Mastodon

North America

Joint Statement by Progressive Forces Calling for the Immediate Release of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

We, the undersigned organizations and movements committed to social justice, democracy, and international law, grounded in anti-imperialist struggle and peoples’ sovereignty, unite in unequivocal condemnation of the recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, the constitutionally recognized President of Venezuela, by armed…

The punishment of a Trump who hates: Minneapolis as a punitive laboratory of power

Not all decisions of power are explained by the logic of security, nor even by strategic interest. Some obey a more primitive impulse: punishment. The migration offensive deployed in Minneapolis at the beginning of January does not respond to a…

Looking at China from Inside the United States

Peering out from the United States, it’s hard to see much of China. One learns general facts and gathers views from a small number of people. But I can’t make a lot of sense out of this 4% of humanity…

America’s Sheeple Elites

Sheeple is defined as “people who are like sheep, meek, conforming, easily led.” And they are easy to herd when frightened. America’s most prominent sheeple are well-known leaders in the fields of law, education, business, and philanthropy. Intuitively, these same…

Greenland is not China or Russia: the real fear of the United States is a Europe that awakens

There are historical moments when a power does not act out of strength, but out of panic. Not out of cold calculation, but out of strategic anxiety. The obsessive insistence of the United States on Greenland belongs to that category.…

Great success in Minnesota for Truth and Freedom Day

They called it “Truth and Freedom Day,” the mobilization in Minneapolis against ICE raids targeting immigrants, which among other things led to the death of Renée Good. It was a huge popular response to the repressive activities carried out by…

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Courage of Universality

To speak seriously of Martin Luther King Jr. today is already to enter into conflict with the form in which he is publicly remembered. King survives as a moral icon precisely because his thought has been stripped of its antagonism.…

Some Paratroopers Ordered to Minneapolis Might Just Say “Sir, No Sir!”

Air Force veteran has informed them for 18 months they can refuse illegal orders Some 1,500 paratroopers from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright are on standby for immediate deployment to Minneapolis. Because of Veterans For Peace member…

From Guantánamo to Davos 2026

The last twenty-five years trace the slow collapse of a global order built on legal exceptionalism, unchecked power, and the illusion that force could replace cooperation. Trumpism began long before Donald Trump took office. It emerged through the expansion of…

Beyond “We the People”: Rethinking Democracy

Across headlines and political speeches, we hear constant warnings about the “end” or “collapse” of democracy. The assumption is clear: democracy is a fixed, universally understood system now under threat. But this framing obscures a deeper reality. Democracy has never…

1 8 9 10 11 12 450