US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers dramatically increased daily arrests of immigrants in cities across the US beginning on Sunday under orders from the Trump White House. In a…
The USA leads the world in having the most extensive discourse on political and social issues, supported by the world’s most famous media outlets, think tanks and academic institutes, by…
Trump, Musk, Vance, Kennedy and the rest of our new government’s murderous members now oversee political life in the USA. Things were already horrific and have been for ages. But…
Now fully immersed in this dark new world of government disorder framed by Donald Trump’s theatrics and bravado in signing executive orders to “get the job done” accompanied by flying…
I interviewed three anti-nuke activists to understand the Doomsday Clock and how our society thinks about the very real threat of nuclear war. “Dear young people who have never experienced…
Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, when―pressed by a popular upsurge against…
In November 2024, Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election with a massive majority, marking the beginning of his second term as the 47th President of the United States. His…
The world was shaken by Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and the phrase, “our Golden Age has just begun” is like kidding. There are many reasons why such a man, with…
by Liz Theoharis and William D. Hartung With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, advocates for peace, social justice, racial and economic equality, fair immigration policies, climate…
Last week, aerial photos from Los Angeles with blocks of homes reduced to ash hit social media timelines, leading people to understandably draw comparisons to Gaza. Destruction of entire neighborhoods…
The USA really needs a political party which is completely dedicated to evolving and promoting an agenda based on peace, justice and environment protection, internally as well as at world…
The first wave of immigration-related executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have now been published. With a few scribbles of his name on paper and no involvement from Congress,…
The inaugural ceremony of crowning of Mr Donald Trump as the 47th President of the USA was marked by the presence of superrich who have influence not only their governments…
Now men will go content with what we spoiled.Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919) There have been politicians who have fancied themselves as poets. …
Trump’s opening fascist tirade, during which I kept picturing him with a little moustache and straight arm salute, was designed to engender fear. He wanted to make it clear to…
by Eric London and Andrea Lobo Donald Trump’s second term began with his signing the first in a series of unprecedented executive orders aimed at restricting immigration and democratic rights. Trump…
To the delight of the MAGA crowd, today’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States is a dream achieved. In ensuring a peaceful transition, the…
This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them. President Donald Trump often speaks of his plan to deport some 11.7 million undocumented…
Debt is an important source of finance for development. But if the debt situation turns burdensome and it may even threaten the very sovereignty of a nation. That’s what happening…
Noting a Coincidence As it turned out, Trump's 2nd Inauguration as President of the United States of America falls on Martin Luther King's birthday, a federal holiday (King being the…
Although only time will reveal very clearly the emerging foreign policy and worldview of the new (second) Trump presidency, there are already some indications. There is going to be an…
Just two days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration, people from across the country descended on Washington in freezing weather and gathered in sister marches in cities and towns nationwide…
On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a sweeping, unanimous broadside against the First Amendment of the Constitution, just days ahead of the coming to power of President-elect Donald Trump, who…
With the Tiktok ban just days away, American youth have started flooding the Chinese social media app RedNote, pushing it into #1 position on the app store. Labeled “Tiktok refugees”…
by Jacob Crosse & Joshua Rodriguez In a Thursday morning press conference, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced that two more people have died from both the Eaton and Palisades…
We keep running in circles when it comes to addressing racial justice in the US. This means that with every advance we almost come back to the same place and…
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although…
In early January, most of the major military forces of Iran participated in a large military exercise called Payambar-e Azam (Great Prophet), which started as an annual exercise 19 years…
When Joe Biden stepped into the Oval Office in January 2021, he made some big promises. He vowed to restore America’s moral leadership, break away from Trump’s cozy relationships with…
by Lilian Coral and Prem Trivedi WASHINGTON, DC – Decades of corporate and government data breaches and a surge in identity theft have amply demonstrated how our most precious data…
A new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA, has stated that 771,480 people were homeless in the USA in 2024, an 18 per cent rise from…
A primary responsibility of the government is, of course, to keep us safe. Given that obligation, you might think that the Washington establishment would be hard at work trying to…
TAKOMA PARK, MD, January 14, 2025-- The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies President-elect Trump said on January 9th that he is planning a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine. He said…
BRUSSELS – Mathematician Cathy O’Neil once said that an algorithm is nothing more than someone’s opinion embedded in code. When we speak of “the algorithms” that power Facebook, X, TikTok,…
Over the past three years, a collective of volunteer researchers, lawyers, and commentators created The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, dedicated to holding accountable four weapon manufacturing corporations based…
A stillborn agreement treated as thrivingly alive; an understanding celebrated as consensual and equal. The AUKUS security arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, envisaging the transfer…
Politics is always a game of pretension. Politicians remind us of inherent lies, deception, embedded greed and mastery of persuasive propaganda to voters to do good to fellow citizens if…
As the Biden administration ends in little over a week, the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Naval Base, which the president promised to close during his campaign four years ago, now…
The year ended on an extremely worrying scenario. What, with bombardments and killings havoc on, in the Middle East? Mind you, Israel’s targeted attacks spreading out, from Gaza and around,…
The six fires raging across Los Angeles have now claimed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and at least 11 lives. An estimated 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders…
The Hydrant Programme, which leads the Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce, is supported by two national policing initiatives: the Tackling Organised Exploitation (TOEX) Programme and the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme…
Earlier on Wednesday, January 8th, I saw a prominent Zionist commentator and Twitter/X User post, “Has Greta Thunberg taken her keffiyeh off to address the fires in LA yet or…
Trump’s warning that “all hell will break out in West Asia” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day has put the world into great…
The “only thing worse than being the United States’ enemy is being its friend.”—Henry Kissinger This embarrassing statement by one of USA’s top diplomats was wished away by saying that…
Why is Gabbard so closely linked to the Hindutva rulers of India? When Ram Madhav was a representative at her wedding in April 2015, you have to really trace back…
Fires continue to rage through communities in and around Los Angeles imperiling entire neighborhoods and choking millions of people with toxic smoke. At least six people have been confirmed dead…
On January 6, the Pentagon announced that it had “resettled” 11 Yemeni men to Oman after detaining them over two decades without charge at the US naval facility of Guantánamo…
I was in New Delhi when it all started. It was August 2018. For several months, I’d been aware of US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s strange intimacy with India’s ruling Bharatiya…
The expression “punch-drunk,” Google informs me, means “stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head.” Google’s Oxford Language entry then offers a not-terribly-illuminating example of the term’s use: “I…
Is Hindutva's foreign interference buying U.S. political power? In a development that sent shockwaves through the U.S. political landscape, former Democratic Representative and candidate for president Tulsi Gabbard was nominated…
Unlike the insurrection of four years ago when Congress was in session to certify the 2020 presidential election Electoral College results, this year’s certification process on January 6 was peaceful…
It has been popular to see political and religious radicalisation as something oddly separable from institutions of state. State institutions are meant to cope and cure the condition, not foster…
Our leaders lied to us about Korea. They lied about Vietnam. They lied about Kosovo. Professor Jeffrey Sachs: “In 1999, we bombed Belgrade for 78 days. The point of that was…
The passing of Jimmy Carter has been duly noted in ubiquitous remembrances and commentaries on his four-year presidency, 1977-1981. Carter is lauded more for his post-presidential humanitarian projects, while his…
Honestly, as 2025 begins, isn’t it finally time to reimagine American history? So, what do you think of this: George Trump, Abraham Trump, Ulysses S. Trump, Franklin D. Trump, Dwight…
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the news again. The release of Australian cabinet documents from 2004 – a supposed treat for historians of Australian history each new…
Putin told the media after the talks, “Regardless of the war, our supplies were regular and we paid, and still pay… money for transit.” Actually, Ukraine gets $1 billion annually…
Follow the logic. It is straightforward and reality based. 1 ) If you are reading this knowing it’s about promoting peace, you are a decent, kind, admirable person. 2) I…
Moral evangelists in power preaching about democracy and human rights resemble dowdy advocates of family values. When given a chance, they will wander, leaving their principles aside like unwanted impediments. …
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