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Chomsky: Iraq's Election
Blog Post, February, 07 2005
Noam Chomsky
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In many respects, the elections were successful. The main success, however, is being mentioned only marginally, by a few reporters: the US was compelled to allow them to take place. That is a real triumph of non-violent resistance, for which S...
Street: "Five Dead" in "Military Error": A Barely Noticeable Example of War Crime Journalism
Blog Post, January, 12 2005
Paul Street
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Imagine that a Canadian Air Force jet on a military exercise accidentally crossed into US airspace and mistakenly dropped a bomb that killed, say, 14 US residents. On what page of your local U.S. newspaper do you think THAT story would appear? Ho...
Peterson: High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Blog Post, November, 10 2004
David Peterson
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“We vigorously disagree with the court's decision, and will seek an emergency stay of the ruling and immediately appeal," a spokesman for the Department of Justice complained. He was reacting to Monday's U.S. District Court ruling that one Sali...
Chomsky: Global Perception of the US Election:
Blog Post, September, 20 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
I doubt that most people abroad care whether Bush is an idiot, a trained actor, or a genius who is pulling all the strings. They care about the policies of his administration. That is what has led to the astonishing increase in fear and dislike of...
Spannos: Political Vision for the Good Society
Blog Post, August, 19 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
For those interested in developing vision and strategy, exploring where we want to go as social movements, and how to get there, I thought you may be interested in an interview the Vancouver Parecon Collective did with Z commentator Stephen Shalom...
Podur: Venezuela: UK Independent and criminal reporting
Blog Post, August, 16 2004
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Who needs the Venezuelan opposition to criminally announce the results of the referendum in advance when the international press can do so just as well? Even though the National Electoral Council has just announced (about 8:30pm) that polls will ...
Podur: Venezuela: UK Independent and criminal reporting
Blog Post, August, 16 2004
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Who needs the Venezuelan opposition to criminally announce the results of the referendum in advance when the international press can do so just as well? Even though the National Electoral Council has just announced (about 8:30pm) that polls will ...
Peterson: Great White Hope
Blog Post, August, 16 2004
David Peterson
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To be perfectly honest with you: Having observed the ascent of Illinois State Senator Barack Obama within the ranks of the National Democratic Party over the course of the past 18 months (or so---the Republican incumbent serving in the U.S. Se...
Albert: Parecon and Society -- Crime
Blog Post, August, 12 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Here is a draft of a proposed chapter for the new book I am now working on... The proposed book title, by the way, is Bread and Life with the subtitle Participatory Economics and Society. Here is the draft of the crime chapter titled Parecon: Crim...
Albert: The Election
Blog Post, March, 11 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Many people seem to think that what candidates say bears dramatically on what they will do. That is only superficially the case unless they make public promises to constituencies that remain powerful during the ensuing administration and to which ...
Albert: Routes to Economic Vision: Criminality
Blog Post, March, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Economies can have theft, fraud, etc. What would it mean to say we would like to have an economy that minimizes the likelihood of such occurrences? Well, the first possible meaning might be that we want an economy that has the death penalty for ...
Chomsky: Electoral Realities
Blog Post, March, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
About half the population doesn't bother to vote. The voters are heavily skewed towards the wealthy and privileged, who tend to vote for the more reactionary of the two factions of the business party. That's of course not enough for the Republic...
