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The Iran Deal
Trita Parsi
The self-styled deal maker is a deal-breaker when it comes to the historic agreement limiting Iranian uranium enrichment in return for the lifting of sanctions. Trump refused to certify Iranian compliance and passed the ball to Congress which now must decide. But the UN monitoring agency has determined that Tehran is adhering to the conditions […]
In Conversation
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was a cultural icon. His observations on the destructiveness and dehumanization of the 20th century, distilled by his rich imagination and quirky view of events and their time frames, make for delightful reading and listening experiences. His irreverence is palpable, as is his disdain for Bush administration. Asked by a journalist for an […]
The Arrogance of Empire
Michael Parenti
The ancient Greeks wrote often about hubris, arrogance, as a fatal flaw. It brought down the mightiest of kings and kingdoms. Today, U.S. armadas rule the seas and its jets and satellites control the skies. Its power is unchallenged. However, as Buddhism teaches, no condition is permanent. The seeds of the America’s eclipse are being […]
The Slide to War with Iran
Nader Hashemi
The U.S. and Iran are on a collision course. The name-calling and saber rattling are ominous. The New York Times headline reads: “Iran Calls U.S. ‘Desperate and Confused.’ Trump vows ‘Obliteration.’” Is Iran going to commit suicide by attacking the world’s most lethal military? Washington is exerting what it calls “maximum pressure” on Iran and on anyone […]
On Propaganda
Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti says, “The first premise of propaganda in the United States today is that it doesn’t exist, that there is no propaganda from the established media and from the government and that we have only ‘information.’ Propaganda is something that other people do.“ If you say that there is propaganda in the U.S. you […]
Air-Brushing History
Howard Zinn
Studs Terkel, the great historian, says the U.S. suffers from a kind of national Alzheimer’s disease. Aided and abetted by the media and the education system there are aspects of history that are simply forgotten. Take say the Nuremberg trials after World War II where the top Nazis faced justice. What were they accused of? […]
Obama: The Continuity of U.S. Policy
Tariq Ali
From Cairo to Oslo to his Aug. 31, 2010 Oval Office address, Obama has delivered one uplifting homily after another. Each speech is replete with euphemisms generated by White House staff writers to describe America’s glowing mission in the world: “Our country has borne a special burden in global affairs,” “Our cause is just, our […]
Generative Grammar
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Chomsky begins by describing a formative experience in his early linguistics career. In 1946 he realized that The Bible was mistranslated. The Bible begins “In the beginning god created…“ That’s a mistranslation due to grammatical errors by Masoretic scholars who put the vowels in around the 8th century. Young Noam at 18 years old […]
To the People Who Live in Darkness
Michael Parenti
The battle to shape and control people’s minds is waged aggressively and forcefully by elites. Big bucks go toward molding the consciousness of working people. Antonio Gramsci, the great Italian Marxist and an influence on Michael Parenti, advocated for what he called “organic intellectuals,” i.e., a well-educated cadre who connects their knowledge with people and […]
The Radical Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer
Haley Pessin
Fannie Lou Hamer was a fighter for equality and justice who said, “If I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom.” Going against entrenched racism she was able to accomplish much in gaining voting rights for African Americans. She died in 1977 at the age of 59. Voting rights […]
What is Language?
Noam Chomsky
Every five years the International Permanent Committee of Linguists (CIPL) organizes The International Congress of Linguists (ICL). The Société Suisse de Linguistique (SSL) hosted the 19th congress in Geneva. The theme was The Language-Cognition Interface. Noam Chomsky gave this jocular keynote address in which he marches through evolving definitions of terms in the field of […]
Settlements: Obstacles to Peace
Kathy Christison
There are some 500,000 Israelis living in settlements on what is almost universally regarded as Palestinian land . The first houses went up in the late 1960s and have continued under both Labor and Likud governments. They are the “facts on the ground” Israeli leaders said they wanted to create. There are freezes, partial freezes, […]

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