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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…
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court. On December 3, 2019, the…
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is failing…
Morgan Godvin is an internationally recognized expert on the topic of drugs and justice. She was a leading activist behind Oregon’s drug…
By now, many of the 370 million European voters, government officials, and political parties are gearing up for the next European election…
Dear Z Community, Things are HAPPENING! (Check out our resource list at the bottom of this message.) Unions have been kicking some…
Earth Day 2024, Washington, DC | The red carpet had been rolled out from the high doors and down the polished steps…
What will it take to end the nuclear nightmare that has gripped the world since the atomic bombings of 1945? For a…
This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in…
“…what happens to your remembrancewill be of your own doing.” ZNetwork.org presents An Asterisk, a poem written and performed by a Z…