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[ad_1] Joshua Scheer At the Vancouver Web Summit, Chris Hedges and Aaron Maté examine Gaza, the erosion of international law, AI-powered warfare, media censorship, and whether meaningful reform is still possible inside a system they argue is designed to preserve empire. For decades, Western leaders have championed a so-called “rules-based international order,” presenting international law, human rights, and democratic institutions as the foundation of global stability. But what happens when the very powers that claim to defend those principles openly violate them? In a wide-ranging conversation at the Vancouver Web Summit, journalist Chris Hedges and investigative reporter Aaron Maté…

[ad_1] I was 10 years old in 1976, when the United States celebrated its bicentennial. I remember fireworks, lots of patriotic bunting, and commemorative packaging galore, but what really caught my eye was the privately organized American Freedom Train rolling museum, which toured the country with exhibits about the nation’s history. My parents were too busy to transport me—actually, in those free-range days I may not have even asked. I rode my bicycle several miles into Tarrytown, New York, and bought a ticket to tour the train. I’m not sure many kids could do that these days without raising eyebrows.…

[ad_1] By Sam Carliner This article was originally published by Truthout The popular revolt has mounted a broader challenge to neoliberalism, austerity, and US imperialism in Latin America. For more than a week, the nation of Bolivia has been in a state of full-on revolt. In response to neoliberal reforms by the recently elected right-wing government led by President Rodrigo Paz, unions have launched a general strike, peasants and Indigenous peoples have set up dozens of roadblocks throughout the country, and massive marches have been held in the capital, La Paz. These are just a few expressions of a much…

[ad_1] Still of Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith in Preston Sturges’ Hail the Conquering Hero. (1944) Why do we hunger so for vicious things?Our wishes bend the statues of the gods. ― Robert Lowell Trump began his war on Iran during talks to prevent it. He said it gave him the element of surprise. His missile strikes killed much of the Iranian leadership, including some of the Iranians his team thought might govern the country after the bombing ended. One of his missiles hit a girls’ school, another hit the compound of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, one of the candidates…

[ad_1] Joshua Scheer For nearly a decade, California Democrats have treated single-payer health care like a campaign hymn: sing it loudly during elections, bury it quietly once the donors call. Every few years, voters are told that “Medicare for All” is finally within reach — that California, the self-proclaimed progressive capital of America, is on the verge of breaking free from the insurance industry’s grip. And every few years, the same political machine finds a new excuse to surrender. Now, as the 2026 governor’s race heats up, the promise is back again. Candidates are once more invoking universal health…

[ad_1] Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire In March 2026, an investigation in Haaretz argued that West Germany may have “secretly financed” much of Israel’s Dimona nuclear project through off‑the‑books loans worth roughly 2 billion Deutschmarks, funneled under the cover of “Negev development.” Historical clues indicate that Germany secretly funded Israel’s nuclear program and raise the questions about how much Dimona cost, who really paid for it, and what that says about Germany’s postwar “moral responsibility”. This article picks up where that story stops. It goes back to Bundestag files, development‑bank records and declassified intelligence histories to show, in considerably sharper detail, how Bonn built a…

[ad_1] Nearly 30 years have passed since Ragtime first premiered on Broadway, but the musical’s layered story about pluralism, opportunity, and the rule of law seems, if anything, more relevant now. The revival that opened last year at New York’s Lincoln Center is anchored by powerhouse performances from Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy, who lead a cast of nearly 40 performers. Together, they tell three intertwined stories set in the first decade of the 20th century: about a wealthy white family, a Latvian Jewish immigrant with a young daughter, and a successful black pianist who suffers injustice at the hands of racists…

[ad_1] Nate Bear Do Not Panic It’s been record hot in parts of Europe and Asia over the last week and this has provoked an outburst of three things that have become de rigeur whenever this happens: Climate change scepticism Exclusive focus on heat by legacy media Divorced context The first one is baked in to the conversation, you might say, if you were reaching for an appropriate metaphor. And normally I’d not be that bothered. But I’ve been seeing more of it across my social media, especially on Twitter/X, and the explanation I think is two-fold. Firstly, and most obviously, Musk and…

[ad_1] Firefighters attempt to cool down GKN Aerospace’s leaking tank. YouTube screenshot. This week in the Anthropocene The news alerts were ominous. A chemical tank at an industrial site in Garden Grove, fifteen miles south of where I live, could blow at any moment. A nervous Orange County Fire Captain warned of two possible outcomes. Either 7,000 gallons of a highly toxic chemical soup would spill from the damaged tank, or, worse, a massive blast could poison a large swath of Southern California. Over the next few days, the worry escalated from trepidation to panic. 50,000 residents around the facility…