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What Polls Do and Don’t Tell You

Published: July 23, 2026 20:07

Everyone in America is not a policy expert. In fact, a tiny minority are. It is hardly worth arguing over this fact. Consider any number of socially beneficial policies: Environmental regulation, financing affordable housing, sustainable land use, skillful…

These Black Georgians Refuse to be Silenced

Published: July 23, 2026 20:00

Today is Ida Lowe Blocker’s 93rd birthday. It is also five days after the Supreme Court struck down the last major enforcement tool of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). I am talking with Blocker about land, railways, and the right to vote. Blocker grew up…

Voters are Forcing Democrats to Shift on Israel, but This Doesn’t Mean U.S. Support is Ending Anytime Soon

Published: July 23, 2026 19:50

Last week, over 100 Democrats voted in favor of Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) amendment to block $3.3 million in U.S. military assistance to Israel. This is a major development, but it certainly didn’t occur in a vacuum. Pick up any newspaper these days, and…

It’s the Corruption

Published: July 23, 2026 18:28

“We who think about politics all the time rarely have a good handle on what’s going on in the lives and minds of those who do not. That’s what makes focus groups so fascinating. I usually see voters holding on to conventional thinking and subconsciously…

It’s a Question of Sovereignty

Published: July 23, 2026 15:54

The House Initiative to Further Integrate the U.S. and Israeli Militaries Is Not in Our National Interest Section 219 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has received much less attention than it deserves. This initiative would transform…

How Technology is Rewriting the Way We Write

Published: July 23, 2026 15:50

When was the last time you wrote something by hand? Was it a stylus signature at a checkout stand, a kitchen calendar reminder, or a note jotted down on a scrap of paper? These days, writing largely lives in the digital realm. Despite its advantages,…

How Israel Has Used Sexualized Violence as a Weapon of Settler Colonialism From 1948 to Today

Published: July 22, 2026 19:27

In December 2023, former State Department official, Josh Paul told CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour that during his tenure in the foreign service, he learned of the rape of a 13-year old boy by Israeli officers while in captivity. In response to U.S.…

The Odyssey and Western Sahara

Published: July 22, 2026 19:21

Despite the raving reviews for the new, and apparently monumental, film The Odyssey, there is something that much of the mainstream media appears to overlook: it was partially filmed in the illegally occupied sections of Western Sahara near the city of…

Insurgents or Insiders?

Published: July 22, 2026 19:20

When I think about the left-wing reformers who are winning office as Democrats, I recognize that they need to govern alongside people who differ with them. That means compromise. It also means that politicians can’t lead the struggle for transformative…

The Enduring US Proxy War on Russia

Published: July 22, 2026 19:19

In his farewell address of January 1961, Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans against the “acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex,” and the danger that “public policy could itself become the…

As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle Int’l Criminal Court

Published: July 22, 2026 19:18

As the Trump administration carries out its campaign against the International Criminal Court, imposing wide-reaching sanctions on judges, prosecutors and groups who have accused Israel of war crimes in front of the international tribunal, we’re joined by…

A Critique of Bolshevik Practice

Published: July 21, 2026 16:03

[This essay is part of a series of essays by Michael Albert which critiques Classical Left Ideologies and their value, meaning, and relevance in the context of today’s Left and the struggle for a better world. The full series can be found here.] Most of…

I Make Honest Films About Muslims. The Most Talked-about Film in America Fantasizes About Killing Us.

Published: July 21, 2026 16:02

The most talked-about film in the country climaxes with an American vigilante methodically murdering ten Syrian refugees in their apartment. Citizen Vigilante was banned in Germany for inciting violence against migrants. Elon Musk’s response was to post…

Undermining Elections and Democracy Is a Page Out of the Dictator’s Handbook. Literally.

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the mission close-out. On the desk next to mine sat a book abandoned by a colleague: The Dictator’s Handbook, by political scientists…

Close That Facility: the 2026 Pine Gap Protests

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

It remains a prickly reminder that Australia remains an embarrassed vassal of power, annexed to the security interests of another state basking in imperial and fast diminishing splendour. Pine Gap, known more technically as the Joint Defence Facility Pine…

Crushed Between Giants

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

A recent Wall Street Journal headline screamed “Big Banks’ Profits Surge After a Red-Hot Quarter on Wall Street.” The Big Five of finance – JP Morgan, Chase, Goldman-Sachs, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo – earned $49 billion in the first quarter of 2026.…

Armed Conflict Is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish think tanks with impeccable credentials report the depressing figures: the…

The Subsidized Occupation: Palestine and the Arabs

Published: July 20, 2026 20:19

The modern Middle East suffers from a consequentially glaring paradox: oil-rich Arab states undoubtedly possess some of the most concentrated geopolitical and economic leverage on the planet.  Yet, they have, since the 1970s, declined to use their economic…

Where the Scent of Crime Ends

Published: July 20, 2026 20:10

As a journalist and political prisoner, the entire “heavy” burden of Room 3 in Ward B10 of Silivri Prison, which I had just stepped into, was Dede—the old man who lay on the bunk by the window. When he skyrocketed from his bed with his heavy, bulky body…

The Stories Shaping Africa’s AI Future

Published: July 20, 2026 20:03

In the boardrooms of Addis Ababa and the tech hubs of Nairobi, a new worldmaking project is underway. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the central arenas where African states negotiate their position in an unequal global order. To speak of…

When Diplomacy Becomes Part of the War

Published: July 20, 2026 19:21

On July 10, President Donald Trump announced something that should have stopped Washington in its tracks: The United States would continue negotiations with Iran, but the ceasefire was over. That announcement does not describe a temporary contradiction. It…

Manuring the Ground: Trump, China and Stolen Elections

Published: July 20, 2026 19:20

He has never been able to accept it, but even after winning the 2024 US presidential elections, Donald Trump continued to fixate on the election result of 2020, when he lost to the Democratic contender, Joe Biden.  In doing so, he mirrors the anxieties of…

Ethics As The Architecture Of Power: China Proposes A New Global Governance Framework For Artificial Intelligence

Published: July 19, 2026 15:07

For decades, geopolitics was shaped by control over territory, natural resources, maritime routes, and military capability. In the twenty-first century, those factors remain decisive, but a new dimension of power has emerged above them: the capacity to…

Digital Fascism, The Highest Stage Of Capitalism

Published: July 19, 2026 15:04

When Vladimir Lenin wrote about imperialism and considered it the highest stage of capitalism, he was tracking the moment capital shifted from the space of free competition into the world of monopoly, where banks merged with industry, the state turned into…

AI Needs Human Hands. Indian Workers Fought Back

Published: July 19, 2026 14:57

HR staff claimed the tiny cameras affixed to each tailor’s head would mean prospective clients saw the quality of their products and placed more orders, resulting in pay rises for everyone at the garment factory on the outskirts of India’s capital.  But…

It’s Not Terrorism When We Do It

Published: July 19, 2026 14:48

Yesterday Pete Hegseth triumphantly tweeted a picture of Iran’s Chabahar maritime port tower collapsing following an attack by the US regime. The image bore a striking resemblance to the collapse of the towers on September 11th. Despite the fact this was,…

Odyssey To Africa’s Last Colony

Published: July 19, 2026 14:44

In the run-up to its theatrical release, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey became embroiled in online polemics after Elon Musk attacked the movie’s supposed “woke” casting. Yet beyond this contrived spectacle lies a far more important criticism to be made of…

“Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute”: Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups

Published: July 19, 2026 14:29

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations. The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit “on the resurgence of political terrorism,” where Miller described the…

What Andy Burnham Really Thinks About Palestine

Published: July 19, 2026 14:22

Who is the UK’s PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham? And what does his political record tell us about the next British government? In this episode of The Deep Dive, Ahmed is joined by investigative journalist Matt Kennard to examine Andy Burnham’s political career,…

DEFLOCK: Cities and States Are Fighting Back and Winning. Here’s The Law That Makes Flock Cameras A Felony.

Published: July 18, 2026 14:04

A Note From the Author What follows is a summary of how license plate surveillance cameras were installed across the country without public consent, the cities and states that have fought back and won, and what a law that ends the practice would contain.…

For Whom The Strait Tolls

Published: July 18, 2026 13:43

US President Donald Trump startled shipping companies and foreign governments earlier this week by announcing that the US would be charging a 20% toll for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump publicly embraced the idea of a tolled future for the…

SAS Drove Prisoners Off Forklifts ‘For Fun,’ Inquiry Told

Published: July 18, 2026 13:34

Damning evidence of the culture of Britain’s special forces, from their training camps in Herefordshire to the battlefields of Afghanistan, was released on Tuesday. It was disclosed by the judge-led inquiry set up in the wake of detailed reports of unarmed…

Soon It Will Be Illegal To Oppose Imperialism

Published: July 18, 2026 13:29

The British government has announced it is going to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an idea which on the face of it sounds ridiculous. The IRGC is the primary military branch of another country tasked with defending that country from hostile…

A Traumatized Landscape

Published: July 18, 2026 13:26

A landscape is not a thing. It is a network of relationships — between water and soil, between architecture and climate, between kinship and shared resources, between memory and the daily practices that renew it. When those relationships break, the…

Greentech New Deals in the Cities

Published: July 17, 2026 15:01

In Trump’s America the Greentech Revolution is being waged from below. Although Trump’s attacks have slowed the advance of fossil-free technologies in the US, they have not prevented communities, cities, and states from creating their own Greentech New…

A Protest Leader in Bolivia Speaks

Published: July 17, 2026 14:59

Bolivia has been rocked since early May by strikes, mass marches, and road blockades across the country as people demand the resignation of center-right president Rodrigo Paz. Paz’s election last fall brought an end to the two-decade-long political…

A Dream Deferred, but Still Alive

Published: July 17, 2026 14:56

On March 1, 1945, only six weeks before his death, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address to Congress that pointed toward a sweeping transformation of international relations. With the Axis powers tottering toward defeat in World War II,…

America’s Imperial Wars, Then and Now

Published: July 17, 2026 14:55

I recently drove to a gas station in Massachusetts to fill my tank with regular gas, the cheapest around, and, to my surprise, given what’s going on, it was only $4.59 a gallon. Okay, okay, I take back that “only” and admit it. It’s not good to joke about…

No to Crypto

Published: July 17, 2026 14:54

I’m sorry to say that several Democratic senators appear willing to support the CLARITY Act—a sweeping pro-crypto bill that will be voted on next week. All they’re demanding is that Republicans agree to a few cosmetic changes such as a slight toughening of…

The People of Asia Demand Sovereignty and Solidarity

Published: July 17, 2026 14:53

On March 4, 2026, a U.S. warship torpedoed and sank the unarmed Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The unlawful attack killed more than 80 Iranian sailors and injured more than 30, who were returning home after participating in…