Why Solidarity Is Vital To Freeing Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders
Mandeep Tiwana and Susan Marx Waging Nonviolence A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far…
Federal Court Blocks FIU’s Ban On Expressive Activities Inside University Buildings
Alexandra Martinez Prism A federal judge has temporarily blocked Florida International University (FIU) from enforcing its blanket ban on expressive activities inside university buildings. The ruling favored students who challenged…
The Danger Of Food Industry Deregulation Today
The ghost of Upton Sinclair. Rob Warzyniak, People’s World. When The Jungle was published in 1906, writer and journalist Upton Sinclair hoped his novel would advance socialism by exposing the…
LA Landlords Have A New Way To Make Renters Pay More
Erin Rode, LA Progressive. Tenant advocates say Ratio Utility Billing Systems function like hidden rent increases. By shifting unpredictable building costs onto renters. In Alicia Yu’s first post-college apartment, a…
The Transnational Technocratic Machine: Class War Behind The Flags
Gloria Guillo, Tortilla con Sal. How a Shared Global Technology Supply Chain Serves Transnational Elites Against Workers Everywhere. The story sold to populations is that the United States, China, Russia,…
Iran Vows Plan To Overcome US Economic Siege
News Desk, The Cradle. Dollar phase-out and domestic self-sufficiency. The Iranian supreme leader advocates domestic manufacturing as a solution for economic resilience amid Washington’s economic strangulation campaign. In a statement…
You Could Be Next: Trump’s Gestapo Tactics Are Getting Worse
Wake up, America. You’re living in a nightmare. Robert Reich Common Dreams Imagine living in a country that can arrest and imprison you whenever it wants, without any judge or…
Trump Accused of Using Iran War Energy Crisis as ‘Cover for a Resource Grab’ in Venezuela
“Oil reserves in Venezuela will do nothing to lower families’ bills today,” said one campaigner. Joaje Johnson Common Dreams President Donald Trump was accused over the weekend of exploiting an…
CEOs Get Rich Underpaying Their Workers and Then Don’t Stand Up for Them
Sarah Anderson Inequality.org Low-wage US workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. Aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions have terrorized…
The Mocha Monopoly: How Yemen’s Dominance Of The Global Coffee Trade Birthed The Houthi Rebels
Ibrahim Al-Marashi The Conversation The Red Sea often makes headlines as the launch site for attacks on oil tankers and infrastructure by the Houthi rebels, a political and religious group…
Free Speech Groups Sound Alarm on “Red Scare” Repression of ICE Watch Activists
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Advocates asked a court to unseal more details on Trump’s surveillance of churches, schools, and libraries in Minnesota. Free speech…
John Mearsheimer and Chris Hedges: Trump’s Economic War on Iran Is a Desperate ‘Hail Mary’
With its military options exhausted and China, Russia and key regional powers refusing to isolate Tehran, Washington is flailing in a war it cannot win. The Iran War Is the…
Journalist Shot By ICE Could Lose Arm
Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Detained For 300-Plus Days. In December, a United States judge dismissed the case against detained journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias with prejudice, ruling that the U.S. government…
The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid And The Collusive International Silence
Dan Steinbock Informed Comment Today, the West Bank is a nightmare of vicious settlement expansion, land seizure, economic strangulation, settler violence and forced displacement. With the collusion of the Israeli…