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The attack against the freedom to read and what to do about it
During the past three years, the country has seen a dramatic increase in book bans at public and K-12 school libraries and in rightwing pro-censorship activism, usually targeting books that address race, gender identity, or sexuality.
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This is a war on children, and “Safe Zones” are death traps: UNICEF
Gaza was a free-fire zone on Saturday and Sunday, with UN officials saying that no place in the Strip is safe. Hundreds were killed, almost all of them innocent noncombatants, and including a worrisome number of children.
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Hugs, smiles were enough to take Israeli propaganda down
Who would’ve thought that Israeli propaganda is so fragile that it can be defeated by acts of normal human interaction: blowing a kiss, waving goodbye, or simply just smiling?
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The dangerously appealing style of the Far Right: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2023)
Before he won Argentina’s presidential election on 19 November, Javier Milei circulated a video of himself in front of a series of white boards.
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Harry Bridges and the ILWU – then and now
A review of Robert Cherny’s “Harry Bridges Labor Radical, Labor Legend”, University of Illinois Press 2023.
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Tread softly on Hamas — for good reason
Call them pests or pushers–or simply as Rottweilers–the Israeli diplomats have gained notoriety over time as a unique breed in the international circuit who have no time or patience for niceties or propriety when Tel Aviv instructs them to go for the jugular veins of the host country where they are assigned.
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Milei is ‘really as extreme as you get in Right-Wing Libertarian ideas’
CounterSpin interview with Mark Weisbrot on Javier Milei.
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Informal workers in the Global South and the Global Labor Movement
Samir Amin, the late Africanist, Marxist, and revolutionary theorist, wrote in 2019: “the proletariat seems to disappear just at the moment it has become more widespread.” Samir was not wrong.
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Gender, labor, democracy, and Americanism: U.S. history in the (un)making
In the early hours of Monday, May 15, 2023, the historical highway marker recognizing the birthplace of a renown feminist, anti-racist labor organizer and defender of reproductive rights was taken down. The marker was formally approved and erected by the State, following years of community effort on behalf of this locally-born female hero. It stood […]
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Remembering Jean Genet: the United States and Palestine
Genet was one of the most original and combative writers of the 20th century.
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We are Spartacus
Julian and David are Spartacus. The Palestinians are Spartacus. People who fill the streets with flags and principle and solidarity are Spartacus. We are all Spartacus if we want to be.
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The end of American Thanksgivings: A cause for Universal rejoicing
Humanity cannot tolerate a 21st Century superpower, much of whose population perceives the world through the eyes of 17th Century land and flesh bandits.
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The dystopian AI future some fear is the present-day reality others live
Whether you’re reading the news or watching a movie, you are likely to encounter some form of warning or buzz about AI.
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In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause
A number of Israeli filmmakers have bravely turned the camera on their own society, revealing dark truths about their state and its history
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Tel Aviv police ban World Children’s Day event supporting “children living in the shadow of the war”
Tel Aviv police refused to allow a silent vigil for World Children’s Day saying the event could “cause serious harm to public security.” Police have used this same rationale to attack and detain peaceful protesters around the country.
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Inside AIPAC’s strategy to back Israel’s cheerleaders and punish the Squad
The powerful lobby and allied groups have poured money into defeating candidates who voice any criticism of Israel. Amid calls for a cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaza, they’re back at it again.
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‘We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba,’ Israeli Minister announces
Denying the Nakba is normally a central tenet of Zionism.
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The food police
Food theft isn’t an indicator of criminality, but of a failing social system.
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A paradigm shift in the hundred years’ war on Palestine?
Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years’ war waged against the Palestinian people.
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NYT runs interference for IDF as it bombs Jabalia Refugee Camp
Israeli bombs rained down on the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza on Halloween, leveling housing units and killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians, mostly women and children.