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Klein: We Still Need a Future to Believe In

July 24, 2016

A forum on how to build the political revolution with Naomi Klein, Alicia Garza, Michael Moore, Frances Fox Piven, Robert Reich, Kshama Sawant, Josh Fox, and more.
Falk: How the United States Government Obstructs Peace for Israel/Palestine

July 24, 2016

Obstacle to Peace is the book we have long needed, utterly indispensable for a correct understanding of why the conflict has not been resolved up to this point
Selwyn: Rethinking Recovery: Poverty Chains and Global Capitalism

July 24, 2016

Reorienting value generated within ‘global poverty chains’ is essential to improve the lives of an impoverished world labor force
Fisk: We love to talk of terror – but after the Munich shooting, this hypocritical catch-all term has finally caught us out

July 24, 2016

It all comes down to the same thing in the end. If Muslims attack us, they are terrorists. If non-Muslims attack us, they are shooters. If Muslims attack other Muslims, they are attackers
Sturgis: Striking a Blow Against Debtors’ Prisons

July 24, 2016

Amount that Jennings, Missouri, has agreed to pay out to people jailed because they were...
Marshall: Turkey’s Nukes: A Sum of All Fears

July 24, 2016

Although Turkey offers an egregious case of nuclear risks, questions about nuclear weapons deployment should go well beyond that country
Rasmus: Trump, Trade, and Working-Class Discontent

July 23, 2016

Trump is in that great U.S. presidential candidate tradition, promising voters what they want to hear and then, if elected, doing whatever the economic elites want them to do
Cole: Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump’s Lies about the United States

July 23, 2016

AP’s Fact Check found that as usual Donald Trump’s statistics in his GOP acceptance speech...
Weisbrot: Brazil’s impeachment crisis undermines investor confidence

July 23, 2016

The interim government is doubling down on austerity, and has generated all the investor confidence of a big, fat banana republic
Schwarz: Donald Trump’s Convention Speech Rings Terrifying Historical Alarm Bells

July 23, 2016

Trump had just one message for Americans: Be afraid. You are under terrible threats from forces inside and outside your country, and he’s the only person who can save us
Benjamin: “Build Bridges, Not Walls”

July 23, 2016

CodePink’s Medea Benjamin disrupted Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention by holding...
Lund: Pedagogy of the Oppressor

July 23, 2016

The bureaucrats of education, personificated in Aurelio Nuño, as all personifications of the Capital, naturalize violence and seek to spread the message that human lives are not worth crying for
Kromm: NBA’s decision to pull All-Star game could have big political fallout in North Carolina

July 23, 2016

This week, the National Basketball Association made good on a threat to pull its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte due to North Carolina's passage of HB2
Fulton: As Major Parties Embrace Fracking, Report Shows Natural Gas ‘Bridge to Climate Disaster’

July 23, 2016

Proposed natural gas expansion in the U.S. stands to undermine national climate goals as well as public and environmental health
Shiva: Biodiversity, GMOs, Gene Drives and the Militarised Mind

July 22, 2016

A recent report from the National Academy of Science of The United States, titled Gene...
Hallinan: The Big Boom: Nukes And NATO

July 22, 2016

“Today, the danger of some sort of a nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was...
Swanson: Top 10 Reasons Why It’s Just Fine for U.S. to Blow Up Children

July 22, 2016

This latest story of blowing up 85 civilians in their homes has some people confused and concerned. Let me help you out
Street: Political Correctness: Handle with Care

July 22, 2016

Racial, gender, and ethnic diversity matters, of course, but political correctness (PC) tied to bourgeois identity politics can be deadly to Left thinkers and activists and to the causes of peace and social justice
Cockburn: Turkey coup: What’s actually happening and what does it mean for the future of the country?

July 22, 2016

What to expect in the coming weeks and months
Godoy: Germany’s Energy Transition: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 22, 2016

In Germany, wind and solar energy coexist with energy generated by burning fossil fuels. A...
Rankin: 10 Arrested as Movement For Black Lives Takes on Police Unions

July 22, 2016

Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter and Million Hoodies launch protest actions to demand accountability for police officers who commit violent acts against citizens
Feffer: The Surprising Popularity of Military Coups

July 22, 2016

The attempted military coup in Turkey and the possibility of a President Trump may have more Americans considering the military option
Raina: Hear Hear Hear

July 22, 2016

Hear the voice of the populace Who past, present, future weave; Do not wish away...
Winslow: Teachers Arrested Protesting Police Brutality in the Twin Cities

July 22, 2016

With 3,000 teachers gathered in Minneapolis for the American Federation of Teachers convention, the two...
Feffer: Loss of Manufacturing Jobs and Lack of Housing Policy Have Led to Homelessness in Hungary

July 21, 2016

Homelessness in Hungary no longer means exile or alienation as during the Soviet era, but no roof over one’s head
Baroud: From Nice to the Middle East: The Only Way to Challenge ISIS

July 21, 2016

For many western commentators and politicians it is much easier – let alone safer – to discuss ISIS within impractical contexts, for example, Islam, than to take moral responsibility
Surya: India’s Heart of Darkness Exposed by the Crackdown in Kashmir

July 21, 2016

There is no escaping the implications of the horrors with which innocent, mostly unarmed civilians of India-held Kashmir have been bombarded ever since the present crisis erupted
Zunes: Is anti-Zionism inherently anti-Semitic?

July 21, 2016

As the U.S. movement in support of Palestinian rights gains momentum, it has come under...
Baker: Brexit, Austerity, and the Future of the European Union

July 21, 2016

If the EU leadership continues to set policy based on folk wisdom from their parents rather than serious economics, the hardships among the population will continue
Monbiot: Punishment Posting

July 21, 2016

The more urgent the environmental crisis becomes, the less we hear about it
Cohen: What Will Bernie Delegates Do in Philadelphia?

July 21, 2016

Nearly 45% of Democratic voters and caucus goers supported Bernie. So nearly half of the party has said, “No, we’re progressives.”
Swanson: Could Hillary Be Any Worse? Sure, Add Tim Kaine to the Ticket

July 21, 2016

Tim Kaine has been consistently ranked as one of the least progressive Democrats in the U.S. Senate
Emersberger: Chavismo Must Stop the Economic Bleeding

July 21, 2016

People who care about the success of progressive change in Venezuela – and in Latin America – must do all they can to ensure that huge self-inflicted problems are avoided

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Vivas: What Remains of All Our Outrage?

However, real change does not come about only through conquering institutions, but through gaining support from a mobilized society. What remains of all our outrage? A regime in crisis, not ready yet to fall, but ready to be reconfigured
Winship: All The Presumptive Nominee’s Men

You will know our presidents and presidential candidates by the company they keep
Street: Hillary Clinton’s Not-So-Strange Right-Wing Bedfellows

Democratic Hillary Clinton supporters got churlish when they heard media...
Chaffee: Upcoming Events for Progressives

EVENTS SOCIALISM – The Socialism Conference is scheduled for...
Pimentel: HISTORY HANDBOOK: Seeing Red: Nixon and the Presidential Election in Chile, 1970

That Nixon facilitated the ousting of Allende via collusion with the Chilean military and Allende’s political enemies comes as no surprise to students of the American war in Vietnam

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Giroux: Trump and the Enablers of American Authoritarianism (2/2)

July 23, 2016

'Lesser evilism' is the wrong way to frame the elections - it's about what's better for the strategic interests of an independent people's struggle
Chomsky: On Social Media

July 17, 2016

Does the internet help to form new social associations?
Rasmus: Labor Uprising in France

July 17, 2016

Massive labor actions have been roiling France, as unions protest the policies of the nominally Socialist government
Harrison: Wikileaks: Interview with Investigations Editor Sarah Harrison

July 16, 2016

Interview on the case of Julian Assange, the findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention, national security, international law and how one can support whistleblowers
Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade

June 24, 2016

In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water
Chomsky: Noam Chomsky in support of Julian Assange

June 21, 2016

A talk on freedom and democracy
Sanders: National Live Stream Address

June 19, 2016

The political revolution continues
Cohen: Why Is The Western Media Ignoring The New Cold War?

June 17, 2016

Interview on Russia, NATO, and our mainstream media's refusal to report on the New Cold War
Sanders: Rally in Washington, DC

June 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders Live from Washington DC - A Future to Believe in Rally Live Event
Solomon: Trump, Sanders’ Next Steps & Media Coverage of the 2016 Race

June 10, 2016

The debate continues on racist remarks, Clinton’s plan to reach out to Sanders supporters, and the decision by the Associated Press and NBC to call the race for Clinton on the eve of the California primary
Solomon: A Debate on Best Path Forward for Democratic Party

June 9, 2016

Where does the race go from here?
Chomsky: Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (Universal Income)

June 4, 2016

Talking about the concept of a basic income guarantee also known as a universal income
Harnecker: Strategies for Social Change

May 29, 2016

A talk on people's power and political instruments.
Warren: Donald Trump can NEVER be the President

May 29, 2016

A talk on Donald Trump rooting for the 2008 housing market crash, his plans to dismantle Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform, and his decision not to release his taxes
Finkelstein: A Dialogue on Israel and Palestine

May 28, 2016

This is a panel from the 2016 Left Forum, held May 20 -22 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The conference theme was "Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power."