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Ratko Mladić was a war criminal who died in detention last week in The Hague. But ahead of Serbia’s elections, President Aleksandar Vučić’s party shied away from criticizing the ethnonationalist general’s legacy.

Since an agreement was signed on 29 January 2026 between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the jihadist Syrian transitional government, Syria and Rojava have been undergoing far-reaching political, military and social changes. Misleading media reports, as well as rapidly unfolding events, have led to confusion in the international understanding of the […]

Plaintiffs are continuing to press the Trump administration in federal court to restore $3 billion in grant funding for environmental and climate justice programs that would benefit underserved communities, as a Sept. 30 deadline nears. The plaintiffs in the litigation over the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant program filed a motion late Tuesday asking […]

Eat more fatty fish. That dietary advice has changed the way the world consumes salmon, pushing consumer demand ever upward and production to higher and higher levels. Most of that demand is being met with farmed salmon: Today, nearly 70 percent of the salmon consumed on the planet are raised in pens and cages. The […]

Ayla DiBattista was searching for a co-op opportunity that would combine her passion for international affairs, travel and social justice. A globe-trotting sophomore with family scattered across Europe, DiBattista was itching to return overseas and immerse herself in a foreign culture: “I always kind of wanted to live on my own and see if I […]

Postscript: Shut the data centres? My letter to ‘Socialist Worker’

The US government has classified the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," citing the collective's "far-left" politics.

OTTAWA (TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE) – The last 75 southern resident killer whales are worth more than pipelines. Members of Parliament have the power to protect them. That’s the message that Canadians across several major cities will be seeing and hearing as environmentalists raise the alarm about new legislation which is […]

Postmortem sperm retrieval has become state policy, with a quarter of all male soldiers killed since October 7 undergoing the procedure. But by creating a

On 20 August 2026 the Guardian published an open letter to political prisoners in Iran under the title “To Iran’s political prisoners, trapped ‘between two

We, the undersigned former Iranian political prisoners, activists, writers, artists, intellectuals, academic scholars, researchers, and members of civil society within Iran and in exile, stand

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding authority to set vehicle pollution standards stricter than federal requirements. The legal dispute stems from a decision announced in June by EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, who said the agency had determined that four of California’s Clean Air Act preemption waivers were […]

Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed. They speculated that someone on the morning shift might have gotten injured. Then two mid-level supervisors came outside in…

The post ‘Treated Worse than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight appeared first on Workday Magazine.

Is the new rideshare driver organizing framework in the US a path forward, or a concession to Uber and Lyft?

The House just passed a resolution condemning the Democratic Socialists of America and socialism broadly. While it rehearses opposition to Stalinist authoritarianism, the bill’s real preoccupation is with socialists’ advocacy for expanded democracy.

California’s Proposition 40 would tax roughly 200 billionaires to fund health care for millions. Google cofounder Sergey Brin and friends have responded by inventing a new kind of pressure group: a lobby whose only client is the billionaire class itself.

Ocean temperature shift can deliver a massive blow to communities and economies across the world

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The collapse of the GOP and Democratic establishments, and the rise of Donald Trump, have been driven by popular disillusionment with an economy that has for decades failed millions of people.

Texas officials told lawmakers at a state Senate hearing on Tuesday that they want to know how much water data centers across the state are using, but there is no master mailing list. The regulators are thus uncertain whether they’re reaching facility operators at the right address, or if they’re being ignored.  The lack of […]

Milwaukee’s “sewer socialists” have often been dismissed as tepid reformers. In fact, they were pragmatic champions of a world beyond capitalism who were laser-focused on organizing the working class.