Z Friends & Staff Posts
Over the past two weeks, the contrast between two related ‘global’ events has been salutary. The first was the World Tribunal on…
Thirty-five years ago I agreed, in a weak moment, to give a talk with the title “Language and Freedom.†When the time…
It’s a shame, on this 4th of July weekend, that the independence movement, political independence from the two corporate-dominated parties, is not…
Obsession with seeming unequivocal and immovable has been frequent in the Oval Office. During the Vietnam War, such fixations were indifferent to…
On the propaganda front, it’s been another tough week for Washington’s war makers. But for them, where there’s hope there’s death. Let’s…
Am I the only U.S. citizen who finds the annual Fourth rituals to be cloying and deceptive? Yeah — just me and…
It was on the second day that I got the sense that things were coming together in a way akin to that…
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s highly publicized tour in the Middle East, Asia and Europe carried with it little or no…
Ten days ago, in one of southern Tehran’s poor neighborhoods, I interviewed some voters in line to cast ballots for Iran’s next…
Hamas’ electoral success since the first round of local elections in Gaza in December has signaled a dramatic shift in the way…
Iran’s most repressive clerics and the USA’s most militaristic neocons share a common interest: They’re very eager to see the failure of…
Forget it! That seems to be an unstated motto for American media coverage of the Iranian presidential election. The axiom comes down…
For the history books, mark down June 2005 as the moment the US movement against the occupation of Iraq got its second…
In the debate over Social Security, US President Bush’s handlers have already won, at least in the short term. Bush and Karl…
While some Americans are exposing the deception for the latest war, others steadily lay the groundwork for the next one. Focus plenty…
They say that if you don’t learn from history, you will be condemned to repeat it. This could not be truer when…
France’s unyielding repudiation of the proposed European Union constitution is a resounding reminder that the populace still possesses the power to defy…
There is no question that former top FBI guy Mark Felt’s decision to provide information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in…
You wouldn’t know it from the recent media focus on Deep Throat, but the lies that Richard Nixon told about the Watergate…
The reported desecration of the Quran by US guards at the infamous Guantanamo prison, as originally reported by Newsweek on May 9,…
Memorial Day weekend brings media rituals. Old Glory flutters on television and newsprint. Grave ceremonies and oratory pay homage to the fallen.…
A little over two years ago, anti-war demonstrations of unprecedented magnitude rocked the globe and the New York Times termed the anti-war…
The endless show that seems to fill America’s every waking moment — and many of its nightmares — could be called “Media…
Vicente Otero was once the elected mayor of the small Colombian town of Caldono in the department of Cauca. He was instrumental…
Q: We want to talk about the two dominant power structures of the modern era: the national state and the transnational corporations.…
Nearly five years have passed since the Palestinian people transformed their hunger for long denied rights into a commanding display of will…
In 1987, the Australian sociologist Alex Carey, a second Orwell in his prophesies, wrote “Managing Public Opinion: the corporate offensive”. He described…
Media activism has achieved a lot. But I don’t believe there’s anything to be satisfied with — considering the present-day realities of…
The battle over the filibuster is now one of the country’s biggest political news stories. The Bush administration seems determined to change…
Years from now, when historians look back at agenda-building for a missile attack on Iran, they should closely examine a story that…
For those who wonder if the struggle is worth it, if there is reason to believe that we can ever fundamentally transform…
American news outlets provided extensive — and mostly laudatory — coverage of Marla Ruzicka after she died in Baghdad on April 16.…
There are no conspiracies to dissect, no hidden agendas to sort through and no oblique language to skillfully decode: the Bush administration’s…
Yesterday (April 22), as the attacks on their communities continue to intensify, the indigenous communities of Northern Cauca, specifically Toribio and now…
Q: Michael, the WTO is set to come to Hong Kong for its next ministerial in December 2005. Could you describe briefly…
The recent decision by General Motors to pull its advertising from the Los Angeles Times has not gone over very well. “Blame…
I’ve known of Kassim Kafarneh for many years. His thick, wild beard is now neatly trimmed and his once unruly, black hair…
Saigon, April 1975. At dawn I was awake, lying under my mattress on the floor tiles, peering at my bed propped against…
The title of our panel here at the Left Forum in New York City, is “Class or Multitude?†By way of…
I was immensely privileged as a young activist in my 20’s to meet Ella Baker and work together with her in the…
No other national struggle in the world has assimilated itself, or has been inadvertently assimilated, to symbolize so many things to different…
I was glad to open the New York Times last Monday and see the headline: “In Steinbeck’s Birthplace, a Fight to Keep…
1) The progressive movement, broadly defined, from socialists/Marxists on the left to reasonably progressive Democrats on the right, has been doing its…
The first quarter of 2005 brought significant media dividends for the Bush-Cheney limited liability corporation. Stakeholders received windfalls as mainstream news outlets…
Danilo Mandic: Could I please get your views on the recent World Social Forum that was held a few months ago in…
In the past two years the US media have drastically reduced their coverage of Afghanistan. According to the American Journalism Review only…
“But for me the real loser was the Democratic Party. It showed that it’s almost totally without leadership. If there is a…
Journalists often refer to the Bush administration’s foreign policy as “unilateral†and “preemptive.†Liberal pundits like to complain that a “go-it-alone†approach…
Speech delivered in Vancouver, Canada, at an event sponsored by StopWar.ca, March 18, 2005, held on the occasion of the March 19-20…
I visited Baghdad as a reporter a few years before the US invasion. There were posters and statues of the ousted President…
