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18.03.09
HIDDEN WOUNDS OF OCCUPATION
Ashley Smith
Two new studies released by the WHO and Oxfam reveal the devastating toll on Iraq's surviving population in the wake of the U.S. war and occupation.
KEYNES, CAPITALISM, AND THE CRISIS
John Bellamy Foster Interviewed by Brian Ashley, Amandla (South Africa)
A political movement strong enough to reform capitalism would also be strong enough to introduce socialism.
DECOLONIZATION'S ROCKY ROAD: Corruption, Expropriation, and Justice in Bolivia
Benjamin Dangl

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES INEQUALITY MAKE?
Richard Wilkinson

NASRALLAH'S RHETORIC DIRECTED EAST OR WEST?
Qifa Nabki

JAPAN: Labor Think Tank Says Shorter Work Hours Can Create 4.53 Million Jobs
Akahata

IS PRESIDENT OBAMA A SOCIALIST?
Michael Engel

IRAN'S REVOLUTION 30 YEARS ON: the Quest for Authenticity
Sadegh Kabeer

MESS O'POTAMIA -- THE IRAQ WAR IS OVER
Jon Stewart

INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY NIDIA DÍAZ: FMLN Gets Ready to Combat the Salvadoran Right's Electoral Fraud
Chevige González Marcó

WHY LABOR DOESN'T NEED A "HOUSE OF LORDS"
Steve Early

THE WORLD BANK'S REFORMS: Different Image, Same Tune?
Mitu Sengupta

THE VALUE OF MONEY IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM
Debate on Prabhat Patnaik's The Value of Money

GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF SEA-LEVEL RISE
IRIN

AN IMPERIAL TRANSATLANTIC MARKET
Jean-Claude Paye

ISRAELIS ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE POWER OF BDS
Shir Hever

I AM A EUROPEAN ROMA WOMAN
Farkas Csaba, Bársony Katalin, and Kohut Péter

INTERVIEW WITH ERIC TOUSSAINT
Emir Sader

THE REASONS FOR MOBILIZATION IN RÉUNION
Elise Barthet

SOCIAL CHANGE, THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND THE ROLE OF ISLAM
Azadeh Kian-Thiébaut

ALLEN GINSBERG:
Iran Was OUR Hostage!
The Mossadegh Project

INDUSTRIALIZING AMIDST A GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS:
Is It Possible?
Thursday, March 12, 2009

AFL-CIO SUPPORTS NATIONALIZING THE BANKS: BUT WHO WILL CONTROL AND RUN THEM?
Dan La Botz

VENEZUELA HAS A WOMAN'S FACE
Jesse Blanco

ISLAMIST-LEFTIST COOPERATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
Jillian Schwedler and Janine A. Clark

LINES IN THE SAND:
The Mad Activist Writes Gaza
Susie Day

LEFTISTS POISED TO WIN PRESIDENCY IN EL SALVADOR: New Report Examines Implications
CISPES, NACLA, and Upside Down World

BÉKÉS: A Matter of Inheritance
Béatrice Gurrey and Benoît Hopquin

KAISER'S CLASS JUSTICE
Victor Grossman

THE WEST AND ISRAEL'S NEW STRATEGY TOWARD HAMAS
Iqbal Siddiqui

WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A LONG, PROFOUND, PAINFUL PROCESS OF CHANGE
James K. Galbraith

THE WEALTH OF THE BABY BOOM COHORTS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE HOUSING BUBBLE
David Rosnick and Dean Baker

PRESIDENT RICHARD DURST, CAN YOU EAT THREE MEALS A DAY AND DO YOUR LAUNDRY ON OUR BUDGET?
Baldwin-Wallace Food Justice Council

MICHAEL STEELE IS A NITWIT AND WOLF BLITZER IS A JACKASS
Michael D. Yates

WILL KEYNESIANISM BE ENOUGH TO HALT THE INVESTMENT DECLINE?
Socialist Economic Bulletin

PHILOSOPHY OF DOGS
Tatu Laukkanen and Matti Pohjonen

MEXICO UNCONQUERED: Reviewing a People's History of Power and Revolt
Benjamin Dangl

THE ONLY PALESTINIAN WOMAN IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT
Jonathan Cook

COMMERCIAL APPETITE AND HUMAN NEED: The Accidental and Fated Revival of Kobayashi Takiji's Cannery Ship
Norma Field

RESISTING A POLICE STATE:
The Importance of Dr. Binayak Sen
Analytical Monthly Review

THOSE ALTERNATIVE SOCIALIST "STIMULUS" PLANS
Rick Wolff

A JEWISH GLASNOST
Jacques Hersh

FIRST FEMALE ISLAMIC JUDGES INAUGURATED IN PALESTINE
Kawther Salam

WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
Muhammad Sahimi

APRIL DELEGATION TO VENEZUELA: Human Rights, Food Sovereignty, and Social Change
8-18 April 2009

NYU ADMINISTRATION THUGGISHLY BREAKS OCCUPATION
Scott Campbell

WE WILL EAT
1st Communiqué of the Baldwin-Wallace Food Justice Council

SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN
A Play for Gaza
Caryl Churchill

SRI LANKA:
An Unfolding Catastrophe
Nagesh Rao

A CAMP FOLLOWER WHO AIMS TO PLEASE: How Anthony Cordesman Proved That Israel Fought a Clean War
Norman G. Finkelstein

MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TO MANZANAR
CAIR-LA, NCRR, and JACL

NASRALLAH TIPS HIS HAND
Qifa Nabki

DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE NYU OCCUPATION
Scott Campbell

DRESDEN AND THE NAZIS
Victor Grossman

CHE GUEVARA:
The Economics of Revolution
Helen Yaffe

THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND THE US POLICY OF DUAL CONTAINMENT
Sasan Fayazmanesh

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE REAL ECONOMY: Beyond the Keynesian Fix
Matt Vidal

THE STATE OF JAPANESE CAPITALISM
As Embodied by Finance Minister Nakagawa Shoichi

THE DISEASE OF PRIVATIZATION
Shawn Hattingh

AMENDMENT APPROVED BY A MARGIN OF ALMOST A MILLION VOTES!
Luigino Bracci Roa

TURKEY'S HIDDEN SHAME
Julia Rooke

ISRAEL'S RATIONALE FOR MURDER: No One Is Innocent
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH GOES TO WAR
Mouin Rabbani

30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION IN TEHRAN
Amir Sadeghi

DARWIN VERSUS INTELLIGENT DESIGN
John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York

ON THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION
Reza Fiyouzat

SOCIALISM AND THE PEASANTRY
Prabhat Patnaik

IRAN: Legacy of a Revolution
Rageh Omaar

OBAMA TO CODDLE BANKERS
Doug Henwood

PALESTINIAN OPINIONS AFTER THE GAZA WAR
Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre

A VOICE OF PEACE IN SDEROT: Interview with Nomika Zion
E.B. and Ines Gramigna

WHY SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL?
Adrienne Rich

STORIES JEWS WERE TOLD: Israel, Zionism, and Palestine
Donna Nevel

AS LAYOFFS SURGE, WOMEN MAY PASS MEN IN JOB FORCE
Catherine Rampell

VICTORY FOR WORKER SOLIDARITY: South African Dock Workers Refuse to Offload Israeli Goods
COSATU and PSC

LA MASACRE DE GAZA Y EL CONFLICTO DE MEDIO ORIENTE
Sábado 7 de febrero

WHO PROFITS FROM THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION? Announcing a New Online Database: WhoProfits.org
Coalition of Women for Peace

FRANCE:
LCR Dissolves Itself to Form NPA
Sylvia Zappi

PROPHETIC VERSE
Dennis Brutus

ISRAEL: The Left vs. the New Left
Jeremiah Haber

ISRAEL: If Bloggers Were Representative of the Mainstream . . . .
Lisa Goldman


ANTI-COMMUNISM WITH A LIBERAL FACE
Jay Rothermel

WHY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAS SURVIVED
Ervand Abrahamian

MAURICIO FUNES: "We Have Signed a New Accord on Peace and Reconciliation"
TeleSur

FROM THE CRISIS OF DISTRIBUTION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COSTS OF THE CRISIS
Özlem Onaran

WHO PROFITS FROM THE OCCUPATION?
Daniel Rosenberg

THE CRISIS WILL BE PROFOUND AND PROLONGED. . .
João Pedro Stedile

FEMINISM, CAPITALISM, AND THE CUNNING OF HISTORY
Nancy Fraser

ARABIC THOUGHT IN THE ILLIBERAL AGE
Christopher Parker

THE SOILS OF WAR:
The Real Agenda behind Agricultural Reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq
GRAIN

DO COMMUNISTS HAVE BETTER SEX?
Benita Blessing

THE ZIONIST MASQUERADE
Antoine Capet

TIPPING POINTS TO FUTURE DROWNING
IRIN

DANGEROUS DECISIONS IN AFGHANISTAN: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad
Sharmini Peries

"HOW A US FINANCIAL CRISIS REBOUNDED TO BENEFIT THE DOLLAR" +
"CENTRAL BANKS ARE STILL BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF TREASURIES"
Brad Setser

CULTURE IS THE NEW BARBARISM
Terry Eagleton

THE STRUGGLE TO BUILD A COALITION IN CLEVELAND AGAINST FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS, AND UTILITY SHUT-OFFS: A Personal View
Jay Rothermel

EIGHTH OF MARCH: A United March in Caracas to Commemorate Fighting Women's Day

WHO AM I?
Four Videos by Aswat

FEMINIST ORGANIZING AGAINST THE GAZA CONFLICT
Kathambi Kinoti

UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 8.1 PERCENT AS JOB LOSS ACCELERATES
Dean Baker

CLOSED ZONE
Yoni Goodman, in collaboration with Gisha

SUSPEND EU-ISRAEL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
The Peace Cycle

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Bazaar Strikes, Three Decades after the Revolution
Arang Keshavarzian

AMNESTY NOW: How and Why
Jane Guskin

GLOBAL CRISIS: Economists' Conference in Havana
Deisy Francis and Susana Lee

THE SHIFT IN CANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY AND UNHEEDED LESSONS OF THE LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM
Salimah Valiani

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
Vijay Prashad

OBAMA'S IRAQ
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 7:30-9:30 PM, Anthology Film Archives

OBAMA, IRAN, AND ISRAEL
Behzad Majdian

ELIE DOMOTA: "The Movement Is Not about to Quit"
Chat moderated by Elise Barthet

WHERE ARE IRAN'S WORKING WOMEN?
Valentine M. Moghadam

HOW SHOULD VENEZUELA FACE THE COMING RECESSION?
Oil Wars

IRAN: Poverty and Inequality since the Revolution
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

LAWFARE IN GAZA:
Legislative Attack
Eyal Weizman

REDISTRIBUTION AND STABILITY: Beyond the Keynesian/Neo-liberal Impasse
Harry Shutt

THE ASIAN FACE OF THE GLOBAL RECESSION
C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh

WEB HOST USES OFAC SANCTIONS TO BOOT DISSIDENT BLOGGERS
Clif Burns

LATIN AMERICA FACES THE GLOBAL CRISIS
Claudio Katz

DIGNIFIED RAGE, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE, AND "BUYING CONSCIENCES"
Mary Ann Tenuto Sánchez

IS TALKING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY STILL A TABOO?
Rita El-Haddad

STATEMENT OF BINYAM MOHAMED

PEACEFUL RALLY IN BEIRUT FOR GAY RIGHTS
George Achi

NEW ORLEANS INTIFADA:
A Grassroots Movement Rises in New Orleans' Arab Community
Jordan Flaherty

INSURING AGAINST PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS: Is It Worth the Premium? What Are the Alternatives?
Jörg Bibow

X-PLAIN: Israeli Hasbara
Eretz Nehederet

BACK TO THE FUTURE:
Latin America's Current Development Strategy
Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo

SHARIA IN PAKISTAN'S SWAT
Imran Garda

THE GLOBAL COLLAPSE:
a Non-orthodox View
Walden Bello

FINLAND: Students Defend Universities from Capitalism

TEHRAN HAS NO MORE POMEGRANATES
Massoud Bakhshi

STATEMENT OF JOEL KOVEL REGARDING HIS TERMINATION BY BARD COLLEGE
Joel Kovel

LET'S DO IT, LIKE THE WORKERS OF GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE!
New Anti-Capitalist Party

ATPC COMMUNIQUÉ ON THE DEATH OF A CGTG COMRADE
Association of the Workers and Peoples of the Caribbean (ATPC)

EGYPTIAN WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST FERTILIZER EXPORT TO ISRAEL
Mashahed

THE ECONOMISTS WHO MISSED THE HOUSING BUBBLE ARE COMING AFTER YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
Dean Baker

ISRAEL'S ELECTIONS:
Another "Hamastan"?
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

SEIU-UHW WORKERS SPEAK OUT ON ANDY STERN'S TRUSTEESHIP
Labor Video Project

A DATE WITH THE FUTURE
Hugo Chávez

AFGHANISTAN AND THE SOVIET WITHDRAWAL 1989: 20 Years Later
Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas Blanton, and Malcolm Byrne

A STRUGGLE TO REALISE PALESTINIAN HOPES: Interview with Musa Abu Marzuk, Hamas
Atul Aneja

VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT AND JEWISH COMMUNITY DESIRE DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION
YVKE Mundial

CHARLES DARWIN:
Reluctant Revolutionary
Ian Angus

THE REALITIES OF CHINA TODAY
Martin Hart-Landsberg

ISRAELI ELECTIONS: Initial Assessment of Results
Sergio Yahni

A CALL TO END ALL RENDITIONS
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist

INTERVIEW WITH MOHAMMED NAFA'H, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Israel
Efraim Davidi and Gema Delgado

ZIMBABWE TEN YEARS ON: Results and Prospects
Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros

ISRAEL: Don't Mention The Economy
Lionel Laurent

BOLIVIA: Morales Enacts New Constitution in El Alto
Benjamin Dangl

SOMALIA: Daunting Challenges
Nick Clark Interviews Abdi Kusow, Abukar Arman, and Stig Hansen

IS "GOOD LEADERSHIP" THE PANACEA FOR SOMALIA?
Abukar Arman

INDIAN MUSLIMS AND MEDIA: Interview with Kashif ul-Huda
Yoginder Sikand

REFLECTIONS ON ACADEMIC SANCTIONS
Ran Greenstein

GLOBAL CRISIS FUELS PROTESTS
Real News Network

ISRAEL: Ye Olde Pirates on the High Seas
Max Ajl

INTERVIEW WITH MAYA JRIBI, Leader of the Progressive Democratic Party of Tunisia:
"Our Youth Have Neither Hope Nor Future"
Geraldina Colotti

THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900
Rudi Matthee

IRAN: Anatomy of a Revolution Rageh Omaar



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