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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…
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…
This article is the foreword to David Swanson's new book, War No More: The Case for Abolition. I lived in Iraq during…
We have held on to this statement out of fear that the Egyptian authorities would harm Tarek and John if we released…
Dear Hope, Who the hell is Hope? Hope is, hopefully, you. But, if you are over 50, or perhaps over 40, maybe…
Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. The most cited living source…
Political conflict, or even just political activity, typically has three broad types. 1. Activity aimed at changing occupants of positions of power. …
As part of an ongoing series of interviews for the radio show "Le Mur a Des Oreilles; conversations for Palestine", Frank Barat talks…
Many US media commentators were fairly accurate in labeling some of the language used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his recent…
In its most recent world public opinion survey, the Pew Research Centre found that āinternational financial instabilityā is considered a major threat…
Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, weighs in on today’s 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and…
Now that public pressure has foiled U.S. plans to bomb Syria, the next urgent step is to build public pressure for stopping…
As AFL-CIO leaders packed up to leave Los Angeles last Wednesday, they basked in the glow of favorable media coverage of their…
When we sat down to talk with 60-year old Gayle McLaughlin, the mayor of Richmond, Calif., she had just been through a…
The distance between Gaza and Ramallah in sheer miles is hardly significant. But in actuality, both cities represent two different political realities,…
In a national address from the White House Tuesday night, President Obama announced he is delaying a plan to strike Syria while…
I have recently returned from two weeks in Caracas. I visited with Greg Wilpert (of Venezuela Analysis) and Omar Sierra (of Venezuela’s…
