By Lynn Koh September 19, 2016

The 2016 Elections: Will the Left Lead?

            Right now it feels like we’re in an ‘emperor has no clothes’ moment. A lot of us see something really clearly, but few of us – radical and revolutionary organizers – are willing to say it out loud.

            So we’re going to say it. Defeating Trump in the presidential election is a top priority for the left. And at a minimum, that means mobilizing voters...

May 13, 2015

Since March 26, Yemenis have endured a U.S./Saudi air war and siege, in a conflict that has so far killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 300,000 civilians. We are asking people to send a message of solidarity to Yemen - ON THURSDAY, MAY 14TH - as part of the independent, Yemeni-led campaign Kefaya War ("Enough" War in Arabic). To learn more about the...

Ebola virus particles
By Rebecca Gordon October 16, 2014

Like many people around the world, four-star Marine General John Kelley is really worried about Ebola.

But he’s not worried about the more than 4,000 people who have died of the disease in western Africa. And he’s only tangentially worried about people dying in this country. What is the real threat Ebola presents to the United States,...

"Hong Kong Add Oil" Image courtesy of kayancheung.tumblr.com
Lynn Koh October 15, 2014

Thoughts on Hong Kong.  (I wish to thank Timmy Lu and Lucia Lin for their ideas and analysis)

Few actions could have been more brazen than the government's cancellation of talks last week with representatives of the Hong Kong Student Federation, one of the leaders of the...

September 30, 2014

Dear readers and friends, 

Events from Iraq, Syria and Gaza to Ferguson and the U.S-Mexico border underscore why work against war and militarism rooted in a "race, class and gender" analysis is needed more than ever. So we wish we were writing to announce expansion of War...

Felicia Gustin July 18, 2014

I think about the children in Gaza, the children coming across the Mexico - U.S. border, the children without water in Detroit, the children living with violence in Oakland.

I think about what kind of future our children face and what is our responsibility, as adults, to...

Gary Hicks July 13, 2014

by Pilar Rodríguez Aranda (Reposted from here.)

(To read this post in Spanish, scroll down.)

Everyday I read, listen to, and witness the decomposition of our “human” societies, and everyday I become more convinced there will never be a real change if we do not work...

Max Elbaum July 9, 2014

"In Gaza last night, while Israeli army forces launched military attacks by sea, air and via artillery shells, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children were unable to sleep inside their roof-tinned homes, clinging to their parents, crying, and terrified. The shelling last...

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