News Releases

  • Is the President Above the Law?

    On Monday, following the Supreme Court decision Trump v. United States, President Biden said from the White House: “No one is above the law, not even the president of the United States.”


  • The Supreme Court and Working People

    A new report from the People’s Parity Project contends that U.S. federal courts pose an “urgent threat to economic justice and worker power.” 


  • Biden Debate Disaster and Step Aside Joe Campaign

    “Joe Biden’s dreadful performance in the debate underscores his severe liabilities as a candidate.”


  • Retrospective Memos on Trump Presidency

    The Revolving Door Project released a set of “retrospective memos” that detail the corruption and mismanagement of executive agencies during Trump’s presidency.


  • Oct. 7 Lies: Beheaded Babies and the Hannibal Directive

    In response to questioning from Sam Husseini on Tuesday regarding the Hannibal directive, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller claimed: “I am not familiar in any way” with “that supposed directive.”


  • Assange: Guilty of Journalism

    “The Assange case was the most high-profile press freedom case of the 21st century, and U.S. prosecutors came closer than ever to putting a journalist and publisher through an Espionage Act trial in a U.S. court.”


  • AIPAC Spending $17,000 per Hour to Defeat Bowman

    “To stop this trend, AIPAC — backed by millions from Republican donors — quickly became the top outside spender in Democratic primaries, dropping $26 million in 2022. This year, AIPAC plans to spend a cool $100 million, and the group’s top target is Bowman, whose primary is Tuesday, June 25. “'[I]n barely a month, an AIPAC-affiliated super PAC has spent $14.5 million — up to $17,000 an hour — on the race, filling television screens, stuffing mailboxes and clogging phone lines with caustic attacks,’ the New York Times reported. ‘With days to go, the expenditures have already eclipsed what any…


  • Israel Escalates Control and Attacks on West Bank

    The Guardian reports: “The Israeli military has quietly handed over significant legal powers in the occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants working for the far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich. … Smotrich and his allies have long seen control of the Civil Administration, or significant parts of it, as a means of extending Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank. Their ultimate goal is direct control by central government and its ministries. The transfer reduces the likelihood of legal checks on settlement expansion and development.”


  • Hezbollah Warns Israel Against Wider War

    “Washington is not telling truth about the Gaza pier” that the World Food Program “announced that it ‘paused’ distribution of any more humanitarian aid from the pier due to security concerns after a U.S.-backed Israeli operation killed nearly 300 Palestinians the day before.


  • * U.S. “Complicity” Grows * Shift in Israel

    “We know the many varied ways the U.S. has been complicit in Gaza genocide. The billions in weapons, intelligence, UN vetoes, etc. In fact, U.S. Predator drones provided crucial information enabling the IDF to mount the Nuseirat massacre. The U.S. has also sought to locate senior Hamas leaders to enable the IDF to assassinate them. Marwan Issa, Hamas’ third-in-command, was reportedly murdered thanks to such crucial information. …”


  • FTAA: Liberty or Oppression?

    As he left the U.S. for the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Quebec today, President Bush said that the goal was to create a “hemisphere of liberty” and fight against “poverty, disease and ignorance.” Interviews are available with the following analysts who have a different assessment of the FTAA: CAROL PHILLIPS Director…

  • Converging on Quebec: ‘Free Trade’ Issues

    Government ministers and heads of state from throughout the hemisphere are gathering in Quebec for the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit. For activist perspectives, see: www.indymedia.org. For in-depth analysis, see: www.zmag.org/a20quebec.htm. The following critics of the proposed FTAA pact are available for interviews: MARIA LUISA MENDONCA Director of the Global Justice Center in…

  • A Week That Will Shake the Hemisphere?

    This Friday (April 20), leaders from 34 countries will gather in Quebec to chart the course of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Protests by a range of human rights, environmental, labor and pro-democracy activists are planned. The following analysts are available for interviews: More Information LORI WALLACH Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade…

  • Police Brutality: Cincinnati Aftermath

    With Cincinnati in crisis amid protests against police shootings, the following analysts are available for interviews: DE LACY DAVIS The founder and president of Black Cops Against Police Brutality and a 15-year veteran of the East Orange, N.J., police department, Davis is a sergeant in the community services unit. He said today: “Often the victims…

  • U.S. Crew Release: Analysts Available

    JOHN QUIGLEY Professor of law at Ohio State University specializing in international law, Quigley said today: “From what we know, China basically complied with international law.” L. LING-CHI WANG Director of Asian American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and editor of the two-volume anthology The Chinese Diaspora, Wang said: “China could have…

  • Budget: Analysts Available

    FRANCES FOX PIVEN Distinguished professor of political science and sociology at the graduate school at the City University of New York and coauthor of The Breaking of the American Social Compact, Piven said today: “Presumably ‘conservatives’ in power in Washington today are against a government role in redistributing wealth. But in fact, redistribution is exactly…

  • U.S.-China Tensions: Analysts Available

    HENRY ROSEMONT Author of A Chinese Mirror: Moral Reflections on Political Economy, Rosemont is professor of philosophy — specializing in Chinese philosophy — at St. Mary’s College in Maryland. He taught in China for four years, including during the 1989 crackdown. Rosemont said: “The Chinese government is behaving a little better than the U.S. government.…

  • Estate Tax: Interviews Available

    Yesterday the House passed a bill to eliminate the estate tax. These analysts are available for interviews: ELLEN GURZINSKY Executive director of the Funding Exchange, Gurzinsky said today: “The estate tax is raised from the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans — those who leave more than $675,000 at the time of death. More than half…

  • Tension with China: Interviews Available

    In the aftermath of a U.S. spy plane landing in China, the following analysts are available for interviews: ROBERT WEIL Author of Red Cat, White Cat: China and the Contradictions of “Market Socialism,” Weil said today: “The Bush administration has clearly taken a more confrontational attitude toward China from the start. Such a stance is…

  • McCain-Feingold: Reform Gone Bad?

    Several provisions added to the McCain-Feingold bill have prompted some long-time proponents of campaign finance reform to oppose this legislation. Among those available for interviews are: JULIA HUTCHINS Campaign finance reform advocate at U.S. Public Interest Research Group and author of the recent paper “The Consequences of Raising Federal Contribution Limits,” Hutchins said today: “The…

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