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Bolivian president issues warning about destabilization attempts
The far-right opposition in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department has been seeking to destabilize the socialist government of President Luis Arce using the Population and Housing Census as pretext.
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The History of Fascism in Ukraine Part I: The Origins of the OUN 1917-1941
Once believed to be an anachronistic Cold War relic, the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) has emerged as the most successful post-war fascist group.
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UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact
António Guterres claims that the difference between the rich world and less developed nations is the main obstacle to discuss in the COP27 discussions.
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The story of the Lions’ Den
The Lions’ Den was relatively unknown outside of Nablus until a few months ago but today they have gained hero-like status across Palestine — for leading a revival of armed resistance against Israeli colonialism. This is their story.
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Massive anti-Russian ‘Bot army’ exposed by Australian researchers
An Australian university has unearthed millions of Tweets by fake ‘bot’ accounts pushing disinformation on the Ukraine war.
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Declare a climate emergency: South Asian People’s Action on Climate Change
The following statement is issued by the South Asian People’s Action on Climate Change (SAPACC), a rainbow coalition of individuals and organizations from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis.
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The apocalypse in popular culture
From plagues and zombies to nukes, asteroids and tidal waves, Siobhan McGuirk and Marzena Zukowska assess how apocalyptic fiction reflects and shapes the anxieties of our age.
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The real impediments to mitigating global racism
In the words of Nada Al-Nashif, Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the actual barometer for success must be positive change in the lived experiences of people. This is why the reluctance of nations still in denial over racial injustice at home to earnestly reckon with the legacies of slavery and colonialism deserves to be called out in full.
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Biden administration again plants false nuclear scare stories
Today the Washington Post as well as the New York Times are back fear mongering about alleged threats which Russia has never made. Both stories are based on ‘administration officials’ meaning that the Biden administration has planted these stories.
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Lessons from the rise of Mussolini, 100 years on
One hundred years ago, in October 1922, Benito Mussolini’s paramilitary blackshirts marched on the Italian capital to demand the dissolution of the government of Prime Minister Luigi Facta.
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Boom and bust: The fight over Bitcoin mining in New York State
Seneca Lake’s picturesque setting belies its long history of conquest and extraction.
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Canada prepares war bonds for Nazi-infested Ukrainian government
During the Second World War, the Canadian government appealed for Canadians to buy war bonds to fight fascism in Europe.
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A failure to review America’s nuclear posture
President Joe Biden has passed on his best chance to operationalize his stated goal of reducing the role in US security policy of America’s more than 5,400 nuclear weapons with the public release on October 27 of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).
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Herman Daly: An economist for eco-social activists
A new book explains how an economist, in challenging the orthodoxy, has helped activists change the world.
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Scotland passes emergency rent freeze and eviction ban laws
The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act allows ministers to temporarily freeze rent increases for private and social tenants and for student accommodation.
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Lula da Silva Wins Brazilian Presidency
Right-winger Jair Bolsonaro’s claims of election fraud reduced to sour grapes as Brazil’s bulletproof voting process shames the United States’ swiss-cheese system
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As Ukraine war escalates, the climate movement goes AWOL
Lascaris: This is no time to prioritize political expediency and serenity over the reputational perils of anti-war activism.
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Real Estate industry spends big to crush LA “mansion tax”
Corporate real estate interests have come out in full force to try and defeat a ballot measure to hike taxes on multimillion-dollar property sales.
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Liberal Democracy: The Bedfellow of fascism
Antifascism, as a politic and concept, has grown more appealing in the last 6 years because of the rise of right-wing authoritarianism domestically and globally rooted in patriarchy and ongoing (settler) colonialism.
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Mainland media fail to ask why Puerto Rico requires ‘resilience’
The people of Puerto Rico woke up on the morning of September 19 only to relive a nightmare. Two days before Hurricane Maria’s five-year anniversary, on September 18, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island’s southwest coast. The storm caused widespread flooding, landslides and power outages. At least 16 people have died as a result.