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This is chapter one of the book Occupy Strategy – which is the third and concluding volume of the series titledĀ Fanfare for…
India wants Kashmir for itself. Pakistan wants Kashmir for itself. But the effect of both countries' policies has been to isolate Kashmir.…
I’ve been thinking over the weekend about the issues of revolution and love of country. This is the one US federal holiday…
Michael Albert is a co-founder of Z Communications and the author of Parecon: Life After Capitalism.Ā In this interview with Ed Lewis he…
When Hamas and Fatah representatives met in Gaza on June 04, there was little media fanfare. In fact, neither party expected much…
This is the Conclusion of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume set titled Fanfare for the Future. You can…
With wrenching tragedies only a few miles away, and still worse catastrophes perhaps not far removed, it may seem wrong, perhaps even…
A new internet talk show begins! The Ossington Circle is hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. A news and politics show, tOC…
Noam Chomsky’s well-known political views have tended to overshadow his groundbreaking work as a linguist and analytic philosopher. As a result, people…
“Those of us in positions of responsibility will need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors,…
At 84, Noam Chomsky remains the sharpest, most acute, most unrelenting critic of power, particularly American power. He speaks to Priyanka Borpujari about the evolution of…
The distance between Cairo’s Tahrir Square and Istanbul’s Taksim Square is impossibly long. There can be no roadmap sufficient enough to use…
Here, there, and everywhere –Ā there is resistance. Well, not quite, not yet, but seemingly coming. People are alienated and frustrated, which is,…
My first response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the University of Texas case was to breathe a sigh of relief. I…
DURBAN – Over the last fortnight, Brazil’s two million street protesters in 80 cities supporting the Free Fare Movement have declared how…
An 11-minute mini-documentary about Afghanistan's perils and prospects. Filmed in Kabul, Afghanistan in March 2013. Features Members of Parliament Ramazon Bashardost and…
A terrible formula has taken hold: warfare state + corporate digital power = surveillance state. “National security” agencies and major tech sectors have…
Last night at the hotel lobby of an Arab Gulf country, a family walked in aiming for the westernized café that sells…
Today's news: Turkey, Brazil, Greece, Spain, generalized austerity, global warming, energy depletion, gargantuan cyber snooping, drones, Syria… Today's response: many commentators and…
Interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted May 24, 2013, MIT, Cambridge, MA. Interview conducted by John Holder and Doug Morris. Q: We asked…
Newspaper sports sections are big on nostalgia. They like nothing better than to take readers down memory lane, with fabled rivalries recounted…
Keynote speaker Noam Chomsky to the AUB Class of 2013: We must defend the global commons against commercialization, environmental catastrophe, and autocratic…
Edward Snowden’s disclosures, the New York Times reported on Sunday, “have renewed a longstanding concern: that young Internet aficionados whose skills the agencies need for…
American author and professor Noam Chomsky was in Beirut to give a commencement speech and accept an honorary degree at the American…
Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de The Iranian threat is a “Western obsession”. The majority of the states and the Arab societies don’t perceive Iran…
Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de “Much to the satisfaction of the United States and its allies it's been essentially no change to the major…
Unreported in the mainstream press is the dramatic long-term hunger strike by a group of Americans in solidarity with the hunger strikers…
My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished…
House Speaker John Boehner calls Edward Snowden a “traitor.” The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, labels his brave whistleblowing…
A report and interview with Manish Kunjam, General Secretary of the Adivasi Mahasabha, from their march for tribal autonomy on March 9,…
Working at Z Communications, with the new organization IOPS, and with the new left social networking project now called WorldSocial – previously…
That the poverty situation in the Philippines has not improved has been the cause of much concern lately. According to the National…
Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de “The future of the Euro zone looks pretty dim unless primarily Germany changes its stance”, says Noam Chomsky. Germany…
While it is positive that the USA and Russia have been discussing a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war, the reality…
Dear Senator Feinstein, On Thursday, when you responded to news about the massive ongoing surveillance of phone records of people in the…
On Mother’s Day, May 12, The Boston Globe featured a photo of a young woman with her toddler son sleeping in her…
On April 21, the BBC obtained disturbing video footage shot in Burma. It confirmed extreme reports of what has been taking place…
As editor of the Daily Mail in 1970s and 80s, David English invented a newspaper for those urgently seeking membership of the…
Of all the charges against Bradley Manning, the most pernicious — and revealing — is “aiding the enemy.” A blogger at The New…
What is the future likely to bring? A reasonable stance might be to try to look at the human species from the…
This is Albert's brief conclusion to the Peercommony/Parecon discussion/debate found here: https://znetwork.org/znet/zdebatealbsiefkes.htm Siefkes didn't feel a need to add one. Albert thought it…
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, political critic and activist. He is an institute professor and professor emeritus in the department of linguistics and philosophy…
Air of uncertainty is engulfing most matters related to Egypt. Since the Egyptian revolt started over two years ago, the country remains…
It is very unfortunate that Ernest Moniz, the new Energy Secretary, is, like Barack Obama, an “all of the above” energy guy. …
Everyone knows what one looks like. Theyāve got the leather boots. Maybe some chains. Trench-coats. They wait in dark alleys with perfectly-spherical…
Darwin observed that conscience is what most distinguishes humans from other animals. If so, grief isn’t far behind. Realms of anguish are…
When she was 24 years old, in 1979, Fahima Vorgetts left Afghanistan. By reputation, she had been outspoken, even rebellious, in her…
An Open Letter to the Evergreen State College and Beyond! Peter Bohmer I urge everyone to honor the Tuesday, May 28th…
I spent a week in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, at the end of April 2013, talking to people among whom there…
Michael Albert, Jessica Azulay, and David Marty Occupy Strategy Volume 3 of Fanfare for the Future Woods Hole, MA: Z Books, Z…
