by Dennis Loo Contrary to most people’s understanding, real political power does not principally exist either by the vehicle of voting or through the publicly displayed actions of the existing political institutions…
Category: Real History Lessons
Followers of Glenn Beck have described themselves as "students of history" and "historians." Everyone who opposes Beck's racist, reactionary agenda needs to know and bring out the real history of the U.S. and the world in order to, and as part of, politically opposing this agenda.
Life and Death Lessons from Egypt
by Dennis Loo The latest developments in Egypt provide life and death lessons on the nature of politics and movements that seek to end oppression. Egypt’s February 2011 popular uprising, along with…
10th Anniversary of 9/11: Ten Years of a Juggernaut of Empire… And the Need for a Whole New World
Below is a slightly edited talk given on September 11, 2011 by Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books in New York City, on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Maher Arar, a…
Articles on 9/11
Chris Hedges: A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe Debra Sweet: What We Should Remember from 9/11 Jill McLaughlin: Towering Lies and Hypocrisy: The White House’s 9/11 Approach to “Remembering and Recovering” Emma…
The Juggernaut of Empire and the Need for a Whole New World …
This article originally appeared on the site Revolution On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people died when jets flew into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington,…
What We Should Remember from 9/11
By Debra Sweet Just what is it we’re being told to "never forget" as we remember the events of 10 years ago? Looking back at what the Bush regime did at the…
Dennis Loo’s New Book: Globalization and the Demolition of Society
“Brilliant…A game changer.” — Sharon Araji, Past President, Pacific Sociological Association. “If enough people read this book we can change history.” — Debra Sweet, Director of World Can’t Wait Order now! Find…
True Stories of U.S. “Humanitarian” Intervention
From Revolution newspaper: The U.S. and other imperialist powers are portraying their missile and bombing assault on Libya as a "humanitarian" operation to protect the Libyan people who are being attacked by…
Behind the Arab Revolt Is a Word We Dare Not Speak
By John Pilger Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers who prepared then-president George W. Bush’s daily intelligence brief….
The Egyptian Military and the U.S. Empire
By Kenneth J. Theisen The fall of Hosni Mubarak is a victory for the Egyptian people. Millions of people have stood up, and a hated dictator is gone. When Vice President Omar…