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What connects corporate power, fascist mythology, political repression, war, and movement strategy?
Today's Z Originals explore the stories beneath the headlines—and the systems shaping them.
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What larger pattern do these stories reveal about our world?
In 2024, South Korean right-wing president Yoon Suk Yeol, facing plunging popularity and political gridlock, illegally declared martial law. What followed was an immediate revolt by almost all of South Korean society, culminating in Yoon's impeachment and imprisonment.
What deserves our attention: billionaire power, endless war, labor struggles, climate resilience—or the challenge of building movements strong enough to change any of it?
Today's Z highlights connect the dots between power, resistance, and strategy.
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What if Juneteenth is not only about delayed freedom—but about what grows unseen before liberation becomes visible?
Farmer Regina M. Laroche reflects on soil, memory, emancipation, and the long work of cultivating freedom.
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Juneteenth is often remembered as the day freedom finally arrived. But what if it also raises a harder question: why did freedom require land, power, & self-determination—not just legal emancipation?
We revisit that unfinished struggle with W.E.B. DuBois.
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If capitalism is driving inequality, war, and ecological collapse, can it be reformed—or does it need to be replaced?
A look at the campaign that kept growing even after being shut out of party leadership races.
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If Netanyahu can no longer sustain war on one front, where does he turn next?
Ramzy Baroud argues that as Israel’s regional wars reach their limits, the occupied West Bank may become the next target for escalation, annexation, and displacement.
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If the US-Iran agreement represents a major retreat from "maximum pressure," why are some politicians and media voices still framing it as a victory?
Rania Khalek examines what the MoU reveals about power, war, and political narratives.
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If millions agree something is wrong, why does so little change?
Vincent Emanuele argues that outrage, opinions, and endless online debate matter far less than the hard work of organizing, building power, and taking collective action.
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At a Zoom meeting after Yves Engler’s candidacy for the Canadian NDP’s leadership was blocked, somebody said: “In a lot of ways, this campaign is about to
This year and every year, we are reminded that the great liberation of Black people on Juneteenth 1865 is a call towards more life, wider commitment, and
“These concessions reflect the actual balance of power after a US-Israeli defeat. This is what losing looks like.” BT Live’s Rania Khalek breaks down the
I sunk the saved fingers of turmeric root into the tub of soil back in Winter. I waited weeks—as always. No growth. After more weeks a light dusting of
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Each day, I reluctantly but inevitably log into my social media accounts to post essays, share important news articles, and generally check out the
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his
