These land occupations are filled with tension and joy, writes Vijay Prashad. The perils of being beaten by the police mix with the promise of collective life.
When People Want Housing in India, They Build It
Category: Commentary
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Don’t Charge Trump With Espionage
Nobody should face the charge unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States.
The ‘Fact-Checking’ Liberal Media
Sam Husseini flags an unhinged exchange between NPR’s Terry Gross and New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper.
Caitlin Johnstone: If Everyone Is King, No One Is
WATCH: Ukraine — Causes & Solutions
Jake Lynch, chair, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (DPACS), University of Sydney in a discussion at Politics in the Pub on the origins of the Ukraine conflict and a way out of it.
The Western Narrative on Russia & China
It’s past time that the U.S. recognized the true sources of security: internal social cohesion and responsible cooperation with the rest of the world, rather than the illusion of hegemony, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Lithium Power Politics
The people of Potosí, Bolivia, like those of Tierra Amarilla, Chile, want to imagine a different kind of extraction, write Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva.
Nationalizing UK Energy Companies
Many people will say this can’t be done, but of course it has been done before, writes Andrew Fisher, a former Labour policy chief.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin & the Emerging Order
The baton of “global leadership,” which Joe Biden mentions every chance he gets, is passing to non-Western leaders.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Attack on Salman Rushdie
The debate between Muslims and Westerners about the parameters of freedom of speech has been reignited, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.