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  • Cloud is a Techno-Thriller for the Age of Online Hustle Culture

    In his 2001 horror classic Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa portrays the internet as a space of dark enchantment, a portal for evil spirits to invade the world of the living. Cloud, a new thriller which sees Kurosawa return to the subject twenty-four years later, contends with a vastly different online environment: whatever enchantment existed on the

  • How Rome’s Rulers Tried to Stamp Out the Right to Protest

    Protesters have taken to the streets to make their voices heard in huge numbers across the globe this year. According to data published by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, June 2025 had the second-highest number of demonstrations in a single month within the United States, topped only by June 2020, at

  • Indonesia’s Rulers Are Whitewashing the Crimes of Suharto

    Working in the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith obediently repeated the INGSOC slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” While I can’t confirm that Fadli Zon, Indonesia’s minister of culture, has read George Orwell’s 1984, it seems likely that he would have at least encountered it during

  • The Many Lives of James Baldwin

    James Baldwin has become the literary pinup of a generation. In 2025, he is everywhere: his most famous quotations stamped on viral infographics while his face is sold on mugs, t-shirts, and tote bags. The Fire Next Time has become a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, redesignated as a how-to guide for dismantling

  • Growing Old in a Time of Neoliberalism

    The French sociologist Didier Eribon’s memoir Returning to Reims defined how a generation came to understand what he called “the hidden injuries of class.” Originally published in 2009, when the rise of the far right was still only a looming threat, not the defining feature of politics in the advanced capitalist world, it offered a

Shadowproof

  • Shadowproof Is Shutting Down

    After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is coming entirely to an end. The post Shadowproof Is Shutting Down appeared first on Shadowproof.

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      Mother Jones

      • Laura Loomer’s Latest Victim: Visas For Critically Injured Palestinian Kids

        Laura Loomer, the far-right provocateur and conspiracy theorist who has described herself as a “proud Islamophobe,” has proven to have particular sway with President Donald Trump. The latest example came on Saturday, when the State Department halted all visitor visas to people from Gaza, including humanitarian medical visas for injured children. The announcement followed Loomer’s days-long posting

      • Melania Trump’s Weird, Vague Letter to Putin

        First Lady Melania Trump tends to be seen more often than she is heard. But when she does speak, it’s often hard to forget. Take, for example, her infamous profanity-laden tirade against having to decorate the White House for Christmas, per tradition, and criticism for being “complicit” in the policy of separating immigrant families during

      • After Maui’s Fires, Native Hawaiian Families Face a New Threat: Foreclosure

        This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a Native Hawaiian teenager growing up in West Maui, Mikey Burke couldn’t wait to leave. “All my life, I thought I was bigger than this town, bigger than the village, and I was going to go somewhere and make something of

      • As Feds Flaunt Trump’s Takeover, DC Pushes Back

        In a small park in northwest Washington on Friday, a group of what appeared to be eight federal agents posed for a picture in front of an anti-ICE banner. Then they tore down the sign and departed with it. In its place, they appeared to have left a dildo. We can’t be sure how much

      • The Trump-Putin Summit Was a Win for Russia

        During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would end the Russia-Ukraine war in the first 24 hours of his presidency. Eight months in, he has left a summit with President Vladimir Putin without a deal. Trump went into Friday’s meeting in Anchorage with the goal of securing a ceasefire, telling reporters on Air

      Dissident Voice

      • A Coinkydink?

        Has there been an increase in hearing ambulance sirens? The post A Coinkydink? first appeared on Dissident Voice.

      • US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation

        Photo: AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Now, six months later, his high stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska may have put the United States and Russia on a new path toward peace, or, if this initiative fails, could trigger an even The post US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation first appeared on Dissident Voice.

      • Rise Up for Our Planet: September 18-21

        It is crystal clear that millions of US Americans are prepared to organize and take action to fight the efforts of the Trump regime to impose a form of 21st Century fascism on the USA. From the first youth-led, #50501 actions in all 50 states on February 5 to the more than five million people who The post Rise Up for Our Planet: September 18-21 first appeared on Dissident Voice.

      The Progressive

      • The Intergenerational Hang

        What older people need is younger friends. The intergenerational hang is the most natural answer to the problem of elder isolation.

      • Medicaid Is Not a Luxury, It’s a Lifeline

        As someone with a chronic illness, I rely on Medicaid. It's no gravy train—and the system is forcing the disabled community into poverty.

      • A Tsunami of Callousness

        Baby boomers are rapidly surpassing sixty-five. We don't have adequate public health care infrastructure to support them as they age.

      Counterpunch

      • How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left

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      • Breaking Israel’s Genocide Must Take Priority Over Climate Change

        Unprecedented numbers of heat records have been broken in locations throughout the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and even more records will fall in coming years. Meanwhile, Israel’s mass slaughter and starvation of Palestinians is escalating day by day. And the United States is a central player in creating and sustaining both catastrophes.  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 Breaking Israel’s Genocide Must Take Priority Over Climate Change appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

      • Evil Under the Sun

        Saif Helles, a child from Gaza City, died of starvation. This image of young Saif’s emaciated body, as striking as Mantegna’s Lamentation of the Dead Christ, was photographed by Aziz Khalil. It was one of the last postings by Anas Al-Sharif before he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, as he slept in a tent 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 Evil Under the Sun appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

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      • Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska

        Reprinted with permission from The Realist Review This week’s summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska is an opportunity for Russia and the West to negotiate a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. There will be no perfect solution—for any settlement to resemble a just peace, each side will necessarily have to come away dissatisfied. We believe

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