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Featuring: U.S. moves toward war in Venezuela, Puerto Rico’s militarization, Gaza’s enduring resistance, Mamdani’s big win, & more...
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Featuring: U.S. moves toward war in Venezuela, Puerto Rico’s militarization, Gaza’s enduring resistance, Mamdani’s big win, & more...
New subscribers get their 1st issue FREE; sustainers get it monthly.
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A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news broke that the Vice Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, accompanied ...
Provoking China Again: Macedonia’s Unlearned Lessons
A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news broke
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November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news broke that the Vice Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, accompanied ...
Contradictions pervaded the latest UN climate conference (COP30) held in Belem, Brazil. Progressive President Lula da Silva of Brazil proclaimed it would a positive turning point in progress, while he authorized his sta...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Contradictions pervaded the latest UN climate conference (COP30) held in Belem, Brazil. Progressive President Lula da Silva of Brazil proclaimed it would a positive turning point in progress, while he authorized his sta...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive destruction, and the expansion of Israeli violence to the West Bank and elsewher...
UNSC 2803: The US-Israeli Scheme to Partition Gaza and Break Palestinian Will
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive destruction,
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November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive destruction, and the expansion of Israeli violence to the West Bank and elsewher...
Multiple international airlines have suspended flights to and from Caracas amidst a heightened US military presence in the Caribbean, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOT...
Most International Airlines Servicing Venezuela Suspend Flights as US Intensifies Pressure
Multiple international airlines have suspended flights to and from Caracas amidst a heightened US military presence in the Caribbean, after the US Federal
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November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Multiple international airlines have suspended flights to and from Caracas amidst a heightened US military presence in the Caribbean, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOT...
“How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child.” So King Lear teaches parents. I, unlike Lear, have been blessed with thankful children. One of my daughters rented for her mother’s birthday a “place”...
Harry Truman, Hiroshima and the Necessity Defense
"How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child.” So King Lear teaches parents. I, unlike Lear, have been blessed with thankful
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November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child.” So King Lear teaches parents. I, unlike Lear, have been blessed with thankful children. One of my daughters rented for her mother’s birthday a “place”...
How we lost the argument on Britain’s relationship with the European Union forever? What is the point in our nuclear weapons if Donald Trump’s America has such power over whether we can use them or not? What has the lef...
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski
How we lost the argument on Britain’s relationship with the European Union forever? What is the point in our nuclear weapons if Donald Trump’s America has
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How we lost the argument on Britain’s relationship with the European Union forever? What is the point in our nuclear weapons if Donald Trump’s America has such power over whether we can use them or not? What has the lef...
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met. Thousands of baristas at nearly 100 Starbucks locations are on strike this holiday season, picketin...
Starbucks Ignores Worker Demands at Its Peril
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met. Thousands of baristas at nearly
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met. Thousands of baristas at nearly 100 Starbucks locations are on strike this holiday season, picketin...
Hard-won victories for freedom and equality are under direct assault in the United States. Do we have the courage to unite and defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe that we do, but only if we organize strategically ...
How Community Organizing Can Stop Authoritarianism and Advance Justice
Hard-won victories for freedom and equality are under direct assault in the United States. Do we have the courage to unite and defeat an authoritarian
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November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hard-won victories for freedom and equality are under direct assault in the United States. Do we have the courage to unite and defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe that we do, but only if we organize strategically ...
Despite the false promises of neoliberal capitalism and its tireless ideological cheerleaders, capitalism has always coexisted with – and at times produced – staggering levels of child poverty. Not even the sacred dogma...
Childhood Poverty in Germany in 2025
Despite the false promises of neoliberal capitalism and its tireless ideological cheerleaders, capitalism has always coexisted with – and at times
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November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Despite the false promises of neoliberal capitalism and its tireless ideological cheerleaders, capitalism has always coexisted with – and at times produced – staggering levels of child poverty. Not even the sacred dogma...
Days ago, the RSF militia carried out a brutal massacre in Elfashir; thousands were killed based on their ethnic background in a single day, including patients at a hospital, women, and children who were lined up and sh...
Canada Should Take Stronger Actions in Sudan
Days ago, the RSF militia carried out a brutal massacre in Elfashir; thousands were killed based on their ethnic background in a single day, including
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November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Days ago, the RSF militia carried out a brutal massacre in Elfashir; thousands were killed based on their ethnic background in a single day, including patients at a hospital, women, and children who were lined up and sh...
US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jima and other US navy assets to threaten Venezuela with an attack. Tension...
The Caribbean Faces Two Choices: Join the US Attempt to Intimidate Venezuela or Build its Own Sovereignty
US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining
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November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jima and other US navy assets to threaten Venezuela with an attack. Tension...
The courageous action of six Democratic members of Congress has thrust into the national discourse the duty of military and CIA personnel to disobey Donald Trump’s illegal orders. As the Trump administration continues t...
Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty
The courageous action of six Democratic members of Congress has thrust into the national discourse the duty of military and CIA personnel to disobey
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November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The courageous action of six Democratic members of Congress has thrust into the national discourse the duty of military and CIA personnel to disobey Donald Trump’s illegal orders. As the Trump administration continues t...
The holidays are a time for togetherness, when we’re supposed to gather with family, get along and nurture the ties that bind us. But what if those relationships cause us harm? How do we nonviolently engage with right-w...
Let’s Agree to Stop ‘Keeping the Peace’ This Holiday Season
The holidays are a time for togetherness, when we’re supposed to gather with family, get along and nurture the ties that bind us. But what if those
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November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The holidays are a time for togetherness, when we’re supposed to gather with family, get along and nurture the ties that bind us. But what if those relationships cause us harm? How do we nonviolently engage with right-w...
The year is 2019. Tens of millions across the globe pour into the streets, demanding governments halt new fossil fuel infrastructure and pass policy that puts humanity on a path toward a relatively climate-safe world of...
Salt the Earth
The year is 2019. Tens of millions across the globe pour into the streets, demanding governments halt new fossil fuel infrastructure and pass policy that
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November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The year is 2019. Tens of millions across the globe pour into the streets, demanding governments halt new fossil fuel infrastructure and pass policy that puts humanity on a path toward a relatively climate-safe world of...
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out what are the primary c...
Climate Deal Excludes Fossil Fuel Phaseout as Wealthy Nations Place Burden “On the Backs Of the Poor”
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out what are the primary c...
I sat on a bench on Houston Street on a busy NYC afternoon. I watched people funnel inside Russ & Daughters. They were tourists, locals, and celebrities. Martha Stewart was standing at the very back of the well-known sh...
Why I Own a Business As a Black Woman, and How I'm Using It For Change
I sat on a bench on Houston Street on a busy NYC afternoon. I watched people funnel inside Russ & Daughters. They were tourists, locals, and
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I sat on a bench on Houston Street on a busy NYC afternoon. I watched people funnel inside Russ & Daughters. They were tourists, locals, and celebrities. Martha Stewart was standing at the very back of the well-known sh...
My 91-year-old grandmother has a litany of wise sayings, but one in particular always stayed with me. A few times after we attended a funeral, she would comment on the eulogies with a matter-of-fact clarity, saying, “Pe...
The Awkward Canonization of Dick Cheney
My 91-year-old grandmother has a litany of wise sayings, but one in particular always stayed with me. A few times after we attended a funeral, she would
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November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My 91-year-old grandmother has a litany of wise sayings, but one in particular always stayed with me. A few times after we attended a funeral, she would comment on the eulogies with a matter-of-fact clarity, saying, “Pe...
Across the political spectrum – with alarm on the right and delight on the left – the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani on Friday set off shock waves. Trump’s lavish praise of New York’s mayor...
Trump-Mamdani Show Was Amazing. Downsides For Progressives Could Turn Out To Be Steep.
Across the political spectrum – with alarm on the right and delight on the left – the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani on
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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Across the political spectrum – with alarm on the right and delight on the left – the display of warmth from President Trump toward Zohran Mamdani on Friday set off shock waves. Trump’s lavish praise of New York’s mayor...
For more than three and a half years now, Ukraine – and with it the so-called ‘West’ – have been paralyzed by a dreadful, protracted war of attrition against Russia, and Europe is collectively heading into a hurtful mil...
The EU’s Ukraine Strategy: The Worst Foreign Policy Blunder In European History Since WWII?
For more than three and a half years now, Ukraine – and with it the so-called ‘West’ – have been paralyzed by a dreadful, protracted war of attrition
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November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
For more than three and a half years now, Ukraine – and with it the so-called ‘West’ – have been paralyzed by a dreadful, protracted war of attrition against Russia, and Europe is collectively heading into a hurtful mil...
The global crisis of the 21st century is not merely a temporary geopolitical instability, but an ontological moment of disintegration where Capitalist Modernity has reached its structural limits and attempts to violentl...
The Ontological Disintegration of Capitalist Modernity and the Origins of Misogynistic Violence
The global crisis of the 21st century is not merely a temporary geopolitical instability, but an ontological moment of disintegration where Capitalist
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November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The global crisis of the 21st century is not merely a temporary geopolitical instability, but an ontological moment of disintegration where Capitalist Modernity has reached its structural limits and attempts to violentl...
Two of the most significant dates in my life as a progressive activist and organizer are April 4, 1968 and August of 2003. The 1968 date is the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. His killing pushed me to finally do...
Energy Affordability+, Not Energy Dominance
Two of the most significant dates in my life as a progressive activist and organizer are April 4, 1968 and August of 2003. The 1968 date is the day Martin
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November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Two of the most significant dates in my life as a progressive activist and organizer are April 4, 1968 and August of 2003. The 1968 date is the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. His killing pushed me to finally do...
In a letter to Richard Nixon dated January 16, 1970, his domestic advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote the following regarding the White House approach to the situation of Black people in the United States: “The time m...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In a letter to Richard Nixon dated January 16, 1970, his domestic advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote the following regarding the White House approach to the situation of Black people in the United States: “The time m...
The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém at the United Nations climate summit (‘COP30’) on November 22, just as ...
G20, COP30, and More Mickey-Mouse Multilateralism to Come
The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém at the
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November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The third weekend in November offered the world two disastrous days for solving polycrisis problems, starting in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém at the United Nations climate summit (‘COP30’) on November 22, just as ...
More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting to enforce international law, protect the victims, and hold the perpetrators accountable, it adopted ...
The UN Embraces Colonialism: Unpacking The Security Council’s Mandate For The U.S. Colonial Administration of Gaza
More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting to enforce international law,
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November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting to enforce international law, protect the victims, and hold the perpetrators accountable, it adopted ...
We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experie...
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have
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November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experie...