On February 8, 2011, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld published his highly anticipated memoir, “Known and Unknown.” The title refers to the dilemma of having to act…
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(Image: The New Press) Bill Moyers has a new book out. In the interest of full disclosure, I edited the book with him and co-wrote its…
Coincidence combined with foresight on the part of my girlfriend Pat – she bought the tickets months ago – landed us at a performance of Tony Kushner's new…
When the Greeks spoke of “agora,” they meant a place for political discussion, jury trials and a market. In other words, agora was the center of Greek life.…
(Image: Trine Day) Instilling the will to kill in Special Forces training is equally important as teaching the skills to kill. Commandos are heavily indoctrinated in…
Many have long maintained that a mass-based and sustained campaign of nonviolent Palestinian resistance – a “white intifada” – if vigorously supported by a united Palestinian leadership and…
(Image: AK Press) Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America By Ben Dangl AK Press, 2010 …
(Image: Good Books) “What Will Happen to Me?” Howard Zehr and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz (Good Books, 2010) $14.95US/$14.95CAN, ISBN-10: 9781561486892 In…
(Image: Rutgers University Press) The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism Edited by Dan Bergen Rutgers University Press, 2010 Thirty-five years ago, journalist…
(Image: Henry Holt and Co.) “Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him And The World He Made” Richard Toye Henry Holt, New York (2010)…