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Editors Note: This is an extended version of an article that was carried by the New York Times syndacite… The dedicated…
During a debate on the coverage of the miners’ strike at the Edinburgh Television Festival, the BBC’s industrial editor at the time,…
The Colombian government is in negotiations with the paramilitaries, facilitated by the Catholic Church. The precondition for negotiations was put by President…
Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the coalition of people and countries around the world that is trying to save us…
Ever since the U.N. Security Council adopted its resolution about Iraq on Nov. 8, American politicians and journalists have been hailing the…
Dear Znet and Zmag folks, I am writing in regards to Justin Podur?s commentary on UN SC Resolution 1441 re Iraq. I…
With the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1441, the US has removed another obstacle in its path to an escalated war…
How can parents behave in a non-oppressive way? There is no getting around — nor should there be — the fact…
Graham Greene once described a “subterranean world, where the hopes and dreams of the mass of the people reside, unconnected with the…
Marketing a war is serious business. And no product requires better brand names than one that squanders vast quantities of resources while…
‘Chavez’ greatest error was to screw the middle class,’ says Carlos Escarra, a prominent constitutional lawyer and former Venezuelan supreme court judge,…
What passing bells for these who die as cattle?” wrote the great First World War poet Wilfred Owen. His famous line might…
(1) What are the reasons to oppose war in Iraq? Because of despising and rejecting the carnage it will likely wreak upon…
Evidence for the passions in and polarization of Venezuelan society was clearly on display on October 10, at the anti-government demonstration, and…
As I write, the US Congress has just passed by an overwhelming margin a resolution authorising President Bush to launch a unilateral…
Before decisions get made in Washington — and even before most politicians open their mouths about key issues — there are polls.…
For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the Bali outrage allows John Howard to distract attention…
Michael Albert is interviewed for The Bookpress by Satya Mohanty and Lourdes Beneria, professors at Cornell and members of the Cornell Forum…
(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Trajectory of Change, is about? What is it trying to communicate? …
Many news stories and commentaries have marveled at the failure of Democrats to seize the high political ground this fall. With the…
10/7 will not go down in history or live in infamy the way 9/11 did. Those who wish that it would are…
I guess I should feel honored that, four days ago, I was given the opportunity to get up in front of the…
SAN FRANCISCO — The conventional wisdom in Washington is that it’s pointless or reckless for Americans to speak with Iraqi officials. But…
A GREAT many people believe that democracy has been lost in this country. Today, true democracy will demonstrate its resilience on the…
This essay was written in early January 2002, ten months ago, immediately after the turning over of Pacifica to new hands, resolving the…
In an article on Pacifica titled “Gloves Off”, Michael Albert wrote: “progressive organizations should employ participatory and self-managing rather than corporate structures ……
With terror feeding terror all over the world, with the United States preparing to escalate a war against Iraq that has killed…
BAGHDAD — From the 12th floor of the Al-Rashid Hotel, the view is much like the panorama of any large metropolis. Along…
The making of a United Nations fig leaf, designed to cover an Anglo-American attack on Iraq, has a revealing past. In 1990,…
Our topic in this debate (see the whole exchange at http://www.zmag.org/debateiso.htm) has been the relevance of Marxism for seeking social change today.…
We don’t want capitalism with its soul-deadening commercialism, markets, corporations, inequality, hunger, profits, and wage slavery. Goodbye to all that. We…
LAST October, in the early hours of the morning, a young expectant mother called Fatima Abed-Rabo awoke with intense labour pains; and…
In A recent post in the ZNet forum system Chomsky was asked to respond to a recent article by David Cortright in the…
THE anniversary of September 11 will be remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims. The…
A Palestinian friend of mine was severely wounded on September 11. He will too commemorate that dreadful day, along with his family…
September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does…
There’s something pathetic — and dangerous — about the crush of liberal commentators now pinning their hopes on Colin Powell. Yes,…
Few are those in the “international community†who fail to condemn Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets, whether civilians, soldiers or armed settlers.…
For ninety years, we’ve waited to see the combined geographical and political implications of locating an urban bantustan in a small block…
It is 10 months since 11 September, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous…
Various questions are circulating among people worried about war. On August 29, 2002, Michael Albert put some of these to Noam Chomsky,…
Some people are suspicious that President Bush will go for a “wag the dog” strategy — boosting Republican prospects with a military…
1. Is there life after capitalism? Yes, I think there is not only life after capitalism…but a menagerie of sorts —…
Regular readers of Z know I frequently use this column to argue that private ownership yields grotesque inequalities, while markets: hide human…
KATE REDMOND: We’re in the studio today with Michael Albert, activist and author of several books, including Looking Forward from South End…
The following is a slightly revised transcript of the Testimony Presentation by Michael Albert delivered at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre,…
According to most economists, the activities of separate groups of producers and consumers can be coordinated by markets or by authoritarian planning—but…
The dissolution of the Soviet Union has been a severe psychic loss for many leftists. Why? The end of Soviet power has…
Last issue I took a swipe at John Roemer’s new book The Future of Socialism. I also blasted Sam Bowles for praising…
Revolution to many means chaos, violence, and death. Disagree? Me too. But should we resurrect the R-word? Economics Consider this: eight…
