Small dairy, near Hope, Indiana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Uncertainty is nothing new for farmers. Freak weather changes and fluctuations in the market make planning for the future a gamble, never a sure thing. Dairy farmers have to deal with the additional issues of...
Netanyahu started this war with a surprise unilateral attack against Iran, which has already killed hundreds of people and wounded many more. This attack was specifically designed to sabotage American diplomatic efforts: Israel assassinated the man overseeing Iran’s...
Sly Stone, Keystone Berkeley, CA, April 16, 1982. Photograph Source: Sarfatims – CC BY 4.0 In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success,...
Richard Reichart. It is Father’s Day as I write these words. And it’s one day after No Kings Day. My father, Dr. Richard Reichard, would have approved – he was a lifelong anti-fascist. In the Air Force in World War II, he was shot down behind fascist lines in...
Image Source: Missile Defense Project, “Missiles of Iran,” Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 14, 2018, last modified August 10, 2021 (Source) First off, where are they going to invade from? Iraq has US troops stationed in the...
Grizzly bear north of Obsidian Cliff; Jim Peaco; May 2014. Park Service. The August 2023 issue of Global Change Biology published a study on the state of the GYE grizzly population from 2000 to 2020. Among other things, the authors found that, at least until 2020, the...
Image by Javad Esmaeili. The attack that most of the world had been anticipating finally took place. Israel’s expanding role as the world’s leading aggressor nation added another brutal chapter to its growing legacy of destruction, death and disruption on June 13,...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with 5 million people participating in 2,100...
Photograph Source: Chenspec – CC BY-SA 4.0 There is a throbbing complaint among Western powers, including those in the European Union and the United States. Iran is not playing by the rules. Instead of accepting with dutiful meekness the slaughter of its military...
Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain Elon Musk put his tail between his legs and apologized to Donald Trump. In a tweet on X, Musk said, “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.” For those who missed it,...
Image by CODEPINK. On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional authorization. This will force all Senators to go on record...
Image courtesy of Left Voice. On June 18, Anasse Kazib, a French railway worker, trade unionist and socialist leader will stand trial for the charge of “apologia for terrorism.” His supposed crime? Tweets posted to the social media platform X in support of the...