California Bans Coercive Pricing Algorithms

By Lee Hepner Popular depictions of cartels evoke secretive, dangerous—shamelessly glamorized—drug cartels. Or corporate whistleblowers being trailed, wiretapped, and threatened by anonymous thugs with chiseled jaws and tinted windows. Of course, there are the fat…


Koch Network Pushes Trump to Accelerate AI

By Geoff Dembicki A political group created by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch earlier this year wrote to the U.S. government making requests about artificial intelligence. “To seize the moment and ensure that AI…


Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now

By Alex Han Trump’s attacks on working people—threats to send troops into major U.S. cities, ripping collective bargaining rights from a million federal workers, an immigration enforcement terror campaign that borders on unconstitutional—have been so…


Kerala Has Abolished Extreme Poverty

By Vijay Prashad On 1 November 2025, the south-western Indian state of Kerala—home to 34 million people—was declared free from extreme poverty by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala is one of the few places in…


Venezuela Under Siege

A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions By Roger D. Harris Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that…


Exxon’s Long History in Venezuela

By Nick Corbishley Exxon has a long, rich history in Venezuela dating back over a century. Its predecessor, Standard Oil, was one of the first companies to explore for oil in the South American country…




Bodies as Barricades

By Calla Mairead Walsh The ongoing “Prisoners for Palestine” hunger strike in British prisons, now exceeding 46 days, is the largest protest in UK prisons since the 1981 Irish republican strike. Eight political prisoners, remanded…