Raised on video games and kept indoors by parents obsessed with ‘stranger danger’, children have lost touch with nature – and that’s a tragedy, says a bestselling US author

by Nicolas Truong July 7, 2009 Put on sale in March 2007 by the publishing house La Fabrique and with over 27,000 copies already sold, “L’insurrection qui vient” ["The Coming Insurrection"] (7 Euros), authored by the mysterious “Invisible Committee,” is poised to become a real best seller. Its popularity also owes much to the active complicity of [...]

by Farooq Sulehria July 10, 2009 A columnist in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv told his readers on the day of election in Iran: “If you have friends in Iran, try to convince them to vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. There is no one who will serve Israel’s PR interests better than him.” (12 June 2009)

The Islamic Revolution Faces the Classic Dilemma of All Revolutions By Dilip Hiro June 28, 2009 By marshalling the regime’s coercive instruments, Iran’s 70-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, has, for now, succeeded in curbing the popular, peaceful challenge to the authenticity of Iran’s fateful June 12th presidential election. But he has paid a heavy political price.

By Max Rameau May 01, 2009 The recent economic volatility, marked by a housing boom spurred by massive gentrification and the current cycle of capital divestment resulting in mass foreclosures, has been a major challenge for a social justice movement caught off guard and flat footed. After high rates of housing construction during the boom years, the [...]

By Don Fitz June 13, 2009 With millions of jobs lost during the first part of 2009, who is calling for a shorter work week to spread the work around?  Not the Republicans.  Not even the Democrats.  But why is there nary a peep from unions?

An Open Letter to President Obama From the Free Gaza Movement By Free Gaza Movement June 3, 2009 Tomorrow you travel to Egypt to give one of the most important speeches of your presidency. With the words you deliver you have said that you want to “reset” U.S. relations with the Muslim world and create a fundamental change [...]

From a South African By Farid Esack April 25, 2009 Open Letter Farid Esack, 2009 My dear Palestinian brothers and sisters, I have come to your land and I have recognized shades of my own. My land was once one where some people imagined that they could build their security on the insecurity of others. They claimed that their lighter [...]