World-renowned political organizer and one of Africa’s most celebrated poets, Dennis Brutus, died early on December 26 in Cape Town, in his…

The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. “In…

History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras – Professor Noam Chomsky PhD. Filmed by…

It seems that the targeting of Muslims and Islam has become a kind of national theater in France. Unlike theater, however, the…

[A Talk delivered at Boston University, March 17, 2009. Transcribed by Steve Lyne] I’ve been asked to talk about modern-day American…

Detailed accounts from participants in the recent Copenhagen climate summit are still coming in, but a few things are already quite clear,…

I wrote the following hypothetical interview Nov 5, 2008, right after Obama’s election. I sought to address people who thought the new…

November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: “the biggest year in world history since 1945,” as British historian Timothy Garton…

(Burlington, Vt.) — Earlier this month, the "People’s Republic of Burlington" had a busy weekend mustering its “troops” for active duty on…

A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict is only possible when the US ceases to block every attempt made…

Ever since the end of Israel’s horrific military assault on Gaza in last December-January, the plight of the desperate people of Gaza…

Abstract: The terrain of "progressive labor" in the U.S. has shifted dramatically in recent years. The two-million member Service Employees International Union…

So this is how democracy works? In 2004, France banned headscarves and school principals chased after young "defiant" Muslim girls who…

Unless we re-think the export-oriented capitalism that’s causing all of our climate problems, the Copenhagen conference will be nothing more than a…

WTO+10: Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary…

Like scores of journalists, I attentively listened as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivering his closing remarks, and for the last…

This interview was conducted on Oct. 9, 2009, at Professor Noam Chomsky’s office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.…

A Muslim family sits across of me in café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and…

When British Foreign Secretary David Miliband uttered a few words regarding the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank,…

In Washington, "healthcare reform" has degenerated into a sick joke. At this point, only spinners who’ve succumbed to their own vertigo could…

[Paper delivered at the plenary session of the 2009 National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society held at the PSSC Building on…

When the first Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) was published in 2002, a star glistened in a vast, gloomy sky. The fact…

The Imperial College Political Philosophy Society, in association with Palestine societies at UCL, SOAS, Goldsmiths, LSE, Imperial and Kings, proudly present one…

While President Barack Obama reviews his strategy on Afghanistan, a perfect moment to send a strong unified message to end the war…

On June 7, 2006, a 28-year-old Army lieutenant named Ehren Watada released a video press statement announcing that he was refusing to…

Each Resoc participant has been asked to answer five questions in a succinct interview for the project. All the replies will appear…

Twenty years ago, 60,000 workers from New York City to Maine rallied against healthcare cost-shifting at the telecom giant then known as…

The current global downturn, the worst since the Great Depression 70 years ago, pounded the last nail into the coffin of globalization.…

A Muslim writer begins an article with, ‘who says the campaign for animal rights was started in the West ..’ She goes…

prager frühling: You have participated in several World Social Forums (WSF). What hopes and expectations did you have? Have they been fulfilled?…

As Israeli bombs fell on the Gaza Strip during its one-sided war between December 27, 2008 and January 18, 2009, millions around…

Latin America stands at the threshold of a new era: one that promises a return to political uncertainty, violence and chaos or…

Review of: Healing Together: The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente, by Tom Kochan, Robert McKersie, Adrienne Eaton, and Paul Adler (Cornell ILR Press,…

SleptOn.com sits down with Professor Noam Chomsky. In this segment we discuss what he feels to be one of the most overlooked…

Obama’s climate czar Carol Browner said last week there will be no U.S. climate protection legislation before the Copenhagen conference and that…

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World events have taken an interesting turn recently, with the Goldstone report, which wreaked havoc in the beginning of the week being…

‘We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,’ Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based…

BILL MOYERS: As those conservative protesters were leaving Washington, members of the country’s largest body of unions, the AFL-CIO were arriving in…

PITTSBURGH — No subject arouses the passion of labor officials more than raiding. In his blustery maiden address as president of the…

An excerpt from John Pilger’s documentary The War on Democracy, which recounts the involvement of the United States government in the brutal…

“More than ever before, we need to be a labor movement that stands by our friends, punishes its enemies, and criticizes those…

The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings…

In the short-run, it is very likely that a total financial collapse has been averted and that the free fall in the…

A talk given ealier this month.

Hope for a revived union movement has come in successive waves in recent decades, only to recede over time. When the national…

Left out of the options under consideration in "Obama’s war" is the only one with any chance of success. Despite assurances…

Erik, Excellent article – I find myself agreeing with much of it. I am a bit concerned, though, about your discussion…

This article is based on a talk delivered June 12, 2009, at an event sponsored by the Brecht Forum. Perhaps I…

Ian Williams angrily denied that "NATO air raids on Serbia [beginning March 24 1999] actually precipitated the worst atrocities in Kosovo" and…