Jerry Mander, Paradigm Warrior

Jerry Mander, Paradigm Warrior

One of the great intellectual and strategic leaders of the global economic justice movement, Jerry Mander, died this week. His charge to us: don’t give up because you lost the first round. Educate movements and the public to fight back.

Saul Landau, Presente!

Saul Landau, Presente!

He had a knack for turning newfound acquaintances into soulmates that shines through a flood of tributes and obituaries in the mainstream and alternative media.

Chavez: Lest We Forget

Chavez: Lest We Forget

Comparing Hugo Chavez’s accomplishments to his U.S. obits was like taking a trip through Alice’s looking glass.

I’ll Miss Hugo

I’ll Miss Hugo

Hugo Chavez put an end to the reign of neoliberal IMF policies that had impoverished the masses of Latin America.

Remembering Charles Colson

Remembering Charles Colson

Tricky Dick’s master of dirty tricks became a Christian prison reformer but was no saintly do-gooder.

Remembering Bernard “B.” Rapoport

Remembering Bernard “B.” Rapoport

B., a man of ideas who was nimble to adapt to the times, understood that today’s movement for the 99 percent had its roots in many earlier social movements.

Two Cold War Milestones

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Czech leader Vaclav Havel, although political opposites, shared some things in common.

Remembering Claudette Munson

Remembering Claudette Munson

Among the leaders of a movement to turn the end of the Cold War into economic opportunity was a mother of four in St. Paul, Minnesota, who had spent 14 years soldering circuit boards for nuclear submarines. Claudette Munson died of cancer on July 25.