C.J. Polychroniou: Trump’s Animosity Is Bringing Europeans Closer Together and to the Rest of the World
There is an emerging consensus among European policymakers and experts alike that Trump wants to do to the E.U. what he is doing to the U.S.—destroy its civil society.
Alfred Corn: Instagram posts of Dr. Ali Tahrawi
Tired as if we were dead and lived again and suffered all kinds of pains and died again and again every day, in this hell of life, as if this is it, forever, as if this genocide would never end, and as if death is the only way out!
Michael Simms: Blowtorch Bob And Other Particulars Of My Politics
In 1970 I went to my first anti-war demonstration. I was sixteen and my cousin Michael Ashie (People introduced us as “This is my friend Michael and this is his … Continue reading
Jeffrey D. Sachs: How the CIA Destabilizes the World
The extent of the continuing mayhem resulting from CIA operations gone awry is astounding.
John Feffer: The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America
Can the United States Become a Green Good Neighbor?
Maria J. Stephan: Achieving a Multiracial Democracy
King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.
Rebecca Gordon: American Exceptionalism on Full Display
Why This Country Might Want to Lower Its Expectations
Farrah Hassen: End the Collective Punishment of Afghans
With innocent Afghans impoverished and starving, the U.S. must return money that’s rightfully theirs.
Stephen R. Shalom and Dan La Botz: Ukraine and the Peace Movement
It is urgent to end the war in Ukraine. But to achieve this goal, “Russia Out Now” is a better slogan than “Diplomacy Now.”
Khury Petersen-Smith: Binary thinking on Russia’s war on Ukraine is a losing strategy
We need a progressive politics that shows solidarity with all victims of military violence — while resisting the militarism of our own government.
Edison Jennings: The Cats of Rome
The cats of Rome sleep, feed, and breed
among the tumbled travertine, and slip,
tails high, across the flag draped avenues.
Ali A. Olomi: The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. A key to understanding what is happening now – and what might take place next – is looking at the past and how the Taliban came to prominence.
Aviva Chomsky: Migration Is Not the Crisis
What Washington Could Really Do in Central America
