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The New American Imperialism
Noam Chomsky
Imperial systems are sustained not only through violence or its threat but through a network of client states and dependent regimes. Take Mubarak of Egypt. After rigging the most recent election he is now Egypt’s longest-running ruler since the Pharaoh Ramses the Second. Not content with that distinction he once again extended the emergency rule […]
The Long War and Resistance
Tom Hayden
President Eisenhower’s 1953 Cross of Iron speech is often not recalled. The former general said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not […]
The Mainstreaming of Extremism
Arun Gupta
The rise of right-wing politics is sometimes traced to Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican convention. But perhaps a better place to start is the 1971 memo written by Lewis Powell, who would later be appointed by Nixon to the Supreme Court. Powell sent his memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He […]
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 […]
The Art of Democracy
Raj Patel
Democracy. Rule of the people. Origins in ancient Greece. In Greece today, democracy is in the streets with people protesting and resisting bank bailouts, wage and pension cuts and structural adjustment. The U.S. loves democracy so much it goes to war to impose it. Remarkable. Elections are an integral part of democracy. But what happens […]
The Tea Party Movement
Chip Berlet
Taking its name from the famous pre-Revolutionary action of colonists in Boston, the Tea Party movement has made a political impact. For example, Bob Bennett, three-term conservative senator from Utah was stripped of the Republican nomination by the Tea Party. What sparks their activism? There is the rage of those tossed overboard as they watch […]
India: Field Notes on Democracy
Arundhati Roy
The ads on TV whisper “Incredible India.” And then you see images of temples, colorful textiles, yogis, tigers, and the Taj. It’s almost a cliche: India, with 1.2 billion people, is the world’s largest democracy. However, democracy is more than just elections. When you examine the actual policies of the Indian state you find a […]
The Center Cannot Hold
Noam Chomsky
About seven million households are facing possible foreclosure while Citigroup raked in almost $4.5 billion for the first quarter. Unemployment both short and long term are at levels not seen since the Great Depression. The U.S. has deep structural economic problems which cannot be masked over with upbeat reports on a so-called recovery. The line […]
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 […]
The Coming Conflict with China
Michael Klare
With the decline in U.S. economic power, a similar decline in its political influence inevitably follows. In the military arena the U.S. reigns supreme. No country comes even close in matching its lethal firepower and massive Pentagon budgets. As its economic position weakens, Washington may be tempted to turn even more to its trump card-guns-in […]
Bailouts, Banks & Pyramids
Nomi Prins
We hear a lot about bulls and bears and the magic of the stock market. The magic is shared by a few. The richest 10 percent own 84 percent of all shares of stock. Remember the days when Republicans prided themselves on being fiscally responsible? Well, they’re long gone. The deficit and the debt are […]
Armenian Golgotha
Peter Balakian
On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government launched the genocide of the Armenians. The state-sponsored mass murder campaign destroyed the millennia-old Armenian people in their historic homeland. Their churches and schools were razed to the ground. Their homes and lands were seized. Their culture and memories erased. Talaat Pasha, one of the architects of the […]

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