Jacobin
- Even in Government, Spain’s Left Struggles to Get a Hearing
Spain’s left-wing Sumar held its second national conference on March 29–30, with its future already in doubt. In two recent polls, the junior partner in the country’s coalition government had lost over half its support since the 2023 general election (down from 12.3 percent to around 6). Even more worryingly, Público calculates that this would
- Tuning Out the Algorithm at WFMU
In November 1980, Ken Freedman blasted Lesley Gore’s 1963 pop hit “It’s My Party (And I’ll Cry If I Want To)” on repeat for nineteen continuous hours over the airwaves of WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor’s college radio station. Ronald Reagan had just been elected president. Played to the college, and to surrounding towns like Ypsilanti and
- In Defense of Rowdy Fans
“Football without fans is nothing.” It has become an often repeated truism in soccer’s age of hypercapitalist excess. Originating with Celtic’s Jock Stein decades ago, the slogan was recently misattributed to Manchester United’s 1960s manager Matt Busby, then reappropriated by Keir Starmer in a typically unconvincing lunge for popular appeal. How times have changed. Elites
- The Method in the Far Right’s Madness
Quinn Slobodian has established himself as one of the sharpest intellectual historians of neoliberalism. In books such as Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, he casts neoliberalism as an ideology whose essential feature consists in shielding capital from
- Putting Tariffs on Your Nose to Spite Your Face
As markets panic and the public braces for economic apocalypse in the face of the new US tariff regime, both Donald Trump’s allies and detractors have the same message: there is a grand plan here. As Trump rolled out his first, massive wave of “reciprocal” tariffs on the entire world — tariffs that were often
Shadowproof
- Shadowproof Is Shutting Down
After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is coming entirely to an end. The post Shadowproof Is Shutting Down appeared first on Shadowproof.
In These Times
Occupy.com
- Fearless Cities to Challenge An Age of Fear
In many European countries, the far right holds or shares power. Democracy is in crisis.
Current Affairs
Mother Jones
- “We’re Going to Do Whatever It Takes to Keep Her Safe”
On Susan’s birthday five years ago, her 10-year-old slid a note under her door. Today, she can recite it from memory: “Hey Mom, I wanted to ask, when you talk about me in the future, if you could use he/him or they/them pronouns because she/her pronouns make me really uncomfortable.” Then, “Happy Birthday.” Susan, the mother
- If Trump Cares So Much About Fentanyl, Why Is He Cutting Addiction Treatment Funding?
In the name of reducing fentanyl overdoses, the Trump administration has gone to the extreme—levying tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China; listing cartels as terrorist organizations; calling for the death penalty against drug dealers; and weighing drone strikes in Mexico. “When voters overwhelmingly elected Donald J. Trump as President, they gave him a mandate to
- Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late.
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the signing of executive orders intended to shape American energy policy in favor of one particular source: coal, the most carbon-intense fossil fuel. “I call it beautiful, clean coal,” President Trump said while
- ICYMI: Trump Passed His Annual Physical
Last week, as the world reeled from a potential financial meltdown triggered by his highly unpredictable tariff policies, President Donald Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland for his annual physical. The White House released the findings on Sunday and the news for the McDonald’s enthusiast and oldest man ever
- When It Comes to Tariffs Trump Officials Can’t Get Their Message Straight
The Trump administration’s only consistency with its tariff policy has been its inconsistency. On April 2—a day President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day”—the president announced a baseline 10 percent tariff, but rates much higher than that on countries all over the world. The methodology used to calculate the seemingly haphazard rates was generally considered by
Dissident Voice
- Perfume, Power, and Emmanuel Macron
Apparently, he is addicted to it. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, adores using perfume. The variety: Dior Eau Sauvage. Dior states that the perfume is characterised by notes of Calabrian bergamot and Papua New Guinean vanilla extract. The company is also keen to glorify elements of power and nobility in the scent. Apparently, the use The post Perfume, Power, and Emmanuel Macron first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Should Iran Bend Knee to Donald Trump?
Former UNSCOM weapons inspector Scott Ritter usually provides excellent analysis of geopolitical events and places them in a morally centered framework. However, in a recent X post, Ritter defends a controversial stance blaming Iran for US and Israeli machinations against Iran. The post Should Iran Bend Knee to Donald Trump? first appeared on Dissident Voice.
- Defeating Censorship
What is worse than censorship? The post Defeating Censorship first appeared on Dissident Voice.
The Progressive
- Trump’s Dangerous War on Information
Autocratic politicians depend on their ability to lie without facing accountability.
- The Silence of the Dems
As bombs fall and civilians die in Yemen and Gaza, the party’s leaders sit on their hands.
- Take Action to Save Wisconsin Humanities
Humanities councils across the United States are responding to federal funding cuts at the National Endowment for Humanities.
Counterpunch
- Why I Don’t Cheer for Israel’s ‘Pro-Democracy’ Movement
In conversations about Israel and Palestine, I am often asked about my views on the internal resistance to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. My questioners point to hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have been taking to the streets to protest against the government and its efforts to introduce a judicial overhaul over the past two years and inquire why I remain apathetic to these efforts to end Netanyahu’s rule. My answer is simple – the real problem facing Israel is not its current government. The government might fall, but until we radically transform the nature of the regime, not much will change, and particularly not in relation to the basic human rights of Palestinians. A recent Israeli Supreme Court decision underscores my point. More The post Why I Don’t Cheer for Israel’s ‘Pro-Democracy’ Movement appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- The Biggest Federal Land Heist in the History of the West?
The United States possesses a natural bounty of federal public lands, sprawling across the West and encompassing spectacular mountains, sagebrush basins, and cactus-studded deserts. It is a birthright of all Americans to have access to these lands, but they have long been coveted by commercial exploiters including real estate barons, oil executives, livestock associations, mining More The post The Biggest Federal Land Heist in the History of the West? appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Collapse
Can we admit how completely fucked we are? Donald Trump is destroying the American economy and the American empire. More precisely, the Trump administration is accelerating the demise of the United States, internally and externally, that’s been underway for a long time. We are truly at the end of the road. It’s a road along More The post Collapse appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
The American Prospect
Antiwar.com
- Iran Is Not Building a Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet
“You know, it’s not a complicated formula,” U.S. President Donald Trump said. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That’s all there is.” So, negotiations should be successful because Iran neither has, nor are they pursuing, a nuclear weapon. The United States has for years threatened that “all options are on the table,” including “bombing the … Continue reading "Iran Is Not Building a Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet"
FAIR
- Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics
In the case of Israel, corporate media have institutionalized the practice of dancing around the straightforward statement of fact.
- Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants
What can thinking, feeling human beings do now to protect fellow humans who are immigrants in this country?
- ‘This Is an All-Out War on the First Amendment’: CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump's FCC
"They are directing the reporters to be careful, because they fear government retribution for their speech."
