Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System (Chris Hedges)

Apr. 11, 2011 (Truthdig) -- A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusem ...

BOOKS: Monsoon - The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. By Robert D. Kaplan (Jim Miles)

Monsoon - The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. Robert D. Kaplan. Random House, New York, 2010 April 13, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- When I first read Robert Kaplan, it was shortly aft ...

Bageant Moves On: We don't last, and there's no warranty (Fred Reed)

This will mean little perhaps to those who do not know Joe Bageant, but I write it for those who do. Or want to, which makes sense Mar. 27, 2011 (Jocotepec, Mexico) -- Joe lived awhile down the lake. ...

What the Patriot Act Does For You (Philip Giraldi)

Mar. 31, 2011 (AntiWar.com) -- Incessant warmaking overseas will someday end when the United States runs out of money or soldiers or both. But less well understood is the collateral damage here at ho ...

Joe Bageant, 1946-2011

Mar. 27, 2011 -- (JoeBageant.com) -- After a vibrant life, Joe Bageant died yesterday following a four-month struggle with cancer. He was 64. Joe is survived by his wife, Barbara, his three children, ...

Reality Optional Nation (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Mar. 7, 2011 -- Before retiring to a casket packed with clods of my native soil, I tuned in the Sunday night late news to find the political struggles of Ara ...

BOOKS: Beyond Affluenza And Into The 'New Normal': Carolyn Baker Interviews David Wann (Carolyn Baker)

Feb. 23, 1011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- In our efforts to include voices that offer options for our current human predicament, we often overlook those in our own local communities. I’m fortunate to live ...

Revolution Handbook for Americans (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Feb. 20, 2011 -- As recently presented, there is global respect for and use of the classic and brilliant work by Gene Sharp “From Dictatorship to Democracy.” It ...

The New American Dream Radio Show #3

(Editor's Note: This item, which was originally a newsletter for The New American Dream! radio show, has been revised to remove potentially offensive satirical content contained in the "unsubscribe" ...

Always do the right thing (because 99 is not 100) Mickey Z.

I.F. Stone Mickey Z. -- World News Trust -- Feb. 15, 2011 Da Mayor: Always do the right thing. Mookie: That's it? Da Mayor: That's it. Mookie: I got it. I'm gone. If every American were to make every ...

BOOKS: 'Love in the Time of Dinosaurs' An interview with author Kirsten Alene (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 2, 2011 -- Dinosaurs and insightful writers... or am I being redundant? Well, I'm happy to say reports of their mutual demise have been greatly exaggerated. Case in ...