Art has always played a role in revolution. For Gene Bruskin, cultivating culture in social movements has been a lifelong pursuit.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Tennessee Volkswagen workers vote union
“If Volkswagen workers at plants in Germany and Mexico have unions, why not us?” said one worker, ahead of the vote.
Posted inRattling the Bars
The ‘Women’s Cut’—Maryland’s only women’s prison
Though state law upholds gender equality for incarcerated people on paper, the reality of limited facilities, services, and a byzantine bureaucratic structure.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
East Palestine residents demand fully-funded healthcare
A new coalition of residents and workers in solidarity with East Palestine calls for fully-funded healthcare from the federal government for survivors of the train derailment catastrophe last year.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
Technocapitalism: Our dystopian present—and future?
Blockchain, AI, and other technological innovations could be used to improve human flourishing. Instead they’re making the oligarchy richer and more powerful at all of our expense.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
How the OJ trial exposed—and changed—America
The OJ Simpson trial’s effects on media, culture, and politics are still with us today. While America has changed since, it’s hard to say we’ve changed for the better.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Cuba’s protests and the long crisis of US intervention
63 years after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, US attempts to suffocate the Cuban Revolution are stronger than ever—yet corporate media seeks to blame Cuba alone for its crisis.
Posted inClimate Crisis
‘Should be a global wake-up call’: coral reefs suffer fourth mass bleaching event
“The announcement of the fourth global bleaching event is an urgent call to do two things: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work together to prioritize resilient coral reefs for conservation.”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Former Ecuador FM says embassy raid signals a deeper political crisis
Novice President Daniel Noboa overplayed his hand and now faces international backlash—all because his administration is fundamentally unable to address Ecuador’s crisis of insecurity and poverty.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel is more than just ‘military theater’
Inflated claims of Israel’s remarkable military success in thwarting Iran’s strikes ignores the fact that Iran was deliberately restrained to avoid regional war, while the strikes forced Israel to give away its defensive positions.