Z Friends & Staff Posts
Some of the most closely guarded documents in the White House are sure to be the ones written by the president’s top…
Ten years ago, I filmed secretly in East Timor, a small country in south-east Asia whose brutal occupation was largely unknown to…
2004 is turning out to be an important political year in many ways. For those on the political Left, the independent, non-Green,…
1. What do you see as the best solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict? It depends what time frame we have in mind.…
This weekend, I’m preparing for an April 6, 2004 entry into the Pekin FCI (Federal Correctional Institute) in Peoria. I’m one of…
I guess a conclusion for an exchange is mainly a sum up. I am not sure I can do that, and avoid…
In January 2004, the Chicago Tribune cited military sources in Washington planning a “spring offensive” on the border region between Pakistan and…
Sydney Hyde Park 20 March 2004: Let us be clear on the facts of what happened one year ago today. The United…
The invasion of Iraq, now in its second year, was “organised with lies”, says the new Spanish prime minister. Does anyone doubt…
On Iraq There’s a lot of focus on the American death toll but personally I think that’s partly propaganda exaggeration. Polls…
The current threat of attacks in countries whose governments have close alliances with Washington is the latest stage in a long struggle…
Review of: Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars. James Currey, Oxford, 2003. 234 pages. Sudan is, like the…
TONY JONES: John Pilger, do you still maintain that the world depends on what you call “the Iraqi resistance” to inflict a…
Bombed into Liberation A recent New York Times article accurately portrayed two Afghan women from the poor farming village of Haji Bai…
Those who have any concern for Haiti will naturally want to understand how its most recent tragedy has been unfolding. And for…
Media Coverage of the Clashes between Protesters and State Security Forces According to Venezuela’s opposition leaders, the oppositional media, and most international…
“There are those who fight for a day, and are good. There are those who fight for many years, and are very…
Reviewing Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja. The Congo From Leopold to Kabila: A People’s History. Zed Books, London, 2002. Nzongola-Ntalaja was interviewed in preparation for…
> 1) Effects of this what is now called ‘globalisation’ but should be rather called ‘investors rights agreements’ are very visible in…
A myth equal to the fable of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction is gaining strength on both sides of the Atlantic. It…
If Mark Twain were living now instead of a century ago — when he declared himself “an anti-imperialist” and proclaimed that “I…
Dear Ralph, Now that you’ve now announced your intention to run as an independent for President this year, and as someone who…
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for…
(The brief overview below is largely drawn from two books, “The Great Wells of Democracy,” by Manning Marable, and “Nixon’s Piano: Presidents…
Once again, the neat, placid surface of white Australia is disturbed by those who owned and cared for this country and remain…
Review of: Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Children. Catherine Cook, Adam Hanieh, and Adah Kay. Pluto Press, London,…
During the war against Iraq, the BBC’s Today programme sent Andrew Gilligan to Baghdad. Gilligan’s reports were unlike anything the BBC had…
WSF 4 in Mumbai was a quite different experience than prior Porto Alegre WSFs. In many respects it was better organized. Women…
Shortly after the collapse of the Iraqi regime, the BBC’s Today programme sent Andrew Gilligan to Baghdad. Gilligan’s reports were unlike anything…
The fourth annual World Social Forum was, for the first time, held in a different location from Porto Alegre, Brazil, its usual…
IN THE wake of the Hutton fiasco, one truth remains unassailed: Tony Blair ordered an unprovoked invasion of another country on a…
Ninety-five days before the invasion of Iraq began, I sat in the ornate Baghdad office of the deputy prime minister as he…
“It is my duty,” wrote the correspondent of the Times at the liberation of Belsen, “to describe something beyond the imagination of…
[Note: Evan Solomon is a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), where this interview was broadcast. HotType is a book review/interview…
I would like to thank The University of Western Australia for inviting me here today, and especially Nigel Dolan for his warm…
It has become a morning ritual, like putting on a kettle of hot water for tea. I wake up, turn on the…
Tom Hurndall died on January 13, 2004 at 7:45pm, in a hospital in his country, the UK, after spending over 8 months…
I just had a look at the many comments here bearing on participatory economics. It is good to see the interest and…
Ralph Nader plans to announce this month whether he’ll be running for president in 2004. Some believe that such a campaign is…
Forget Hutton. He will not reveal what the US and UK authorities really don’t want you to know: that radiation illnesses caused…
[Speech delivered at Columbia University, NYC, November 20, 2003, at an event commemorating Edward Said. Transcript courtesy of Democracy Now.] The first…
In 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) was born. The nearly 20 trade agreements that underpinned the WTO were presented as a…
– As an opponent to USA policies, which political wing you belong to? If you mean Democrat or Republican, the answer…
We can argue about George Will’s political views. But there’s no need to debate his professional ethics. Late December brought to light…
Revised: Nov. 2005 typos corrected Oct. 2011 (This draft benefited from conversations with many people, but especially Michael Albert and Cynthia Peters,…
George… About your first point: A parecon is workers’ and consumers’ councils inside a country. Having a parecon would remove class differences,…
No doubt Lenny Bruce would have laughed with at least a tinge of bitterness if — like millions of Americans — he…
Colombia’s paramilitary killers were dramatically ‘pardoned’ on national television in late November, and are now in ‘negotiations’ with the government to ‘demobilize’. …
George, I think we have in many respects similar international aims. Our differences have mostly to do with our methods and what…
All people who have any concern for human rights, justice and integrity should be overjoyed by the capture of Saddam Hussein, and…
