The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children's rights aren't meant for the colonized.
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The Empire has accidentally caused the rebirth of real counterculture in the West
A real, politically meaningful counterculture has been born in the western world, and our rulers are already showing us that they’re afraid of it.
The Trump Doctrine and the New M.A.G.A. Imperialism — John Bellamy Foster — ICSS 20250629
The dramatic shift in the Trump led U.S. foreign policies, as seen recently in the bombing in Iran, has created enormous confusion and consternation within establishment centers of power.
How to New York Times-Proof Mamdani’s Playbook: Turning Coalition Specifics into Fiscal Possibilities
In a recent video recapping his primary victory in Queens, Zohran Mamdani did something almost radical for today’s political landscape: he cut through the usual Beltway euphemisms and mapped out the varied, living elements of the coalition that won. Most postmortems...
The Empire’s Strategic Failure: How the US-Israeli Assault on Iran Accelerated Imperial Decline
The June 2025 US-Israeli military assault on Iran—featuring Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the US Operation Midnight Hammer confronted by Iran’s defensive Operation True Promise 3—despite achieving short-term tactical victories, represents a profound strategic...
Unhoused why? It’s always about the land
Homelessness isn’t policy failure—it’s policy.
Can carbon dioxide removal save the climate?
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the world’s atmosphere is now very close to 429 parts per million.
The New Silk Road and the threat to American domination
The little-reported opening of a major rail link between China and Iran may upend the strategic calculations behind U.S. imperial policy in the Middle East, argues Kevin Crane.
Behind the invasions of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, and now Iran
It is just six months into Trump’s presidency, and he has waged direct military assaults on two countries, Yemen and Iran. Many of Trump’s supporters were surprised by this, for he had campaigned on a platform of ending U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
Switzerland draws lines and does not collaborate in the persecution of journalists
The Swiss rule of law is awakening. After accepting all EU sanctions against Russia up to now, Switzerland is drawing a line for the first time and refuses to prosecute journalists – bravo!
The everyday horror of modern sexism
Women are conditioned to accept sexism, but they are also able to rebel against it in the right circumstances.
Coalbrook: The Worst Mining Disaster in Africa
On the morning of January 21, 1960, 431 black and six white coal miners were entombed in a sudden collapse at Clydesdale Collieries near Coalbrook in Sasolburg, Free State Province.[1] The first rockfall took place at about 4:30 p.m. No one was killed or severely...