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The World Social Forum (WSF) was a gathering mechanism for activists, movements, and projects to exchange information and experiences simultaneously, publicly, in…
As I write this Brian Eister is on the 27th day of a water-only climate hunger strike outside the American Petroleum Institute…
I had an opportunity to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political…
Chapter 5 of Occupy Vision: InterCommunalism This is the chapter five of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume set…
One of the most inspiring examples of people fighting back against the predations of international capital is taking place in the Jagatsinghpur…
In the wake of Thatcher’s departure, I remember her victims. Patrick Warby’s daughter, Marie, was one of them. Marie, aged five,…
Mike Stivers for Truthout: Anyone following issues of civil liberties under Obama knows that his administration's policies have been disastrous. The signing…
As a perpetual emotion machine — producing and guzzling its own political fuel — the “war on terror” continues to normalize itself…
Sudha Bharadwaj is a lawyer and a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor…
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The struggle for structural reforms is essential to changing the “common sense” of the US political arena. But it is not enough…
As a commentator, educator, public intellectual, and one of the best-known anarchist voices in the U.S., Noam Chomsky has become a defining…
Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of…
After the bombings that killed and maimed so horribly at the Boston Marathon, our country’s politics and mass media are awash in heartfelt…
On Sunday night, the Venezuelan presidential elections were a cliffhanger. Nicolas Maduro, the chosen successor by Hugo Chavez, won by the narrowest…
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This is the chapter four of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume set titled Fanfare for the Future. In…
“Isn’t it interesting,” he pauses, reflecting, “that eating a banana is somehow comical.” Noam Chomsky says this to me with a semi-straight…
The Swedish novelist Henning Mankell tells of an experience in Mozambique during the civil war horrors there 25 years ago, when he…
On Sep. 17, 2012, Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, made another appeal to his Egyptian counterpart Hisham…
The 2010 election at Kaiser Permanente (KP), the biggest private-sector union vote in 70 years, shook the labor movement—and a do-over this…
At the precise moment US President Barack Obama’s Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, persisting illusions…
The story goes that some mice became very upset about the cat in the house and convened an emergency meeting. They finally…
Albert: What were some of the key political influences and events in your early politicization? Why do you think you went in…
One of the world's leading intellectuals and political activists, Professor Noam Chomsky has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal, the highest honour…
I recently saw a group that I support highlight in an email blast an article by John Stauber, “The Progressive Movement is…
What were some of the key political influences and events in your early politicization? Why do you think you went in the…
‘Confused’ may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and Israel in particular. The source…
This is a review by JUSTIN PODUR of Nirmalangshu Mukherji’s book Maoists in India: Tribals Under Siege (Pluto Press 2012) Central India…
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The Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama received 40 months ago has emerged as the most appalling Orwellian award of this century.…
Philosopher, cognitive scientist and political activist Noam Chomsky discusses the roles of the state and the mass media, 25 years on from…
During the last week of March, more than 30,000 people signed a petition urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Nobel…
August 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Publicly associated with Dr. King’s famous “I have a Dream”…
Chapter Three Self Management Implies Parpolity This is the chapter three of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume…
Things happened quickly after the death of Chávez. The vice president, Nicolás Maduro, was sworn into office as acting president. The National…
Chapter 2: Parecon “If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.” – George Bernard Shaw As per the…
‘We reaffirm the character of the ANC as a disciplined force of the left, a multi-class mass movement and an internationalist movement…
Gregory Wilpert a German-American sociologist who earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1994. Between 2000 and 2008 he lived…
KABUL – Floated for three years, reconciliation with the Taliban is now official policy in Afghanistan, endorsed by US Secretary of State…
DURBAN – The reach of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) leaders far up the African continent was palpable this week, not just here…
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a joint press conference in Kabul this evening. There were…
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait…
Professor Noam Chomsky, delivering the 2013 Edward W Said Lecture: Violence and Dignity — Reflections on the Middle East at Friends House…
This is the chapter one of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume set titled Fanfare for the Future. In…
It's raining in Kabul so I spent a quiet day indoors, reading and watching television, surfing the 30 some Afghan channels. Yesterday…
An article in Safi Airways magazine, which I read on the flight from Delhi, reports that while 10-12% is a good return…
“Hi Papa. Don’t worry about me too much, right now I am most concerned that we are not being effective. I still…
The conclave to elect the new Pope was an opportunity for the Catholic Church’s all-male college of cardinals to choose someone who…
The day after the November 6 election I wrote about Obama’s electoral victory over Romney, which I was glad for. My column…
