Z Friends & Staff Posts
Ć¢€ÅViolence in ColombiaĆ¢€Ā is such a popular topic of study that there are hundreds of articles, books, and essays with that title.…
Having failed to fabricate a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, and prove that Iraq has a secret armoury of banned weapons, the…
Dr Al-Ali is a cancer specialist at Basra’s hospital and a member of Britain’s Royal College of Physicians. He has a neat…
The warmongers in Washington are not doing very well. France, China, and Russia – all veto-wielding members of the Security Council -…
There are several proposals floating about how to deal with the Ć¢€ÅIraq ProblemĆ¢€Ā. One wrong-headed one was released in December 2002. It…
One of the big media buzzwords to emerge in recent years is “globalization.” By now, we’re likely to know what it means.…
Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Parecon: Life After Capitalism, is about? What is it trying to communicate? Parecon:…
Even the New York Times was forced to admit it, after the mammoth Feb. 15-16 demonstrations: “there may still be two superpowers…
As the world protests against war, we hear again the lies of old. “A painful decision,” say the supporters of an invasion.…
As dissent grows and diversifies, the tactics and strategies for containing it must grow and diversify right along with it. Today, in…
Inspections, not war? The world is saying no to war. But demanding inspections as an alternative might not be enough to derail…
[CommuniquĆ© from the EZLN which was read during the demonstration in Rome, Italy, on February 15, 2003. It was read by Heidi…
TOMORROW one of the most important public events in memory will take place in central London. It is not possible to overstate…
These days, it’s a crucial ace up Uncle Sam’s sleeve. “Terrorism” is George W. Bush’s magic card. For 17 months now, the…
1. As anti-war sentiment grows and the anti-war movement gains momentum, what are the most important priorities for peace and justice organizations?…
On August 29th 2002 in Little Rock, Arkansas, George W Bush said: “We liberated Afghanistan from the clutches of a barbaric regime……
I hate apocalyptic politics. I was radicalized by the civil rights movement and Vietnam. People shouted all kinds of furor about the…
There’s no doubt about it: Colin Powell is a great performer, as he showed yet again at the U.N. Security Council the…
Matthew TempestTuesday February 4, 2003 Noam Chomsky: The [peace] demonstrations were another indication of a quite remarkable phenomenon. There is around the…
[This is an essay in progress…modest changes will be incorporated until its final version appears in Z Magazine, in March 2003. Ideas for…
1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book is about? What is it trying to communicate? The book is primarily…
BAGHDAD — Picture yourself as an American reporter here in the Iraqi capital. You’re based in one of the fraying rooms at…
The Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi has described “a deep and unconscious racism [that] imbues every aspect of western conduct toward Iraq”. She…
We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways unique – a moment that is ominous, but…
William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression “blood on his…
The richest country in the hemisphere, the United States of America, has a long history of interventions in Haiti- the poorest country…
The first Democrat I heard calling for a reinstitution of the military draft was Frank Lautenberg last November during my Green Party…
Strange days in Australia. “Paranoia in the lucky country”, say the headlines in Sydney, “Terror threat grips a nation”. The government of…
Socialist Worker has compiled an excellent anti war q&a based on interviews conducted with many different voices of the anti-war movement. Norman…
At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., reporters usually shuffle along to a snoozy beat. But anyone who denigrates the mainstream media in general, or…
Crafting an anti-war movement from inside the belly of the beast is not easy. I’m going to talk today about how the…
First off, like all of you I despise capitalism. I donāt want an economy in which Bill Gates has as much wealth…
Class is a concept meant to highlight groups of people in the economy with similar interests and motives. Classes are groups that…
Introduction: What’s wrong with South Africa’s primary city? The pages below are from the introductory and concluding chapters to Unsustainable South Africa,…
Introduction: Africa’s structural burdens When it comes to anti-capitalist resistance, the most economically-marginalized sites are amongst the most interesting. Not because the…
Presented to the seminar on Life After Capitalism: Health ZNet at the World Social Forum Porto Alegre, Brazil – 25 January 2003…
Presented to the seminar on Life After Capitalism: Health ZNet at the World Social Forum Porto Alegre, Brazil ā 25 January 2003…
Introduction Let me start by saying that my heart is heavy when I think of the destruction my country is wreaking on…
Mark Thomas: If we can start with US foreign policy in relation to Iraq and the War on Terror, what do you…
Human Rights Week is not much of an occasion in the US, with some notable qualifications. But it does receive considerable attention…
It’s impossible to adequately sum up any year, and 2002 is probably more difficult than most to grasp. Bursts of militaristic fervor…
THE American and British attack on Iraq has already begun. While the Blair government continues to claim in Parliament that “no final…
Isin ELICIN: I would like to begin with a current issue topic for Turkey. EU rebuffed US’s pressure for early entry talks…
Exactly one year after the oppositionĆ¢€ā¢s first Ć¢€Ågeneral strike,Ć¢€Ā on December 10, 2001, which launched the campaign to oust the democratically elected…
How words are used can be crucial to understanding and misunderstanding the world around us. The media lexicon is saturated with certain…
The threat posed by US terrorism to the security of nations and individuals was outlined in prophetic detail in a document…
The ‘general strike’ called by the opposition in Venezuela is now on its eighth day. The strike is the fourth called by…
The OAS-Mediated Negotiations, the Strike, and other recent events CĆ©sar Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of…
ON November 7, the day before the United Nations Security Council voted on a resolution that made an American and British attack…
A dozen years after the Gulf War, public perceptions of it are now very helpful to the White House. That’s part of…
