1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (805+ words) scheerpost.com Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on Iran Is Bringing Down the American Empire “I don’t think we live in a functioning democracy—and that has been true for some time.” Hedges Six months into the disastrous U.S.-Israeli…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (294+ words) “What I do feel is the urge to resist, resist and never stop resisting or even think of stopping my resistance until victory falls to me.” (“Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson,” 1970) This is why Black August is…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (574+ words) Juan Cole Informed Comment The phony controversy cooked up by rightwingers over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s participation in the upcoming anniversary mourning the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York is mired in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (812+ words) Sarah Lazare, In These Times. As wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes intensify, workers are increasingly fighting for basic protections on top of everything else. Inside the factory, workers cook caramel and dip and prepare caramel apples on assembly lines, before…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (384+ words) The presiding judge in the Teledyne Three case, Driver, has imposed restrictions on the defense which threatens them with a “terrorism connection” if they attempt to explain the motives behind their actions. The British media is currently forbidden from reporting…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago   (925+ words) scheerpost.com What Fidel Castro Gave Us Fidel Castro would have turned 100 this week. His revolutionary legacy of reminds us that breaking free from neocolonial plunder demands the rigorous construction of productive capacity and an unyielding commitment to human dignity....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1534+ words) Last week, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan signed a defense pact that raised eyebrows around the globe. Although the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement had been discussed publicly for some time, its actual conclusion raises questions about its implications for the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (555+ words) Five years on from seizing power in Kabul on August 15 2021 and consolidating its hold through the whole of Afghanistan, the Taliban claims to have ended the country’s decades-long war and achieved security. But it is difficult to verify the security…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (675+ words) I could tell that Yotam Marom’s debut book, “For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness,” might shift how movement workers think — about telling the truth, and about the personal and political transformation actually required to win and wield…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (400+ words) Cami Saunders, Fight Back! News Portland, OR – On August 11, a Multnomah County jury found Dr. Catherine Esperanza guilty of the bogus charge of “interfering with a police officer” after the Portland Police Bureau violently arrested her for protesting outside the…...