July 2024

Settler Colonialism and the Engineering of Historical Amnesia

The Collapse of the “Vital Center” and the Return of Politics

Fascism at the Gates

Thanks to a Massive Mobilization of the Left in France, the Far Right Cannot Control the Government

Doug Burgum is Trump’s Likely VP Choice.  Here’s Why

Trendy Appointments: Australia’s Special Antisemitism Envoy

Letter from London: 9 Songs (with apologies to Michael Winterbottom)

Swedish Unions in Crisis

Alakaʻi Kapānui and Fatima Abed

The UK’s Major Political Shifts

Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

In Westminster at Last: The Threat of Nigel Farage

Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign

Time for the Fed to Cut Interest Rates

Open letter to the President of Switzerland, Ms Viola Amherd

Deference to Joe Biden from Bernie Sanders Has Become Nonsensical

[Ryan] Grim News

This Absurd Election Choice Should Have Us Thundering in the Streets

Why the New Popular Front Won

Passing Fancy: Wilt Chamberlain as Distributor

Stop the ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Syndrome

Cows in a National Park? How Can That Be?

Critiquing Biden’s Worldview, Democratic Party Tactics and America’s Destiny

Racism in the Life of Farage: From Enoch Powell to Reform UK

How a Twentieth-Century Family Planning Strategy Fueled the Climate Crisis

Dreaming of a Great World

The Dictatorial Trump Court Has Put Our Democracy’s Rule of Law on Quicksand

Who “Runs The Country?” We Do!

Is Australia’s Luck Running Out?

Black Economic Boycotts of the Civil Rights Era Still Offer Lessons on How to Achieve a Just Society

The NYT and the Low-Wage Worker

Breathing New Life into the UN Charter

Trump to Visit Western Pa.: a Contrast with VP Bush’s Visit in 1982

Teaching a Lesson to the Palestinians

The Gaza Genocide: Who’s Complicit?

Massacre at the Ballot: The Punishing of the Tories

War and Famine

Three Paths Forward in Immigration Policy

The 2024 British Election: Big Change Ain’t Gonna Come

Why is the NY Times Calling for Biden’s Ouster?

Breaking Barriers: The Political Empowerment of Bolivia’s Indigenous Women

We Need a New Political Vocabulary

Why the Spirit of the Law Should Prevail: A Cautionary Tale of Extremism From an Ex-Scrupulous Chaplain

More Than Ever, Trump’s Most Effective Campaign Ally is Joe Biden

Environmental Groups Save Ashley National Forest Roadless Areas from Bulldozers and Chainsaws

Genocide Then and Now

Migration is Not a Crime

Moving Human Targets

How the Presidential Debate Harmed US Foreign Policy

Animal Factories: On the Killing Floor