Jacobin
- Australia’s Right Wants to Ban “Globalize the Intifada”
In Australia, the Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) is considering whether to ban the slogan “globalize the intifada.” This follows moves in the UK to criminalize the slogan, and the NSW government has similarly justified the push by arguing that the slogan “is hate speech and encouraging of violence in our community.” Their argument
- In Harlem, a Democratic Socialist Takes On the Dem Machine
When Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race last fall, he proved that socialism could win citywide, even against a well-funded establishment opponent and a media-enabled red-baiting campaign. In the wake of Mamdani’s victory, a new cohort of democratic socialist challengers is looking to build on that momentum. Darializa Avila Chevalier is one
- Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
The US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro forms part of a declared plan from the Trump administration for imperial retrenchment in the western hemisphere. Donald Trump and his allies have already made threats of further military aggression against countries like Cuba and Colombia. How seriously should we take those threats, and
- How Economists Depoliticized the Economy
It’s the autumn of 1920, and we are in Brussels. Politicians and economists from across Europe sit at worktables, gathered for the first international economic conference in history. Despite the formal tones and elegant attire, the tension in the air is palpable. Their statements reveal a sense of encirclement, even anguish, over what they consider
- Crypto and Big Banks Fight Over Who Gets to Fleece You
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are embroiled in a legislative slugfest over which business interests will get to fleece more of their customers’ money. A loophole under current law allows stablecoins — crypto tokens pegged to the US dollar — to essentially pay interest on their investors’ holdings, similar to a bank account except without
Dissident Voice
- Why Are Chronically Low-performing Charter Schools Renewed?
The easy answer is greed, profit, and kickbacks. But how are such actions undertaken so frequently? One of the most fundamental rationales put forward decades ago by charter school advocates for why charter schools should exist is the so-called “accountability-for-results” bargain. The basic “logic” here is that traditional public schools are “unaccountable failing monopolies” controlled The post Why Are Chronically Low-performing Charter Schools Renewed? first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- The Measure of Our Plans
Human achievement is often celebrated as personal success, but its true value lies in its impact on the world around us. Fourteen years ago, I asked whether our accomplishments serve more than our own ambition. Today, that question is unavoidable. Every degree earned, every promotion secured, every innovation celebrated shapes the world we share — The post The Measure of Our Plans first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Our Right to be Human and the Need to be Humane
Yeah, this latest column/commentary of mine came out Dec. 31, in the Lincoln County Leader. You have to understand my method, though: while I am a full-fledged communist, I have to navigate my local community. I have already been banned from teaching in the k12 system, at the local community college. I am an unemployable The post Our Right to be Human and the Need to be Humane first appeared on Dissident Voice.
The Real News Network
- Mark Carney warns ‘American hegemony’ is destroying world order in candid speech
States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.
- ‘Protect our routes, get ICE out’: postal workers rally in Minneapolis
Rank-and-file postal workers march in South Minneapolis, demanding ICE leave Minnesota. Marchers show support for the January 23 shutdown across Minnesota.
- Florida’s temp industry extends incarceration into the workplace
“There's about 900,000 people in Florida, which is about 4% of the state's population, that are doing temp work on a yearly basis.”
The Progressive
- HUD Is Making a Mess of Housing Policy
When the federal government becomes unpredictable, homeless services are put at risk.
- Private Equity is Coming for American Energy
In Northeast Minnesota, a BlackRock subsidiary’s shady acquisition of an electric utility points to a nationwide threat to energy consumers.
- It’s a Police State in Minnesota
Minnesota is experiencing a state-wide police riot backed by the full authority of the federal government.
Z Network
- Review of James Douglass’ Martyrs to the Unspeakable
James Douglass, longtime antinuclear activist and author of the bestselling JFK and the Unspeakable, has written his life’s work. Martyrs to the Unspeakable builds on the work of its predecessor, which detailed Kennedy’s turn toward peace during the Cold War and his resulting death at the hands of his own government. Martyrs broadens and deepens
- After Bondi, Australia Faces a Foreign Policy Choice
Australia has entered one of those rare diplomatic moments when grief at home collides with moral judgment abroad, and when a single invitation carries meanings far beyond the bounds of protocol. The decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre has become more than an act of
- The Train of Regeneration: Green Peace for the Oases from Béchar to Tindouf
Facing the strategic challenges in Algeria’s Southwest — water security, sustainable resource management, territorial stability, and socio-economic development — it is essential to complement major national projects with integrated approaches capable of amplifying their long-term benefits. This contribution aims to do just that. It offers a complementary perspective on a state-led infrastructure project, exploring how
Occupy.com
- Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Is the Exact Illegal Order the 6 Democrats Warned Us About
Regardless of the motive for the boat strikes in the Caribbean, the Sept. 2 strike has sparked bipartisan outrage among members of Congress who have oversight over the Pentagon.
FAIR
- All Bezos’ Groveling Didn’t Stop Trump’s FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter’s Home
The Trump administration's raid on Natanson's home is the latest escalation in a history of government attacks on whistleblowing.
- Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
- I Wish I’d Been Wrong About What ‘Control of the Border’ Would Look Like
Sixteen years later, Ross Douthat has gotten the kind of sincerity on immigration control that he wanted. How does it look?
Counterpunch
- Trump’s Ignoble Interventions: How “Regional Imperialism” Leads to World War
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president for the first time, someone asked me in a public forum whether I thought he was a fascist. I replied that Trump was an ultra-nationalist conservative who would attempt to privatize public services, further empower the oligarchs, and reverse many liberal social policies – but that two essential aspects of fascism were missing from his MAGA agenda. One was a commitment to conduct aggressive wars against “inferior” nations deemed to threaten the security of the Sacred Homeland. The second was the militarization of domestic society, accompanied by uncontrolled executive power, widespread denials of civil rights, and campaigns of state terror against the Leader’s real or fancied opponents. More The post Trump’s Ignoble Interventions: How “Regional Imperialism” Leads to World War appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Trump’s Foreign Policy, the Comic Book Edition
Writers often try to gild their tawdry times or dignify their flawed leaders with lofty literary analogies — notably, America as the New Jerusalem; Lincoln as Moses leading his people through the wilderness of the Civil War; the Kennedy White House as an incarnation of King Arthur’s “Camelot“; or Lyndon Johnson living his last years as a latter-day King Lear, cast off by his ungrateful children into the moors of south Texas. More The post Trump’s Foreign Policy, the Comic Book Edition appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- South Sudan After the Pilgrimage: When Moral Attention Isn’t Enough
Nearly two years after Pope Francis’s unprecedented ecumenical pilgrimage to South Sudan, the country is once again sliding towards violence, underscoring the futility of moral attention without political follow-through. The February 2023 visit, undertaken alongside the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain More The post South Sudan After the Pilgrimage: When Moral Attention Isn’t Enough appeared first on CounterPunch.org.