Truthout
Op-Ed
Academic Institutions in the West Can No Longer Remain Silent on Gaza
Israel is targeting Palestinian universities and scholars in Gaza and the West Bank. All academics should speak out.
As a Palestinian With Family in Gaza, I Don’t Want Sympathy. I Want Solidarity.
To engage in true solidarity, people in the West need to read up on the history and conditions that preceded October 7.
I’ve Been Unhoused. It Could Happen to You. Let’s Stop Criminalizing It.
The push to criminalize the unhoused should be treated as a threat to us all.
Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Undermines Human Rights Everywhere
We must resist the hypocrisy of Western governments deciding when international law applies and when it does not.
Judicial Legitimacy Is at Stake as Trump Attempts to Delay Legal Proceedings
Yet the potential failure of the courts to operate in a timely fashion is anything but new to this Trump-era moment.
Uncensored Black History Offers Lessons in Global Struggles for Liberation
Unearthing Black internationalism’s legacy can inform our fight for liberation in Palestine -- and beyond.
Biden Says a Ceasefire Is Coming. Even If It Is, Our Fight Is Far From Over.
Achieving sustained peace requires pushing beyond the present violence to the systemic brutality that undergirds it.
Getting Ukraine’s History Right Is Crucial for Anti-Imperialist Politics
Ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, what should the left make of it?
We Must Resist Any Erasure of Why Aaron Bushnell’s Young Life Came to an End
He cried out for a free Palestine, and yet the US media set out to suppress the meaning and purpose of his sacrifice.
Biden Peddles the Myth That Spending More on Weapons Is Good for the Economy
The Pentagon’s annual budget is more than 20 times what the US now invests per year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.