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Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Marks a New Political Generation in New York City

Zohran Mamdani’s recent win represents an important milestone in New York City’s political life — but this time, the significance goes well beyond a single campaign. What emerged in this election is the visible force of a new generation of…

The Arms Control Association Responds to Trump’s Reckless Nuclear Testing Remarks

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” In response, ACA Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball stated, “Trump appears to be misinformed and…

Progressive Zionist Coalition Blocks Gaza Settlement Funding Amid Trump Peace Deal

World Zionist Congress Passes Historic Resolution as New Administration Pursues Regional Stability The 39th World Zionist Congress convened in Jerusalem from October 28–29, 2025. World Zionist Congresses choose who will occupy leadership positions, and determine policy for the World Zionist…

Fichte and the Right to Be Well: A Philosophical Case for Universal Healthcare

If there is one thing modern societies have learned from pandemic years and chronic inequality, it is that health is not a private matter. The spread of illness—biological, social, and moral—exposes how deeply our lives are intertwined. Yet we still…

Expelling Rohingyas from Rakhine: The Greatest Strategic Error

In the game of geopolitics, perhaps the most important rule is ‘self-interest first’. In Rakhine, Myanmar’s every internal actor, including the military junta, the civilian govt. (NLD) and the United League of Arakan (ULA) or the Arakan Army (AA) sought…

Trump’s Assault On The UN Is Self-Defeating

There is no other way to describe how the Trump administration is treating the UN other than self-defeating and detrimental to the US’s national interests, while substantially eroding its influence worldwide. It is hard to fathom how on earth Trump,…

Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America

“Brother, I am American. You are twisting my arm.”— Man shouts “I am American” while ICE agents detain him Masked gunmen. Tasers. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Unmarked vehicles. Intimidation tactics. Brutality. Racial profiling. Children traumatized. Families terrorized. Journalists targeted. Citizens…

Ban Uranium Weapons Activist Receives Award in Berlin

This year’s International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) in Berlin honored uranium weapons expert and activist Damacio A. Lopez with the festival’s Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award. For over thirty years, the US Air Force veteran from New Mexico has campaigned for…

Thousands of Aid Trucks Needed Weekly to Avert Gaza Catastrophe, UN Warns

As the fragile ceasefire holds, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains on a knife-edge. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and top emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters that “thousands of humanitarian vehicles must enter weekly to avert…

Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls “anarcho-capitalism.” By Francisco Dominguez, Roger D. Harris and…

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