US Mercenaries in South America
By Cesar Uco The recent visit to Ecuador and Peru by former US Navy SEAL and mercenary contractor Erik Prince is cause for alarm throughout the region. The billionaire Prince is the founder of Blackwater,…
From Refusal to Resilience
How Hurricane Katrina birthed a global health vanguard By Joshua Reaves The US government left Black residents to die after Hurricane Katrina, refusing Cuba’s offer of emergency doctors. This racist neglect exposed a truth that…
Morena’s Fourth Transformation
Can Mexico’s dignity and sovereignty be restored? By Vijay Prashad When I was in graduate school, I audited a class taught by Friedrich Katz (1927–2010), one of the great historians of Mexico of his generation….
In the Struggle Against US Imperialism
Nicaragua Is a Model of Sovereignty By Ben Norton The United States has militarily intervened in practically every country in Latin America. The CIA has backed dozens of coups d’etat against democratically elected left-wing governments…
Claiming the Power to Protect
National sovereignty is at the root of the environmental struggle in Brazil By Miguel Enrique Stedile The battle to preserve our environment is intrinsically linked to the defense of our national sovereignty. How our country…
Bolsonaro Conviction a Blow to Global Far Right
Michael Fox for Truthout Brazil’s Supreme Court’s decision to convict Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to carry out a military coup has been met with widespread celebrations across the country, along with dismay from the former…
From Doha to the UN
Turning Israel’s Terror Into Global Action By Medea Benjamin Responding to Israel’s September 10 attack aimed at Hamas negotiators in Qatar, all 12 members of the UN Security Council issued a toothless statement of condemnation…
Keep ICE Out of Schools!
By Sonia Banker Only a few years after the pandemic, young kids in this country are seeing a whole new disruption to their learning: immigration raids. One of the Trump administration’s first actions after assuming…
Surveillance U
College campuses: the new labs for military spy tech By Elham Azad In early June 2025, The Guardian revealed that the University of Michigan paid over $800,000 to Amerishield, parent company to a private security…
Domestic Terrorism Charge Dismissed
Cop City activist Jamie Marsicano still faces RICO charges By Matt Scott A DeKalb County Georgia Superior Court judge dismissed the domestic terrorism charge against Cop City protestor Jamie Marsicano on August 7, saying the…