Murder before the fall? The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi puts a target on Saudi...
While the position that the United States and its allies take will be important, especially if they impose sanctions, the case is perhaps more interesting for what it says about the region’s growing rivalries.
A successful general strike requires trauma-informed mutual aid
To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.
New research shows the power of putting your opponent in a bind
A study of 44 dilemma actions over the last 90 years examines the many benefits of creative protests for social movements.
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ surveillance of activists by meat and dairy industry
The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.
Yes, Obama’s $400,000 speech is a problem
What’s to be done? Run candidates who have no interest in flattering the ultra-wealthy or becoming wealthy themselves.
Facebook’s secret censorship rules protect white men from hate speech but not black children
A trove of internal documents sheds light on the algorithms that Facebook’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate political expression.
#OccupyCityHall: Mayor’s “tone deaf” pledge to move $1b from NYPD budget fails to satisfy...
“All they’ve really done is shifted money from the NYPD budget over to school safety officers.”
Reform or Revolution
Rosa Luxemburg warned the left about becoming seduced by liberals who speak the language of reform but serve the interests of capitalism. And she understood that holding fast to revolutionary ideals was, especially in a moment of crisis, a moral imperative.
Debunking ‘no one wants to work anymore’
Instead of saying “no one wants to work anymore,” we should be saying, “no one wants to be exploited anymore.”
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov’s fight for press freedom...
“Investigative journalism in Russia today is very dangerous."









