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Changing Contours of Global Order
Noam Chomsky
Speech given at the University of Deakin, Melbourne, Australia, November 4, 2011.
Capitalism and Health
Stephen Bezruchka
Is health care a right or just another commodity, subject to market fluctuations, to be bought and sold? As long ago as 1944, FDR said that health care was a right. A few years later, Truman tried to advance a national health plan. He got nowhere. Our health care system is located in a political […]
Vandana Shiva 3-pack
Vandana Shiva
Includes:
- Interconnectedness
- The Pandemic Wake-up Call
- Eco-Social Justice on the Global Frontlines
The RSS: Fascism in India
Arundhati Roy
The realities of India are in sharp contrast with the image it projects internationally. For example, you probably haven’t heard of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS. It is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary organization. The RSS, with its millions of members, exerts enormous influence and power in India. Its political party is the […]
Imperialism in the Age of Obama
John Pilger
The election of Barack Obama was greeted in many circles with a combination of relief and euphoria. It was of course historic. But does Obama represent a genuine change from the previous regime? Eloquence and charisma, while attractive qualities are not policy. Obama is imbued with the same imperial mentality that prevails in Washington in […]
Pushing Back at Amazon
Joe Allen
Amazon, the retail behemoth, is named after the giant river in South America. The company began in the Seattle area in 1994. Since then it has not just grown and expanded but has transformed marketing. Consumers are attracted to in some instances, lower prices but overwhelmingly it’s the sheer convenience of online shopping and home […]
Black Empowerment
Cornel West
Cornel West declares, “A specter of despair haunts America. Wealth inequality and class polarization are escalating. This bleak portrait is accentuated among African Americans. The fragile black middle class fights a white backlash. And the besieged black poor struggle to survive. Nearly thirty years after Dr. King’s murder, black America sits on the brink of […]
Food: Listen to Grandma
Vandana Shiva
In response to the question, “How do you activate people who say, ‘Well, you know, I’m not an expert on these issues. I don’t know what chemicals are involved. It’s all a bit too complicated for me.” Vandana Shiva, says “As far as issues of food are concerned and toxics in food are concerned, people […]
Costs of Empire
Michael Parenti
Discussions about empire are carefully controlled and constructed. It’s fine to talk about the Byzantine, Ottoman and British varieties. However, the subject of U.S. empire, when not ignored outright, is couched in euphemisms like the “free market” or “free trade.” Other favorites are “national interest” and “national security.” U.S. global intervention is framed in terms […]
The Justice System’s War on Kids
Cara Drinan
The juvenile justice system is off the rails. It is in urgent need of reform. The U.S. incarcerates roughly 2 million children every year, even though 95 percent of them have not been convicted of a violent crime. Too many of them are held in adult facilities. The systemic problems range from racism to brutality and extreme […]
Voodoo Economics
Michael Parenti
During the 1980 Republican presidential primaries, Bush the elder was running against Reagan. He derided Reagan’s pledge to cut taxes while hugely increasing the defense budget as “voodoo economics.” It was designed to line the pockets of the few at the expense of the many. Deficits exploded in the 1980s after tax rates were cut […]
U.S. and Cuba: Back to the Past
Peter Kornbluh
The island of Cuba has preoccupied Washington officials for decades. Prior to the 1959 Fidel Castro-led Revolution, Cuba was a virtual U.S. colony. It was also a mafia playground. The Revolution changed all of that. Cuba allied itself with the Soviet Union. Goaded by an influential lobby in Florida, the U.S. engaged in assassinations, invasion, […]

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