Marina Sitrin, David Solnit, Asha Colazione, Sarah Lazare, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2008. Perhaps some of the most important organizing will come as movements seize opportunities that arise in the wake of this mobilization.
Ann Wright, TruthOut.org. May 15, 2008. The citizens of Hokkaido join citizens from other parts of the world who are protesting the continuing presence and expansion of the U.S. military.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 3, 2008. "Policies that produce more egalitarian societies may explain profound health improvements."
Ian Williams, Comment Is Free. February 16, 2008. It's a whale of a tale: Japan's claim that the whaling industry serves a scientific purpose is hypocritical and ridiculous.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 11, 2008. We need to insist that they be properly investigated and if true, that the crimes be punished appropriately, not by administrative action.
Richard J. Samuels, MIT Center for International Studies. September 4, 2007. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) now has what its publicists, citing capabilities explicitly banned by the Constitution, call "New Fighting Power!"
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 8, 2007. What can we learn by recalling that the week that terrorists targeted schoolchildren in Iraq, is the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. attack on Japan that killed thousands of children?
Catherine Makino, Women's eNews. February 12, 2007. A group of self-confessed chauvinist men in Japan are committed to changing their bad marital habits -- finding ways to feel comfortable saying "thank you" and "sorry."
Michael Sandlin, PopMatters. December 6, 2006. Journalist Michael Zielenziger dove into the despair of Japan's youth, including modern-day hermits and suicide groups, to write "Shutting Out the Sun" about the country's "lost generation."
Richard J. Samuels, AlterNet. October 28, 2006. As in the classic children's story, Japan must find a balance between extremes with its foreign policy.