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.
Talk of a nuclear renaissance is a dangerous distraction from the real changes we need to make to wean ourselves off oil.
Posted on May 6, 2008
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 Mar 6, 2007
After three years of ignoring opium poppy cultivation in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the United States has suddenly changed course.
Posted on Jan 11, 2005
A journey down the Tigris River reveals a country in a woeful state of disrepair.
Posted on Aug 18, 2004
The siege of Fallujah is Exhibit A of an arrogant and violent strategy that will inevitably lead to defeat.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004
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 Mar 18, 2004
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 Feb 27, 2004
Cameras in the classroom are just the latest way that proliferating surveillance is stifling dissent.
Posted on Nov 11, 2003
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 Sep 19, 2003
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 Jun 27, 2003
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 Apr 7, 2003
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.
Posted on Aug 23, 2002
