Raymond Nat Turner Did New Yorkers say, No Mo Cuomo;No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa Cop?Did they say they can See something andSay something brighter’s on the horizon? Did New Yorkers say, “Change …. not spare change?”Did they say it’s way past time for Go-Go hammers? Way past timeFor symphonies of whining saws? Way past time for sawdust storms—GettingAmish—‘bout raising … [Read more...] about Did New Yorkers say, No Mo Cuomo;No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa Cop?
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The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
Nolan Higdon and Sydney Sullivan During President Donald Trump’s second term, education has remained a central battleground in American politics. Republicans claim that classrooms have become hotbeds of “woke” indoctrination, accusing educators of promoting progressive agendas and tolerating antisemitism. In contrast, Democrats argue that conservatives are … [Read more...] about The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
Stop Israel’s Dystopian “Humanitarian City” Plan — Before It’s Too Late
Medea Benjamin The Israeli government has just put forward one of the most brazenly genocidal schemes in modern memory — and unless we act immediately, the world will once again let it happen. As reported in Haaretz, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is proposing to force some 600,000 Palestinians — and eventually the entire population of … [Read more...] about Stop Israel’s Dystopian “Humanitarian City” Plan — Before It’s Too Late
Dismantling War Culture: How Militarization Shapes Our Everyday Lives
David Andersson We are living in a particular moment where mainstream communicators want you to believe the world is in a state of permanent war — even when you are walking peacefully down your own street. Your phone relentlessly feeds you images of bombings. News channels and politicians constantly warn you of imminent danger. This is how a military culture is built. And … [Read more...] about Dismantling War Culture: How Militarization Shapes Our Everyday Lives
Colonization
Harry Faber We over hereControl so much over there,At least we want to.We are trying to.We’ll stage coups too.We’ll kill too,We’ll murder too,We build bombs,We make guns,All for what?Who’s happy doing this?Is all we can do just watch?Empathy.What if it were you?What if it were you?What if it were you?What if it were your friends?What if it were your family?What if it were … [Read more...] about Colonization
How We Change Our Minds
Reflections on Resistance and Representation Maura Finkelstein I’m obsessed with questions of memory. I’m a nonfiction writer and have spent most of my life trying to write stories from the position of partial memory, in conversation with folks who also are drawing on partial memory. As an anthropologist, I used to take obsessive field notes. As a person who is now … [Read more...] about How We Change Our Minds
War On Iran Is a Fight for US Unipolar Control of the World
Preempting dollar hegemony exit, disrupting Eurasian integration with China & Russia Michael Hudson Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the neoconservative logic that has guided US foreign policy for more than half a … [Read more...] about War On Iran Is a Fight for US Unipolar Control of the World
Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel
Aviva Chomsky In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Let me offer my own version. We might summarize the entire history of the human race in two words: people move. Everything else is just elaboration on that basic plot. Some of … [Read more...] about Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel
The Collapse of Zionism
Ilan Pappé Hamas’s assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than 120 years since its inception, could the Zionist project in Palestine — the idea of imposing a Jewish state on an Arab, Muslim, and Middle Eastern country — be facing the … [Read more...] about The Collapse of Zionism
To Kill a People
Chris Hedges Extermination works. At first. This is the terrible lesson of history. If Israel is not stopped — and no outside power appears willing to halt the genocide in Gaza or the destruction of Lebanon — it will achieve its goals of depopulating and annexing northern Gaza. It will turn southern Gaza into a charnel house where Palestinians are burned alive, decimated by … [Read more...] about To Kill a People