ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10hIndependent media doesn't sustain itself. If we want political analysis free from advertisers, corporate owners, and billionaire priorities, readers have to make it possible. Z is financially precarious. Help keep it alive. znetwork.org/about-suppor... 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10hWhat happens when the state disappears—and society has to figure out how to keep itself alive? Eglal Hamid Abdulgadir examines how Sudanese civilians turned mutual aid into collective organization amid war—and what that knowledge could mean after the war. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgHow the War in Sudan is Teaching Society to Govern Without the StateAfter the collapse of state infrastructure and services amid war in Sudan, mutual aid networks stepped up to fill the gaps in health care, food and 040
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10hWhat happens when an election becomes a referendum on the political institutions themselves? Céli Pinto argues Brazil’s October vote is about democracy, sovereignty, political freedoms, and the terrain on which future struggles will take place. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Most Important Election in Brazilian HistoryWe usually say that in general elections, we’re choosing a president, governors and lawmakers for the next four years. That much seems obvious. But in 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10hWhat happens when “socialism” becomes more popular than expected—but the numbers tell a more complicated story? Branko Marcetic examines polls showing socialism at a record 43% positive rating, with independents driving this year’s increase. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgAccording to Polls, Americans Like Socialism a LotA crop of recent polls shows that socialism’s appeal is surprisingly broad. They also reflect a transformed US political landscape that is ripe for a 121
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Z isn't trying to become another content machine. The goal is to make independent political ideas more available—to put analysis, history, vision, and strategy where people can encounter them. That requires infrastructure. Right now, Z needs your help building it. znetwork.org/about-suppor...znetwork.orgSupport Independent MediaZ is in the most precarious financial position in its history. If this work should continue, Z needs your support now. Donations are tax-deductible. 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What do today’s crises look like when viewed through history, power, and struggle? This week’s Trending Z Originals spans the U.S. Left, West Asia, the UN, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Britain. znetwork.org/z_original/znetwork.orgZ Original ContentHome Z Original Editorial Philosophy Israel/Palestine The Price of Betraying Palestine: Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel By Ramzy 020
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What happens when a superpower keeps trying to manage a region whose political reality has moved beyond its control? M. Reza Behnam argues Washington’s old West Asia playbook is breaking down—and calls for diplomacy and Palestinian justice. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Mirage of Statecraft: America's Blind Drift in West AsiaFor decades, the architecture of West Asia has rested on a comforting fiction: that Pax Americana could indefinitely manage the region through the policy 021
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What if the biggest mistake in understanding society is looking for one hierarchy that explains everything? Michael Albert revisits Liberating Theory and its argument for understanding how politics, economics, kinship, and community co-define one another. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgPolitics and SocietyThis (quite long), article continued the sequence that excerpts from the seven author book Liberating Theory, published forty years ago. This time the 001
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Political ideas need to travel. Analysis can challenge assumptions, change how we understand problems, and open new ways to think about strategy. If the work stays invisible, it can't do any of that. Help Z keep ideas moving. znetwork.org/about-suppor... 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can climate activism win without economic leverage? Emma Jacobs argues the climate movement needs deeper ties with organized labor—and the strike power to disrupt the economy. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWhat The Climate Movement Can Learn From Organized LaborClimate activists engaged in nonviolent direct action are used to the rinse and repeat of arrest: handcuffs, short trip to jail, a misdemeanor charge 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can socialists govern a capitalist state without being reshaped by it? Max Elbaum examines the tension between electoral power, grassroots movements, and socialist transformation. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgCan Socialists Govern a Capitalist State?Since the 2016 combination of Donald Trump’s election and Bernie Sanders’s breakthrough campaign, efforts to synergize grassroots organizing with 030
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How does fascism become normal before it becomes undeniable? C.J. Polychroniou and Alexandra Boutri examine Germany, the U.S., capitalism, economic crisis, and the normalization of far-right politics. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWestern Capitalist Societies Have Rolled Out the Red Carpet for FascismHow do we explain the rise and normalization of fascism in Germany and the United States? How important are the upcoming midterm elections? And what may 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What does Brazil’s 2026 election reveal about the relationship between electoral politics and street mobilization? The Socialist Left Movement/PSOL examines the tightening race, Bolsonaro’s mobilization, sovereignty, workers’ demands, & the role it sees for the left. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgBrazil: We Must Confront Bolsonaro’s Supporters In The Streets and At The PollsA crucial battle awaits us over the next three weeks. We are working across the country — from north to south — seeking votes and engaging in dialogue 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What happens when radicals leave campus and enter the workplace—not as outside organizers, but as workers themselves? Steve Early revisits post-Sixties “salting” through Barry Bergman’s novel 'Proles'. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgProles: A Story of Post-Sixties’ Salting Among the “Salt of The Earth”In the early 1970s, when many student activists were migrating from campus to industrial jobs to promote working class radicalization, no labor film was 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What does an oil blockade reveal about who gets to decide a country’s economic future? Dominick Conidi examines Cuba’s fuel crisis as a case study in U.S. economic power, Global South dependency, and the struggle for economic sovereignty. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgAmerican Hegemony in Action: The Oil Blockade on CubaSince the beginning of 2026, the United States has maintained an oil blockade on Cuba. Through the capture of president Nicolas Maduro and the subsequent 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What happens when languages targeted for destruction become sources of cultural revival? Stephanie Woodard traces Indigenous language revitalization in the U.S. and Ireland—and the recovery of knowledge, belonging, and relationships to land. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgIndigenous Language Revivals in the U.S. and IrelandAfter centuries of suppression, Indigenous languages have made a comeback in the United States and in Ireland. Chronicling this success are a new book, 053
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What happens when the cultural institutions that once normalized Israel’s power begin to fracture under the pressure of Palestinian solidarity? Ramzy Baroud examines Hollywood, Macklemore, and the struggle over who gets to define the boundaries of culture. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgIs Israel's Reign Ending? Macklemore and the Cultural War Over Palestine‘Page Six Hollywood’ recently declared: “War of Open Letters Erupts Between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Factions in Hollywood.” Only a few years ago, a 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The problem isn't that independent media has no ideas. The problem is that good ideas can disappear in an internet built around speed, outrage, and constant reaction. Z is working on ways to get its analysis back into circulation. That takes resources. znetwork.org/about-suppor... 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What happens when a technology built from collective human knowledge is controlled by private monopolies—and its risks are imposed on everyone? Rezgar Akrawi examines AI as a struggle over ownership, control, labor, and human autonomy. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgArtificial Intelligence: Private Ownership, Collective RisksOn 8 September 2026 the researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, declaring that the two largest companies in the field are ‘gambling with our 012
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What happens when a regional order built on occupation, normalization, and U.S. power can no longer contain the consequences of genocide in Gaza? M. Reza Behnam examines the fractures—and the regional realignment emerging from them. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgGaza's Horizon: Shattered Order and Regional RenewalThe rebellion that shattered the dawn of 7 October 2023 did more than break through the concrete Zionist walls surrounding Gaza. What began as an 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What do we miss when Iran is discussed mainly through the lens of Washington? Nuri Ronaghy and Alan Shorb bring firsthand experience from recent visits, decades of peace activism, and, for Ronaghy, personal experience with repression under the Shah. znetwork.org/zvideo/talk-...znetwork.orgTalk World Radio: The View From IranThis week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about U.S.-Iranian relations with two guests who recently visited Iran from the United States, Nuri Ronaghy 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What happens when Germany’s economic model and political consensus break down together? Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau examine deindustrialisation, centrist politics, and Europe’s dependence on US security power. znetwork.org/zvideo/germa...znetwork.orgGermany Can't Recover From ThisIn this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the systemic breakdown of German centrist politics, reveal the 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can music reunite what war and nationalism have torn apart? Devriş Çimen explores Goran Bregović’s “cultural Yugoslav” identity and his music’s ability to bring people from across the fractured Balkans together. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Enchanter of the BalkansAt the beginning of the concert, when the lights in the hall were gently dimmed and the sound of a wind instrument rose from the back rows, everyone 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What happens when “monsters” become an explanation instead of a question? Henry Giroux argues that focusing on individuals can obscure the institutions, political economy, media, and culture that normalize authoritarian violence. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWhen Monsters Walk Among UsWe have many monsters to destroy. –George Seferis But how can anyone tell the truth about Fascism, unless he is willing to speak out against capitalism, 021
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What if the biggest mistake social movements can make is organizing for a world that no longer exists? Tadzio Müller and Adam Aron argue for solidarity prepping, resilient communities, and new forms of agency as crises intensify. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgHow Do We Build Social Movements for an Age of Collapse?In this interview, Tadzio Müller argues that the climate movement needs to rethink its strategies in light of worsening ecological and political crises. 2159
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What if Chávez’s 2006 UN speech matters less for its “sulphur” line than for its warning about hegemony, war, and a weakened multilateral system? Carlos Ron revisits that speech 20 years later. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgIt Still Smells of Sulphur: 20 Years Since Chávez's Speech at the UNOn 20 September 2006, Hugo Chávez stepped up to the granite podium of the United Nations General Assembly. A day earlier, from that exact same spot, the 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Was “Defund the Police” really crazy—or a political opening the left failed to organize around? Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor revisits 2020, the polling, movement limits, and reforms that outlasted the slogan. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWas “Defund the Police” Crazy?It has been more than six years since the largest wave of protests in American history, which also took place during the deadliest pandemic in a century. 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When does “international recognition” stop reflecting political reality? Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies examine Yemen’s divided legitimacy—and the case for rethinking who is recognized as its government. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Urgency of Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in YemenThe Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen this weekend. According to a September 20 New York 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What happens when economic insecurity fuels both the left and far right? C.J. Polychroniou examines Die Linke’s Berlin surge, the AfD’s gains, and the political fault lines around housing, immigration, and Germany’s uneven economy. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThis Rising Leftist Party Hopes to Turn Back Germany's Fascist WaveGermany is now facing the same systemic crisis that its leaders once diagnosed in other European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, and Spain, in the 001
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What makes mass resistance more than a moment? William P. Jones and Greg Nammacher examine the organizing networks behind Minnesota’s response to Operation Metro Surge—and what the experience reveals about grassroots power and democratic resistance. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgOperation Metro Surge Wasn’t the EndA motion filed in a U.S. district court on August 13 revealed that the Department of Homeland Security investigated the labor unions, immigrant 045
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What connects democracy, class struggle, Palestine, climate, labor, and social change? September Z Magazine digs into all of it—from history and power to organizing and persistence. Sustainers get it monthly; new subscribers get this issue free. znetwork.org/about-suppor... 020
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A movement needs more than information. It needs analysis. History. Debate. Vision. Strategy. It needs places where people can develop ideas about how the world works—and how to change it. That is part of what Z provides. Help keep it going. znetwork.org/about-suppor... 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What happens when violence, displacement, and repression stop looking like isolated abuses—and reveal a system? B’Tselem’s The Elimination Project examines the dismantling of Palestinian collective life in the West Bank. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Elimination ProjectSince the current Israeli government took office at the end of 2022, and even more so since October 2023, Israel has dramatically escalated its assault on 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What happens when “order” starts revealing whose power it protects? This week’s Trending Z-Originals connects dissent, hegemony, AI, empire, gender, Palestine, and geopolitical change. 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What does women’s liberation mean if one woman’s freedom depends on another carrying the costs? Majid Maleki Meighani examines gender, class, migration, care work, and the global division of labor. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgGendering the World-System: Women, Class, and the Global Division of LaborWhich World Does the Woman Question Belong To? The woman question cannot be explained within the bounds of a single nation or the gender relations of one 040
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Are Europe’s new settlement restrictions confronting Israeli occupation—or protecting the "two-state illusion"? Ramzy Baroud examines the limits of the measures, Europe’s continuing trade and arms ties, and the pressure that forced action. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgIs Europe Restraining Israel—or Merely Protecting the Two-State Illusion?This time, Europe seems serious about holding Israel accountable - or at least that is what 11 European countries, together with Canada, want us to 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What does it mean to look away while weapons keep flowing? Kathy Kelly examines the U.S. bomb sale to Israel, Gaza’s displacement crisis, and the courage of Palestinians rebuilding amid the ruins. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgDon't Look AwayAfter spending millions of dollars redecorating the White House and transforming D.C. monuments, President Trump approved, on September 15, 2026, an 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What gets lost when the Houthis are explained mainly through Iran? Yohannes Woldemariam traces their roots in Yemen’s Zaydi revival, political exclusion, war, and local power—showing why influence is not the same as control. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgTo Understand the Houthis, Begin With YemenThe Houthis are routinely described as an Iranian proxy. The description has become even more common as their military reach has expanded from northern 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Huda, a young journalist and student in Gaza, has been accepted to journalism school in London. She’s seeking support to continue her education—and keep telling Gaza’s stories to the world. chuffed.org/project/2016...chuffed.orgHelp a Young Palestinian Journalist Leave Gaza and Continue Her EducationMy name is Huda, and I am a young Palestinian journalist from Gaza. I am raising funds so that I can evacuate from Gaza and begin my university studies in the United Kingdom. 011
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's more than journalism... independent analysis, vision, & strategy are movement infrastructure. They help people understand power, learn from struggle, imagine alternatives, and figure out what comes next. Z needs your support now! znetwork.org/about-suppor... 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Para nuestros amigos de habla hispana: Hernán Nadal entrevista a Rodrigo Taramona sobre los «señores del tecnofeudalismo», la epidemia de soledad y cómo los algoritmos moldean nuestra forma de comunicarnos y relacionarnos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh0i...youtube.comTaramona: "Milei es un tonto útil", Peter Thiel y el experimento argentino y "Relato mata dato"YouTube video by Hernan Nadal 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026...HIERARCHY... What if ending capitalism isn’t enough—if the structures we build afterward reproduce new elites? Check out some incredible art accompanying the final installment of Liberating Theory. 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Who gets to shape a party’s presidential field: insiders or organized movements? Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon make the case for urging Ro Khanna and AOC into the 2028 Democratic primary—and examine what that could mean for the policy debate. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWhy Ro Khanna and AOC Should Run for President in 2028Fifteen years ago, during President Obama's first term, we co-founded RootsAction as an online progressive group challenging not only Republicans but also 001
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What does class analysis miss when it focuses only on ownership? Michael Albert revisits capitalism, workplace power, markets, race, gender, and the coordinator class—and asks what a truly liberatory economic vision requires. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgLiberating Theory, Economics/ClassThis article continues a sequence taken from a book, Liberating Theory, published forty years ago. Its seven co-authors felt that a successful left 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How ecological restoration begins with Indigenous communities reclaiming the power to shape their own future... Sammy Gensaw III discusses the Klamath River, dam removal, cultural survival, and grassroots organizing. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgA Conversation With Indigenous Activist Sammy Gensaw IIISammy Gensaw III (Yurok) was born and raised as a fisherman along Northern California’s Klamath River. His journey reflects a blend of ancestral wisdom 010
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What if tech workers build power by fighting—not waiting for recognition? Clarissa Redwine, JS Tan, and Eric Blanc explore organizing, AI-driven precarity, and finding leverage against tech oligarchy. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgHow Can Tech Workers Defeat the Oligarchy?Eric Blanc: What is the overall state of tech worker organizing under Trump 2.0? It seems like lots of people must be angry with their companies’ 011
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What does a peace process mean when the land changes faster than negotiations? Mohammed Altaj traces 33 years since Oslo through settlement expansion, fragmentation, displacement, and the shrinking physical possibility of a sovereign Palestinian state. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgFrom Oslo to Displacement: Thirty-Three Years That Changed the Map of PalestineOn September 13, 1993, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin stood on theWhite House lawn and shook hands before the world. For Palestinians, that image carried 000
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What if the next revolution makes centralized power less necessary? Kiran Pillai explores AI as infrastructure for distributed intelligence and computational self-government—but argues the decisive question is who owns and controls it. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgThe Revolution Will Be ComputationalThe next great political revolution may not begin with a crowd in a square. It may begin with a network of ordinary people acquiring computational 000
Reposted by ZNetwork.orgKB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Imran Khalid via @officialznet.bsky.social znetwork.org/znetarticle/...znetwork.orgWashington’s Venezuela Model Is Regime Change with an InvoiceThe first photographs of Nicolas Maduro inside an American detention facility surfaced this week as he waits for a trial that will not begin 022
ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What did 25 years of the “war on terror” actually produce? Norman Solomon, Medea Benjamin, and Nicolas J.S. Davies trace how 9/11 became a rationale for expanding U.S. warfare—and examine the human, political, and economic costs of making war a permanent policy. 000