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The northern hemisphere summer has just peaked and though the torrid heat is now ebbing, it is evident the climate crisis is…
“On April 4, 1967, exactly a year before he was killed, Dr. King named ‘materialism’ as one of the deadly triplets afflicting…
One of the most striking features of the current Egyptian crisis has been the response by most of the US Left and…
August 28 will mark the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Publicly associated with Dr. King’s…
Dear President Obama: As commander in chief, you’ve been responsible for the treatment of the most high-profile whistleblower in the history of…
“Blowback" is a lesson the United States government should have learned in the mountains of Afghanistan, the streets of Iraq and the…
In Oslo, the world’s most important peace prize has been hijacked for war. In London, government authority has just fired a new…
Here’s a thought: hundreds of local climate activists around the country running for federal, state and local offices in 2014, doing so…
Chapter Seven – the Logic of Revolution This is the last chapter of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third…
In a powerful speech, Chomsky lays out how the majority of US policies are practically opposite of what wide swathes of the…
The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks beginning in Jerusalem proceed within a framework of assumptions that merit careful thought. One prevailing assumption is that…
Two years ago I was among more than a thousand people who committed civil disobedience at the White House to oppose the…
Considering the off-putting reality, one fails to imagine a future scenario in which Yemen could avoid a full-fledged conflict or a civil…
The price of campaigning for union reform can be high. Dissidents in the U.S. labor movement have been fired, blacklisted, and beaten…
The headquarters of the Nobel Committee is in downtown Oslo on a street named after Henrik Ibsen, whose play “An Enemy of the…
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āA habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants.ā- Bertrand…
Chapter Six: Paths Ahead This is chapter six of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third and concluding volume of…
Seasons come and go, yet Arab countries are in ongoing turmoil. They called it an ‘Arab Spring’, but even if that ‘spring’…
The critical moment in the political trial of the century was on 28 February when Bradley Manning stood and explained why he…
Declare a moratorium on drone strikes: The head of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is calling on jihadists to retaliate for US drone strikes…
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RICHMOND, CA.–Last Friday and Saturday were busy days for progressive mayor Gayle McLaughlin, She’s the earnest, hard-working, and often embattled political…
Chapter 5: What Else Can You Show Me? This is chapter five of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third…
The Ossington Circle is an internet talk show hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. This week we have architectural researcher Suzy Harris-Brandts,…
DW Global Media Forum “The Future of Growth – Economic Values and the Media (Speech starts at 6:10) I'd like to comment on…
On July 9, the Organization of American States held a special session to discuss the shocking behavior of the European states that…
Chris Green’s comments and queries appended to an article of mine on ZNet afford an opportunity to try, once again, to explain…
The election campaign in Australia is being fought with the lives of men, women and children. Some drown, others are banished without…
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Chomsky answers a familiar question as he has often answered before. The supposed wisdom of Zizek, Lacan, etc. – answers Chomsky, (http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/noam_chomsky_slams_zizek_and_lacan_empty_posturing.html),…
It’s now painfully clear that the president has put out a contract on the Fourth Amendment. And at the Capitol, the hierarchies…
The political peddlers, think-tank experts and media professionals are all back in full force. They want us to believe that US Secretary…
I have known my postman for more than 20 years. Conscientious and good-humoured, he is the embodiment of public service at its…
Review of Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons by Burns H. Weston and David Bollier,…
Chapter Four: Still More Strategic Issues This is chapter four of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third and concluding…
Why have Edward Snowden's actions resonated so powerfully for so many people? The huge political impacts of the leaked NSA documents account…
I've received a number of requests to comment on the post: “Slavoj Žižek Responds to Noam Chomsky: ‘I Don’t Know a Guy…
Once again, I am thrilled and honored to bring Noam Chomsky to Wild Wild Left Radio. Professor Emeritus at MIT, linguist,…
Chapter Three: Tactics Are Transient This is chapter three of the bookĀ Occupy StrategyĀ – which is the third and concluding volume of the…
According to a recent study, the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer is not unique. In "Operation…
The Ossington Circle is an internet talk show hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. This week we have Middle East journalist Jon…
I have remained very cautious in responding to the events in Egypt. To this day it remains unclear to me whether what…
During his recent visit to Beirut, American thinker and philosopher Noam Chomsky met with a group of independent Syrian media activists, aid…
Chapter Two: Strategy Is Complex This is chapter two of the bookĀ Occupy StrategyĀ – which is the third and concluding volume of the…
“The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution,” wrote Eric Walberg, a Middle East political expert and author, shortly after the Egyptian…
For more than a month, outrage has been profuse in response to news about NSA surveillance and other evidence that all three…
When I reported from South Africa in the 1960s, the Nazi admirer Johannes Vorster occupied the prime minister’s residence in Cape Town.…
This is chapter one of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third and concluding volume of the series titledĀ Fanfare for…
