Out of Habit Out of Habit
The soldier the patrol forgot in the garden, the patrol the border guards forgot at the checkpoint, the checkpoint the occupation forgot at the doorstep, the occupation the politician forgot in our lives, the politician who was a soldier of the occupation. The Merkava the army forgot at the school, the army the war forgot in the city, the war the general forgot in the room, the general whom peace forgot in our sleep, the peace that was driving the Merkava. They still open fire at our heads, without orders, just like that, out of habit. (translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah)
Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ghassan Zaqtan
Shelf Life Shelf Life
“There is no such thing as not voting” is the faith that Darryl Pinckney grew up in.
Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year
The spate of murders and suspicious suicides does not bode well for Ukraine’s democracy.
Apr 21, 2015 / James Carden
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Apr 21, 2015 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California
Apr 21, 2015 / Lucy Nicholson
Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots
The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.
Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein
How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement
Caravana43 will visit more than 40 US cities this spring to spread the call for justice—and against US funding of the drug war.
Apr 21, 2015 / Roberto Lovato
Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free
Several congressional Democrats, along with progressive activists, are launching a campaign to eliminate student debt.
Apr 21, 2015 / George Zornick
How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River? How Did 3 American Commandos and 3 Moroccan Women End Up Dead at the Bottom of the Niger River?
Inside the shadowy operations of the US Africa Command.
Apr 21, 2015 / Nick Turse
April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born
“It is a miracle of literature, this rapture maintained at so high a pitch over so long a time.”
Apr 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac