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Mahajan: Of Free Speech, Bullseyes, Gabrielle Giffords, and Sarah Palin
Commentary, January, 12 2011
Rahul Mahajan
Mahajan's ZSpace page
After Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and massacre of six other people, including a nine-year-old girl, everyone is talking about the disgustingly violent rhetoric of the Tea Party.
Zirin: It's Not a Game: Sarah Palin and the Madness of March
Znet Article, January, 11 2011
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
In the wake of Saturday's horrific shooting in Tucson of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 other victims, long overdue attention is being paid to Republican Party heroine Sarah Palin's brazen use of violent language and symbols.
Greider: The End of New Deal Liberalism
Znet Article, January, 10 2011
William Greider
Greider's ZSpace page
We have reached a pivotal moment in government and politics, and it feels like the last, groaning spasms of New Deal liberalism.
Bacon: The Rise and Fall of Employer Sanctions
Znet Article, January, 10 2011
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
In this essay, David Bacon and Bill Ong Hing argue that ICE raids-be they of the Bush or the Obama kind-should cease. The basis for these operations-employer sanctions-should be repealed, and true reform that recognizes the rights of all workers s...
Goodman: `The Comeback Kid' and the Kids Who Won't
Znet Article, January, 02 2011
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
President Barack Obama signed a slew of bills into law during the lame-duck session of Congress and was dubbed the "Comeback Kid" amid a flurry of fawning press reports.
Moore: Another WikiLeaks Cable from the Bush Administration About My Movies
Znet Article, December, 24 2010
Michael Moore
Moore's ZSpace page
Twice within four days, my name has popped up in the Bush-era secret cables uncovered by WikiLeaks.
Street: Health Care as a Commodity: On the Irony of the Hudson Decision
Commentary, December, 19 2010
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
So a key part of U.S. President Barack Obama’s health “reform” bill was declared “unconstitutional” last week by the right wing federal district court judge Henry E. Hudson in Virginia.
Ellsberg: Pentagon Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Julian Assange is Not a Terrorist
Znet Article, December, 11 2010
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg's ZSpace page
"We’re in an absurd position here with a close down of public discussion of official matters, very similar to that of China."
Street: Obama Isn’t Spineless, He’s Conservative: Reflections on Chutzpah, Theirs and Ours
Znet Article, December, 11 2010
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
President Obama has “caved-in” to Republican demands for the preservation of deficit-driving tax cuts for the wealthy.
Street: The Sorry Surrender of “the So-Called Radical Left” (May 2010)*
Znet Article, December, 08 2010
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
This essay is extracted from the May 2010 postscript to my book The Empire’s New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power
Quigley: Why Wikileaks is Good for Democracy
Commentary, December, 01 2010
Bill Quigley
Quigley's ZSpace page
By labeling tens of millions of documents secret, the US government has created a huge vacuum of information.
Engler: Tea Party & Cars
Znet Article, December, 01 2010
Yves Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
If the Tea Party applied its supposed ideas consistently it would take up the slogan: “Oppose big government, say no to cars.” Or for the more fervent among them: “The automobile is a socialist plot.”
Cronan Jr: Bailing Out Ireland: Who Will Win the Class War?
Blog Post, November, 30 2010
John Cronan Jr
Cronan Jr's ZSpace page
Ireland gets bailed out, but at what costs?
Macdonald: A sham in the time of cholera
Znet Article, November, 29 2010
Isabel Macdonald
Macdonald's ZSpace page
In the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed a reported 1,300 Haitians, the U.S., Canada and the United Nations insisted that Haiti's elections go ahead today, as scheduled.
Solomon: WikiLeaks: Demystifying “Diplomacy”
Commentary, November, 29 2010
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe.
Spannos: Wikileaks & Beyond
Blog Post, November, 29 2010
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
My initial reaction to the latest Wikileak is mixed...
West: Cornel West on Charles Rangel, Bush & Kanye West and Why Obama Admin "Seems to Have Very Little Concern for Poor People"
Znet Article, November, 20 2010
Cornel West
West's ZSpace page
Kanye West went off prompter during a telethon for the victims of Katrina and declared "George Bush doesn’t care about black people."
Street: Tea Party Triumph
Znet Article, November, 10 2010
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
There is a different but related way in which the Tea Party – understood largely as a mass-media-ted phenomenon – can be partly credited for the mid-term outcomes.
Kane: Party’s Over
Znet Article, November, 10 2010
John Kane
Kane's ZSpace page
By now everyone has heard of the Conservative “tidal wave” that has overtaken Congress and most gubernatorial seats throughout the U.S.
Hahnel: Election Redux: Learning From The 2010 Midterm Elections, Part 2: Lessons For The Left
Commentary, November, 08 2010
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
It is often easier to give advice to others than to learn lessons oneself. What lessons should those of us who are self-conscious leftists learn from the midterm elections?
