Z Friends & Staff Posts
The Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector. It…
The 2008 Canadian election has some of the features of the past few elections. The majority of the population faces the quandary…
Wayne and I agree on the need to address all dimensions of life, though I perhaps regard kinship, culture, and polity more…
Michael Albert is a renowned activist, speaker and writer who was elected President of the MIT student body during the 1960s, and…
President Bush sounded much less uncertain of his peace "vision" when he received Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Sept. 25.…
There is a struggle underway in Bolivia which has been largely overlooked or misrepresented in the mainstream circles in the USA. For…
To avoid going in circles, I will try to be brief…except on the matter of self-sufficiency and scale, which seems to concern…
You remain troubled that parecon doesn’t aim for self-sufficiency. But wouldn’t you agree that if in some case we want self-sufficiency,…
The following is offered as basis for an exploration/debate with Wayne Price a member of the the Northeastern Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC). …
(Caracas 9-24-08) During the past decade, Latin America has become the most exciting region of the world. The dynamic has very largely flowed…
The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most…
The following is a summary statement offered as basis for an exploration/debate with Wayne Price a member of the the Northeastern Federation…
Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history.…
I was ecstatic as I read an email sent by a manager at a Canadian toy company. The company donates a large…
The tireless members of United Healthcare Workers (UHW) will be on the march again this weekend, in what’s likely to be one…
In early September, 2009 I went to Venezuela to give a talk about economic vision at a conference there. I stayed a…
In early September I went to Venezuela to give a talk about economic vision at a conference there. I stayed a week,…
In early September I went to Venezuela to give a talk about economic vision at a conference there. I stayed a week,…
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian…
Humanity’s Big Task At some point a revolution will transform the U.S. economy, polity, kinship, and culture – and similar revolutions…
Jean Bricmont’s concept “humanitarian imperialism” succinctly captures a dilemma that has faced Western leaders and the Western intellectual community since the collapse…
Bolivia’s popular movements are attempting to use democracy and a legitimate government to advance an agenda of sovereignty, greater equality, and development.…
The Bush administration’s imperial and corporate misadventures over the last decade have proven that the world would be much better off without…
Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political…
Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely…
The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home,…
Michael Albert, along with Greg Wilpert, is attending a conference in Venezuela this weekend. He will be conducting a series of interviews…
Thousands of SEIU members are expected in San Jose this Saturday, Sept. 6, to protest spreading corruption—and Andy Stern’s latest grab for…
I would have preferred to do some kind of letter to the editor, but it won’t work. The need to react precisely…
To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of rigorous training, proper gear, a…
Many people who know me know that at some point, in discussing the financial future of movement organizations and institutions I…
Just as the world’s attention was focussed on China’s Beijing Olympics, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on 7 August, invaded the tiny breakaway…
A New York Times article by Simon Romero on August 15 suggested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo…
Yet more haunting images of blindfolded, stripped down Palestinian men being contemptuously dragged by soldiers in uniform from one place to another.…
ISLAMABAD – The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is a women’s organization that runs underground schools and other projects,…
About six months ago, Dan Pearson, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, swiveled around in his office chair in our tiny “headquarters”…
Ahmed Moussa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohamed Bahloul is a 12-year-old Palestinian…
La Paz, Bolivia: On Sunday, August 10, Bolivians will go to the polls to vote on whether or not to recall the…
An amended version of a talk given to the Secular Collective in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. August 2, 2008 in honour of TK…
1. In your recent article, "Which Way Venezuela," you share a large amount of information on some of the reforms currently underway…
[Forthcoming in WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society Volume 11, Number 3, September, 2008.] "Block hiked back to the city…
The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs of relief. But what is…
A discussion based on the material from a recently published book: Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century Edited by Chris…
A discussion based on the material from a recently published book: Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century Edited by Chris…
A discussion based on the material from a recently published book: Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century Edited by Chris…
There’s something surreal about the ongoing World Trade Organization talks in Geneva, which aim at coming up with a new agreement to…
The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbours, including Chad,…
Interviewed by Vincent Navarro. at M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 13, 2008. Vincent Navarro is Professor of Public Policy at the Pompeu…
The diverse factual reports and other data included are are culled from ?documents made available by the Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S.…
For some folks interested in genealogy, tracing one’s roots is a stimulating activity. It’s immensely interesting and meaningful to learn where one’s…
