Will future generations note April 20, 2010—the day the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster began—as a greater turning point than Sept. 11, 2001? Our readers weigh in…
The Strange Case of Rwanda Book Review: THE POLITICS OF GENOCIDE by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson Monthly Review Press, New York, 2010 by Gerald Caplan, Pambazuka News Edward Herman is a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania… Read moreTHE POLITICS OF DENIALISM
Continue ReadingTHE POLITICS OF DENIALISMDockworkers Worldwide Respond to Israel’s Flotilla Massacre by Greg Dropkin, LabourNet, UK Three weeks after the massacre on the Freedom Flotilla, ILWU dockworkers in the San Francisco Bay area delayed an Israeli Zim Lines ship for 24 hours, the Swedish… Read moreBLOCKADE!
Continue ReadingBLOCKADE!by Billy Wharton, In These Times If arrogant disregard for humanity and the natural world were qualities that triggered the seizure of assets, BP would have been under public ownership long ago. It still isn’t. But BP’s criminal act of… Read moreBP: THE CASE FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Continue ReadingBP: THE CASE FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIPPolice have raided electrical workers unions across Iraq, carrying out a Ministry of Electricity order that prohibits “all trade union activities at the ministry and its departments and sites.”
