While the Flotilla Didn’t Make it to Gaza, Israel Didn’t Win
Israel Defense Forces violently intercepted the Swedish boat named Marianne in the early hours of June 29 to prevent it from landing in Gaza, using tasers against unarmed passengers.
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Politics of the Possible: The Sanders Crusade
If a psychic had predicted in the 1970s that Bernie Sanders would someday stand on the White House lawn in support of an embattled Democratic President, or become a Democrat himself, people who knew him would have considered it a poor joke. Sanders would have called it “totally outrageous.”
Migrant Farmworkers Ask Ben & Jerry’s to Provide “Milk With Dignity,” Prepare National Day of Action
On June 20th the Vermont-based Migrant Justice organization will stage actions at ice cream shops in 14 cities nationally, demanding Ben & Jerry's pay a premium to ensure safe housing and livable wages for farmworkers laboring in their supply chain.
Obama Does Have a Strategy in Iraq: Escalation
Even as Obama admits there's no military solution in Iraq, the Pentagon is pouring more U.S. troops and weapons into its floundering war on the Islamic State.
The New Imperial Scramble for Africa: How China and the US Compete Over Africa’s Resources and Labor
A real sense of the ongoing clash between American/Chinese interests can be found in Africa. What's marked African politics in recent years is the growing competitiveness of the far-off Chinese with a seemingly omnipresent US imperialism.
Benjamin Dangl
Dr. Benjamin Dangl is the editor of Toward Freedom and a journalist focusing global politics and Latin American social movements. He has worked widely throughout Latin America as a reporter, and is the author of the books The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia (AK Press, 2007) and Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America (AK Press, 2010). He has reported for a variety of publications including The Nation, The Guardian, The Progressive, Vice, and Al Jazeera. He teaches journalism at Champlain College and has a PhD in history from McGill University. Email: BenDangl(at)gmail(dot)com