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‘Let all Hell break loose’: The Gaza ceasefire and how we all got played
Trump gives Israel “the green light to rain fire and hell on Gaza” – new manager, same empire.
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The day Rhodes fell: Ten years after
Ten years after one student’s bold action a month earlier inspired protests which led to the removal of Cecil John Rhodes’ statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Heike Becker recounts this historical occasion by linking this as well as subsequent and earlier protests to broader conversations about decolonization and concerns about racism, marginalization and inequality.
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Trump declares all state environmental laws to be null and void
Trump signed an executive order declaring all state laws that address climate change to be null and void.
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The anti-anti-Apartheid Movement
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right myths about South Africa’s ‘anti-white’ government is part of a brazen attempt to build a white international that runs from Pretoria to Washington through Tel Aviv.
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UN Chief calls Gaza a ‘killing field’ as agencies urge Global action on Israel’s blockade
UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that “aid has dried up, and the floodgates of horror have re-opened” in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid and resumed its assault.
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Trump imposes 104 percent tariff on China, as financial turmoil grows
A week after U.S. President Trump launched his economic war against the world under the banner of so-called “reciprocal tariffs,” China will have a tariff of 104 percent imposed on its goods starting today.
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What is DOGE doing to Social Security?
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attacks on Social Security aren’t about efficiency.
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Dilemmas of Humanity Conference discusses new framework for development in the Global South
Dozens of economists, intellectuals, and movement leaders have converged in São Paulo for the IV International Dilemmas of Humanity conference.
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Jennifer Berkshire: What’s Behind the Republican War Against Education: Part 1.
Jennifer Berkshire has been writing insightfully about the rightwing attacks on public schools and on education for many years. S
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Democracy dies in daylight
The great institutions of liberal America are falling to Trump like dominoes, one by one.
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Mahmoud Khalil’s ‘Letter to Columbia’ from jail
In a scathing letter, Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention center in Louisiana, blasting Columbia University’s role in his abduction and the targeting of other student activists by the Trump administration.
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Exxon, Essequibo and imperialism
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently traveled to Guyana where he threatened military action against Venezuela.
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The Jewish community cannot center fears about ‘Jewish safety’ while supporting genocide in Gaza
Because the Jewish community has not shown the minimal moral capacity to call out genocide I cannot take concern around alleged pro-Palestine antisemitism seriously as it appears to just be a strategy to aid and abet Israel’s crimes.
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Canada’s support for LNG is support for Trump’s new form of fossil-fuelled fascism
Trump is bringing the contradictions of Canadian climate policy clearly into view.
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Millions protest across the U.S. against Trump’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship
The situation must be stated with absolute clarity: The Trump administration is moving systematically and deliberately to establish a dictatorship.
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The ongoing influence of slavery and Jim Crow means high poverty rates and low economic mobility in the South
Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Four
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Trump’s war plans for Iran: opening the other gates of hell
There are many signs that Trump’s administration, supported by Israel, is intent on war with Iran, but the military realities point to a very dangerous quagmire, argues Chris Bambery.
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17-year-old Palestinian child prisoner starved to death by Israeli prison guards
Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, 17, died while held in Israeli custody in Megiddo prison in northern Israel on the morning of March 22 after collapsing in the prison yard, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine.
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Review: Marijam Did – “Everything to Play For: How Videogames Are Changing the World”
Videogames are everywhere.
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Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” escalate economic war against the world
The imposition of the new U.S. tariff regime unveiled by President Trump yesterday is a declaration of economic war against the rest of the world.