Category: Culture

I did not know that

Jimmy Carter: ‘We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war’ By Carole Cadwalladr, Sunday 11 September 2011 … Where does Jimmy Carter live? Well, close your eyes and imagine the kind of house an ex-president of the United States might live in. The sort of residence befitting the …

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Stateless socialism

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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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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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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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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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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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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