The Africa-Palestine Conference: Why South Africa Must Lead the Way
On September 16, I visited South Africa, a country where many Palestinians have always felt welcomed, if not overwhelmed by the degree of genuine and meaningful solidarity. While having the honor to...
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Edward Snowden, You Legend!
Photograph Source: LunchboxLarry – CC BY 2.0 “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster; when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”...
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Bernie: Keep Fighting On
Drawing By Nathaniel St. Clair Senator Sanders. Sorry to hear about your heart surgery but it will make you stronger. We can’t let your opponents seize on this and imply that it proves something about...
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No Development Without the Politics of Mass Mobilization and Demilitarization...
Map of Jammu and Kashmir – Public Domain Amidst that pandemonium of 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was the first state in the newly freed Indian subcontinent to have its own written constitutional plan. The...
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A Year After Khashoggi’s Murder, Saudi Arabia is Lurching Toward Chaos
Photograph Source: Alfagih at Arabic Wikipedia – Transferred from ar.wikipedia to Commons – GFDL The Saudis are taking a pasting. Video pictures from the Houthis of Saudi soldiers and their allies...
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The Battles Now
Photograph Source: Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Public Domain “Now we are engaged….” – Lincoln, Gettysburg Address One real battle we are in now...
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Counting Sheep as Grasslands Shrink in Gujarat
Photo: Namita Waikar. “Is there rain in your village?” It was Karabhai Aal on the phone from Banaskantha district in North Gujarat. “There is none here.” That was in the last week of July this year....
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How the U.S. Military Undermines the American Economy
Photograph Source: Danny Myers, U.S. Air Force photo – Public Domain On January 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his now-famous farewell address, warning the nation: In the councils of...
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Capitalism’s Triumph: Labor Rights Violated in Every Country on Earth
Ralph Chaplin – Industrial Workers of the World journal “Solidarity” (June 30, 1917 issue) In what country are labor rights fully respected? The sad answer is: none. Labor rights are routinely violated...
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Robot Trolls on Amazon: How Fake Reviews Could Undermine Progressive Politics
Photograph Source: MIKI Yoshihito – CC BY 2.0 Every big personality or corporation uses algorithmic robots (“bots”) to boost themselves and their products. Until recently, US President Donald Trump had...
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Impeachment, Pelosi-Style
Photograph Source: AFGE – CC BY 2.0 Nancy Pelosi’s first stint as Speaker of the House came after Democratic victories in the 2006 midterm election. Before that, she had opposed Republican efforts to...
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We Meddle Too: Trump, Empire, and “The National Interest”
Photograph Source: Will Buckner – CC BY 2.0 Never underestimate the power of the United States’ American Exeptionalist and imperial doctrine. Look at the recent Washington Post revelation regarding...
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Roaming Charges: Texts, Lies and Transcripts in the Time of Moloch
Migrating salmon, Bonneville. Time to Pony Up! Yes, as I hope you’ve noticed, we are nearing the end of the first week of our annual fundraiser. We’re doing okay, thanks to opening salvos of donations...
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Impeachment, Brought to You by the CIA
Photograph Source: Master Steve Rapport – CC BY 2.0 For the first time in half a century, the political left in the U.S. is ascendant. Bernie Sanders is holding his own in the primaries. A group of...
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Cruel Optimism and the Settler-Colonial Roots of White Grievance
Photograph Source: Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl, c. 1837 – Public Domain This past summer I was camping in rural Wisconsin with my partner and son when a huge thunderstorm forced us to seek out the...
View ArticleChariots of War
Chariots of War Chariots of war Were known in Ancient Rome As cars And ducks’re called duck Because they duck And honcks are so-called for their call As foxes — who’ll stalk In stalks of phlox, in...
View ArticleEducation is a Neglected Casualty of Wars and Displacements
One of the neglected consequences of the recent wars and civilian conflicts in many parts of the world is their effect on people’s education, particularly children’s education. Because of the close...
View ArticleJudge Rules, Winnemem Wintu and WATER Prepare for Appeal in Siskiyou County...
Mt. Shasta, CA The Siskiyou Superior Court, on August 29, 2019, issued a Statement of Decision on Writ in the case of We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review (W.A.T.E.R.) and the Winnemem Wintu...
View ArticleHow Fossil Fuels Pollute STEM Education
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has a message for policy makers: “Listen to the scientists.” As an engineer, I was glad to hear that. But I also believe it’s also vital for scientists to be...
View ArticleCounting the Dead Through the Fog of War in Afghanistan
During one week in late September, U.S.-led forces killed at least 70 civilians in two incidents in Afghanistan. A U.S. drone strike on September 19th killed at least 30 farmers harvesting pine nuts in...
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