See articles in Spanish and Farsi
See all articles here
What’s newest on our website:
Trump to Ukraine/Europe: Drop dead
Woman as Reason: In Memoriam: Maria Teresa Horta
Netanyahu’s excuses hide his real fears
Detroit immigration raids and resistance
See our coverage of Israel/Palestine here
Featured Article
see all featured articles
Trump grabs power, spreads hate, stirs resistance
President Donald Trump is encouraging deadly hate toward women, Blacks, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and immigrants. It is grassroots responses and mutual aid that can block Trump’s power grab. More forms of revolt will erupt in the face of the downward spiral of this capitalist world in crisis.
Editorial
see all editorials
Editorial: California fires reveal human power to ruin and heal
In California’s worst wildfires in its history, important factors include a century of land and water mismanagement and fossil fuel use that generates global warming. The fires brought out the best, mutual aid from below, and the worst, hateful scapegoating disguising climate denial. A global vision and humane principles in organizing ourselves are fundamental to a sustainable future.
From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya
see all Dunayevskaya and archive articles
From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Lebanon: The Test Not Only of the PLO but the Whole Left
It is crucial both to oppose Israel’s attacks on the Lebanese people and to confront the state of the resistance and its contradictions. To grapple with how the 1970s failed Lebanese revolution set the stage for today, we present this 1976 piece by Raya Dunayevskaya on the dialectic of developments, from regional rulers’ maneuvers, to the ambivalence of the Left, to the masses in motion.
Theory
see all theory articles
Essay: Scientists link climate/ecological crisis to social transformation
The climate crisis, biodiversity, food, water, and human health are so closely linked that efforts to address one without taking the others into account often backfire. This finding from scientists reflects their hearing climate justice movements.
Columns
see all columns
World in View: Trump to Ukraine/Europe: Drop dead
In its latest incursion into Europe, the Trump administration ranted against European liberalism, calling it the greatest threat to Europe, “the threat from within.”It not only campaigned for far-right parties but demanded their elevation to power. Trumpism aims to remake the world under the domination of new forms of fascism.
Queer Notes: February 2025
Takes up: Transgender Day of Remembrance in Chicago; Russian LGBTQ+ activist Andrei Kotov; filmmaker of ‘Crossing’ not showing it in home country, Georgia; and the Constitutional Court of Lithuania striking down “anti-LGBT propaganda” law.
Woman as Reason: In Memoriam: Maria Teresa Horta
Maria Teresa Horta, one of the feminist authors of “The Three Marias” who were freed in the Portuguese Revolution, died on Feb. 4. The book was explicitly revolutionary and made clear that to change women’s lives revolution would have to be so deep as to transform human relationships, including sexuality.
Women WorldWide: January 2025
Takes up: International Criminal Court prosecutors investigating the Taliban’s horrific laws oppressing women as war crimes; the formation of a “morality police” to enforce new restrictions on women in Libya; and “deepfake” porn targeting girls in Toronto, Canada.
Thoughts from the Outside: The Pelican Bay Hunger Strike documented
The Pelican Bay State Prison hunger strike documentary, The Strike, will air on PBS on Feb. 3. Faruq, a participant interviewed for the documentary, sees the strike as more than history—as an opportunity to reflect on the present and help determine the future.
Review: ‘The Cult of Trump’
Adele reviews ‘The Cult of Trump,’ whose author explains how so many people could support Trump for President in spite of his criminal activity, bullying personality, and nonsensical campaign speeches.
انتخابات ایالات متحده بهمثابه جلوهای از ضدانقلاب
Farsi translation of the lead article “The U.S. election as manifestation of counterrevolution.”
A review: Peregrina—Heartbreak and Joy
Susan van Gelder reviews ‘Peregrina,’ a multimedia 80-minute one-woman performance, telling the story of femicide in Mexico and the movement of Mexican women to combat it.
Women WorldWide: December 2024
Takes up: Sixteen days of activism in Ivory Coast opposing violence against women; a demonstration against violence against women in Kenya; technology intended to monitor wildlife in Northern India being misused to harass and intimidate women; and the European Court of Human Rights rejects the challenge against France’s anti-prostitution law.
Handicap This!: December 2024
Takes up: a program in Southeast Asia to help people with disabilities migrate without barriers; scrutiny of abusive educational practices in England against children with learning disabilities and severe mental disorders; and students with disabilities win a Disabled Student Bill of Rights at the American University in D.C.
Women WorldWide: November 2024
Takes up: Students in Seoul protest plans by Dongduk Women’s University to become co-ed; London conference by the feminist organization Nordic Model Now!, debunking the sex industry; and a mass demonstration in Rome against violence against women.
Women WorldWide: Gisele Pelicot ignites a movement
The trial of Dominique Pelicot, who arranged for 82 men to rape his wife, Gisele Pelicot, over 200 times began in September. Gisele successfully fought for the judges to open the trial to the public, igniting a new wave of a women’s movement fighting mysogyny and sexual violence worldwide.
Reports
see all reports
Grooming Gangs
“Grooming gangs” in England have lured thousands of girls into prostitution. Only a few abusers have been convicted. Studying successful tactics and groups created by survivors gives us confidence to replace exploitation with a compassionate society.
Netanyahu’s excuses hide his real fears
Netanyahu doesn’t want the Gaza ceasefire deal to last, because that might end the war, which would have bad repercussions for him, including having to face his trial on corruption charges. Hamas wants a deal so it can get its VIP prisoners out of jail.
Detroit immigration raids and resistance
Susan van Gelder presents a mix of reports, information, commentary and dialogue about the ICE raids against immigrants in Southwest Detroit, as well as the actions to resist it.
Detroit braces for Trump’s ICE invasion
Rumors about ICE are spreading in Southwest Detroit. In a school, student absences are already elevated. Meanwhile communities are gathering resources and planning activities. The sooner we gather, more people can be helped.
Amazon workers strike
A striking driver at an Amazon warehouse near Chicago speaks. We are demanding better pay, better working conditions, respect and to be treated as human beings.
A poem by Sunshine Lombré
Poem read by the author, Sunshine Lombré, at an abortion rights demonstration in Evanston, Illinois.
The importance of Palestinian history
Dr. Alice Rothchild, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist, received the National Arab-American Museum annual book award for ‘Old Enough to Know’, in which recent immigrant Palestinian children who have been bullied in school, learn the history of Palestine through their grandmother’s stories.
Israeli soccer fans out of control
On Nov. 7, Israeli soccer fans were attacked in the streets of Amsterdam, bringing harsh memories to the Jewish community. However, news coverage barely touched on the Israelis’ provocations that led up to the attacks.
‘Historic Sellout’: LALIT Communique on UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement
The Mauritian organization LALIT expresses its opposition to the UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement, which formally recognizes the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago but authorizes continued operation of the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia for the next 99 years!
Resistance grows to library book bans
Far-right campaigns aim to ban sex and LGBTQ+ themed books from children’s and teen’s sections in public and school libraries. Nevertheless, resistance finds multiple paths to defend the freedom to read.
Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises?
Please join News and Letters Committees on Zoom in a series of six discussions on:
Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises?
Accelerating global warming is now the lived experience of the world’s populations. At the same time, a second Trump presidency would exacerbate all existing crises, including [=>]
Review: ‘The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America’
After Roe v Wade was overturned after nearly fifty years, what will it mean to be a woman in America and what kind of country is it becoming? This is what the book ‘The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America’ explores, reviewed by Adele.