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Raina: Conversions
Znet Article, September, 06 2008
Badri Raina
Raina's ZSpace page
Take any of India’s political parties—excluding the ossified Left which remains unprofitably wedded to principle, although the principle may change from circumstance to circumstance—and you will find that its elected legislators may, whenever the ...
Grubacic: Great Rehearsal Event-Bay Area
Blog Post, September, 04 2008
Andrej Grubacic
Grubacic's ZSpace page
1968 was a world revolution. From Mexico City to Tokyo, Paris to Prague, Columbia University to Berkeley, it was a revolutionary event that at once failed and transformed the world. The process it put into place continues today. 1968, the long '...
Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested
Znet Article, September, 04 2008
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists. I was arrested with my two colleagues, “Democracy Now!...
Cohn: Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC
Commentary, September, 03 2008
Marjorie Cohn
Cohn's ZSpace page
In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force actively recruited people to infiltrate vegan groups and other leftist organizations and report back about their activities. On May...
Goodman: Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
Znet Article, September, 02 2008
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
More than 280 people were arrested here in St. Paul on Monday, the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Among them were several journalists covering the protests in the streets, including three of us at Democracy Now! I was detained ...
Abu-jamal: Pakistani Democracy and Ours
Commentary, August, 29 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
With news of the abrupt resignation of Pakistani general-cum-president, Pervez Musharraf, comes the stark realization that, in Islamabad, democracy means the power of the people over that of a dictator.
Collins: Fernando Lugo and the Rebirth of Liberation Theology
Blog Post, August, 23 2008
Boyd Collins
Collins's ZSpace page
The election of Fernando Lugo, ex-bishop of the poor, signals a new era in Latin America, and the revival of liberation theology in the face of Vatican resistance
Baker: Let's Get Down To Gas Tax Cracking Down On Oil Speculation Could Prove Tricky
Znet Article, August, 18 2008
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
Many members of Congress and other political leaders have been bellowing against speculators who they blame for the high price of oil and petrol. According to their story, speculation is the main factor behind the run-up that pushed the price of o...
Street: Brave New America: On Corporate Totalitarianism, Electoralist Passivity, and Inauthentic Opposition
Znet Article, August, 14 2008
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
My forthcoming book “Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics” (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, August 2008) exposes Barack Obama as a conservative, corporate, militarist Democrat posing as a democratic progressive. It provides a detaile...
Johnson: The Military-Industrial Complex
Znet Article, July, 27 2008
Chalmers Johnson
Johnson's ZSpace page
Most Americans have a rough idea what the term "military-industrial complex" means when they come across it in a newspaper or hear a politician mention it. President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced the idea to the public in his farewell address of...
Sitrin: Does a Referendum Manifest Power? Where is Power? The Case of Bolivia
Blog Post, July, 26 2008
Marina Sitrin
Sitrin's ZSpace page
One of the biggest questions facing social movements in Latin America over the course of the past decade is the question of power. Where is power? What is power? And how to organize
Hill: Talking (Some) Politics: Obama, the Elections, the Idea of a President, and What’s Being Left Out
Blog Post, July, 23 2008
Marcus Hill
Hill's ZSpace page
Thoughts on Obama, the election, the idea of a president, and what's being left out of the discussion.
Podur: A Day in Delhi
Blog Post, July, 19 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
On my way from Pakistan to Kerala, I stopped for a day in Delhi - I have a couple of hours left in this very interesting city. Thanks to friends I had an excellent 48 hours, though I could have stayed much longer and learned much more.
Podur: The writ of the state
Znet Article, July, 08 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Another couple of days of bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, each with its own message and each by a different group. A couple of days ago the Americans hit a wedding party and killed over 20 people in Afghanistan. In Kabul yesterday the Indian...
Abu-jamal: Power, Justice and Immunity
Commentary, July, 07 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
There is an adage in Anglo-American law that says, "The King can do no wrong," a reflection of the power of kings stemming from the conquest of Britain by William the Conqueror in 1066.
Spannos: What is Real Utopia?
Znet Article, July, 04 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
UTOPIAS HAVE A LONG, mixed history in Left movements. Sometimes they have propelled our imagination toward what better worlds might look like. Other times they have trumpeted heaven on earth, a world for angels rather than mortals, a far fetched l...
Street: Progressive Obamanists: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Blog Post, July, 03 2008
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
Dear “Progressive” Obamanists and/or ”Progressives for Obama:” I have a question for you: at what point could Barack Obama lose you? I’ll return to this question and deepen it a little at the end.
Spannos: Real Utopia Interview
Znet Article, July, 02 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
The book is a collective effort to spell out vision and strategy for a feasible and desirable transformation of society’s defining institutions. It explores how to get there along with concrete examples and lessons taken from past and present Left...
Street: Obama “Shift to the Center” and the Narrow Authoritarian Spectrum in U.S. Politics
Znet Article, June, 30 2008
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
The pronounced rightward drift of the American “mainstream” political and ideological spectrum is on vivid display as we begin to approach the climax of the latest corporate-crafted quadrennial presidential election extravaganza.
Rodriguez: John McCain Vs. Barack Obama: Hawk Vs. Hawk, Who is the Bigger Hawk?
Blog Post, June, 28 2008
Timothy Rodriguez
This is a compilation of articles by alternative media journalists who have done a lot of research on candidates. I compiled some of their findings that prove that both candidates are similar in that they don't veer from the common imperialistic ...
