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Pilger: War on Democracy - US backed 1973 coup in Chile
Video, September, 17 2009
John Pilger
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An excerpt from John Pilger's documentary The War on Democracy, which recounts the involvement of the United States government in the brutal 1973 military coup that overthrew the democratic socialist government of President Salvador Allende -- par...
Feffer: The west also has jihad
Znet Article, September, 17 2009
John Feffer
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Armies and guerrilla movements both deploy suicide missions, and both sides believe in a shared culture of heroic sacrifice. The difference between a ‘just war’ and terrorist targeting of civilians has been blurred for a long time.
Solomon: Men with Guns, in Kabul and Washington
Commentary, September, 09 2009
Norman Solomon
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For those who believe in making war, Kabul is a notable work product. After 30 years, the results are in: a devastated city.
Wallerstein: The Firestorm Ahead
Znet Article, September, 09 2009
Immanuel Wallerstein
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There is a firestorm ahead in the Middle East for which neither the US government nor the US public is prepared. They seem scarcely aware how close it is on the horizon or how ferocious it will be. The US government (and therefore almost inevitabl...
Engelhardt: Afghanistan by the Numbers
Znet Article, September, 08 2009
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
Measuring a war gone to hell
Chomsky: Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours
Znet Article, September, 06 2009
Noam Chomsky
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A talk delivered June 12, 2009, at an event sponsored by the Brecht Forum.
Galeano: I Hate to Bother You
Znet Article, September, 05 2009
Eduardo Galeano
Galeano's ZSpace page
I’d like to share with you some questions--some flies that keep buzzing in my head.
Hoodbhoy: India's Nuclear Fizzle - What Should Pakistan Do?
Commentary, September, 04 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy's ZSpace page
As is well known, a thermonuclear (or hydrogen) bomb is far more complex than the relatively simple fission weapon first tested by India in 1974 and by Pakistan in 1998. Advanced weapons needs fine-tuning to achieve their full destructiveness - Fr...
Pilger: Obama & Empire: Power, Illusion & America's Last Taboo
Video, September, 02 2009
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
Author, journalist, film maker John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009 www.socialistworker.org; wwwhaymarketbooks.org Filmed by Paul Hubbard at the Womens Building in San Francisco 7-4-09.
Chomsky: Response to Williams
Znet Article, September, 02 2009
Noam Chomsky
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Ian Williams angrily denied that "NATO air raids on Serbia [beginning March 24 1999] actually precipitated the worst atrocities in Kosovo" and charged that it is deeply immoral for me to say so, "like claiming that the British air raids on Germany...
Tokar: Toward Climate Justice
Zmag Article, September, 01 2009
Brian Tokar
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Climate politics and prospects in a crucial time frame
Mcgehee: War on Afghanistan: Not So Just
Blog Post, August, 31 2009
Michael Mcgehee
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The essence of this blog is to elaborate on this incident while tying the overall justification of the war on basic moral and legal principles.
Solomon: The Afghanistan Gap: Press vs. Public
Commentary, August, 27 2009
Norman Solomon
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These days, a lot of media stories are comparing President Johnson's war in Vietnam and President Obama's war in Afghanistan. The comparisons are often valid, but a key parallel rarely gets mentioned -- the media's insistent support for the war ev...
Weisbrot: Public Still Ahead Of Its Leaders on Foreign Policy
Znet Article, August, 27 2009
Mark Weisbrot
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Americans are famous for not paying much attention to the rest of the world, and it is often said that foreign wars are the way that we learn geography. But most often it is not the people who have little direct experience outside their own countr...
Kolko: Israel: A Stalemated Action of History
Znet Article, August, 25 2009
Gabriel Kolko
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In late 1949 I worked on a boat taking Jews from Marseilles to Haifa, Israel. Jews from Arab nations were in the front of the boat, Europeans in the rear. I was regarded by many of the Europeans as some sort of freak because I had a United States ...
Landau: The Nuclear Gang Rides Again
Commentary, August, 24 2009
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
A group of scientists, military officials and government bureaucrats signed an informal pact with the Devil. The contract became public in August 1945, when US bombers nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Engler: The dominant Canadian media's coverage of the coup in Honduras has been atrocious.
Commentary, August, 16 2009
Yves Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
Even a close observer of the Canadian press would know almost nothing about the ongoing demonstrations, blockades and work stoppages calling for the return of elected President Manuel Zelaya. Since Zelaya was overthrown by the military on June 28 ...
Feffer: Our Suicide Bombers
Znet Article, August, 07 2009
John Feffer
Feffer's ZSpace page
The actor Will Smith is no one's image of a suicide bomber. With his boyish face, he has often played comic roles. Even as the last man on earth in I Am Legend, he retains a wise-cracking, ironic demeanor. And yet, surrounded by a horde of hyperac...
Edwards: Siding With The Generals - The Independent On Honduras
Commentary, August, 06 2009
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Iran's June 12 presidential elections have been widely criticised, both domestically and abroad, as lacking credibility. During the popular protests that followed, some 30 people were killed by government forces with hundreds more arrested. These ...
Wallerstein: The World Left and the Iranian Elections
Znet Article, August, 05 2009
Immanuel Wallerstein
Wallerstein's ZSpace page
The recent elections in Iran, and the subsequent challenges to their legitimacy, have been a matter of enormous internal conflict in Iran, and of seemingly endless debate in the rest of the world -- a debate that threatens to linger for some time ...
