Although the editors of the New York Times and Washington Post routinely accuse the Iranian government of “contempt for international law” (NYT, 12/30/11), their…
“There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have…
Review of Anthony DiMaggio, The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama (New York: Monthly…
In a middle-of-the-night raid involving hundreds of heavily-armed police officers, the New York Police Department on November 15 forcibly evicted the nonviolent…
The withdrawal of almost all US forces from Iraq in the coming months now appears likely. Although the United States will continue…
Originally signed five years ago, the US-Colombia “free-trade” agreement, or FTA, has now passed the US Congress, along with similar FTAs with South…
The Chilean polling firm Latinobarómetro has just released its annual poll of Latin American public opinion. The 112-page report constitutes one of…
Recent US public opinion polls on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests suggest a high level of public sympathy for the movement.…
Recent US public opinion polls on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests suggest a very high level of public sympathy for the…
A quote well-known among activists, variously attributed to Gandhi or US labor leader Nicholas Klein, says that “first they ignore you, then…
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