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The original non-alignment movement occured in 1961 following the Bandung Conference (Indonesia) held in 1955, which was attended by 29 countries, almost…
This article is from a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the March in Solidarity with Palestine which took place in Olympia,…
What is a bert? I have no clue. But recently I saw it written on a wall in Derry City where I…
Perhaps one of the most disconcerting aspects of the Covid pandemic, in addition to the mass morbidity, mortality, and public health failures…
German trade unions are on an upward trajectory. This year’s May Day celebrations showed as much as they were well-attended throughout Germany.…
By granting its 2024 World Press Freedom Prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Israeli war on Gaza, UNESCO has acknowledged a historic…
Since Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, important elements of the US ruling class have been concerned about the spread…
On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of 1,700 500-pound…
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In recent weeks, there has been talks of a return of trade unions in Germany and this is not just because of…
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said. Nearly 80%…
The ethnic cleansing in Gaza, or at least what is left of it, continues. Tens of thousands have already been killed, many…
For the past few years, Germany’s petty bourgeoisie or middle class has been losing confidence in society, politics, and capitalism. They are…
On May 4th 2024, people demanding a Free Palestine and an end of U.S. aid to Israel marched through downtown Olympia, Washington.…
Consider everybody in society. Some eat meat, others don’t. Some live in Spain, others in Japan. Some are rural, others urban. Countless…
Identity is fluid, because concepts such as culture, history and collective self-perceptions are never fixed. They are in a constant state of…
A sobering article published in The Guardian yesterday has gotten me thinking, not for the first time, about why, despite difficult odds and repeated…
Not just challenging voters’ credentials in battleground states. But attacking every step in running elections. As the 2020 presidential election entered its…
Between 1966 and 1973, the entire population of this Indian Ocean archipelago was arbitrarily deported from their homeland to allow the installation…
As Israel continues its merciless assault on Gaza, there is at least some sanity taking hold in regard to U.S. policy on…
I recently turned 77. That is old. I got many congratulatory messages. I found them a bit sad but not because I…
Rise like Lions after slumber– In unvanquishable number– Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you–…
What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict, but a straightforward case of illegal military occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing…
The following are remarks I delivered on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the 55-year reunion of the Stanford University antiwar movement, in…
I read an article in 2008. It recounted miraculous events and dynamics from four decades earlier. It asked, what happened to all…
There is a massive problem at the heart of Georgia’s peculiar political economy. It goes back a quarter of a century, predating…
More than 2,000 people have been arrested on US college campuses for peacefully protesting Israel’s war on the people of Palestine. For the “crime”…
The student-led movement against the genocide in Gaza that is sweeping college campuses across the United States, has made “divestment” from Israel…
Peaceful protest, violent response – that says it all. Human politics – from global to local – remain mixed with hatred, dominance…
The mass protests at dozens of US universities cannot be reduced to a stifling and misleading conversation about antisemitism. Thousands of American…
April 30 is a day I remember because it is my mom’s birthday. She died in 2005. But it’s also a day…
The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law. Even a healthy…
In the midst of all of his trials, in a moment pregnant with irony, Donald Trump recently claimed that if he was…
Oshawa is a small Canadian city on the shoreline of Lake Ontario. It was also the hometown of the late left-wing Canadian…
Environmentalists have learned the investigative rule to “follow the money”. At the core of important environmental issues, it is NOT good vs…
Mr. or Ms. President of any and every college. The facts over there, in Gaza, are on display to see. The facts…
Much of the Left would like to act as if nothing fundamental has changed in the way that capitalism has been operating…
May 1st is International Workers’ Day and was established as such in celebration of the struggle for the introduction of the eight-hour…
In the “not-so-artificial” minds of many, there is no doubt, that artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world of work. Yet, corporate…
Mass graves, the criminalization of dissent, systematic slaughter glorified as self-defense, resisting students making history. Yes, the current nightmare does seem reminiscent…
Born in 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, into a farming family of eight children, Alice Walker experienced racial segregation in the South of…
In looking at conflict in history, we can only tend towards the conclusion that many political leaders, wielding great power as wholly…
The events now happening on campuses are profoundly uplifting, ethically inspiring, and strategically wise. As I write, thirty-eight U.S. College campuses have…
Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity…
In a global context where tropical rainforests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate regulation, these ecosystems are severely threatened by expanding…
There are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into…
What to do. What to do. Consider our times. Do you feel, like I feel, massive confusion at what is happening out…
Throughout history, fringe religious Zionist parties have had limited success in achieving the kind of electoral victories that would allow them an…
In late October, 2018, East Bay DSA members and other progressives organized a pre-election rally at a Berkeley High School auditorium. A…