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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAIPAC: Israel's U.S. Spy Den: Against The Current vol. 113 Ruff, Allen Article 2004 The socialist Left must remain clear in its avoidance of a conspiratorial view of history. The entire U.S. political spectrum in the aftermath of the 2000 election, and especially since 9/11, has bee... The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy Dale Scott, Peter Book 2014 Scott makes a compelling case for a hidden "deep state," a second order of government behind the public or constitutional state, that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Asian American Activism Stirring: Against The Current vol. 91 Kurashige, Scott Article 2001 For a brief but wonderful moment in 2000, the Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke Presidential campaign drew widespread public attention to its central theme of restoring democracy by challenging corporate powe... Binge and Hangover: Against The Current vol. 124 The Editors Article 2006 The lords of empire set out to show that the United States, not Iran or any other potential rival, will rule the "new" Middle East. Unable to attack Iran directly, however, they instead employed the w... Bring on the Crackup: Hoping for a Trump - Sanders Election Martin, Bill Article 2016 There is every reason to think that electoral "politics" in the United States (and most places) is bullshit. For people who yearn for a very different world to get involved in this "process" -- which ... California Greens Advance: The Camejo and Chretien Campaigns: Against The Current vol. 124 Rubin, Mike Article 2006 In California the Green Party is changing both in its social composition and in its political diversity. The party's support for immigrants' rights, especially around the issue of state driver's licen... The Case for Socialism  Maass, Alan Book 2005 An argument for socialism: a society built from the bottom up through the struggles of ordinary people against exploitation, oppression, and injustice -- one in which people come before profit. A soci... The Case for Staying in Iraq: Against The Current vol. 122 Baldock, Kate Article 2006 I don't support an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, because I think it would probably make an already bad situation much worse. Of course, there's no guarantee that continuing the occupation will... The CIA and Questions of Torture: Against The Current vol. 131 Fish, George Article 2007 Alfred W. McCoy's A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror is a chilling, eerily fascinating account of how the CIA used physical and psychological torture as a... A Citizen's Guide to Combating Election Propaganda: Debunking Anti-Welfare Myths DiMaggio, Anthony Article 2016 The goal moving forward must be to create a critical citizen consciousness, so the masses don't simply "accept what they're told" once every four years by the pretty faces running for office. What fol... A Coalition of Scientists Keeps Watch on the U.S. Government's Climate Data Brown, Alleen Article 2017 Via memos leaked to the press, rogue tweets, and unnamed agency sources, the public learned of growing pressure on federal employees to avoid sharing their scientific work. Meanwhile, small but signif... Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Library: USA Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the United States of America. Cuba, the United States and the Left: Against The Current vol. 89 Almeyra, Guillermo Article 2000 The nationalist anti-imperialist revolution of the long beards has lasted forty-one years. It was never a socialist revolution. The Moncada combatants were not socialists, neither were those in the Si... Domestic Terrorism: Notes on the State System of Oppression Chomsky, Noam Article 1999 Starting with the curious events in Detroit 1971 associated with the Socialist Worker's party, Chomsky investigates FBI disruption programs, their consequences and meaning. He defines this systematic ... Elections and Regime Crisis: Against The Current vol. 124 The Editors Article 2006 Will the Democrats "regain control of Congress"? Will Joseph Lieberman change parties? Will Hillary Clinton be the Democratic frontrunner for 2008? How much does any of this matter? The Elephant in the Room: Against The Current vol. 136 Miah, Malik Article 2008 Much of the world is fascinated by the U.S. presidential election. The main reason is that the country may be ready to do something that most developed countries wouldn’t consider: electing a represen... Empire Abroad, Empire At Home Moser, Richard Article 2017 The institutions and ideas U.S. elites used to project "full spectrum dominance" onto the global stage have eventually become part of the political order in the U.S. It is empire -- most of all -- tha... The End of the Regime?: Against The Current vol. 125 The Editors Article 2006 The Permanent Detention and Torture Enabling Act of 2006 was the final obscene gesture of a dying Congressional session. (Actually, make that next-to-last: They topped it off with the billion-dollar a... The Fix Is In: Washington's Planned Social Contract Destruction Lendman, Stephen Article 2011 New audit figures show that Bernanke's Fed gave Wall Street and European banksters at least $16.1 trillion (called emergency loans) from December 1, 2007 - July 21, 2010, besides unknown amounts earli... The Fog of Intelligence: Or How to Be Eternally "Caught Off Guard" in the Greater Middle East Englehardt, Tom Article 2015 The phrase "the fog of war" stands in for the inability of commanders to truly grasp what's happening in the chaos that is any battlefield. Perhaps it's time to introduce a companion phrase: the fog ... Four Books on Hegemony and Resistance: Against The Current vol. 120 Vandermeer, John Article 2006 There are times when a key analysis has a wakeup effect. The last year saw the publication of four books that together have a potential of such an event, at least for those U.S. citizens who are motiv... FTAA, The Hydra's New Head: Against The Current vol. 90 Hart-Landsberg, Martin Article 2001 Capitalism in many ways is like the mythical hydra of Greek legend, a gigantic serpent with multiple heads, the center one being immortal; every time an attacker chopped off one of its outer heads, tw... Information Terrorists?: The Vile Campaign Against Julian Assange and Wikileaks Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 WikiLeaks is under concerted attack from the US government. Also under attack by the US government is the whole idea of freedom of thought and of information. It needs to be clearly understood that th... Interview with Gilbert Achcar: Against The Current vol. 122 Weissman, Susan Article 2006 On the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Susan Weissman interviewed Gilbert Achcar for her program, "Beneath the Surface," on KPFK, Pacifica radio in Los Angeles. In the following excerpt, A... An Introduction: Capital's Global Turbulence Walker, Richard Article 1999 A JOYLESS IRONY of our time is that just as capitalism seemed all-triumphant and the sirens of neoliberalism had declared history to be at an end, the crisis rolling out of Asia has brought the self-r... The Invisibility of Fascism in the Postwar United States Vials, Chris Article 2014 Vials examines the use of the term "fascism" in post-war United States politics since the Tea Party have twisted its meaning to denote a left-wing phenomenon. IPPN Standing Strong in the Storm: Against The Current vol. 88 Sentmanat, José Manuel Article 2000 If I were asked to name the one virtue that best describes the political left in America, I would say “perseverance.” As we know all too well, the long history of the left in our country is a history ... Iraq: Guerrilla War in Sadr City: Against The Current vol. 114 Schwartz, Michael Article 2005 In attacking first Najaf, then Tal Afar and Samarra, and finally tackling the center of Sunni resistance in Fallujah, the United States was seeking to reverse this process. But these attacks were not... Iraq's Torture by Sanctions: Against The Current vol. 91 Finkel, David Article 2001 An interview with Kathy Kelly. Kathy Kelly, organizer for Voices in the Wilderness, has been involved in the struggle around ending sanctions against Iraq for the past decade. David Finkel interviewed... IRS seizes hundreds of perfectly legal bank accounts, refuses to give money back Article 2014 The Internal Revenue Service has been seizing bank accounts belonging to small businesses and individuals who regularly made deposits of less than $10,000, but broke no laws. And the government is ref... Israel, Lebanon and Torture: Against The Current vol. 125 Finkel, David Article 2006 An interview with Marty Rosenbluth. Marty Rosenbluth is Amnesty International’s country specialist for Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority. It's Time for the Left to Ask "What Are We For?" Jaffe, Sarah; Poblet, Maria Article 2017 Sarah Jaffe interviewed Maria Poblet. Maria Poblet has been working in base building and community organizing in the Bay Area for 18 years, building Causa Justa Just Cause, a democratically held grass... Journalistic Integrity: Allan Nairn vs. Julian Assange Stewart, Andrew Article 2017 I've been really upset since the inauguration and trying to cope with the emotions I am encountering daily. It is pretty obvious that a successful meme has been implanted in the progressive mindset th... Latin America to Iraq: Greg Grandin's Empire's Workshop: Against The Current vol. 125 Farber, Samuel Article 2006 The decade of the '70s was not good for U.S. imperialism. The American defeat in Southeast Asia led to the development of the “Vietnam syndrome” and with it the reluctance to use U.S. troops in wars a... The Left and the Elections: Against The Current vol. 110 Phelps, Christopher; Luce, Stephanie; Brenner, Johanna Article 2004 Two electoral paths will be taken by those left of center this year, and all the spilled ink in the world won't affect the choices. Letter to a Progressive Democrat: Against The Current vol. 110 Felton, Paul Article 2004 Dear Progressive Democrat: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and I'm proud of it. You voted for Nader and you regret it (or, you voted for Gore, even though you liked Nader better). The Madder Trump Gets, the More Seriously the World Takes Him Fisk, Robert Article 2017 The more dangerous America's crackpot President becomes, the saner the world believes him to be. Just look back at the initial half of his first 100 days: the crazed tweeting, the lies, the fantasies ... A Marxist History of the World part 104: 2001: 9/11, the War on Terror, and the New Imperialism Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The Al-Qaida terror attacks allowed the great powers to justify new imperialist wars to safeguard the interests of global capital. Media Promote Baseless Assertions By Government Officials Of Russian Interference As Facts Peppe, Matt Article 2017 The headline of a New York Times article published April 6, 2017, "C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed," misleadingly implies not only that there was an effort by... Michael Berg for U.S. Congress in Delaware: A Voice Against War: Against The Current vol. 124 Horowitz, Roger Article 2006 On June 8 Americans awoke to the news that the U.S. military in Iraq had killed Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, alleged leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In the midst of press coverage that cravenly accepted governme... "Mr. Boston": Meet the Man Who Secretly Helped Daniel Ellsberg Leak Pentagon Papers to the Press Goodman, Amy Article 2018 Interview with historian Gar Alperovitz. Alperovitz has revealed for the first time the key role he and a handful of other activists played in helping whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg leak to journalists... Models of Coming U.S. Interventions: Iraq or Haiti?: Against The Current vol. 134 Terrall, Ben Article 2008 Ben Terrall interviews Mike Davis. Nader, Greens and Socialists: Against The Current vol. 91 Hawkins, Howie Article 2001 Blaming Ralph Nader for Bush is like blaming the abolitionists for slavery. The Greens ran Nader to end corporate oligarchy, not to support one wing of the oligarchy as a lesser evil against the other... Net freedom 'at stake' on WikiLeaks York, Jillian Article 2010 Internet service providers are cutting access to the whistleblower site, raising broader concerns about online freedom. Noam Chomsky: Trump's First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival Polychroniou, C.J. Article 2017 No recent US president has demonstrated such an overwhelming ignorance about governing as the current occupant of the White House. But is Trump's apparent inability to govern and conduct himself in a ... Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America Taylor, Astra; Gessen, Keith (eds) Book 2011 An unofficial record of the New York branch of the Occupy movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and... On Oil and Quicksand: Against The Current vol. 114 The Editors Article 2005 The end of 2004 finds the Middle East sliding toward an even bloodier morass, thanks in large part to imperial and colonial arrogance which has rarely been on such open display. The Other Police State: Private Cops vs. the Public Good Rosen, David Article 2013 A revealing study on "Spooky Business: A New Report on Corporate Espionage Against Non-profits" written by Gary Ruskin confirms one’s worst suspicions about the ever-expanding two-headed U.S. security... Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. PayPal admits US pressure over WikiLeaks account freeze Addley, Esther Article 2010 PayPal today admitted it suspended payments to WikiLeaks after an intervention from the US State Department. Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration Lapham, Lewis H. Book 2006 Delves into the perversion of America's democratic legacy under George W. Bush, and makes the case for impeachment. The Profits of War: Planning to Bomb Iran: Against The Current vol. 125 Hossein-zadeh, Ismael Article 2006 It is no longer a secret that the Bush administration has been methodically paving the way toward a bombing strike against Iran. The administration’s plans of an aerial military attack against that co... Race & Class: Obama & the Politics of Protest: Against The Current vol. 146 Miah, Malik Article 2010 Consider the following contradiction of modern African-American politics: We have the first African-American president (he checked “Black” on the new census form) offering hope to millions of working-... Race and Class: Paris to New Orleans: Against The Current vol. 120 Miah, Malik Article 2006 It turns out that the city of lights and city of jazz have a lot in common. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and militant explosions in the suburbs of Paris expose the underbelly of racism and class... Racism and Structural Solutions: Against The Current vol. 135 McCarthy, Michael A. Article 2008 When Barack Obama raised the specter of race in a March 18 speech that went far beyond what one would expect from the Democratic Party, some of us on the left were hopeful. Since the 1970s, race-speec... Ralph Nader and the Legacy of Revolt: Against The Current vol. 88 Sheasby, Walt Contreras Article 2000 Ralph Nader, announcing his presidential candidacy in Washington, D.C. on February 21, 2000, said, "The struggle between the forces of democracy and plutocracy has ebbed and flowed throughout our hist... Ralph Nader and the Legacy of Revolt (Part 2): Against The Current vol. 89 Sheasby, Walt Contreras Article 2000 Our electoral dilemma today derives from a political realignment a hundred years ago, when a faction of populists joined in fusion with William Jennings Bryan and the “Free Silver” Democratic Party. A... The Real Costs of Empire: Against The Current vol. 123 The Editors Article 2006 Vietnam all over again? Yes, it is. The massacres by United States military forces of unarmed civilians in Haditha and, as is finally being revealed despite official lies and coverup, numerous other I... Remembering the War and the Movement: Against The Current vol. 90 Drucker, Peter Article 2001 February 28, 1991. Thinking that weeks of war and antiwar organizing were still ahead (not my only mistake during those months!), I took a Canadian vacation at the end of February 1991 with my lover C... A Response to Critics: Against The Current vol. 123 Baldock, Kale Article 2006 David Finkel's comments (ATC 122) about my book Is Iraq Another Vietnam?, and about my position against immediately withdrawing the US military from Iraq, were well-informed and fair. So were the judg... The Revisionaries Thurman, Scott Film/Video 2012 The Revisionaries follows the attempts of a creationist Board of Education member to revise the science and history curricula to better suit a white, Christian nation. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower Blum, William Book 2005 A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War. Running Government Like a Business is Bad for Citizens Hudson, Michael Article 2017 Donald Trump and Jared Kushner say that the government should be run like a business, but that would mean eliminating regulations and expenses that benefit the people. Russiagate and the Democratic Party are for Chumps Street, Paul Article 2017 Now Trump and the nation's 34 Republican governors get to wield the ever-expanding powers of the police state in a nation whose populace has lost faith in nearly every major U.S. institution but two: ... The Secret Secret: Of Wikileaks and Literacy Johnson, Jimmy Article 2010 Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret pri... Shadow Facts About Shadow Government: The Era of "Tiny Wars" Swanson, David Article 2014 Tom Engelhardt keeps churning out great books by collecting his posts from TomDispatch.com. His latest book, Shadow Government, is essential reading. Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World Engelhardt, Tom Book 2014 Thieving Sons of Bushes: Against The Current vol. 91 Miah, Malik Article 2001 “Never Trust a Son of Bush” was one of many signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20. Some 25,000 marched in Washington and 15,000 rallied in San Francisco... Triple Jeopardy and the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon Article 2008 Being bi- and female in the Asian movement also means putting in double, triple, quadruple time. The Third World Women’s Alliance, an offshoot of the Black Women’s Liberation Committee of the Student ... Trump and Clinton: Censoring the unpalatable Pilger, John Article 2016 A virulent if familiar censorship is about to descend on the US election campaign. As the cartoon brute, Donald Trump, seems almost certain to win the Republican Party's nomination, Hillary Clinton is... Trump Insults the Media, but Bush Bullied and Defanged It to Sell the Iraq War Jilani, Zaid Article 2017 Bush was anything but a friend of the press during his presidency. Maybe he didn’t demonize it as much as Trump does -- but he actively manipulated it and bullied it far worse and far more effectively... Trump the Gardener Longley-Cook, Giles Article 2017 In an interview defending his Presidential candidate, Silicon Valley billionaire and undisguised self-interested Randian fanboy Peter Thiel assured the public that when Donald Trump asserted that he w... Truth in Chains: The Arrest of Julian Assange Floyd, Chris Article 2010 Tell a truth that discomforts power, that challenges its domination over our lives, our discourse, our very thoughts, and you will be destroyed. No institution, public or private, will stand with you;... Trying to Arrest Madeleine Albright: Against The Current vol. 81 Heller, Stanley Article 1999 I used to cringe every time I'd be in a demo and hear the chant, "You can't run. You can't hide. We charge you with genocide!" But in the case of the sanctions against Iraq it really has become genoc... The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was Rockhill, Gabriel Article 2017 There is no contradiction or supposed loss of democracy because the United States simply never was one. This is a difficult reality for many people to confront, and they are likely more inclined to im... U.S. Bombing: Murder as Usual: Against The Current vol. 91 Voices in the Wilderness Article 2001 Voices in the Wilderness decries today's bombardment of Iraq which hit sites just south of Baghdad. However, we find it instructive to recall the digest of bombings that occurred in the past week and ... US Government Systematically Spying on Citizens Fisher, William Article 2010 The US government has been systematically violating the privacy rights of U.S. citizens.
US Justice on Trial: Why Cameron Should Tell Obama to Get Stuffed Rodley, Yvone Article 2011 The US justice system and extradition treaty. Wag The Dog -- How Al Qaeda Played Donald Trump And The American Media: Responsibility for the chemical event in Khan Sheikhoun is still very much in question. Ritter, Scott Article 2017 Once upon a time, Donald J. Trump, the New York City businessman-turned-president, berated then-President Barack Obama, back in September 2013, about the fallacy of an American military strike against... War(s) With No Exit: Against The Current vol. 136 The Editors Article 2008 The raging debate on “war policy” between the corporate presidential campaigns has come down to this: We Are Wisconsin Williams, Amie Film/Video 2012 When a Republican Governor’s bill threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six (extra)ordinary citizens join the growing protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and spend the n... Where the Anti-Russian Moral Panic is Leading Us Raimondo, Justin Article 2017 This is how the smear campaign scores points: you don't have to be on the Russian payroll -- you can be a "useful idiot" just because of your political views, which condemn you as an "unwitting" agent... Why Sitting Bull was right about Washington's lack of integrity Wight, John Article 2016 That integrity is a foreign land where Washington is concerned is an inarguable fact. In the latest example, the failure to complete the construction of a nuclear disposal plant agreed with Russia onc... WikiLeaks continues exposure of predatory US foreign policy Martin, Patrick Article 2010 In the face of an unprecedented campaign of US harassment and intimidation, the Internet-based WikiLeaks group is continuing its efforts to expose the predatory role of American foreign policy around ... Winter Soldier 2008: Against The Current vol. 134 Franco, Nate; Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 More than 250 veterans and military families gathered from March 13-15 outside Washington, DC for the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Winter Soldier Investigation: Iraq and Afghanistan. Videos of... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesNational Priorities Project National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Sources LibraryAnother reporter threatened with contempt for refusing to reveal sources Sources News Release 2009 Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter not to hold the journalist in contempt of court for refusing to identify confidential sources. Has Trump Stolen Philosophy's Critical Tools? Williams, Casey 2017 Williams analyzes how U.S. President Trump is able to exploit the post-modernist view of the subjectivity of truth in order to wield power over how Americans perceive their own reality. IFJ Condemns U.S. Justice Dept for Secretly Gathering Associated Press Records Sources News Release 2013 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the Newspaper Guild-CWA, in condemning the U.S. Justice Department for secretly gathering the phone records of Associated Pr... IFJ Condemns United States "Desperate and Dangerous" Backlash over WikiLeaks Sources News Release 2010 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the political backlash being mounted against the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and accused the United States of attacking free spe... Seizure of AP phone records condemned as 'grave violation' Sources News Release 2013 Reporters Without Borders regards the US Department of Justice's seizure of the records of thousands of Associated Press phone calls as an "extremely grave violation of freedom of information." US news media to be monitored to curb leaks 2012 A series of leak leads U.S. officials to take additional measures to stop the public from learning about government secrets. |
