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From Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most well-known death row inmate. In 1982 he was sentenced to death for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. Numerous efforts, based on new and suppressed evidence, to secure Abu-Jamal a new trial have thus far failed. His case has sparked demonstrations and the formation of support groups throughout the world.
The Attack on Women & Welfare
Mimi Abramovitz
The burden of welfare reform falls overwhelmingly on poor women of color, yet discussions in Washington, state capitals and in the media scrupulously avoid mentioning gender, race and class. The public is told that support for the needy is dangerous and corrupting and furthermore there is no money for such programs. The new welfare law […]
Today, Iraq. Tomorrow . . . ?
As'ad AbuKhalil
A Pax Americana is emerging in the Middle East. Today the U.S. stands astride Iraq. The Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean are virtually U.S. lakes guarded over by the largest naval armadas in the world. American planes command the skies. The Middle East is dotted with and surrounded by U.S. military bases. […]
Iraq: Refuting the Bush Allegations
As'ad AbuKhalil
Since his “axis of evil” speech, President Bush has had Iraq in his gunsights. It now seems that war is inevitable. The drumbeats are almost deafening. The most powerful nation in history will lead the charge against a country of 22 million people. Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, one of the cradles of civilization, the land between […]
Organize: Honoring Howard Zinn
Bill Moyers
Joe Hill, born in Sweden, emigrated to the United States in 1902, where he became a migrant laborer. When he was a dockworker in California, Hill joined the Industrial Workers of the World, the IWW. He traveled widely, writing political songs, making speeches and organizing workers under the IWW banner. In 1915, while working in […]
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 […]
Shredding the Constitution
Glenn Greenwald
The Constitution is often referred to in reverential, almost sacred terms. Its framers too are endowed with near holy qualities. Politicians vie with one another as they pay lip service to the country’s founding document. But over the years from the Palmer Raids to political witch-hunts known as McCarthyism to COINTELPRO to the present, the […]
Climate Justice
Brian Tokar
Earth Days come and go. Wonderful speeches are made. Corporations, the biggest polluters, take out ads assuring the public they are green and are dedicated to preserving the environment. And then it’s plunder and exploit business as usual. Planet Earth, the ship we are all passengers on is gradually going down. Moving deck chairs around […]
U.S. & Iran: Collision Course
Stephen Zunes
Iran and the United States are on a collision course. The U.S. has never forgiven or accepted the 1979 Islamic revolution. The overthrow of its satrap, the shah was a major blow to U.S. hegemony in the Middle East. That it came in a country with some of the world’s largest oil and natural gas […]
The South and National Politics
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn takes exception to the title he was given for his talk. He says, “I don’t like to talk about Southern influence in national politics because it perpetuates a kind of mythology which I think is very prevalent in American thinking…and that is that we have a fine, decent, democratic, beautifully structured, lovely country […]
Speaking to 8th Grade Students
Howard Zinn
Spend an hour with Howard Zinn and more than 200 students and teachers at Ephraim Curtis Middle School in the Boston suburb of Sudbury. Howard Zinn speaks and then students ask questions. A delightful morning assembly.
I Was a Pushcart Peddler, Ph.D.
Howard Zinn
2 CDs This is Howard Zinn at his best. His sense of humor is mixed with a sharp intellectual critique. He says: “There’s no free marketplace of ideas any more than there is a free marketplace of goods. People talk about the free market. There’s no such thing. Every market is dominated by those people […]

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