Arab Media on the Brink

How did Russia and the West slip back into what seems like the Cold War all over again?

We know what time it is—there is little time left—and we are the leaders we have been waiting for

The critical change will be in how we determine what technologies are worth pursuing and implementing

The world has never been closer to a nuclear war that could wipe out all of its initiators

Here are a few quick thoughts on the November 4th election. (1) There is almost always a low turnout during a midterm election…

Israel’s decision to shut down al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, 30 October, is a gross violation of the religious rights of Palestinian Muslims

Big Oil’s “Air War” Fails To Sink Richmond Progressives

The destabilization efforts were noteworthy for the manner in which the mainstream, elite media was used to paint a picture

To this we may add the world’s greatest terrorist campaign: Obama’s global project of assassination of “terrorists”

The contradictions of Hawaii’s healthcare system and the struggles of its workers

Prospects and continuing horrors

There are a number of theories why war guilt has not taken hold in Japan

Egypt’s convenient war

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