| Back | Search Results - New Search |
Marcuse: Socialism One Sector at a Time
Znet Article, May, 27 2009
Peter Marcuse
Marcuse's ZSpace page
Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications...
Zirin: The Problem with New Orleans Getting the Bowl
Znet Article, May, 24 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Only in New Orleans could this be classified as "a return to normalcy." The Crescent City, torn asunder by Hurricane Katrina, stamped by federal neglect and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's neoliberal experimentaion, will once again collide with ...
Baker: The Heath Care Industry: Protectionism the Free Traders Love
Znet Article, May, 21 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
Suppose that people in the United States paid twice as much for our cars as people in Canada, Germany, and every other wealthy country. Economists would no doubt be pointing out the enormous amount of waste in the U.S. auto industry. They would in...
Baker: The Bankrupt Debate Over Bankrupting Our Children
Znet Article, May, 17 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
Suppose that the federal government decided to give every newborn baby $200,000. That might seem like an extremely generous gift. However, by the peculiar accounting of those who claim to be watchdogs for future generations, this policy would be b...
Goodman: Baucus’ Raucous Caucus
Znet Article, May, 14 2009
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
Still absent from the debate are advocates for single-payer, often referred to as the “Canadian-style†health care. Single-payer health care is not “socialized medicine.†According to Physicians for a National Health Program, single-payer ...
Baker: Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Znet Article, May, 12 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
Progressives should be feeling good right now. There is clear evidence that we are winning on two really big issues.
Bacon: US Courts - Enemies of Education?
Znet Article, May, 08 2009
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
Is there a "constitutional right to education"?
Davis: A Day Without Tourists
Znet Article, May, 06 2009
Mike Davis
Davis's ZSpace page
"Since everyone is dumping on Mexico these days, you might as well help me do the real thing."
Davis: Capitalism and the Flu
Znet Article, April, 27 2009
Mike Davis
Davis's ZSpace page
The Spring Break hordes returned from Cancún this year with an invisible but sinister souvenir.
Shah: On Speckled Legs and Springtime Mosquitoes: Reflections on World Malaria Day 2009
Commentary, April, 24 2009
Sonia Shah
Shah's ZSpace page
Last weekend, the mosquitoes emerged from the narrow stream that trickles by our house outside Baltimore, flitting around the ankles of my 9-year-old son, skipping stones with his pants rolled up to his knees.
Spannos: Privatization & Mortality
Znet Article, April, 22 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
If anyone needs further proof that capitalism kills (and warps and maims), on top of the already endless volumes written condemning the system, a recent scientific study published in the highly respected peer review medical journal The Lancet expl...
Chomsky: Global Economic Crisis, Healthcare, US Foreign Policy and Resistance to American Empire
Znet Article, April, 13 2009
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
If you look at the Financial Times, the world’s major business journal, the day before the G20 meeting, they had a section on it, and they pointed out, I think correctly, that the main purpose is to present a picture of harmony and agreement. It...
Chomsky: Health Care
Video, April, 12 2009
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Noam Chomsky spoke to a full capacity crowd at the Orpheum Theatre 4-7-09.
Baker: Hands off Social Security
Znet Article, April, 08 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
As a result of incredible economic mismanagement and the greed and incompetence of the financial industry, the country is in the worst downturn since the Great Depression. In this collapse we have seen the most massive intergenerational transfer i...
Bronski: The Oscar Winning Politics of Hope
Zmag Article, April, 01 2009
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
A review of the film Milk and its missing history of community activism
Raina: India's Democracy Challenged
Znet Article, March, 27 2009
Badri Raina
Raina's ZSpace page
The fifteenth Lok Sabha (House of the People) is due to be elected, and the 16th of May, 2009 - counting day - will tell us what it looks like.
Engelhardt: Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York
Znet Article, March, 27 2009
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
With a Whimper, Not a Bang... the Old Neighborhood Empties
Baker: Competing Views of Government: Universal Medicare or Government-Protected Insurance Companies
Znet Article, March, 15 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
We all know that people have different ideologies about the proper role of government. Some people, who tend to be left of center, think that the government's role is to try to promote the general good, by providing basic services, protecting the ...
Monbiot: The Proceeds of Crime
Commentary, March, 14 2009
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
The US and British governments have created a private prison industry which preys on human lives.
Goodman: Put Single-Payer on the Table
Znet Article, March, 11 2009
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
President Barack Obama promises health-care reform, but he has taken single-payer health care off the table. Single-payer is the system that removes private insurance companies from the picture; the government pays all the bills, but health-care d...
