Derek Seidman

Across the US, students organizing against Israel's assault on Gaza have made essential use of power research, uncovering financial ties between the Pentagon and campus labs and mapping out connections between university trustees and the war machine.

Graduate workers and student groups across the US are mapping university ties to militarism and Israel’s war on Gaza.

This week on CounterSpin: “How Hurricane Helene Could Impact Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis” was a recent Newsweek headline, on a story with a source saying smaller insurers were “especially in danger.” A layperson might wonder why events we pay insurance for should present a crisis for the industry we pay it to. The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.

Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.

One of Harris’s biggest donors and closest confidants is a billionaire for whom education “disruption” is a core cause.

Organizers from Florida, Vermont and Washington discuss the rising exploitation and rollback of protections ahead.

Activist Haim Bresheeth, the son of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, speaks out.

Above photo: Mario Savio, one of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, tells 5,000 persons at a rally that the group will continue efforts to expand political freedom on the campus. Bettman via Getty Images.

A US nonprofit funnels money from billionaires like Home Depot’s co-founder to effectively subsidize Israeli troops.

Wall Street, crypto and fossil fuel billionaires – and of course Elon Musk – are set to benefit from a new Trump administration.