Remembering Pakistani Poet Fahmida Riaz, Who Feared Fanaticism Everywhere
Fahmida Riaz died three years ago. All those who still cherish the values of liberty, freedom, equality, secularism and justice need her. They must read her.
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The Cuban Revolution Through the Eyes of the Women of My Life
This January 1st Cuba will celebrate 65 years since the triumph of the Revolution of 1959 led by Fidel and a group of valuable men and women, for whom the gratitude of the Cuban people remains intact. This article honors that victory through three women whose lives have the Revolution as a common thread.
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“We Don’t Choose to Be Land Defenders, We Are Born Land Defenders”
The people of Ecuador recently voted in a referendum to halt oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon and prohibit mining in the Chocó Andino region in the Andes. An interview with one of the people at the heart of the Sí Al Yasuní campaign, Kichwa activist Leo Cerda.
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Zapatistas at 30: Building and Inspiring Autonomy
For decades, the EZLN has informed struggles down and up the continent. Amid climate chaos and endless war, they continue to imagine and create better worlds.
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Ten Victories for the Working Class in 2023
Looking for something positive to celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Here are ten inspiring victories of 2023.
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How Three Women Turned into Environmental Defenders in India
Mildred, Meena, and Rose Xaxa: These women fight for their own communities’ land, forests and water. In the process, they clash against the might of the state and often risk their lives.
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Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who risked life in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, spent the rest of his life warning us about the possibility of nuclear war and how to avert it.
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Sweden Is Giving Elon Musk a Taste of Union Strength
Over the past several weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been getting a taste of what it’s like to operate a business in a part of the world where unions still have formidable power.
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UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad
In its blistering November 3 report, the UN Human Rights Committee documented how little the U.S. has done to challenge the systemic, wide-ranging racism that continues to infuse every aspect of its society.
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Sahel Alliance Seeks Economic Independence
Developments on the African continent, in particular in some Sahel countries, run completely counter to the plans that Western regimes have long nurtured both for the region itself and for the entire continent.
