Mehdi Hasan interviews Mark Regev, senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on his MSNBC show on November 16, 2023. (Photo: MSNBC) “Mehdi Hasan’s program has felt like an oasis on air and more needed than ever,” said one Palestinian American advocate of the journalist’s Gaza coverage. JULIA CONLEY… Continue reading
December 1, 2023 (info@medicare4all.org) Last week, Baltimore, Maryland became the latest city in the United States to pass a resolution in support of Medicare for All! Our allies at Public Citizen led this effort through their Medicare for All Resolutions campaign. Thanks to their organizing, they’ve helped more than 100 cities… Continue reading
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain addresses striking autoworkers at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) “From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood… Continue reading
Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres delivers an address at the opening ceremony of the World Climate Action Summit during COP28 on December 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images) “Humanity’s fate hangs in the balance,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at second day of… Continue reading
Status Coup News • Streamed live 21 hours ago • We are Live in New York as crowds gather to protest the continued genocide as Israel breaks the ‘pause’ to continue their bombing. This Stop the Genocide march is also calling for a Free Palestine, and will be marching from… Continue reading
By Adrienne FongMASS MOBILIZATION FOR GAZA STOP THE GENOCIDE! CEASEFIRE NOW! Saturday, December 2 2:00pm – 5:00pm Gather at: SF Civic CenterSF Host: AROC + Other groups Info: Mass Mobilization for Gaza : Indybay Bay Area Demands a Permanent Ceasefire Now! Stop the Genocide! Genocide cannot be paused. IT MUST BE… Continue reading
Andrew Tanner 2 days ago (andrewmtanner.medium.com) With comparisons between Trump and Hitler almost banal these days, it’s worth looking at what happened the last time the left lost big to fascism. The Fall of France in 1940 was a more shocking event than most American histories of the Second World… Continue reading
ROBERT REICH NOV 30, 2023 (RobertReich@substack.com Henry Kissinger has died, at the age of 100. When a former high government official as well known as Kissinger passes, the conventional response is to say nice things about what they accomplished. I’m sorry but I cannot. In my humble opinion, Kissinger should… Continue reading
Henry Kissinger represented that worst of the United States. We should remember the lessons of his life of cold brutality. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 30, 2023 (48hills.org) It’s hard to outdo the Rolling Stone headline: “Henry Kissinger, war criminal beloved by America’s ruling class, finally dies.” The subhed notes that “The infamy… Continue reading
A measure that makes no sense is still on track; here’s what it might mean for the city. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 29, 2023 (48hills.org) No, the San Francisco Board of Supes did not, as the SF Standard reports, “punt” on a key housing bill. The supes voted—unanimously, including with the… Continue reading
