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Sundus Saleh, an Iraqi woman, first filed her lawsuit against George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz in September 2013

The lasting effects Los Alamos has had on the planet will be felt for millennia to come, if humanity outlasts the product of its labor for at least 24,100 years—the half-life of plutonium-239

Keeping Track of U.S. Special Ops in Africa

The program that is being taken up by the government, which is attacking the people’s rights, was not chosen by the polls. That’s why OUT WITH TEMER is essential to recompose Brazil’s democratic process

Journalists who vilify the white working class inadvertently strengthen Trump’s hand by reinforcing hatred of media elites and confirming his claim to be on the side of the common person

Quebec’s massive student strikes emerged from an organizing model that constantly trains new generations of activists

The upcoming local elections in Brazil are an opportunity to restore democracy and overcome the political crisis

Should you ever decide to prioritize student learning over the profits of your campaign donors, feel free to reach out to me and the principals I was elected to represent

Let’s remember that King was committed to building bridges between the civil rights and labor movements

Labor Day was born from the most radical struggles of the nineteenth century. Celebrate it.

As we celebrate American workers (I prefer to honor workers today rather than the abstract “labor”), let’s remember where their future lies. And that is, in part, in the renewable energy sector. “Solar Energy in the United States: A Decade of Record Growth” The rapid growth of wind, solar and other renewables in the United Read more…

The foreign media reporting on the September 1 events has (true to form) conjured up the image of government repression and restriction on freedom of expression

Decade in which the income gap began to widen dramatically in the U.S., a period that also saw the beginning of a sharp decline in unionization rates: 1970s

[Prefatory Note: An earlier version was published on September 1, 2016 in Middle East Eye. This version is modified, and its title slightly changed.] When it comes to foreign policy, it seems at first glance to be a no brainer. Hilary Clinton is experienced, knowledgeable, intelligent, an internationalist, known and respected around the world. In Read more…

State banks and power stations shut and public transport halted in some states as public sector workers take industrial action

The history of the Brazilian Workers’ Party is a cautionary tale for left parties everywhere

The island of Vieques has some of the highest sickness rates in the Caribbean. Is the U.S. Navy responsible?

One of the main attractions of ranked choice voting is that it allows candidates from third parties to run in elections without acting as spoilers for a voters’ second choice candidate

What every working Indian needs to know about the all-India trade union strike – and why it matters

Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid is over—but as his campaign army deploys down-ballot, more and more progressive challengers are claiming victory

The death of Islam Karimov, the president for life of Uzbekistan who came to power in 1990 after the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Union, has been confirmed. His stroke six days ago was a badly kept secret. I saw a headline from CNN that America’s partner in counter-terrorism was gone and threw up a Read more…

Obama could issue mass commutations that retroactively adjust the sentences of those convicted under old (and now outdated) drug laws

Officials fear growing co-operation between the Syrian and Turkish governments in opposition to Kurdish separatism

Direct citizen action in defiance of corporate-rigged law and “regulation” is required to save our water, land, and livable ecology

Almost no one seems to be aware that even if the U.S. were a perfect country today, it would be bizarre to expect African-American players to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner”

More common projects between the new economy and labor movements may lead to a revival within mainstream labor of the old cooperative commonwealth concept

The EpiPen mess shows that we need drugs that function as real social goods, not rent-producing commodities

In Baltimore, activists are urging city officials to move beyond ‘tax increment financing’ that privileges billionaires at public expense

The key is to have specific criteria and to allow the people who contribute to OR to select which elements are required

For a thousand Zara workers, a union is finally real. The next step is to begin negotiating their first contract

Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning on why he and so many other veterans stand with Colin Kaepernick and against police murder

Some reflections on the meaning of Seattle for change in knowledge systems, a discussion of how despite the deep crisis of neoliberalism, finance capital has managed to retain tremendous power and an appeal for a new comprehensive vision of the desirable society

The obvious winner is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogen and his campaign to transform Turkey from a parliamentary democracy to a powerful, centralized executive with himself in charge

The closest historic parallel to round up and deport multi-millions.

Rousseff would probably never have been vulnerable to this attack if not for the economy being immersed in its worst recession in more than 25 years

The crimes of the American Empire continue to be committed beneath the airbrushing cover of the reigning Western media and intellectual culture

Obama Forms Unelected Control Board to Run Puerto Rico

One year on, has the world learned the lesson of the three-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach?

The collective of the protest encampment has taken an important first step in the process of self-organization outside of the traditional political institutions to resist these measures

Interview on religion and its link to politics, with particular reference to American society and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict

At first, he didn’t notice the two casually-dressed men who appeared at his sides as he placed his backpack into the family car early that cold morning in January. “What’s your name?” one demanded. “David,” he replied, with the accent on the A, as he was used to hearing his friends and teachers call him Read more…

A true humanitarian activist is one who is able to make a tangible difference in the lives of others

Riots in Milwaukee and other places indicate the rage that festers in the heart of urban poverty in America

The primary reason that it is useful to break down required patriotism rituals is their intimate connection to militarism

Venezuelan President Maduro has pointed out that the Dilma coup, the killing of the Bolivian minister, are part of an imperialist attack on the progressive governments of Latin America

Well-designed governments encourage good behavior and bar against the potential for evil

By claiming that the other side is using human shields, the attacker provides itself with a pre-emptive legal defence

The center of the fight for our planet’s future shifts. But this week it’s on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation straddling the border between North Dakota and South Dakota. There, tribal members have been, well, standing like a rock in the way of the planned Dakota Access Pipeline, a huge hose for collecting oil out Read more…

Our leaders shouldn’t be content with Milwaukee’s status quo. And asking the citizens you serve to be quiet in the ghetto is an insidious expectation

If Hillary Clinton wants to be a meaningful symbol for human rights and women’s empowerment, her campaign must live up to the values she claims to represent