Z Friends & Staff Posts
On his way to confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, the current U.N. envoy John Negroponte was busily twisting language like a…
Four years ago, I travelled the length of Iraq, from the hills where St. Matthew is buried in the Kurdish north to…
Four years ago, I travelled the length of Iraq, from the hills where St. Matthew is buried in the Kurdish north to…
Ehrenreich: I have heard that there’s been a lot of interest around the world in your new book, Parecon: Life After Capitalism,…
Those who were united a year ago in opposition to the war on Iraq find themselves divided on where we should go…
On the front door of my house is a sign, “Bring the Troops Home Now!” It’s been there for months. I hope…
In the New Statesman, John Pilger writes: “With the most lethal weapons billions of dollars can buy, and the threats of their…
When the anchor of public televisionĆ¢€ā¢s main news program goes out of his way to tell viewers that heĆ¢€ā¢s setting the record…
Having been kindly invited to contribute to an upcoming issue of Democracy & Nature, I was sent some back issues, including No.…
As a Czech poster put it, “the Poles took ten years, the Hungarians ten months, the East Germans ten weeks, and the…
With warfare escalating in Iraq, syndicated columnist George Will has just explained the logic of the occupation. Ć¢€ÅIn the war against the…
Some of the most closely guarded documents in the White House are sure to be the ones written by the president’s top…
Some of the most closely guarded documents in the White House are sure to be the ones written by the presidentĆ¢€ā¢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, IĆ¢€ā¢m preparing for an April 6, 2004 entry into the Pekin FCI (Federal Correctional Institute) in Peoria. IĆ¢€ā¢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…
