http://www.zcommunications.org/znet ZNet Recent Items Feed en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 10:12:33 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/guantanamo-drone-strikes-and-the-non-war-terror-war-obama-speaks-by-marjorie-cohn One would hope that Obama's sense of justice would prevent him from allowing the tortuous force-feeding of people like Nabil Nadjarab Sat, 25 May 2013 09:56:18 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/in-bolivia-morales-faces-a-challenge-from-below-by-j-r-me-e-roos The quasi-socialist government of Evo Morales in Bolivia is facing a popular challenge from below Sat, 25 May 2013 09:53:39 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/big-coal-faces-big-opposition-in-pacific-northwest-by-nick-engelfried Earlier this month, grassroots climate and anti-extraction activists in the Pacific Northwest scored a victory over one of the world’s most powerful industries Fri, 24 May 2013 17:45:29 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/shining-sunlight-on-a-secretive-lobby-group-by-nancy-maclean All North Carolina voters deserve to know who their so-called representatives take their cues from: their constituents back home, or out-of-state corporations and extremist ideologues Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:53 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/the-jig-is-up-in-guatemala-by-patricia-davis The May 10 genocide conviction of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was groundbreaking Fri, 24 May 2013 17:24:36 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/president-obama-and-counter-terrorism-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-by-juan-cole Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama’s important speech on counter-terrorism Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:55 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/the-triumph-of-progressivism-graduation-2013-and-1968-by-robert-reich The genius of America lies in its resilience and pragmatism. We believe in social progress because we were born into it. It is our national creed Sat, 25 May 2013 10:05:38 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/viome-a-workers-experiment-with-global-appeal-by-christos-avramidis “No worker who is not a shareholder, no shareholder who is not a worker,” say the workers of VIOME, a factory in northern Greece Thu, 23 May 2013 13:20:54 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/fairness-at-patriot-by-laura-flanders What’s happening in St Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:50 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/chapter-seven-participatory-world-by-michael-albert This is the chapter seven of Occupy Vision, which is the second volume of the three volume set titled Fanfare for the Future Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:20 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/what-does-400-ppm-mean-for-american-labor-by-jeremy-brecher Climate change impacts will affect unions and workers in every sector of the economy Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/a-peoples-peace-for-a-country-without-owners-by-manuel-rozental The Colombian war was used to exclude the population. While the combatants can and must silence their guns, the people must be included in the peace. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:02 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/noam-chomsky-breaks-the-set-on-war-imperialism-and-propaganda-by-noam-chomsky Interview on the Boston bombings, US terror inflicted abroad, drones, Obama's rebranding of Bush administration policies, the National Defense Authorization Act and other topics Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:17 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/syrian-conflict-is-a-war-targeting-iran-by-tariq-ali The rise of sectarian violence and recent Israeli bombing indicate that the true aim of the Syrian civil war is to weaken Iran’s position in the region Fri, 24 May 2013 13:48:01 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/chicago-school-closings-largest-in-us-history-by-diane-ravitch Never in U.S. history has a local school board - or any other board, appointed or elected - chosen to close 49 public schools Thu, 23 May 2013 13:14:46 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/syria-as-a-game-changer-us-political-impotence-in-the-middle-east-by-ramzy-baroud In this new reality, the US is incapable of reshaping reality but merely trying to offset or control its unfavorable outcomes Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:03 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/retailers-key-to-bangladesh-worker-safety-by-mike-hall A coalition of faith organizations, investors and labor groups is urging major U.S. retailers to sign on to a binding workplace and fire safety plan to prevent tragedies Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10:43 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/terracide-and-the-terrarists-by-tom-engelhardt To destroy our planet with malice aforethought, with only the most immediate profits on the brain: Isn’t that the ultimate crime? Isn’t that terracide? Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:52 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/footballs-dangerous-masculinity-by-ian-sinclair Football's dangerous masculinity Fri, 24 May 2013 09:21:11 +0000 http://www.zcommunications.org/does-making-films-help-make-change-by-danny-schechter As showbiz has merged with the news business, TV networks have largely abandoned long-form news programming