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I’m glad I decided to see Hunger Games last year, and I’m glad that the ideas and examples from the books and movies are out there very widely within popular culture
The New York Times is hardly a progressive newspaper — but when it comes to the surveillance state and ongoing militarism of the Obama…
When Nelson Mandela was buried this week, his struggle against apartheid was duly celebrated in Australia, though the irony was missing
The Arab world does not regard Iran as a threat, instead the US and Israel are regarded as the threat
News media should illuminate conflicts of interest, not embody them
The intellectual dishonesty of Israel’s supporters is appalling. But in some odd way, it is also understandable. How else could they respond to the massively growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign?
News media should illuminate conflicts of interest, not embody them. But the owner of the Washington Post is now doing big business with the…
“I think the West Papuan resistance will stand with the other cases in the fight against terror and massive repression as inspiration of what humans can achieve”
Western globalization is wreaking havoc on fragile cultures that are not putting up much of a fight
A look at Nelson Mandela from July 2013
A Sanders campaign would help to build the campaigns of many different issue-based movements
This is a shorter and slightly revised version of an interview with Noam Chomsky which appeared on Sunday, Dec. 8 in the…
An interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear policies that will provide a six-month period for substantive negotiations was announced on Nov. 24. Michael…
JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Nelson Mandela has passed away. The larger-then-life anti-apartheid figure is leaving behind the legacy of being South Africa's…
The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past…
Chances are dim that elections will be held in Yemen next February. Yet without elections, the push for reforms and change that…
Chances are dim that elections will be held in Yemen next February. Yet without elections, the push for reforms and change that…
Every new revelation about the global reach of the National Security Agency underscores that the extremism of the surveillance state has reached…
The latest punishment of Gaza may seem like another familiar plot to humiliate the strip to the satisfaction of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas’s…
Three years since the start of the Arab revolutions, the region has witnessed a kaleidoscope of dramatic developments ranging from free elections…
GREGORY WILPERT, FOUNDER, VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM: To many Venezuelans, it seemed as if Christmas came early this year, when President Nicolás Maduro announced on…
"We will put pressure on America, and our protest will continue if drone attacks are not stopped," said an angry Imran Khan,…
More than ever, Israel is isolated from world opinion and the squishy entity known as “the international community.” The Israeli government keeps…
"If you had a President who said: `Nobody in America is going to make less than $12 or $14 an hour,' what…
This is an excerpt from the just released 2nd edition of Noam Chomsky’s OCCUPY: Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity published by Zuccotti Park Press. Chris…
On November 22, 2013, the nation will reflect officially on the legacy of Camelot. The coverage of the Kennedy assassination is a…
This is an excerpt from the just released 2nd edition of Noam Chomsky’s OCCUPY: Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity published by Zuccotti…
Four years ago, countless Democratic leaders and allies pushed for passage of Barack Obama’s complex healthcare act while arguing that his entire…
I’m at the Engaging Data 2013 conference where Noam Chomsky and Pulitzer Prize winner (twice!) Barton Gellman are going to talk about…
Challenging the falsehoods and simplifications that surrounded the so-called Arab Spring from the very start doesn’t necessarily mean that one is in…
Ever since the first big revelations about the National Security Agency five months ago, Dianne Feinstein has been in overdrive to defend…
Randy Shaw’s Activist’s Handbook is a book with legs. First published in the early 1990s, it has now been updated as a…
During the latest episode of the Washington farce that has astonished a bemused world, a Chinese commentator wrote that if the United…
The British comedian Russell Brand says we need a revolution, and suddenly the claim monopolizes many minds. Do we need a revolution?…
The New York Times has called world-renowned linguist, political analyst, and activist Noam Chomsky “arguably the most important intellectual alive.” He is…
Jean Dreze is an economist and activist who teaches at Allahabad University's Department of Economics. He has written on famines with Amartya…
There is a lot of discussion nowadays about corruption in various countries that the U.S. deems worthy of dismissive commentary. The prime…
Throughout the years, Lebanon’s demographics have experienced periodic influx. But particularly in the last two years, the demographic shift has been so…
In its bid to continue lawlessly spying on almost everyone, Britain's "intelligence" and "security" establishment has launched an assault on the Guardian.…
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What should be the objectives of the US-based climate movement in 2014? Over the past few years, since the death in 2010…
On July 13, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin issued a dire warning to the government of Israel: either it will reach…
The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region…
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Recent reports on US drone strikes by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the UN have heightened international awareness about civilian casualties…
When the State Department revoked Edward Snowden’s passport four months ago, the move was a reprisal from a surveillance-and-warfare state that operates…
Tarek Loubani and John Greyson are free, while hundreds of others who were arrested with them are still in jail. The prosecutor…
The negotiations this week in Geneva between Iran and the “P5+1” (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council —…
As an inveterate film fan, I turn to the listings every week and try not to lose hope. I search the guff…
