Articles by John Feffer

The Next Marx

January 31, 2012 | The financial crisis and the Occupy movement have challenged Left-Right distinctions and prompted calls for an entirely new economic order.

Cult of Personality

January 17, 2012 | When we focus our analysis on personalities like Assad in Syria or Kim Jong Un in North Korea, we succumb to our own personality cult.

The Apocalyptics

January 10, 2012 | Dress them up in black, put some Goth makeup on them, give them a name like The Apocalyptics, and the Republican candidates would fit right in with the head-banger crowd.

Nigeria with Nukes

January 3, 2012 | Millions of people have thronged the streets of cities all over the world this last year to protest the influence of money on power--the corruption in Mubarak's Egypt and Ben Ali's Tunisia, the malign effects of Wall Street and other financial institutions, the power elite in Russia.

The Other Kim

The Other Kim

January 3, 2012 | South Korean parliamentarian Kim Geun-Tae was a soft-spoken man dedicated to reunification of the Koreas.

Two Cold War Milestones

December 26, 2011 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Czech leader Vaclav Havel, although political opposites, shared some things in common.