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Genocide & Modernity
Peter Balakian
Stalin, once cynically remarked, If you kill one person it is a tragedy, but if you kill a million, it is a statistic. It is difficult to comprehend large-scale horror. The crime of genocide in some ways has defined modern times. With technology, states have become more efficient at mass murder. But the term genocide […]
Earth to Humans: Enough Already
Bill McKibben
You’ve heard the bad joke right? If the earth were a bank it would be bailed out. We have been diddling while the planet gradually sizzles. Conferences from Kyoto to Copenhagen come and go. Not much happens. The Congress? Well, the interests of big oil and coal come first, earth second. We have waited too […]
Egypt: From Pharaoh to Pharaoh
Mohamad Elmasry
Egypt’s latest pharaoh is Field Marshall Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He orchestrated a coup toppling the democratically elected government of Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013. The U.S. refused to call it a coup, rather it lauded the action as “restoring democracy.” About a year later Sisi became president in a farcical election where he got […]
Israel, Iran & the US: Treacherous Alliance
Trita Parsi
You know the old saw, politics makes strange bedfellows. How about this one? Israel, Iran and the U.S. Yep, hard to believe but true. For many years the three acted in close cooperation. It’s a story that’s barely known. And for good reason. It is inconvenient. It’s like being reminded that the U.S. supported Saddam […]
Democracy & the Failure of Neoliberal Globalization
Joseph Stiglitz
Neoliberal economics has exposed the dark side of the American dream. It took off with Reagan and Thatcher. For most workers incomes have stagnated except for the very rich, whose incomes have more than quadrupled. Biden correctly points out that millions of people have gotten new jobs. But despite that, the typical family is actually […]
Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain & American Empire
Stephen Kinzer
Why has the United States intervened so often in foreign lands? What are its origins? Having expanded its borders largely through its destruction of Indigenous peoples the U.S. went on to project its power globally. Today, its empire of bases rings the Earth. According to Monthly Review the U.S. “has at least eight hundred military bases located in eighty-five […]
Gaza, International Law & the Biden Presidency
Sarah Leah Whitson
Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams writes, “Along with persistent protests at public events held by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, recent polling is continuously demonstrating that the White House’s vehement support for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza despite the rising civilian death toll is not winning them accolades among the voters […]
Food Justice
Vandana Shiva
The global financial debacle has drowned out coverage of the rise in food prices. There are billion-dollar bailouts for banks while the poor go hungry. A billion people around the world face food insecurity. The crisis has arisen from a mix of speculation and deregulation, promotion of inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, the diversion […]
The Boulder Interviews
Eqbal Ahmad
2 CDs These far-reaching and fascinating interviews demonstrate Ahmad’s enormous acumen, ability and knowledge and develop the ideas in “The Amherst Interviews” and “Distorted Histories.” Topics: Arab and Jewish stereotypes; Muhammad Iqbal and the Sufi poetry tradition; conflicts in Sri Lanka and the Balkans; pathologies of power in postcolonial states; resistance strategies to neoliberalism; the […]
AI & the Crisis of Capitalism
John Cassidy
AI, artificial intelligence, is rapidly expanding along with its promises and dangers. On the promises side, tech bros like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, thanks to AI, “We will see diseases get cured at an unprecedented rate.” AI critics such as Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize winner who has been called the “Godfather of AI,” warns of the technology’s […]
Freefall: The Economic Crash
Joseph Stiglitz
It’s been the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression. And it isn’t over. Chronic long-term unemployment remains high. The state of many states, cities and towns is dire. Crippling budget cuts result in drastic reductions in services and hikes in such things as tuition fees. And on the housing front? The bubble that burst. More than ten […]
Monocultures of the Mind
Vandana Shiva
Over centuries, communities all over the world have developed knowledge and skills to derive livelihoods from the bounties of nature’s diversity. Today, traditional agriculture is being undermined by external inputs and new rules of international trade. Globalization advocates render local knowledge invisible by declaring it non-existent or illegitimate. Monocultures of the mind generate models of […]

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