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Apocalypse Now?

Published: May 23, 2024 16:46

Eyes open. Look around. Ears attuned. Listen up. Something is happening here, there, and everywhere. Ignore it, avoid it, deny it , whine or weep over it and it will keep happening. Fight it and envision and seek better, and we can stop it. You know it,ā€¦

To Win Big, Labor Has to Lose More

Published: May 23, 2024 15:57

Thereā€™s no sugarcoating it: Mercedes workersā€™ loss last week was a punch in the gut. Hopefully we can soon get some sober assessments from worker leaders and staff organizers about what ā€” if anythingĀ ā€” theyā€™d try to do differently next time around. Butā€¦

The Slow-Motion Execution of Julian Assange Continues

Published: May 23, 2024 15:56

The ruling by the High Court in London permitting Julian Assange to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point. The decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange theā€¦

ā€˜Extremely Harrowingā€™: British Surgeonā€™s Gaza Testimony Buried By The ā€˜MSMā€™

Published: May 23, 2024 15:54

Propaganda by omissionĀ is a dominant feature of the ā€˜mainstreamā€™ news media. Indeed, it is aĀ requirement. Rather than serving the public interest by fully exposing the brutal machinations of power, state-corporate media shield Western governments and theirā€¦

THE HOLLOW MYTHS OF A ā€˜MAVERICKā€™ EMPIRE

Published: May 23, 2024 15:52

As the US geopolitical project stumbles, and the idea of ā€˜benevolent statecraftā€™ is revealed as a sham, so too its ideological apparatus starts to wane. Hollywood, for years a supporter of the imperial project though the production of myths seems to haveā€¦

War Cuts the Heart Out of Humankind

Published: May 23, 2024 15:52

In the apartment of my friends in Baghdad (Iraq), they tell me about how each of them had been impacted by the ugliness of the 2003 U.S.-imposed illegal war on their country. Yusuf and Anisa are both members of the Federation of Journalists of Iraq andā€¦

A Brutal Punishment: The Sentencing Of David Mcbride

Published: May 23, 2024 15:49

David McBride, the man who revealed that Australiaā€™s special forces in Afghanistan had committed atrocities and faced a compromised chain of command, was condemned on May 14 to a prison term of five years and eight months. Without McBrideā€™s feats, thereā€¦

At Western Sahara: Visiting a Forgotten People

Published: May 23, 2024 15:44

South of the Algerian town of Tindouf on the border with Western Sahara are five refugee camps. The camps are home to the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara and are administered by their freedom movement Polisario, which is fighting to liberate theirā€¦

Education in Gaza Has Been Decimated, but the Spirit of Refaat Alareer Will Prevail

Published: May 22, 2024 17:26

Palestinians have always been proud to have one of the lowest illiteracy rates in theĀ world.Ā  Many Palestinian refugees, who lost their homes in the Nakba and Naksa, believe that investment in education is the way outā€‰ā€”ā€‰the way for them to survive andā€¦

Biden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court

Published: May 22, 2024 17:16

ā€œIā€™ve had some elected leaders speak to me and be very blunt: ā€˜This court [the International Criminal Court] is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,ā€™ is what one senior leader told me.ā€ Itā€™s hard to know whatā€™s more extraordinary: yesterdayā€™sā€¦

Atlantaā€™s Cop City: Other Cities Are Also Building Police Training Facilities, Despite Pushback

Published: May 22, 2024 17:12

This year, the night before Valentineā€™s Day, more thanĀ 200 people attended a city council meetingĀ in Fitchburg, a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin. The house was packed because ofĀ one agenda item in particular: plans for a new $50 million police station,ā€¦

The Turning of the Tide

Published: May 22, 2024 16:59

In the normal run of things, if a very senior judge instructs you to give an assurance to their Court, it would probably not be wise to avoid giving the assurance, to devote a huge amount of text to trying to obscure the fact you have not given theā€¦

Handmaids in America

Published: May 22, 2024 16:24

In the first year of Trumpā€™s presidency, I decided it was time to reread George Orwellā€™s classic ā€œ1984,ā€ which I hadnā€™t touched for a couple of decades. When I read it again, it was upsetting to find it resonated in a way I never expected it to. ā€œ1984ā€ wasā€¦

US Labor Today and the Way Forward

Published: May 22, 2024 16:04

The labor movement in the United States used to be respected and looked to for leadership; people cared about what positions labor took, watched when they mobilized, noticed the causes they supported.Ā  This was especially true among the left.Ā  Today, forā€¦

Third Parties and the November Election

Published: May 22, 2024 16:01

So whatā€™s the state of the horse race for the Presidency? Iā€™ve done a little research, and hereā€™s what Iā€™ve come up with. I looked at the polling results for the first three weeks of May at the Real Clear Politics website by pollsters who gave the optionā€¦

Housing, Not Handcuffs

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments forĀ Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused ā€” the term that has generally replaced ā€œhomelessā€ ā€” people with no indoor shelter options can even pull a blanket around themselvesā€¦

The American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

Despite now spending 47 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Leonard Peltier continues to be denied parole by the federal government of the United States. Why has the US so obstinately refused to free Peltier, despite decades of internationalā€¦

United Nations 3.0

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

It was in the embers of the unprecedented death and destruction of World War I, that the Allied powers at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 established the ā€˜League of Nationsā€™ ā€“ the United Nations version 1.0 ā€“ a global organization for peace that manyā€¦

German Colonial Amnesia and the Destruction of Gaza

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

AimĆ© CĆ©saire states in hisĀ Discourse on ColonialismĀ that colonialism decivilizes the colonizer, brutalizes him, degrades him, ā€œto awaken him to buried instinct, to covetous violence, race hatred, and moral relativismā€ as ā€œuniversal regressionā€ (p. 35). Asā€¦

US-Backed Philippine Government Committed War Crimes, Peopleā€™s Tribunal Finds

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

GazaĀ is not the only place where Joe Bidenā€™s government is aiding and abetting atrocities. Following a hearing on May 17-18, theĀ International Peopleā€™s Tribunal on War Crimes in the PhilippinesĀ found Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.,ā€¦

The Race to End Fossil Fuel Production

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This quip by the American essayist Charles Dudley Warner applies to fossil fuels as well. Everyone talks about ending fossil fuel production, but almost no one is doing anything aboutā€¦

The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

Before arriving at UMass Amherst last fall, Chancellor Javier Reyes was already notorious for hisĀ cavalier approachĀ to critics. But few foresaw what he did on May 7. Earlier that day, organizers from a coalition of campus solidarity groups had erectedā€¦

Activist Diary #1: Go to the Meeting

Published: May 21, 2024 16:30

Back in the early 2000s, I was doing a lot of neighborhood based organizing against the war in Iraq. My partner and I brought our kids with us to meetings and protests, and our house was often full of people planning the next action. One day, our 11-yearā€¦

A Reprieve for Assange

Published: May 20, 2024 17:33

The High Courtā€™s decision to permit Julian Assange to appeal his pending extradition is an important, if partial, victory. The judges are only too aware that, in reality, he has no case to answer. The US charge of ā€˜espionageā€™ is blatant nonsense. The factā€¦

Retired New York City Teachers Rise and Run

Published: May 20, 2024 17:31

Theyā€™ve really stepped in it. The incumbent Unity Caucus that runs the huge teachers union in New York City is facing a challenge from the Retiree Advocate slate who hope to take leadership of the powerful 70,000-person retiree chapter within the union.ā€¦

Worker Co-Ops Have a Role to Play in Socialist Strategy

Published: May 20, 2024 17:27

Copenhagen, 1910. Here, at the beginnings of social democracyā€™s ascent in Europe, the Second International passed a resolutionĀ supporting cooperatives. While acknowledging that cooperation alone was ā€œincapable of realizing the aim of socialism,ā€ theā€¦

The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hempā€™s Deep Roots

Published: May 20, 2024 17:21

Cannabis can transform our materials economy and textiles industry, return carbon to the soil, provide sustainable housing material, nurture health and well-being and set us on a path to restorative justice. Thatā€™s why we call it the New Green Revolution.ā€¦

Black MAGA Is Still MAGA

Published: May 20, 2024 17:14

Consider Donald Trump to be in a racial bind when it comes to election 2024. After all, he needs Black voters to at least defect from Joe Biden in swing states, if not actually vote for him. Yet, more than ever, he also needs his white nationalist base toā€¦

Yet More Boondoggles: Extracting Carbon Dioxide from the Air, Mining Asteroids

Published: May 20, 2024 17:10

The dictionary doesnā€™t quite do justice to the wordĀ ā€œboondoggleā€Ā according to author Dmitri Orlov, best known for his bookĀ Reinventing Collapse.Ā A contemporary boondoggle must not only be wasteful,Ā it should, if possible, also create additional problemsā€¦

Donald Trumpā€™s Assault on the Wages of American Workers

Published: May 20, 2024 16:48

Although Donald Trump, as president, proclaimed in his 2020 State of the Union address that he had produced a ā€œblue-collar boomā€ in workersā€™ wages, the reality was quite different. Using his control of the executive branch of the U.S. government, Trumpā€¦

Auto Workersā€™ Loss at Mercedes-Benz Slows the UAW Organizing Drive, but Wonā€™t Stop It

Published: May 20, 2024 16:33

Mercedes-Benz succeeded in defeating the United Auto Workers (UAW) in an election held in the companyā€™s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but UAW President Shawn Fain sees the defeat as a temporary setback in the unionā€™s plan to organize the auto industry inā€¦

The Dead End of Liberal American Zionism

Published: May 20, 2024 16:18

In 2014, we wrote an article titled ā€œThe Blind Alley of J Street and Liberal American Zionism.ā€ At the time, Benjamin Netanyahu was in his sixth continuous year as Israelā€™s prime minister, while President Obama was well into his second term. And J Street,ā€¦

How Union Reformers Passed the PRO Act in Vermont

Published: May 19, 2024 13:01

If youā€™re a fan of unions, thereā€™s been a lot to get excited about lately.Ā StrikesĀ and militancy are up,Ā public supportĀ for labor is peaking, and the prospects for new organizing are better than theyā€™ve been in decades. Unfortunately, even with all thisā€¦

The Drive for War

Published: May 19, 2024 12:41

The collective shrug with which the Western media and political class noted the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been telling. Can you imagine the outrage and emotion that would have been expressed by Western powers ifā€¦

Palestine: a UN non-Member Observer State

Published: May 19, 2024 12:34

On 10 May 2024, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 in which it expressed ā€œdeep regret and concern that, on 18 April 2024, one negative vote by a permanent member of the Security Council [UNSC] prevented ā€¦ the Councilā€¦

Carrying on Kent Stateā€™s Legacy of Antiwar Organizing, Students Press for Divestment

Published: May 19, 2024 12:29

If you grew up in Ohio, one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear ā€œKent Stateā€ is the saying ā€œKent Read, Kent Write, Kent State.ā€ If you grew up outside of Ohio, the first thing you think of when hearing ā€œKent Stateā€ is the shootings on Mayā€¦

Israelā€™s Priority Is Killing Gazans, Not Freeing Hostages

Published: May 19, 2024 12:21

The Biden administration is repeating the lie that Hamas is the only obstacle to peace in Gaza and the hostages returning home. ā€œThere would be a cease-fire tomorrow if Hamas would release the hostages,ā€ Joe BidenĀ saidĀ at a recent fundraiser in Seattle.ā€¦

History of Co-Op City

Published: May 19, 2024 12:06

In 1909, at a library in Manhattanā€™s Yorkville neighborhood, Abraham Kazan, a twenty-year-old union clerk who had grown up on the countryside estate of a Russian general in what is now Ukraine, and who arrived in the US aged 15 to work on a Jewishā€¦

How Solidarity Triumphs Over Corporate Greed

Published: May 18, 2024 16:08

Management at Amfuel tried to bully Jo Tucker and her 200 co-workersā€”most of them Black women, a number of them single momsā€”into accepting dozens of unnecessary concessions in a new contract. For four years, however, the manufacturing workers inĀ Magnolia,ā€¦

Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness to Fight Unions

Published: May 18, 2024 16:00

Workers in Towson, Maryland, have earned the distinction of becoming theĀ first Apple retail workers in the nationĀ to vote to strike over failed union negotiations with their employer. The approximately 100 Apple workers were also the first in the nation toā€¦

This Progressive Democrat Could Help Improve Millions of Lives ā€” and American Democracy

Published: May 18, 2024 15:54

Tuesdayā€™s Democratic Party primary in Oregonā€™s vast 5th congressional district just might hold the key to defeating MAGA Republicanism and renewing American democracy. Sounds like hyperbole, but itā€™s not. If one of the two top contenders in the race, Jamieā€¦

What Is Actually Being Done to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?

Published: May 18, 2024 15:38

Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This quip by the American essayist Charles Dudley Warner applies to fossil fuels as well. Everyone talks about ending fossil fuel production, but almost no one is doing anything aboutā€¦

Israelā€™s Assault on Gaza Proves the Nakba Never Ended

Published: May 18, 2024 15:27

Palestinians and allies marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, May 15ā€”the day after the state ofĀ IsraelĀ was formally declared. ā€œNakbaā€ is Arabic for ā€œcatastrophe,ā€ and is used to describe the murder, dispossession, and forced displacement Palestiniansā€¦

Mexico and the Certain Triumph of the Left

Published: May 18, 2024 14:53

In journalism, it is always risky to make predictions, especially about election results. On 2 June, Mexico will go to the polls for a presidential election, as well as for a large number of state legislatures, governors, and other authorities throughoutā€¦

Supporting the Student-Led Solidarity Mobilizations

Published: May 18, 2024 14:23

Palestinians in Palestine and in exile, as represented in the undersigned grassroots networks, coalitions and organizations, are deeply grateful to the thousands of students who are building an unprecedented mass movement on US, European, Latin American,ā€¦

Inside the Student Movement That Forced Irelandā€™s Trinity College to Divest From Israel

Published: May 18, 2024 14:16

Right after Dublin native Ben turned 16, he spent his summer vacations working at event companies that organized concerts and comedy shows. Little did he know that three years later, that experience would help him organize ā€” with nearly a hundred of hisā€¦

The United States Assembles the Squad Against China

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

In early April 2024, the navies of four countriesā€”Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United Statesā€”held a maritime exercise in the South China Sea. Australiaā€™s Warramunga, Japanā€™s Akebono, the Philippinesā€™ Antonio Luna, and the United Statesā€™ā€¦

Denser Housing Can Be Greener Too

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

Cities across Aotearoa New Zealand are trying to solve a housing crisis, with increasing residential density a key solution. But not everyone is happy about the resulting loss of natural habitats and biodiversity. Some homeowners in Dunedin, for example,ā€¦

A Presidential Fireside Chat

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

Putin is threatening Ukraine with battlefield nuclear weapons. Arms control agreements are in the toilet. Many if not all of the nine nuclear powers are renewing their nuclear arsenal. None of them is willing to sign the United Nations Treaty on theā€¦

S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, which itsĀ attorneys allegedĀ is a further act of genocide in Gaza. South Africa had laid out its initialĀ caseĀ in January. The court willā€¦

The Strategy of the Green New Deal from Below

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

The Green New Deal from Below pursues strategic objectives that implement Green New Deal programs, expand the Green New Dealā€™s support, and shift the balance between pro- and anti-Green New Deal forces. Not every action is likely to accomplish all of theseā€¦

Big Oil and Civilization Donā€™t Mix

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

Prologue On May 10, 2024, my friend Jay Jones, emeritus professor of biology at La Verne University, invited me to see a documentary he was presenting to his students and colleagues. The documentary,Ā The Oil Machine, was done in 2022 by BBC. It is one ofā€¦

The Inexorable Rise of the Belgian Workersā€™ Party

Published: May 17, 2024 16:30

European Parliament elections in Belgium are once again taking place in the shadow of national parliamentary and regional elections. One could, therefore, expect similar results in both sets of polls. In 2019, the Workersā€™ Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA) firstā€¦