By Arundhati Roy People the world over salute the Occupy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire This is the text of a speech given by Arundhati Roy at the People’s University in Washington Square, NYC on November 16th, 2011. Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today …
November 2011 archive
Nov 14
Targeting Syria – The ‘Bad News’ For The Guardian
…mainstream journalists are appalled that a double Russian and Chinese veto at the UN has thwarted Western efforts to do more good in Syria. Afghanistan and Iraq may still be in flames. A bloodbath may continue to flow from Nato’s ‘humanitarian intervention’ in Libya. No matter, mainstream journalists are appalled that a double Russian and Chinese veto …