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Recent ZNet
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August 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is now grounded in the “anyone but Trump” slogan and it is clear that she will not address the concerns of the Left
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Cole: Some of the Times We almost had a Nuclear War
August 5, 2016
There is always a danger that if a weapon is in the arsenal, it will be deployed
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Emanuele: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
August 5, 2016
Neither the planet, nor humanity can endure another decade of liberal antiwar activism
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August 5, 2016
The perils and the damages of being forced to be punished through the denial of your core identity is something that has led to her depression
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Bacevich: The Decay of American Politics
August 5, 2016
The thicket of unreality that is American politics has now become all-enveloping
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Contributors: Our Revolution is just getting started
August 5, 2016
When labor organizations decide to endorse candidates, after a democratic process open to the entire rank-and-file, it changes the whole dynamic of union-based political activism
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Hightower: What’s next for the Bernie Sanders revolution? The populist insurgency is ratcheting up
August 5, 2016
What an amazing Democratic primary season it’s been, including this happy result: WE WON! “We”...
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Albert: Thinking About the Election
August 4, 2016
Steve Shalom and Michael Albert use a Q/A format to explore current issues of the U.S. election, Sanders, Clinton, Trump, and movements
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Monbiot: The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us
August 4, 2016
The media largely relegate the greatest challenge facing humanity to footnotes as industry and politicians hurtle us towards systemic collapse of the planet
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August 4, 2016
One of the enduring lessons from past struggle for social change is that where there is the greatest suffering, there is also the most creative and insightful response
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Prashad: It’s Bombs Away for the USA in Libya
August 4, 2016
Almost guaranteed to spread more misery across North Africa
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Contributors: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice
August 4, 2016
A collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country have come together with renewed energy and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda
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August 4, 2016
For decades we've heard the tired old refrain "We need leaders." I'm afraid we won't survive many more leaders. I think what we actually need is democracy
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Fisk: No, Aleppo is not the new Srebrenica – the west won’t go to war over Syria
August 4, 2016
There are no ‘good guys’ among the Syrian warlords yet, despite all the evidence, we want to find them. It's time to stop lying to the people of the Middle East
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Wetherell: When Donald Comes to Town
August 4, 2016
What Donald Trump’s ill-fated effort to transform Atlantic City into a personal cash cow says about the future of American cities
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Stedile: We have to present a new project that can overcome neo-developmentalism
August 3, 2016
The crisis opens up a new time of change
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Haiven: Black flags and debt resistance in America’s oldest colony
August 3, 2016
In the face of a neolcolonial debt regime imposed by the United States, Puerto Rico’s streets are alive with the spirit of resistance
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Wallerstein: Turkey and Erdoğan: Rise and Fall?
August 3, 2016
Turkey is presently governed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP in its Turkish initials)....
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Falk: Context Matters: Turkey After the Failed Coup
August 3, 2016
The legendary American pro-football coach of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi, famously remarked when...
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Connolly: Challenges to Duopoly Control
August 3, 2016
The conventions of the two major parties have ended and they have picked their candidates...
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Winslow: Portland Teachers Expose Lead in Schools
August 3, 2016
Periodic lead testing showed the presence of lead in Portland schools’ drinking water back in 2001. Between 2010 and 2012, the district found unsafe levels of lead in 47 schools
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Gilbert: The Two Souls of Labour
August 3, 2016
Corbyn supporters’ vision for the Labour Party is fundamentally at odds with that of its entrenched elite
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Henderson: Movement for Black Lives Calls for Reparations & “End to War Against Black People”
August 3, 2016
The list of demands also includes the abolition of the death penalty, legislation to recognize the impacts of slavery, investments in education initiatives, mental health services and employment programs
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Hahnel: The Us Left And Presidential Elections: What Can We Learn?
August 2, 2016
More than 13 million Americans voted for a candidate to be their President who labelled himself a democratic socialist and called for a political revolution
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Solomon: An open letter to Hillary from a Bernie delegate
August 2, 2016
Beyond the fleeting praise for Bernie, your message to his delegates in Philadelphia wasn’t hard to discern: my corporate centrist way or the highway
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Turse: Breaking the Camouflage Wall of Silence
August 2, 2016
When AFRICOM Evaluates Itself, the News Is Grim
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Swanson: But, Mr. Putin, You Just Don’t Understand
August 2, 2016
The purpose of war is indeed war itself. The justifications are always pretexts
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Weisbrot: Is The Republican Party A Legitimate Political Party?
August 2, 2016
It is pretty clear that voter disenfranchisement is the bedrock of Republican power. As such, the legitimacy of the Republican Party is questionable
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Cole: 6 Signs the Big Global Switch to Solar has already Begun
August 2, 2016
Economists have now demonstrated what we solar panel owners have known all along: people who put photovoltaic panels on their roofs actually save money for all the ratepayers
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Buccola: What is My Duty as a Progressive Voter?
August 2, 2016
Frederick Douglass grappled with a similar dilemma one hundred and sixty years ago
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Gans: How Scalia Made It Difficult to Bring Cases to Court
August 2, 2016
The late Supreme Court justice wrote a number of opinions that limited the ability of racial minorities, victims of police misconduct, and others to vindicate their constitutional rights
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July/August ZMag
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Vivas: What Remains of All Our Outrage?
However, real change does not come about only through conquering institutions, but through gaining support from a mobilized society. What remains of all our outrage? A regime in crisis, not ready yet to fall, but ready to be reconfigured
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Winship: All The Presumptive Nominee’s Men
You will know our presidents and presidential candidates by the company they keep
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Street: Hillary Clinton’s Not-So-Strange Right-Wing Bedfellows
Democratic Hillary Clinton supporters got churlish when they heard media...
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Chaffee: Upcoming Events for Progressives
EVENTS SOCIALISM – The Socialism Conference is scheduled for...
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Pimentel: HISTORY HANDBOOK: Seeing Red: Nixon and the Presidential Election in Chile, 1970
That Nixon facilitated the ousting of Allende via collusion with the Chilean military and Allende’s political enemies comes as no surprise to students of the American war in Vietnam
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Recent Audio/Videos
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Giroux: Trump and the Enablers of American Authoritarianism (2/2)
July 23, 2016
'Lesser evilism' is the wrong way to frame the elections - it's about what's better for the strategic interests of an independent people's struggle
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Rasmus: Labor Uprising in France
July 17, 2016
Massive labor actions have been roiling France, as unions protest the policies of the nominally Socialist government
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Harrison: Wikileaks: Interview with Investigations Editor Sarah Harrison
July 16, 2016
Interview on the case of Julian Assange, the findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention, national security, international law and how one can support whistleblowers
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Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade
June 24, 2016
In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water
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Cohen: Why Is The Western Media Ignoring The New Cold War?
June 17, 2016
Interview on Russia, NATO, and our mainstream media's refusal to report on the New Cold War
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Sanders: Rally in Washington, DC
June 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders Live from Washington DC - A Future to Believe in Rally Live Event
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Solomon: Trump, Sanders’ Next Steps & Media Coverage of the 2016 Race
June 10, 2016
The debate continues on racist remarks, Clinton’s plan to reach out to Sanders supporters, and the decision by the Associated Press and NBC to call the race for Clinton on the eve of the California primary
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Solomon: A Debate on Best Path Forward for Democratic Party
June 9, 2016
Where does the race go from here?
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Chomsky: Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (Universal Income)
June 4, 2016
Talking about the concept of a basic income guarantee also known as a universal income
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Harnecker: Strategies for Social Change
May 29, 2016
A talk on people's power and political instruments.
Recent Blogs
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Khan: Religious beliefs versus rational thinking
July 31, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 31, 2016 From a Humanistic point of...
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Khan: Kashmir, Palestine and my Facebook Friends
July 26, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 26, 2016 At present, I have about...
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Wittner: Superpowers Are Violent Powers
July 17, 2016
If asked to identify the world’s superpowers today, most people...
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Khan: Kashmiris Right to Determine Their Future Is the Only Solution to the Kashmir Conflict
July 16, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 16, 2016 Today Professor Raj Bhat, himself...
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Fitz: Green Time TV: Preparing for Danger
July 16, 2016
Green Time TV Preparing for Danger by Don Fitz Many...
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Khan: Brtual Indian oppression continues in Kashmir
July 15, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 15, 2016 The partition of India in...
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edwards: The Self Segregation of Retail Workers
July 15, 2016
REI workers in Seattle are stirring. Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant...
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Ganchev: Graduate schools for public policy/affairs?
July 13, 2016
My friend wants to do graduate study in public affairs...
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