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Chhattisgarh: The Future of India?
Nandini Sundar
There are multiple insurgencies all over India. Noted writer and dissident intellectual Arundhati Roy says there is “a juggernaut of injustices” sparking revolt. Many of the struggles are taking place around the corporate exploitation of natural resources and the displacement of largely indigenous people who live in areas rich in minerals and timber. But there’s […]
Planetary Tipping Points
Lester Brown
Author and critic Susan Sontag once wrote, “A permanent modern scenario: apocalypse looms, and it doesn’t occur . Apocalypse has become an event that is happening, and not happening. It may be that some of the most feared events, like those involving the irreparable ruin of the environment, have already happened. But we don’t know […]
Food Sovereignty
Eric Holt-Giménez
“Food is the weak link that brought down earlier civilizations,” says author Lester Brown. And it could bring our own civilization down if we continue with business as usual. We are entering a new food era, one marked by higher prices, growing numbers of hungry people, and an intensifying competition for land and water. A […]
Against Discouragement
Howard Zinn
It wasn’t that long ago when the U.S. labeled the African National Congress as a terrorist organization. Its leader, Nelson Mandela languished for years in prison. Then because of massive grassroots movement and international support through boycott and divestment, Mandela is released and South Africa frees itself from its apartheid regime. Throughout history people have […]
Bridging the Media Gaps
Amy Goodman
The political establishment determines the boundaries of conventional discourse. So typically mainstream media debates revolve around: How many troops are required for Afghanistan? Or should drone attacks on Pakistan be expanded? The embedded premises are never articulated and thus are never open to scrutiny, understanding, and challenge. The media mostly function as a kind of […]
Torture: Stripping Bare the Body
Mark Danner
A former president of Haiti, once observed that political violence “strips bare the social body” allowing us “to place the stethoscope and track the real life beneath the skin.” This stripping bare produces a “moment of nudity” that presents an opportunity to place the stethoscope against the naked skin and listen to the reality beneath. […]
Poverty and Human Rights
Irene Khan
The problem of the world’s poor is at its core a human rights issue. The worldwide economic downturn is working its way through every level of the global economy. Many people in the industrialized West are experiencing its negative effects with loss of jobs, savings, and homes. But the recession’s impact on people in the […]
Empire of Illusion
Chris Hedges
Many sectors of the media and the general culture form veritable weapons of mass distraction. Maybe they should be monitored to protect citizens with regular inspections from the United Nations. Perhaps the Surgeon General should label TV programs the same way she labels cigarettes and alcohol. So while we are enduring yet another episode of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thinking Outside the Box
Helena Norberg-Hodge
The current economic system, with its almost total disregard for nature, is steamrolling both people and the planet. Profits uber alles inevitably will lead to social and ecological breakdowns. Bold, innovative ideas are needed to repair and nurture the earth. The traditional path of growth for growth’s sake and conventional notions of development require urgent […]
Economy, Ecology & Empire
John Bellamy Foster
George Orwell once observed, “To see what is in front of your nose needs a constant struggle.” Certainly when it comes to the interrelated crises in the economy, the environment and imperialism that seems to hold true. The obvious eludes most citizens. The media divert people’s attention or simply fail to provide crucial information. And […]

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