Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were) by Eve Babitz
A Review By STEVE WASSERMAN Last things first: Eve Babitz is a major minor L.A. writer who died five years ago at age 78. She spent nearly a quarter-century as…
Thanks to Trump, College and University Presidents Have Accrued Even More Power on Their Campuses
Austin Sarat ScheerPost While the Trump Administration has suffered numerous defeats in its effort to punish America’s leading universities, it has succeeded in many ways in changing the prevailing culture…
Can The Economic Blockade On Iran Succeed This Time?
Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini Middle East Monitor On 24 August, the Trump administration launched an operation called “Economic Outcast”, describing it as the largest economic offensive ever undertaken against Iran’s…
Israel Is Cementing its Control Over The West Bank And East Jerusalem While The World Is Distracted
Martin Kear, University of Sydney With the world’s attention focused on the ongoing US-Iran conflict and the delicate negotiations over the fate of Gaza, it’s easy to overlook what’s happening…
The Next Election May Be Our Last
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump is determined to subvert the midterms. All that can save us, if he succeeds, is a national strike. The Trump White House has put into…
The Looming Failure Of Operation Economic Outcast
Jeffrey D Sachs and Sybil Fares Al Jazeera Last week, Pakistan announced that it will not comply with the latest sanctions the United States imposed on Iran and will continue…
Gaza Journalists Released From Israeli Jails Say Their Jobs Made Them Targets
By Ohood Nassar This article was originally published by Truthout What happens when journalistic work itself becomes the justification for imprisonment, beatings, and insults? On August 9, 2026, Israeli authorities…
Poll: Americans Oppose Iran War, Blame it for Inflation, and Diss Trump’s Performance
Juan Cole Informed Comment A new University of Massachusetts-Amherst opinion poll, conducted August 21 – 26, finds profound American disillusionment with President Trump, with his Iran War, and with its…
Attacks On Communist Ideology Using Marxist Terminology
Leo Schwarz, The Left Chapter. Gabriel Rockhill’s book on the emergence of the “compatible” intellectual left in Western countries. Book Review: Gabriel Rockhill, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?…
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…