As student encampments against western governments’ support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza spread around the world, so does the backlash. Where does the movement go from here?
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Pierre Poilievre’s incoming war on support for Palestine
“A Poilievre-led government would be largely a reintroduction of the foreign policy of Stephen Harper.”
Posted inUnder the Shadow
Nicaragua, 1980s. Contra War | Under the Shadow, Episode 10, Part 2
In the 1980s, the Reagan administration’s drive to crush Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution would lead to one of its greatest scandals: the Iran-Contra Affair.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand
Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who speak out
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
An off-duty Texas cop falsely accused him of drug dealing; what happened next was life-changing
A dispute over $20 rapidly escalated when Officer Jose Palomares accused one party of drug dealing. Drug dogs, an illegal search, and a twisted attempt to make the arrestee into an informant followed.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Fund education, not genocide!’: Student debtors and activists storm DC to demand full debt cancellation
As university administrations use students’ tuition dollars to crack down on student dissent and the Biden administration uses taxpayer dollars to fund Israel’s genocidal onslaught, student debtors and the Debt Collective led a direct action in Washington DC to say enough is enough.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Assange Won a Victory, but the Fight Isn’t Over
The imprisoned journalist received a rare legal win when the UK High Court ruled he can appeal his extradition to the US. Yet the fight for Assange’s freedom—and the future of global press freedom—is far from over.
Posted inWorking People
Baltimore’s billion-dollar disaster through the eyes of a longshoreman
We speak with John Blom, a veteran longshoreman who worked in the Port of Baltimore for over 30 years, about the Key Bridge collapse and the conditions that led to this catastrophe.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
Can sports survive climate change?
Rising global temperatures should force us to reconsider everything about how we do sports—from the number of breaks to whether mega-events like the Olympics are really worth it.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Alabama Mercedes workers lose first union election, vow to fight on
A no-holds-barred campaign by Mercedes management convinced a majority of workers at its Alabama factory complex to vote against forming a union.