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Prashad: Peace is a word that the West has taken from the Afghans
This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the...
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Zeese: US Foreign Policy Exposed
Will the US continue to try to dominate the world using economic, cyber and military weapons, further isolating itself and wasting resources that are needed to meet human needs and protect the planet, or will the US become a partner in good faith with other great powers?
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Keehn: When America had an open prison
The story of Kenyon Scudder and his ‘prison without walls’
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Monbiot: Our toxic political system produces toxic leaders
We should design a system that rewards kindness and honesty
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and Policy Priorities: Trump Administration’s Harmful Changes to Medicaid
President Trump has made clear that his goal remains to repeal the Affordable Care Act
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Pilger: The Global War on Assange, Journalism & Dissent
Interview about the persecution of the WikiLeaks publisher and the rapid crackdown on investigative journalism
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Prashad: My friend is in a prison in Ecuador
Two months ago, the police in Ecuador arrested my friend Ola Bini at Quito airport.
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Cohn: Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy
The Supreme Court is poised to decide two cases that...
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Fox: Millions of Brazilians Join General Strike
Millions of Brazilians joined in the general strike, shutting down schools, banks, and public transportation. They are demanding a halt of the pension reform and the release of imprisoned ex-president Lula da Silva
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Cook: Trump enjoys bipartisan support for plan to eradicate Palestinian cause
The US seeks to engineer a suitable regional environment before it begins implementing the ‘deal of the century’
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Svart: Capitalism Isn’t ‘Broken’. It’s Working All Too Well
Exploitation is a feature of capitalism, not a bug
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Roose: The Making of a YouTube Radical Kevin Roose
“I fell down the alt-right rabbit hole”
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Brooks: Why the UAW Lost Again in Chattanooga
The UAW’s long-term commitment to “labor-management partnership” is the parent of not only the festering corruption scandal, but also the union’s toothless and ineffective organizing. Both need to be washed away
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Heidtmann: The hidden agenda behind corporate-led reforms
Do not fall for the corporate class’s offer to self-regulate. It is only interested in silencing criticism and expanding its own power and influence
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Johnson: 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989
Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion
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Cohn: Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic...
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Mohammed: Two Iraqi Peace Activists Confront a Trumpian World
As the Trump Administration Weighs War, Iraqis Prepare a Carnival for Peace
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Dolack: Look to U.S. executive suites, not Beijing, for why production is moved
Empty public rhetoric aside, Trump administration policy on trade, consistent with its all-out war on working people, is to elevate corporate power
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Roman: Report from San Diego Immigrant Shelter
In late April Linda and Phyllis spent 5 days at a shelter in San Diego assisting families just released from border detention. Both are retired and work supporting detainees and asylum seekers. These notes are from that experience
JUNE ZMag
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Cook: Three Lessons for the Left from the Mueller Inquiry
In the combined success-failure of the Mueller inquiry, the left has an opportunity to understand in a much more sophisticated way how real power works and in whose favor it is exercised
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Kelly: “Every War Is a War Against Children”
Atrocities of war accumulate, horrifically. We in the United States have yet to realize both the futility and immense consequences of war
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Fuentes: Who are Venezuela’s Colectivos?
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Solomon: The Toxic Lure of “Guns and Butter”
The current political brawl over next year’s budget is highly significant
Recent Audio/Videos
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Flanders: Aging Isn’t a Problem, Ageism Is
Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selves
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Petersen-Smith: Trump Oversees Death and Destruction in Syria, Afghanistan, and More
Amnesty International released a major report about US-led massacres of more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, Syria from June to October of 2017
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Interview on Bernie Sanders and the 2020 election to the challenges posed by Big Tech
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Sanders: Town Hall with Bernie Sanders, Part 2
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discusses immigration, national security, Mueller's report, and more during his town hall
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Hallam: Why International Rebellion?
Explaining the concept behind the forthcoming International Rebellion starting from April 15, 2019
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Noor: Hopkins Students Sit-In to Oppose University Police and ICE Contract
The protestors say they will occupy Hopkins until officials end the militarization of its campus
Recent Blogs
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Santamaria: Dementia and changes.
I conclude, by means of interacting with pilgrims here, in...
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New York TImes, Meridith Kohut and Isayen Herrera, December 17,...
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Wittner: Whatever Happened to an Affordable College Education?
As U.S. college students―and their families―know all too well, the...
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I think it’s isn’t a time for reading or writing....
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Kailash Mansarovar, a geographical as well as a mythological place,...
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Welcome to the new podcast, RevolutionZ. It’s host is Michael Albert. It’s focus is vision and strategy. You can access all its listening options with apps and browsers, like YouTube and Apple’s Podcast, etc., at its ZNet RevolutionZ Page. You can help ensure it survives and grows at its Patreon Page. Please give a listen. Please let us know your reactions. Please help make it a success.
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