Stories by Christian Parenti
Christian Parenti is the author of "The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq" (New Press) and a visiting fellow at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics.
Posted on Jul 22, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com
So much current conflict in the world is not the result of "resource conflicts" but can be more accurately described as bread-triggered upheavals.
Posted on Jul 12, 2011, Source: Nation Books
Christian Parenti's new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence, explores this dangerous intersection.
Posted on Dec 10, 2009, Source: The Nation
The real purpose of sending 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan is to make Obama look tough as he heads toward his next election.
Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: The Brooklyn Rail
Henwood, who publishes The Left Business Observer, discusses the global economic crisis with Christian Parenti.
Posted on May 6, 2008, Source: The Nation
Talk of a nuclear renaissance is a dangerous distraction from the real changes we need to make to wean ourselves off oil.
Posted on Mar 6, 2007, Source: The Nation
War and corruption have crippled Iraq's ability to export oil. But that's not stopping Big Oil's efforts to control and profit from what's left.
Posted on Jan 11, 2005, Source: The Nation
After three years of ignoring opium poppy cultivation in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the United States has suddenly changed course.
Posted on Aug 18, 2004, Source: The Nation
A journey down the Tigris River reveals a country in a woeful state of disrepair.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The siege of Fallujah is Exhibit A of an arrogant and violent strategy that will inevitably lead to defeat.
Posted on Mar 18, 2004, Source: The Nation
The arrest and subsequent abuse of two of the Arab network's journalists is part of an escalating regional media war with the U.S. government.
Posted on Feb 27, 2004, Source: The Nation
After seeing the fighting firsthand and spending time with both the resistance and the US military, one observer realizes that the conflict has settled into a lopsided and contradiction-fraught stalemate.
Posted on Nov 11, 2003, Source: TomPaine.com
Cameras in the classroom are just the latest way that proliferating surveillance is stifling dissent.
Posted on Sep 19, 2003, Source: In These Times
The war has left Iraq in escalating chaos. Fear and violence rule the streets as the US military struggles to make any progress.
Posted on Jun 27, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Not only are Americans paying more for worse medical care than those in other modern countries, our miracle drugs are almost entirely developed using tax dollars. Why?
Posted on Apr 7, 2003, Source: AlterNet
War on Iraq is not about fueling our SUV's as much as it is getting leverage over China and the EU to prevent "the rise of a great-power competitor," as the neocons say.
Posted on Aug 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
To really understand the lavishly, federally funded memorial at Custer’s Little Big Horn, one has to witness the poverty and stark contrast of Wounded Knee.
