On AlterNet: mark ames

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "mark ames"

How an Article on Larry Summers Caused Huge Riots in India

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: World. January 8, 2010.

A blog entry on Summer's Indian billionaire sponsor became a major TV sensation in the southern India, sparking mass riots against the oligarch's business interests.

The Stupidity of "Zero-Tolerance": 6-Year-Old Suspended For Bringing Food Utensil to School

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009.

What can this teach us about U.S. foreign policy? Quite a lot, actually.

8 Shocking Ways the Billionaires Have Schemed to Rob Us of Every Last $

Mark Ames, eXiled Online. October 8, 2009.

American billionaires keep cooking up scheme after scheme to shake down Americans and plunder the national wealth, as if the last one was too easy and boring.

If Right-Wingers Get Their Way, 22,000 Americans Will Continue to Be Killed by Lack of Health Care Each Year

Mark Ames, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

This is a battle against people who want to protect a system that has killed more Americans than WW II -- not a debate tournament.

Corruption Galore at the Washington Post

Mark Ames, The Nation. May 15, 2009.

The Washington Post's editorial page is busy whitewashing Bush's disastrous wars, which the newspaper encouraged all along.

Right-Wing 'Tea Party' Movement Was Planned Months Ago by GOP Billionaires

Jeffrey Feldman, Frameshop. March 1, 2009.

Bloggers reveal how the latest so-called "populist" revolt against the federal government was a pre-planned PR stunt.

The Unsinkable Career of America's Leading Twerpo-Imperialist Pundit, Max Boot

Mark Ames, The Nation. January 14, 2009.

After the way they goaded us into an epic military disaster, why do media warmongers still have jobs?

The Sad Death of a Mighty Publication -- eXile, R.I.P.

Jan Frel, AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2008.

One of the greatest and most original English publications has gone into the night, thanks to Russian authorities.

Follow-Up to Mark Ames' NIU Article

Judy Dufficy, AlterNet. February 28, 2008.

Letter to the Editor: AlterNet is still missing the point about the NIU shootings article.

Making Sense of Murder: AlterNet Readers Discuss the NIU Shooting

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. February 20, 2008.

AlterNet readers had a lot to say about Mark Ames' controversial article on the recent murders at NIU. Here is a cross-section of responses.

A Brief History of Rage, Murder and Rebellion

Jan Frel, AlterNet. October 3, 2005.

An interview with Mark Ames, whose book about rage murders in American schools and workplaces claims these violent acts are, in effect, failed revolts.