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José Martí and the Second Cuban War of Independence
A Spanish colony since the 15th century, following Christopher Columbus’s conquest of America, Cuba has always aspired to gain independence and take control of its destiny. In the early 19th century,...
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DeepSeek Shows Another World is Possible
Last week, a Chinese startup, DeepSeek, released R1, a large-language model rivaling ChatGPT, that is already unraveling the U.S. tech world. The open-source model performs just as well, if not better,...
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Killing the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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A (Fragile) Ceasefire Begins, the War on Palestine Continues
Advocates of Palestinian rights need to quickly adjust to a political landscape changed by the ceasefire agreement and Donald Trump’s ascent to the US presidency. The initial prisoner release, the...
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The Return of Genocide Denial
In late November, shortly after the United States began condemning the International Criminal Court for charging senior Israeli leaders with war crimes and crimes against humanity for overseeing the...
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Trump’s Weakness Is the Left’s Opportunity
As soon as Donald Trump won the election in November, predictions about his second term began to fly. Among liberals and leftists, the dominant interpretation has been that a second Trump term would be...
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Oil, Minerals, and Crypto — Corporate America Has Big Plans for Greenland
President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland. When Trump first proposed buying the arctic nation during his first administration, it was treated like a joke. But in a...
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Ukraine’s Debt: An Instrument of Pressure and Spoliation in the Hands of...
How has Ukraine’s debt changed since the Russian invasion in February 2022? Ukraine’s internal and external public debt has increased by 60% between early 2022 and end of November 2024. It amounted to...
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New President of the ICJ — Plagiarism in Service of Zionism
The acting president of the International Court of Justice, Julia Sebutinde, plagiarized large parts of her dissenting opinion on the “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of...
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Gaza’s Seniors Desperately Need Medical Care, Including Evacuations
Upon the announcement of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, on January 15 the World Health Organization urged Israel to allow expedited evacuations for over 12,000 Palestinians in need of lifesaving care...
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Choosing Civility: A Bias for Hope
Change happens The generation born between 1940 and 1970 is fortunate. We have witnessed significant physical, cultural, and political changes throughout our lives and understand that progress is...
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There’s No Popular Mandate for this Fascist Madness
In the opening days of his second presidency, the malignant, orange-sprayed fascist maniac Donald “Poisoning Our Blood” Trump has, in the words of the Revcom Corps (RCC) for the Emancipation of...
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As Trump Blames DEI for Plane Crash, Report Shows Understaffed Air Traffic...
Apreliminary report on Wednesday night’s crash involving [an] American Airlines commercial flight and a military helicopter revealed that the air traffic control tower in the vicinity of the accident...
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Trump’s EPA Has Deleted All Web References to Climate Change
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly removed all information about climate change from its home page and other prominent areas of its website, burying it deep in sections that are...
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Here’s How Faith Leaders Are Standing Between ICE and Their Congregants
The first time I sat down at a Quaker meeting I started to cry. Outside, it was a hot and frenetic summer day in the city. But the quiet, light-filled sanctuary was just that — a refuge. I hadn’t...
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Indigenous Migrants In The US Fight Renewed Segregation
The beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidential term on January 20 was a crucial day in international politics and for Indigenous migrant communities in the United States. The inauguration took...
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The Crypto President Has Arrived, and the Grift Is Booming
“You’re going to be very happy with me,” Donald Trump told thousands of rapt Bitcoin believers back in July. I was standing within the throng, having gone down to Nashville to cover the annual Bitcoin...
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How The West Hides Its Gaza Genocide Guilt Behind Holocaust Day Remembrance
An entirely mendacious message lay at the heart of this week’s coverage by the BBC of the 80th Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations. The British state broadcaster asserted throughout the day that...
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Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for...
The Governments of Belize, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Cuba, Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, Republic of Namibia, Republic of Senegal and Republic of South Africa...
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How To Organize Under Authoritarian Creep In A Closing Civil Society
As you read this, new executive orders are being signed, and old protections are being dismantled. Many of the frameworks and institutions of our aging democracy — more specifically, our representative...
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