By Colin Todhunter, Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most humans were engaged in agriculture. Our relationship with nature was immediate. Within just a few generations, however, for many people across the world, their link with the […]
Lawrence Davidson writes: “An explicitly Christian state” There was an interesting bit of news reported on 21 June 2022 in the regional section of the Philadelphia Inquirer. (For some reason the Inquirer piece is not available on […]
“It underlines America’s continuing support for the illegal occupation and provides further cover for Israel’s crimes against humanity, including the Judaisation of the Palestinian homeland and Islamic and Christian sanctities.” (Hamas) By Stuart Littlewood Last year […]
BY WES JACKSON – ROBERT JENSEN Homeless camp and salmon mural under Morrison Bridge, Portland, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The world is a mess, in both social and ecological terms, mired in unjust and unsustainable […]
BY MICHAEL T. KLARE Refineries, Ashland, Kentucky. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — the moment of maximum […]
BY MEDEA BENJAMIN – NATASHA LYCIA ORA BANNAN Revolution Square, Havana. Photo by Medea Benjamin. As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion–a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the […]
BY OSCAR GRENFELL Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante After Home Secretary Priti Patel’s announcement allowing extradition, where is the Assange case up to? Are the dangers he confronts of a greater urgency than previously? It is a dangerous, […]
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR Photograph Source: Mike Mozart – CC BY 2.0 There was a big lie that modern corporations sold to American workers in the late 20th century and into the first decade of the 21st century: […]
BY PATRICK MAZZA Photograph Source: Ende Gelände – CC BY-SA 2.0 The world system we know today was born in a time roughly from the mid-14th to mid-17th centuries. We understand them as a time when the […]
BY THEIA CHATELLE Image by Jon Tyson. Tenants in New York City are having a difficult time finding a place to live. In May 2022, the median rent in Manhattan reached $4,000. And other boroughs aren’t faring any […]