Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left
Technological innovation does not inherently promote the left's goals.
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Free Chelsea Manning Now
President Obama must act now and grant clemency to Chelsea Manning.
Profit On-Demand
The Internet has changed. What was once open and public has become the frontier of modern capitalism.
The FBI’s Domestic “War on Terror” Is an Authoritarian Power Grab
Buzzfeed has revealed the FBI played a leading role in orchestrating last year’s far-right terrorist plot against Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer — which the bureau then foiled, to great fanfare. The incident has since been used to hand the FBI even more power.
The CIA Is Still Spying on American Citizens and Lying About It
The CIA has operated above the law and resisted accountability throughout the century, and now we find out it’s been operating an illegal domestic spying program for years.
Slavoj Žižek: We Need a Socialist Reset, Not a Corporate “Great Reset”
Slavoj Žižek writes in Jacobin today that we've been given a choice between a return to the old exploitative normality and a post-COVID corporate "Great Reset" that promises to be even worse. We need a real alternative, a socialist reset that can win justice for all and save the planet from climate apocalypse.
Stephen Harper: All-Canadian Neocon
This piece was originally published at Paltry Sapien. It is republished here by its author.
It Didn’t End With the Cold War
You don't have to travel back to the Cold War to find evidence of US meddling in elections abroad.
After the Ukraine Documents Leak, Mainstream Media Is Missing the Story
The recent leak of Ukraine war documents reveals much about how the US government has been misleading the public. But the corporate media is more concerned with catching and punishing the leaker, all in the name of defending democracy.
In Lenín Moreno’s Ecuador, Democracy Is in Danger
Following last year's popular revolt against IMF-backed reforms, Ecuador's neoliberal president Lenín Moreno has systematically pushed phony judicial processes to suppress opposition at the ballot box. The ban on leftist Rafael Correa's candidacy makes a mockery of the 2021 election — and raises worrying questions over the future of democracy in Ecuador.
Let Chelsea Go
The US government is holding Chelsea Manning in solitary confinement again. It’s a vindictive, unconscionable attack on a brave truth teller.
Keir Starmer Is a Political Chameleon Whose Main Loyalty Is to His Own Advancement
Keir Starmer’s political career shows him to be an opportunist with a sycophantic attitude toward those in power. Since becoming Labour leader, his main priority has been to expunge left-wing ideas and influence, not to defeat the Conservative Party.
Attacks on Freedom of the Press Are Ramping Up
The state of democratic rights for journalists in some of the world’s leading Western powers is becoming increasingly worrisome.
Ten Years Ago, Edward Snowden Blew the Whistle on the US’s Most Secretive Spy Agency
This week 10 years ago, Edward Snowden exposed the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of Americans. The US government responded with ruthless persecution — just one egregious example in the NSA’s long, sordid history of fiercely guarding its secrecy.
Pardon Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden performed an immense act of public service to the American people by blowing the whistle on the National Security Agency’s vast, clandestine surveillance programs. President Donald Trump should pardon him.
Pamela Anderson on Europe’s Turmoil
Pamela Anderson spoke to Jacobin and philosopher Srećko Horvat about the protests in France, the crisis in the European Union, and her own activism.
UFO Crashes Almost Certainly Aren’t Real. But the Government Itself Is Responsible for Public Distrust.
The hearings on unidentified aerial phenomena unearthed no public evidence that should make us take claims of crashed alien spacecrafts and recovered “nonhuman biologics” seriously. But the federal government has done plenty to earn public distrust.
Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero
Few have contributed as much to resisting the horrors of war and the accompanying undemocratic regime of secrecy as Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at age 92.
Ultrarich Tax Dodgers Are Criminals, Not the IRS Whistleblower Who Exposed Them
Charles Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor, leaked the tax returns of the rich to show the public how the uber-wealthy game our tax code. Now he’s facing potential prison time. They’ve nabbed the wrong criminal.
Keir Starmer Never Had Any Plans to Make Peace With the Left
Keir Starmer’s latest round of attacks on the Left should come as no surprise. He has made his career as a lackey for American imperialism and an opponent of socialists, inside and outside of the Labour Party.