Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Later
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com
We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, changed the world. On May 1st, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden,...
Posted April 21, 2011 | 12:30:40 (EST)
Crossposted with TomDispatch.com. This piece is adapted from a talk given in Amsterdam in March. See video below.
The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces -- coinciding, fortuitously, with a remarkable uprising of tens of...
Posted April 27, 2010 | 17:35:10 (EST)
Crossposted with TomDispatch.com.
The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal...
Posted September 6, 2011 | 11:29:38 (EST)