Mick Hall looks into the justification, precedence, thinking and tactical logic behind a longstanding means of confronting unjust systems and laws.
Civil Disobedience: Preventing Tyranny
Category: Protest
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
Vijay Prashad: Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Here are seven theses to begin to understand the protests that young people have led across the world and perhaps channel them in a progressive direction.
Vijay Prashad: APEC — A Creature of Its Time
The U.S. retains at least two instruments to exercise power in the Asia-Pacific. RIMPAC provides a military instrument. For economic leverage there is APEC, which meets on Friday
Patrick Lawrence: A Worldwide Anti–Israel Movement
Catherine Connolly’s rise to the Irish presidency marks a progression in global politics we ought not miss. A critical mass is gathering against the Zionist state.
Unrest in the Himalayas
Ladakh’s geography makes it crucially important to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To put it directly under his government’s control, Modi took away its statehood rights. Ladakhis are now fighting to get them back, reports Betwa Sharma.
US Arms Firm Secures UK Ban on Palestine Protests
Court documents reveal aerospace firm Moog has obtained an injunction against protesters in Britain and even consulted the police about Declassified UK, John McEvoy reports.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Voices of Many Jews
This very welcome letter marks out the significantly worsening alienation between world Jewry and the Zionists’ defacement of the Judaic tradition.
A US Veteran’s ‘Sumud’ Voyage Into Israeli Abuse
U.S. military veteran Zue Jernstedt describes in this interview with Kelly Doyle her voyage on the Global Sumud Flotilla and the subsequent ordeal she endured in a notorious Israeli prison.
Jonathan Cook: A Tale of Two Chants
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting “Death to the IDF!” Now he’s bullying police to let Israeli football thugs into the U.K. to chant “Death to the Arabs!”