Gianni Infantino once declared, “Today, I feel Arabic,” to defend FIFA’s selection of Qatar as the host nation of the 2022 World Cup. Does Infantino not also feel Palestinian?
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Occidental College undergrad workers join the campus labor movement
In Los Angeles, Rising Occidental Student Employees is fighting for fair wages amidst the city’s cost of living crisis.
Posted inUnder the Shadow
The Gringo who tried to rule Central America
This episode looks back at the 19th century roots of US imperialism in Central America, when solo ‘filibuster’ adventurers tried to conquer whole nations singlehandedly.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
The mass protest decade: From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter
The 2010s were a decade of global protest. Why didn’t the worldwide revolt translate to tangible, lasting change?
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Do the right thing,’ say Assange defenders as Biden mulls dropping case
“This would be the best decision Biden ever made,” said one supporter of the jailed WikiLeaks publisher.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
‘Sports Illustrated’ and the death of sports media
The debacle at ‘Sports Illustrated’ shows how hedge funds and venture capitalists are doing to sports media what they do best: destroying it.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
Illegal real estate sales of Palestinian land are happening around the US
The sale of land parcels in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem is happening in violation of international and domestic civil rights law.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
A cop pulls a gun on an unarmed teen. 7 years later, justice at last
A federal jury recently awarded $250,000 to Jawone Nicholson for pain and suffering after an off-duty Baltimore cop, Damond Durant, pulled a gun on him in Howard County. The award is the result of a protracted battle by the family to hold the officer accountable.
Posted inRattling the Bars
47 years later, Leonard Peltier is still not free
Despite being eligible for parole since 1992, Peltier remains in prison—a sign of how determined the federal government is to repress and criminalize the American Indian Movement.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
From layoffs to lawsuits, billionaires are striking back to crush worker power
A legal challenge to abolish the NLRB is just the most obvious attempt by the ruling class to squash the rise of working class militancy in the US.