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Raptis: Obama, a C-minus? No!
Commentary, December, 19 2009
Nikos Raptis
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Tom H. Hastings, of Portland State University, wrote in his article "Nobel Speech? C-" (ZNet, Dec. 13, '09): "If...one of my...students had handed in the very speech given by President Obama in Norway, I would have given that student a C-...Becaus...
Chomsky: The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres
Znet Article, December, 18 2009
Noam Chomsky
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The contrast between the liberation of Soviet satellites and the crushing of hope in U.S. client states is striking and instructive—even more so when we broaden the perspective.
Sinclair: Email to BBC Question Time re: Afghanistan special
Blog Post, December, 18 2009
Ian Sinclair
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Email to BBC Question Time re: Afghanistan special
Shalom: Gaza: Desperation and Hope
Znet Article, December, 14 2009
Stephen1 Shalom
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Despite the horrors of Gaza, thousands of Palestinians support the left.
Street: Blood on the Nobel
Znet Article, December, 14 2009
Paul Street
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Does Obama deserve his Nobel? Let's admit from the start that the prize has long been a less-than- perfect measure of its recipients' actual commitment to peace. Alfred Nobel, it is worth recalling, was a leading armaments manufacturer. He was t...
Solomon: Mr. President, War Is Not Peace
Commentary, December, 12 2009
Norman Solomon
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Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war.
Fletcher jr.: Like Jim Crow and South Africa before it, Israel must be pressured to abandon apartheid
Commentary, December, 07 2009
Bill Fletcher jr.
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A speech given on November 30, 2009 at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Tokar: Repackaging Copenhagen: Will There Be a Global Climate Agreement?
Commentary, December, 05 2009
Brian Tokar
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On the eve of the UN’s long-awaited Copenhagen climate summit, officials are pulling out all the stops to spin the conference as a success, no matter what actually happens.
Street: Obama's West Point War Speech: A Quick Response
Commentary, December, 03 2009
Paul Street
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War President Barack Obama's Afghan "surge" address from West Point [1] last night was unsurprising, given the fact that, as Alexander Cockburn has noted, "Obama has...surrounded himself with the same breed of intellectuals who persuaded Lyndon Jo...
Fuentes: Chavez’s historic call for a Fifth Socialist International
Znet Article, November, 27 2009
Frederico Fuentes
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Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez stated “the time has come for us to convoke the Fifth International.†Face with the capitalist crisis and the...
Engelhardt: The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Tom Engelhardt
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The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won't)
Chomsky: Palestine and the region in the Obama era: the emerging framework
Video, November, 04 2009
Noam Chomsky
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The Imperial College Political Philosophy Society, in association with Palestine societies at UCL, SOAS, Goldsmiths, LSE, Imperial and Kings, proudly present one of the greatest political philosophers of all time: MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky
Jensen: Wars and Crises
Znet Article, November, 04 2009
Robert Jensen
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The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted for the KVRX radio show “The Pursuit of Injustice.â€
Kolhatkar: A Call for Clarity on the Afghanistan War
Znet Article, November, 03 2009
Sonali Kolhatkar
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While President Barack Obama reviews his strategy on Afghanistan, a perfect moment to send a strong unified message to end the war is slipping through our fingers. Whether it's because we seem to have bought into the lies about the goals of this w...
Bennis: The Midwest, the Mideast, and a New Book on Afghanistan
Commentary, November, 03 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The dangers of another, even greater, U.S. escalation in Afghanistan are rising; the continuing war in Iraq is exploding anew; the possibilities-but-still-dangers in U.S. engagement with Iran remain hopeful but tense; and U.S. diplomatic engagemen...
Barsamian: Dateline: Middle East
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
David Barsamian
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An interview with Lebanese journalist Rami Khouri
Abu-jamal: Barack Obama: Nobel Laureate
Commentary, October, 29 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack H. Obama, evoked gasps of shock in Stockholm, Sweden, and both praise and catcalls in America.
Mondragon: Roots and branches of the bases
Znet Article, October, 25 2009
Hector Mondragon
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Senator Paul Coverdell was no mere commentator. Before he died, he designed the new hemispheric strategy founded on satisfying US petroleum needs.
Solomon: Uncle Sam in Afghanistan: Good Help Is Hard to Find
Commentary, October, 23 2009
Norman Solomon
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Almost eight years after choosing Hamid Karzai to head the Afghan government, Uncle Sam would like to give him a pink slip. But it’s not easy. And the grim fiasco of Afghanistan’s last election is shadowing the next.
Hayden: Kilcullen's Long War
Znet Article, October, 22 2009
Tom Hayden
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Let us say, hypothetically, that American forces kill or capture Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, enabling President Obama to declare victory and bring our troops home. Would he? Not according to the Pentagon's plan for a fifty-year "Long War" of ...
