Mid-August 2005 may be remembered as a moment in U.S. history when the president could no longer get away with the media…

A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration — a radical departure…

When super-pundit Robert Novak stormed off the set of a live CNN show Thursday — just after uttering what the New York…

The deadly terror attacks in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheik Red Sea resort in July and the earlier October 2004 bombings at two other…

Since the onset of the Bush administration’s ill-defined mission and subsequent “long, long war on terror”, the American people, even the whole…

We gathered, the other day, at the International Brigades’ Memorial in Jubilee Park beside the Thames in London. It was warm with…

What is behind the Gaza ‘disengagement plan’? It has been spelled out clearly enough by Ariel Sharon’s own advisor, Dov Weisglass, in…

Conscience is not in the chain of command. “Before being sentenced to 15 months for refusing to return to Iraq with his…

The latest bombings in London have produced a strange political atmosphere here; I cannot recall anything like it. A truth is struggling…

The acclaimed New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has often voiced enthusiasm for violent destruction by the U.S. government. Hidden in plain…

In capitalism, owners together with about a fifth of the population who have highly empowered work decide what is produced, by what…

Midway through this month, the Karl Rove scandal was dominating the national news — until the sudden announcement of a Supreme Court…

In a world riddled with suicide bombings, inconclusive conflicts, and terribly selfish politics, it is a relief to see there are people…

Bill Fletcher is president of TransAfrica, a national policy organization in Washington dealing with issues surrounding Africa. After the reform administration of…

The resort to fear by systems of power to discipline the domestic population has left a long and terrible trail of bloodshed…

The silver-spooned cowboy in the Oval Office just presented a fine new saddle to the nuclear horseman of the apocalypse. It was…

It’s time for the progressive movement to come to the defense of one of our courageous African American community leaders, Rev. Edward…

Sidney Blumenthal, a former assistant and senior advisor to President Clinton, takes on Norman Solomon of the Institute for Public Accuracy and…

During the Vietnam War, one of the peace movement’s more sardonic slogans was: “War is good business. Invest your son.” In recent…

Interview with Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, conducted by Scott Harris on June 27, 2005 Listen in…

There is little in argument that the second Palestinian Uprising is effectively terminated, despite the fact that the causes which led to…

One cannot effectively address the intricate subject of political, social and economic reforms anywhere in the world, without unwittingly stumbling on issues…

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…