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Houtart: Proposal For A Universal Declaration On The Common Well-Being Of Humanity
Znet Article, June, 22 2009
Francois Houtart
Houtart's ZSpace page
Confronted as we are by a financial crisis which is affecting the world economy and which combines with a food, energy and climate crisis that is leading to a social and humanitarian catastrophe, various reactions are being expressed.
Lipow: Growing a Better World
Znet Article, June, 22 2009
Gar Lipow
Lipow's ZSpace page
"Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth." So begins "Prosperity Without Growth"[1], the report of the UK government's Sustainable Development Commission. Questioning growth has been the obsessive foc...
Hoodbhoy: Preventing A Taliban Victory
Commentary, June, 21 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy's ZSpace page
Now that the army has turned serious, Baitullah Mehsud cannot expect to stroll down Constitution Avenue any time soon, nor hope to sit in the presidency. A few thousand mountain barbarians, even if trained by Al Qaeda's best, cannot possibly seize...
Shapiro: The Disachievements of the Palestinian Struggle
Blog Post, June, 21 2009
Tali Shapiro
Shapiro's ZSpace page
My fifth protest in Bil'in will be marked with bewilderment and a strengthening resolve to make a change in the methods of the ongoing struggle, whether it's my place to suggest such changes, or not...
Greeman: How to get from Here to There: A Modern 'Archimedes Hypothesis'
Znet Article, June, 21 2009
Richard Greeman
Greeman's ZSpace page
By all appearances, capitalism, decadent since the First World War is rapidly descending into economic depression, social barbarism and ecological suicide. In 2009, slowly reforming the system - always a dubious proposition - seems less and less p...
Street: More Orwellian Absurdity from Obama
Blog Post, June, 20 2009
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
More absurdity from Empire's New Clothes Barack Orwell Obama this last week: telling freshman Democratic Congresspersons that the White House would sabotage those representatives' next campaigns if they dared to vote against a $106 billion June 20...
Jensen: What does it mean to be a human being? Balancing theological and political insights
Commentary, June, 20 2009
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
My first venture into political activism was in the feminist movement to end men's violence against women and men's use of women in the sexual-exploitation industries (stripping, pornography, prostitution), grounded in a critique of the underlying...
Jamail: Destroying Indigenous Populations
Znet Article, June, 20 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
The Fort Laramie Treaty once guaranteed the Sioux Nation the right to a large area of their original land, which spanned several states and included their sacred Black Hills, where they were to have "the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation...
Iran bw: Any Suppression Or Threat Of Civil Liberty Condemned
Znet Article, June, 20 2009
Iranian bus workers (vahed syndicate) Iran bw
Iran bw's ZSpace page
In line with the recognition of the labour rights, we request that June 26 Action Day -- Justice for Iranian workers -- to include the human rights of all Iranians who have been deprived of their rights.
Baker: Envisioning the Future Requires Knowing the Present
Znet Article, June, 20 2009
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
As every backcountry hiker recognizes, you must first know where you are before you can figure out how to get to where you want to be. While it is important to know where we want to go, progressives often badly misunderstand where we are now.
Neigh: On Gendered Interests in Children
Blog Post, June, 20 2009
Scott Neigh
Neigh's ZSpace page
A few observations about the phenomena underlying statements like "Girls like..." or "Boys play with..." and some thoughts on how to relate to them.
Daniels: Conservatives Use "Racism" to Confuse and Exploit
Commentary, June, 19 2009
Ron Daniels
Daniels's ZSpace page
When rabid right wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh and conservative guru Newt Gingrich initially attacked Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a "racist," they were using a time-tested strategy to appeal to Whites who believe their...
Zunes: The Iranian Uprising is Home Grown, and Must Stay That Way
Znet Article, June, 19 2009
Stephen Zunes
Zunes's ZSpace page
The growing nonviolent insurrection in Iran against the efforts by the ruling clerics to return the ultra-conservative and increasingly autocratic incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinjead to power is growing. Whatever the outcome, it represents an...
Mcgehee: The Significance and Meaning behind a Local Autonomous Councils Charter
Blog Post, June, 19 2009
Michael Mcgehee
Mcgehee's ZSpace page
Discussing the Significance and Meaning behind a Local Autonomous Councils Charter
Bloice: New Jobless Stats: Still "Less Terrible"? Not for Some
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Over the course of last month the average work week declined to its lowest point since 1960s and the numbers of people out of work for over six months rose to 3.9 million.
Farbod: Iran between Militarism and Democracy
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Faramarz Farbod
Farbod's ZSpace page
In the past, to better understand politics in Iran one needed to pay critical attention to its chosen name since the 1979 revolution: The Islamic Republic of Iran.
Goodman: Congre$$, Heal Thyself
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
As the Obama administration pushes for a vote on health care reform before Congress recesses in August, has health industry money too thoroughly polluted the process for anything good to come of it?
Fletcher jr.: Murder on 14th Street
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
When he opened the door to the Holocaust Museum on June 10th, Stephen Johns probably thought that he was being polite in assisting an elderly gentleman. More than likely it would never have occurred to him that he was a few minutes from death at t...
Milstein: Anarchism's Promise for Anticapitalist Resistance
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Cindy Milstein
Milstein's ZSpace page
For many, a "new anarchism" seemed to have been birthed amid the cold rain and toxic fog that greeted the November 1999 World Trade Organization protest. Yet rather than the bastard child of an emergent social movement, this radical politics of re...
