Z Friends & Staff Posts
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 peopleās 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 ā 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 worldās 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 Europeās response to Washingtonās 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
The following is a short excerpt from a classic, The Chomsky Reader, which offers a unique insight on a question worth asking
The coming weekās events in New York City raise the hope of taking that project to a whole new level
Looking at Palestine from this side of the Atlantic, the Israeli expansion seems to parallel the US experience with the idea of nation-building and progress
In our post-Citizens United era, the nationās second largest oil producer is now free to spend $1.6 million (or more, if necessary) on direct mail and phone alerts
The Pentagon has announced it will soon start flying bombing missions out of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of an expanded U.S.-led military campaign against militants from the Islamic State
There are many things which need to be done if we are to break the hold of the oil, gas and coal industries over government
Those once intimidated into silence canāt look away now
The problem is broadly Info Glut versus Info Shortage
The editorial board of the New York Times has an Orwellian knack for war
Ceasefires in Which Violations Never Cease
Imaginary Lines host Chris Spannos interviews Norman Solomon, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
Futile fatalism thrives when people think there is no alternative to capitalist business as usual
On Scottish Independence, Statehood and Power
On Victory and False Victory
Sanders is reaching out to local, state, and national affiliates of the AFL-CIO with an appeal for a labor-backed āpolitical revolution that will get millions of people involved in the political processā
He should probably just stay out of the way
September 21st must energize those sectors of the climate and progressive movement which understand that stronger action is needed
On Tuesday August 26, 2014, more than 50 demonstrators protested outside the Newark, New Jersey, offices of U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker demanding that the legislators stop providing a blank check for Israelās crimes
Can the BRICS wrest control of the global economy from the United States and Europe, or will their internal contradictions tear them apart?
The movement from below to tackle climate change is gathering pace in South Africa, and elsewhere in the world, in advance of the September 21 mass march against the United Nations
The courts in Haiti’s new dictatorship
For many years, American unions have been trying to āorganize of the unorganizedā to offset, and, where possible, reverse their steady loss of dues-paying members
Perhaps the ongoing struggle in Ferguson will augment street demonstrations with a kind of grassroots gathering, assessment, and then policy advocacy
Israelās most recent war on Gaza, starting on July 7, came at a time that political Islam was being routed out in Egypt and criminalized in other Arab countries
Zekerullah yearns for knowledge as well as justice, and heās willing to sacrifice for both. I want to learn from him.
People keep resisting illegitimate power, even when it feels hope
The task we face is for passionate movements to fight and win changes that improve people’s and prepare the way for further victories
In an article, Caplan writes that, āWar between Israel and Palestineā is our āendless, inevitable futureā
New institutions, also established by human beings, can generate vastly superior outcomes. Defining and working to attain those new institutions ought to be our economic agenda
Mental Health promotion as social justice activism
Over the past several years, as Iāve watched this inter-ethnic community grow, acts of kindness have been a reliable bulwark against war
Richmond Line-Up Reshuffled for Fall Contest With Chevron
What, ultimately, was the importance of the Africa-US leadership summit at the White House last week?
For Palestinians in Gaza, this is not about mere resistance strategies, but their very survival
US still funding repression
Hitler saw the expansion of the United States and the destruction of the indigenous populations of the Americas as a model



