by Penelope Rosemont “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue.”—Oscar Wilde ” .…
Noel Ignatiev
Behind the Euro Crisis
Behind the Euro Crisis: Germany Gambles on the Old Dream of European Hegemony By Richard Greeman German industrial and financial…
What Is a Paper?
The following is an email I recently got from a student, followed by my reply: Hi Noel! So I am…
New Model Army Breaks Camp
From a friend: I went to the Occupy Harvard teach-in yesterday. Terrific, almost all about economics and the economy. After…
Finkelstein at Occupy Boston
Norman Finkelstein spoke last night at Occupy Boston. He gave one of the most miserable performances I have ever witnessed,…
The Clearing of Zuccotti Park
The overnight clearing of Zuccotti Park by the police, following similar actions by police in Denver, Portland, Oakland and Atlanta,…
Jubilee!
Jubilee! Proclaim liberty throughout the land—Leviticus 25:10 In ancient times there existed a tradition of periodically canceling all debts. It…
My Nine-Eleven
On September 11, 2001 I was delivering a lecture in my first-year survey class in U.S. history. Since it was…
Their Disorder Is Our Hope
Since the beginning of the “uprising” and NATO bombardment in Libya, opinion in “progressive” circles has been of two schools:…
All Power to the Imagination…Again.
Then I ask, “What color is an FBI agent?” A few stammer and stutter objections—I do teach in Berkeley, California…