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Education is the foundation of political change. In this section we provide news and analyses of current events that you won’t likely read or hear in the corporate media. Our sources are from organizations and independent media outlets free of corporate and government propaganda. We strongly encourage you to share these articles by email and social media so that together we create an echo chamber that overcomes the influence of the oligarchy. You will find large social media sharing buttons on the left side of each article when you open the article to read.

Iran’s Strikes Rewrite Washington’s West Asia Doctrine

May 12, 2026 Shivan Mahendrarajah, The Cradle. Educate! Iran, Israel, US Imperialism, US military bases, Wars and Militarism

To riff on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘My Hometown’: “Tehran says ‘These bases are going, boys / And they ain’t coming back / To your hometown’.” The Washington Post’s 6 May 2026 article, ‘Iran has hit far more US military assets than reported, satellite images show,’ was an overdue admission – based on leaks from the US Department of Defense (DOD) and Washington's intelligence community – that Iran had inflicted significant damage to US assets. However, The Post only tells part of the story. The Post examined 109 of the hundreds of satellite images published by Iranian media, whose authenticity could be verified “by comparing them with lower-resolution imagery from the European Union’s satellite system, Copernicus, as well as high-resolution images from Planet where available.”

USDA Cuts Land-Access Grants

May 12, 2026 Kat Grimmett, Scheer Post. Educate! Farmers, Land Grants, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has slashed a $300 million grant program designed to help underserved farmers access land, capital, and training, putting roughly 50 projects across 40 states and territories at risk of collapse. For young, first-generation, and community-based producers, the cuts threaten planned farmland purchases, training programs, and the local food networks those projects were meant to build. The terminated program—Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program (ILCMA)—funded farmer associations, nonprofits, tribal governments, and universities planning to distribute support directly to producers in their communities.

Key Outcomes From First Summit On ‘Transitioning Away’ From Fossil Fuels

May 12, 2026 Daisy Dunne, Resilience. Educate! climate crisis, Colombia, Fossil Fuels, Green Transition, Santa Marta Conference

The first conference on “transitioning away” from fossil fuels held in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24-29 April saw 57 countries – representing one-third of the world’s economy – debate practical ways to move away from coal, oil and gas. Against a backdrop of war, a global oil crisis and worsening extreme weather events, ministers and envoys from across the world sat side-by-side in small meeting rooms to have open and frank conversations about the barriers they face in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy. This new format – devised by co-hosts Colombia and the Netherlands – was described as “refreshing”, “highly successful” and “groundbreaking” by countries attending the talks.

The Elections That Turned Climate Into A Defining Political Fault Line

May 12, 2026 Rupert Read, DeSmog. Educate! Analysis, climate crisis, Elections, Green party, Politics and Policy, United Kingdom (UK)

Last week’s elections may come to be seen as the moment Britain’s two-party system finally disintegrated. Not because Labour and the Conservatives disappeared overnight, but because the old assumption – that British politics naturally swings between two dominant parties – suddenly looks outdated. These elections revealed something deeper than a midterm protest vote. Reform UK topped the projected national vote share. The Greens surged into second place in several areas, expanded their councillor base dramatically, and entered the Welsh Senedd for the first time.

Trump Rejects ‘Unacceptable’ Iranian Response After Call With Netanyahu

May 11, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz, US Imperialism, US Sanctions, Wars and Militarism

US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the new ceasefire proposal from Washington late on 10 May, calling it “unacceptable” right after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I have just read the response from Iran's so called 'Representatives.' I don't like it – TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" the president wrote on Truth Social. Trump also told Axios that he does not “like their letter.” He went on to call the Iranian response “inappropriate.” "They have been tapping along many nations for 47 years," Trump added.

As The War In Sudan Continues Into Its Fourth Year, Tensions Escalate

May 11, 2026 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. Educate! Darfur, Drones, Ethiopia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Wars and Militarism

In the aftermath of the drone attack on the international airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, ravaged by a civil war now continuing in its fourth year, the government recalled its ambassador from Ethiopia on May 5, accusing its neighbor of complicity. The attack on May 4 came on the heels of the first international commercial flight landing at the airport since the civil war erupted in April 2023, when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) turned on its ruling partner, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The airport had sustained heavy damage in the early days of the fighting. It was among the first locations the RSF attacked, before overrunning the SAF’s military bases and much of Khartoum.

April Job Market Report Mixed

May 11, 2026 Masao Suzuki, Fight Back! News. Educate! California, Inequality, Unemployment, Worker Rights and Jobs

San José, CA – On Friday, May 8, the Bureau of Labor Statistics or BLS, which is under the federal Department of Labor, released their monthly job market report for the month of April. The report was mixed, with strength shown by businesses while households showed weaknesses, reflecting the growing polarization in the economy. The employment report, based on a survey of businesses, was strong relative to the weak hiring in 2025, with 115,000 new jobs created. There were still pockets of weakness, with government jobs declining by 8000, making April the seventh month in a row of job losses by government workers.

How Environmental Destruction Is Built Into Corporate Design

May 11, 2026 Saskia Karges, Resilience. Educate! Capitalism, Corporatism, Environment, Environmental Destruction

A century ago, Henry Ford attempted to lower the price of the Model T and pay his workers better, famously saying: My ambition is to employ still more men, to spread the benefits of this industrial system to the greatest possible number, to help them build up their lives and their homes. To do this, we are putting the greatest share of our profits back into the business. The Dodge brothers, minority shareholders, sued. They demanded that Ford stop lowering prices and instead distribute the surplus as dividends. The court ruled in their favor, cementing the idea that a business is carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders.

China Soars In Democratic Perception Ranking As US, Israel Plummet

May 10, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! China, Democracy, Israel, United States

China is among the most democratic countries in the world, according to the perception of its own citizens, while the US is now among the most negatively perceived countries in the world, according to a new poll released on 10 May. The survey, the Democracy Perception Index, was compiled by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation in Denmark. It surveyed more than 94,000 respondents in 98 countries about their perceptions of their own governments on issues related to democracy. The survey ranked each country on a scale from +100 to –100.

Mothers Are Stretching Every Dollar

May 10, 2026 Barbara Rodriguez, 19th News. Educate! Children, Debt, Economic insecurity, Mothers

Sherrah Hill, a mother of six, didn’t think a simple promise to her kids — that she would buy them ice cream with toppings to celebrate their good grades — could stress her out so much. But then she stood in one of the aisles of her local grocery store in South Florida, staring at a package of sprinkles priced at $8. “Inside, I was dying because I was like, ‘How do I tell my kids that I can’t afford to get sprinkles for their ice cream?’” Hill said. These are the realities that some mothers are facing as they grapple with the rising cost of many things in their lives, including consumer goods, food and the average price of gas.

Stop Utility Shutoffs; Corporate Terror Kills

May 10, 2026 Stephen Millies, Struggle-La Lucha. Educate! Electricity, Public ownership, Utility Companies, Utility Shutoffs

Electricity was cut off 13.4 million times to U.S. homes in 2024. Gas was shut-off to 1.7 million. That’s a national disaster. Since several folks usually live in a household, this means at least 40 million to 50 million people lost their lights and heat that year. Their crime was being poor. Having your electricity cut off means your milk, meat and other refrigerated food will spoil. So will life-saving medications like insulin, which many people with diabetes need. Shut-offs can kill. A May 15, 1982, fire in Baltimore killed 10 people, including seven children. The fire was caused by a candle that the family was forced to use after their electricity was shut off.

Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Makes Black Neighborhood A Lab For AI Policing

May 10, 2026 Adam Mahoney and Madeline Thigpen, Portside. Educate! Atlanta, Black Community, Cop City, Mass Surveillance, Militarization

When he drives through his neighborhood now, Brian Page passes rows of police cars and AI‑powered cameras that track nearly every movement. For most of his life, Page, who goes by “Scapegoat Jones,” felt safest in the community that Atlanta officials have since flooded with officers and surveillance technology in the name of “public safety.” He bought a house six minutes from the one he grew up in in DeKalb County, is raising his daughter in the same majority‑Black neighborhood, and cherished the forest trail where his family used to jog and ride bikes.

This Land Is Not Your Land

May 10, 2026 Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik, People's World. Educate! National Forests, Privatization, Public Lands, Trump Administration

Woodie Guthrie wrote the famous song that cried out, “This land is your land, this land is my land, this land was made for you and me.” He did not subscribe to the idea that the air we breathe, the water we drink, the forests, the hills, and the plains we traverse are all here to enrich powerful corporations, billionaires, and people like President Trump and his family. Trump is moving the business of preserving national forests from Washington, D.C., to Utah. The expectation is that those who would privatize public lands will be better able to rake in profits from the privatization. How dare working people think that public forests and national parks belong to them?

America’s Suicide Pact

May 9, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Educate! Capitalism, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, US Empire

Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. They are seized by a parasitic ruling class. Democratic institutions seize up. The citizenry is immiserated, wealth is funneled upwards to the ruling class and coercion is the principle form of control. Our suicidal march began long before Donald Trump and his bizarre court of buffoons, sycophants, grifters and Christian fascists took power. It began when the ruling class, especially under the Reagan and Clinton administrations, set out to harvest the country and empire for personal profit.

Gulf Monarchies And The Price Of American Patronage

May 9, 2026 Ziyad Motala, Mondoweiss. Educate! Foreign Relations, Trump Administration, US Empire, West Asia

Empires do not require invitations. They arrive, impose and endure until, as the anti-colonial struggles of the past demonstrated, they are expelled. That was the grammar of colonialism as it left scars across Asia, Africa and the Middle East: a one-way street paved with extraction, humiliation and the slow suffocation of self-determination The tragedy of the current Gulf predicament in the Middle East is not that empire persists, but that it has been invited with ceremony, financed with petrodollars and normalized as strategy. The rulers of the Gulf did not resist the imperial embrace.

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