Washington’s Hypocritical Rejection of Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
The arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are a diplomatic disaster for Israel, reported...
View ArticleBlack Friday Actions in 30+ Countries Aim to ‘Make Amazon Pay’
Amazon workers and their allies are participating in a series of global actions aimed at holding the online retailer “accountable for labor abuses, environmental degradation, and threats to democracy,”...
View ArticleBoris Kagarlitsky’s ‘The Long Retreat’: Capitalism, Crisis and the Left’s...
The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the LeftBy Boris KagarlitskyPublished by Pluto Press Boris Kagarlitsky, a prominent leftist thinker, political prisoner and fierce critic of...
View ArticleClaudia Sheinbaum’s Defiant Letter to Donald Trump: A Blueprint for a New Era...
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s newly elected president, has made a bold and defining move in her first year in office: addressing Donald Trump head-on with a letter that is as diplomatic as it is...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party Reaped What It Sowed
MAGA Plan The country recently advanced to a pivotal time in its political history. A small group of profanely wealthy individuals that comprise the dominant economic class and their political...
View ArticleIt’s Up to Us to Stop Trump From Selling Our Future to His Billionaire Oil...
During his campaign, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump publicly promised to reward oil and gas executives handsomely in exchange for funding his campaign. Within weeks of winning the election, he’s...
View ArticleThe “Battle of Seattle,” a Quarter Century Later
Early on a cold, gray morning twenty-five years ago this month, a modest procession of about eighty left a church in downtown Seattle heading for the nearby convention center. They walked quietly, each...
View ArticleTo Die, Survive, Or Thrive
Are you like me? Has getting out of bed become a serious challenge? Has getting back in bed become a beckoning distraction? Do you intermittently see a mountain on one side and a cliff that plummets to...
View ArticleManaging the Disruptions of Change in the Foreseeable Future
When my grandfather was born there were neither cars, airplanes, nor phones. Yet, before he died, man had walked on the moon. We now live in the Post-Modern World, with technological progress happening...
View ArticleUkraine and US Imperial Strategy
In mid-November, the Biden administration (given his diminished mental capacity, whoever is now in charge) authorized the Kyiv regime to launch Lockheed Martin produced Army Tactical Missile Systems or...
View ArticleIn Belgium, The PTB Wants To “Awaken Class Consciousness”
While the PTB’s electoral performance has been encouraging, the party refuses to rest on its laurels and play politics according to the polls. A few metres from the North Sea, in the Flemish town of...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties
Bernie Sanders caused a stir last week, when the independent senator from Vermont and two-time contender for the Democratic presidential nomination sent a postelection e-mail to his progressive...
View ArticleSmall Farming, Urbanisation and Climate Migration: Beyond the Stereotypes in...
Bangladesh is a small country that sits within the Northeast of South Asia with India wrapped around it, and Myanmar to the South. Despite its small size and relatively recent independence, Bangladesh...
View ArticleThe Fifty-Year Revolt
Orisanmi Burton. Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. University of California Press, 2023. Jocelyn Simonson. Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People...
View ArticleNew Afterword for The Divide
The Divide was first published in 2017. In the years since, many people have written to me, or approached me during public events, to share the impact it had on them. I am always grateful for this....
View ArticleThe Hidden Story of Britain’s Anti-Apartheid Militants
At an East London cinema last summer, several dozen people in their late sixties and early seventies took to the stage. After being beckoned forwards by the compere, the veteran South African...
View ArticleWhat It Means to Prepare for the Future of Trans Health Care Under Trump
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) sets global standards for doctors and nurses providing health care to transgender patients, especially for gender-affirming care. As...
View ArticleElection Aftermath: Staring Down Misogyny
“I never realized before that men hate us so much.” That was the lesson drawn by one of my fellow organizers in Reno, Nevada, the morning after the 2024 general election. She’d turned 21 during the...
View ArticleTrade Unions, Deregulation and Social Dialogue: an Interview With Ukrainian...
Vitaliy Dudin is one of those lawyers for whom the idea of fighting for justice defines his professional practice. This shouldn’t surprise us, as it is the foundation of any legal profession. However,...
View ArticleCOP29 Opened Carbon Markets to Cowboys when a Sheriff is Needed
Governments approved a concerning package of carbon market rules that could end up undermining our efforts to rein in emissions rather than advancing them. Some countries fought tooth and nail to bring...
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