Z Friends & Staff Posts
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…
"Block hiked back to the city but wasn’t doing well. He said ‘I’ll join the union, the great AF of…
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…
ISLAMABAD JULY 13/08 – Over the past few days the Americans have hit the Pakistanis at the border and are increasing threats…
Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near Athens were it…
ISLAMABAD JULY 8/08 – Another couple of days of bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, each with its own message and each by…
Hello, Here is the final installment of the serialization of Parts One and Two of the memoir Remembering Tomorrow by Michael…
Over the past two years, here in Amman, Jordan, I’ve regularly visited the family of Umm Hamdi, an Iraqi woman forced out…
Can you tell ZNet, please, what Solidarity Divided is about? What is it trying to communicate? "Solidarity Divided" is an attempt…
The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do…
Amman – The city of Amman, Jordan, is awash with numerous colorful signs that proclaim independence, "Istiklal." The word is found on…
Colombia’s most high-profile hostage of the FARC guerrilla group, French-Colombian former Presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt was just freed (July 2/08) in a…
Here is another excerpt in the serialization of Parts One and Two of the memoir Remembering Tomorrow by Michael Albert, this time chapter…
Israel’s treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern Two weeks ago, I presented a young Palestinian,…
Here is another excerpt in the serialization of Parts One and Two of the memoir Remembering Tomorrow by Michael Albert, this time chapter…
A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a…
Tarek personally asked me to review his book, Chasing a Mirage: the tragic illusion of an Islamic State (CM). With a book…
When US forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it…
Another excerpt in the serialization of Parts One and Two of the memoir Remembering Tomorrow by Michael Albert, this time chapter 10…
Afshin Rattansi interviews Noam Chomsky June 2008…
Today was a good day for our "Busting McCain" campaign. When we heard that he was going to be speaking at Washington’s…
Review of: Peter Hallward, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment. Verso 2007. Haiti has never had a period…
Review of Bill Fletcher and Fernando Gapasin‘s "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice," (Berkeley,…
[ZNet Editors Note: Frank Barat sent a set of questions to Pappe and Chomsky, each independently. They sent back answers, again, independently.…
Biofuel production is certainly one of the culprits in the current global food crisis. But while the diversion of corn from food…
So, I watched Senator Obama’s speech Tuesday night and thought to myself how, despite every reservation I have had about Senator Obama’s…
On 15 May, President Bush gave a speech before the Israeli Knesset decrying "radicals and terrorists" (basically anyone who opposes the United…
Another excerpt in the serialization of Parts One and Two of the memoir Remembering Tomorrow by Michael Albert, this time chapter 6 and…
Operating with its usual purple panache, controversial political ties, and a huge advertising budget, America’s most "Latino-friendly" union is romancing all of…
