Geography Archives: United States

“The standoff on the streets of Los Angeles,” warned critics, “shows how truly eager Trump and his administration are to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on the president’s domestic foes.”

Sheinbaum stressed that Mexico cannot and should not intervene in U.S. politics, because it is part of Mexican diplomacy. She said she understands when protests are peaceful, but reiterated her call not to resort to violence in demonstrations.

Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’.

Rallying under the banner “IAM Max,” 200 union members and supporters gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, on June 6 to demand the release of Maximo Londonio, a member of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 695 who has been imprisoned by ICE since mid-May.

Trump deploys 2,000 troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests. Governor Newsom calls it a political stunt: “They want a spectacle. Don’t give them one.”

SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how six MPs enjoyed £400-£600 hospitality at Ditchley Park for Google’s ‘AI parliamentary scheme’ — supposedly to develop ‘effective scrutiny’ of artificial intelligence, but actually funded by the increasingly unsavoury tech giant itself.

One of the most remarkable—not to say shameful—features of the last 20 months of carnage in Gaza has been the near-unanimity of support for Israel’s assault from Western governments and political parties of otherwise sharply opposed persuasions, regardless of how criminally Israel has conducted its “war.”

The game of tell-and-consequences begins with a prompt.

The victims had gathered in hopes of finding food for themselves and their families, following a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade of the territory. At least 31 people were killed; one Palestinian was also killed by Israeli fire the same day at another distribution site in central Gaza.

By threatening to defund Digital Equity Act programs, Trump has declared war on a program that benefitted many of his own supporters.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a brilliant and empathetic revolutionary journalist known as “the Voice of the Voiceless,” hailed as a leader of people working for peace and justice.

Programs that create opportunity, equity, and stability are being dismantled to make way for budget cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid down the law to military allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific: “Dramatically escalate your military build-up and put yourselves on a war footing for conflict with China.”

An international observer in Venezuela’s May 25 elections reflects on the country’s democracy and explains why solidarity with the Bolivarian Process is more urgent than ever.

Around the world, workers’ rights are in “freefall,” with the Trump administration in the lead of a global far-right alliance that’s waging a “global war on labor rights.”

Roger D. Harris analyzes Western media’s biased and dishonest coverage of Venezuela’s May 25 election and the sweeping Chavismo victory.

CounterSpin interview with Tom Morello on music as protest.

Trump’s dismantling of police reform is a gift to white supremacy.

In its February 24th earnings call with the financial press, Domino’s Pizza CEO Russell Weiner reported a 3.2 percent spike in carryout orders during the previous quarter, combined with a 1.4 percent decrease in deliveries.

The U.S. is in desperate economic and military “competition” with China and has lost a lot of ground fast.