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Roy: The U.S. Is Growing Closer to India Militarily

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are in New Delhi for talks aimed at deepening military and trade ties between India and the United States
Rasmus: Amazon the Job Killer: Yesterday, Today & (AI)Tomorrow

Over the 2020 to 2030 decade, Amazon the tech company will be at the leading edge of AI development and its devastating negative impact on the majority of jobs and wages
King: Black Police Group Supports Nike Deal with Kaepernick

Some police do stand up for Kaepernick — just not the ones that Donald Trump mentions when he sneers about the national anthem protests
Engelhardt: What Will Donald Trump Be Remembered For?

The World According to The Don(ald)
Cole: Adults in the room

Trump’s Enablers boast of Saving Nation but Reveal they’re Looting the Nation
Baker: Unions in the 21st Century

A Potent Weapon Against Inequality
Kwet: Google and Apple’s Systems to Track you in Person

What the Media Isn’t Telling You
Tucker: Washington Post’s Campaign to Keep a Republican in Office

The Washington Post – which dominates D.C.’s media landscape – has set its sights on defeating Ben Jealous
Nassar: Israeli judges give final approval for war crime in Khan al-Ahmar

Israel’s high court gave the final approval for the forced...
Greeman: French Labor’s Historical Defeat; U.S. Teachers’ Surprising Victories

The French business class is getting ready to Thatcherize France with a vengeance and take its revenge, unless the French rank-and-file workers take a hint from the W. Va. teachers and figure out a way to organize themselves autonomously
Slaughter-Johnson: ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Encourage Dangerous Vigilantism

Some Americans call the cops on black people for frivolous reasons. Others appoint themselves judge, jury, and — sometimes — executioner
Baroud: The Victimization of Gaza Women

They endure and persist, despite the massive price they pay and continue the struggle of generations of courageous Palestinian women who came before them
Whitney: Why I Choose to Take a Stand, by Taking a Knee

Until we as a people rise up and address the evils it perpetrates, I am not going to be standing and singing its praises
Meyerson: The Labor Question is Back, Big-Time

Like frogs in a slowly boiling pot, Americans are finally realizing how dire their labor situation is
Goodman: Amazon Workers Denounce “Slavery” Conditions

Amazon made headlines Tuesday when it became the second American...
Sanchez: Black Power During Reconstruction

In 1868, what had seemed impossible only a decade before — four million enslaved people wielding political power in the South — became a reality
Winslow: How Milwaukee Teachers Beat Back Cuts and Busywork

Collective bargaining is all but illegal for public sector workers in Wisconsin. So how did Milwaukee teachers not only block major cuts to public schools but also make gains on workload and health care?
Raina: Do Not Say ‘Dalit’, For It Is Too Real

It is no less than a pyrrhic historical atrocity to want to eliminate the reality of a whole section of living people by refusing them the right to call themselves what they wish
Baroud: What Lies Beneath: The US-Israeli Plot to ‘Save’ Gaza

With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades, constituted the legal and political foundation for the so-called ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict’
Mehrdad: Squeezing Iran: Part 1

Trump’s project in the Middle East
Fouskas: The US-Turkey standoff in context

Global capitalism and the crisis of hegemony
Turse: The U.S. Military is Winning. No, Really, It Is!

What would “victory” in the war on terror even look like? What, in fact, constitutes an American military victory in the world today?

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June ZMag

Chomsky: “A Complete Disaster”

Interview on Trump and the future of U.S. politics
Rasmus: Trump’s Phony Trade War

Is the Trump phony trade war really about reducing the U.S. $375 billion annual trade deficit with China? Or about U.S. bankers wanting more access and ownership of operations in China?
Fletcher: Zohra Drif’s Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter  

In her actions as a militant, Drif casts aside the romanticization of revolution
Miller: The Border Fetish, The U.S. Frontier  as a Zone of Profit and Sacrifice

Borders have become another way of making sure that nothing gets in the way of the sanctity of business as usual in a world that desperately needs something new
Chaffee: Events

A list of events, activities, books, music and more for activists

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Recent Audio/Videos

Riley: Riding Through Oakland

Take a ride through Oakland with Boots Riley, frontman of the politically-charged hip-hop group 'The Coup', as he reflects on his music, his future, and his relentless revolt against capitalism
Isbell: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World

From Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit -- The Nashville Sound
Chomsky: From Geopolitical Conflict to Nuclear Abolition

Noam Chomsky delivers the keynote address, "Fate of Humanity"
Daniels: Dr. Ron Daniels Delivers his Final Lecture

A talk on his political world view and on his vision and priorities for IBW moving forward.
Fletcher: The History of Race and Labor in the U.S.

Interview on the history of race and racism in the US from African slavery to today
Roy: Bodies, Borders, Resistance, Rebirth

Interview on the political upheaval in India with PM Modi at its front, fueled by increased violence towards Muslims, queers, Dalits, women, and more