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“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

― Howard Zinn

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  • A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using AI to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

    David Gilbert
    Wired

    Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.

    Published On: 07/01/2025

    Published On: 07/01/2025

  • Taking Away Your Citizenship

    Joyce Vance
    Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

    We’ve moved onto the next phase of the plan, where the Civil Rights Division, the once proud crown jewel of the Justice Department, will participate in stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship.

    Published On: 07/01/2025

    Published On: 07/01/2025

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  • Global press freedom violations during the Iran war

    CPJ Staff
    CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists

    The Committee to Protect Journalists is monitoring press freedom violations related to the ongoing military escalation between Israel, the U.S and Iran and its spillover across the Middle East, including its regional and global impact on journalists and media workers.

    Published On: 03/19/2026

  • Gaza: The World’s Most Obscene Real Estate Deal

    Resistance Media
    Resistance Media

    Techno fascism, genocide and Trump’s “Board of Peace”

    Published On: 03/10/2026

  • The Desire for Terror

    Timothy Snyder
    Thinking About

    And the defense of democracy

    Published On: 03/08/2026

  • Imperial Overreach (w/ Alastair Crooke)

    Chris Hedges
    The Chris Hedges Report The Chris Hedges Report

    The Iran War has just begun — but already, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display.

    Published On: 03/07/2026

  • The Interview: Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

    David Marchese
    The New York Times (Gift)

    "I get so tired of the idea that progressives have gone too far in asserting that every human being deserves human rights when people are being shot in the streets of Minneapolis."

    Published On: 03/07/2026

  • They Built It. Now They Want to Bomb It.

    Craig Unger
    Craig Unger (February 24, 2026)

    Today's Iran crisis didn't start with just the mullahs. It started with a secret deal that Republican operatives made with them— a deal that changed history and has now lead to war.

    Published On: 03/02/2026

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