More Book Bans Sought in 2021 Than Any Other Point in Past 20 Years, Group Says (truthout.org) Findings from a library organization published on Monday showcase that efforts from right wing groups and

How Russia’s War Has Hit Ukraine’s Roma People (jacobinmag.com) The Russian invasion has brought fresh hardships for the hundreds of thousands of Romani people in Ukraine. In a moment of proclaimed na

WNBA star Brittney Griner is a political prisoner in Russia (therealnews.com) (251) WNBA star Brittney Griner is a political prisoner in Russia - YouTube As the Russian military invasion of Ukraine en

Let Us Now Praise Courageous Men and Women (substack.com) The most sustained human rights violations carried out by the global oligarchs over the past few decades has been against workers, whether in

The Carceral Logic of Child Welfare - Dissent Magazine An interview with Dorothy Roberts, the author of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a S

Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context - CounterPunch.org Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where e

No, the War Isn’t an Excuse to Treat Russians as an “Enemy People” (jacobinmag.com) Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has opened the floodgates for an outpouring of nationalist hysteria and hatred

Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and the Left - FPIF In not recognizing multiple imperialisms, is the Left also guilty of Americocentrism? It is tough for leftists to be on the same side as the mainstream. We c

Russia Conducting 'Witch Hunt' Against War Critics, Says Amnesty (commondreams.org) "This heinous campaign of repression against critics of the state who are bravely standing up against Russia's invas

Exposing Fake Anti-Imperialism on Ukraine - CounterPunch.org (242) (3/28/22) Exposing Fake Anti-Imperialism on Ukraine - YouTube

Is Russia Punishing Kharkiv for Resisting? “Brutal Assault” Reduces Homes & Schools to Rubble | Democracy Now! The Guardian’s Emma Graham-Harrison speaks to us from Lviv, just back from reporting in b

Free Press Advocates Demand End to Russian Censorship as Last Independent Paper Closes (commondreams.org) Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta suspends publication in blow to independent press - The Washin

Russia’s War Has Nothing to Do With “Denazifying” Ukraine (jacobinmag.com) This shows the absurdity of Vladimir Putin’s imperialist war of “denazification.” By equating any claim to contemporary Ukrai

Putin Is Attempting to Center Russia as a Hub of the Global Right Wing (truthout.org) In the current crisis, the left needs a full and thorough understanding of Vladimir Putin and his aspirations for

On Being Disappeared - The Chris Hedges Report (substack.com) The entire archive of On Contact, the Emmy-nominated show I hosted for six years for RT America and RT International, has been disappeared

The Marriage of Julian Assange - The Chris Hedges Report (substack.com) I was in London as a guest of Julian Assange and Stella Morris for their wedding, but even on that day the authorities continued

Pro-Putin Plot: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Ukraine Swastika Graffiti - Rolling Stone Multiple sources tell Rolling Stone that a Ukrainian businessman offered payouts for a false flag operation aimed

Zelensky May Have to Make “Painful Compromises” to End the War, Says Ukrainian Scholar Volodymyr Ishchenko | Democracy Now! We Need a Peace Settlement: Ukrainian Scholar Volodymyr Ishchenko on Russia’

When the Bolsheviks Created a Soviet Republic in the Donbas (jacobinmag.com) The Donbas is at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Lenin divided Russia to create Ukraine. Yet the region’s real his

Aleksandr Dugin Is the Reactionary Prophet of Russian Ultranationalism (jacobinmag.com) Most have never heard of Aleksandr Dugin or his obscure Traditionalist philosophy. But both have quietly become