http://www.zcommunications.org/znet ZNet Recent Items Feed en-us Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:27:52 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/economic-predictions-2013-2014-by-jack-rasmus Predictions about the trajectory of the US and global economies for the 12-18 months to come Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:53:13 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/we-need-your-solidarity-with-occupygezi-now-by-baris-yildirim Turkish police, working as the PM's official militia, launched a brutal attack on Gezi Park Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/stop-violent-police-repression-the-second-great-mass-disobedience-in-turkey-by-taylan-tosun Turkish police are behaving more harshly, using some methods that can be classified as “chemical weapons” and some that are very serious human rights violations Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:23:28 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/what-we-are-learning-or-should-be-from-the-spying-scandal-by-danny-schechter Revelations about NSA spying on US communications should allow us to join the dots from previous disclosures Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:46:57 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/erdogan-clears-gezi-park-protesters-sets-stage-for-polarization-by-juan-cole Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday evening into Sunday morning had police deploy water cannon and tear gas (some say laced with pepper spray) to clear Gezi Park Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:20:30 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/argentina-s-challenge-by-vanessa-baird From Cairo to Athens to Madrid, from Occupy Wall Street to St Paul’s London, horizontalism has been the default mode of organizing Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:15:42 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/brazil-feels-the-weight-of-the-crisis-as-mass-struggles-resurface-by-andr-ferrari Mass demonstrations against the increase of bus fares in all major cities Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:45:58 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/the-making-of-a-global-security-state-by-tom-engelhardt Five urges essential to understanding the world Edward Snowden has helped us glimpse Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/iranian-threat-is-western-obsession-us-arms-israel-against-iran-situation-is-threatening-obama-escalates-israel-palestine-conflict-more-extreme-than-reagan-by-noam-chomsky “If you have ambitions of global dominance you don't want deterrence” Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:23:38 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/ert-survived-the-nazis-and-the-junta-but-not-the-troika-by-derek-gatopoulos The history of the public broadcaster is tied in with modern Greek history Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:18:06 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/a-9-11-family-member-meets-the-families-of-yemeni-guantanamo-detainees-by-terry-rockefeller Along with fellow members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, I have been protesting the corrupt and cruel Guantanamo system for years Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:59:09 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/lobbying-dirty-oil-by-yves-engler Stephen Harper's Conservative government has transformed Canadian diplomacy into the lobbying arm of dirty oil Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:24 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/justice-at-risk-from-big-money-politics-by-sue-sturgis Amount spent on state judicial campaigns from 1990 to 1999: $83.3 million; from 2000 to 2009: $206.9 million Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:58:35 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/can-public-opinion-stop-u-s-war-in-syria-by-tom-hayden Only 11 percent of the public support US military intervention in Syria Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:43:23 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/pentagon-bracing-for-public-dissent-over-climate-and-energy-shocks-by-nafeez-ahmed US defense planning has been increasingly concerned by the risk of civil unrest triggered by catastrophic events linked to climate change, energy shocks or economic crisis Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:24:47 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/america-is-at-the-precipice-of-turnkey-totalitarianism-by-julian-assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tells Hasan Suroor in an interview that people cannot really remain anonymous today, even if they use the right tools on the Internet Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:36:52 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-by-glenn-greenwald This is merely "the tip of the iceberg" of what the NSA is doing in spying on Americans and the world Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/us-still-control-major-centers-of-oil-production-islamists-follow-neoliberal-programs-of-the-west-arab-revolution-there-will-be-a-power-shift-by-noam-chomsky Much to the satisfaction of the United States and its allies it's been essentially no change to the major centers of oil production Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:57:41 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/how-we-can-win-by-marian-kramer David Harvey interviews Marian Kramer, legendary activist who has been on the front lines of the welfare rights and civil rights movement for over forty years Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:33:46 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/what-do-bosnia-bulgaria-and-brazil-have-in-common-by-j-r-me-roos What do a park in Istanbul, a baby in Sarajevo, a security chief in Sofia, a TV station in Athens and bus tickets in Sao Paulo have in common?