear...
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Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies
Trump’s proposals to radically transform much of US economic and social policy are being rapidly rolled out during the first week of his administration. How much he succeeds or fails in that...
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“Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional...
As the Trump administration launches what it touts as the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history, we look at how immigrant communities and advocates are fighting back. The administration...
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Does a New ‘Roaring Twenties’ Now Beckon?
Life in the United States has never been better — if your personal fortune stretches well into the thousands of millions. Our new year has dawned with 813 Americans cavorting in billionaire land. These...
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I’m One Of The ‘Indigo 11.’ Here’s Why I Did It
On Nov. 10, 2023, a month into Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canadians awoke to news that the entrance of an Indigo store in downtown Toronto had been splattered with washable red paint and...
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What Could Workers Win in a New NAFTA?
In his nine years in the auto industry, Ben Hinsey has seen a lot of misplaced blame. The threat of job cuts is always looming. In fact, Hinsey transferred into his current job at the Stellantis Jeep...
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