Written by Jeffrey Sachs To read the original text in English visit the following link: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-regime-change-venezuela ABOUT JEFFREY D. SACHS Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald analyzes the political rise of Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City. Greenwald highlights Mamdani’s unconventional campaign style and argues that Mamdani’s approach reflects a broader shift in U.S. politics away from elite narratives and toward the material concerns of ordinary voters. This video […]
In this video, investigative journalist and human rights lawyer, Dimitri Lascaris, discusses the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City and the political significance of his victory. Lascaris reviews Mamdani’s progressive platform, compares it to the broader U.S. political landscape, and reflects on past Democratic administrations to question whether Mamdani can […]
In this discussion recorded in Athens, Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis expose how our so-called democracies have been captured by elites. From Gaza to the climate crisis to the collapse of liberal politics, they explore why even “progressive” leaders are absorbed by the system they enter, how neoliberalism has hollowed out collective power, and why […]
In this video, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, delivers her report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee. Speaking remotely from South Africa, she condemns the ongoing genocide in Gaza and urges all states to suspend military, trade, and diplomatic relations with Israel until it ends […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald investigates how the US government’s rhetoric of “liberating” people in foreign countries is to be seen critically and how the America First wing of the Republican party is pushing for US intervention in Venezuela and Ukraine. This video was produced by System Update and published on their […]
In this video, investigative journalist and human rights lawyer, Dimitri Lascaris, reports from Montreal on his recent trip to Jordan, where he was denied entry to the occupied West Bank and briefly detained in Amman. He examines Israel’s ongoing violations of the Gaza ceasefire, citing reports of civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions. Lascaris also […]
Scientist, writer, and activist Susan Abulhawa joins Dimitri Lascaris for a wide-ranging discussion about the future of the Palestinian cause, the Palestinians’ right to resist, Donald Trump’s latest threat to kill Palestinians, Israel’s least-discussed crimes, and the ‘moral injury’ that Israel has inflicted upon the world. This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on […]
As reports of hunger and ongoing Israeli attacks on the civilian population in Gaza increase, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced that the European Union has suspended its already limited sanctions against Israel for the time being. In this article, Dimitri Lascaris explains Israel’s repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement and asks whether this […]