Section: AlterNet (USA)
Hillary Might Break the Glass Ceiling If She Wins, But She Won’t Put a Dent in the Military-Industrial Complex
In the lead-up to International Women’s Day on March 8th, we present an excerpt from False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton. The following essay by Medea Benjamin appears in the forthcoming book, False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton, on June 14 this year:In March 2003, just before the US invasion of Iraq, about...
Hillary Might Break the Glass Ceiling If She Wins, But She Won’t Put a Dent in the Military-Industrial Complex
In the lead-up to International Women’s Day on March 8th, we present an excerpt from False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton. The following essay by Medea Benjamin appears in the forthcoming book, False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton, on June 14 this year:In March 2003, just before the US invasion of Iraq, about...
We’re Never Winning These Wars: America Has Zero to Show For Its Decades of Bloodshed in the Middle East
Armed conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond hasn’t brought anything close to lasting peace. Quite the opposite. This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That was at the height of the Vietnam antiwar...
Don’t Miss the Film About a Great African-American Amid This Year’s Oscars so White
‘What Happened, Miss Simone?,’ a documentary about the legendary singer, songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone, was nominated for an Academy Award this year. As a performer, Nina Simone was known for her soulful vocals and carefree musical style, which captured audiences and attracted life-long fans, such as Langston...
There Appears to Be a Truce After Years of Hostilities Between the World’s Great Oil Producers
Will OPEC be able to enforce this deal? In Doha, Qatar’s capital, the energy ministers of Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela huddled behind closed doors at the St. Regis Hotel. These four countries account for about a third of the world oil output. The combined oil output from Russia and Saudi Arabia delivers about 13 percent of the...
The Pentagon Has Fired the First Shot in a New Arms Race — Against ‘Russian Aggression’
The Defense Department’s message is unambiguous: Russia is a much bigger threat than ISIL. As the voters of New Hampshire braved the snow to play their part in the great pageant of American democracy on Tuesday, the US secretary of defence was setting out his spending requirements for 2017. And while the television cameras may have...
Dear Hillary, Madeline and Gloria: Full Feminism Demands We Say No to America’s Deadly Imperial Wars
Clinton does not have a monopoly on feminism. Two powerful backers of Hillary Clinton attracted headlines—and outrage—this weekend when they uttered sweeping statements under the banner of “feminism,” calling on young women to back the former Secretary of State’s presidential bid.Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S....
Republican Candidates Blast Away at Cruz in Final GOP Debate Before Iowa Caucuses
Remaining candidates use formal debate to take aim at Ted Cruz while Trump hosts dual event and cedes spotlight to opponents. Donald Trump found himself sidelined for the first time from a televised presidential debate on Thursday, ceding the stage to his Republican opponents in a high-stakes gamble less than three days before the Iowa caucuses....
4 Things Obama Can Do to Stop the World from Nuking Itself Before He Leaves Office
Climate change and nuclear weapons pose the biggest risk to our planet’s future. President Obama made a wise decision to avoid reciting a laundry list of new initiatives in his State of the Union address. After all, Congress will be in session only 111 days this year, the Republicans control both houses and he’s a lame duck. So how...
There Will Be Chaos: Big Oil’s Collapse and the Birth of a New World Order
The longer such price levels persist, the more devastating the consequences are likely to be. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.As 2015 drew to a close, many in the global energy industry were praying that the price of oil would bounce back from the abyss, restoring...
