Piya Chatterjee, Sunaina Maira, Religion Dispatches. March 20, 2008. Western feminists talk about honor killings and the misogyny of Islam, but hypocritically ignore the legal violence of military occupation.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. March 18, 2008. As the wingnut chorus predictably disses Obama's eloquent speech, it's important to remember how manufactured this whole Wright "controversy" is.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 14, 2008. I'm not sure that we want to turn reproduction into a service industry.
Seth Freedman, Comment Is Free. March 5, 2008. The Israeli Right has convinced itself that they represent the country's best interests and everyone else is beyond salvation.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 15, 2008. It's always Munich 1938 for Bush and his kind and they are always Churchill and the rest of us are always Chamberlain.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 5, 2008. From China's investment in Africa to the rise of the left in Latin America. A look at what's happened in the world when we weren't paying attention.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. January 1, 2008. Almost everyone thought the US invading Afghanistan was a good idea--everyone, that is, except people who know their Afghan history.
Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Video. November 23, 2007. Chomsky talks with the Real News about the lack of justification for military action against Iran regarding their nuclear program and the accusation that they're fueling the Iraqi insurgency.
Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007. Manila Ryce: Blitzer was a propagandist within a powerful pro-Israeli organization before he came to CNN.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 13, 2007. Belly says, "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it. I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."
Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 12, 2007. Cliff Schecter: This has to be the dumbest foreign policy in Asia since the Chinese figured they could hold Genghis Khan with a big wall.
Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2007. Paddy: "They are backing Musharraf as he could never get his way if they were serious about stopping him," says Imran Khan.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Hmmmm...Iran, no nukes, Pakistan, nukes and chaos. What do you think Bush will do about this "situation"?