What does it mean to be an ‘anarchist’? By David Goodway, Wednesday 7 September 2011 10.37 BST … Anarchists disdain the customary use of “anarchy” to mean “chaos” or “complete disorder”. For them it signifies the absence of a ruler or rulers, a self-managed society, usually resembling the co-operative commonwealth that most socialists have traditionally …
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Sep 07 2011
Being right means nothing
The imperial delusions of the United States By Robert Jensen, 07 Sep 2011 12:47 … Ten years ago, critics of the United States’ mad rush to war were right, but it didn’t matter. Within hours after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it was clear that political leaders were going to use the attacks to justify war …
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Sep 07 2011
Herman Cain: Let’s use the Chilean model
9/11 – was there an alternative response? By Noam Chomsky, 7:46am, September 6, 2011 … 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, was assassinated in Pakistan by a …
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Sep 07 2011
A long and winding road
9/11 and its great transformations By Cliff Schecter, 07 Sep 2011 15:07 … On September 11th, 2001, on what was a perfect morning-right up until the very moment a Boeing 767-223-ER slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, I stood on the corner of Delancey and Ridge Streets in downtown Manhattan. I …
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Sep 06 2011
Not just Obama they want to fail
Exposing religious fundamentalism in the US By Paul Rosenberg, 06 Sep 2011 13:35 … With Representative Michele Bachmann’s victory in the Ames, Iowa straw poll, and Texas Governor Rick Perry’s triumphal entrance into the GOP presidential primary, there’s been a sudden spike of attention drawn to the extremist religious beliefs both candidates have been associated …
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Sep 05 2011
Gilded Age barons: Labor Day 2011
Labor Day and the spirit of Joe Hill By Clancy Sigal, Monday 5 September 2011 13.30 BST … l eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live on hay, You’ll get pie in the sky when you die – “The Preacher and the Slave”, a parody hymn written …
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Sep 04 2011
No one chooses to go hungry
If Rick Perry is an economic miracle worker, why are so many Texans going hungry? By John Turner, Sunday 4 September 2011 01.07 BST … One of the questions I’m constantly asked here at the food bank in Austin, Texas is: “I don’t understand why there are so many people who are hungry: why is …
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