Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Protest in Britain has become dangerous of late. Shaky lawmakers minding their elected positions, displaying decorative ignorance, have been criminalising protests against the war in Gaza, branding certain groups “terrorist” in...
Counterpunch
How Indigenous Jarawara Women Use Snuff to Shape Movement, Meaning, and Daily Life
Photograph Source: Carlo Brescia – CC BY-SA 4.0 For the Jarawara, an Indigenous people of Brazil’s Juruá and Purus river region, snuff—known as sinã—is more than a daily habit. It is a substance deeply tied to thought, care, and meaning. And it belongs, above all, to...
An Ode to Those Trapped Under the Rubble
Palestinians under the rubble after Israeli airstrike of homes in the Gaza Strip. © 2023 UNRWA Photo by Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons How can I describe this thing that happened to me? Was it a lucid...
Putting Universal Medicare Front and Center
Photograph Source: Molly Adams – CC BY 2.0 At a time when we don’t know if we will have real elections in 2026 and 2028, it may seem a bit absurd to be plotting an agenda for Democrats, but it is essential. While polls show approval for Trump and Republicans is...
In DC’s Hour of Need, the Post Opinion Page Veers Right and Crumbles
Photo by [email protected] Tu I recently beat up on the Washington Post for all but welcoming President Trump’s takeover and militarization of Washington, DC. And I’m going to do more of that below. But I also need to say, even as the Post Opinion Page continues to...
Trump’s Federal Policing Makes Us Less Safe
Image by Colin Lloyd. In my 50-some years of community and political ministry, and organizing that resisted Boston’s test with “stop and frisk” after the hoax of Charles Stuart murdering his wife and blaming it on a Black man, I thought I had seen it all. Then, when...
The War on Truth: Why Palestinian Journalists Are Being Systematically Erased
Image by TS. The killing of seven Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza on August 10 and five more on August 25 has prompted verbal condemnations, yet has inspired little to no substantive action. This has become the predictable and horrifying trajectory...
Albion Stupidities: Palestine Action and Anti-Terrorism Laws
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Protest in Britain has become dangerous of late. Shaky lawmakers minding their elected positions, displaying decorative ignorance, have been criminalising protests against the war in Gaza, branding certain groups “terrorist” in...
How Indigenous Jarawara Women Use Snuff to Shape Movement, Meaning, and Daily Life
Photograph Source: Carlo Brescia – CC BY-SA 4.0 For the Jarawara, an Indigenous people of Brazil’s Juruá and Purus river region, snuff—known as sinã—is more than a daily habit. It is a substance deeply tied to thought, care, and meaning. And it belongs, above all, to...
An Ode to Those Trapped Under the Rubble
Palestinians under the rubble after Israeli airstrike of homes in the Gaza Strip. © 2023 UNRWA Photo by Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons How can I describe this thing that happened to me? Was it a lucid...
Putting Universal Medicare Front and Center
Photograph Source: Molly Adams – CC BY 2.0 At a time when we don’t know if we will have real elections in 2026 and 2028, it may seem a bit absurd to be plotting an agenda for Democrats, but it is essential. While polls show approval for Trump and Republicans is...
In DC’s Hour of Need, the Post Opinion Page Veers Right and Crumbles
Photo by [email protected] Tu I recently beat up on the Washington Post for all but welcoming President Trump’s takeover and militarization of Washington, DC. And I’m going to do more of that below. But I also need to say, even as the Post Opinion Page continues to...