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Noam Chomsky | Facts on the Ground
This cease-fire is just the most recent of a series of agreements reached after each of Israel's escalations in its unremitting assault on Gaza.
Can Civilization Survive “Really Existing Capitalism”? An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky discusses ISIS, the rise of religious extremism globally, actually existing capitalism and its incompatibility with democracy, Israel, Ukraine and the “root of all evil.”
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Naomi Klein: We Must Demand the Impossible to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
Naomi Klein's new book resets the debate over global warming by focusing on how it is integrally related to the current economic system that spans the globe.
Naomi Klein on Cause of Climate Crisis: “Capitalism Is Stupid“
In this exclusive interview, Naomi Klein talks about extractivism, activism and the way to change hearts and minds around climate change.
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Imagining Our Dark and Stormy Future: Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything“
If you generally avoid reading about climate change (out of paralysis, fear or grief), read Naomi Klein's “This Changes Everything.”
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Afghanistan Survival Skills
Former US Army Ranger and conscientious objector Rory Fanning says Anand Gopal's book answers the questions that haunted him both during and after his tours.
The Vietnam War Presaged the War in Afghanistan: Civilians Endlessly Suffer
Truthout interviews Anand Gopal about his riveting book, “No Good Men Among the Living,” which offers an intimate portrait of Afghans as they see the US presence in their …
Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein on Need for New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis
As the United Nations prepares to hold one-day global summit on climate change, award-winning author Naomi Klein speaks about her new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.”
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The US Government Never Understood Afghanistan and Still Doesn’t
Anand Gopal walks readers through the looking glass of US empire into the complex and personal history and impact of the war in Afghanistan.
The United States Was Welcoming to White European Immigrants, But Not to Peoples of Color
Aviva Chomsky explains how prejudice and the exploitation of inexpensive labor has increasingly shaped immigration law and lives.