Z Friends & Staff Posts
How would science be different under a different economic system?
Interview on Ferguson, the militarization of police, US education, Obama versus the neo-cons and more
The biggest credibility crisis ever to hit South Africa’s independent media is unfolding
The achievements of those who have struggled for centuries for greater freedom and justice leave a legacy that can be taken up and carried forward
The only obstacle to Kaiser’s divide-and-conquer plan is the continuing resistance of Local 5 rank-and-filers in Hawaii, 4,000 like-minded Kaiser workers in California represented by NUHW, and hopefully the 18,000 Kaiser members of the CNA
A parallel personal motive for science is benefit not from the implications of the knowledge itself, but instead from remuneration offered for scientific labors or achievements
Young’s appearance showcased his own re-incarnation as a skilled, if not uncontroversial, friend of private enterprise
Part Two on Science and the Left – society’s role.
Intellectual self-defense could be used to inform a new type of psychological intervention for mental health promotion
The “Whitlam problem” was solved, and Australian politics never recovered, nor the nation its true independence.
Congress, thankfully, did give the Pentagon a deadline to get itself in better financial shape — 25 years ago
Britain’s moral responsibility towards the Palestinians can hardly be addressed in so inapt a gesture
What distinguishes what we do every day from what we call science is typically more a difference of degree than a difference of kind
An international poll found that the United States is ranked far in the lead as “the biggest threat to world peace today,” far ahead of second-place Pakistan, with no one else even close
Moneyed interests are trumping our public health
In each case, countries that have been the victims of colonial-originated underdevelopment have lacked the necessary resources in order to address systemic poverty and dire healthcare needs
The Islamic State is the echo of the last war the U.S. waged in Iraq, the so-called “Shock and Awe” bombing and invasion. The emergency is not the Islamic State but war
Interview on the threat of nuclear war, the recent escalation of violence in Gaza, and the growth of ISIS in Iraq
Noam Chomsky speaks with Stefan Molyneux about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how United States involvement has impacted peace talks
While the US-led coalition can indeed inflect much damage on IS and eventually claim some sort of victory, they will ultimately exasperate the sectarian tension that will spill over to other Middle Eastern nations
Noam Chomsky at UN
Rather than a letter about ‘genocide denial’, the authors would have been more honest to write a manifesto of unconditional support for Rwanda’s dictator
No single review or interview can do justice to “Pay Any Price”
Labor can lead the struggle for a more just and sustainable economy and put itself back on the right side of history
Interview on a general overview of the state of the Middle East, and the role that Turkey has played in it
interview on the Walmartization of higher education
The untold story is that of the crimes committed by the winners in the Rwandan civil war
Interview on education and indoctrination, the 1960s, the Powell memorandum, democracy, the creation of ISIS, the media and the way “capitalism” actually works in the United States.
Founded in 1944 to finance war-torn Europe’s reconstruction, the Bank is now suffering one of its most severe credibility crises
If we don’t decide to act on our imaginations now, when will be a better time?
Rally Support For East Bay Progs
The exclusion of a real Palestinian narrative is cemented by those who are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause
“I feel we’re compelled by our conscience“
In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything…
Workers can think and act like trade unionists even if they don’t have a union contract
Let the “dead generations” rest in peace. Awake from “nightmarish” mimicry
Afghanistan is another example of how US invasions don’t bring democracy, even more than a decade later
For those concerned with the rights of the brutalized Palestinians, there can be no higher priority than working to change U.S. policies
An Interview With Noam Chomsky
In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines
We know that social exclusion is bad for people’s mental health. It follows therefore, that an economic system that is inclusive will help remove this social determinant of mental illness
A private conversation between you and your kids is exactly that – private. Racism is not private at all. It often plays out interpersonally
Parecon’s institutions instead not only get the allocative tasks accomplished justly, they also facilitate desirable personal and social commitments and habits
The world’s largest-ever march against climate change on Sunday brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York
It is helpful to review the record of Europe’s response to Washington’s imperial overtures
Scottish Independence: Statehood and Power
45% evidenced substantial opposition not just to UK rule, but to austerity and top down rule period
During all the years I have been reporting and filming Indigenous Australia, one “need” has struck me as paramount. A treaty
Modi came to power by gaming an electoral system, not through democracy
Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East
