Z Friends & Staff Posts
On May 3, 2002, MIT linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky was interviewed by CommonSense: The Intercollegiate Journal of Humanism and Freethought…
The superstar columnist George Will has an impressive vocabulary. Too bad it doesn’t include the words “I’m sorry.” Ten months ago, Will…
On to Part II MICHAEL ALBERT: Throughout the left, broadly understood, everyone agrees that anti-racism should be part of our agenda.…
Back to Part I ALBERT: Multiculturalism says there are lots of cultures, we should respect them all, but it doesn’t provide clear…
(Prepared for the McPlanet Conference, Berlin, June 27, 2002. The original version of this piece will appear in the Fall issue of…
While President Bush’s re-election campaign accumulates an unprecedented pile of dollars, the country’s news media are deep in a rut of reporting…
This June, vigilante forces attacked nonviolent Iranian student protesters, charging them on motorcycles and assaulting them with batons, chains, and knives. Instead…
Unless we apply the lesson “all governments are liars” to our own leaders, British fighter jets and chemical weapons technology will continue…
Media critics often say that visual images trump words. The claim makes some sense: Pictures have major impacts on how we see…
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are those who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want…
At the end of May, the ‘Rio Group’ of Latin American countries discussed how to handle Colombia’s civil war. Colombia’s president, Alvaro…
Media critics often say that visual images trump words. The claim makes some sense: Pictures have major impacts on how we see…
America’s two “great victories” since 11 September 2001 are unravelling. In Afghanistan, the regime of Hamid Karzai has virtually no authority and…
CS: The opening of the 21st Century has been marked by the complete globalization of capitalism, the September 11th terrorist attacks, the…
Early summer has brought a flurry of public discussion about a topic previously confined to political margins — the possibility of impeaching…
I was surprised, pleasantly surprised, to receive an email this past week announcing a rally in Baltimore on June 26th at which…
It should come as no surprise that the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to rewrite media ownership rules has stirred a…
Atilio A. Boron: Looking at the recent US policies in Iraq, What do you think was the real goal behind this war?…
SUCH a high crime does not, and will not, melt away; the facts cannot be changed. Tony Blair took Britain to war…
On June 5th ZNet published a letter by African American leaders that was sent to Robert Mugabe condemning political repression in Zimbabwe.…
In a democracy, leaders must earn and retain the public’s trust. No matter how loudly those leaders proclaim their dedication to fighting…
ANDY CLARKHello and welcome to Amsterdam Forum – Radio Netherlands’ interactive discussion programme.Today a special edition featuring the world-famous author and political…
Michael Albert on Participatory EconomicsAn Interview with Justin Podur Michael Albert’s book, Parecon: Life After Capitalism, has recently been published by Verso…
In recent weeks, a number of apparently unrelated news reports have, in sum, told a truth that is never reported. According to…
Since September 2002, nonviolent activists have been on the ground in Iraq maintaining a constant presence to stand in solidarity with the…
By now, it’s a media ritual. Whenever the U.S. government raises the alert level for terrorism — as when officials announced the…
Introduction The Bush administration is presenting itself to the world as a juggernaut – a “massive inexorable force that advances irresistibly, crushing…
David Barsamian: What are the regional implications of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq? Noam Chomsky: I think not only…
As I write this, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote on June 2 to relax several longstanding media ownership rules.…
Media outlets are the lifeblood of the body politic. Extensive circulation of ideas, information, analysis and debate must exist — not just…
Picture this: 20 military vehicles, including an armoured personnel carrier, surround an office in broad daylight. Dozens of soldiers and police proceed…
A new poll tells us that — by a two-to-one margin — Americans “use clearly positive words in their descriptions of the…
I am confident that the truth will win out someday, and justice will be done, but even if that is not the…
It is widely argued that the September 11 terrorist attacks have changed the world dramatically, that nothing will be the same as…
A controversy has arisen on the left in the U.S. about recent events in Cuba. The Cuban government has enacted draconian legal…
On 8 April, newspapers around the world carried a despatch from a Reuters correspondent, “embedded” with the US army, about the murder…
Hans Blix, Dennis Kucinich and the Dixie Chicks are in very different lines of work — but they’re in the same line…
[talk given as part of “One Book New Jersey 2003 Reads Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, William Paterson University, April 15, 2003]We…
Two decades ago, conservative columnist George Will wrote “it is bad enough we pay for the United Nations; surely we do not…
Last Sunday, seated in the audience at the Bafta television awards ceremony, I was struck by the silence. Here were many of…
The day after America‘s tax deadline, President Bush signed a $79 billion spending bill to cover military actions in Iraq. Then he…
Canadians are not being served as well as they should be, even by their own public media. We have spent the past…
(1) Why did the U.S. invade Iraq, in your view? These are naturally speculations, and policy makers may have varying motives. But…
When a New York Times correspondent indicated on its front page of February 16th 2003, that there were now only two super…
The fall of Baghdad has been proclaimed, though there is still fighting in various parts of the city. At this point, one…
A BBC television producer, moments before he was wounded by an American fighter aircraft that killed 18 people with “friendly fire”, spoke…
In times of war, journalists can serve as vital witnesses for the people of the world. So it’s especially sinister when governments…
ZNet commentator Patrick Bond and his colleague Simba Manyanya — a Zimbabwean currently employed in Johannesburg by a UN agency — provide…
WE HAD a great day,” said Sgt Eric Schrumpf of the US Marines last Saturday. “We killed a lot of people.” He…
We now glimpse the forbidden truths of the invasion of Iraq. A man cuddles the body of his in-fant daughter; her blood…
