“The People Win”: A Venezuela Election Report from Chavez’s Hometown
The impromptu motorcade set off as soon as news of Hugo Chavez’s crushing election victory on Sunday, October 7th reached the town of Sabaneta, Venezuela, the president’s hometown.
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Adivasi Movements in India: An Interview with Poet Waharu Sonavane
“Adivasis believe in the values of nature -- the wind blows for all equally. Our lives should be based on equality and love, and protecting and caring for this life. Living life is not just eating, drinking and sleeping. Revolution is not something you make one day and it is finished. How we take this change towards humanity is our fight!” - Waharu Sonavane
The Empire Trapped: The US’ Unpromising Role in the New Middle East
Empires don’t crumble overnight. A fall of an empire can be as agonizingly long as its rise. Signs of that collapse are oftentimes subtle and might not be followed by a big boom of any sort, but can be unambiguous and definite.
Book Review: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, two veteran war correspondents -- Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco -- tour the most desperate, impoverished, physically and socially devastated areas in the United States.
Devaluation of the US Dollar: Implications for Economies of the Global South
Propping up the US financial system is a clever ploy that vests power in the top one per cent globally, with dire consequences on commodity prices and forward planning. The peoples of Africa and the global South must adopt measures to respond to this cascading economic and political maelstrom.
That Defining Moment: On Anti-Muslim Films, Cartoons and My Gaza Neighbor
A neighbor of mine, of many years ago from a Gaza refugee camp, was a sacrilegious person par excellence. Unemployed like most inhabitants of the camp, he was extremely poor.