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This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. This piece is adapted from “Uprisings,” a chapter in Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire, Noam Chomsky’s new interview book with…
Charley Gallay/Getty Images North America Lady Gaga performing with Francesco Vezzoli You probably don’t want to read another article on art and money. I don’t really want to write one. But then again, I don’t really want to read another article about how humans are destroying the planet. But it’s a fact that they are,…
Pussy Riot’s three members sat in a glass cell in a Moscow court room this morning, holding up the judge’s verdict.
A report issued by the London-based International Centre for Development Studies confirmed that Iran is stealing large amounts of oil from neighboring Iraqi fields. According to the report, Iran steals $17 billion worth of Iraqi oil from fields that are mostly Iraqi and not shared between the two countries. Those fields are home to more…
The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were “very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around…
To be honest, there are a lot more regulations on the export of corn, cars or any other product, than on arms,” said Nicholas Marsh from the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers. “Everything has to be registered with the WTO. Commerce is well-regulated. Meanwhile, arms commerce has always been excluded from international treaties.”…
“I call it a sexual revolution: a Catalan boy meets a Flemish girl, they fall in love, get married — and they become European, just like their children.”
Putin and United Russia Get Less Than 50 Percent Of Vote MOSCOW–On the day of the State Duma elections, the chief editor of the online publication gazeta.ru Mikhail Katov was summoned to the headquarters of Russia’s state media watchdog Roskomnadzor. The day before, he had received notification that his site violated…
What’s at stake in Syria goes well beyond the mere fate of a local dictatorship – however deadly it may be. What is at stake, and is on the brink of collapse, is a major strategic alliance in the Middle East. The Syrians who have been challenging Bashar al-Assad’s regime since March – many paying…