The late Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other U.S. president, passing away at the age of 100 on December 30, 2024. Like all presidents who only serve one term, Carter is generally considered to have been a failure after being defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980. What is less well known is that ample evidence indicates Reagan and his associates planned what is known as the “October Surprise,” which kept U.S. hostages in Iran and sealed Carter’s electoral defeat. Continue reading

The first thing we should do is understand why a majority of the 65% of eligible voters who actually cast ballots elected a far-right authoritarian by a narrow 51% to 48% margin. The American working and middle classes are angry at the economic precarity that the powers that be have given them after five decades of corporate neoliberalism. Trump presented himself as the outsider anti-establishment change candidate, while Harris ran as the moderate establishment candidate. The swing vote was the 10 million or so 2020 Biden voters who Harris lost, not to Trump but to disaffection from the Democratic establishment. Continue reading

On the evening of November 8, 2016, this columnist realized that Hillary Clinton had lost. She hadn’t yet conceded, the polls were still open on the west coast, but she lost Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to Donald Trump. When he turned these formerly democratic states republican, he secured a victory in the electoral college and became the 45th president of the United States. Continue reading

an open letter to Michael Albert By David Baldwin Below is a response from a Green Party activist to an article by author and activist Michael Albert, entitled “Seriously? Stein? Sawant? Suicide?,” which recently appeared on Portside’s website. Mr. Albert’s piece is one of the most comprehensive arguments from a noted left-wing figure for rejecting Dr. Jill Stein’s Green Party candidacy for President in the current election. Continue reading

The National Black Caucus (NBC) of the Green Party (of the United States (GP) as well as the same Green Party support the concept and message that Black Lives Matter, not because only Black lives matter but because all lives matter; we insist that the nation and the systems of our nation that are inherently racist be held accountable and until Black lives matter we cannot truly be a nation where any lives matter.  Continue reading

I can't capture the magnitude of this moment simply through the resonance in my voice. So, I will let the ancestors speak through me and time will be our medium of choice.   From the moments when the drum barely made a sound To when the first people crawled out of the ground.   Continue reading

What I said at the House of Lords on Ukraine, Russia and nuclear war Two weeks ago, in London, I took part in a panel discussion on the Ukraine-Russia war at the House of Lords before an audience of 100 MPs and business leaders. It was a unique opportunity to address men and women who don’t necessarily hear points of view like mine. The panel included my good friend, Danny Davis, who is probably the best American commentator on the Ukraine-Russia war, a senior economist from Rand, and the former head of the Royal Navy. It was moderated by a very successful American businessman. While we disagreed on details, we were, to my surprise, all agreed upon the urgent need for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. That point was met with acceptance by some in the audience, curiosity by others and outright hostility by the rest - a hostility reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s Idols of the Tribe. Continue reading

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you all for this opportunity to address the Security Council and to provide a briefing on the issue of peace as it relates to Ukraine and its connections with people in this country and all over the world. As a journalist, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace and of the United National Antiwar Coalition, and as a citizen of the United States, the nation which has taken a lead role in continuing this crisis, I am very eager to speak to this issue. As of now, the U.S. government has allocated nearly $175 billion for the Ukrainian war effort and to support the workings of Ukraine’s civilian government. Continue reading

Reflections on Memorial Day By Matthew HohMay 28 Below are my remarks from a Memorial Day observation held here today in North Carolina. My comments have been edited for clarity and context, please excuse that the text reflects an unwritten speech. Continue reading

Today, May 4th is the 54th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University.  We are asking people in Ohio and across the country to join on May 4th to remember Kent State, Jackson State, and to support anti-war protests calling on an end to the war on GAZA.   All over the world, students and working people are demanding a permanent ceasefire and an end to military aid to Israel.  Continue reading