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, ...

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 ...

'America Plops and Fizzes' An interview with poet, Andrew Rihn (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 29, 2011 -- Some guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." So, I'm thinking maybe Percy's been hanging out in Cant ...

Failure of Academia: The Book that Was Not Meant to Be Published (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 13, 2011 -- Deepak Tripathi’s most recent book, Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (Potomac Books) raises several issues, both wi ...

A note from Joe Bageant -- Update Feb. 12

Jan. 4, 2011 -- Dear friends, associates and fellow travelers, As you may or may not know, I have been struck down by an extremely serious form of cancer. Presently I am back in the United States rec ...