We pay tribute to the late historian, writer and activist Howard Zinn who died suddenly on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 87. Howard Zinn?s classic work A People?s History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. …

The stories we are told by our leaders and the stories we tell each other help to build our worldview. We have to take back control of these narratives to empower each other and construct a more peaceful world.

But, yet, the mass movement that we were a part of ten years ago really isn?t present in the streets. And I think a lot of that has to do with, perhaps, the ?Obama effect? in the United States where everyone is still in this waiting pattern, hoping that he?s going to save the day.

In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia’s human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the “unique features” of a political silence in Australia: how it affects the national life of his homeland and the way Australians see the world and are manipulated by great power [...]

By Walden Bello*(This paper was delivered at the plenary session of the 2009 National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society held at the PSSC Building, on Oct. 16, 2009.)

Lecture delivered by Prof Dr. Chandra Muzaffar at the Centre for the Study of World Religions(CSWR), Harvard University on 1st October 2009. The Lecture is the first in the series entitled ” Ecologies of Human Flourishing.”
Please follow think link to listen to the audio of Dr. Chandra Muzaffar’s talk delivered at harvard:
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/resources/lectures/muzaffar3.html

By Chalmers Johnson
However ambitious United States President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous [...]

The global reach of the US military today is unprecedented and unparalleled. Officially, more than 190,000 troops and 115,000 civilian employees are massed in approximately 900 military facilities in 46 countries and territories (the unofficial figure is far greater). The US military owns or rents 795,000 acres of land, with 26,000 buildings and structures, valued at $146bn (

Alternatives to Empire: Constructing Alternatives to Empire from digital birdy video on Vimeo.
Constructing Alternatives to Empire is Part Four of a four part series of interviews conducted by Larry Marshall with Professor Joseph Camilleri and Reverend David Pargeter, two of the founders of The Alternatives to Empire Project.

Alternatives to Empire: Illusions of Empire from digital birdy video on Vimeo.
Illusions of Empire is Part Three in a four part series of interviews conducted by Larry Marshall with Professor Joseph Camilleri and Reverend David Pargeter, two of the founders of The Alternatives to Empire Project.