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“Campus Has Become Unrecognizable”: Columbia Prof. Franke Faces Firing After...
Columbia University law professor Katherine Franke last appeared on Democracy Now! in January to discuss an attack on Columbia’s campus targeting pro-Palestinian student activists with a foul-smelling...
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Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ
At first glance, an impressive fresco in San Brizio’s Chapel in the Orvieto Cathedral appears to show Christ addressing a crowd – but after closer inspection, one realizes that the main figure is, in...
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American Killed in West Bank Was Longtime Activist ‘Bearing Witness to...
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank, was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral...
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A Nation of Debtors: USA
Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt. At a time when the national debt exceeds $35 trillion, U.S. citizens are awash in red ink. They’ve got medical debt, credit card debt, mortgage debt,...
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A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism
The Republican Party is increasingly guided by white nationalist politics, which are in turn heavily influenced by long-standing conspiracy tropes involving hidden and powerful Jewish networks....
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US Intervention and Neoliberalism Aggravate Political Upheaval in Bangladesh
Weeks of student-led and often violent protests forced the resignation and exile on August 5 of Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Demonstrators were reacting to inflation, unemployment,...
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UN Expert Warns Israel on Track to Exterminate Nearly Entire Gaza Population
Israel is on track to wipe out nearly the entire population of Gaza if global powers don’t intervene to stop its genocide, a UN expert has warned, based on estimates of the true death toll in Gaza from...
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How Former East Germany Became Home to the Far Right
When Quentin Tarantino chose the small eastern German town of Sebnitz for a scene in his Inglourious Basterds, he was likely drawn to its beautiful scenery, not to actual Nazis. Yet, along the road to...
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‘Time for Urgent Action Is Right Now’: Summer 2024 Was Hottest on Record
Scientists with the European Union’s climate service said Friday that Earth experienced its hottest summer on record for the second consecutive year in 2024 as unprecedented and deadly heatwaves...
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Zionism vs Zionism – Ben-Gvir and the Acceleration of the Collapse of Israel
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on August 26, to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Ben-Gvir, as a representation of Israel’s powerful...
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The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping mechanisms. Military actions, infrastructure problems, and social welfare demands may then...
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Neurodivergence and Normality: The Need to Challenge Fraught Terminology
Ever since I have come to understand I am neurodivergent, more of the world has opened up to me. I now understand why I found certain environments so difficult, why some people have become inexplicably...
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To Save Children’s Lives, Harris Should Campaign on an Assault Weapons Ban
School shootings are recurring markers of a societal sickness, an unshakeable acceptance of violence and senseless death. The murder of two 14-year-old students and two teachers on Wednesday, and the...
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Why Capitalism Loves Doomers
We all get the big sad sometimes. But you know what? Doomerism doesn’t solve anything – it’s a gift to the ruling class. Let’s talk about that.
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Is the Collapse of the Israeli State Coming?
In this episode of The Source, we interview independent journalist and economist Dr. Shir Hever on the latest developments in Israel and Gaza. We begin the interview by examining the motivations behind...
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Israeli Army Kills American International Solidarity Movement Volunteer...
Media enquiries: ismtraining [at] riseup.net During the weekly demonstration in Beita, Palestine, on the morning of September 6th, 2024, the Israeli army intentionally shot and killed an International...
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The Left Needs a Real Strategy for a Harris Presidency
It’s tempting to write off Bernie Sanders’s speeches and interviews as he campaigns for Kamala Harris this year as a “playing the hits” tour: The top 1 percent own lots of wealth. We have to take on...
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Transforming the City: Municipal Politics, Socialist Strategy, and Organizing...
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is pleased to present “Transforming the City,” a discussion of municipal politics, socialist strategy, and organizing to win. From unprecedented Palestine...
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Palestine: From Shifting the Discourse to Changing US Policy
Eighty percent of Democrats support a permanent ceasefire and somewhere around 63% support conditioning weapons aid to Israel. But the Biden administration is still sending the bombs that Israel uses...
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On the Need to Dismantle the Settler-Colonial Bloc at the UN
What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe? The answer is rooted...
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