Six former Israeli hostages and the widow of a slain hostage have released a video pleading with President Trump in English to support a comprehensive deal to make peace in Gaza so that the remaining hostages can be freed.
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End the colonial occupation of Washington D.C.: The People demand self-determination and self-governance
On August 11, Trump declared, “We’re taking our capital back,” while signaling an unprecedented federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department. This move, under the pretext of public safety, follows his March 2025 executive order establishing the “Safe and...
Trump’s Venezuela drug war gambit and the militarization playbook at home
Solidarity activist Michelle Ellner takes stock of the Trump administration's escalating rhetoric, militarization and migrant crackdown.
Media in hiding from the most urgent questions of the day
Trump has commandeered Washington, DC, putting National Guard and local police in the streets because DC is not a state, and so it’s the only place he could take over in this way. He’s brandishing a patently false pretense that the district is facing a crime crisis....
Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide-in the West Bank
As the dusting off of Israel's E1 Plan emphasizes, the intended fate of Palestinians in the West Bank is ultimately no different from the fate of Palestinians in Gaza–unless we act.
AI is a total grift
Much of what’s known as ‘AI’ has nothing to do with progress—it’s about lobbyists pushing shoddy digital replacements for human labour that increase billionaire’s profits and make workers’ lives worse.
The loss of the Soviet Union
Progress is never linear, consistent, smooth or at a fixed rate.
Cuba’s new Code of Childhood Adolescence and Youth proves putting people over profit is possible
The Cuban National Assembly passed a new Code of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth in July.
Gaza’s daily wounded toll triples following aid centre openings: MSF reports
The number of Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip has tripled daily since aid distribution centres run by the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” supported by Israel and the United States, began operations, Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said...
Congress moves to block Trump’s social security assault
The Biden administration had expanded the definition of “public assistance household,” shielding recipients from the harshest penalties.
Flight attendants vow to fight as gov’t, Air Canada try to crush strike
The federal government of Canada thought the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike was over on the afternoon of Aug. 17, when it ordered 10,000 striking flight attendants and cabin crew members back to work.
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Review essay of Hamilton Nolan’s ‘The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of [U.S.] Labor’ by Kim Scipes
Hamilton Nolan is one of an emerging group of journalists who have taken over the “labor beat” in U.S. journalism.