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A Recipe for Fascism

Chris Hedges November 9, 2010 Chris Hedges

American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the dismantling of our manufacturing sector and the deadly assault on the ecosystem. On the other side stands a mass of increasingly bitter people whose alienation, desperation and rage fuel emotionally driven and incoherent political agendas. It is a recipe for fascism. read more

Women Declare War on Gender Violence

Kanya D’Almeida November 9, 2010 Kanya D’Almeida

Source: IPS News

Women from a dozen countries convened in New York this week to share their struggles to implement state legislation and empower women at the grassroots level to put an end to gender- based violence (GBV) worldwide.

Hosted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Nov. 4-5 high-level consultation entitled ‘Delivering as One on Violence Against Women: From Intent to Action’ addressed the triumphs and tribulations of the Inter-Agency Task Force’s pilot programme on GBV. read more

The Future of Latin America’s Leftist Movements

Kari Lydersen November 9, 2010 Kari Lydersen

What happens after you win? That is, as fearless grassroots social movements have brought leftist, pro-worker parties to power in one after another Latin American country during the past decade, how do these movements maintain true democracy and commitment to the rights of the marginalized once faced with the challenge of a neoliberal global economy?

India: Militarizing Space with U.S. Help

Matthew Hoey and Joan Johnson-Freese November 8, 2010 Matthew Hoey and Joan Johnson-Freese

India is using space development as a way to advance a stronger geostrategic position in the region and globally. The U.S. defense industry is facilitating this military expansion with its aggressive move in to South Asian markets to supplement reductions in their Pentagon contracts.

Chomsky: Americans are Outraged and Misguided

Noam Chomsky November 5, 2010 Noam Chomsky

People in the US rightly want answers, and they are not getting them except from voices that tell tales that have some internal coherence—if you suspend disbelief and enter into their world of irrationality and deceit.

Social Movements and States in Latin America: Dancing with Dynamite East Coast Book Tour

Toward Freedom November 4, 2010 Toward Freedom

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Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America (AK Press)

By Benjamin Dangl

For an excerpt and table of contents, visit www.dancingwithdynamite.com

“Ben Dangl breaks the sound barrier, exploding many myths about Latin America that are all-too-often amplified by the corporate media in the United States. Read this much-needed book.”—Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!

“Dancing with Dynamite dares tonavigate the cloudy waters of Latin American social movements in the wake of the neoliberal wave, something which increasingly fewer thinkers and activists dare to do, but which turns out to be urgent.”—Raúl Zibechi, Uruguayan journalist and author of Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces read more