In an interview uploaded to YouTube, Noam Chomsky answers the question “[d]oes the generative potential of the internet help to form new kinds of social or cultural associations” by saying that he knows of “actual cases” of “adolescents who think they have 500 friends, because they have 500 friends on Facebook, but these are the kinds of friends who, if […]
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Political Will Crucial for Eradicating Hunger
December 16, 2013 at 5:47 PMFreedom Fight Info editor Milenko Srećković talked with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter for Serbian Daily Politika. Freedom Fight Info...
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Anti-landgrabing campaign in Serbia
By Pavle Antonović (FreedomFight.net) Anti-landgrabing campaign in Serbia – launched by the Pokret za slobodu...
November 10, 2013 at 9:25 AM -
Digging in for a new food system in Ireland
Interview with Fergal Anderson After years of involvement in the work of social movements in Europe and Latin America,...
November 3, 2013 at 8:59 PM -
The Way of SYRIZA – Strategy and Current Development
– Interview with Yiannis Bournous By Filip Krantić and Milenko Srećković (FreedomFight.net) Yiannis Bournous,...
October 31, 2013 at 5:59 PM -
Changing Ourselves while Changing Society
Social competitiveness as one of the basic features of capitalism is often merciless. Living in the society in...
October 26, 2013 at 7:32 AM -
Corporate Control over Public Interest – International Investment Treaties
By Freedom Fight Info The last two decades have witnessed the silent rise of a powerful international investment...
October 22, 2013 at 9:22 AM -
Barrett Brown, the journalist that faces over 100 years in prison
Interview with Kevin Gallagher, the director of Free Barrett Brown By Milan Srećković, FreedomFight.net Barrett...
October 4, 2013 at 8:36 PM -
How to Survive Depression in a Dog-Eat-Dog Society
By Milan Srećković, FreedomFight.net Bruce E. Levine: High national rates of mental illness in the United States...
September 17, 2013 at 6:32 PM -
The European peasant movement: the struggle to change the EU
Interview with Genevieve Savigny, representative for European Coordination of Via Campesina By Milenko Srećković...
September 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM -
Wind, Water and Solar Power of Preserving Life on Earth – interview with Mark Z. Jacobson
In this exclusive interview for Freedom Fight Info, Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University, talks about...
September 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM
Politics »
Latin America’s Anti-Intervention Bloc
October 5, 2013 at 11:34 AMIn Latin America, opposition to military intervention in Syria reflects the wariness of a region long beset with U.S. interventions of its own. Argentine President Cristina...
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Chomsky: The U.S. Behaves Nothing Like a Democracy, But You’ll Never Hear About It in Our ‘Free Press’
In a powerful speech, Chomsky lays out how the majority of US policies are practically opposite of what wide...
August 19, 2013 at 2:15 PM -
Hizbullah Secretary General about Confrontations with Israel and Syria’s support
On the 14th of August 2013, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a televised interview...
August 19, 2013 at 1:20 AM -
Noam Chomsky: Israel’s West Bank plans will leave Palestinians very little
The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks beginning in Jerusalem proceed within a framework of assumptions that merit...
August 17, 2013 at 3:19 AM -
The Kosovization of Greece
“The manic attempt to keep Greece in the eurozone under conditions that are not sustainable is turning the...
August 11, 2013 at 2:56 AM -
Lukyanov: Snowden is a Protagonist in a tragicomedy
Edward Snowden’s story started out as a spy thriller, went on to become a farce, and is about to turn into a...
August 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Society »
Corporate Control over Public Interest – International Investment Treaties
October 22, 2013 at 9:22 AMBy Freedom Fight Info The last two decades have witnessed the silent rise of a powerful international investment regime that has ensnared hundreds of countries and put corporate...
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Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy
A psychologist reveals that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have...
October 7, 2013 at 8:24 PM -
Financial worries makes you stupid, study finds
Financial worries create cognitive deficit equivalent to 13-point loss in IQ, research shows Finding it hard to...
August 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM -
Drone industry gives journalists not-so-subtle hint — don’t use the word ‘drones’
By Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times “Drone” is a dirty word at this week’s drone industry convention in...
August 17, 2013 at 3:58 AM -
Climate Change Leads to the Rise of Violence
An analysis of 60 studies finds that warmer temperatures and extreme rainfall lead to a rise in violence. In...
August 13, 2013 at 4:22 AM -
English Speakers Increasingly Use Self-Centered Words Like ‘Get’ And ‘Choose’
What changes in language use can tell us about society By Shaunacy Ferro Individualistic Words Greenfield, Psychological...
August 13, 2013 at 12:50 AM
Opinions »
Chomsky: The Internet is full of people who can’t read and want to talk about sandwiches
October 24, 2013 at 2:27 PMIn an interview uploaded to YouTube, Noam Chomsky answers the question “[d]oes the generative potential of the internet help to form new kinds of social or cultural associations”...
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Myths of American exceptionalism – by Howard Zinn
Russian president Vladimir Putin wrote a column, published by the New York Times on Sept. 11, 2013. He criticized...
September 15, 2013 at 3:28 PM -
Noam Chomsky: Syria strike would be war crime
WASHINGTON — A U.S.-led attack on Syria without United Nations support would be a war crime regardless of...
September 3, 2013 at 4:22 PM -
Syria ‒ Geopolitical Interests, Not Humanitarian Intervention
By Mate Kapović The official reason for the imminent Western attack on Syria is the use of chemical weapons by...
September 1, 2013 at 11:47 AM -
Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history –...
August 28, 2013 at 2:53 PM -
Sarajevo, 1995 and Damascus, 2013: The use of mass attack deception to decide wars
In August 1995, Western governments, and particularly the Bill Clinton White House, were in great quandary. The...
August 27, 2013 at 2:13 AM
Movies, Documentaries, Videos… »
Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
September 5, 2013 at 5:55 PMIf you’ve spent time on a college campus, you’ll have heard the name Noam Chomsky uttered in reverent tones. “It gets embarrassing,” said the man himself. “I can’t...
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”Srebrenica — A Town Betrayed” and ”Sarajevo Ricochet” by Ola Flyum
Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed a Norwegian documentary film directed by Ola Flyum and David Hebditch is now free to...
August 14, 2013 at 8:23 AM
Book Reviews »
The Unacceptable Easiness of Killing – on Western Terrorism
December 22, 2013 at 5:55 PMBy Milenko Srećković PlutoPress (www.plutobooks.com), 2013 Often repeated statement about the greatest crime on European territory after WWII being committed in Srebrenica...
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Book Review: On Western Terrorism: from Hiroshima to Drone Warfare (2013, Pluto Press) by Noam Chomsky and Andre Vltchek
By Richard Falk, Foreign Policy Journal Recently I read On Western Terrorism: from Hiroshima to Drone Warfare,...
October 22, 2013 at 10:02 AM -
Ours to master and to own – Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present
Ours to master and to own – Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present (2011). Autor: Immanuel Ness...
August 22, 2013 at 12:21 PM -
Debt: The First 5000 Years (Free Download)
Debt: The First 5000 Years is a book by anthropologist David Graeber published in 2011. Graeber analyzes the function...
August 10, 2013 at 3:24 AM -
Land concentration, land grabbing and people’s struggles in Europe (Free Download)
Land issues and ‘land grabs’ are mostly associated with the global South, however 13 country studies...
August 1, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Fun »
Chomsky: The Internet is full of people who can’t read and want to talk about sandwiches
October 24, 2013 at 2:27 PMIn an interview uploaded to YouTube, Noam Chomsky answers the question “[d]oes the generative potential of the internet help to form new kinds of social or cultural associations”...
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Bono chased by angry anarchists in Germany
The U2 frontman, who has long campaigned on political issues and global problems, was in Heiligendamm in 2007 for...
September 24, 2013 at 7:07 AM -
Statue of Bill Clinton in Prishtina, Capital of Kosovo
Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said today that Kosovo publicly supports international military intervention...
September 5, 2013 at 5:19 PM -
Matt Damon slams president Obama: no more friends (VIDEO)
Matt Damon and Barack Obama are no longer bros, at least according to Matt Damon. “He broke up with me,”...
August 12, 2013 at 7:34 PM
News »
Adolf Hitler’s Birthday Gift – Memorial to Gavrilo Princip
November 2, 2013 at 6:34 PMBy Vladimir Bogićević (FreedomFight.net) In this photo Adolf Hitler is inspecting his birthday gift – the memorial taken away from Sarajevo, dedicated to Gavrilo Princip,...
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About 83 Percent Of Serbian Citizens Against GMOs – Survey
In Serbia, nearly 83 percent of citizens voted to ban the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on...
October 21, 2013 at 11:09 PM -
Human Rights Watch: Syrian Rebels Committed War Crimes, Killed 190 Civilians
BEIRUT (AP) — Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during...
October 11, 2013 at 12:27 PM -
Vietnam independence hero General Giap dead at 102
General Vo Nguyen Giap, architect of Vietnam’s military victories over France and the United States, has...
October 4, 2013 at 10:34 PM -
Golden Dawn leader arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization
Greek anti-terror police hold leader and senior members of far-right party on charges of forming a criminal organisation Greek...
September 29, 2013 at 2:07 PM -
Golden Dawn Leader, Top Officials Arrested
By Demetris Nellas, Huffington Post Members of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party hold shields with their party...
September 28, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Other News
Book Review: On Western Terrorism: from Hiroshima to Drone Warfare (2013, Pluto Press) by Noam Chomsky and Andre Vltchek
By Richard Falk, Foreign Policy Journal Recently I read On Western Terrorism: from Hiroshima to Drone Warfare, published in 2013 by Pluto Press here in London, consisting of a series of conversations between Chomsky and the Czech filmmaker, journalist, and author, Andre Vltchek, who is now a naturalized American citizen. Vltchek in an illuminating Preface describes his long and close friendship […]
Read more ›About 83 Percent Of Serbian Citizens Against GMOs – Survey
In Serbia, nearly 83 percent of citizens voted to ban the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their territory, according to a survey conducted by the portal 021.rs. Of 1,827 people surveyed, 82.9 percent voted for complete prohibition of GMOs, 10.9 percent are against the ban, while 6.1 percent are undecided, according to a press release. The group “Citizens […]
Read more ›Human Rights Watch: Syrian Rebels Committed War Crimes, Killed 190 Civilians
BEIRUT (AP) — Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said Friday. The Aug. 4 attacks on unarmed civilians in more than a dozen villages in the coastal province of Latakia were systematic and could even amount […]
Read more ›Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy
A psychologist reveals that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have for people who are lower in status. By Kathleen Geier / The Washington Monthly / October 7, 2013 Psychologist Daniel Goleman has written a fascinating piece for today’s New York Times about social status and empathy. It seems that the richer and more powerful […]
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