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Top officials in the Bush administration have often complained that news coverage of Iraq focuses on negative events too much and…
I couldn’t believe it. Late last week, in big headlines across the editorial page in the Bloomfield Life, were thesewords: “Saturday’s rally…
Could it be possible that the Israeli army raid on a Jericho prison on March 14 was done without careful coordination between…
The following is excerpted from the new book from Zed Press, Realizing Hope. See: http://www.zmag.org/realizinghope.html The idea of journalism is not overly…
A few weeks ago I learned that a journalist who was one of my colleagues was kidnapped, then, five days later, released…
The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion was bound to attract a lot of media coverage, but scant recognition went to the…
Schweickart’s reply to my reply gives me a gigantic mound of commentary to react to – as against what I think are…
“An Army of the People†That something interesting and unusual is taking place in Venezuela first really struck me when, in response…
Staunton: First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and “shoe…
Over the years that I’ve worked in the social change movement I’ve interacted with and observed a lot of progressive leaders. I’ve…
Bernie Dwyer: I am reminded of a great Irish song called “The West’s Awake” written by Thomas Davis in remembrance of the…
There is a degree of surrealism in all of this. Hamas has presented its choice of Prime Minister to President Mahmoud Abbas,…
Screening of “Mission Against Terror”, a documentary about the Cuban Five. After the showing of the film, Professor Chomsky answered questions from…
For The review this essay replies to Please see Schweickart: Nonsense On Stilts Parecon Phenomenon 1: Serious Thought Or Manipulated Irrationality? In David…
SUN WOO LEE: How is your health? NOAM CHOMSKY: I am fine, as you can see. SUN WOO LEE: Is there any…
Much has been said and done in response to the deliberately offensive anti-Muslim cartoons published late last year by a conservative Danish…
In the 1960s and 1970s, the US political police, mainly in the form of the FBI, infiltrated, spied upon, and violently attacked…
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. 
[Note: This is a rejoinder to Michael Deibert’s reply to Podur’s review] I reviewed Michael Deibert’s book in an article titled "Kofi…
In the late Spring of 2003, amidst the political fallout of “Old Europe’s” refusal to support the US invasion of Iraq, the…
Editors: What can we learn from movements on college campuses in the past? Albert: It is a very large question that can’t…
In the vast corrugated-iron shanty town of Cite Soleil, home to quarter of a million people, all the schools are shut down…
I’ll admit it: I didn’t watch Bush’s state of the union speech the other night. I didn’t have a meeting or a…
1. Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism, is about? What is it trying to…
Only an irresponsible and intellectually inept individual would sketch such insulting images as those depicting Prophet Mohamed by a cartoonist in the…
The recent electoral victory of Evo Morales holds both immediate and potential significance. Morales, representing the indigenous majority, is the first indigenous…
In the months preceding the invasion of Iraq, Norman Solomon invited actor Sean Penn along with him on a trip to Baghdad.…
Hours after Coretta Scott King died, President Bush led off the State of the Union address by praising her as “a beloved,…
The stupendously influential and celebrated British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote, “[Capitalism] is not a success. It is not intelligent, it is…
With great fanfare, Oprah Winfrey asked James Frey a question that mainstream journalists refuse to ask George W. Bush: “Why would you…
A viable and desirable strategy for transcending capitalism will certainly include leaving capitalism behind. Capitalism is despicable. It will also include, however,…
On Sunday, January 21st, 150 to 200 people rallied at Noon by the Texaco gas station on the Eastside of Olympia, Washington…
Newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the new face of evil, US officials and media want us to believe. The dialectics…
The Palestinian elections are just one small move in the bigger game in the Middle East with deadly consequences that go beyond…
Q First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and “shoe…
No doubt many people are glad that Ted Koppel will become a regular voice on National Public Radio. He recently ended 25…
Geov Parrish: Is George Bush in political trouble? And if so, why? Noam Chomsky: George Bush would be in severe political trouble…
The most recent kidnappings in the Gaza Strip are a disheartening testimony to how factionalism, corruption and lack of discipline can scar…
The Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito represent the first major battle in an emerging constitutional war over the authority of…
The US President Bush called last month’s Iraqi elections a “major milestone in the march to democracy.” They are indeed a milestone…
With Ariel Sharon out of the picture, Benjamin Netanyahu has a better chance to become prime minister of Israel. He’s media savvy.…
More than a year ago many in the US media focused on how the passing of an ailing Arafat would be the…
Kennedy School of Government, November 29, 2005 Note: the transcript is incomplete. There doesn’t seem to be a better version online. ALAN…
Hastings: Where do you see Iraq heading right now? Chomsky: Well, it’s extremely difficult to talk about this because of a very…
Celebrating a new year is an entirely sentimental decision, relevant to some, extraneous to others, and can indeed serve a greater purpose…
Three years ago in Boston, downtown streets and office buildings were the scene of inspiring immigrant worker activism during an unprecedented strike…
As we close this year, a year in which we were pummeled by the Iraq war, attacks on our civil rights, and…
Journalists should be in the business of providing timely information to the public. But some — notably at the top rungs of…
Despite all the news accounts and punditry since the New York Times published its Dec. 16 bombshell about the National Security Agency’s…
