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What Abolishing Militaries Includes

Abolition” isn’t just a fun word to say. “I want to abolish prisons,” doesn’t just mean that you think there are too many prisons and they are too horrible. “Abolish the police” isn’t just a hip way to say “I’m…

The World Will Change When the Press Understands Its Power

The recent Putin–Trump spectacle mobilized a thousand journalists to Alaska, leading to an overhyped meeting with European leaders and President Zelensky at the White House. And for what? Nothing happened. Meanwhile, the Trump administration deployed the National Guard in Washington,…

Tsuru for Solidarity: A Summer of Detention and Resistance

This summer has been about detention and deportation as much as it’s been about resistance. As the Trump administration is encouraging immigrants across the country to “self-deport,” ICE arrests skyrocketed across the country. Perhaps the most emblematic of this has…

Dismantling War Culture: How Militarization Shapes Our Everyday Lives

We are living in a particular moment where mainstream communicators want you to believe the world is in a state of permanent war—even when you are walking peacefully down your own street. Your phone relentlessly feeds you images of bombings.…

National Guard deployed to Los Angeles fire zones as anger builds over government failure to prevent disaster

The six fires raging across Los Angeles have now claimed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and at least 11 lives. An estimated 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders and another 166,800 face evacuation warnings as firefighters continue to…