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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 […]
AR Primer on Fascism
Jason Stanley, Chris Hedges, Michael Parenti, Nancy MacLean, Chip Berlet, Henry Giroux
Includes:
- How Fascism Works
- Stopping Fascism
- Fascism: The False Revolution
- Origins of Radical Right-Wing Power
- Mobilizing Resentment
- Orwell, Huxley & the New Authoritarianism
Lies, Cliches and the Middle East
Robert Fisk
Words are a contested battlefield. Propagandists long ago figured out if you control the vocabulary you could dominate any debate or issue, conflict or war. On almost any given day you can read or hear variants of the following: Our enemies live in strongholds and emerge from nests or caves to carry out brazen ambushes. […]
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, […]
Recognizing Bias
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
We all almost automatically think of ourselves as somehow evolved and enlightened and free from bias. Hey, I look at someone and judge that person on the merits of his or her character. Race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, geographical origin, accent don’t factor in at all. We might be kidding ourselves to think we […]
Shakti: Feminine Power for Change
Vandana Shiva
When you hear the word Shakti, you may think of the great fusion band of a few years back. But it has another meaning and dimension. In Sanskrit, it means “female creative power.” In Hindu cosmology, Shakti is the divine force, manifesting to destroy demonic forces and restore balance. Humanity is facing unprecedented threats, a […]
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 […]
Damaged Care
Stephen Bezruchka
The most enduring and quoted tradition in medicine is the Hippocratic Oath. It states, “As to diseases, make a habit of two things, to help, or at least, to do no harm.” Yet, the U.S., which spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world and is known for its medical schools and […]
Saudi Arabia: History & Politics
Madawi Al-Rasheed
Saudi Arabia is a quixotic ally of the U.S., to say the least. Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were from the desert kingdom. In the wake of the attack, the U.S. flew Saudi elites out of the country and then preceded to invade Afghanistan, though no Afghans were involved in 9/11. You figure it […]
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 […]
Blackwater: Mercenary Army
Jeremy Scahill
A hidden story of the U.S. war on Iraq has been the use private contractors, a shadow force almost as big as the American army. The major company operating in Iraq and raking in millions of dollars in taxpayer money is Blackwater. The well-connected North Carolina-based firm is the elite Praetorian Guard of the so-called […]
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
Naomi Klein
The growth in the power and reach of multinational corporations can be traced to the idea developed by management theorists in the mid-1980s that corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products. The Nikes and Hilfigers took the cue. Riding the wave of so-called trade liberalization, they moved manufacturing overseas to low-wage countries. They […]

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