by PATRICK HOWLETT-MARTIN Photograph Source: David Mapletoft – CC BY 2.0 On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government informed the World Health Organization of an epidemic of animal origin in Wuhan, reporting similarities to SARS-CoV (Severe Acute […]
by SONALI KOLHATKAR The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the inequalities baked into the U.S.’s capitalist system—one that deems nurses and grocery workers “essential,” but leaves them with just as few rights and privileges […]
by EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On July 1, 1958, the ruler of China, Mao Tse-tung, said farewell to the god of plagues. Mao’s celebration was short lived. The god of plagues has been ravaging […]
by DEAN BAKER Photograph Source: Kevin Dooley – CC BY 2.0 The Washington Post is always telling us that debt, especially government debt is bad, very bad. It’s not quite sure why or how, but debt is […]
by ROBERT FISK An American reader tired of corona journalism sent me a plea this week: “There must be plenty of cruelty being unleashed by the gangsters-in-chief across the ‘Mideast’ that simply isn’t making it into […]
BY IAN WELLENS KEIR STARMER, FROM AN APRIL 8 VIDEO POSTED ON HIS TWITTER PAGE. SCREENSHOT. Dear Keir, Congratulations on your victory. I hope you keep the broad policy direction of the last five years and […]
by SUSAN ROBERTS On my way back from my daily exercise routine, I pass the local junk/antiques emporium and notice that beneath the official Covid- 19 flyer some wag has put up a hand-written sign that […]
by TOM ENGELHARDT Let me quote a Trumpian figure from long ago, Henry Ford. That’s right, the bigot who created the Ford Motor Company (and once even ran for president). Back in 1916, in an interview with a Chicago Tribune reporter, […]
BY MICHAEL ARRIA A DEMONSTRATION IN KAFR QADDUM IN APRIL 2010 (PHOTO: INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT) In an explosive new report at The Intercept, journalist Chip Gibbons reveals that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched multiple terrorism investigations into […]
PALESTINIANS TAKE PART IN A PROTEST TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PRISONERS IN ISRAEL, MARKING PALESTINIAN PRISONERS’ DAY IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF RAMALLAH ON APRIL 17, 2019. (PHOTO: AYAT ARQAWY/APA IMAGES) Editor’s Note: The […]