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The Promise of Radical Municipalism in New York City
The Promise of Radical Municipalism in New York City
Ujju Aggarwal · ​What kind of power and solidarity is built and transformed in New York City’s municipalist moment will depend on whether or not the remaking of public and civic infrastructures is...
50 Years of Co-Determination in Germany
50 Years of Co-Determination in Germany
Thomas Klikauer · Fifty years later, Germany’s system of participation is still in danger, as corporate bosses never accepted even this mild intrusion into what they perceive as their domain – the right...
The Empire of Cannibals
The Empire of Cannibals
Vuk Bačanović · A system that feeds on the consumption of societies, resources, labor, truth, and ultimately human beings themselves will, sooner or later, begin to demand political types willing to...
Why Antisemitism Obscures the Real Architecture of Power
Why Antisemitism Obscures the Real Architecture of Power
Vuk Bačanović · Extreme and criminal ideologies do not fall from the sky; they grow out of the ways societies produce, consume, wage war, and distribute power. And capitalism, in its imperial and...
When Gangster Capitalism Becomes Government
When Gangster Capitalism Becomes Government
Henry A. Giroux · Socialism or barbarism, democracy or gangster rule, shared futures or organized cruelty. History opened the question. What remains is whether people will answer it.
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve
Nikki Reisch, Lili Fuhr · ​Civil society will push states to act in line with their existing legal obligations to phase out all fossil fuels—including by advancing a Fossil Fuel Treaty that can govern a just and...
Open a Community Center: Reject Digital Culture
Open a Community Center: Reject Digital Culture
Vincent Emanuele · Digital culture thrives on our alienation, but community centers offer a tangible alternative. We must trade the convenience of the screen for the power of the commons to restore our...
“I Felt Like a Monster”: Israeli Soldiers Break Silence on Gaza—and the System Behind It
“I Felt Like a Monster”: Israeli Soldiers Break Silence on Gaza—and the System Behind It
Joshua Scheer · The official narrative isn’t just cracking—it’s being dismantled by the very people who carried it out.
What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?
What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?
Michel Rauchs · Tl;dr: For historical and cultural reasons, the Commons has remained largely overlooked or misunderstood. But today, it’s more important than ever to restore it as a vital third mode of...
We’re Surrounded by Crises. What’s Stopping Us From Acting?
We’re Surrounded by Crises. What’s Stopping Us From Acting?
Michel Rauchs · Tl;dr: We are facing an overlapping set of crises that our dominant institutions seem unable to address. While many have withdrawn in disillusionment, their latent desire for change can...
Your Algorithm Doesn’t Care If You Live or Die
Your Algorithm Doesn’t Care If You Live or Die
Isadøra Chanel Quinn · Just after midnight, the app lit up again.
Piracy as Access
Piracy as Access
Isadøra Chanel Quinn · On a university campus in Jakarta, a group of students gather in a small classroom after hours. The windows are covered. The lights are dim. A projector hums to life.
How Architecture Can Combat Climate Change
How Architecture Can Combat Climate Change
Isabella Quinn · Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it is an urgent reality reshaping our planet, our cities, and our daily lives. While much attention focuses on transportation, energy...
Less Analysis, More Organizing
Less Analysis, More Organizing
Vincent Emanuele · Why do people spend so much time analyzing and documenting the seemingly never-ending horrors taking place throughout the world at the hands of Trump & Co, but not nearly as much time...
[HIT Forum] Prime minister lauds ANN journalists’ role in safeguarding South Korea’s democracy
[HIT Forum] Prime minister lauds ANN journalists’ role in safeguarding South Korea’s democracy
Jung Min-kyung ·
Assemblies: A Path to Co-Governance and Democratic Renewal
Assemblies: A Path to Co-Governance and Democratic Renewal
Ben Palmquist · A hybrid model of assemblies may be the key to bringing in vast numbers of people into the process of forging a new world and governing the one we have.
Why the War Meant to Save Israel May Destroy It
Why the War Meant to Save Israel May Destroy It
Ramzy Baroud · For decades, Western political discourse framed Israel as a democratic outpost surrounded by hostile forces. That narrative has steadily eroded. Increasingly, Israel is described—even by...
Israel Is Caught in a Permanent State of War
Israel Is Caught in a Permanent State of War
C.J. Polychroniou · An interview with Israeli academic and activist Idan Landau, who says "as long as the US and Europe continue to insulate Israel from the moral consequences of its policies," things are...
The Weapons Makers Who Fund the Iran War are Also Its Cheerleaders on Your TV
The Weapons Makers Who Fund the Iran War are Also Its Cheerleaders on Your TV
Nick Cleveland-Stout, Julian Cooper · After the American public soured on the Iraq War, many groups that pushed for the invasion tried to downplay their role in the debacle. Here we go again.
What Is Syndicalism and What Is It Good For?
What Is Syndicalism and What Is It Good For?
Rasmus Hästbacka · Rasmus Hästbacka of the syndicalist union SAC highlights leading ideas of syndicalism and their usefulness in contemporary class struggle.
The Military-Industrial Complex 2.0: Big Tech's War of All Against All
The Military-Industrial Complex 2.0: Big Tech's War of All Against All
Janet Abou-Elias · ​Silicon Valley wants us to believe that the only way to “win” a future war is by handing the keys to our political world to a clique of self-defined superior beings headed up by the...
The War on DEI and the Scourge of White Supremacist Politics
The War on DEI and the Scourge of White Supremacist Politics
Henry A. Giroux · What is unfolding is an attempt to restore racial hierarchy as common sense, to turn historical amnesia into governing logic.
Kayfabe Politics and the Loss of Authenticity: Lessons from a Madman
Kayfabe Politics and the Loss of Authenticity: Lessons from a Madman
Jmbunch · Vermin Supreme, the boot-on-head political satirist who shot to national fame in the Occupy era, may still have a message worth considering in an age when the left often seems splintered...
The Hoop Has More Than Two Points: A Compassionate Critique of Pat McCabe's Sacred Gender Essentialism
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...
Four Lessons From the Fight Against Trump and ICE in Minneapolis
Four Lessons From the Fight Against Trump and ICE in Minneapolis
Sou Mi · As the fight against the administration's anti-immigrant offensive continues, here are four lessons we can draw from the experience.
Healing the Earth, One Community at a Time
Healing the Earth, One Community at a Time
Ecosystem Restoration Communities Staff · Eight years ago, the Ecosystem Restoration Communities (ERC) movement began with a simple but powerful belief: that everyday people everywhere could restore the land beneath their feet...
Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet
Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet
Shane Burley · “Revolution is not a paradise on earth. It is a constant process of change, with obstacles and shortcomings,” Felix Weber, a member of the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, told me...
Ending the Surge in Minnesota Isn’t Enough
Ending the Surge in Minnesota Isn’t Enough
Ben Burgis · Justice will require a wave of impeachments, criminal charges, and restitution to the people of the Twin Cities.
A Revolutionary Intercommunal Mutualist Critique of Colin Jenkin's Black Panther Party “Blueprint” Frame
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
We Can Move Beyond the Capitalist Model and Save the Climate – Here Are the First Three Steps
We Can Move Beyond the Capitalist Model and Save the Climate – Here Are the First Three Steps
Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis · Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratize our economy and a better world is within our grasp.
White People Didn't Invent Slavery. The West Ended It.
White People Didn't Invent Slavery. The West Ended It.
Kaizen Asiedu · I almost couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
When Racism Becomes Spectacle: Distraction in an Age of Climate Crisis
When Racism Becomes Spectacle: Distraction in an Age of Climate Crisis
Peter Scaramuzzo · ​In the end, the question is not whether a single post is offensive—it is whether we allow cycles of warranted outrage to consume the very attention required for collective survival.
Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight
Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight
Jackie Summers · Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role.
Nonviolent Movements Not Only Win — They Win Faster
Nonviolent Movements Not Only Win — They Win Faster
Stockholm University Communications Office · Nonviolent resistance movements are not only more likely to succeed than their violent counterparts — they also tend to achieve success more quickly.
Field Notes for Cracking an Empire
Field Notes for Cracking an Empire
Jackie Summers · How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.
In Defence of a Basic Land Income
In Defence of a Basic Land Income
Manuel Casal Lodeiro · The minimum living wage has reignited the debate on basic income. But would it be viable in the face of eco-social collapse? A basic land income could be an alternative suited to this...
10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut
10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut
Rivera Sun · Americans can learn from the anti-Nazi leaflet “10 Commandments for Danes” by denying ICE everything it needs to function.
Debunking the Myth That We’re Not Ready for a National Shutdown
Debunking the Myth That We’re Not Ready for a National Shutdown
Eugene Puryear · This call is very much in the history of how general strikes have emerged in this country since the mid 19th century.
An Urgent Warning to America, From German Grannies Against the Far Right
An Urgent Warning to America, From German Grannies Against the Far Right
Grans-United · Dear American Citizens,
US and EU Sanctions Have Killed 38 Million Since 1970
US and EU Sanctions Have Killed 38 Million Since 1970
Jason Hickel, Dylan Sullivan, Omer Tayyab · Far from a peaceful tool, these measures weaponise hunger and deprivation to enforce Western dominance.
Social Strikes: How Mass Strikes and People Power Uprisings Provide a Last Defense Against MAGA Tyranny
Social Strikes: How Mass Strikes and People Power Uprisings Provide a Last Defense Against MAGA Tyranny
Jeremy Brecher, Alex Caputo-Pearl & Jackson Potter · The history of social strikes demonstrate that, no matter what tyrants may do, ultimately the people have the means to defeat them.
We Are All Minnesota
We Are All Minnesota
Mary Papenfuss · ​Trump thought Minnesotans would be pushovers and great “performance fodder” as televised victims of his version of macho violence. He was wrong.
When Will Democrats Realize That You Can't Reform Fascism?
When Will Democrats Realize That You Can't Reform Fascism?
Will Bunch · The problem is Democratic fecklessness—and it isn’t limited to just the future of ICE. Dismantling the ICE regime needs to be the floor, not the ceiling, and any Democrat in Congress who...
1 Year in, Trump Already Has His Own Fascist Paramilitary Squad
1 Year in, Trump Already Has His Own Fascist Paramilitary Squad
C.J. Polychroniou · ​ICE tactics are designed to instill fear in people and create chaos in communities as part of an overarching strategy aimed to silence opposition to Trump’s overall domestic agenda and...
Report Details Trump's Rapid Escalation Toward Authoritarianism in First Year of Second Term
Report Details Trump's Rapid Escalation Toward Authoritarianism in First Year of Second Term
Julia Conley · A year into Trump's second term, Amnesty International warns of escalating authoritarian practices in the US. Will we stand by as human rights are eroded, or will we take action to...
Only the Iranian People Should Determine Their Nation's Future
Only the Iranian People Should Determine Their Nation's Future
C.J. Polychroniou · It’s virtually impossible to predict what lies ahead for Iran and its people. But if President Donald Trump decides to take military action against Iran’s current regime, nothing good...
Organize! Yes, but How?
Organize! Yes, but How?
Rasmus Hästbacka · Most people agree we need to organize — but few talk concretely about how. This guide draws on a century of Swedish labor organizing to offer a practical framework for building real...
Zohran Needs to Create Popular Assemblies
Zohran Needs to Create Popular Assemblies
Gabriel Hetland, Bhaskar Sunkara · If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a...
More and More Americans Want to Abolish ICE
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.
The Renewable Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable
The Renewable Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable
David Suzuki · ​By every measure, shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, renewables, and energy efficiency and conservation is far more beneficial to most people than following the same...
In 'Unhinged' Rant, Miller Says US Has Right to Take Over Any Country for Its Resources
In 'Unhinged' Rant, Miller Says US Has Right to Take Over Any Country for Its Resources
Julia Conley · Democratic lawmaker slams Stephen Miller's diatribe on US imperialism in Venezuela and Greenland. Miller claims US will secure resources unapologetically. Sanders calls out...
Emergency Declaration: We Condemn the Imperialist Attack by the U.S. Against Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Maduro
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...
Building “Mass Governance” in Zohran Mamdani’s New York City
Building “Mass Governance” in Zohran Mamdani’s New York City
Sumathy Kumar and Gianpaolo Baiocchi · Zohran Mamdani is now mayor of New York City, and the Left’s old ways of relating to elected officials won’t cut it. We need a “mass governance” approach.
There Is Often No Clear Demarcation Between “Legal” and “Illegal” Immigration.
There Is Often No Clear Demarcation Between “Legal” and “Illegal” Immigration.
Rachel Rutter · It’s far easier to end up on the wrong end of the spectrum than you might think.
'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses
'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses
Julia Conley · The proposal does not treat detainees “as people but just things to be warehoused like Amazon packages,” said one critic.
A Possible Strategy for Stopping War on Venezuela
A Possible Strategy for Stopping War on Venezuela
Kevin Young · ​Critics of state violence become most dangerous when they directly jeopardize the state’s capacity to inflict violence. The most common and tangible way that happens is when soldiers...
Tools for Growing the Commons
Tools for Growing the Commons
Michel Rauchs · The true strength lies in the careful combination of these tools into multi-layered, living systems—creating the conditions not just for protection, but for long-term flourishing.
Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget
Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget
Catherine Lutz · Squeezed domestic spending and extravagant military spending have widened inequality, with dire consequences for democracy.
Trump's Cruel Immigration Policy Is Devastating Children
Trump's Cruel Immigration Policy Is Devastating Children
Rachel Rutter · ​If you care about children; if you say you’re “pro-life;” if you consider yourself a good or moral person, you should care about how the US treats all children.
A National Network of Activists Pursuing “People’s Budgets” Gains Prominence
A National Network of Activists Pursuing “People’s Budgets” Gains Prominence
Celina Su · Across the country campaigns that meld community budget goals with participatory democratic practices have gained ground. Seattle and Nashville offer two examples.
Israel's Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace
Israel's Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace
Ramzy Baroud · What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially?
You Could Be on Trump's Enemies List, but the Mainstream Media Won't Warn You
You Could Be on Trump's Enemies List, but the Mainstream Media Won't Warn You
Jim Naureckas · ​A new Department of Justice memo is another giant step towards authoritarianism; however, establishment media didn’t see it that way.
ICE Raids Against Farmworkers Expose the Pretense of Border Security
ICE Raids Against Farmworkers Expose the Pretense of Border Security
Julia Norman · ​When the state hunts its most essential—and most exploited—workers to meet deportation quotas, the myth of border security collapses.
Asking the Right Questions When Lawless US Officials Go on a Murder Spree
Asking the Right Questions When Lawless US Officials Go on a Murder Spree
Phyllis Bennis and Khury Petersen-Smith · Declaring unilaterally that a war exists (when it doesn't) and then bombing unarmed civilian boats in international waters is inherently illegal, regardless of whether anyone is killed...
How DSA Is Building Municipal Socialism in the Nation’s Largest City
How DSA Is Building Municipal Socialism in the Nation’s Largest City
Grace Mausser · A look inside the strategy, structure, and mass organizing powering the Left’s most ambitious municipal project in America.
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Feed Families, Not Factory Farms
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Feed Families, Not Factory Farms
Matthew Dominguez · ​Nearly 70% of the grain grown in this country—corn, soy, wheat, and barley—never feeds a single human being. Instead, it’s fed to pigs, chickens, and cows packed into industrial animal...
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Hot Tub of Death
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Hot Tub of Death
Juan Cole · When a mega-billionaire carps that a “doomsday outlook” is harming the climate movement, it's important to say many things in response, including this: he's dead wrong.
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
People's Summit Towards COP30 · "The advance of the extreme right, fascism and wars around the world exacerbates the climate crisis and the exploitation of nature and of peoples. The countries of the global North...
Schumer Democrats Can’t Stop Trump. Mamdani Democrats Can.
Schumer Democrats Can’t Stop Trump. Mamdani Democrats Can.
Ben Burgis · A week after Zohran Mamdani’s inspiring win, the Democratic Party’s centrist leadership proved its worthlessness in the Senate. The moderate party establishment is no match for Trumpism...
Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
Cléo Mieulet · By embedding degrowth principles in local, everyday practice, "Kreisler" associations offer a vision for urban provisioning beyond extraction and individualism and toward a communal...
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup
Joseph Bouchard · ​The opposition’s proposed total economic surrender to US corporate interests would doom Venezuela to the same conditions that led to Chavez’s rise to power.
Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza, Hamas Pledges to Uphold It
Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza, Hamas Pledges to Uphold It
Juan Cole · According to the Israeli newspaper
100% of Cluster Bomb Victims Last Year Were Civilians—Nearly Half of Them Children
100% of Cluster Bomb Victims Last Year Were Civilians—Nearly Half of Them Children
Julia Conley · Human rights leaders are urging countries to reinforce the ban on cluster munitions, as a report reveals civilian suffering caused by these deadly bombs. How many more innocent lives...
Challenging Corporate Power and Rights Has Never Been So Important
Challenging Corporate Power and Rights Has Never Been So Important
Helena Paul · So if we want real change – and a world where future generations of all life, not just human beings, can live in peace with equal rights and justice for all – we have to tackle corporate...
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Tom Murphy · Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael is? I reread it recently for the first time in a while, and was again impressed with how many important...
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Tom Murphy · Oh No. Is Do the Math about to get hijacked for another long series about a Daniel Quinn book, like it was for Ishmael?
My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Tom Murphy · We’re awkwardly caught between being too intelligent to work as well as turtles and mushrooms, but not intelligent enough to be like angels or gods. The flaw, then, is intelligence...
A Localism Manifesto
A Localism Manifesto
Michael Shuman · With this manifesto, we are putting national governments everywhere on notice. We are not going away. We will become bolder in our local experiments and in our challenges to your authority.
Localization Action Guide: 137 Actions to Resist and Renew
Localization Action Guide: 137 Actions to Resist and Renew
Local Futures · Join the localization movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing communities. Local Futures produced a detailed Localization Action Guide to encourage everyone to 'GO...
We're Seeing the Beginnings of Mass Noncompliance
We're Seeing the Beginnings of Mass Noncompliance
Daniel Hunter · Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
Why Democrats Lose Even When Republicans Are so Endlessly Terrible
Why Democrats Lose Even When Republicans Are so Endlessly Terrible
Chuck Idelson · Amid the postmortems and reckoning that will now follow the wreckage of Donald Trump’s return to “absolute” power, as authorized by the Supreme Court, there are two notes in particular...
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
Daniel Hunter · The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Progressive Democrats Statement on Presidential Election
Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Progressive Democrats Statement on Presidential Election
We the Undersigned · As Democrats and leaders in the Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and Progressive communities in Arizona, we the undersigned make the following statement, published on 10/24/2024:
Palestinian Nonviolence Relies on Global Non-Silence
Palestinian Nonviolence Relies on Global Non-Silence
Yousef Munayyer · This article from May, 2010 should haunt the world. - Spread Knowledge
20 Principles I Wish Were More Popular on the Left
20 Principles I Wish Were More Popular on the Left
Jonathan Matthew Smucker · It would really warm my heart if these concepts were more popular in the left:
Unitarian Universalism: The Seven Principles
Unitarian Universalism: The Seven Principles
Unitarian Universalist Association · Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote seven Principles, which we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these Principles within a “living tradition” of...
LAST CALL!
LAST CALL!
Esther Petsche and Samuel Schlaefli · "Last Call!" is a cinematic examination of the question of who determines our future. The filmmakers Esther Petsche and Samuel Schlaefli accompany climate activists, climate researchers...
To Defend Israel as 'Moral Society,' Knesset Member Backs South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case
To Defend Israel as 'Moral Society,' Knesset Member Backs South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case
Jon Queally · "This is the true patriotism—no revenge wars and calls for extermination, no unnecessary bloodshed, and no sacrifice of kidnapped citizens and soldiers in false wars," said KM Ofer Cassif
14 Free Videos To Counter US Media's Dehumanization Of Palestinians
14 Free Videos To Counter US Media's Dehumanization Of Palestinians
Media Education Foundation · Over the past two-plus decades, the Media Education Foundation has produced and distributed documentary films, and organized a series of high-profile events and talks, to counter U.S...
Let Israel Vote; Let Gaza Vote
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...
This Is a War on Children, and 'Safe Zones' Are Death Traps: UNICEF
This Is a War on Children, and 'Safe Zones' Are Death Traps: UNICEF
Juan Cole · Gaza was a free-fire zone on Saturday and Sunday, with UN officials saying that no place in the Strip is safe. Hundreds were killed, almost all of them innocent noncombatants, and...
When Will We Learn That Violence Doesn't Lead to Security?
When Will We Learn That Violence Doesn't Lead to Security?
Mohammed Abu-Nimer · For the past month, Israeli bombardment of Gaza has been presented to the world as if it hasn’t already happened repeatedly (five times to be exact) since Gaza was put under brutal siege...
Israel Hit Gaza Strip With the Equivalent of Two Nuclear Bombs
Israel Hit Gaza Strip With the Equivalent of Two Nuclear Bombs
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor · Geneva - Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since the start of its large-scale war on 7 October, equivalent to two nuclear bombs, Euro-Med Human...
Identity Politics and the Professional-Managerial Class
Identity Politics and the Professional-Managerial Class
Rhyd Wildermuth · "Raising the standard of living for the working class by increasing the minimum wage, creating stronger worker protections and job security, funding education and job training, making...
What You Are Seeing in Gaza Is Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
What You Are Seeing in Gaza Is Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
Yumna Patel · Seventy-five years of global inaction and Israeli impunity have led to this moment in which one of the most vulnerable populations on earth is pummeled by one of the world’s strongest...
Nonviolence Is a Light of Possibility in Times Like This: on the Current Escalation in Israel and Palestine
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...
If Israel Reacts to Its 9/11 Like the Americans Responded to Theirs, Innocent Civilians Will Pay the Heaviest Price
If Israel Reacts to Its 9/11 Like the Americans Responded to Theirs, Innocent Civilians Will Pay the Heaviest Price
Paul Rogers · The US achieved nothing in the Middle East, but millions of civilians paid the price – the same will be true now
Realists of a Larger Reality: The introduction to Here Be Monsters: How To Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other
Realists of a Larger Reality: The introduction to Here Be Monsters: How To Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other
Rhyd Wildermuth · "Not everything that looks like liberation actually is, nor is every political idea which claims to help people actually helpful. Sometimes, we can dream up things which become...
Yes, Israel Is a Racist State
Yes, Israel Is a Racist State
Khelil Bouarrouj · The structure of Israeli governance is embodied with discrimination against Palestinian citizens.
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Luca Goldmansour · “Liking” a post on social media might not seem like a high-impact action. But nonprofit media groups actually depend a great deal on their readers’ online engagement.
Worker Self-Directed Enterprises: the Cure for Capitalism
Worker Self-Directed Enterprises: the Cure for Capitalism
Kevin Gustafson · “Socialism Sucks!” This blatant invective was hurled at me while I stood on a DC metro train reading Richard Wolff’s new book Understanding Socialism. I chuckled a bit, having heard this...
"The Race to Alaska" Tests the Body, Mind and Boat
"The Race to Alaska" Tests the Body, Mind and Boat
Olivia Louise · A documentary on the annual 750 mile race from Washington to Alaska with no motors – just wind, ocean, and human spirit.
Amish Farmer Faces $250K Fine, Jail Time and Losing His Sustainable Farm for Processing His Own Meat
Amish Farmer Faces $250K Fine, Jail Time and Losing His Sustainable Farm for Processing His Own Meat
Sara Burrows · Amos Miller’s private food club members say they don’t want their grass-fed meat treated with the chemical preservatives required by all USDA-approved processing plants
Freedom is Tyranny: Robert Reich Goes Full Orwellian in Anti-Free Speech Screed
Freedom is Tyranny: Robert Reich Goes Full Orwellian in Anti-Free Speech Screed
Johnathan Turley · We recently discussed the gathering of Democratic politicians and media figures at the University of Chicago to discuss how to better shape news, combat “disinformation,” and reeducate...
Ukrainian Leftist Criticizes Western War Drive With Russia: US Is Using Ukraine as 'Cannon Fodder'
Ukrainian Leftist Criticizes Western War Drive With Russia: US Is Using Ukraine as 'Cannon Fodder'
Yuliy Dubovyk · A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation...
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
Mike Pappas and Dimitri Mugianis · The so-called psychedelic renaissance is here. Proponents claim that the drugs can alleviate an array of psychological suffering. But while they try to gain medical acceptance, they...
Financial Crises and Socio-Economic Outlook in Three Documentaries
Financial Crises and Socio-Economic Outlook in Three Documentaries
Alpaslan Pasaoglu · 1- Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
From Columbus to Enbridge: Colonial Exploitation Continues
From Columbus to Enbridge: Colonial Exploitation Continues
Winona Laduke · It's somehow fitting irony as Indigenous Day approaches on Oct. 11 — once known by another name — that a new Columbus is about to pump oil through Line 3, the last tar sands pipeline...
Austin Is Ground Zero for a Different Kind of Neoliberalism | posted on 10.04.2021
Austin Is Ground Zero for a Different Kind of Neoliberalism | posted on 10.04.2021
JAMES RUSHING DANIEL · Known for its quirky institutions, eccentric characters, and progressive culture, Austin’s famous “weirdness” has long masked a deeper commitment to neoliberalism — which has in turn...
5 Key Things to Know About the Pandora Papers
5 Key Things to Know About the Pandora Papers
Chuck Collins · These disclosures about how the world's wealthy and powerful hide their vast fortunes will hopefully turn up the heat on the politicians that maintain the wealth-hiding status quo.
Realclimate: We Are Not Reaching 1.5ºC Earlier Than Previously Thought
Realclimate: We Are Not Reaching 1.5ºC Earlier Than Previously Thought
Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee Nicholls, and Piers Forster ·
THE HISTORY OF POSTWAR FASCISM NEEDS TO BE RETOLD
THE HISTORY OF POSTWAR FASCISM NEEDS TO BE RETOLD
JACQUELINE LUQMAN · We need to revise the whitewashed versions of history that have given generations the false impression that fascism was specific to Europe and was defeated for good in World War II.
The Use and Abuse of MMT
The Use and Abuse of MMT
Michael Hudson, Dirk Bezemer, Steve Keen and T.Sabri Öncü · Michael Hudson | Friday, April 10, 2020
Firing Alan Greenspan
Firing Alan Greenspan
Michael Hudson · Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Comrades & Cowboys
Comrades & Cowboys
Mark Lause · September 30th, 2014 | The Labor and Working-Class History Association
Wishbone of the Good Lord Bird: Historical Fiction and Poetic Truth
Wishbone of the Good Lord Bird: Historical Fiction and Poetic Truth
Mark Lause · The Labor and Working-Class History Association | November 27th, 2020
A Plague of Gods: Cultural Appropriation and the Resurgent Left Sacred
A Plague of Gods: Cultural Appropriation and the Resurgent Left Sacred
Rhyd Wildermuth · A little over six years ago now, I received a demand which asked me to use my influence and this publishing platform to help denounce someone. I read the demand with curiosity and a bit...
Why the Green New Deal Has Failed — so Far
Why the Green New Deal Has Failed — so Far
Matt Huber · The Green New Deal program has enormous potential to generate mass popular support. But absent real leverage from labor, it's likely to be continually watered down into a toothless...
As scientists have long predicted, warming is making heatwaves more deadly
As scientists have long predicted, warming is making heatwaves more deadly
DANA NUCCITELLI · Twenty years ago the IPCC warned of summer heatwave deaths in unprepared temperate regions like the Pacific Northwest.
Take Me to Your Leader: the Rot of the American Ruling Class
Take Me to Your Leader: the Rot of the American Ruling Class
DOUG HENWOOD · For more than three centuries, something has been going horribly wrong at the top of our society, and we’re all suffering for it.
Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
Michael Hudson · Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2019
Finance Capitalism Versus Industrial Capitalism: the Rentier Resurgence and Takeover | Michael Hudson
Finance Capitalism Versus Industrial Capitalism: the Rentier Resurgence and Takeover | Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson · Published by Sage Journals
The Wire and the World
The Wire and the World
HELENA SHEEHAN, SHEAMUS SWEENEY · A decade ago, The Wire series finale aired. The show was a Marxist's idea of what TV drama should be.
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed
Ben Burgis · The Right wants you to believe that a coddled, overly sensitive left is propping up cancel culture. But punitive, hyper-surveillant ways of interacting online are built into the...
Children of the Lie
Children of the Lie
John F. Schumaker · Renowned clinical psychologist and social critic John F. Schumaker examines the growing power and influence of the lie in relation to ongoing reality erosion and various cultural trends...
Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism
Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism
Charisse Burden-Stelly · Some Theoretical Insights
Necropolitics, Social Fascism and Algorithmic Colonialism
Necropolitics, Social Fascism and Algorithmic Colonialism
Antoni Aguiló · Is the old world really dying while the new one struggles to be born? Or does it merely mutate, gorging on technology and the intensification of social fear?
Will Slums Survive The Pandemic?
Will Slums Survive The Pandemic?
Awbuck Qandoe · A look at some prominent super-slums around the world at risk of extinction due to Covid-19.
India-China And The Raw Animal Origins Of Border Disputes
India-China And The Raw Animal Origins Of Border Disputes
Awbuck Qandoe · Our tendency to defend borders is linked to phenomena like lions in the jungle angrily tearing into each other for territorial domination and stray dogs ‘scent-marking’ their jurisdiction.
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
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.
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Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Julia K. Steinberger, Thomas Wiedmann and Manfred Lenzen · Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived...
A Working Definition of Racism
A Working Definition of Racism
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse · 1. Human beings are members of the same species. The term 'racism' is useful as a shorthand way of categorizing the systematic mistreatment experienced by people of color and Third world...
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse · Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people.    Assume that you are a regular white person...
International Study Finds Consensual Nonmonogamy Can Be ‘Healthy’ Relationship Option - Media Relations
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...
Police Abolition 101: What a World Without Cops Would Look Like
Police Abolition 101: What a World Without Cops Would Look Like
Madison Pauly · “Can we come up with a situation where there are fewer killings, and fewer collateral consequences?”
We Are Rebels - Full Episodes Online
We Are Rebels - Full Episodes Online
Luca Bellino · WE ARE REBELS / DOCUMENTARY TV SERIES
Don’t Fall for the Myth of the “Outside Agitator” in Racial Justice Protests
Don’t Fall for the Myth of the “Outside Agitator” in Racial Justice Protests
Glenn Houlihan · Whenever mass protests of any kind kick off, defenders of the status quo immediately accuse protesters as being duped by “outside agitators.” Don’t fall for it — the lie of the outside...
Believe in Yourself and You Will Make This World a Better Place
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...
How to Fix the World
How to Fix the World
Laura Basu · The pandemic is very quickly teaching us what’s important: health, love, food, a safe and comfortable home, creativity and learning, connectedness, and being able to get out into nature...
Why We Cling to Conspiracies in Times of Crisis
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...
TAWAI: a Film About Reconnection
TAWAI: a Film About Reconnection
Bruce Parry · "We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” - Albert Einstein Tawai is a film about reconnection. It connects us to our ancestors and the type...
Blueprint for a Beautiful World
Blueprint for a Beautiful World
Nikhil Kulkarni · A detailed plan to bring about a systemic change. Something You & I can do !
Who Owns the Future of California's Energy? Its Residents
Who Owns the Future of California's Energy? Its Residents
Peter Kalmus · For many homeowners, rooftop solar is a smart move. But what if you could get every home and business in your entire county to switch to renewables, all at once? This is essentially...
The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation
The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation
Scott Fullwiler, Stephanie Kelton, Catherine Ruetschilin, and Marshall Steinbaum · Among the more ambitious policies that have been proposed to address the problem of escalating student loan debt are various forms of debt cancellation. In this report, Scott Fullwiler...
Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong
Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong
Paul Fenn · Planet of the Humans has stirred the resentment of many a climate crusader. Yesterday, the chair of the Sierra Club California Energy and Climate Committee instructed committee members...
The Man From Katuah
The Man From Katuah
James True · I am a man from Katuah, the Blue Ridge bioregion of the southern Appalachians. I am the living soil. I am land incarnate. I am the vine, the flower, and the thorn. I am its airspace and...
Changing the Way We Think About Ecocities
Changing the Way We Think About Ecocities
Dr Dominique Hes · The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realising the earth was round.
Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence
Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence
LaUra Schmidt · For the past few days, I’ve been enveloped in the recently released documentary, Planet of the Humans. After watching the film, I was left with many complex feelings. The overall tone is...
Powerdown: Let's Talk About It
Powerdown: Let's Talk About It
Joanne Poyourow · "The writing is on the wall: Powerdown is inevitable. If we want any hope of achieving it peacefully, we’ve got to start shifting — minds and physical infrastructure — today."
Movements Must Give Biden No Choice but to Move Left — as They've Done With Centrist Democrats in the Past
Movements Must Give Biden No Choice but to Move Left — as They've Done With Centrist Democrats in the Past
Andy Bichlbaum · Movements forced progressive change under FDR and LBJ, but failed to move Obama. To change this country they must start pressuring Biden now.
The Triumph of Triviality
The Triumph of Triviality
John F. Schumaker · Clinical psychologist John F. Schumaker asks if modern consumer society is too shallow to deal with the deepening crises facing the planet.
Conspiracy Theorists Are Falsely Claiming That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is an Elaborate Hoax
Conspiracy Theorists Are Falsely Claiming That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is an Elaborate Hoax
Anatoliy Gruzd and Philip Mai · In the midst of a global pandemic, conspiracy theorists have found yet another way to spread dangerous disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19, sowing seeds of doubts about its...
Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party, We Will Lose
Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party, We Will Lose
Dustin Guastella · Socialists say they either want to “realign” the Democratic Party or break with it entirely. But those aren’t political strategies — they are outcomes of political struggle. We need a...
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*
Julio Vincent Gambuto · You are not crazy, my friends
When Climate Met COVID: 7 Reasons We Should Tackle These Challenges Together
When Climate Met COVID: 7 Reasons We Should Tackle These Challenges Together
Guy Dauncey · We face not one but three simultaneous inter-connected crises: the COVID-19 Emergency, the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, and the Crisis of Capitalism. We urgently need connected...
Share This With Your Governor: 12 Ideas for How States Can Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis
Share This With Your Governor: 12 Ideas for How States Can Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis
Michael Shuman · Everyone knows that the three, multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bills passed by Congress fall way short.  For most local businesses—the lifeblood of our economy—these bills offer too...
The Four Foundations of True Liberty
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
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...
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
Nadia Colburn · The pandemic is a testing ground for how to address the climate crisis, and vice-versa.
Our Economic System Is on Life Support, But Who Are We Really Saving?
Our Economic System Is on Life Support, But Who Are We Really Saving?
Laurie Macfarlane · Pumping new money into the economy without altering power relations will only exacerbate existing inequalities.
2020: When the Great Disruption Began
2020: When the Great Disruption Began
Paul Gilding · “The last global crisis didn’t change the world. But this one could” - William Davies It was always going to come to this. Whether it was a pandemic triggering a shutdown, a climate...
Freedom and the Market
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...
Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction
Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction
Michael Shuman · This past weekend, a bright Georgetown undergraduate asked me how I squared my passion for localization with the theory of comparative advantage. For economics newbies, he was referring...
"We" Are Not Humanity: A Refutation of the "Humanity is a Virus" Thesis
"We" Are Not Humanity: A Refutation of the "Humanity is a Virus" Thesis
Shaun Chamberlin · As awareness spreads of the ecocidal consequences of our civilisation, I increasingly hear opinions to the effect that humanity is nothing but a plague, a parasite. A virus with shoes…
Reimagine, Don’t Seize, the Means of Production
Reimagine, Don’t Seize, the Means of Production
Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel · A promising commons-based approach for the digital age.
The Highest Act of Love In a Criminally Insane Society is Disobedience
The Highest Act of Love In a Criminally Insane Society is Disobedience
John Schumaker · Our consumer culture is collective insanity and it's driving us to destruction, says clinical psychologist John F Schumaker.
A Debt Jubilee Is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
A Debt Jubilee Is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
Michael Hudson · Even before the novel coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit cards and other payments. America’s debt overhead was pricing...
What If You Thought of It as the Jews Consider the Sabbath— The Most Sacred of Times?
What If You Thought of It as the Jews Consider the Sabbath— The Most Sacred of Times?
Lynn Ungar · What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the...
Joe Biden Isn't the Safe Bet to Beat Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is.
Joe Biden Isn't the Safe Bet to Beat Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is.
Will Meyer and Ashwin Ravikumar · Joe Biden is a weak candidate who is more likely to lose to Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders. The best chance we have at ousting Trump is voting for Sanders in the rest of the primaries.
Turn The Peace Symbol Upright!
Turn The Peace Symbol Upright!
Nell Arnaud ·
Rising for a Global Feminist Future With the Movement to Elect Bernie Sanders.
Rising for a Global Feminist Future With the Movement to Elect Bernie Sanders.
A Feminist Future · We are a coalition of feminists contending with both our differences and our commonality in age, race, class, religion, labor, and sexual orientation. We meet at the intersection of our...
Trump's Real Base Is the Ruling Class
Trump's Real Base Is the Ruling Class
Paul Street · Trump has shown that he understands who his real and most powerful base is—the billionaire class—ever since his election.
'Progress Comes From Changing How Humans Think' — a Conversation With 'Soldier of Peace' Paul K. Chappell
'Progress Comes From Changing How Humans Think' — a Conversation With 'Soldier of Peace' Paul K. Chappell
Paul K. Chappell · "What makes nonviolence so different from violence, is the way that nonviolence seeks to address and confront root causes of problems: violence addresses the symptoms and nonviolence...
Why We Need to Move Closer to King's Understanding of Nonviolence
Why We Need to Move Closer to King's Understanding of Nonviolence
Kazu Haga · Nonviolence is not simply the absence of violence, but about taking a proactive stand against violence and injustice, and working to repair the harm.
Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution
Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution
Ronnie Cummins · We must think, act and organize locally, while simultaneously cultivating a global vision and global solidarity.
Biden Is Showing Signs of Cognitive Decline. This Should Worry Anyone Who Wants to Beat Trump
Biden Is Showing Signs of Cognitive Decline. This Should Worry Anyone Who Wants to Beat Trump
Justin Ward · "If these were just isolated incidents, perhaps they could be chalked up to lack of sleep or the side effect of some medication. But there’s a pattern here and we need to confront it if...
Feminism and the Social Solidarity Economy: a Short Call to Action
Feminism and the Social Solidarity Economy: a Short Call to Action
Marian Díez and Guerrilla Translation · The following text is a translation of Marian Díez‘s impassioned closing speech at the recent convergence meeting of the World Social Forum for Transformative Economies.
Internationalism or Extinction
Internationalism or Extinction
Noam Chomsky, Paul Shannon, Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar · Capital is coordinated and globalized. Our struggles against injustice and oppression must be the same.
'Toward a Brighter More Just Future': 100+ Black Writers and Scholars Endorse Bernie Sanders
'Toward a Brighter More Just Future': 100+ Black Writers and Scholars Endorse Bernie Sanders
Jon Queally · "When so much is at stake, not only for Black people but for all people, and all life on the planet, we feel it imperative that we step outside of our classrooms and go beyond our...
Why the Russian Petro-State Is Actually Terrified of a Bernie Sanders Presidency: the Green New Deal
Why the Russian Petro-State Is Actually Terrified of a Bernie Sanders Presidency: the Green New Deal
Juan Cole · If millions of Americans started driving electric cars with Federal tax breaks and an end to gasoline subsidies, American petroleum demand would plummet.
On February 6th Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, or Why I Support Only Sanders
On February 6th Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, or Why I Support Only Sanders
Thomas Neuburger · Even if we elect a better-than-Trump, half-measures candidate, we're still not better off. Our grandchildren will curse us all the same.
“Economics Is Not Just About Money; It's About Our Holistic Well-Being as a Planet”
“Economics Is Not Just About Money; It's About Our Holistic Well-Being as a Planet”
MarÍa Sanz DomÍnguez and Timothy McKeon · Nonty Charity Sabic is cofounder of the international Rise Ubuntu Network, based on “ubuntu”, an indigenous South African philosophy that aims to teach and collectively remember the...
How to Turn Your Brain From Anger to Compassion
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.
Ten Steps That Transform Anger Into Compassionate Connection
Ten Steps That Transform Anger Into Compassionate Connection
Center for Nonviolent Communication · Practicing Nonviolent Communication guides us to reframe the way we listen to others and express ourselves by focusing our consciousness on four areas: what we are observing, feeling...
The Invisible Ideology Trashing Our Planet
The Invisible Ideology Trashing Our Planet
Brendan Montague · If you get into debt buying your child branded trainers, if you fear redundancy, if you suffer anxiety about the future of the planet and you blame yourself for all of these things then...
“Shit-Life Syndrome,” Trump Voters, and Clueless Dems
“Shit-Life Syndrome,” Trump Voters, and Clueless Dems
Bruce E. Levine · Getting rid of Trump means taking seriously “shit-life syndrome”—and its resulting misery, which includes suicide, drug overdose death, and trauma for surviving communities.
The Problem of Living Inside Echo Chambers
The Problem of Living Inside Echo Chambers
C. Thi Nguyen · Pick any of the big topics of the day – Brexit, climate change or
Think Twice Before Shouting Your Virtues Online – Moral Grandstanding Is Unhealthy
Think Twice Before Shouting Your Virtues Online – Moral Grandstanding Is Unhealthy
Joshua B. Grubbs · In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85% say political discourse has gotten...
Noam Chomsky: Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
Noam Chomsky: Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
C.J. Polychroniou · The impeachment trial of Donald Trump for power abuses is winding down, with his acquittal all but ensured when the Senate reconvenes on Wednesday to vote on the articles of impeachment...
The Confederation as the Commune of Communes
The Confederation as the Commune of Communes
Debbie Bookchin, Sixtine van Outryve · Confederalism as a revolutionary strategy provides us with the means to build and organize a radically democratic and egalitarian society at scale.
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
"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
Corporate Media Equate Sanders to Trump—Because for Them, Sanders Is the Bigger Threat
Corporate Media Equate Sanders to Trump—Because for Them, Sanders Is the Bigger Threat
Julie Hollar · As Bernie Sanders emerged as a threat to Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination in 2016, media began liberally tossing around articles equating Sanders and Donald Trump...
Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities
Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities
Christine Louis-Dit-Sully · Focusing on identities in our political conversations is divisive and restrictive. How can we shift the conversation back to principles?
Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
Prefigurology · Many of us with radical politics likely formed them in response to histories of trauma and abuse – sometimes in the form of discrete, identifiable traumatic events, sometimes in the form...
Control is a Trap
Control is a Trap
Prefigurology · At the root of many mental health problems is experiential avoidance. As touched upon in a previous entry, experiential avoidance is trying to avoid, suppress, or get rid of certain...
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
Paul Waters-Smith · The media is trying very hard to send a certain presidential campaign down the memory hole. They omit it from infographics. They decline to report its policy announcements (like the...
Why Trump Fears Bernie Sanders
Why Trump Fears Bernie Sanders
Luke Savage · Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Bernie Sanders show that he’s starting to realize something that still escapes most pundits: Sanders would be his toughest opponent to beat in November.
A Biden Nomination Means a Second Trump Term
A Biden Nomination Means a Second Trump Term
Paul Waters-Smith · I remember when I began to feel dread that Donald Trump would win in 2016. It was when I saw Hillary Clinton shimmy in the first Presidential debate. Trump was managing to attack her...
The Limits of Capitalism
The Limits of Capitalism
Laurie Adkin · At this point in human history, the limits of capitalism and the limits of our species’ life on Earth have converged. We have never been here before, and we cannot go back.
Boycotting Amazon Won't Work
Boycotting Amazon Won't Work
Justin Ward · It will take real collective action — not just canceling your Prime subscription — to force the company to change its labor practices
Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
Jason von Meding, David Prevatt and Ksenia Chmutina · When Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2019, it packed winds of up to 185 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge. A day later, it ravaged...
Internal Fossil Fuel Industry Memos Reveal Decades of Corporate Disinformation
Internal Fossil Fuel Industry Memos Reveal Decades of Corporate Disinformation
Union of Concerned Scientists · Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to convince the public that they aren't responsible for climate breakdown. Is it a coincidence that climate skeptics believe and...
Racism Is About Power, Not Unpleasant Sentiments
Racism Is About Power, Not Unpleasant Sentiments
Rob Urie · In September of 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis— a man who the best evidence suggested was innocent. On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered by...
This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It's the First Extermination Event.
This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It's the First Extermination Event.
Justin Mcbrien · What we are witnessing is not a passive geological event but extermination by capitalism.
How to Live With the Climate Crisis Without Becoming a Nihilist
How to Live With the Climate Crisis Without Becoming a Nihilist
Peter Kalmus · 'Today, despite all the grim climate news, I actually feel more optimistic than ever.'
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Catherine Tumber · Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom’s parliament and chastised its meager response...
The Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State Terror, While Millions Die, and How This Article Was Killed
The Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State Terror, While Millions Die, and How This Article Was Killed
Matthew Alford, Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn, Alan MacLeod, Florian Zollmann · As media theorists, we set out in Spring 2019 to pool our collective expertise into a short and very readable article for the mainstream press about how media treats Western foreign policy.
Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement
Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement
Local Futures · Good food is key to our survival and well-being. Eating local food is a powerful solution-multiplier — it reduces our carbon footprint, pollution, and waste, while creating dignified...
Tom Paine, Christianity, and Modern Psychiatry
Tom Paine, Christianity, and Modern Psychiatry
Bruce E. Levine · Beyond Common Sense, most Americans know little about Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Few know that at the end of Paine’s life, he had become a pariah in U.S. society, and for many years after...
The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change
The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change
Ronnie Cummins · The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers.
Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee
Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee
Mark Paul, William Darity Jr and Darrick Hamilton · Giving everyone a job is the best way to democratize the economy and give workers leverage in the workplace.
I’m a Jewish Historian. Yes, We Should Call Border Detention Centers 'Concentration Camps'
I’m a Jewish Historian. Yes, We Should Call Border Detention Centers 'Concentration Camps'
Anna Lind-Guzik · It isn’t just accurate. It’s necessary.
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - and What Lies Beyond
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - and What Lies Beyond
Samuel Alexander · An excerpt from a new book by Samuel Alexander and Rupert Read
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Local Futures · Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it started. Imagine cows from Mexico being fed corn...
Economics 101 and Ecological Collapse
Economics 101 and Ecological Collapse
Edward Fullbrook · “The collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.” – David Attenborough
The Faux Revolution of Mindfulness
The Faux Revolution of Mindfulness
Ronald Purser · McMindfulness is the new capitalist spirituality.
If Life Wins There Will Be No Losers
If Life Wins There Will Be No Losers
Ruth Gordon · How can we create a worldwide, permanent shift to regenerative culture in every sphere of life?
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words
Andrew Nikiforuk · The word sustainability, were it up to me, would be extinct, wiped out, kaput.
What’s Wrong with Activism?
What’s Wrong with Activism?
Jonathan Matthew Smucker · Over the years I have often been asked how I became an activist. The question of how individuals as individuals become involved in social change movements, fascinating as it may seem...
We Protect You From Yourselves: Police, Oppression and the Rule of Law
We Protect You From Yourselves: Police, Oppression and the Rule of Law
Luis Navarro · What goes through the mind of a riot cop as he's beating you senseless? Spanish situationist Luis Navarro on policing, violence and the imposition of order.
The Relentless Factories of Hatred, Fear and Lies: on the Global Ultraconservative and Reactionary Waves
The Relentless Factories of Hatred, Fear and Lies: on the Global Ultraconservative and Reactionary Waves
Boaventura De Sousa Santos · There are two undeclared wars on the vast majority of the world's population, the destitute popular classes and the impoverished middle classes. Such double war requires a vast...
Elegant Simplicity and Right Relationship
Elegant Simplicity and Right Relationship
Satish Kumar · A left wing and a right wing belong to the same bird. The moment we see that we are all related, we start to see solutions.
Socialists Win in Spain With Green New Deal
Socialists Win in Spain With Green New Deal
Natalie Sauer · Spaniards threw their weight behind a Green New Deal programme by re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist party (PSOE).
Rethinking the Normalization of Fascism in the Post-Truth Era
Rethinking the Normalization of Fascism in the Post-Truth Era
Henry A. Giroux · "We do not live in a post-truth world and never have. On the contrary, we live in a pre-truth world where the truth has yet to arrive."
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
Bruce E. Levine · “In every American community you have varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of...
A Psychologist Explains How People Become Anti-Authoritarians
A Psychologist Explains How People Become Anti-Authoritarians
Bruce E. Levine · Lyndon Johnson famously proclaimed his requirements for an appointee: “I want him to kiss my ass in Macy’s window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses.” Johnson and his...
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
Julia Adeney Thomas · “Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,” nor can it covered by...
Build a Border Wall? Here's What Border Communities Say They Want Instead
Build a Border Wall? Here's What Border Communities Say They Want Instead
Gary Paul Nabhan · For many of us who actually live along the U.S.-Mexico border, the “Mesquite Manifesto” addresses economic and climate problems by building up industry around the native tree.
5 Shareable Excerpts From Douglas Rushkoff's New Book 'Team Human'
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...
The Wall Is Not Beautiful
The Wall Is Not Beautiful
Sandra Lubarsky · Donald Trump insists that the border wall he wants built will be nothing less than beautiful. He has assured us that the latest version, a series of steel slats topped by triangular...
My Message to Davos Elites: Act as If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.
My Message to Davos Elites: Act as If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.
Greta Thunberg · "Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don't. That is as black or white as it gets. There are no grey areas when it comes to survival."
Linda Sarsour, the Women's March, and Anti-Semitism
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...
Our Dangerous Impulse to Demonize the Other Side
Our Dangerous Impulse to Demonize the Other Side
Ruth Conniff · Self-righteous, public shaming of kids is almost certain to backfire.
No Future: From Punk to Zapatismo and Connected Multitudes
No Future: From Punk to Zapatismo and Connected Multitudes
Guiomar Rovira and Amador Fernández Savater · Amador Fernández-Savater talks with Guiomar Rovira, author of Networked Activism and Connected Multitudes, about punk, Zapatismo, technology, communication, and activist appropriation of...
Why Americans Need to Act Like the Majority We Already Are
Why Americans Need to Act Like the Majority We Already Are
Onnesha Roychoudhuri · This article was first published in “Bye-Bye 45: A Guide to Bringing Him Down.” Read more about the action guide here.
7 Reasons to Keep the Faith in 2019
7 Reasons to Keep the Faith in 2019
EcoHustler · Boost your morale with unexpected good news you won’t find in the mainstream media
Climate Action Must Now Focus on the Global Rich and Their Corporations
Climate Action Must Now Focus on the Global Rich and Their Corporations
Nicholas Beuret · The latest UN climate talks, known as COP24, have just concluded. The supposed story this time was one of a grinding victory by the EU and developing nations over recalcitrant...
Ownership as Social Relation: Nonprofit Strategies to Build Community Wealth Through Land
Ownership as Social Relation: Nonprofit Strategies to Build Community Wealth Through Land
Steve Dubb · Ownership is often seen as a very simple concept. “Mine, not yours,” a two-year-old might tell us. The reality, however, is far more complex, as the rights of owners are far from fixed...
Old Mother Forest
Old Mother Forest
Suprabha Seshan · I live across a small stream from an ancient rainforest in Wayanad, Kerala. It has a constancy that’s baffling, appearing more or less the same to me for all the years I’ve been here...
Embracing Spirituality With a Scientific Mind
Embracing Spirituality With a Scientific Mind
Satish Kumar · Science and spirituality are mutually illuminating, and mutually dependent.
An Anarchist Guide to Christmas
An Anarchist Guide to Christmas
Ruth Kinna · Can we reclaim Christmas for the masses?
The Everyday Power of Movement Activism
The Everyday Power of Movement Activism
Laurence Cox · Activism is normal; what’s strange is that we don’t see it that way.
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode
Subhankar Banerjee · On the great vanishing happening before our eyes
Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?
Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?
Vu Le · Hi everyone. This might be another one of those serious posts, so please take a few deep breaths and eat some dark chocolate. While perusing an online group, I witnessed a conversation...
We Are The People of the Apocalypse
We Are The People of the Apocalypse
John F. Schumaker · As growth-driven consumer culture spurs on planetary destruction, why don’t we spring into action? Psychologist John F Schumaker says a frightening erosion of human personality lies at...
If You Oppose Donald Trump, Don't Hate Him
If You Oppose Donald Trump, Don't Hate Him
Susan L. Rhodes and Charles R. Schwenk · When we allow ourselves to fall victim to hatred, we are doing our opponents’ work for them.
Degrowth Is the Radical Post-Brexit Future the UK Needs
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...
Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition
Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition
Indigenous Environmental Network · INTRODUCTION TO JUST TRANSITION“Indigenous prophecy meets scientific prediction. What we have known and believed, you also now know: The Earth is out of balance. The plants are...
Syria may be using chemical weapons against its citizens again
Syria may be using chemical weapons against its citizens again
Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University · Here’s how international law has changed to help countries intervene
Want Change? Take the Outside View
Want Change? Take the Outside View
Julyan Davey · The Outside View is a new way to look at the world. To realise the cultural simulations we live with and work to change them.
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived
Bruce E. Levine · “The person who claims the legitimacy of the authority always bears the burden of justifying it. And if they can’t justify it, it’s illegitimate and should be dismantled. To tell you the...
7 Reasons Not to Rake Your Leaves
7 Reasons Not to Rake Your Leaves
Return to Now · Fall leaves are not a nuisance. They’re part of the natural ecosystem, providing free mulch and fertilizer, wildlife habitat, and a beautiful array of butterflies and birds in the spring.
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Justin Anderson · Media coverage of tragedies like shootings and bombings is frequently politicized, particularly when jihadism is a factor in perpetrators’ motives. In its coverage of the recent outbreak...
A Usetarian Manifesto: Simple Living to Save the Planet
A Usetarian Manifesto: Simple Living to Save the Planet
Julyan Davey · How to make simple living go viral.
Why Is It so Hard to Help the World? and What We Can Do About It.
Why Is It so Hard to Help the World? and What We Can Do About It.
Julyan Davey · We need new and better options for helping the world.
Exponential Altruism: a Strategy for a New World
Exponential Altruism: a Strategy for a New World
Julyan Davey & Will Franks · Exploring how altruism can drive a new global operating system.
Why Women – Including Feminists – Are Still Attracted to 'Benevolently Sexist' Men
Why Women – Including Feminists – Are Still Attracted to 'Benevolently Sexist' Men
Pelin Gül and Tom R. Kupfer · If a man offers to help a woman with her heavy suitcase or to parallel park her car, what should she make of the offer?
Man Made Money
Man Made Money
Pronoic Ashu · WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN WE THINK
Periods Are Beautiful
Periods Are Beautiful
Annika Mueller · Women go through their female cycle around 450 times in their lifetime. 450 times of bleeding. But also 450 times of ”letting go, letting a dying thing leave their own body, becoming...
It's Time to Decriminalize Immigration
It's Time to Decriminalize Immigration
Roque Planas · Two top candidates say Congress should decriminalize unauthorized border crossings entirely, while aspiring U.S. Sen. Beto O’Rourke argues asylum-seekers should be exempted from illegal...
1968: a Missed Chance for Socialism
1968: a Missed Chance for Socialism
Dr. Dieter Duhm · Precisely 50 years ago, the international anti-imperialistic students’ movement culminated in the uprisings in France. At that time, Dieter Duhm, a psychoanalyst and sociologist, was a...
A Jobless Economy
A Jobless Economy
Samuel Miller McDonald · We need an economy that finally cements the most fundamental freedom: to decide how we live our lives. One simple policy can deliver that.
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
Prefigurology · For many marginalized people, social justice communities are an essential form of social and emotional support. They can bring the oppressed and isolated together and help keep them...
Comic: Why You Should Turn Your Yard Into a Mini-Farm
Comic: Why You Should Turn Your Yard Into a Mini-Farm
Jennifer Luxton and Erin Sagen · Take that lawn by the grass and grow something!
The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship
The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship
Indigenous Environmental Network · During the winter months of 2005-2006, several handfuls of people from numerous places throughout North America came together at two different locations to create The Bemidji Statement...
In 'Stunning Indictment' ICE Officers Call for Own Agency to Be Dissolved Amid Growing Outrage Over Immigration Policy
In 'Stunning Indictment' ICE Officers Call for Own Agency to Be Dissolved Amid Growing Outrage Over Immigration Policy
Julia Conley · "It was never about crime. Never about MS-13. Always just about hurting less privileged people of color. All at the expense of actually protecting America."
Calls to Abolish ICE Grow as Encampments Multiply Across United States
Calls to Abolish ICE Grow as Encampments Multiply Across United States
Shane Burley · It was about 3:30 a.m. on the morning of Monday, June 25 when armed Federal Protective Service officers returned to the Portland, Oregon office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Anarchism and Immigration
Anarchism and Immigration
Scott of the Insurgency Culture Collective · You have the right to live where you choose. You have the right to work where you choose. You have the right to travel where you choose. You have the right to associate with whom you...
The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education
The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education
Reclaiming Youth At Risk · The Circle of Courage is based in four universal growth needs of all children: belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
Bruce E. Levine · I have never spoken with a school shooter, but I’ve talked with many teenage boys and young men who—though behaviorally nonviolent themselves—emotionally connect with the anger...
Toward a Liberation Psychology
Toward a Liberation Psychology
Bruce E. Levine · Liberation psychology doesn’t equate a lack of adjustment with mental illness, but instead promotes constructive rebel­lion against dehumanizing institutions, and which also provides...
Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
Bruce E. Levine · “8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance” was originally published in 2011, then republished on several Internet sites, and has become one of my...
The Political Significance of LSD
The Political Significance of LSD
Vikram Zutshi · The shifts in consciousness brought about by psychedelics could help to dissolve our fear of the other.
Blaming the Victims of Israel's Gaza Massacre
Blaming the Victims of Israel's Gaza Massacre
Gregory Shupak · To characterize Israeli violence as a “response” is to wrongly imply that Palestinian actions warranted Israel unleashing its firing squads.
Why I Stopped Seeking My Purpose
Why I Stopped Seeking My Purpose
Gustavo Tanaka · And why I think you should also do it
Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?
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...
MeatLess May Campaign
MeatLess May Campaign
Sustainable Brothers & Sisters · Meatless May campaign is a water and animal rights advocacy campaign that challenges global citizens to commit to a more sustainable diet in the month of May.
Is It Possible to Love All Humanity?
Is It Possible to Love All Humanity?
Juliana Breines · Qualities like gender, ethnicity, and nationality tend to define us more than being human. What happens when we try to identify with all of humanity?
In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria
In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria
Jon Queally · "Strikes against the Syrian regime – without congressional input or authorization – shows a contempt for the U.S Constitution and is without legal justification."
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
Gregory Shupak · This style of coverage—enthusiastic about the moral need for violence but oblivious to its obvious consequences—inhibits the public’s capacity to make sense of the extremely dangerous...
How can we create a society which will encourage goodness?
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 Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
Samuel Miller McDonald · How did humans go from savanna-dwelling primates to moon-bouncing Tide Pod™ eaters? This is the big question that Big History has been trying to answer for millennia. Sure, other ages...
Learn to Be Soft and You Will Be Strong
Learn to Be Soft and You Will Be Strong
Joshua Kauffman · It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break…You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break, but it’s the soft things that...
Shooting Protesters in Cold Blood: How Israel Became a Typical Middle Eastern Dictatorship
Shooting Protesters in Cold Blood: How Israel Became a Typical Middle Eastern Dictatorship
Juan Cole · Randomly shooting into crowds is more than just threatening people with death. It is a means of terrorizing the dissidents.
An Atlas of Real Utopias?
An Atlas of Real Utopias?
Sol Trumbo and Nick Buxton · Atlas of Utopias is part of the Transformative Cities initiative, sharing 32 stories of radical transformation that demonstrate that another world is possible, and already exists.
Is Toxic Masculinity a Mask for Anxiety?
Is Toxic Masculinity a Mask for Anxiety?
Ruth C. White Ph.D. · What is it that makes so many boys grow up to believe that sex is theirs for the taking?
Violence Brought Us Trump, It's Not How We Will Stop Him
Violence Brought Us Trump, It's Not How We Will Stop Him
Kazu Haga · What’s next? That is the big question facing this country after the election of Trump. And many people have been sharing their thoughts on that over social and traditional media, over...
A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every American Household
A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every American Household
Paul Buchheit · Careful analysis reveals a number of excellent arguments for the implementation of a Universal Basic Income
Cultural Appropriation, White Purity and ‘Woke’ Nationalism
Cultural Appropriation, White Purity and ‘Woke’ Nationalism
Rhyd Wildermuth · While a White Nationalist claims that doing non-white things is tainting the race, the social justice activist claims that doing non-white things is theft. The end result is the same: a...
The Limits of Liberal Identity Politics
The Limits of Liberal Identity Politics
Dan Husman · Asad Haider ends the first part of his essay on the problems of liberal identity politics with a powerful accusation: “Fredrik deBoer asks, ‘Does it matter to Resnikoff that the most...
Why the Moral Argument for Nonviolence Matters
Why the Moral Argument for Nonviolence Matters
Kazu Haga · “Bernard? Oh yeah, he’s great. He was always the principles guy.”
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
Openwide Contributor · About half a decade ago, Jordan Peterson was a psychology professor at the University of Toronto and clinical psychologist with little international fame and even less infamy. A talented...
Is Postmodernism Destroying Western Civilization? On Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life
Is Postmodernism Destroying Western Civilization? On Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life
Shuja Haider · A specter is haunting North America — the specter of postmodernism. Or at least, that’s what Jordan Peterson would have you believe. Peterson, a professor of psychology at the...
Scientists Find Magic Mushrooms Could Help Fight Fascism
Scientists Find Magic Mushrooms Could Help Fight Fascism
Paul Ratner · Researchers found unlikely heroes in keeping the world from authoritarianism  - magic mushrooms. Scientists from the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London showed...
South Africa to Cut Ties With Israel 'Over Abuse of Palestinians'
South Africa to Cut Ties With Israel 'Over Abuse of Palestinians'
teleSUR · South Africa, a former apartheid state, has been vocal in its support for the Palestinian cause against the over 50-year-old Israeli occupation.
Florida’s Teacher of the Year Bluntly Writes WHY School Violence Is Out of Control
Florida’s Teacher of the Year Bluntly Writes WHY School Violence Is Out of Control
Daisy Luther · Kelly Guthrie Raley has been teaching for 20 years and currently educates kids at Eustis Middle School in Lake County, Florida. Just last month she was named the 2017-2018 Teacher of the...
Police Could Soon Be Financially Responsible for Misconduct Lawsuits
Police Could Soon Be Financially Responsible for Misconduct Lawsuits
Thandisizwe Chimurenga · When police officers are sued for corruption or brutality — and when, as more frequently happens, the case is settled — it is almost always the city that employs them that picks up the...
It's Time to Call Economic Sanctions What They Are: War Crimes
It's Time to Call Economic Sanctions What They Are: War Crimes
Patrick Cockburn · The first pathetic pieces of wreckage from North Korean fishing boats known as “ghost ships” to be found this year are washing up on the coast of northern Japan. These are the...
The Promise of a Million Utopias
The Promise of a Million Utopias
Michael Shuman · If more of us could embrace “live and let live,” if we were willing to give every geographic area an opportunity to create its own utopia, Americans might be thrilled to reengage with...
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