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- Sunday, Feb 05, 2012
Blog Post Defend Paper Books Against the Electronic Menace! -
- Friday, Dec 02, 2011
ZNet Article Kenyan troops invaded Somalia on October 16, 2011 -
- Tuesday, Nov 08, 2011
ZNet Article It is time to throw all that low quality intellectual garbage where it belongs - to a waste bin -
- Wednesday, Jun 01, 2011
ZNet Article Unwritten rule number one of the ‘Old Continent’ is that Europe knows what is best for the rest of the world -
- Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011
Commentary A 545-page report on atrocities that were committed predominantly by Rwanda and Uganda (and to much lesser degree by four other African nations) in DRC/Congo was first leaked to French newspaper Le Monde and later to the reporters of The New York ... -
- Monday, Feb 28, 2011
ZNet Article As several revolts shook recently big part of Arab world, as Hosni Mubarak stepped down and the leaders of Bahrain and Libya could not think about anything better than to order bloody crack down against their own people, the world (read Western go... -
- Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011
Blog Post Open letter to Fidel Castro regarding urgent need for united left to defend Latin America and China against Western attacks and propaganda. -
- Thursday, Oct 14, 2010
ZNet Article Have no illusions: the Nobel Peace Prize that has been awarded this year (2010) to Liu Xiaobo, the primary drafter of Charter 08, has nothing to do with human rights. -
- Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Commentary Rebellion had been crushed and Bangkok streets were covered with blood, mostly that of poor Thai peasants with their origins in the country's north or northeast. Armored vehicles had crashed through the barricades made of old tires and bamboo ro... -
- Monday, May 24, 2010
ZMag Article A report from the barricades in Thailand before the crackdown -
- Monday, Apr 26, 2010
ZMag Article Political and ideological quakes in Chile threaten the social contract -
- Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... -
- Friday, Feb 19, 2010
ZNet Article Andre Vltchek from Palembang, Musi River and Bangka Island. Introduction by Geoffrey Gunn -
- Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... Book Western Terror is a book of essays and political commentaries by Andre Vltchek that revisits many complex regional conflicts on our planet, including in the United States, Iraq, India, East Timor, Indonesia, and Latin America. Book Point of No Return shows the world through the eyes of a war correspondent, visiting places that are rarely covered by the mainstream media, offering provocative points of view about the pitiful state of today's world, its disparities and scandalo... -
- Friday, Feb 12, 2010
Book “Fascinating... endlessly sad.”—Noam Chomsky
In these remarkable interviews with André Vltchek and Rossie Indira, Indonesia’s most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation. Toer here discusses pe... -
- Friday, Feb 05, 2010
Commentary President Salvador Allende once again overlooks baroque Presidential Palace La Moneda in the heart of Santiago de Chile. This time his body is not made of flesh and bones but of stone - he is nothing more than a statue - but his head is still high... -
- Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009
ZNet Article Sometimes I am chased by nightmares: I am in the middle of some bombed out refugee camp, maybe in Congo (DRC) or in some other desperate country at the periphery of media interests. Children are running around with swollen bellies, clearly sufferi... -
- Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009
ZNet Article Dozens of green military tents dot the vast campground and jamboree site at Cibubur, a suburb just half an hour’s drive from the center of Jakarta. Hundreds of girls, some as young as 15, have called this camp home for almost 6 months. This is w... -
- Saturday, Jun 28, 2008
Commentary It is close to 6pm and the sunset viewing area in front of magnificent Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) is full of families and independent travelers. Some are standing on the roof of their rented caravans, bottle of beer in one hand, camera in ot... -
- Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008
ZNet Article Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and American Samoa. -
- Monday, May 19, 2008
Commentary During the Cold War, Eastern block countries used to be bombarded by radio broadcasts glorifying free-market economic system and consumerism. The message from the Radio Free Europe, Voice of America and BBC World Service had been clear: no matter ... -
- Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Commentary The sea is blue, beaches consist of golden sand, and palm trees are bent almost to the water surface. Underneath hardly detectable waves, marine life is fascinating and diverse. On hotel terraces, the coolness of coconut juice burns the refined th... -
- Thursday, May 01, 2008
ZMag Article While the cyclone and neo-Nazis were busy on the homefront, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was meeting George Bush in Washington. The two heads of state were trying to conclude negotiations about the construction of the U.S. radar base in We... -
- Friday, Apr 18, 2008
Commentary Wouldn't it be nice to live in an ideal world with no violence and brutality, where every individual is free and responsible, where every nation can choose its fate and alliances? -
- Friday, Apr 04, 2008
Commentary Here it goes again. Uncles with harsh over-smoked voices from Indonesian House of Representatives - that is synonymous with corruption and laziness - talking about morality and about "how to protect the nation" from the ills of pornography. -
- Wednesday, Apr 02, 2008
ZMag Article After the death in January of Indonesia’s former dictator from 1967-1998, Suharto, the Western mainstream media rediscovered the zeal with which it had supported the Indonesian dictator throughout his killing sprees of 1965-66 and the 25-year occu... -
- Saturday, Feb 16, 2008
Commentary For decades, the French economic and social system has been haunting Anglo-Saxon market fundamentalists. While Americans work late into the evenings, often with only 2 weeks vacations, worrying about inadequate health insurance, education for thei... - All Most Recent Content
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- Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... -
- Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
Book "André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful ... Book Western Terror is a book of essays and political commentaries by Andre Vltchek that revisits many complex regional conflicts on our planet, including in the United States, Iraq, India, East Timor, Indonesia, and Latin America. Book Point of No Return shows the world through the eyes of a war correspondent, visiting places that are rarely covered by the mainstream media, offering provocative points of view about the pitiful state of today's world, its disparities and scandalo... -
- Friday, Feb 12, 2010
Book “Fascinating... endlessly sad.”—Noam Chomsky
In these remarkable interviews with André Vltchek and Rossie Indira, Indonesia’s most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation. Toer here discusses pe... - All Recent Books
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