The Strait of Hormuz in World History & the Present Crisis
Brian Ulrich Informed Comment During the past seven months, the world has seen the significance of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial chokepoint not only for oil, but natural gas,…
Inside The Successful Campaign Against Illegal Chinese Mining In Africa
Tsitsi Bhobo Waging Nonviolence When the shrill of heavy earthmoving machinery crept towards Elias Mlambo’s riverside banana plantations in February, the sudden brownish color of the river alarmed him. The…
Shooting And Craving: On NAZA And The Mediated Obscene
The documentary film by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor follows the predictable script of the regretful soldier, but the subjects in NAZA express something darker: mourning the loss of power.…
Books or Bombs? France’s Student Revolt vs. NATO’s Spending Push
Medea Benjamin MintPress News For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their education. They want more…
Who Controls Brazil’s Political Feed? Meta’s Election-Season Changes Raise Alarms
An account from a Meta Brazil worker raises questions about automated censorship, corporate power and who gets heard during an election. A billionaire doesn’t need to own the ballot box…
Lee Camp: State Violence at Home, Genocide Abroad—and a System Built to Protect Both
Joshua Scheer Lee Camp and Eleanor Goldfield discuss protests after an ICE agent shot a father with his child in the car, an anonymous collective documenting Gaza’s genocide, and AI…
What’s Shameful Is That No Party Before The Greens Called Zionism Racist
Jonathan Cook Substack It is not shameful that the Green Party adopted a motion equating Zionism with racism at its annual party conference at the weekend. What’s shameful is that…
Navi Pillay Wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The World Still Fails to Stop Genocide
Joshua Scheer Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize is a rare victory for someone who confronted power and told the truth. To mark that recognition, we are sharing the September 16,…
‘Why Would You Need Courage to Speak the Truth?’: Navi Pillay, Who Led UN Report on Gaza Genocide, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Jon Queally Common Dreams “Thank you so much,” said the international jurist in a moment of jest. “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with…
Border Patrol Unleashes Violence on Protesters Over Trump’s Border Wall
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance” tactics. Since construction began on…
Trump Messed With Texas. Now An Army Of Pissed-Off Texans Are Fighting His Border Wall
Maximillian Alvarez and Jules Taylor TRNN President Trump has renewed his efforts to “Build the Wall” in areas along the US-Mexico Border that don’t currently have border barriers—including the Big…
Why Doesn’t Iran Concede under US Pressure? The Limits of Coercion
Mohammad Amin Ahmadi Informed Comment In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, U.S. President Donald Trump said that before both major stages of the war…
Axios Looks for Silver Lining in Trump’s Tinfoil Economy
Jim Naureckas FAIR Axios (10/5/26) thinks it’s spotted a mystery: “President Trump’s economic data keeps getting stronger. His economic polling keeps getting worse by the day.” Or as the political…
Naomi Klein: End Times Fascism: The Billionaires Are Planning Their Escape—and Leaving Us to Burn
Joshua Scheer The billionaires selling us the future are making plans to escape it. They promise artificial intelligence will liberate humanity while concentrating the wealth and power to decide whose…
After 3 Years, Mainstream Media Accepts That Netanyahu Knew Oct 7 Would Happen—And Allowed It
Lee Camp Daily Dose of Sanity The mainstream corporate media — always a mere two to three years behind on every story — is finally coming to terms with (some…