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The decline of the much-touted billionaires’ Giving Pledge.

As US foreign policy grows more belligerent than ever, Americans are getting less and less information about the rest of the world.

A modest proposal.

General Douglas MacArthur was determined that West Point graduates would uphold the most romantic definitions of honor. Instead his credo fostered a culture of duplicity and institutional subterfuge, leading to real-world military fiascos.

Ninety years after the original Nye Committee exposed the arms industry’s corruption, the Pentagon and its contractors are bigger, richer, and more unaccountable than ever.

The UAE’s expanding presence in Africa pairs developmental investment with a divisive and violent geopolitical agenda.

In an era of cheap drones and pricey interceptors, the US air warfare model doesn’t add up.

K-pop has reoriented the global music landscape — often at the expense of its stars.

The map is coming along...

George Hibberd and Finlay Asher, two of Safe Landing’s co-founders, presented to Unite The Union’s Gatwick Liaison Committee (GLC) on Friday 4th September. The Gatwick Liaison Committee brings together the three Gatwick branches of Unite’s ground handlers, security and accessibility staff. They meet once a month to discuss workplace issues, workers’ rights and pay disputes. ‘Cleaner […]

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Natural gas is fading from California’s electricity mix more quickly than seemed possible just a few years ago. The state hit its peak for gas-fired electricity in 2014 and has fallen in eight of the 11 years since. The retreat is accelerating, with a 15 percent decrease in 2025 compared to 2024, and a 26 […]

With the support of nine unions, we are hosting a fringe meeting at TUC Congress 2026. The meeting is supporting the National Union of Mineworkers motion to the Congress. UKRAINIAN WORKERS UNDER ATTACK AND OCCUPATION – FREE THE ZAPORIZHZHIA 15 – FREE UKRAINE 5.45pm, Tuesday 15 September – Harbour Hotel, 64 Kings Road, Brighton BN1 … Continue reading Ukraine solidarity fringe meeting @ TUC Congress 2026 (15 September)

From Daraj Khawla Bou Kareem examines how women who oppose Kais Saied in Tunisia face not only prison, prosecution and exile, but also a second,

As I drove 500 miles across Pennsylvania and back in a little blue Chevrolet Bolt EV, a charging station near a dumpster at the back of a Pizza Hut parking lot proved to be a convenient stop. But after spending two hours charging there on back-to-back days and encountering more feral cats (four) than other […]

An overview of anarchist, anti-war, and anti-fascist resistance in Russia and the repression that the Russian state is employing against it.

From The Forge Cesar Chavez’s sexual assaults were horrific. Sexism in organizing persists and requires the attention of leaders. I’ll present stories and analysis of

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An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it. The bill that landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk last week simply requires regulators to track and disclose pesticide applications in the state.  It’s “a shell […]