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Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Peter Balakian
For Armenians around the world, “April,” to quote Eliot, is indeed “the cruelest month.” On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government launched a genocidal campaign of deportation and extermination, effectively ending the millennia-old Armenian presence in eastern Turkey. Amazingly, to this day Turkey denies the genocide. And the U.S. goes along with this charade. A […]
The Gulf War
Noam Chomsky
Nationalism, Human Rights and Interpretation
Edward Said
Middle East Peace Process
Noam Chomsky
Q & A with Trade Unionists
Noam Chomsky
The Quran
Fred Denny
The Clash of Barbarisms
Gilbert Achcar
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national Security Advisor and frequent talk show guest, contends that the main task facing the managers of American empire is “to prevent collusion and maintain dependence among the vassals, keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together.” Pax Americana, America uber alles is the order of the […]
The Media Monopoly
Ben Bagdikian
Ben Bagdikian describes the growing concentration of media ownership in the U.S. and how it is increasingly determining the news we read, hear and see. He discerns a “steady pattern of the media looking the other way, of avoiding obvious causes and consequences, so as not to weaken or threaten the status quo.” He contends […]
Economy Up, People Down
Doug Henwood
It’s a strange phenomenon. Corporate profits are soaring while the average worker is putting in more and more hours and earning less and less. Productivity has increased while wages have been stagnant or declining for the last twenty years. The percentage of corporate income devoted to payrolls is hovering near a record low. CEO salaries […]
Pakistani Bombshells
Pervez Hoodbhoy
For more than half of its existence, since its formation in 1947, Pakistan has been ruled by the military. A poet lamented, “Now each day is fair and balmy, Everywhere you look: the army.” The country hasn’t done much better with civilian leaders. Almost all of them have been notoriously corrupt. Today, another general, Pervez […]
Corporate Power: Profits Before People
Ralph Nader
“Hats off! It was a heck of a year,” trumpets Fortune magazine. “Productivity gains and relentless restructuring generated impressive profits for the Fortune 500.” Sounds great, doesn’t it? But there’s a disturbing paradox: while corporate profits are soaring, people are getting poorer. Workers are putting in longer hours and earning less. Poverty rates and inequality […]
The Politics of Family Values
Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward
“Family values” is a political football thrown all over the field. It’s a rich vein of rhetoric mined by politicians who can’t seem to finish a paragraph without denouncing “deadbeat dads” and “welfare moms.” What are the underlying impulses that drive both Democrats and Republicans in making family values such a contentious issue? How do […]

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