The Slide into Authoritarianism
By John Kiriakou All of us who care about civil liberties, civil rights, human rights and freedom of the press have had a front-row seat lately to a slide toward what can only be described…
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Israel and the US Know the Soldier Who
Assassinated Aysengur Eygi By Colonel (ret) Ann Wright U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was working to “gather the facts” about U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi’s killing by Israel military forces. They Know…
Low Wage Corporations Spent Half A Trillion
Inflating CEO Salaries Cinnebtary by Sarah Anderson Most of us believe in fair pay for honest work. So why aren’t low-wage workers better paid? After 30 years of research, I can tell you it’s not…
Solidarity to the Haitian Community
of Springfield, Ohio! By Liberation News In early September, a Facebook user posted a false claim arguing that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH were eating pets and waterfowl. This false claim turned into a national…
New Strategies to Suppress Student Activism
Universities have been planning all summer—here are the new rules By Carrie Zaremba University administrators across the United States have declared an indefinite state of emergency on college campuses. Schools are rolling out policies in…
Gaza War Is Ushering In an Age of Total Immorality
Commentary by Nesrine Malik In July, Benjamin Netanyahu received a standing ovation after his speech to US Congress. It was a moment that seemed to usher in a new phase of the war in Gaza—one…
Israel’s American Dream
Settler white supremacy everywhere shares one dream. Commentary by Yannick Giovanni Marshall It may seem odd that US conservatism—which has taken the baton from the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and systematically spreads thinly veiled anti-Semitic…
Permanent Housing with Few Rules
Colorado’s approach to solving chronic homelessness By Jennifer Brown As Solid Ground Apartments opens in Lakewood Colorado, it comes with proof of concept—giving people who are homeless a place to live, no strings attached, not…
Climate, Energy and Natural Resources
Address to Progressive International’s 50th Anniversary Congress in Havana By Jason Hickel Thank you to PI for organizing this event, and thank you to our Cuban hosts, who have kept this revolution alive against extraordinary…
The Hidden Cost of Clean Energy: Black Lives
By Adam Mahoney A lawsuit filed five years ago charged several U.S. tech companies with complicity in child labor. Among said companies was Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle producer. Tucked into that lawsuit is…