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Gary Younge

Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for the Guardian and the author of No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the Deep South (Mississippi) and Stranger in a Strange Land: Travels in the Disunited States (New Press). He is also a contributor to The Notion.

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2007

  • In Europe, Where's the Hate?

    December 20, 2007

    The main threat to democracy isn't "Islamofacism" but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious superiority.

  • The Obama Effect

    December 13, 2007

    Have the dreams of the civil rights movement been realized or deferred?

  • Thieves of Black History

    October 25, 2007

    In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.

  • 'Jena Is America'

    September 20, 2007

    Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.

  • The Dog Days of War

    August 23, 2007

    Cindy Sheehan taught us that the only way to reach those who will go to the polls is by taking to the streets.

  • Snakes on a Cruise!

    August 3, 2007

    Who's on this ship? A lot of nice, intelligent people, a few 9/11 conspiracists, a self-righteous blowhard or two and an undercover reporter for the New York Times.

  • Shots in the Dark

    June 14, 2007

    When guns claim lives where any middle-class child might be, America mourns. But in barrios, projects and trailer parks, it's as if the crime never happened.

  • Labour Crowns King Brown

    May 17, 2007

    The one pledge Gordon Brown can deliver that would make his transition to power meaningful is to withdraw from Iraq immediately.

  • The Good Victim

    April 19, 2007 Subscribe

    Why do we hand-pick seemingly pure and innocent victims of injustice--such as the Rutgers basketball players--in order to combat American racism?

  • White History 101

    February 21, 2007

    Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?

  • The Illogic of Empire

    January 22, 2007 Subscribe

    Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq and escalation of the war.

2006

  • Their Opportunism, Our Opportunity

    November 26, 2006 Subscribe

    Mainstream media have transformed the permanent presidential campaign into a never-ending soap opera. Progressives must create the movements that will influence whoever decides to run.

  • Obama: Black Like Me

    October 27, 2006

    Barack Obama has fallen prey to the soft bigotry of unreasonable expectations from both the right and left.

  • Blair, Brown, Blah

    September 28, 2006

    Tony Blair's sorry record on Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon--and the rise of a new, viable leader of the Conservative Party--could spell doom for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party.

  • Londonistan Calling

    September 7, 2006

    Gautam Malkani's new novel explores the cross-section of youth culture, heritage and identity in London's polyglot, postcolonial neighborhoods.

  • New Orleans Forsaken

    August 31, 2006

    One year later, how will we come to terms with what happened when Hurricane Katrina washed up the disenfranchised most people, including the President, have tried to forget?

  • Rebels With a Cause

    June 14, 2006

    A new generation of student activists is flexing its muscles, rolling back employment rules in France, demanding education reform in Chile and fighting for immigrant rights in the US.

  • George & Tony's Not So Excellent Adventure

    May 18, 2006

    If democracy represents the will of the people, then there is either something wrong with democracy in the United States and Britain or something wrong with the people on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • The Battle of New Orleans

    April 20, 2006

    The candidates for New Orleans mayor--two white, one black--differ little on the issues. Voters may rely on the symbolism of race, but it will take more than melanin to rebuild this city.

  • Left's Labour Lost

    March 23, 2006

    After nine years, Tony Blair's magic has worn off. His Labour Party has mutated from an imperfect conduit of progressive change into an active obstacle to it.

  • Hard Times in the Big Easy

    February 26, 2006

    The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.

  • The Right to Be Offended

    February 8, 2006

    The question raised by cartoons deemed offensive to Islam has never been whether or not to draw the line but where it should be drawn.

  • What's Race Got to Do With It?

    January 25, 2006

    Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.

2005

  • Racism Rebooted

    June 23, 2005

    Forty years after the now-famous murders of three civil rights workers, racism persists in Mississippi.

  • A Win for EU Democracy

    June 2, 2005

    Voters in France and the Netherlands were right to reject the European Constitution.

2004

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 5/12/08
This week: Political shifts in the U.K.; Roberto Lovato and Jeanvieve Williams talk about "Juan Crow," a matrix of anti-immigration laws; and Ross Tuttle and Scott Horton look at the chaos in Guantanamo, as the first detainees head to trial. (13mb mp3)

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