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From Empire to Earth Community
David Korten
From the beginning of the United States the prevailing ethic was not to accommodate but to dominate. Indians were called “merciless savages” in the Declaration of Independence. They would be wiped out in great numbers and their culture destroyed. Nature was seen as wild and warranted conquest. Patterns of overconsumption and environmental degradation continue today. […]
The Attack on the Constitution
Al Gore
Political leaders in the United States often refer to the Constitution in reverential tones with a touch of awe. The Founding Fathers, who crafted the document, are lauded for their wisdom and sagacity. But now that very base of the republic is under attack. Using September 11th as a justification, the Bush administration has made […]
Race, Gender & Class Struggle
Michael Parenti
Albert Einstein once said that it is easier to split the atom than to crack a prejudice. Prejudices abound about all cultures and societies. In the U.S., we pretend there is no class or that we are almost all satisfied members of the middle-class. Class struggle? What’s that about? Are you some kind of Marxist? […]
Gandhian Civil Disobedience & Nonviolence
Arun Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is an epic figure of the 20th century. He was dubbed “Mahatma,” great soul, by another remarkable Indian, Rabindranath Tagore. Gandhi led a unique struggle to free India from Britsih colonial rule. He decided to resist the British with, what he called, “satyagraha,” or truth force. It was based on the principles […]
Squelching Dissent
Jules Boykoff
What happens to the fragile sinews of democracy when the government itself engages in criminality? From the Palmer Raids after World War 1 to the McCarthy witch-hunt to launching wars of aggression in Indochina, Washington has sought to squelch dissent. Today there are new attempts to intimidate opposition to state policies particularly the war on […]
Blue Grit
Laura Flanders
Something is really rotten in Denmark when Bush invokes the name of Truman. Truman and his four-time elected predecessor, FDR spoke more to the common man than the Rockefellers and Morgans. However, over the decades, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The Democrats, perhaps seeking to out Republican the Republicans, drifted […]
Racism: Then and Now
Angela Davis
Radio shock jock Don Imus’s racist and misogynistic remarks about the Rutgers Women’s basketball team ignited protest that resulted in his being taken off the air. Another radio host, Neil Boortz, called former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney a “ghetto slut.” Defenders of such of such outrages say, Hey, They do it. Just listen to gangsta rapper […]
The Case of Sacco & Vanzetti
Howard Zinn
From Massachusetts to California, immigrants today are the target of government raids and deportations. A massive wall is being built between Mexico and the United States. Armed vigilantes, self-styled Minutemen, patrol the border. U.S. history has been marked by periodic outbursts of anti-immigrant racism fueled by jingoism. One notorious example was the case of the […]
Challenging Empire: U.S Middle East Policy
Phyllis Bennis
“Saddam Hussein and his weapons are a direct threat to this country,” warned President Bush just two weeks before launching the war. U.S. troops will be greeted as “liberators,” the Vice President predicted. A servile press corps, perhaps better called a press corpse, went along and asked few questions. Washington invades Iraq on totally false […]
Apocalypse Now: Christian Fundamentalism
Chip Berlet
Fundamentalist preachers and doctrines have for long been part of the American landscape. In recent years, starting with Billy Graham, they have moved prominently into the political arena with bromides and nostrums on domestic and foreign policy. Take Pastor John Hagee, a Texas-based evangelical. He broadcasts on radio and TV and has reportedly millions of […]
White Supremacy, Patriarchy, & Capitalism
Robert Jensen
There is a close connection between who rules and who benefits. Today in the U.S the gap between rich and everyone else has reached levels not seen since the 1890s. Tax breaks and tax cuts have enabled the top 1% to corner 20% of the nation’s income and more than 40% of the wealth. Those […]
Cable News Confidential
Jeff Cohen
The advent of CNN, the first 24/7 news channel in 1980, was hailed as a revolutionary development in media. It was soon to be followed by others. The results have not been encouraging. Most of the so-called news consists of fluff pieces on celebrity deaths, divorces, marriages, adoptions, babies, affairs and kidnappings. Recall Fox’s Geraldo […]

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