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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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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...
There’s a point in every crisis; housing, labour, democracy, take your pick – where you realise the system isn’t just broken, it’s working exactly as designed. And usually, that realisation can happen as early as taking...
Own The Hell Out Of It: David Lidz On Co-ops, Recovery And Rebuilding Baltimore
There’s a point in every crisis; housing, labour, democracy, take your pick - where you realise the system isn’t just broken, it’s working exactly as
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November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There’s a point in every crisis; housing, labour, democracy, take your pick – where you realise the system isn’t just broken, it’s working exactly as designed. And usually, that realisation can happen as early as taking...
11:30 a.m. New York | 4:30 p.m. London | 5:30 p.m. Paris | 6:30 p.m. Palestine PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS BRIEF PRESS ON ESCALATING ANNEXATION, VIOLENCE, SETTLER ATTACKS, AND FORCIBLE DISPLAC...
Monday, November 24 — Palestinian Community Leaders and Human Rights Experts Discuss Rapidly Deteriorating Situation in West Bank: Escalating Land Theft, Settler Attacks, Forced Displacement
11:30 a.m. New York | 4:30 p.m. London | 5:30 p.m. Paris | 6:30 p.m. Palestine PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS BRIEF PRESS ON
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November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
11:30 a.m. New York | 4:30 p.m. London | 5:30 p.m. Paris | 6:30 p.m. Palestine PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS BRIEF PRESS ON ESCALATING ANNEXATION, VIOLENCE, SETTLER ATTACKS, AND FORCIBLE DISPLAC...
The Trump administration’s stance on the Ukraine war is quite the roller-coaster. Initially, the Russo-Ukraine war would end “within 24 hours.” According to Donald Trump, President Zelenskyy is “a dictator without elect...
Can Trump’s Reported “28-Point Plan” for Ukraine Deliver? Is Peace Within Reach?
The Trump administration’s stance on the Ukraine war is quite the roller-coaster. Initially, the Russo-Ukraine war would end “within 24 hours.” According
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November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Trump administration’s stance on the Ukraine war is quite the roller-coaster. Initially, the Russo-Ukraine war would end “within 24 hours.” According to Donald Trump, President Zelenskyy is “a dictator without elect...
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on October 10, the first day of the announced c...
The New Kill Zone: Gaza's Borders after the 'Ceasefire
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on October 10, the first day of the announced c...
On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) ...
Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody
On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional
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November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) ...
I heard from a former client of mine that he abruptly learned of the government shutdown from the checkout person at the grocery store. Poor people often have little investment in news reports and few follow political m...
Please Register for "The General Strike" Webinar on Saturday @ 3PM EST
I heard from a former client of mine that he abruptly learned of the government shutdown from the checkout person at the grocery store. Poor people often
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November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I heard from a former client of mine that he abruptly learned of the government shutdown from the checkout person at the grocery store. Poor people often have little investment in news reports and few follow political m...
In his excellent new book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, the independent left wing business journalist Jacob Silverman reports a particularly pungent utterance from a MAGA luminary that...
Right Wing Populism and Lumpen Capitalism
In his excellent new book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, the independent left wing business journalist Jacob Silverman
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November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In his excellent new book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, the independent left wing business journalist Jacob Silverman reports a particularly pungent utterance from a MAGA luminary that...
Although the world is experiencing severe global crises, there are new efforts underway to create a more effective means of coping with them. The crises are clear enough. They include vast slaughter in horrific wars, w...
A Bold Campaign to Confront Global Crises
Although the world is experiencing severe global crises, there are new efforts underway to create a more effective means of coping with them. The crises
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November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Although the world is experiencing severe global crises, there are new efforts underway to create a more effective means of coping with them. The crises are clear enough. They include vast slaughter in horrific wars, w...
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Social Change in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities at University of Johannesburg, about how the US continues to try to derail ...
U.S Continues Campaign To Undermine South Africa And G20
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Social Change in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities at
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Social Change in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities at University of Johannesburg, about how the US continues to try to derail ...
As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe. This story is part of ICE vs. LA, a collaborative reportin...
In South L.A., Black and Latino Neighbors Unite Against ICE as Systems Fail
As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other
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November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe. This story is part of ICE vs. LA, a collaborative reportin...
The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph the outcome – marked a moment that history may one day identify as a subt...
Transparent Colonialism and the Inalienability of Palestinian Sovereignty
The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph the
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November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph the outcome – marked a moment that history may one day identify as a subt...