The Wizard of Oz: A Man Behind the American Dream
Enchanting, joyful and magical are the words that describe the film, The Wizard of Oz. After its release in 1939, it became a classic and one of America’s most beloved films. Based on the 1900 novel by...
View ArticleGeorge Carlin, Muse of the 99%
George Carlin was one of America's most beloved standup comedians. Even after his death, his great performances have lived on in the memories of many. There is now a whole new generation discovering...
View ArticleWikiLeaks and the Anarchistic Roots of Global Uprising
There has been increasing interest in anarchism, with people around the globe writing and talking about it. A whole new generation is beginning to discover anarchists from the past like Emma Goldman...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Peer Progressive
As the 2012 US presidential election looms, the familiar red and blue fever spreads across television and computer screens like another World Series or Superbowl. This election is no different than any...
View ArticleWe Are All Enemies of the State
In 2010, a little known whistleblowing site came to public prominence with the release of a video called Collateral Murder. Since then, WikiLeaks has become a center of media attention, bringing issues...
View ArticleGaza: Crisis of Our Humanity
In the second week of November, the Middle East caught fire once again; this time in Gaza. Twitter streamed with pictures of a city in flames resembling Baghdad during the initial invasion of Iraq in...
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Inside the Hourglass
With economic and military force, in the last decades the United States has attained sole superpower status in the world. The legacy of the US empire carries a dark history: genocide of natives,...
View ArticleAaron Swartz, Canary in a Coal Mine for the Information Cartel
“We used to have a fight about how much the internet would grieve if he died. I was right, but the last word you get in as the still living is a hollow thing, trailing off, as it does, into oblivion…”...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky: From the Strategic Mind to the Radical Politics of Imagination
This week marks the beginning of Obama’s second term as US President. His inauguration on January 21st coincides with the day that honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who delivered his “I...
View ArticleThe Inner Ring and the Moral Question of Our Time
Half a century ago, one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century C. S. Lewis delivered a memorial lecture at King’s College, University of London. He opened his lecture titled The Inner Ring...
View ArticleCorporate Personhood and the Culture of Pathology
With drone attacks, torture and drug money laundering, the interlocking network of the military-industrial complex and banking cartels continue the age-old Western pattern of colonization around the...
View ArticleThe Scandal of AKB48
A YouTube video from Japan recently caused a global sensation. It showed a 20 year-old Japanese girl in tears, apologizing for visiting her boyfriend. Japanese AKB48 pop group idol Minami Minegishi...
View ArticleJulian Assange and Tilted Scales of Justice
Justice is one of the most important virtues of a healthy society. The basic idea is that when a wrong is committed, there is a system to help right that wrong in a way that is equitably applied....
View ArticleJeremy Hammond and the Broken Rule of Law
Activist Jeremy Hammond has been held without bail since his arrest in March. He is accused of hacking into the computers of private intelligence firm Stratfor and giving million of emails to...
View ArticleJeremy Scahill: Other Side of the Barrel of the Gun
I recently had an opportunity to hear Jeremy Scahill, author of the international best-selling book, Blackwater speak about his new book. Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield has also been made into...
View ArticleThe Conscience of Edward Snowden
As the revelations of mass NSA surveillance raised shock-waves around the globe, 29-year old Edward Snowden came forward to identify himself as the one behind the largest leak in NSA history. His video...
View ArticleEdward Snowden on the Move
After the largest leak in NSA history, the unprecedented scale of the PRISM global spying program sparked a global controversy. Whistle-blower Edward Snowden, responsible for the release, has been at...
View ArticleRestore the Fourth, The Beginning Is Near
On this 4th of July, while many Americans were celebrating the country’s Independence Day, rallies were held nationwide to counter the massive violation of privacy and the Fourth Amendment by the NSA....
View ArticleNSA Spying: An Open Air Prism
Last month, whistle blower Edward Snowden’s leaking of the US National Security Agency (NSA) spying on hundreds of millions of people in the US and elsewhere sent shock-waves around the world....
View ArticleEdward Snowden, True Hope for Change
Amid shock waves from the revelations of mass global NSA spying, the US government reaction to leaker Edward Snowden took a dramatic turn. From media smearing to overcharging him with espionage, this...
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