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‘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…
GREGORY WILPERT, ADJ. PROF. POLITICAL SCIENCE, BROOKLYN COLLEGE: A little over one week after Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez passed away, his life…
On a plane circling Baghdad in gray dawn light, a little Iraqi girl quietly sang to herself in the next row. “When…
This is the introduction to Occupy Vision, the second volume of the three volume set titled Fanfare for the Future. In coming days we…
End the Criminalization of the Homeless! Housing is a Human Right! Statement by Peter Bohmer, March 14, 2013. On Tuesday…
A friend of mine said that when he heard the news of the death of President Chavez that it felt as if…
More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. Indeed, good news is seldom associated with Israel and its military occupation and…
What is modern propaganda? For many, it is the lies of a totalitarian state. In the 1970s, I met Leni Riefenstahl and…
Now we know. Every member of Congress has chosen whether to sign a letter making a crucial commitment: “We will vote against…
Let's assume that a particular Leninist, Lenny, and a particular Anarchist, Ana, each sincerely want to attain a truly classless society. They…
Noam Chomsky talks to TJ Armand about the mixed legacy of Hugo Chavez, freedom of speech violations in Turkey, religious fundamentalism and…
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This is the Conclusion of Volume One, Occupy Theory, of the Three Volume set, Fanfare for the Future. You can find out…
Something is happening in the Delaware River watershed, something important and inspiring. Yesterday over 100 people from dozens of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware groups joined together in…
Stringent “background checks” are central to many proposals for curbing gun violence. The following is a background check on the nation’s largest…
One fails to understand the unperturbed attitude with which regional and international leaders and organizations are treating the unrelenting onslaught against Rohingya…
I am sickened each time US politicians, or public figures, pay homage to AIPAC. Time after time they want to display their…
The most positive outcome of Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster—which ended when Paul was forced to take a bathroom break—was giving the American…
I’ll miss Hugo. When I first was introduced to him in Porto Alegre in 2003, he greeted me, “Mi padre,” and said…
Gregory Wilpert a German-American sociologist who earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1994. Between 2000 and 2008 he lived…
The outpourings that take place when someone dies always irk me a little. Why not offer the same sentiments, with the same…
I only started paying attention to Hugo Chavez and Venezuela at the time of the 2002 coup. At the time, I was…
1. If I am not mistaken you are from Germany, originally. Is that correct? Can you tell us a little about the…
A review of Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth, by Sasha Lilley, David McNally, Eddie Yuen and James Davis (Oakland:…
On January 8, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Spare Change News' editor-in-chief, sat down with one of the world’s leading public intellectuals, Prof. Noam…
An Israeli-Turkish rapprochement is unmistakably underway, but unlike the heyday of their political alignment of the1990’s, the revamped relationship is likely to…
When it comes to health-related “sin taxes,” don’t ask for consistency from Corporate America. Whenever there’s a public policy initiative, that would…
For the social compact of the United States, most of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone missing. While still on the caucus…
