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Are We Good Americans?
Michael Albert ·
If our country wipes out a civilization, and even if our country doesn’t but was ready to, was even eager to, will we all have lunch tomorrow like any other day? Will we get up, get out...
No Kings Now, and Then More
Michael Albert ·
No Kings is historically good at mobilizing. Radicals and revolutionaries need to be historically good at compatibly organizing.
A Few Hopefully Non Redundant Ruminations on Epstein, Chomsky, and Us
Michael Albert ·
Jeffrey Epstein was a horrifying but oddly “talented” specimen of humanity. He had some combination of “qualities” that facilitated his assembling an
Send the Billionaires' Kids to Fight Trump's Iran War
Thom Hartmann ·
Have you noticed the people most excited about bombing Iran are almost never sending their own kids?
The Hoop Has More Than Two Points: A Compassionate Critique of Pat McCabe's Sacred Gender Essentialism
Stuart Parkinson ·
Pat McCabe asks the right question about masculine and feminine - then answers it by building a more beautiful cage. Sapolsky, Eisler, and Yoruba cosmology suggest the Hoop of Life has...
Wes Jackson: a Misfit Trying to Change the Future of Farming
Robert Jensen ·
Jackson was ahead of his time in seeing not only problems in agriculture but what he called the problem of agriculture, the millennia of soil erosion and soil degradation caused by...
A Revolutionary Intercommunal Mutualist Critique of Colin Jenkin's Black Panther Party “Blueprint” Frame
United Panther Party – U.S. ·
An addendum to "An Ideal Blueprint: The Original Black Panther Party Model and Why It Should be Duplicated" by Colin Jenkins (2014), posted by Films For Action
Trump's ICE Goons Are Targeting Hard Workers, Our Friends, Neighbors, and Families—Not the 'Worst of the Worst'
Robert Reich ·
Showing that only 14% of 400,000 people arrested by federal agents have violent criminal records, leaked figures from the Department of Homeland Security have not received the news...
Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency?
Thom Hartmann ·
History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. Wake up, people.
Another Murder in Minneapolis
Robert Reich ·
Trump's domestic army continues its rampage. We must fight back.
Putting a Stop to Trump's Gestapo Begins With You
Robert Reich ·
Let’s be clear. The problem is not the protesters. It’s the armed thugs who are shooting and murdering them.
Trump Declares War on Everyone
Robert Reich ·
Trump has unleashed violence on America’s streets for much the same reason he has unleashed violence on Latin America and is planning to unleash it elsewhere: to display his own strength.
More and More Americans Want to Abolish ICE
Martin Burns ·
Even before the Minneapolis shooting, polls showed public support for dropping Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Emergency Declaration: We Condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. Against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro
Current for Permanent Revolution - Fourth International (CPR-FI) ·
The CPR-FI categorically and vehemently condemns the military attack perpetrated by the United States against Venezuela. This is direct, deliberate, and criminal imperialist aggression...
10 Crucial Things You Can Do to Take on Trump in 2026
Robert Reich ·
Trump, his sycophants, and the billionaires behind him know that with the coming midterm elections, 2026 could be their last unconstrained chance to suppress democracy and siphon off...
Chomsky Reassessed?
Michael Albert ·
Knowing him for over half a century, I am confident that Noam’s hate for sexism, misogyny, racism, exploitation and fascism didn’t lose even a tiny fraction of its passion and clarity...
What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America
Martina Moneke ·
Christmas, once a time to gather, reflect, and renew our obligations to one another, and the social rituals that once cultivated empathy and reinforced civic responsibility, have been...
Can a New 'New Deal' Wipe Out Corporate Control of the Democratic Party?
Thom Hartmann ·
The exploding popularity of progressive politicians and the policies they embrace is not an anomaly. It's a signpost.
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
Robert Reich ·
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
The Dark Side of Gratitude: When Thankfulness Becomes a Tool of Control
Martina Moneke ·
Gratitude is celebrated as a virtue, but coerced thankfulness can reinforce inequality, stifle emotions, and keep us complacent.
Trump 2.0 Exposed the Rot at the Top; Now We Must Work to Fix It
Robert Reich ·
Playing the long game requires that the rest of us learn from this revolting era—learn why the wealthy and powerful must be constrained, and learn how to constrain them.
The Happiness Trap: Cultivating Contentment and Wonder as a Radical Path Forward
Martina Moneke ·
Forget chasing fleeting joy. The pursuit of happiness can leave us isolated, but cultivating contentment and wonder builds resilience, deepens connection, and makes life more enduring.
Trump's Anti-Immigrant Violence Is a Message for the Rest of Us
Thom Hartmann ·
This is how it always starts, this process of getting citizens used to the government using violence that will one day be turned against them.
The Travesty of the Nobel Peace Prize
Partha Banerjee ·
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has once again gone to someone whose moral record stands at sharp odds with the spirit of peace itself—someone who has either openly justified or quietly...
The Next Person in a Cell With No Charges Could Be You
Thom Hartmann ·
We are now in the midst of a outright coup against the Constitution, against the United States, and against our founding ideals. If we don't fight for and win the release of Kilmar...
Trump's Neofascism Is Here Now. Here Are 10 Things You Can Do to Resist
Robert Reich ·
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?
Thom Hartmann ·
Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican politicians. Untold millions will die and...
Unremitting Turkish Attacks Leave Rojava in Peril — and in Need of Solidarity
Martin Winiecki ·
The future of this experiment is on the line as much of its civilian infrastructure has been destroyed since October.
Let Israel Vote; Let Gaza Vote
Rabbi Arthur Waskow ·
In the Bible’s first semi-mythic story of what we now call the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Abraham dies decades after he has endangered the lives of his two sons, Ishmael and Isaac...
To Save US Democracy, Tax the Rich at 90%
Thom Hartmann ·
Wealthy people in America screamed and yelled when FDR said he would do it, claiming a hike from 25% to 90% would crash the economy, but instead that top tax rate kicked off the first...
Nonviolence Is a Light of Possibility in Times Like This: on the Current Escalation in Israel and Palestine
Sabine Lichtenfels, A’ida al-Shibli, Uri Ayalon & Martin Winiecki ·
"Amid all this insanity, we are deeply moved by and thankful for all Israelis and Palestinians who remain committed to nonviolence, even now that another violent chapter is opened. True...
Voting, a Patriotic Duty
Valerie Elverton-Dixon ·
I am a black woman in America. I am a woke black woman who has been woke before woke was cool. I also love America.
We Must End the War in Ukraine by Challenging Evil—Not Becoming It
Martin Winiecki ·
What is anti-imperialism in this new era of East-West polarization?
Global warming: planning not pricing - July 22, 2021
Michael Roberts ·
Carbon pricing and carbon taxes are now proposed by international institutions and mainstream economics as the main solutions to ending global warming and destructive climate change. ...
Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture? ❧ Current Affairs - filed 25 July 2021
Bertrand Cooper ·
A closer look at the economics of Black pop culture reveals that most Black creators (outside music) come from middle-to-upper middle class backgrounds, while the Black poor are written...
'A Failure of Our System': Inside a Damning Take on the Great Recession | Wed 5 Aug 2020
Adrian Horton ·
The Con is a comprehensive docuseries about how corruption and greed led to bankruptcy, homelessness and suicide in 2008
The Invention of Whiteness: the Long History of a Dangerous Idea
Robert P Baird ·
Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world
The Doomer Mentality Dooms Us to Failure
Max Wilbert ·
Anyone who is honest about the present state of affairs on this planet knows that things are very bad.
Short but Sweet
Globalshortspr ·
Six award-winning shorts you definitely must watch
6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon
Martin Winiecki ·
At a time when paramilitary units snatch nonviolent protesters from the streets of big American cities and when even Fox News has finally begun to apply scrutiny on the occupant of the...
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, and Matthias Schmelzer ·
After decades on the defensive, the left has once again started to embrace positive visions of the future.
International Study Finds Consensual Nonmonogamy Can Be ‘Healthy’ Relationship Option - Media Relations
Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Western University ·
A new international study has found no evidence that consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) impacts life satisfaction or relationship quality with the primary partners in a romantically involved...
Yes, the Looting Must Stop
Thom Hartmann ·
Looting is the word of the day, on the lips of every newscaster, the president, and elected officials across the country. And, indeed, looting is a major problem in America.
Believe in Yourself and You Will Make This World a Better Place
Andrea María Portal Ruiz ·
The more people I meet, the more I’m fascinated by the human being. It is exciting to hear people’s stories, their dreams, their problems and their concerns. You realize how amazingly...
'The Condor and the Eagle' Takes Flight
Linda Etchart ·
From the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the oil fields of Texas, to the Ecuadorian Amazon, The Condor & the Eagle tells the story of the collective struggle of the Indigenous peoples...
Why We Cling to Conspiracies in Times of Crisis
Justice Bartlett ·
They say anxiety is us weaving conspiracy theories about ourselves. But what if those feelings are already there, and we are actually telling stories to support them? We weave stories...
Why the Neoliberals Won’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste
Alex Doherty ·
AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP MIROWSKI - Many observers expected that the 2008 financial crisis would mark the end of neoliberalism. Instead, we saw a wave of privatization and sharp cuts in...
How Permaculture Can Build Resilience and Meet Basic Needs During a Pandemic
Marina Martinez ·
As COVID-19 spreads, people are showing a growing interest in permaculture principles and techniques to heal their lives, communities and the planet.
New Study: Economic Growth Is Incompatible With Biodiversity Conservation
Robert Orzanna ·
A study involving more than 20 specialists in conservation ecology and ecological economics highlights the contradiction between economic growth and biodiversity conservation. Adopting...
Searching for the Anti-Virus | Covid-19 as Quantum Phenomenon
Martin Winiecki ·
I've struggled to make sense of what is going on. My suspicious mind wandered around restlessly, examining all theories and possible explanations, yet I must admit: I don’t know what is...
The Four Foundations of True Liberty
UBI.Earth ·
Democracy is fragile. If just one foundation is missing, the ropes of democracy can stretch, weaken, and break.
The Centrist Delusion: 'Middle Ground' Politics Aren't Moderate, They're Dangerous
Raoul Martinez ·
In a world of competing narratives serving competing interests, there’s always a temptation to gravitate to the political centre ground, the would-be midpoint between two apparent...
Freedom and the Market
Raoul Martinez ·
When freedoms clash, some must take priority over others. In the economy, the mechanism that determines which freedoms are prioritised is the property rights system. Property rights...
Corporations Are Human Creations. We Can't Let Them Threaten Our Survival
David Korten ·
The concentration of corporate power is driving us toward catastrophe. We need new organizational models that serve the common good.
It's Not Bernie but the So-Called 'Moderates' That the Democratic Establishment Should Be Freaking Out About
Robert Reich ·
The best way for Democrats to defeat Trump's fake anti-establishment populism is with the real thing, coupled with an agenda of systemic reform. This is what Bernie Sanders offers.
How to Turn Your Brain From Anger to Compassion
Paul Gilbert ·
Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.
America's Real Divide Isn't Left Vs. Right. It's Democracy Vs. Oligarchy
Robert Reich ·
Divide-and-conquer allows the oligarchy free rein. It makes the rest of us puppets, fighting each other on a made-up stage.
The Vision of Wellbeing Economies
Martin Oetting ·
The concept of Wellbeing Economies (WE) does not attempt to explain the world through a central foundational economic model, nor does it recommend a particular path for achieving its...
Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
Noam Chomsky and Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata ·
“There’s another word for lesser evilism. It’s called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, it’s a rational position. But you don’t stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it...
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
Justice Bartlett ·
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.” ~ Brené Brown
The Realism of Bernie Sanders' Climate Policy
Naomi Klein, Sivan Kartha ·
Sanders believes that as our economy rapidly shifts to renewable energy, power companies should be publicly owned and controlled, and the biggest polluters should help underwrite the costs.
How an Ad Man Became a Post-Growth Advocate
Martin Oetting ·
I made my way from the dark side to the light. And I hope it wasn’t too late.
We Are All Indigenous
Robert Koehler ·
“All things are interrelated. Everything in the universe is part of a single whole. Everything is connected in some way to everything else. It is therefore possible to understand...
5 Things I Learned the Hard Way About Raising Goats
Brian Barth ·
Sex-crazed and trouble-prone, there's never a dull moment with goats around.
Impact Toolkit Journey: the Beginning
Egbert ·
Today, thousands of people use video to address social or environmental issues. From Indonesian group Paradoc addressing the disastrous effects of industrial pollution in a village...
Public Ownership Is Back and This Is How We Do It
Jack Harmsworth ·
Jack Harmsworth from We Own It makes the case for why the UK must learn from its European neighbours and take back control of privatised industries.
What If Most People Love Violence?
Brian Martin ·
Despite years of effort and sacrifice by millions, there has not been a mass shift toward nonviolence. Perhaps what's needed is a better understanding of the dark side of the human species.
Is 5G Worth the Risks?
Iishana Artra, PhD ·
This article was originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog.
21 Examples of NVC Consciousness (The Spirit of Nonviolent Communication)
Bob Wentworth ·
Our way of being — the intentions, attitudes, and quality of the energy that we bring to an interaction — is more important than the particular words we choose to speak. The heart of...
Criticizing Israel isn’t Anti-Semitic, Here’s What Is
Sarah Gertler ·
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated.
Fact Sheet: Global Species Decline
Earth Day Network ·
The world is facing a mass extinction of species. All species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods (insects and arachnids), fish, crustaceans, corals and other...
5 Shareable Excerpts From Douglas Rushkoff's New Book 'Team Human'
Courtney Pankrat ·
Douglas Rushkoff's just released book "Team Human" is a passionately argued manifesto "for human dignity and prosperity in a digital age." Released this week, the manifesto's 100 points...
Linda Sarsour, the Women's March, and Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Arthur Waskow ·
In recent days there have been some calls from some people in the Jewish community to boycott the planned Women’s March on January 19. This call has been explained on the ground that...
King's Vision Is Still Defiant
Robert C. Koehler ·
He stands now, as he did then, as a living force for justice, in uncompromising opposition to poverty, racism and war
Unauthorized Washington Post Offers a Fantasy Grounded in Movement Wisdom
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert ·
On Wednesday morning, as commuters in Washington D.C. made their way to work, the front page of what appeared to be the Washington Post had people stopping in their tracks...
From Me to We. A World-Changing Resolution for the New Year
David Korten ·
In 2019, we must move beyond the myth of the lone individual to recognize our deep interdependence and responsibilities for one another and nature.
Towards a Third Opinion on Climate Change – in High Need of a Holistic View
Martina Hillbrand ·
There used to be a time when climate change was a topic like any other, one that you could have discussions about. This time is long gone and so are the discussions. They all now come...
Degrowth Is the Radical Post-Brexit Future the UK Needs
Joe Herbert, Newcastle University ·
As the Brexit negotiations wrap up and Theresa May’s deal is lambasted by Remainers and Leavers alike, it’s still far from clear what the future holds for the United Kingdom. On March 29...
80 Years Since the Holocaust Began: Can We Stop Fascism Today?
Martin Winiecki ·
"The speedy rise of fascism always seems to hit the world by surprise. Yet what we're witnessing did not begin with the Bolsonaros, Trumps or Dutertes, just as German fascism did not...
US Government Admits It's Making Fake Social Media Accounts to Spread Propaganda in Cuba
Ben Norton ·
The United States has repeatedly accused the Russian and Iranian governments of using social media to spread “disinformation” and foment chaos. Under US government pressure, Big Tech...
Here's Why You Should Think Twice about Killing Spiders in Your Home
Matt Bertone ·
I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home.
Unlearning Together: A Quest for Those Who No Longer Want to Suppress Their Experience of the Essential
Martin Winiecki ·
Movement, perception, thinking, effortless achievement and healing are inherent to life—they happen by themselves. When we observe children learning to walk or speak, ecosystems...
Bulldoze the Business School
Martin Parker ·
Visit the average university campus and it is likely that the newest and most ostentatious building will be occupied by the business school. The business school has the best building...
Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?
Sue Curry Jansen and Brian Martin ·
In March, Richard Spencer, a prominent white supremacist, cancelled his speaking engagements at U.S. universities, saying he was deterred by “antifa,” a loose international network of...
Five Ways to Transform Our Economies
Sam Cossar-Gilbert ·
We need a new economics for the 21st century. Here are five potential pillars.
Humanity Is Being Held Hostage by an Economic and Cultural Death Cult
Martin Winiecki ·
In late 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issued a dramatic “warning to humanity” over biodiversity loss due to overconsumption of resources. They agreed that if we...
Economic Democracy: An Ethically Desirable Socialism That Is Economically Viable
David Schweickart ·
This paper by David Schweickart, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System...
How can we create a society which will encourage goodness?
J. Krishnamurti ·
To the intellectuals, ''goodness'' is a terrible word, and they generally want to avoid it, but now it is becoming the fashion even among the intellectuals to use that word. And is there...
The Promised Land Is Still Not Here
Robert Greene II ·
Fifty years after Martin Luther King's assassination, the Left struggles to speak with the kind of moral clarity King exemplified — but that shouldn't stop us from trying.
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
Thom Hartmann ·
The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “State” instead of “Country” (the Framers knew the difference – see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave...
Economic System Reform: Saving The Planet; Salvaging The Human Prospect
Robert Snefjella ·
Economic systems include elements of design. Economic systems are not the progeny of happenstance, nor are they beyond our powers, like the sun and moon and stars above. And based on how...
Why Reconciliation and Redemption Are Central to Countering White Supremacy
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert ·
It’s been a roller coaster year for Sammy Rangel, the executive director of Life After Hate — a non-profit organization that encourages people to leave violent extremist groups by...
ALTERING YOUR BRAIN WAVES: THE SECRET TO PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
Gilbert Ross ·
The short end of the stick is that all inner change or personal transformation happens at a deeper level of consciousness. No matter how brilliant our thoughts and ideas are, they are...
Are You Struggling to Make Sense of the World?
Gilbert Ross ·
Three steps to help you see the truth and get back on track.
The Design Flaw at the Core of Humanity's Malaise
Judith Schwartz ·
Recognizing the design flaws in our default programming is the first step to envisioning the world we know is possible.
Doomsday on Screen: How Hollywood & the Pentagon Combine to Sell New ‘Axis of Evil’
RT ·
America’s greatest enemies have been lined up for the latest add-on to Grand Theft Auto Online – perpetuating the old trope of an imminent global threat that only the US can...
'War on Terror' Has Cost US Taxpayers $250 Million Every Day for 16 Years
RT ·
The 'War on Terror' has cost US taxpayers at least $1.46 trillion since September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense's cost of war report has revealed. The 74-page DoD dossier was...
How American Oligarchs Created the Concept of Race to Divide and Conquer the Poor
Courtland Milloy ·
While teaching U.S. history at a public charter high school in the District, Julian Hipkins III noticed that students tended to assume that “race” was as old as mankind. “Almost like it...
Defend the Sacred Manifesto
Martin Winiecki ·
A group of global visionaries and leaders gathered in Portugal this summer. They're publishing a manifesto laying out the possible foundation for a global alliance to defend the sacred...
Don’t Be Scared About the End of Capitalism—Be Excited to Build What Comes Next
Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk ·
Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binaries.
The Left After Charlottesville: Where To Go From Here
Robert Greene II ·
The Left can't allow itself to be consumed by debates about antifa. We need a proactive program and patient organizing.
Why Nazis Are so Afraid of These Clowns
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert ·
Using humor and irony to undermine white supremacy dates back to the days of the Third Reich, from jokes and cartoons employed by Norwegians against the Nazi occupation to “The Great...
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide
The Southern Poverty Law Center ·
Hate in America has become commonplace. What can we do to stop the hate?
The Future of Activism
Juan Manuel and Martin Kirk ·
The times certainly are a-changing.
Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ·
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
Capitalism's Excesses Belong in the Dustbin of History. What's Next Is up to Us
Martin Kirk ·
It’s time to dethrone capitalism’s single-minded directive and replace it with a more balanced logic, laying the foundations for a better, more equitable world
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Martin Lukacs ·
The freedom of these corporations to pollute – and the fixation on a feeble lifestyle response – is no accident. It is the result of an ideological war, waged over the last forty years...
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Dr. Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk ·
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.
Facing Psychological Coercion and Manipulation Has Become a Daily Part of Claiming Benefits
Felicity Callard and Robert Stearn ·
Curing unemployment is a growth market for psychologists. Job Centres are becoming medical centres, claimants are becoming patients, and unemployment is being redefined as a...
How a Global Network of Fearless Cities Is Making Racist Colonial Nation States Obsolete
Richard D. Bartlett ·
Introducing a Global Network of Municipalist Cities
Wonder Women Have Been Smashing the Patriarchy Since Classical Times
Roberta Magnani ·
Wonder Woman is an unsettling superhero. More so than her male counterparts, she resists easy classification: she’s neither an alien or a billionaire – nor has she been exposed to some...
Dangers of Eroding Unstructured Child Play
Gemariah Nephertiti ·
Let the children play.
Fear Is One of the Greatest Problems in Life
J. Krishnamurti ·
Before we go any further I would like to ask you what is your fundamental, lasting interest in life? Putting all oblique answers aside and dealing with this question directly and...
What Do You Think It Means to Be Utterly and Totally Free?
J. Krishnamurti ·
None of the agonies of suppression, nor the brutal discipline of conforming to a pattern has led to truth. To come upon truth the mind must be completely free, without a spot of distortion.
Relationships Based on Images Can Never Bring Lasting Peace, Yet Our Whole Society Is Built on Images
J. Krishnamurti ·
Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In all our relationships each one of us builds an image about the other and these two images have...
What Does It Take for Activists to Get Your Attention?
Brian Martin ·
For major protests today, it is standard to have a media strategy. For example, there can be individuals assigned to media liaison. The location and timing of an action can be chosen...
NYT Mocks Skepticism on Syria-Sarin Claims
Robert Parry ·
The New York Times and other major media have ruled out any further skepticism toward the U.S. government’s claim that Syrian President Assad dropped a sarin bomb on a town in Idlib...
War and Peace and War: The Untold Story of the Colombian Civil War and the Potential for Genuine Peace
Martin Winiecki ·
Bogota, Colombia – At the end of last year, the world celebrated what seemed to be the end one of history's longest standing internal wars. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who...
5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals
Richard D. Bartlett ·
We’re currently touring through the US, meeting with activists: from urban neighbourhood organisers, to black bloc anarchists, back-to-the-land communalists, and progressive...
The Mental Limits of War
Robert C. Koehler ·
A Morning Consult poll winks at me from my inbox: 57 percent of Americans support more airstrikes in Syria.
21 Ways to “Give Good No”
Christine Carter ·
Saying “no” can be really hard. But Christine Carter has a three-step plan to get there.
"It's Complicated" - The Great False Argument for War
Daniel Martin ·
It’s an argument I’ve seen time and again, as a justification for American military interventionism. It appears in the news, and it is parroted in conversations. Sometimes it is...
Five Maps That Will Change How You See the World
Donald Houston, University of Portsmouth ·
Boston public schools recently announced that they will shift to using world maps based on the Peters projection, reportedly the first time a US public school district has done so. Why?...
A Robot Lawyer Is Assisting With Refugee Applications
Dom Galeon and Kelsey Marquart ·
When Joshua Browder developed the chatbot for DoNotPay, the original idea was just to help people out with their traffic ticket woes. DoNotPay has since successfully overturned more than...
Petition - Earth's Statute Law - Sign and Share
Earth Statute ·
Important Information regarding a proposed law reform and what it means to you.
I Don’t Think I was Born White. I Think White Children are Manufactured.
Quinn Norton ·
This is Part One of a Series on Whiteness. (Part Two) “Politically, the Negro is the touchstone of the modern democratic idea. The presence of the Negro puts our democracy to the proof...
All Change or No Change?
Martin Kirk, Jason Hickel and Joe Brewer ·
This is a story of power, but perhaps not the traditional kind. The kinds of power we are interested in are the deep currents.... the cultural forces that shape all of our lives at the...
Something Better to Offer Trump Voters Tired of Waiting for Their Turn
David Korten ·
A world free of extremes of wealth and poverty in which no one needs to stand in line for a chance at a secure and fulfilling life.
The 15 Warnings Signs of Impending Tyranny
Robert Reich ·
As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically: 1. Exaggerate their mandate to govern – claiming, for example, that they won an election by a
Watch 10 Inspiring Animated Shorts Celebrating Indigenous Culture
John Ahni Schertow ·
With films like Pocahontas, Apocalypto, Peter Pan and The Green Inferno, it's safe to say that Hollywood has a deplorable track record when it comes to its portrayal of Indigenous...
Living Through an Age of Unraveling
Martin Winiecki ·
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller
Sexism A and Sexism B
Kate Smurthwaite ·
Being a feminist comedian and activist, I can say with absolute certainty that a lot of people hate me. There are times when the internet can feel like a burst drain spewing vitriol of...
Trump Played to Anger, but We Don't Have to Fall for Divide and Conquer
David Korten ·
We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems.
2016: Year of the Serpent
Paul Kingsnorth ·
We take almost all of the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. – W. G. Sebald Last weekend, I was sitting in a packed...
How to Expose Trump's Dastardly Bait-And-Switch
Robert Borosage ·
Trump is not an economic populist, he’s just playing one on TV.
The Orwellian War on Skepticism
Robert Parry ·
Official Washington’s rush into an Orwellian future is well underway as political and media bigwigs move to silence Internet voices of independence and dissent, reports Robert Parry.
The Washington Post's 'Fake News' Guilt
Robert Parry ·
The "fake news" theme has captivated The Washington Post and the mainstream U.S. media so much that it is stooping to McCarthyistic smears against news outlets that don’t toe the State...
A Message of Solidarity from Tamera Peace Research Center to Standing Rock
Martin Winiecki ·
In the name of humaneness, we express our gratitude to the courageous water and land protectors at Standing Rock. This camp of Sioux and many other First Nation people, accompanied by...
After Brexit and Trump: Don't Demonise; Localise!
Helena Norberg-Hodge and Rupert Read ·
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era. But the real solutions lie...
A Carbon Neutral Alternative to Flight
VoyageVert ·
The first sailboat ferry company in the world
Whose Fake News Gets a Pass? NYT Advocates Internet Censorship
Robert Parry ·
The New York Times wants a system of censorship for the Internet to block what it calls “fake news,” but the Times ignores its own record of publishing “fake news”
A New Documentary Explores the Devastating Effects of Drone Warfare on Victims and Whistleblowers
Murtaza Hussain ·
On the night of February 21, 2010, a group of families driving a convoy of vehicles through the valleys of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan came into the sights of a Predator drone crew...
We Need a Revolution: Overcoming Fascism with a Movement of Love
Martin Winiecki ·
On November 9th, 1938 more than 1000 synagogues and 7000 Jewish businesses were burning all over Germany, set ablaze by the Nazis. Going down in history as “Kristallnacht” or the “Night...
Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: a Culture Without Fear
Martin Winiecki ·
If we want to escape from the wetiko disease of our current capitalist culture, we need a credible concept for a new nonviolent global society and for transforming the old matrix of fear...
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill Is About to Become Law - Here's Why That Should Terrify Us
Julian Huppert ·
The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge.
Toxic Masculinity: What Changed?
Kate Smurthwaite ·
Pride in trivialising sexual violence needs to stop, now, writes Kate Smurthwaite
Saving the Animals Is Important, and Saving the Africans Is Important Too!
Gemariah Nephertiti ·
Recently, there has been heightened interest in the welfare of African wildlife. Many charities and major newspapers like the Guardian and
Celtic management must stand with fans against FIFA & UEFA hypocrisy
Football Against Apartheid ·
The Free State of Jones :: A rich man's war and a poor man's fight
William Peynsaert ·
It's not the best movie in terms of story-telling, but as an addition to the ever growing number of Civil War movies it's an excellent one and a very necessary one. Not a box office...
Freedom Song - What Is Reality?
Rolf Versteegh Fine-Art Photography/Film/Video ·
Culture is a matter of the heart. The heart needs time and space to shape the places that it meets. Who are we without this? Where do we exist emotionally? These photos were...
30 Days of White Privilege
Jonah Smith-Bartlett ·
The straw that broke the camel’s back was a New York Times comment section. “There is no such thing as white privilege. It’s something the liberal media created. Black people and white...
A Strategic Voting Guide and Q&A For Progressives Thinking about the 2016 Election
Michael Albert and Stephen Shalom ·
Navigating the current political terrain means asking key strategic questions without losing sight of long-term vision
Jane Sanders: Why Bernie Voters Shouldn't Get Over It
Tessa Stuart ·
Bernie's wife discusses her proudest and most difficult campaign moments, the DNC email leak and the future of his revolution
Corbyn Lives to Fight Another Day
Ronan Burtenshaw with Paul Mason ·
Corbyn has survived the latest challenge to his leadership. Paul Mason on why they want to beat him — and how he can win.
Policing Is a Dirty Job, but Nobody's Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World
José Martín ·
It's time to start imagining a society that isn't dominated by police
Five Ways to Practise Anti-Racist Solidarity in Brexit Britain
Wretched of the Earth ·
A lot of people have woken up to the uncomfortable reality that racism exists in Britain. So what can you do about it?
Post-Brexit Visions of The Possible: It's Time to Imagine a New European Community
Martin Winiecki ·
We live in the beginning phase of a global revolution which will turn societal conditions upside down. We cannot stop this transformation, but we can influence where it will go. Will the...
The growthocene: Thinking through what degrowth is criticising
Ekaterina Chertkovskaya and Alexander Paulsson ·
Let’s be clear what kind of growth degrowth needs to challenge: the growth of biophysical throughput, continuous capital accumulation and productivism, as well as mindless attempts of...
Five Vital Lessons From Psychedelic Experts
April M. Short ·
The problem with banning anything out of a fear of the unknown is that many unknowns will remain. Such is the story of many psychedelic drugs in the U.S. While the government has...
7 Traits of People Who Are Great at Relationships
Starre Vartan ·
Relating to your partner, spouse or significant other can be challenging. Here's what the people who make it work know that you may not.
Turning the Problem Around: Mental Health in a Sick Society
Martijn Schirp ·
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ― Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein The rise of people who are diagnosed with...
Men and Feminism: The Smurthwaite Deal
Kate Smurthwaite ·
I’m bored of hearing that ‘feminism needs to do more to attract men’. If only feminists could succeed by asking men nicely to allow us to gather up the scattered remains of our basic...
7 Inspiring Quotes by Aldo Leopold
Starre Vartan ·
Let's tip our hats to the ecologist who defined wilderness.
The Beautifully Lived Life of Jo Cox
Martin Kirk ·
A tribute to my friend – who was driven by an unambiguous desire to make life better for those battered and beaten and punished by this world.
Why Global Capital Fears 'Brexit'
Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read and Thomas Wallgren ·
While the leadership of the ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ camps portray their positions as fundamentally different, neither side is challenging the stranglehold of corporations that run the...
We Can Only Contemplate Leaving the EU Because Its Miracles Have Become Banal
Gilbert Ramsay ·
The EU is an astonishing institution, unique in human history, imperfect because of the scale of its ambition. Let's not tear it down.
Are We Witnessing 'Straightsplaining' of the Orlando Massacre?
David Braniff-Herbert ·
Another Neocon Endorses Clinton, Calling Her "2016's Real Conservative" and "The Candidate of the Status Quo"
Ben Norton ·
Wall Street has thrown its weight behind Hillary Clinton. Some of the biggest names in the U.S. right-wing establishment have also
US a Shining Example Unto ISIS
Robert Barsocchini ·
The US illustrates to ISIS, and the world, that the path to the seat of regional and then global power is genocide, land-theft, mass enslavement, never paying reparations, then wielding...
The Looting Stage of Capitalism: Germany's Assault on the IMF
Paul Craig Roberts ·
Having successfully used the EU to conquer the Greek people by turning the Greek “leftwing” government into a pawn of Germany’s banks, Germany now finds the IMF in the way of its plan to...
Drought Be Damned: Has the 20th-Century Promise of America’s Dams Run Its Course?
Abrahm Lustgarten ·
The water crisis in the West has renewed debate about the effectiveness of major dams, with some pushing for the enormous Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River to be decommissioned.
The Faux Insurgency of the Climate Change Deniers and the Need for Closure
Kurt Cobb ·
Climate change deniers like to style themselves as latter-day Copernicuses and Galileos, lone visionaries bucking the established wisdom of the ages embodied back then in the teachings...
How to Bootstrap a Bossless Organization in 3 Easy Steps
Richard D. Bartlett ·
My first impression at OuiShare Fest was a weird utopian blockchain mania: a poorly understood but massively hyped technology that will somehow fix all our social, political, and...
Why Lane Kenworthy Thinks The Next System Should Be... Social Democracy
Lane Kenworthy ·
As part of our “New Systems: Possibilities and Proposals” series, Lane Kenworthy delves into a model for Social Democracy that he believes would be beneficial for a next...
Damned If You Leave, Damned If You Remain: What to Do in the Absence of a 'Left Option'?
Bertie Russell ·
The 23rd June 2016 is likely to be a miserable day for anyone with an even remotely left-leaning conscience. The weeks before are already overcast with a feeling of inescapable gloom...
How-And Why-To Take Your Life Back From Email
Christine Carter ·
Regain your time, attention, and energy from the email machine.
8 Principles for a Regenerative Civilization
John Fullerton ·
There is nothing more difficult to plan, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the creator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of...
Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition
Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk ·
What if we told you that humanity is being driven to the brink of extinction by an illness? That all the poverty, the climate devastation, the perpetual war, and consumption fetishism we...
The Coming Democratic Crackup
Robert Parry ·
Though the mainstream media is focused on Republican divisions, a more important story could be the coming Democratic crackup, as anti-war Democrats resist Hillary Clinton’s pro-war agenda
Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill
Robert Parry ·
Hillary Clinton wants American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world
The Hottest Year on Record Signals That Global Warming Is Alive and Well
Kevin Trenberth ·
The year 2015 has proven to be another year of temperature records. Data released by NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) show that in 2015, the global mean...
Why the Economy Should Stop Growing-And Just Grow Up
David Korten ·
“How do we grow the economy?” is an obsolete question. Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies.
America's New Dark Ages
Art Van Kraft ·
Why has our mainstream culture become so trivial?
Americans Agree: It's Corporate Power That's in Our Way
Robert Weissman ·
There is widespread recognition among politicians and pundits that Americans are sharply divided by party on virtually all of the big questions facing our country. Everyone knows this...
Five Dangerous Thoughts about Capitalism
Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk ·
Our system of modern capitalism is just one story; it is not the only one there is. It’s not inherent within us. It isn’t some inevitable expression of predefined Human Nature. It was...
Occupy Activists Launch 'Battle of New York' to Counter Media Bias about Sanders and Clinton
Ben Norton ·
With its huge media campaign, Operation Battle of New York is taking on corporate establishment
Time for a Tipping Point: the Power of the Panama Papers
Megan Northey ·
“There exists among men, because they are men, a solidarity through which each shares responsibility for every wrong committed in the world, and especially for crimes that are committed...
Attention Must Be Paid (Except to Climate Change)
Marty Kaplan ·
A bombshell dropped the other day. But if nobody heard it explode, did that make it a dud?
Why Won’t Sanders Quit The Race? Because He’s Winning.
Robert L. Borosage ·
The patter of establishment calls for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has built into a hailstorm.
Reasons to Raise Indiana's Minimum Wage in 2016
Veronica Carter ·
Indiana's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. If you do the math, that's $290 a week, or roughly $15,000 a year. Jessica Fraser, program manager at the Indiana Institute of Working...
The Thing Sanders, Trump, and Clinton Agree On. It's That Bad.
David Korten ·
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is slated for an up-or-down vote in Congress. Proponents say it’s about free trade. But it looks more like corporate colonization.
The Everyday Violence of Modern Culture
Max Wilbert ·
Modern society — industrial civilization — is built on violence.
Why Heathrow 13 Verdict Could Lead to More Radical Climate Activism, Not Less
Graeme Hayes and Brian Doherty ·
The so-called “Heathrow 13” Plane Stupid climate activists have been given suspended prison sentences for trespassing on the airport’s runway. The case – and the decision of the judge to...
Reboot Your Life: 20 Mental Barriers You Should Let Go Of
Gilbert Ross ·
You are in an imaginary hot air balloon. It’s just you and all of your belongings in the wicker basket. Something went wrong and you are losing altitude fast. You will hit the ground in...
My (Apparently) Obligatory Response To 'Formation': In List Form
Benji Hart ·
1. I have actively avoided saying anything about Beyoncé's new song and video. I don't think they are interesting, important or deserving of my commentary. That as a Black, queer person...
Rojava’s Democratic, Feminist Revolution a Source of Hope among Horror
Tony Iltis & Stuart Munckton ·
In the Rojava region of Syria, despite the difficulties, people are organizing communes and women’s councils. Syria can seem an endless black hole of misery, but in the northern, largely...
Science Just Figured Out Which Religion's Holy Book Is More Violent
Curtis F ·
Text Analytics Program Proves Quran Less Violent Than The Bible
If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?
Kim Eckart ·
Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for ever six over 65. By 2030...
It Takes a Movement: A Tale of Two Strategies For Change
Robert Reich ·
In 2008, when then-Senator Barack Obama promised progressive change if elected President, his primary opponent, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, derided him.
The Reductive Seduction of Other People's Problems
Courtney Martin ·
“If you’re young, privileged, and interested in creating a life of meaning, of course you’d be attracted to solving problems that seem urgent and readily solvable.”
At Stake in 2016: Ending the Vicious Cycle of Wealth and Power
Robert Reich ·
What’s at stake this election year? Let me put as directly as I can. America has succumbed to a vicious cycle in which great wealth translates into political power, which generates...
Young Black Men Killed by US Police at Highest Rate in Year of 1,134 Deaths
Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland, Jamiles Lartey and Ciara McCarthy ·
Final total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age
Military Intervention in Syria Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Peter Certo ·
From Paris to Beirut, the Islamic State's latest atrocities are a calculated effort to bring the war in Syria home to the countries participating in it.
Western Ally Saudi Arabia Sentenced a Palestinian Poet to Death for Renouncing Islam
Ben Norton ·
Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death for apostasy, joining a long list of dissidents facing capital punishment
We Created Islamic Extremism: Those Blaming Islam for ISIS Would Have Supported Osama Bin Laden in the '80s
Ben Norton ·
Jingoists conveniently forget the West's Cold War strategy was to arm the Islamic extremists that became al-Qaida
Breaking The Cycle Of Violence After Paris: The Truth We Must Face
Martin Winiecki ·
Last night - parallel to the Paris attacks, as I found out this morning - I had a special experience. As I walked home through the dark from Tamera's bar to my sleeping place, I heard...
Terrorism Double Standards: After Paris, Let's Stop Blaming Muslims & Take a Hard Look at Ourselves
Ben Norton ·
We must mourn all victims. But until we look honestly at the violence we export, nothing will ever change
The Vegetables of Truth - How Modern Science Keeps You In Your Place
Adam Curtis ·
This is really just an excuse to show a wonderful film about vegetables. But it is also about how modern science has radically changed in a way that hasn’t been fully understood. How...
New Campaign to Help Bank Workers Blow the Whistle on Corruption and Abuse
John Sellers and Martin Kirk ·
Whistleblow Wall Street makes it easier for bank workers to expose harmful and unjust practices
Civil Liberties Groups Call for Congressional Inquiry Into Assassination Program
Murtaza Hussain ·
Following The Intercept’s publication of a cache of secret documents on the U.S. military’s drone assassination program, civil rights organizations are calling for an immediate...
Bernie Sanders Has a Secret Weapon, and the Media Elites Just Don't Get It
Mark Hertsgaard ·
Americans are a people for whom ideology matters a lot less than speaking plainly and sticking by your beliefs.
6 Reasons Sanders Actually Won the Debate Despite What Pundits Claim
C. Robert Gibson ·
Bernie Sanders crushed the debates by every measurable indicator except one: pundits’ opinion.
Time to Reframe the Old Narratives About Race in America
Trabian Shorters ·
Toxic ideas about people of color can be hard to shake, but looking at those ideas from a different perspective reveals positive truths.
The Ending Of Sorrow
J. Krishnamurti ·
First of all I would like to remind you if I may, this is not an intellectual entertainment nor some kind of romantic ideological rubbish. We are dealing with our daily life, with our...
None of the World's Top Industries Would Be Profitable If They Paid for the Natural Capital They Use
David Roberts ·
The notion of “externalities” has become familiar in environmental circles. It refers to costs imposed by businesses that are not paid for by those businesses. For instance, industrial...
Teach Yourself Filmmaking: 3 Lessons From Self-Taught Pros
Story & Heart ·
To be a great filmmaker, you don’t need to go to film school, have access to the latest gear, or have been born a creative genius. The most important ingredients for mastering the craft...
How To Lose Weight In 4 Easy Steps
Aaron Bleyaert ·
This article is probably not what you think. Read on to find out more.
Less Work, More Time: A Feminist Perspective on Universal Basic Income
Madeleine Schwartz ·
It’s a cliché of feminist media to bemoan the “time bind” that keeps women tied to the double duties of working and parenting. The solution offered to this problem, however, often boils...
U.S. Doublespeak on Palestine
Robert Fantina ·
As Palestinians continue to endure unspeakable suffering at the hands of Israelis, there are some old bromides that are constantly being hurled at an unsuspecting public by elected U.S...
Compassion, the Antidote
Martin Doblmeier ·
Thich Nhat Hanh has published nearly 100 books and is one of the best-known teachers of Zen Buddhism in the world today.
Right to Buy, or the Right to Lifelong Debt?
Alice Martin ·
With news this week that one in seven over 70 year olds are using their pensions to pay off their mortgage debt, the prospect of home ownership has got a whole lot less appealing. The...
Ignoring the Cause of Welfare: Not Laziness but Low Wages
Ben Norton ·
Numerous US media outlets recently uncritically echoed a methodologically flawed report by an anti-immigration organization with ties to white supremacist groups (FAIR.org, 9/4/15)...
Zero Refugees: Guess Which Countries Have Taken Not One of the 60 Million Fleeing War
Ben Norton ·
The number of people displaced by wars fuelled by the west and its allies has reached a staggering new high.
9 Necessities for a Popular Left
Jeremy Gilbert ·
Does popularity entail populism? What would it mean for the left to be truly popular? Here Jeremy Gilbert offers nine things the left needs to do if progressive ideas are to occupy the...
Ten Films You Need to Watch About The Reality Of The World's Indigenous Peoples
John Ahni Schertow ·
Films that show the complex reality of indigenous health and well-being.
A 10-Point Programme for 21st Century Democratic Socialism
Jeremy Gilbert ·
In response to Jeremy Corbyn's 'Standing to Deliver' plan "for a fairer and more successful Britain," Jeremy Gilbert suggests an additional 10 things to plug some of the holes in...
Why Surprising Numbers of Republicans Vote for Bernie Sanders
Thom Hartmann ·
Ann Coulter knows who she wants to be the Democratic nominee for president, and who that person is, well, it may surprise you. She wants Hillary Clinton to be the nominee, and
An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders Supporters
C. Robert Gibson ·
Dear Bernie Sanders supporters, Shut up and listen for once. When black women interrupt your candidate, don't call them "thugs." And when protesters hijack your hero's microphone to...
Cut the Working Week to a Maximum of 20 Hours, Urge Top Economists
Heather Stewart ·
Job sharing and increased leisure are the answer to rising unemployment, claims thinktank
This Economic Collapse Is a 'Crisis of Bigness'
Paul Kingsnorth ·
Leopold Kohr warned 50 years ago that the gigantist global system would grow until it imploded. We should have listened
Yanis Varoufakis Speaks Out for First Time Since Resigning as Greek Finance Minister
Harry Lambert ·
In his first interview since resigning, Greece's former Finance Minister says the Eurogroup is “completely and utterly” controlled by Germany, Greece was “set up” and last week’s...
The Four Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Inequality
Robert Reich ·
Even though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an air-tight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the nineteenth-century robber barons...
Eight Ways Less Is More - The Art of Strategic Slacking
Christine Carter ·
You’re busy, “crazy-busy” even, so why would taking more breaks and wandering off for walks during the working day help you become less busy and more successful? Because, when done...
US Only Country to Oppose UN Holding Israel Accountable for War Crimes, Yet again
Ben Norton ·
The US was the only country in the world to oppose a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for war crimes, at the 29th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights...
The Cost of Cowardice
Valerie Elverton Dixon ·
In February, 2009, then Attorney General Eric Holder, in an address at the Department of Justice to commemorate Black History Month, said we in the United States were “a nation of...
How White People Got Made
Quinn Norton ·
'There’s a perception that whiteness is working for white people. It’s not. Whiteness is one of the biggest and most long-running scams ever perpetrated.'
Worshippers of the Almighty Invisible Hand
Robert Parenteau ·
The fantasies of a faith-based neoliberal economics laid bare
What Is White Supremacy?
Elizabeth Martínez ·
White Supremacy is an historically based, institutionally perpetuated system of exploitation and oppression of continents, nations, and peoples of color by white peoples and nations of...
End of the Miracle Machines - Inside the Power Plant Fueling America’s Drought
Abrahm Lustgarten ·
A COUPLE OF MILES outside the town of Page, three 775-foot-tall caramel-colored smokestacks tower like sentries on the edge of northern Arizona’s sprawling red sandstone wilderness. At...
10 Scholarly Critiques of Capitalism and Imperialism
Glen T. Martin ·
1. “Capitalism is the accumulation of resources by means of exploitation in the production and sale of commodities for profit. Capitalist exploitation is an unequal exchange wherein...
If You Learn Anything From This Street Artist Works It's The Vital Importance Of Bees
Brandon Siewert ·
When street artist Louis Masai Michel went on a trip to South Africa to paint endangered animals, he came back a man on a mission.
10 Shocking Facts About Society That We Absurdly Accept As Normal
Joe Martino ·
When you take a moment and look around at the world, things can appear pretty messed up. Take 5 or 10 minutes and watch the 6 o’clock news. Chances are, the entire time, all you are...
The Demand to be Safe in a Relationship Inevitably Breeds Sorrow and Fear
J. Krishnamurti ·
This seeking for security is inviting insecurity. Have you ever found security in any of your relationships? Have you?
It’s Official: Recent Election Was Most Disproportionate in UK History
Josiah Mortimer ·
We’ve just released our new report on the May
Wanna See What Happens To A 5-Year-Old Girl Who's Already Consumed 1460 Sodas In Her Short Lifetime?
Jeff Roberts ·
“One, two, shhhh, she’s counting. Ariel runs, tiny legs waddling across pavement, her chubby fingers barely able to grasp her daily Pepsi, she runs. Poison in hand, smile on face...
12 Inspired Actions to Outsmart Repressive Situations and Laws
Amador Fernández-Savater & Leónidas Martín ·
Click here to skip the introduction and go straight to the examples. The Spanish government’s latest round of anti-protest laws are as worrying as they are laughably predictable. On top...
10 Prominent Advocates of Socialism
Arthur Moore ·
“Socialism” is considered a dirty word in the United States. Being a hard-working, “free market” capitalist is a part of our national mythology. But it wasn’t always this way. The...
Militarizing Ourselves Toward a New Dark Age
Robert C. Koehler ·
“What struck me” journalist Christian Parenti said in a recent Truthout interview, referring to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, “was the fact that these local towns and states around...
The Wars Come Home: A Five-Step Guide to the Police Repression of Protest from Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond
Michael Gould-Wartofsky ·
Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) prepared for battle. With state-of-the-art surveillance of local...
Neoliberalism Is Not an Institution, But Rather a Paranormal Activity (Completely Normalized and Legally Ratified)
Leónidas Martín ·
Believe you me, neoliberalism is not an institution, but rather a paranormal activity (completely normalized and legally ratified) which operates both in and outside ourselves. This is...
"Your Kindness Could kill"
Ric Lander and Amie Robertson ·
Help the homeless posters are telling the public that beggars are probably crack addicts. Campaigns like these make money by demonising those they exist to help.
Man Kills Himself Holding 'Tax The 1%' in Front of Capitol-and Nobody Hears About It
Thirty Three and a Third ·
When 64-year-old Vietnam vet John Constantino burned himself to death on the DC Mall in October of 2013 I couldn’t stop thinking about this man and his act. Who was he? What compelled...
Wealth Vs. Money
Robert C. Koehler ·
“There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” The words are those of Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, speaking to Edward R. Murrow in 1955, as quoted recently in an...
Media hacking
John Borthwick ·
2014 certainly ended up as the
Suicides in Pine Ridge and Culture of fear
Delphine Red Shirt ·
In the wake of the disturbing Jan. 24 events at the Rapid City hockey game, people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were further stunned by a series of suicides by very young and...
The Small Farm Plan By Booker T. Whatley
Mother Earth News editors ·
Raised on a family farm in Annislon, Ala., Booker received his B.S. in agriculture from Alabama A & M and a Ph.D. in horticulture from Rutgers University.
The Lessons Ancient People Have for Us
Thom Hartmann ·
From the San and the Kogi: Value community and cooperation; we are part of the world, not separate from it. One of the oldest cultures on Earth is that of the !Kung Bushmen of the...
Partners in Terror
Robert Koehler ·
“Je suis Charlie. Tout est pardonné.” Muhammad in tears adorns the new cover of Charlie Hebdo: “I am Charlie. All is forgiven.” This is bigger than satire. I take a deep breath...
Stunning Photos By Alexander Semenov Showcase The Alien Beauty Of Jellyfish
Earth Porm ·
Moving Art
Louie Schwartzberg ·
Why the UK Leads the Way on Inequality
Alice Martin ·
The UK is leading one global race: it is the only G7 country in which wealth inequality has increased steadily since 2000. Seemingly unaffected by the financial crisis or subsequent...
Prosecuting High-Level Officials Isn't Enough: It's Time We Abolish the CIA
Robert Koehler ·
The shock resonating from the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report isn’t due so much to the revelations themselves, grotesque as the details are, but to the fact that...
Angela Davis: ‘There is an Unbroken Line of Police Violence in the US that Takes Us Back to Slavery'
Stuart Jeffries ·
The activist, feminist and revolutionary explains how the ‘prison industrial complex’ profits from black people, that Barack Obama can’t be blamed for the lack of progress on race, and...
Smashy Smashy: Nine Historical Triumphs to Make You Rethink Property Destruction
Jesse A. Myerson and José Martîn ·
After Officer Darren Wilson shot teenager Michael Brown dead this summer, Ferguson, Missouri, erupted with outrage, compassion and street protests. The response from many corners of the...
This Sad Generation Doesn't Know When the Party Stops
Clive Martin ·
The idea of "living for the weekend" is nothing new. The history of what we call "youth culture" is really just a history of young people being unable to reconcile their day-to-day...
Ferguson and the "Us Vs. Them" Illusion
Robert Koehler ·
As the grand jury’s decision on whether nor not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson loomed, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told a TV reporter “he’s preparing for peace and war.”
Happidrome: The Kurdish Fight For Anarchy
Adam Curtis ·
In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them. No-one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires...
Ending The Oil Age
Jess Worth ·
Big Oil’s days are numbered – but the industry could still take us all down with it. From divestment to disruption, Jess Worth explores how the transition to an oil-free future is...
Libertarians Should Abandon The Term "Capitalism"
Gary Chartier ·
Advocating liberty means opposing the use of force to restrain peaceful, voluntary exchange. But it doesn’t have to mean calling a system of peaceful, voluntary exchange “capitalism.”
Can MSM Handle the Contra-Cocaine Truth?
Robert Parry ·
“Kill the Messenger” tells the tragic tale of journalist Gary Webb who revived the Contra-cocaine scandal in the 1990s and saw his life destroyed by the mainstream media. The question...
The Cancer of Violent Extremism
Robert Koehler ·
“As we look to the future, one issue risks a cycle of conflict that could derail so much progress. And that is the cancer of violent extremism that has ravaged so many parts of the...
The Secret of Enough
Thom Hartmann ·
First, the truth If you are naked, cold, and hungry, and somehow you get shelter, clothing, and food, you will feel better. Providing for these necessities creates a qualitative change...
There’s Power in How We Think about Things
Thom Hartmann ·
When you walk or drive down a city street, what you are seeing all around you are manifestations of thoughts. Every building began as an idea in somebody’s mind. Somebody acquired the...
Neo Liberal Revolution
Neal Hegarty ·
How I went from Idealistic Socialist to Hard Core Neo Liberal
Our Kills are Clean and Secular; Theirs are Messy and Religious.
Robert Koehler ·
Our kills are clean and secular; theirs are messy and religious. “In their effort to create a caliphate across parts of Iraq and Syria,” CNN tells us, “ISIS fighters have slaughtered...
How Unarmed Peace Efforts Can Save Lives and Diffuse Conflict Even in War Zones
Robert Koehler ·
"I think if we had a gun we would have been shot immediately.”
5 Women Who Are Changing Our Relationship With the Earth
Rachael Steineckert ·
From left to right: Starhawk, Julia Butterfly Hill, Majora Carter, Vandana Shiva, and Patricia Gualinga. August 26th is Women’s Equality Day, a day to honor when American women gained...
WIKILEAKS: U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti So Hanes And Levis Would Stay Cheap
Robert Johnson ·
A Wikileaks post published on The Nation shows that the Obama Administration fought to keep Haitian wages at 31 cents an hour.
What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings
D. Brian Burghart ·
A few days ago, Deadspin's Kyle Wagner began to compile a list of all police-involved shootings in the U.S. He's not the only one to undertake such a project: D. Brian Burghart, editor...
Why Aren't We Teaching Rachel Carson in Schools?
Robert Shetterly ·
This is what you shall do: love the earth and the sun and the animals… -- Walt Whitman Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, but I suspect for most people reading it today the...
'Human Shield' Propaganda Used to Justify State-Sponsored Massacres for Decades
Abby and Robbie Martin ·
It’s been three weeks since Israel launched its bombing campaign and subsequent invasion of the Gaza strip. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 1,500 Palestinians have...
Can We Go to the Very Root of Violence and Be Free from It?
J. Krishnamurti ·
FEAR, PLEASURE, SORROW, thought and violence are all interrelated. Most of us take pleasure in violence, in disliking somebody, hating a particular race or group of people, having...
5 Reasons It's Time for the 4-Day Work Week
Lynn Stuart Parramore ·
Psst: Working less is the key to success.
New York Times Rewrites Gaza Headline: Was It Too Accurate?
Peter Hart ·
Wednesday (7/16/14) the
The Deeply Held Religious Principle Hobby Lobby Suddenly Remembered It Had
Peter Hart ·
The Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case might not have been surprising, but there's at least one aspect of the media coverage of the company that fails in a big way: Few...
Watching the World Destroy Itself
Robert C. Koehler ·
The video opens with a few bars of adrenalin-pumping music. We s
Pause in Global Warming May Be Caused by Long Term Changes in the Pacific Ocean
Robert Sinclair ·
Dr. Kevin Trenberth illuminates the mechanics of ocean heat, and the coming El Nino event, and makes a bold prediction.
A New Story for a New Economy
David Korten ·
David Korten's new essay (available to read as a PDF) connects the work of finding a new sacred story with the effort to build a new economy.
The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Development Paradigm
David Korten ·
During the 15 years, I lived and worked in Asia as a development professional from 1978 to 1992, I witness a troubling paradox. GDP was growing, incomes were rising, there was an...
John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip
John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley ·
This is easily the best comic strip ever made.
It's a "Story Problem": What's Behind Our Messed-Up Economy
David Korten ·
The peoples of earlier times prospered from the guidance of simple stories that offered answers to their deepest questions. We need those now more than ever.
5 Reasons to Consider a No-Strings-Attached, Basic Income for all Americans
Lynn Stuart Parramore ·
Half of all Canadians want it. The Swiss have had a referendum on it. The idea's not as far-fetched as it sounds What if you could receive a guaranteed basic yearly income with no...
9 Mistakes Activists With Class Privilege Make
Adam Roberts ·
Adapted from “Classified: How to Stop Hiding Your Privilege and Use It for Social Change.” 1. The Boss
Climate change: Time for the Skeptics to Put Up or Shut Up
Henry Porter ·
If climate change sceptics have a coherent explanation for the events we are witnessing, it's time they held an international conference and told us what they believe Say I were to ask...
A Look Back: Indigenous Resistance in 2013
Reclaim Turtle Island ·
Reclaim Turtle Island is dedicated to spreading the word on the Indigenous Insurrection in 2014, and we look forward to continue to lift up one another’s voices on the frontlines against...
The Internet Is Dead, Long Live the Internet!
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program ·
The internet as we know it is dead.
Facebook's Community Double Standards
Ben Norton ·
Is Facebook flirting with fascism? The question might prove difficult to answer with a resounding “yes or no,” but, to those who have been keeping track of its recent censorship...
How Even a Proven Government Conspiracy Can Get Totally Dismissed by Corporate Media
Robert Parry ·
In the insular world of Manhattan media, there’s much handwringing over the latest blow to print publications
The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female
Robert Jensen ·
The future of the human species - if there is to be a future - must be radically green, red, black and female.
8 Foods That Food Experts Won't Eat
April McCarthy ·
Food scientists are shedding light on items loaded with toxins and chemicals–and simple swaps for a cleaner diet and supersized health. Experts from different areas of specialty explain...
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