by Juan Cole June 13, 2009 Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen

by Zach Carter June 13, 2009 Local banks can change the world, one neighborly investment at a time. William Spademan is a radical banker. In an era when Wall Street executives frequent talk shows to defend lavish bonuses “earned” through reckless speculation, Spademan has been working to create a new kind of bank that would empower communities instead [...]

Election results and protests How Social Movements Can Change Iran By Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani June 11, 2009 According to many in Iran, the country’s June 12 presidential elections constitute a great “opportunity.” It’s important to note, however, that the so-called opportunity brought about by the election does not necessarily reflect a heightened degree of openness – or of control [...]

Víctor Flores Olea 8 de junio, 2009 Es creciente la queja sobre la desorganización de la política: el nulo nivel de la discusión y las propuestas, la desaparición de los liderazgos y personalidades, el espectáculo de la política como prolongación de los intereses de los negociantes. Sí, la política que abandona sus funciones primarias y se limita [...]

Michael R. Krätke 31 de mayo, 2009 ¿Conocen ustedes la Ley de Oppenheimer? Afirma lo siguiente: a largo plazo, las cooperativas autogestionadas quiebran o se transforman en empresas capitalistas normales y corrientes. La ley fue formulada luego de la experiencia de la primera Gran Depresión a fines de los años veinte, cuando las cooperativas se fueron a [...]

Por Jorge Gómez Barata 28 de mayo, 2009 El Estado no fue inventado por algún villano ni se originó por aberraciones históricas. Se trata de un fruto de la cultura que con otros elementos de la civilización evidencia la primacía del hombre sobre las circunstancias y de la conciencia sobre la espontaneidad. Esa invención en el ámbito [...]

by Margaret Krome 28 de mayo, 2009 As important as Michelle Obama’s arms are to news reporters, the children helping plant and maintain the White House vegetable garden have an even more compelling story. They may be planting democracy along with carrots and lettuce.

“Torturing Democracy” relies on the documentary record to connect the dots in an investigation of harsh interrogations of prisoners in U.S. custody – and points straight to the top. Timely and powerful, at its heart the film is about the rule of law – and how the government pushed it aside despite the fierce resistance [...]

New research suggests that as America has become more segregated by class, the power of place has exacerbated the participatory bias in American politics. By Lee Drutman May 21, 2009 In the 2008 election, lower-income Americans voted at significantly lower rates than higher-income Americans. This was not, in itself, news. Just as in 2004, more than 60 percent [...]

By Phyllis Bennis June 4, 2009 Obama’s approach toward the Muslim world may be diplomatic but there needs to be more action.