New Bombshell UN Report Accuses Israel Of Sexual And Gender-Based Violence...
A new report released by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory accuses Israel of systematically employing sexual, reproductive, and gender-based...
View ArticleColumbia Yanks Degrees From Pro-Palestine Protesters Amid Outrage Over Khalil...
As the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil sparks legal battles and demonstrations, Columbia University announced Thursday that it has revoked degrees from some other pro-Palestinian...
View ArticleFrom Charity to Liberation: Decolonizing Solidarity with Palestine
As Israel’s war on Gaza escalates and the occupation of Palestine deepens, international solidarity has surged. Mass protests, boycott campaigns, and public statements of support have multiplied....
View ArticleThe Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines Of Climate Violence
Although climate change does not directly cause conflict, it makes violence more likely to occur and to be more intense. The effects of climate change act as ‘threat multipliers’ that intensify...
View ArticleHow Overpaid CEOs Hurt the Rest of Us
CEO pay has been skyrocketing for years now, fueled in part by tax cuts for corporations and ultra wealthy individuals. That’s not just unfair to ordinary workers or taxpayers — it’s dangerous for our...
View ArticleBy Retreating In the Funding Fight, Democrats Have Abandoned Their Most Loyal...
On Friday, with another government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats, and their feckless leader, Chuck Schumer, fully folded to the Republican Party’s bullying tactics. Late Thursday, Schumer...
View ArticleNow We Know
Since Trump and Vance bullied Zelenskyy at the White House, threatening to pull out of supporting Ukraine, calling Ukraine the aggressor who doesn’t want peace, we have watched Europe rush to their...
View ArticleRep. McGovern Is Thinking ‘Out Of the Box’
It’s not a lot of laughs being a Congressional Democrat these days. Their party is a mess. Partisan loathing is on high boil. If you’re a veteran liberal like Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Second District),...
View Article‘Anyone Who Goes Near the Water Risks His Life. But If We Leave the Sea, We Die’
For 17 months, Ahmed Al-Hissi, a 54-year-old fisherman from Gaza’s Al-Shati refugee camp, hasn’t touched his fishing rod. It remains in the storage room by the port where he stashed it shortly after...
View ArticleKhalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied...
When news broke that Mahmoud Khalil — a recently graduated Palestinian student activist at Columbia University — was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a firestorm of media...
View ArticleMajor US Attacks in Northern Yemen as Trump Vows ‘Overwhelming Lethal Force’
US airstrikes are reportedly hitting the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa today, with President Trump promising “overwhelming lethal force” against the Houthi movement in northern Yemen unless they stop...
View ArticleSolidarity With Jagjit Singh Dallewal – In Support Of Indian Farmers
We express our solidarity with Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a farmer leader of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) Non-Political, whose hunger strike to death has now passed 60 days. We support his pursuit of a...
View ArticleMahmoud Khalil’s Abduction is a Fascist Move — and Universities Must Respond
On Saturday, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident of the United States who was active as a negotiator between Columbia University and students protesting Israel’s genocide in...
View ArticleDealing with Government Repression, 2025
The attempted deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, met with dramatic and widespread resistance, is one of the first, high profile, specifically targeted repressive acts by the Trump...
View ArticleThe State Operating System and Tyranny’s Backdoor
On March 15, 2025, in a new executive order, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 that endows the president with sweeping and unchecked authority to target and deport foreign nationals....
View ArticleThere’s a Hidden History of US Support for Irish Republicans
The Irish Northern Aid Committee — Noraid, as it was generally known — was accused of involvement in various activities to support the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Its alleged offences included...
View ArticleA Gandhian Approach to Dialogue: the Adversary is Not the Enemy
In this blog, part of our Food Sovereignty and Spirituality series, AgroecologyNow interviewed Siddharta, founder of Pipal Tree India, about the role of spirituality and religion in social action for...
View ArticleThe US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges...
In the autumn of 2014, I was sitting in a tiny shed at a writing residency in Point Reyes, Northern California. I was there to write my book about the psychology of facing planetary crises. One...
View ArticleA Conservative Group Offers a Radical Analysis of Climate Change
A recent report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) presents a radically different perspective from that provided by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the risks...
View ArticleHousing Justice Beyond Consumerism – an Excerpt from Defying Displacement
The following is an excerpt adapted from Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War (IAS/AK Press, 2024). Defining displacement Gentrification is commonly understood as consumption: who...
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