Socialism Is Slow To Mature
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. The capitalist system rewards short-term cycles. Building a dignified future is a slow task that requires disciplined organisation and an enduring struggle to…
This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.
Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica, illustrations by Shoshana Gordon, ProPublica Co-published with Arizona Luminaria More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions. An $11,000 golf cart. $1.5 million…
Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for War
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the…
Despite Trump’s Oil Blockade, the Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba
By Kurt Hackbarth This article was originally published by Truthout People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won’t simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of…
“Alice in Wonderland Garbage” — Chris Hedges on America’s War Delusions
Chris Hedges, Stephen Walt and Ryan Grim on America’s Failing War Machine Joshua Scheer As the United States sinks deeper into another catastrophic Middle East confrontation, veteran journalist Chris Hedges…
Israel is a Democracy . . . a Profoundly Racist Democracy
Yakov M. Rabkin Informed Comment Israel is a democracy. This makes it difficult to hide the inconvenient fact that it is profoundly racist. The recent episode involving Minister Ben-Gvir taunting…
Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Backlash to Flock cameras and AI systems is exploding after scandals, including police using the tech to stalk women. In…
Alex Saab And The Fragility Of The Solidarity Movement
Michelle Ellner for CodePink The recent deportation of Alex Saab from Caracas to the U.S. on May 18, 2026, has generated shock, confusion, anger, and intense debate across sectors of…
From Ersatz Fear to Epic Fury
How Media Glorification of Vigilantes and Militarism Can Backfire Mischa Geracoulis for Project Censored On December 22, 1984, Bernie Goetz—“the subway vigilante”—shot four unarmed Black teenagers on a New York…
A Discussion on the New Novel ‘Palaces of the Crow’ (w/ Ray Nayler) | The Chris Hedges Report
Chris Hedges Report “We tell the stories that perpetuate the narrative or the myth we want, and we erase the others,” Chris Hedges states in this interview with Ray Nayler…
How the Yellow Vests Attempted to Rebuild the Urban Periphery of Paris: A Book Excerpt
Ida Susser Adapted from The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy: Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Century. In June 2019, a group of Yellow Vests,…
‘Buffer Zone’ Is Media’s Euphemism for Israeli Occupation
Gregory Shupak for FAIR Since October 2023, Israel has occupied vast stretches of territory in Gaza, Syria and, most recently, Lebanon. Corporate media have been reluctant to use clear, direct…
World War Trump
In the Trumpian Age, Every Accusation Is Also a Confession Nick Turse Tom Dispatch “It’s got no anything,” President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. “All…
Ron Kovic: From Vietnam’s Horror to a Lifelong Fight Against the Madness of War
Joshua Scheer Ron Kovic’s life is more than a story about Vietnam — it is a brutal indictment of the machinery of war itself. A young man raised on Hollywood…
“I Am a Jew”: Jeffrey Wernick’s Moral Reckoning With Netanyahu’s Israel
Invoking the words of Jewish prophets, Ahad Ha’am, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, and Hannah Arendt, Jeffrey Wernick delivers a blistering moral indictment of the Israeli state’s transformation from refuge to…