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Hedges: Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
Video, May, 16 2013
Chris Hedges
Hedges's ZSpace page
Interview on what could be the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades
Stedile: Venezuela People Go In
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Joao pedro Stedile
Stedile's ZSpace page
The right tried to transform a small difference into a political victory, but when they promoted riots and attacks, it eventually isolated them even further
NYTX: Urge NYT Public Editor to Investigate Biased Reporting on Venezuela & Honduras
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
NYTX
NYTX's ZSpace page
The following petition, signed by over a dozen experts on Latin America and Media including Noam Chomsky and Greg Grandin, was sent today to Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor for The New York Times. Join the campaign below
Greenwald: Justice Department's Pursuit Of AP's Phone Records Is Both Extreme And Dangerous
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Glenn Greenwald
Greenwald's ZSpace page
The claimed legal basis for these actions is unknown, but the threats they pose to a free press and the newsgathering process are clear
Baroud: Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference
Watt: Obama Visits Mexico - US Policy Helped Create a Land of Government Corruption and Narco Gangs
Video, May, 16 2013
Peter Watt
Watt's ZSpace page
Interview on the American war against drugs and the relationship of the Mexican government to Mexican narco gangs
Fair: Justice Department Attacks the Press
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Fairness & accuracy in reporting -- Fair
Fair's ZSpace page
The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news service, constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press
Jones: Listen to the Voices of Algerian Refugees in Central Athens
Blog Post, May, 16 2013
Chris Jones
Jones's ZSpace page
3 days in central Athens with Algerian refugees listening to their stories and experiences. A chronic context but the humanity of the refugees shines through.
Zirin: Rep. Steve King: "Why Won't Obama Call Tim Tebow?"
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Representative Steve King invoked the name of Tim Tebow as a contrast to the athlete he sees is “undermining Western Civilization”: Jason Collins
Lakey: Violent Repression Can’t Stop Us — Anywhere In The World
Commentary, May, 16 2013
George Lakey
Lakey's ZSpace page
History is full of examples we can learn from of how movements have kept their focus and fought through violent repression to victory
Robertson: Venezuelan Government Announces Measures to Overcome Food Shortages
Znet Article, May, 16 2013
Ewan Robertson
Robertson's ZSpace page
The Venezuelan government has announced a range of measures to overcome the increase in food shortages in the country
Walker: Sister Assata: This Is What American History Looks Like
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Alice Walker
Walker's ZSpace page
What is most distressing about the times we live in, in my view, is our ever accelerating tolerance for cruelty
Roos: Why Europe Can’t Just “Fix” Youth Unemployment
Commentary, May, 15 2013
Jérôme E. Roos
Roos's ZSpace page
Our problems are not due to a lack of innovative ideas; they are due to an excess of financial power concentrated in the hands of an elite of bankers
Brown: Paid Sick Leave, At Last?
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Jenny Brown
Brown's ZSpace page
Will the U.S. join the rest of the world and guarantee workers paid sick leave?
Ellner: Latin America’s Radical Left in Power
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Steve Ellner
Ellner's ZSpace page
The rejection of dogmatism, celebration of diversity and eclecticism are ingredients that lend themselves to rich debate on the left
Vine: Where Has All the Money Gone?
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
David Vine
Vine's ZSpace page
How contractors raked in $385 billion to build and support bases abroad since 2001
Carlson: Venezuelan Peasants Relaunch the “War on Latifundio” in Lara State
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Chris Carlson
Carlson's ZSpace page
Landless peasants from the western state of Lara announced they were relaunching the “war on latifundio” when hundreds of them invaded and occupied a large estate
Marcuse: The Five Paradoxes of Public Space, with Proposals
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Peter Marcuse
Marcuse's ZSpace page
A key, but not the only, aspect of public space is the role it plays in permitting popular public participation in democratic governance, democratic political decision-making
Miller: Tax Havens Are Entrenching Poverty in Developing Countries
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
Richard Miller
Miller's ZSpace page
Tax havens provide vehicles for tax avoidance that hits the world's poorest hardest
Monbiot: Oxford University Won't Take Funding From Tobacco Companies. But Shell's OK
Znet Article, May, 15 2013
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
If scholars don't take an ethical stance against corporate money, where's the moral check on power?


