College Demonstrations: Stopping a Genocide
Don’t let the media get it twisted. It’s not about encampments. It’s about stopping a genocide.
What Is This “New Russian Space Threat”? by Joel Weisberg
Exaggerating and hyping a “new” Russian threat revives Cold War fears, moves us further away from negotiation and cooperation, and provides the rationale that we’ve seen countless times before to increase military spending. This article examines if, and how seriously we need to take media reports. Image: 1957, More
Making a Killing: Weapons of War, by Brian Chval
The return on jobs is paltry at best, while sectors that create far more jobs relative to the money spent, such as education, green energy, health care, and infrastructure – sectors that could actually serve to create a better future – are grossly underfunded.
WILPF on WATER: UN Rapporteur, Indigenous Women of RISE, San Francisco Bay,
Military money could be used for human needs in this country and for the protection of the environment and the ecology and water for all people and living creatures.
To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Responses to the debate
Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?
Chris Hedges: You Saved Julian Assange
This sustained pressure — during a London hearing in 2020, to my delight, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser of the Old Bailey court overseeing Julian’s case, complained about the noise protestors were making in the street outside — shines a continuous light on injustice and exposes the amorality of the ruling class.
Glenn Greenwald: Julian Assange’s Plea Deal: EXPLAINED
Unless you are somebody who has been in [Assange’s] position and has shown a willingness to sacrifice even more than Assange has ─ nobody has any standing to object to what Assange chose to do [in pleading guilty to charges of espionage] but that doesn't mean that the decision they forced him into [for freedom] isn't incredibly dangerous to the Press freedoms that the United States repeatedly claims around the world that it protects.
Greg Palast: If We Don’t Expose it, this old Klan Scam Will Pick Your President, by Thom Hartmann
A note from Greg Palast: The Trump plan for 2024 is taken from the KKK plan of 1946, when the Klan incorporated itself in Georgia as “Vigilantes Inc.” specifically to eliminate every Black citizen from the voter rolls. And now, a new Vigilantes Inc. operation is back — for Trump. The exact same plan as the KKK 1940’s scheme — now powered by billionaires’ loot.
Nero’s Guests in Palestine, by Chris Hedges
Hatred is a dangerous political commodity. The Palestinian “human animals,” when eradicated or subdued, will be replaced by Jewish apostates and traitors. A politics of hatred creates a permanent instability, exploited by those seeking the destruction of civil society.
Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism, by Joseph Stiglitz
Neoliberalism was predicated on the belief that unfettered markets are the most efficient means of achieving optimal outcomes. Yet even in the early days of neoliberalism’s ascendancy, economists had already established that unregulated markets are neither efficient nor stable, let alone conducive to generating a socially acceptable distribution of income.
Capitalism Can’t Overcome the Laws of Physics, by Pete Dolak
The infrastructure to build solar panels, windmills and all else will use large amounts of resources, including toxic “rare earth” minerals. Renewable energy, although vital if we are to have a future, isn’t a shortcut to reversing global warming.
We Can Safeguard Democracy Without Giving in to Fear and More Policing
Resourcing and pursuing alternate pathways to dialogue and holding space for conflict nonviolently is crucial for safeguarding democracy and fostering community safety.
War on the Planet: An Exploration of the Local, National, and Worldwide Connections Between Imperialism, Militarism, Environmental Destruction, and Climate Chaos
“Climate justice, will come from affirming the rights of political, economic, and cultural self-determination for all peoples.”
How to Get Press for Peace Activists, with Norman Solomon and Kathy Kelly
Speaking truth to AND ABOUT power with Kathy Kelly and Norman Solomon.
Assange Wins! Highlights of the Day
Stella (Assange's wife): Thank you. I want to be very clear today marks a turning point. We went into court and we sat and heard the United States fumbling through their arguments trying to paint lipstick on a pig; they are pigs, Well, the judges were not convinced [Applause]. Everyone can see what's going on here. The United States case is offensive; it offends our Democratic principles; it offends our right to know. It is an attack on journalists everywhere, people everywhere. [Applause]
Patrick Lawrence: Putin and Xi in Beijing: Steps into the 21st Century
It will be a long walk through the 21st century before Russia, China and the rest of the non–West arrive at the new world order these nations advocate. They will get there. Some important steps were taken in Beijing and Harbin this week. This is how history’s wheel turns.
Student Protests and the Rise of U.S. Authoritarianism, by Thad Baltimore
At the heart of student protest demands is the divestiture of university finances from companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation in Palestine. This points to one reason university presidents are resistant to student demands — the corporatization of universities.
Rejecting the Facade: Unveiling the Ecological Toll of War and Genocide
At the heart of this destructive cycle lies a perverse economic incentive, where war becomes a lucrative business at the expense of both people and the planet.
Patrick Lawrence: University—An Attack on Intelligence
Will someone explain why we hear daily about all this antisemitism but cannot see anything of it more than the odd, unalarming case—the everyday here-and-there variety? Someone, anyone?
Chris Hedges: Sermon for Gaza
This sublime madness is the essential quality for a life of resistance. It is the acceptance that when you stand with the oppressed you will be treated like the oppressed. It is the acceptance that, although empirically all that we struggled to achieve during our lifetime may be worse, our struggle validates itself.