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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10m

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 · 57m

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

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. The 20-point roadmap includes a swap of captives and a phased Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Stri...

Ceasefire Deal, But Not Peace Agreement: What Will Happen in Gaza After Hostages Are Released?

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. The 20-point roadmap includes a

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

As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not attacked the US, it may look like a sign of strength and a harbinger of...

A Movement-Based Opposition to Trump and MAGA

As President Donald Trump launches illegal armed attacks against American cities, peaceful civilians, and people in foreign countries that have not

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

Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping with his escalating attacks on democracy. People are hungrier than ever for ways to act and resi...

The Traps of “If You Build it They Will Come”—Have Event Maps Displaced Organizing?

Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping with his escalating attacks on

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

Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister and author of ‘Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance’, talks to Paddy O’Connell about male chauvinism in politics, the power of Big Tech and Silicon Valley, Do...

"They Poison Our Democracies" | Yanis Varoufakis On Big Tech, Populism And The Future Of The Left

Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister and author of 'Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance', talks to Paddy O'Connell about male

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

The 12-step method that began with Alcoholics Anonymous is a form of mutual aid that can help movement organizers take better care of each other. The Trump administration is stoking fear by mass arresting immigrants, mi...

How 12-Step Programs Can Help Build Healthier Movements

The 12-step method that began with Alcoholics Anonymous is a form of mutual aid that can help movement organizers take better care of each other. The

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

When the images of dead Palestinian children become a punchline on a television show, where the host, guest, and the audience engage in nervous laughter, then what we are witnessing is not only the normalization of geno...

Van Jones and The Banality of Evil

When the images of dead Palestinian children become a punchline on a television show, where the host, guest, and the audience engage in nervous laughter,

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

As U.S. President Donald Trump surely intended, his “20-point Gaza plan” succeeded in upstaging calls by many other world leaders at the UN General Assembly for concrete, coordinated UN-led measures to force Israel to e...

Urgent Next Steps for Palestine at the UN

As U.S. President Donald Trump surely intended, his “20-point Gaza plan” succeeded in upstaging calls by many other world leaders at the UN

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

Mass mobilizations in solidarity with Palestine continue to sweep across Europe, with October 4-5 once again bringing well over a million people to the streets in Spain, Italy, France, Romania, the Netherlands, and othe...

Palestine Solidarity Protests Continue to Grow Across Europe

Mass mobilizations in solidarity with Palestine continue to sweep across Europe, with October 4-5 once again bringing well over a million people to the

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 2d

Canada’s NDP needs to rekindle the anti-capitalist thinking and activist energy that spurred its creation. That logic has shaped my campaign’s recently released platform. In July 1933 the Co-operative Commonwealth Feder...

NDP 2026, a Blueprint For a Generation

Canada's NDP needs to rekindle the anti-capitalist thinking and activist energy that spurred its creation. That logic has shaped my campaign’s recently

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 2d

I live in Rochester, New York, now. I’ve called this city home for the past 20 years. But I come from a place where the cows outnumber the people. Lowville, New York — my hometown in rural Lewis County — is nestled deep...

Ripped From Home: The ICE Raid That Exposed a North Country’s Divide

I live in Rochester, New York, now. I’ve called this city home for the past 20 years. But I come from a place where the cows outnumber the people.

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

The term “Global South” gained popularity in the 1990s as a neutral alternative to “Third World,” which had become outdated and derogatory. Paired with the terms “Global North,” these labels were intended to describe ec...

Why It’s Time to Retire ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’

The term “Global South” gained popularity in the 1990s as a neutral alternative to “Third World,” which had become outdated and derogatory. Paired with

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

In 2017, I visited the House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia, the mausoleum that holds the remains of Yugoslavia’s once-indomitable leader, Josip Broz Tito, and his wife, Jovanka. The site feels less like a tomb and more...

When History Rhymes: America and the Ghost Of Yugoslavia’s Breakup

In 2017, I visited the House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia, the mausoleum that holds the remains of Yugoslavia’s once-indomitable leader, Josip Broz

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

With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable to wonder whether a countervailing force will come forward to ensure—to paraphrase Lincoln—that the government of, by, a...

Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?

With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable to wonder whether a countervailing force will come

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

Once upon a time the Iranian government was under the thumb of and in service to the interests of the United States and its Middle East colonial outpost, Israel. The 1979 Iranian Revolution—the most consequential of th...

Why Iran Matters: What Every American Needs to Know

Once upon a time the Iranian government was under the thumb of and in service to the interests of the United States and its Middle East colonial outpost,

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

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption is not supported by the facts. The attack was avoidable. After the Hamas-led assau...

Why Wasn't October 7 Avoided?

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption is not supported

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

Few people have stopped to ask why a mere flag can be the cause of so much anger. In my opinion the question is a good – and logical – place to begin. After all, a flag, if nothing else, is a symbol of unity; even if th...

Necessary Illusions: Flags and Truth

Few people have stopped to ask why a mere flag can be the cause of so much anger. In my opinion the question is a good - and logical - place to begin.

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

Our guest on Downstream this week is the economist, and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. He joins Aaron in the Novara studio to discuss his most recent book Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Res...

Was The 20th Century A Catastrophe, Or A Miracle? | Aaron Bastani Meets Yanis Varoufakis

Our guest on Downstream this week is the economist, and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. He joins Aaron in the Novara studio to

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

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine what ecosocialism might look like in the future. From zero-carbon, accessible, and free public transit, to low-cost housing, all the way to a planned ec...

What Happens After Capitalism?

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine what ecosocialism might look like in the future. From zero-carbon, accessible, and free

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

The so-called war on drugs has been an abject failure. This applies as much to the United States, where the Trump administration seeks to ratchet it up, as it does Colombia, the world’s leading producer of cocaine. Whil...

Toward an Anti-Capitalist Drug Policy

The so-called war on drugs has been an abject failure. This applies as much to the United States, where the Trump administration seeks to ratchet it up,

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

The Nazi holocaust did not begin with The Wannsee Conference. Prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, representatives of the racial state – most likely Reinhardt Heydrich would have led this contingent – commu...

Admirals and Generals Will Not Save US - Agency Rests In the Hands of the Public Alone

The Nazi holocaust did not begin with The Wannsee Conference. Prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, representatives of the racial state -

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

We should know better than to take any so-called peace proposal presented by U.S. President Donald Trump along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at face value. But as the world awaits Hamas’ response to Tru...

The Israeli Right’s ‘Time of Miracles’ is Over. The Palestinians Are Going Nowhere

We should know better than to take any so-called peace proposal presented by U.S. President Donald Trump along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 5d

Trump posts a video. In it, Trump and Vance are band members for The Grim Reaper. And the Reaper is, well—wait for it—Russell Voight, the author of Project 2025. Th brain behind the brawn. Talk about telling it like it ...

Grim Reaper in Our Midst, On To No Kings and Beyond

Trump posts a video. In it, Trump and Vance are band members for The Grim Reaper. And the Reaper is, well—wait for it—Russell Voight, the author of

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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 5d

Morocco is currently—Autumn 2025—witnessing a broad youth-led mass protest wave that has brought back to the political arena fundamental questions about social justice, basic rights, the deterioration of public services...

Gen Z 212 and Youth Protests in Morocco: From the Digital Sphere to the Street

Morocco is currently—Autumn 2025—witnessing a broad youth-led mass protest wave that has brought back to the political arena fundamental questions about

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