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A veteran of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement and the New Left monthly Ramparts, Steve Weissman lived for many years in London, working as a magazine writer and television producer. He now lives and works in France, where he is researching a new book, "Big Money and the Corporate State: How Global Banks, Corporations, and Speculators Rule and How to Nonviolently Break Their Hold."
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, August 24, 2015 Redbaiting Socialists in Britain: Bernie Will Be Next
As a lifelong "Democratic Socialist," ducking was never Bernie's way, nor is it a viable option for Corbyn. Just the opposite. Unless he, Sanders, and those of us who support them stand up and define twenty-first century socialism for ourselves, the red-baiters will define it for us.
(17 comments) SHARE Monday, March 30, 2015 Neo-Nazis, Christian Nationalists, Muslim-Haters, Jew-Bashers: Europe Looks Back to Its Future
Energized by his success in Eastern Ukraine, Putin openly claims the right to defend Russian populations and other allies, whether in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, or the Baltic states. This is the real issue behind Crimea, where -- as he has just admitted on Russian television -- he planned well before his referendum to send in his little green men to disarm the 20,000 Ukrainian troops.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 27, 2013 The Vote Ed Snowden Needs to Turn Back the Surveillance State
'Do we give our law enforcement and intelligence people whatever they think they need to prevent terrorism? Or do we continue to demand specific warrants as our Constitution provides?' Steve Weissman, RSN
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 25, 2009 How Torture Worked to Sell the Iraq War
Cheney is absolutely right that the American people need to see the complete record. He is wrong about what the record will show. From the material already released or ferreted out by journalists, it is clear that he and Bush succeeded in using torture, not primarily to secure needed intelligence, but to create the propaganda they used to sell their invasion of Iraq.