Norman Markowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Norman Markowitz
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Opinion
10 truisms of capitalism from the mouths of robber barons
November 13, 2008The callousness and greed of today’s bankers, financiers and corporate CEOs calls to mind the 19th century robber barons. Here’s a relevant sample of classic statements made by some of the worst U.S. capitalists in history.
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Opinion
OPINION: 10 things to consider in the voting booth
November 4, 20081. The world is quite likely on the brink of a global depression. “Free market” economic policies are the key to understanding this crisis. Barack Obama has rejected these policies. John McCain now blames individuals, greedy...
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U.S.
Kurdish question and fruits of imperialism
June 7, 2008An ongoing guerilla war is raging in Southeastern Turkey and Kurdish regions of U.S.-occupied Iraq. The war is led by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which since its inception in Turkey has fought for a socialist...
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World
The Kurdish question and the fruits of imperialism
May 15, 2008An ongoing guerilla war is raging in Southeastern Turkey and Kurdish regions of U.S.-occupied Iraq. The war is led by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which since its inception in Turkey has fought for a socialist...
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U.S.
Obama speaks with empathy and compassion about racism in America
March 20, 2008I am profoundly impressed by Barack Obama's speech on racism in American politics. It is a speech that Hillary Clinton could not have made about any issue, a speech that John McCain would probably sneer at...
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U.S.
New Jersey apologizes for slavery
February 1, 2008New Jersey recently became the first Northern state to issue an apology for slavery, which claimed the lives of millions of African people “imported” to North America since the 17th century. In 1865, when slavery was...
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U.S.
New Jersey apologizes for slavery
January 26, 2008New Jersey recently became the first Northern state to issue an apology for slavery, which claimed the lives of millions of African people “imported” to North America since the 17th century. In 1865, when slavery was...
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World
The murder of Bhutto: Cold War fallout
January 11, 2008The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan last month has a direct relationship to the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the subject of “Charlie Wilson’s War,” the Hollywood “comedy” in which a corrupt congressman and...
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