Social Activism

The Right to Be Left Alone
The Right to Be Left Alone
What if the federal government captures in real time the contents of every telephone call, email and text message and all the fiber-optic data generated by every person and entity in the United States 24/7?
14.08.2025
Abolishing the First Amendment
Abolishing the First Amendment
The burlesque in a committee room of the New Jersey state house over a law conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism was another depressing reminder of our path towards an authoritarian state.
31.07.2025
From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey
From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey
Alan MacLeod looks at how the Swedish climate activist widened her focus to the capitalist system and Israeli genocide in Gaza and lost the attention of the corporate press.
14.07.2025
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port.
10.07.2025
The Vance Doctrine
The Vance Doctrine
The Vice President's commencement address at Annapolis was a definitive and welcome break with the past.
30.05.2025
The White House as Mad House
The White House as Mad House
It is time, plain and simple, to give up the thought that anything good is to come out of Trump’s next three and a half years.
30.05.2025
Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn
Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn
Richard Sanders on Get In, a book on Morgan McSweeney, the Labour strategist who focused on bringing down Corbyn and propelling Keir Starmer to power.
29.04.2025
Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For
Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For
We do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government.
01.04.2025
Frequent leaks, opaque handling greatly tarnish Japan’s reputation as Fukushima dumping marks one year
Frequent leaks, opaque handling greatly tarnish Japan’s reputation as Fukushima dumping marks one year
It has been one year since Japan began dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean despite broad opposition. So far, some 60,000 tons of water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been discharged as part of Japan's 30-year program to dump around one million tons of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean
26.08.2024
Enemy of the Economy and the Ecosystem: Is Recycling Plastic Just a "Green Scam?"
Enemy of the Economy and the Ecosystem: Is Recycling Plastic Just a "Green Scam?"
While recycling plastic is seen as something almost sacrosanct, the companies that push it know it is not feasible, and new data suggests that it is not helping anyways
05.06.2023
What it Means to be a Social Activist
What it Means to be a Social Activist
Why Greta Thunberg is not Martin Luther King?
12.04.2023
Eco-Activists' Coal Nightmare
Eco-Activists' Coal Nightmare
Gas deficit pushes Germany into reviving its coal industry
03.02.2023
Sustainable Fashion for the Age of Environmentalism
Sustainable Fashion for the Age of Environmentalism
Sustainable fashion reflects contemporary concerns for the environment and claims that the fashion industry can be ethical
14.11.2022
Greta Thunberg's Fateful Midnight Hour
Greta Thunberg's Fateful Midnight Hour
Why has the iconic environmental activist fallen off the radar?
13.06.2022
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Making ‘Terrorism’ a Meaningless Word
Making ‘Terrorism’ a Meaningless Word
The Next World War Might Start in Brčko
The Next World War Might Start in Brčko
Blinken Lied to Congress
Blinken Lied to Congress
US Says Chinese Jet Came Within 10 Feet of B-52 Bomber Over South China Sea
US Says Chinese Jet Came Within 10 Feet of B-52 Bomber Over South China Sea
The Myth That Israel Has "No Choice"
The Myth That Israel Has "No Choice"
Putin Accuses UK of Being Behind Plot Against Russian Nuclear Plant
Putin Accuses UK of Being Behind Plot Against Russian Nuclear Plant
US Launches Series of Airstrikes in Somalia
US Launches Series of Airstrikes in Somalia
NATO to Drop Membership Action Plan for Ukraine
NATO to Drop Membership Action Plan for Ukraine
Russia Says Warship Attacked By Ukrainian Sea Drones Near Bosphorus Strait
Russia Says Warship Attacked By Ukrainian Sea Drones Near Bosphorus Strait
Global Energy Crisis
Global Energy Crisis
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