by Samantha Borek | Apr 20, 2026 | Dissent, Energy, Energy Crisis, Imperialism, Iran, iran war, Ireland, Militarization, News Analysis, Protests, Resistance, solidarity, War
As of April 16, the International Energy Agency reported that Europe has around six weeks left of jet fuel amid the ongoing war on Iran. This comes on the heels of a seven-day long blockade of major roadways by a decentralized coalition of farmers, truckers, agricultural contractors, and others in protest of skyrocketing fuel prices in Ireland. The country grinded to a halt as protesters also…
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by Tamara Pearson | Apr 18, 2026 | disappearances, disappearances in Mexico, Environment, Extractivism, Indigenous communities, Indigenous Resistance, mexico, Militarization, minerals, Mining, News, Resistance, tech industry, Water, weapons, Weapons industry
The U.S. and Mexico have established a mining agreement which has Indigenous and other residents of the Sierra Norte mountains, as well as activists around Mexico, worried. Announced on February 4, the U.S.-Mexico Action Plan on Critical Minerals aims to guarantee the U.S.’s supply of minerals for its arms industry, technology like data centers and smartphones, and the so-called energy…
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by Ken Klippenstein | Nov 14, 2025 | antifa, Boat Strikes, Border, Department of Justice, DHS, doj, Donald Trump, FBI, ICE, immigration, Militarization, National Guard, National Security Strategy, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Trump Administration
One might think that the word “homeland” is mere post-9/11 sloganeering, but Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, now in final edits, makes the United States and the Western Hemisphere the single top priority for the military and the national security agencies, multiple government sources say. Trump is taking “America First” literally. For the first time ever…
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