Z Friends & Staff Posts
Assuming we agree that a society built on authoritarianism, patriarchy, racism, and capitalist exploitation is abysmal, what new social systems do we…
Assuming we agree that a society built on authoritarianism, patriarchy, racism, and capitalist exploitation is abysmal, what new social systems do we…
Irshad Manji, according to the jacket of her book, is ‘a broadcaster, author, public speaker, and media enterpreneur, born in East Africa…
Back to Part I Manji the searching moral critic Manji says she wants to revive the idea of ‘ijtihad’, of self-criticism and…
In the 1841 Amistad case – vividly portrayed in Stephen Spielberg’s movie “Amistad” – the U.S. Supreme Court courageously held that human…
Greg Dyke, the BBC’s director general, has attacked American television reporting of Iraq. “For any news organisation to act as a cheerleader…
Shortly before the disastrous Bush visit to Britain, Tony Blair was at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. It was an unusual glimpse…
Drawing on poll numbers gathered last year, the influential Pew Research Center for the People and the Press waited until the recent…
It’s football season and I feel the same way I do every autumn. Perhaps it is just that I want to have…
MIAMI — The United States will try to paint the Miami meeting of the Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA) as a…
Shortly before the disastrous Bush visit to Britain, Tony Blair was at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. It was an unusual glimpse…
It’s been almost a year. Do you remember it? It was a speaking event like any other but it sticks out in…
JOHN PILGER is a veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker. In a career that spans more than three decades, he has reported from…
Reuters is one of the more independent wire services. So, a recent news story from Reuters — flatly describing American military activities…
After a quarter-century of intensive grassroots organizing and a victorious presidential campaign a year ago, Brazilian social movements are in a strong…
Over the past two years or so there has been much polemic between the government and the opposition over the issue of…
I recently had an opportunity to read an essay criticizing Participatory Economics from Odessa Steps, titled The Sad Conceit of Participatory Economics.…
For the great writers of the 20th century, art could not be separated from politics. Today, there is a disturbing silence on…
Prepared text of speech at the Brazilian Social Forum November 8, 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil I am very glad to be here…
Below are ten frequently asked questions that I try to succinctly answer. 1. Why do we need vision at all? Why should we…
Below are ten frequently asked questions that I try to succinctly answer. 1. Why do we need vision at all? Why should we…
Media outlets are filled with bad news about Iraq. A theme is emerging: This administration doesn’t know how to run an occupation!…
One of the worst things about today’s ultramodern systems of communication is hiding in plain sight: They waste our time. Sure, gizmos…
Now, after all the national media have done for George W. Bush, the guy’s complaining. “There’s a sense that people in America…
Good morning. On behalf of TransAfrica Forum and United for Peace and Justice, I wish to thank you very much for inviting…
I recently was directed to a serious essay by Joseph Green about participatory economics. I don’t know how to engage with him…
Hi Joe, I wonder where this piece is appearing. I am replying to you, here, but it would be nice if you…
On October 25, 2003 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez placed before the people of Colombia a referendum of questions that he hoped…
[In his new book, Hegemony or Survival, America’s Quest for Global Dominance, Noam Chomsky continues his powerful analysis of state violence and…
Addressing a joint session of the Philippine Congress on Saturday, President Bush said to skeptical critics of his Iraq policy, “Some…
What is happening in Bolivia? A massive popular mobilization is demanding the resignation of the President, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, and several…
By The past year has been a momentous one in world affairs. In the normal rhythm, the pattern was set in September,…
(1) Many mainstream economists and historians claim that there is only one economic system viable in the world in the XXI century,…
Q; The word globalization seems to mean different things to different people. What exactly is anti-globalization? Can you please explain what defines…
“If you harbor a terrorist, if you support a terrorist, if you feed a terrorist, you’re just as guilty as the terrorists.…
An article recently appeared in one of the largest U.S. news magazines, an article which will remind well-informed readers of a typical…
Strong critics of U.S. foreign policy often encounter charges of “anti-Americanism.” Even though vast numbers of people in the United States disagree…
Good evening. Let me begin by thanking Labor Notes, and Jane Slaughter in particular, for extending an invitation to me to speak…
EXACTLY one year ago, Tony Blair told Parliament: “Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction programme is active, detailed and growing. “The policy…
Reducing journalism to a branch of corporate and government public relations is the hidden agenda of the media deregulators, in Britain and…
The collapse of the Fifth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico, last Sunday, Sept. 14, was an event…
In a major article in The Guardian magazine, John Pilger describes Afghanistan since its liberation from the Taliban, which he filmed for…
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It…
‘We have proof of the CIA’s clandestine activities in Venezuela’. Chavez talks to foreign journalists Thursday, Sep 18, 2003 In a three-hour…
Presidential candidates have become fond of asking whether Americans are better off now than they were four years ago. Looking back at…
On September 8, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez said “when terrorists start feeling weak, they immediately send their spokesmen to talk about…
On September 8, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez said “when terrorists start feeling weak, they immediately send their spokesmen to talk about…
In his latest New Statesman column, John Pilger describes viewing videotape of the attack on Iraq that was not shown in the…
Perhaps this is a bit unorthodox, but I would like to ask certain potential and current critics of what I think is…
Kenneth Adelman, a former Reagan administration official and close associate of the ruling neoconservatives, has offered his advice to the Bush administration…
