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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 19h

On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to t...

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. In June, we did what many

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 19h

Very unfortunately for the apostles of capitalism, capitalism needs workers: no workers: no capitalism. Worse, these workers also need wages, which, in turn, reduces the profits of capital. For capitalism, workers are a...

The Minimum Wage in Germany in 2025

Very unfortunately for the apostles of capitalism, capitalism needs workers: no workers: no capitalism. Worse, these workers also need wages, which, in

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 19h

“Then they came for me . . .” I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE in Chicago! “More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since an immigration crackdown started last month ...

First They Came For the Immigrants

“Then they came for me . . .” I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE in Chicago! “More than 1,000 immigrants

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 20h

For the first time in l00 years the Klamath River is dam free. For thousands of years the Klamath—winding 257 miles from the volcanic Cascade Range in southern Oregon to where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Northern Cali...

When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance

For the first time in l00 years the Klamath River is dam free. For thousands of years the Klamath—winding 257 miles from the volcanic Cascade Range in

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 21h

Many millions on the streets this Saturday all over the country loudly proclaiming: No Kings! Yes to Democracy!–followed on November 4th by victories for Mamdani in NYC, Sherrill in NJ, Spanberger in Virginia, redistric...

October 18, November 4: World Changing?

Many millions on the streets this Saturday all over the country loudly proclaiming: No Kings! Yes to Democracy!–followed on November 4th by victories

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 21h

The assassination of political leaders, whether government officials or leaders of social movements, has been used since ancient times to achieve specific political objectives, whether to eliminate the political ideas t...

Requiem For Political Leaders Not Yet Assassinated

The assassination of political leaders, whether government officials or leaders of social movements, has been used since ancient times to achieve specific

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 22h

On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to t...

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. In June, we did what many

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 22h

The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza proposal,’ which appears to be little more than a veiled strategy to ...

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23h

You don’t have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being of ordinary Americans—and government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In a re...

Who Will defend Ordinary Working People Against Trump and MAGA?

You don’t have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being of ordinary Americans—and

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23h

Ostensibly, the West is all for freedom and democracy. At least, as long as they won’t interfere with its geopolitics and material interests. The quest for democracy in Palestine is a case in point. If Palestinians coul...

“Free Marwan Barghouti”: The War against Palestinian Democracy

Ostensibly, the West is all for freedom and democracy. At least, as long as they won’t interfere with its geopolitics and material interests. The quest

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23h

On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gathering for its members. They asked Ramzy Baroud to speak but he was out of the country...

Ramzy Baroud: Palestinian and Global Resistance to Israeli Occupation

On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gathering for its

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement. Here he is in conversation with Ulrich Brand and Christa Wichterich. Ulrich Brand: In your new book, you start with a very intense reflection, why it...

Walden Bello on the World Order

Walden Bello is a leading figure in the alter-globalization movement. Here he is in conversation with Ulrich Brand and Christa Wichterich. Ulrich Brand:

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

As the nuclear threat once again dominates the headlines, the nuclear blockbuster has returned to screens. Following the success of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite reminds us that ...

Hollywood Rediscovers the Bomb

As the nuclear threat once again dominates the headlines, the nuclear blockbuster has returned to screens. Following the success of Christopher Nolan’s

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

With the executive overreaching and the judiciary acquiescent, the Republic’s immune system strains under political and institutional dysfunction. The legislative branch, meanwhile, toggles between paralysis and perform...

The Fourth Branch: How Conscience and Civic Vigilance May Save the Republic

With the executive overreaching and the judiciary acquiescent, the Republic’s immune system strains under political and institutional dysfunction. The

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

In the wake of World War II, the United States crowned itself leader of the Western world through persuasion and coercion. Massive transfers of US aid helped stave off the prospect of Communist governments in Western Eu...

All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet

In the wake of World War II, the United States crowned itself leader of the Western world through persuasion and coercion. Massive transfers of US aid

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

For decades, the prevailing notion was that the ‘solution’ to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only dialogue can achieve peace” has been the relentlessly peddled mantra in polit...

The Defeat of Israel and the Rebirth of Palestinian Agency

For decades, the prevailing notion was that the 'solution' to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only dialogue can

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

On a damp morning in Hamilton, Ontario, Rabbi David Mivasair leans over a laptop in his home office, toggling between WhatsApp threads filled with names he now knows by heart — families in Gaza he has been speaking with...

Justice, You Shall Pursue: Rabbi David Mivasair’s Lifeline to Gaza

On a damp morning in Hamilton, Ontario, Rabbi David Mivasair leans over a laptop in his home office, toggling between WhatsApp threads filled with names

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 1d

American Anarchist author Michael Albert joins yodet to talk about the question of what economics looks like in an anarchist society. We also pay tribute to former Black Panther, Assata Shakur. Music by Lesblackwellmusic.

Anarchist Economic Vision: Michael Albert on 'The Circled A'

American Anarchist author Michael Albert joins yodet to talk about the question of what economics looks like in an anarchist society. We also pay tribute

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 3d

n response to the so-called Trump Plan, a scheme primarily designed by Israel’s fascist government to save it from its unprecedented global isolation, in the midst of the ongoing, livestreamed US-Israeli genocide agains...

Palestinian Civil Society Reacts to the Trump-Netanyahu Genocidal Plan

n response to the so-called Trump Plan, a scheme primarily designed by Israel’s fascist government to save it from its unprecedented global isolation, in

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 3d

Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at increas...

Authoritarianism, Austerity, Repression, and False Narratives: The Crisis in Ecuador

Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 3d

In the context of the transformations taking place within the Iraqi and international left, it is essential to combine traditional forms of leftist struggle with new arenas in the digital space and within official insti...

The Iraqi Left Ahead of the 2025 Elections: Between Unity and Renewal

In the context of the transformations taking place within the Iraqi and international left, it is essential to combine traditional forms of leftist

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 4d

Although Albert Einstein is best-known as a theoretical physicist, he also spent much of his life grappling with the problem of war. In 1914, shortly after he moved to Berlin to serve as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm I...

Albert Einstein and the Problem of War

Although Albert Einstein is best-known as a theoretical physicist, he also spent much of his life grappling with the problem of war. In 1914, shortly

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 4d

The confusion that followed the opening salvo to Trump’s tariff war revealed the contradictions and tensions between different sectors of capital and economies – within the US and outside of it. In the first three days,...

Understanding APEC: Trump’s Tariff War

The confusion that followed the opening salvo to Trump’s tariff war revealed the contradictions and tensions between different sectors of capital and

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 4d

When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. But I didn’t, because there’s nothing funny about rewarding someone whose politics have brought so much suffering. An...

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 4d

As I submit this piece it is October 10th. In about a week from when you are reading it, on October 18th, the second installment of No Kings will unfold. Over 2,400 component anti-Trump, anti-Fascist, anti-war, anti-rac...

No Kings, Socials and Us

As I submit this piece it is October 10th. In about a week from when you are reading it, on October 18th, the second installment of No Kings will unfold.

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