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January 11, 2015
A Message From the Dispossessed
The Paris massacre, evil though it was, delivers a crucial communication from the Muslim world about the Western hubris and violence that fuel the rage of the powerless.
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January 4, 2015
All Forms of Life Are Sacred
As long as animals are commodities in our society, nothing but property to be funneled into vast industrial slaughterhouses, it will be easy to treat our fellow humans in a similar manner.
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December 28, 2014
The Prison State of America
The incarcerated poor have become the nation’s most exploited workers. They are the prototype drones for the corporate totalitarian state.
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December 21, 2014
Banning Dissent in the Name of Civility
A student group has revoked an invitation for me to speak at a university because of my views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its action is part of the routine censorship carried out on campuses against those who will not read from the Israel lobby’s script.
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December 14, 2014
ISIS—the New Israel
ISIS is employing the same brutal tactics used in the late 1940s to create the Jewish state. As the Zionist guerrillas did, it is swiftly and perhaps permanently redrawing the map of the Middle East.
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December 7, 2014
A Society of Captives
The murder of unarmed citizens by police is not only about racism. It is an example of the omnipotence of the corporate state and the evisceration of the rule of law.
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November 30, 2014
Alcatraz: A Prison as Disneyland
The Alcatraz tourism site is the equivalent of using one of Stalin’s gulags as a prison-themed amusement park. It is a vehicle for peddling delusional myths about mass incarceration and the criminal justice system.
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November 23, 2014
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The collapse of politics and the advent of corporate totalitarianism mean we must rely on a class of people whose sole vocation is revolution.
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November 16, 2014
The Last Days of Tomas Young
The maimed veteran died last week after a desperate battle with the VA, which callously had reduced his pain medication. His crucible is familiar to the many other Americans who have become the fodder of our wars.
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November 9, 2014
Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time
The animal agriculture industry is the primary cause of the destruction of the ecosystem. Becoming vegan is the most important step we can take to save the planet.
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