Jacobin

  • A Fight for the Soul of One of Australia’s Biggest Unions

    Union density in Australia has been in free fall for decades. In 1992, nearly 40 percent of workers were union members; today, that figure hovers around 12.5 percent for public sector unions. In the private sector it is closer to 8 percent. Strikes and industrial action have collapsed even more dramatically. Militancy has not simply

  • Is Palantir Under Contract to Surveil the Federal Workforce?

    Palantir, the Donald Trump–connected spy-tech and AI firm, just scored a no-bid government contract potentially worth millions to help the Agriculture Department implement the White House’s divisive return-to-office directive. Under the guise of national security, the highly “sensitive” tasks to be handled by the billion-dollar tech behemoth will include “employee seat assignments” and “space utilization.” Despite

  • The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon

    There’s only one time in American history to look to if we’re seeking a rapid and lasting revitalization of unions, and that’s the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the mid-1930s. There were many things that made that particular moment successful, but one of the key ones was that they took aim

  • The Iraq War Was Not About Oil

    In the wake of a full-scale assault on Iran by the United States and Israel, and the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, oil-based theories of imperialism are understandably getting attention. As we approach the twenty-three-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, this perilous moment gives us an opportunity to revisit arguments that the

  • The Toxic Finance Behind Europe’s Plans for Ukraine

    When the euro crisis hit in early 2010, with Greece the first domino to fall, all it took to surmise that Europe had no intention of resolving the euro crisis was one good look at the toxic finance the EU concocted in response. Today one good look at the toxic finance the EU is deploying

Dissident Voice

  • International Law Needs International Enforcement

    Donald Trump’s war of choice in the Middle East is but the latest indication that the system of international law―which provides guidelines for the behavior of nations in world affairs―is crumbling. In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, after thousands of years of violent international conflict, efforts to establish global norms for nations in connection The post International Law Needs International Enforcement appeared first on Dissident Voice.

  • It’s About Children and Education: Melania Trump at the UN Security Council

    Former British Conservative politician and current pundit Rory Stewart thought it might have been a case of artificial intelligence.  Many would have agreed.  The US First Lady, Melania Trump, had chanced upon a situation where she was chairing the UN Security Council.  It was the turn of the United States to assume the Presidency of the The post It’s About Children and Education: Melania Trump at the UN Security Council appeared first on Dissident Voice.

  • The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

    The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors have already debunked. But beyond the false pretext lies an even more pressing question that The post The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy appeared first on Dissident Voice.

Mother Jones

  • Prepping for the Apocalypse? You May Want to Pack a Little Treat.

    This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some people spend more time than others imagining what they’ll do when the world ends. Survivalist movements have long urged adherents to focus on the details: How much food and water will you need if the power goes out? Where are

  • “Black Rain” and a School Massacre: The Latest From Trump’s War on Iran

    While the Trump administration claims that they have the war in Iran under control, devastating consequences are mounting from the military campaign in the region.  On Saturday, the president said aboard Air Force One that the war was only “a minor excursion” that would continue “for a little while.” Trump was on his way back

  • New Footage Yet Again Contradicts DHS Claims About Its Killing of a US Citizen

    Body camera footage newly obtained by CBS News shows the moments leading up to and after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot US citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in March 2025 and contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the killing.  Martinez was 23 when an agent killed him in his car last

  • DHS Wants to Build a System to Surveil Americans’ Travel Records

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers’ flights and other personal information according to previously unreported documents reviewed by Mother Jones. These agencies have asked for feedback from the private sector on whether this tool can be made, or if something like

  • Former Staff Show How Trump Acted to Upend EPA’s Mission and “Make America Sicker”

    This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a new report that outlines a dozen high-risk pollutants given new life thanks to weakened, delayed or rescinded regulations, the Environmental Protection Network (EPN), a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of hundreds of former Environmental Protection Agency staff, warns that

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  • March 8th Between The Legacy Of Working Women’s Struggles And Socialist Feminism

    The beginnings: when working women paved the way for us today On March 8, we do not recall a passing memory; we recall a history of fire, struggle, and confrontation against the conditions that weighed heavily on working women. This day was shaped by the hands of women workers in factories and raised by the

  • The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

    The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors have already debunked. But beyond the false pretext lies an even more pressing question that

  • Trumpism à la Banana Republic: Authoritarian Destruction of the Public Sphere in Ecuador

    The situation in Ecuador under Daniel Noboa’s government is one of authoritarianism advancing on several fronts simultaneously to consolidate neoliberalism and total submission to the US international agenda. These are not isolated measures, but rather a coordinated strategy that combines job insecurity, the dismantling of the welfare state, unrestricted access to mining, the continuation of oil exploitation

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Counterpunch

  • Imperial Blowback and Communal Rebellion

    In the middle of my phone call with an ICE observer in Minneapolis, a helicopter flew overhead. She was smoking outside of her home in a northern neighborhood of the city. Throughout the rest of the call, several drones streamed through the sky. “We have helicopters every night,” she said, “We hear whistles and horns To read this article, log in here or subscribe here. If you are logged in but can't read CP+ articles, check the status of your access here In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. More The post Imperial Blowback and Communal Rebellion appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

  • What We do in the Election Booth is Not the Same as Activism

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  • Roaming Charges: Calling All Angels!

    Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons. Iran has none. If Iran were really planning a preemptive strike on Israel, that would pretty much invalidate the notion of nuclear deterrence. Let’s get rid of them all! On the other hand, would Trump and Israel have risked launching a preemptive attack on Iran if the Islamic Republic possessed its own nuclear arsenal? Unlikely. (It’s more likely Trump would have written love letters to the Ayatollah, ala his endearing correspondence with Kim Jong-Un.) I think it’s safe to conclude that Iran had no plans to preemptively attack Israel or the US. More The post Roaming Charges: Calling All Angels! appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Antiwar.com

  • In Iran, Israel’s Morbid Military Cult Now Has the US Fully in Its Grip

    The admission this week by US secretary of state Marco Rubio, echoed by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, that Israel forced Washington’s hand in attacking Iran has rightly caused consternation. Breathing life into something that would normally be treated as an antisemitic trope, Rubio argued that the Trump administration had been left