Commentaries

When Egyptians massed in Tahrir Square a year and ½ ago, denouncing the corrupt, Western-backed regime of Husni Mubarak, the West was faced with a quandary: How to retain Mubarakism without Mubarak? After many months… Full Transcript

Ona Move! What is Global Liberation? Is it the election of people that, (we think), thinks like us? Is it the replacement of one system with another one? Is it the imposition of more humanistic… Full Transcript

Christopher Mbewe lives in a legal nightmare. He is a lifer, having been convicted of first degree murder of his wife’s mother, Carol Tollan, back in Dec., 2005. This, despite the fact that no murder… Full Transcript

It’s not cool to say it; but there was a time when disco was cool. And one of the coolest disco-doers of ‘em all was Donna Summer, whose voice, brown beauty and power of performance… Full Transcript

If one is high school-age in America, the story of the Black Panther Party, one of the most significant black radical organizations of the mid 20th century, is virtually unknown. Few teachers dare to teach… Full Transcript

It was the summer of 1968, when thousands of anti-war protestors converged on Chicago, the site of the Democratic National Convention. They gathered to hand their presidential nomination to U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey… Full Transcript

There are times, like these, when the matchless power of nature enters our lives and renders us mute. Hurricane Sandy did this. “Super-Storm”; “Frankenstorm”, said clever headline hunters, but words are puny replies to the… Full Transcript

As the spectre of unemployment stalks the land, around comes May Day–a day set aside for the working class–those who build and built this nation, brick by brick. Not just a day of idle salute,… Full Transcript

AMY GOODMAN: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Danny Glover is here also to talk about your case. DANNY GLOVER: Hello, Mumia. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL: Yes, Brother Danny. How are you? DANNY GLOVER: How are you doing, brother? MUMIA ABU-JAMAL:… Full Transcript