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Enemy of the State
When murder is done in our name, those who expose it are enemies of the state.
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‘Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink’
In 2011, a Wall Street hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, started buying up chains of newspapers nationwide. Alden found a way to profit from distressed industries, but the effects on the newspapers’ journalism were disastrous.
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Galloway sweeps to victory in Rochdale in vote ‘for Gaza’
Triumphant George Galloway told Sir Keir Starmer “this is for Gaza” after sweeping to a sensational victory in the Rochdale by-election.
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People(s)-Centered Human Rights and the Black Radical Tradition
The West’s fiction of “human rights” has been weaponized by neoliberals to rationalize naked imperialist interventions. But if human rights are to have any relevance for the oppressed, they must be “de-colonized” and given meaning by the oppressed themselves: a People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHR).
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Julian Assange’s grand inquisitor
The prosecution lawyers in the High Court seeking to ensure Julian’s extradition to the U.S. rely almost exclusively on the judicial opinions of Gordon Kromberg, a highly controversial U.S. attorney.
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Trident missile failure exposes folly of nuclear weapons
Britain’s nuclear arsenal has failed two tests in a row. Why must we still pay for these extortionate weapons of mass destruction?
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‘it’s the South’: Harris County sends 15 times more Black men to death row than white
Texas’ largest county remains the state’s deadliest when it comes to capital murder convictions, a new report says.
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By deliberately derailing the Gaza vote, Starmer shames democracy and betrays humanity
Wednesday was a day of shame for the House of Commons. Few powers around the world are more important in supporting Israel’s genocidal attack on the Palestinians of Gaza than Britain.
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U.S’.s extradition of Assange is politically motivated and illegal, High Court hears
The final trial against sending the Wikileaks founder and journalist, who was too unwell to attend court or even participate by video link, to the U.S. began today.
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Americans deserve fairer social security taxes
Social Security has been a financial rock for seniors ever since benefits first began flowing in 1940.
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Cop City’s ‘Ivory Tower’: Georgia State University is ground zero for militarized policing
While often perceived as institutions of knowledge and progress, universities actively contribute to the myth that policing and prisons keep us safe.
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Tales from the pages of COINTELPRO
“Circulate, to educate, to liberate!” This was the constant intonation of Sam Napier, circulation manager of The Black Panther newspaper.
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The Cancer Factory
Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.
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At Northwestern U, distributing a parody paper gets you threatened with prison
Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school’s paper, the Daily Northwestern, to call out the school’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza.
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War on Gaza: UNRWA and the West’s sickening hypocrisy
That the West did nothing after the ICJ ruling on Israeli genocide and yet defunded aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza after unproved Israeli accusations tells you everything you need to know.
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Jim Crow still lingers in Bonham, civil rights lawyers say
Civil rights complaint alleges biracial child faced two years of racially motivated attacks.
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Biden Administration is silent as former Pakistani Prime Minister is sentenced to 10 years for revealing how the U.S. pushed for his removal
The Biden administration claims that U.S. foreign policy works to uphold human rights and democracy while containing rising authoritarian powers such as Russia and China.
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Rebellion over Gaza: the British left strikes back
The protest movement that has exploded onto the streets and inside the Labour Party in response to British complicity with Israel’s crimes is not a distraction from class politics—it’s the way forward, writes Kevin Ovenden.
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How U.S. government statistics are like the Bible
The economic reality the U.S. public deals with differs so much from selective statistics reported by the media that there’s a split in perceptions of the actual U.S. economy as well.
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Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger withdraw from ECOWAS
Land area under ECOWAS, which is condemned by West Africa’s popular movements as an agent of French imperialism, has been reduced to less than half after their withdrawal.