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Burbach: Honduran Coup Tries to Halt Advance of Latin American Left
Znet Article, July, 03 2009
Roger Burbach
Burbach's ZSpace page
The coup against Manuel Zelaya of Honduras represents a last ditch effort by Honduras’ entrenched economic and political interests to stave off the advance of the new left governments that have taken hold in Latin America over the past decade. A...
Tokar: Politics-as-Usual While the Planet Burns
Commentary, July, 02 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
A palpable sense of triumph accompanied the passage last week of a first-of-its-kind global warming bill in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, one of the bill's two main sponsors, called it a "decisive and historic a...
Acosta: Mariela Castro's Hopes for Cuba
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Dalia Acosta
Acosta's ZSpace page
Recognized for her work in defense of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals, Mariela Castro EspÃÂn advocates a form of socialism that is more just, dialectical, inclusive, and especially, participative.
Harris: Anarchists Go to Church
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Rebecca Harris
Harris's ZSpace page
Backed by lawyers from the right-wing Alliance Defense Fund, a Michigan church is using a law pioneered by pro-choice activists to seek damages, legal fees and a federal injunction against demonstrators who disrupted a church service.
Grandin: Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Greg Grandin
Grandin's ZSpace page
The ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to Honduras within the next few days in an attempt to reclaim power. Zelaya’s statement came after the Organization of American States approved a resolution on Wednesday that gave H...
Baroud: Hamas Political Impasse: Between Principal and Necessity
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution.
Benjamin: Hondurans Call Out for Help from the International Community
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Medea Benjamin
Benjamin's ZSpace page
Our emergency international delegation to Honduras, organized from the United States by CODEPINK, Global Exchange and Non-Violence International, began its fact-finding mission in the wake of the June 28 coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.
Bartlett: 54 days
Blog Post, July, 02 2009
Eva Bartlett
Bartlett's ZSpace page
Ahmed Abu Hashih disappeared on April 21st. His family believed that he had been killed somewhere in the north-eastern border region, the Israeli-imposed ‘buffer zone' where Israeli soldiers routinely shoot at Palestinian farmers and residen...
Trigona: Argentina's President Loses Power in Mid-Term Elections
Commentary, July, 01 2009
Marie Trigona
Trigona's ZSpace page
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner faced a major test in the recent mid-term election in which she lost considerable power and her party's congressional majority vanished. The June 28 mid-term election could be better described ...
Bybee: Obama's Health Plan
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Roger Bybee
Bybee's ZSpace page
The current health reform proposals fall short
Hayden: Redesigning the American Dream
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Dolores Hayden
Hayden's ZSpace page
Feminism, domestic space, and the built environment
Zirin: Who will break the glass closet?
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
As the movement for marriage equality and gay liberation gains momentum, we should peer with heightened expectation toward the world of sports. Yes, sports. Every movement for civil rights over the past century has seen the struggle for equality r...
Bartlett: Casualties rising in Gaza's "buffer zone"
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
Eva Bartlett
Bartlett's ZSpace page
For almost a decade, Israel has unilaterally imposed an off-limits area solely on the Palestinian side of the boundary between Israel and Gaza. This "buffer zone" has ranged from 50 meters wide to more than two kilometers in some northern areas. O...
Chomsky: Turning Point?
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Analyzing the May 2009 Obama-Netanyahu-Abbas meetings
Rasmus: Green Shoots or Stinkweeds?
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Jack Rasmus
Rasmus's ZSpace page
10+ reasons why economic recovery has not begun
Fitz: What's Wrong with a 30-Hour Work Week?
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Don Fitz
Fitz's ZSpace page
Cutting back work time for leisure and the planet
Schivone: A Joyful Insurgency: Resistance Education
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Gabriel matthew Schivone
Schivone's ZSpace page
A conversation with Howard Zinn
Weisbrot: Latin America Drags a Reluctant Washington Into Supporting Democracy in Honduras
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
The military coup that overthrew Honduras' elected president Manuel Zelaya brought unanimous international condemnation. But some country's responses have been more reluctant than others, and Washington's ambivalence has begun to raise suspicions ...
Fletcher jr.: When Torture Is Dismissed
Commentary, June, 30 2009
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
Many people on the Left have difficulty addressing the issue of torture. Certainly when the torture is carried out by imperialists, there is no problem condemning it. But what happens when torture is carried out by organizations or governments tha...
Carlsen: Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed
Znet Article, June, 30 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d'etat in their country. They have been met with tear gas, anti-riot rubber bullets, tanks firing water mixed with chemicals, and clubs. Police have moved in to break down barricade...
