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Education: The Shame of the Nation
Jonathan Kozol
Almost four years ago, and with much fanfare, President Bush signed the “No Child Left Behind” law. It placed sweeping new requirements on schools, teachers and students for greater accountability and improved performance on standardized tests. But the new mandates did not come with enough new money. And the narrow focus on testing for a […]
Just & Unjust Wars
Howard Zinn
From ancient Athens to 21st century America, the rhetoric is the same. When “the dogs of war” are set loose, there is a cascade of jingoistic platitudes and cliches. We want peace. When we fight a war, it is just. We are good. The enemy is evil. We are victims seeking justice. We are making […]
The Decline of the Global North
Vijay Prashad
The Global North or the West is a group of countries led by the United States. In juxtaposition is the Global South, once called the Third World. In recent years, the Global North has undergone a significant economic and political decline. The geopolitical landscape is shifting thus opening new possibilities for Global South countries, particularly […]
Ukraine-Russia 3-Pack
Medea Benjamin, John Mearsheimer, Ray McGovern
Includes:
- The Selling of the Ukraine War
- Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War
- Hidden History of U.S., Ukraine, Russia Relations
The Illusion of Growth
Vandana Shiva
In this interview with David Barsamian following her Seeds of Freedom keynote speech at the 8th Annual Traditional Agriculture & Sustainable Living Conference in New Mexico, Dr. Shiva questions the notion of growth and the idea of the world as a machine.
Economic Warfare: From Argentina to Iraq
Naomi Klein
Warfare does not only occur on battlefields. There’s another kind that is waged in corporate boardrooms and in the suites of the IMF and World Bank. Its lethality and casualties are different from conventional warfare. Workers lose their jobs or are forced to work for lower wages. Public services are rolled back and cut. Hard […]
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? […]
The Other September 11: Chile, 1973
Peter Kornbluh
September 11 is now engraved on the consciousness of Americans. Yet for the South American country of Chile, the date has a different and much more tragic significance. It was on that day in 1973 that the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a CIA-backed military coup. Augusto Pinochet seized power. In the […]
History as Mystery
Michael Parenti
One of America’s leading progressive thinkers discusses his book History as Mystery. He demonstrates how history’s victors distort and suppress the truth to perpetuate their power and privilege. In his inimitable and incisive style, he examines class biases of pack historians and why they mystify the past, historians’ debt to Marx, the strange death of Zachary Taylor, conspiracy theories, psychohistory, […]
How I Became An Activist
Michael Parenti
In the Spanish of the American Southwest a palito is a piece of kindling wood that ignites the larger logs. What is that palito that sparks a passive citizen to become an activist? We are all products of many influences. One big factor for me (AR’s David Barsamian) was my uncle Sarkis Hagopian. He wasn’t […]
The Open Veins of Venezuela
Steve Ellner
Historically, Venezuela has been an ATM machine for U.S. corporations. Located on the northern coast of South America with a population of 32 million, Venezuela is rich in natural resources: diamonds, bauxite, gold, iron ore, natural gas and oil, especially oil. The election of Hugo Chavez in 1998 heralded in what he called the Bolivarian Revolution. It was […]
The Resurgent U.S. Labor Movement
Richard Wolff
In 1970 unions represented about 30% of private-sector workers. Today that number is just 6%. As unions declined over the past half-century, workers suffered. They were paid poorly, they lost health care, retirement benefits and control over their schedules. Deaths of despair from drugs, alcohol and suicide surged among blue-collar workers. And the bosses, the […]

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