Throwing Sand In The Wheels Of Israel’s War Machine
This was first published in the Progessive International newsletter. How can we throw sand in the wheels of Israel’s war machine, which continues to rain death and destruction on the Palestinian...
View ArticleAusterity Is A Choice
Despite what new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer says, there’s nothing inevitable about another round of austerity — it is a deliberate decision to avoid confronting the powerful and presenting a...
View ArticleBuilding Connected Communities, One Circle At A Time
“Guess what?!” A 12-year-old Pittsburgh school boy spoke excitedly with his teacher one morning last fall. “My mommy and daddy were having a fight last night, and I asked them if we could have a peace...
View ArticleWorkers, Unchecked: The Case for Card Check This Labor Day
The process of union certification is a critical area of labor rights, acting as a precursor to collective bargaining. One method, card check, simplifies this process by allowing workers to express...
View ArticleJonathan Freedland Rewrites History To Hide An Ugly Truth About Israel
The Guardian columnist has to twist the story of the first Jew to escape Auschwitz because a true biography of Rudolf Vrba would expose the Zionist movement’s collusion with the Nazis Tony Greenstein...
View ArticlePalestine Won At The Democratic Convention
The 2024 Democratic National Convention was an exhausting roller coaster ride for Arab Americans and supporters of Palestinian rights. It was a messy affair, with highs and lows, some small victories...
View ArticleErdan’s War on the UN: The Brutal Wish of Failed Israel Diplomat
Departing Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan clearly had an unpleasant experience at the world’s largest international institution. In an interview published in the Israeli...
View ArticleMovement Media Organizations Are Coming Together To Build Power
Fourteen values-aligned organizations have formed the Movement Media Alliance, a new coalition of social justice-driven journalism platforms aimed at sharing resources and transforming the news.Last...
View ArticleBridging Political Divides through Solidarity
How should unions engage with members drawn to right-wing, anti-worker politics and candidates? One union trying to tackle this disconnect is the Communications Workers (CWA). Steve Lawton, former...
View ArticleThe Truth about Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers
Author Zeke Hernandez’s new book is The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2024: $30.00). The author, an immigrant born in Uruguay, lived...
View ArticleNATO: Not A Tenable Option
When NATO gathered in Washington D.C. several weeks ago, we held a counter-summit and a rally, did a bunch of interviews, wrote a bunch of articles, etc. All the videos and reports are at...
View ArticleA Movement to Suspend Israel From the UN Needs a Country to Take the Lead
Israel’s devastating onslaught on Gaza, now approaching the one-year mark, and increasing settler outrages in the West Bank are giving fresh urgency to moves to suspend the Jewish state from the United...
View ArticleIn CNN Interview, Harris Dodged Gaza Genocide and Damaged Her Election Prospects
Time is running out for Kamala Harris to distance herself from U.S. policies that enable Israel to continue with mass murder and genocide in Gaza. Polling shows that a pivot toward moral decency would...
View ArticleHow Summer of Heat on Wall Street is Using Disruption to End Fossil Fuel...
With millions being displaced by wildfires and floods, famine spreading and entire countries getting submerged, the fossil fuel industry is driving us off the cliff and must be stopped. One strategy...
View ArticleHere’s How Trump’s GOP Could Be Preparing to Contest the 2024 Election
With less than three months until November 5, all eyes are on the swing states and on the energy unleashed by the change from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris now...
View Article“Like Apartheid.” Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area Protest Against...
The Maasai Indigenous People living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania are facing a new round of violence and eviction from their homes. In January 2024, the government announced that will...
View ArticleElection Years Are Dangerous Times for People of Color
As he runs for reelection in 2024, former president Donald Trump has made the outlandish claim that “millions of people [have crossed the United States border] …from prisons, jails and mental...
View ArticleFighting Climate Disinformation Is an Urgent Priority
I live in Rhode Island. Drive through any coastal community in our state, and you will see lawn signs opposing the latest offshore wind turbine project. Show up to a town council hearing on these...
View Article‘We Won’t Leave Our People’: The Medical Workers Refusing to Evacuate Central...
On August 21, the Israeli army ordered different areas in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes and newly-erected tents. This was the first step in the army’s invasion and...
View ArticleReviving Worker’s Power in Singapore: Left Activists Speak
Singapore’s once vibrant left and labour movement led the nation’s successful anti-colonial struggle in the 1950s and ’60s. However, dreams of an independent and socialist Singapore were betrayed by...
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