By Darrell Jackson To survive in prison, inmates usually accept a “convict code” that demands toughness and makes us wary of others. To thrive in prison, I learned to embrace organizing for social change and…
An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist By Marcy Winograd The ground-breaking movie Oppenheimer, despite its unsympathetic protagonist, packs a powerful anti-nuclear punch that makes it hard, if not impossible, to sleep…
Commentary by Tapti Sen I am from a disappearing nation. My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming submerged partially or completely by rising sea levels caused by climate change in the…
Commentary by George Monbiot Round the cycle turns. As millions are driven from their homes by climate disasters, the extreme right exploits their misery to extend its reach. As the extreme right gains power, climate…
Land Defenders Arrested, Camp Raided After Blocking Excavator Ox Sam Camp press release OROVADA, NV — On June 6, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block construction…
By Jeffrey Sachs Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski famously described Ukraine as a “geopolitical pivot” of Eurasia, central to both US and Russian power. Since Russia views its vital security interests to be…
by Volodymyr Ishchenko In March 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government suspended 11 Ukrainian political parties citing their alleged “links with Russia”. While the majority of the suspended parties were small, and some were outright insignificant,…
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a new bill into law which strengthens government control over public access to news in Ukraine. Zelensky has already nationalized the country’s media under…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the United States was facing after a…
Address to the Nakba 75 Rally, Downtown Raleigh, May 13, 2023 By J. Mark Davidson We at Voices for Justice in Palestine believe that the foundation of a just and lasting peace is freedom, dignity,…