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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 ChomskyāsĀ OCCUPY: Class War, Rebellion and SolidarityĀ published byĀ 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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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…
In early 2010, Greece, a weak and peripheral economy in the euro area, went bankrupt but was subsequently "bailed out" by its…
Without question, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an organization essential to the Southern-based civil rights movement of the 1960’s. If…
When Somali pirates captured Captain Richard Phillips in 2009, his large Irish-American family gathered at a farmhouse in Vermont to await news…
“Nothing is more precious than freedom,” is quoted as being attributed to Vo Nguyen Giap, a Vietnamese General that led his country…
The United States is not the first superpower to act as if it’s exceptional and will likely not be the last, although…
Co-founder of the participatory economics theory, Michael Albert, talks about how this philosophy would work for all, and why it’s different from…
Google Inc. is now aligned with the notorious ALEC. Quietly, Google has joined ALEC — the American Legislative Exchange Council — the…
Noam Chomsky is one of the world's greatest living intellectuals. His work and achievements are well known – he is a foundational…
The recent Obama-Putin tiff over American exceptionalism reignited an ongoing debate over the Obama Doctrine: Is the president veering toward isolationism? Or…
Florida has one more chance to deliver justice to the parents of a slain black boy. The state that faced calls for…
Dr. Noam Chomsky is a famed linguist, political activist, prolific author and recognized public speaker, who has spent the last 60 years…
"Rise like lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth, like dew Which in sleep had fall'n on you:…
Over the last two years, as part of my work on the climate crisis, I’ve been part of two multi-day bike rides…
Egypt’s new ruler, General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, may not realize that the bond between Egypt, Palestine and especially Gaza is beyond historic,…
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Lev Chernyi, Toni Otter, Avid Darkly and Noa Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, April 1, 1991 This…
“Stepping up hostilities with the United States, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela expelled the top American diplomat,” reads the first sentence of…
