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End U.S Aggression Against Cuba!
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Published: June 14, 2026 11:50
On May 1, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing additional sanctions on Cuba. Trump said, “We will be taking it (Cuba) over almost immediately.” These continued threats follow the Trump administration’s April 14th directive to the…
Building 21st-Century Rank-and-File Unionism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/building-21st-century-rank-and-file-unionism/
Published: June 14, 2026 11:46
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, a number of members of the American New Left that had incubated on college campuses in the prior decade set out to take rank-and-file jobs as blue-collar workers. The social and political ferment of the ’60s — including…
There’s No Room for Palestine in “Viewpoint Diversity”
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/theres-no-room-for-palestine-in-viewpoint-diversity/
Published: June 14, 2026 11:41
Harvard University leaders have been soliciting wealthy donors for $10 million contributions to fund endowed professorships with the stated goal of expanding “viewpoint diversity” on campus. Pardon me for finding this hypocritical. Over the past year, the…
Are You an Internationalist?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/are-you-an-internationalist/
Published: June 14, 2026 11:36
Odds are good that no one has ever asked if you are an internationalist, but your answer to that question reveals much about your orientation to your fellow human beings around the globe. It is worth your time to give it some thought. To assist you we…
Sentencing the Innocent
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sentencing-the-innocent/
Published: June 14, 2026 11:32
Judge Johnson had proved his fascist credentials through rulings much earlier in the Filton trial than his vicious sentencing. Indeed, he had arguably already shown them when he released Tommy Robinson from a prison sentence, or when as a barrister he had…
What a Trillion Dollars Tells Us About Who Really Runs the World
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-a-trillion-dollars-tells-us-about-who-really-runs-the-world/
Published: June 14, 2026 11:21
Elon Musk is set to become the world’s first trillionaire today after the public debut of his rocket and AI company, SpaceX. Sit with that number for a moment. A trillion dollars. If you spent a million dollars every single day, it would take you two…
Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy
Published: June 14, 2026 11:18
More than 400 years have passed since the first white colonists arrived in North America to establish a settlement, and more than 160 years since slavery was abolished, yet structural racism is still alive and kicking in the U.S. In the interview that…
The World Cup Kicks Off In Guadalajara Amid Resistance And Repression
Published: June 14, 2026 11:09
When Guadalajara hosted the Pan American Games 15 years ago, former mayor Aristóteles Sandoval proposed a Human Relocation Plan to “clear the city center of unhoused people, window washers, and sex workers.” The proposal, heavily criticized, was dropped…
We’re Measuring Extreme Heat Better Than Ever. The Human Toll Still Goes Underreported
Published: June 14, 2026 10:57
In the fall of 2025, The Washington Post reported on a nursery worker in Florida who began experiencing headaches and nausea under extreme heat and eventually collapsed while working. Shortly after, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its summer 2026…
Punditry Without a Constituency
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/punditry-without-a-constituency/
Published: June 13, 2026 14:53
One of the more troubling and counterproductive phenomena taking place in today’s digital landscape is the rise of the online pundit. On the right, we have figures such as Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. On the left, Hasan Piker and Jimmy Dore. And…
The End of the Old Economic Order Is an Opening for the Left
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-end-of-the-old-economic-order-is-an-opening-for-the-left/
Published: June 13, 2026 14:49
Ha-Joon Chang is one of the world’s most influential heterodox economists. A professor at SOAS University of London and the author of Kicking Away the Ladder, Bad Samaritans, and Economics: The User’s Guide, among other works, he has spent decades…
India’s Highest Court Finally Realises The Monetary Worth Of A Homemaker’s Unpaid Care Work
Published: June 13, 2026 14:26
It all started with a road accident in Indian state of Punjab on 25th November 2001 which killed home maker Reshma – a mother of three children. Incidentally, 25th November is also observed globally as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence…
Soft Digital Repression: New Challenges and Strategies for Resistance
Published: June 13, 2026 14:22
During the recent assault on Gaza, thousands of activists witnessed their posts deleted or their accounts restricted simply for documenting Israeli occupation crimes or expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is far from an isolated…
UK Palestine Action Activists Hit With ‘Completely Disproportionate’ Terrorism Sentences for Israeli Weapons Sabotage
Published: June 13, 2026 14:19
In a decision that Amnesty International described as “completely disproportionate,” four demonstrators with the outlawed group Palestine Action were sentenced as terrorists in the UK on Friday after being convicted for causing damage at an Israeli weapons…
This Is How ICE Comes to Europe
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-how-ice-comes-to-europe/
Published: June 13, 2026 14:12
Last June, train stations across France were transformed into impromptu immigration checkpoints. Citing a “surge” in illegal immigration, France’s then-interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, dispatched 4,000 police and immigration agents to more than 800…
Western Media Normalize Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon by Viewing It Through Israel’s Eyes
Published: June 13, 2026 14:07
In October 2024, one year into Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and attendant assault on Lebanon, the Israeli army did a thing. It invited journalists from major Western corporate media outlets on an incursion into Lebanon’s ravaged south,…
Congress Is Pushing To Integrate The Israeli And U.S. Militaries On Behalf Of Netanyahu
Published: June 13, 2026 13:58
Last month, Responsible Statecraft’s Ben Freeman reported on a provision buried in the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that seeks to deepen connections between the United States and Israeli militaries. Section 224, the “United States-Israel…
The Decline of Saudi Hegemony and the Emergence of a Multipolar Gulf Order
Published: June 13, 2026 13:53
The transformations that have unfolded across the Persian Gulf over the past two decades cannot be adequately explained through the conventional language of interstate rivalry, geopolitical competition, or shifting regional alliances alone. What is taking…
Toxic Metals, Sulphur & Coal Dust: The Battle To Clean Up The Worst Air in South Africa
Published: June 12, 2026 15:59
When Mel Mandy gave birth to her first child twenty-five years ago, the doctor told her off for smoking while pregnant. Her boy had been born with underdeveloped lungs, a common condition in the newborns of smokers. But Mandy had never smoked a cigarette…
Legal Profession Revolt Against the UK Judge Whose Job is to Protect Israel’s Genocide
Published: June 12, 2026 15:56
The trial of the Filton Four reaches its climax on Friday. Judge Jeremy Johnson will decide the sentences of four Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage – after two juries refused to convict them of far more serious charges brought by…
The Mladenov Distraction
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-mladenov-distraction/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:56
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to…
Bolivian Uprising
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bolivian-uprising/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:53
In power for just six months, the government of Bolivia’s centre-right president Rodrigo Paz Pereira hangs in the balance. Five weeks of siege and strikes have effectively paralysed the country. Road blockades, led by millions of mostly indigenous…
We Economists Have Done the Maths: ‘growth’ is a Doomed Strategy – There is a Better Way
Published: June 12, 2026 15:51
We live in an age of manufactured scarcity. In a world richer than ever before, roughly one 10th of the world’s population still lives in extreme destitution. Millions of people cannot afford enough food, proper housing or basic healthcare, while a tiny…
How Israel Planned Gaza Genocide Decades Ago
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-planned-gaza-genocide-decades-ago/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:50
The truth slowly comes to light: Israel‘s genocide in Gaza was planned decades ago. Listen to the testimonies of four Israeli soldiers who served in Gaza. Soldier 1: “Human lives didn’t matter. You could kill, there was no law. No one would say a word to…
Nationwide Marches Against the PIE Amendment Bill
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nationwide-marches-against-the-pie-amendment-bill/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:50
For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.– Frantz Fanon On Friday 12 June we will march against the Bill in Durban, Johannesburg…
Reading the Times (and Not Just the Paper)
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reading-the-times-and-not-just-the-paper/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:49
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the New York Times every day on paper. Yes, the paper New York Times still exists! Yikes! And the other day, at the very bottom of page seven of the first section of…
Colombia’s Democracy is Under Attack: We are Going Back to Defend It
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/colombias-democracy-is-under-attack-we-are-going-back-to-defend-it/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:48
Dear friend, This week, Donald Trump made his most direct intervention yet in Colombia’s democratic process. “Congratulations to Colombian presidential candidate El Tigre, Abelardo de la Espriella,” Trump said of the country’s far-right candidate. “As…
Ordinary Insanity
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Published: June 12, 2026 15:48
This film presents a synthesis of my father’s book The Doomsday Machine. His book depicts the evil murderousness of nuclear war plans, and the particular dangers posed by ICBMS, with their first strike capability, intended to be launched on warning. He…
How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-to-win-the-nations-highest-minimum-wage-2/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:59
Tourism workers in Southern California just won a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the Republican-led tax bill that rewards billionaires at the expense of low-income Medicaid recipients. The union-backed…
‘Intersectionality’ Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw Thinks It’s Time For Everyone To Talk Back
Published: June 11, 2026 15:58
In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize. A teacher who wouldn’t cast her as a princess in a kindergarten skit shaped Kimberlé Crenshaw’s views. So did her…
Women Face the Greatest Climate Risks but are Critical to Climate Action
Published: June 11, 2026 15:57
The climate crisis is worsening many of the economic and social inequalities already faced by women and girls, making it harder to access health care, education, employment, and other necessities. Women in rural communities are especially vulnerable…
Donald Trump is Accidentally Speeding the Green Transition
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/donald-trump-is-accidentally-speeding-the-green-transition/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:56
One of President Donald Trump’s top-tier fixations is to heap ridicule on both climate science and all projects committed to combating the global climate crisis. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last September, Trump declared that climate…
Brutal Oppression and Beautiful Humanity Exist in Every Grocery Store
Published: June 11, 2026 15:56
An interview with Ann Larson about “Cleanup on Aisle Five” I have always found grocery stores fascinating—both as endpoints of a staggering global web of logistics, agriculture, and commerce, and as labor stories. So I was enthralled by Ann Larson’s new…
Nuclear Abolition Is the Only Civilised Option
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nuclear-abolition-is-the-only-civilised-option/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:52
Nuclear weapons are undemocratic, useless, criminal, terrorist, and unethical – they cannot serve deterrence without being used, and their development steals the resources that should be used to solve real problems and secure humanity’s better future.…
Abolish Immigration Detention Centers
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/abolish-immigration-detention-centers/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:51
For more than two weeks, hundreds of detainees at Delaney Hall immigration detention center have been on hunger and labor strike. They are protesting consistent medical neglect, being fed rotten, maggot-filled food, as well as overcrowded and poorly…
FIFA is Supporting the Israeli Occupation by Legitimizing Clubs That Play in Illegal West Bank Settlements
Published: June 11, 2026 15:50
If you take this long to investigate something, there is a good chance you are hiding something. FIFA and UEFA, it turns out, have been hiding several things. Ten, to be precise. That is the number of illegal Israeli settlement clubs now operating in the…
Like Midas, Our Rulers Want to Monetise Everything They Touch – and Kill IT
Published: June 11, 2026 15:48
I am old enough to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the wave of excitement it unleashed. With the Soviet Union consigned to the history books, the world was going to become a better, safer place. Liberals crowed that the West’s superior,…
Ditching the Rat Race
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ditching-the-rat-race/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:48
Today, members of the PMC face a choice. Will they cling to an elitist conception of their own superiority and attempt to defend their own increasingly tenuous privileges, or will they act in solidarity with other working people and help craft a politics…
New Report — Erasing Anything Palestinian: Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and Herding Communities
Published: June 10, 2026 14:50
Amnesty International invites you to a hybrid press briefing in Berlin and online to launch a major new report, “Erasing anything Palestinian: Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities”, exposing the scale of Israel’s campaign…
Trump’s Cuba Strategy Constitutes Economic Genocide
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-cuba-strategy-constitutes-economic-genocide/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:49
Cuba has been under a U.S. trade embargo since the Eisenhower administration, although it was President John F. Kennedy who implemented a comprehensive embargo on all trade with Cuba. And while every subsequent administration has tried since to cause pain…
Not All Empires Look the Same
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-all-empires-look-the-same/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:49
Empire has never been only a matter of colonial occupation. The United States and Britain remain the most visible architects of widescale death and destruction, but the United Arab Emirates (UAE) represents a different, and in some ways more insidious,…
Needham, MA’s Adelson Family Foundation-Trump Connection Revisited
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/needham-mas-adelson-family-foundation-trump-connection-revisited/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:48
Most antiwar voters in Massachusetts don’t believe that the GOP’s Trump administration should be using the U.S. power elite’s permanent war machine to continue a U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against people in Iran in 2026. And most antiwar voters in…
Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power
Published: June 10, 2026 14:47
What happens to higher education when institutions dedicated to critical thought increasingly align themselves with the logics of war, surveillance, and national security? Unless we mount an organized resistance, we may viscerally experience the answer to…
They Didn’t Wait: California Teachers Strike and Win
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/they-didnt-wait-california-teachers-strike-and-win/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:46
Tens of thousands of California educators joined forces statewide, wagering that they could win more by working together. The result was a wave of strikes this school year that defied narratives of austerity and won better funding. “Our districts are…
Delaware Says Corporations Really Are People
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/delaware-says-corporations-really-are-people/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:45
When he ran for president in 2012, Mitt Romney famously declared that corporations are people. What brought laughter then has begun to be reality today, however. A little noticed court decision in Delaware confirmed that corporations have the right to vote…
Kenya’s Protests Against the Ebola Quarantine Facility Are as Much About the Economy as They Are About Sovereignty
Published: June 10, 2026 14:43
The main news item in African media this past week has been the controversy surrounding a proposed U.S.-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya. What began as a public health initiative has rapidly evolved into a politically charged national dispute. The…
The Most Racist World Cup in History
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-most-racist-world-cup-in-history/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:43
The football World Cup starts this Thursday and the US regime has already guaranteed that it will be the most racist in history. FIFA-appointed Somalian referee Omar Artan, voted the best referee in Africa last year and travelling on a diplomatic passport,…
FIFA Counts Goals, Mexicans Count the Disappeared
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fifa-counts-goals-mexicans-count-the-disappeared/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:31
From teachers to the mothers searching for the forcibly disappeared, Mexico will be holding numerous, massive protests against the 2026 Men’s World Cup as it kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday. This follows hundreds of protests and actions held over the…
Reforming Capitalism Is Not Enough
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reforming-capitalism-is-not-enough/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:31
Victorian Trades Hall is the oldest continuously operating trades hall in the world. And even before it was constructed, in 1856, the stonemasons and building workers of Melbourne downed their tools and marched for the eight-hour day — eight hours of…
Lebanon, Netanyahu’s Nightmare and Opportunity
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lebanon-netanyahus-nightmare-and-opportunity/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:31
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection hinge on carrying on the war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald Trump, who has called Netanyahu “crazy” for undermining US-Iran peace…
What the Democratic Party Has Become: From Utopian Dreams to Zombie Incrementalism
Published: June 9, 2026 16:31
The Democratic Party once imagined itself as the engine of meaningful American transformation. First FDR revamped the relationship between the government and the people, then, in 1944, in his “Second Bill of Rights,” he proposed economic guarantees that…
Visiting Time Past: What is to be Undone?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/visiting-time-past-what-is-to-be-undone/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
I was recently surveying my computer’s contents and I came across the text of a book I had written over a half century ago. It was published in 1974 by a small progressive publisher named for its founder, Porter Sargent, located in Boston Mass. I turned, I…
Under Mamdani, New York Will Be first to Open Free Childcare Center for City Workers
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
Tucked in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s sprawling universal childcare plan is a little-talked-about milestone: In September, the city will open what appears to be the first free daycare for municipal workers in the country. The center, called The…
Nothing Left: Corruption and the South African Left
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nothing-left-corruption-and-the-south-african-left/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
If last weekend’s Conference of the “Left” was any indication of what progressive forces have to offer, the Democratic Alliance (DA, South Africa’s main center-right opposition party) should rest easy. The scare quotes are needed because the biggest…
Wages Haven’t Kept Up – And Working Families Are Paying the Price
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wages-havent-kept-up-and-working-families-are-paying-the-price/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
For years, Congress and elected officials across the country have sidestepped one of the clearest economic problems facing working families: the minimum wage no longer keeps pace with the real cost of living. Today, even full-time work at the federal…
Trump Tells Netanyahu Not to Bomb Iran, Then Israel Strikes Anyway
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-tells-netanyahu-not-to-bomb-iran-then-israel-strikes-anyway/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
The Israeli military bombed Iran on Monday shortly after US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to respond to an Iranian missile barrage, which came in retaliation for Israel’s earlier bombing of Beirut. “I am going…
What Could “Sewer Socialism” Look Like in Berlin?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-could-sewer-socialism-look-like-in-berlin/
Published: June 9, 2026 16:30
On 26 September, 2025 one of Berlin’s longest sagas came to an end. After 15 years, 4 years over schedule, the renovation of Karl-Marx-Strasse finally ended. City hall opened its doors, the district mayor gave a speech—the authorities even put up an…
Revealed: Israel’s Curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/revealed-israels-curriculum-for-influencing-public-consciousness/
Published: June 8, 2026 18:09
Israel’s defense establishment is training soldiers and other defense officials to conduct psychological operations designed to “influence public consciousness” in Israel and abroad, an internal Defense Ministry tender published last July and obtained by…
Honda Mexico Worker Wins Reinstatement After 15-Year Fight
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/honda-mexico-worker-wins-reinstatement-after-15-year-fight/
Published: June 8, 2026 18:08
The leader of Mexico’s Honda workers’ union won reinstatement last week, in an important win for workers seeking to build real unions in the country’s massive auto sector. But it took 15 years for José Luis Solorio Alcalá, of the Union of United Honda…
How Slaves’ Resistance Secured Liberal Democracy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-slaves-resistance-secured-liberal-democracy/
Published: June 8, 2026 18:08
LONDON—In the early 17th century, deep within the palm forests of northeastern Brazil, a group of people escaped slavery and founded an independent settlement. They named it Palmares and welcomed others fleeing bondage to join them. The settlers described…
The Shocking Billionaire Plot To Steal The Election
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Published: June 8, 2026 17:37
50% of voters say being forced to show a passport would be a barrier to voting, according to a new poll we conducted. Billionaires like Elon Musk, the Uihleins, and Leonard Leo are funding Trump’s attempts to take over elections and nullify your vote. This…
The American Plan and the 2026 Elections
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-american-plan-and-the-2026-elections/
Published: June 8, 2026 17:36
Woody Guthrie proudly sang “This land is your land, this land is my land / FromCalifornia to the New York island,” but, in fact, the conversion of vast publicresources and wealth to private property is one of the defining dynamics ofAmerican history. The…
Shein Bought Everlane. The Rest of Ethical Fashion May Follow.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/shein-bought-everlane-the-rest-of-ethical-fashion-may-follow/
Published: June 8, 2026 17:35
Two things happened this year that the fashion industry would prefer you didn’t connect. Shein bought Everlane — a $100 million acquisition of ethical fashion’s most recognisable name, the brand that built its identity on “radical transparency” and the…
The Ruin of Civilizations as the Measure of America’s Cold War Victory
Published: June 8, 2026 17:34
In the wake of the latest American strike against Iran, many commentators have once again revived familiar narratives about a supposed “clash between the West and Islam,” the eternal hostility of civilizations, and the alleged incompatibility of the…
Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza
Published: June 8, 2026 17:33
My mother has been a hypertension patient for the past 25 years. Ever since her initial diagnosis, she has adhered strictly to her prescribed medication. Yet since the genocide broke out, her medicine gradually ran out until it vanished from the markets…
Defining Trumpism, Defeating Trump
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Published: June 8, 2026 16:49
“Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump” is based on talks given by Paul Le Blanc in Potsdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Mannheim, during a May speaking tour in Germany. It is appearing simultaneously on LINKS and Communis. I will begin this presentation with a…
What is Wrong with the American Left: the Abandonment of Class
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-is-wrong-with-the-american-left-the-abandonment-of-class/
Published: June 8, 2026 16:46
Introduction: A Tradition That Forgot Itself I write these essays not as an enemy of the left but as someone who believes it has lost the thread of its own best tradition. That tradition is the democratic socialism of Eduard Bernstein, who tied the…
Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action
Published: June 8, 2026 14:00
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew restless at Brookhaven Town Hall on Long Island as residents voiced their concerns about groundwater contamination from a nearby landfill that has spread beneath parts of their community. At the meeting in late March,…