Interviews
Martinez: Worker-Controlled Brukman
Znet Article, August, 30 2005
Celia Martinez
Martinez's ZSpace page
One day before Argentina’s economic crash on December 19, 2001, fifty-two workers from the Brukman Textile Factory, the majority of them women, refused to continue working until their bosses handed over their back-wages. Plagued by debt an...
Jensen: Book Interview
Znet Article, August, 29 2005
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
Interview about his book "The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege"
Aljawhary: Worker Unions in Iraq
Znet Article, August, 26 2005
Amjad Aljawhary
Aljawhary's ZSpace page
Amjad Aljawhary is the North American Representative of The Federation of Worker Councils and Unions in Iraq. In this interview he discusses his union’s main objective...
Z: An Interview with Jordy Cummings
Znet Article, August, 16 2005
Mickey Z
Z's ZSpace page
Jordy Cummings says: "I'm writing a book that focuses on what I believe, with input from a lot of people, are the most important anti-war or anti-imperialist films." Cummings is a Canadian-based writer who seamlessly blends pop culture with poli...
Mathew: Stop Funding Hate
Znet Article, August, 11 2005
Biju Mathew
Mathew's ZSpace page
Biju Mathew is an Indian leftist social activist based in New York. In this interview he talks about his work, particularly about the Campaign to Stop Funding Hate that has sought to stop American funding to Hindutva groups in India. Q: Could y...
Bidwai: Charter of Dependence
Znet Article, July, 25 2005
Praful Bidwai
Bidwai's ZSpace page
In the early 1980s, the British peace movement, then at its peak, invented a delightfully imaginative phrase to highlight the skewed and unequal character of the Anglo-American defence relationship. Britain, it said, was America’s âS...
Albert: Exploring Parecon
Znet Article, July, 25 2005
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In a world riddled with suicide bombings, inconclusive conflicts, and terribly selfish politics, it is a relief to see there are people like Michael Albert creatively searching for salves for the ills in our economic system. With his books "Movin...
Fletcher jr.: Labor Needs a Hard Left Turn
Znet Article, July, 23 2005
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
Bill Fletcher is president of TransAfrica, a national policy organization in Washington dealing with issues surrounding Africa. After the reform administration of John Sweeney was elected in 1995, Fletcher became the labor federation's director of...
Morales: The Mapuche Struggle Today: An Interview With Vladimir Painemal Morales
Znet Article, July, 20 2005
Vladimir painemal Morales
Morales's ZSpace page
The Mapuche people have a long and proud history of resistance to colonialism. Today, the Chilean state and multinational corporations continue in their long-standing efforts to steal the resources of the Mapuche and to subdue their ongoing strugg...
Zirin: What's My Name Fool?"
Znet Article, July, 19 2005
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, "What's My Name Fool?", is about? What's My Name Fool? sports and resistance in the United States (Haymarket Books) is an effort to reveal the hidden history of radical politics in US pro sports...
