ARTICLES & BOOKS BY JOHN SPRITZLER
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BLOG ("TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN")
BLOG ("REAL DEMOCRACY = ORDINARY PEOPLE MAKE THE LAWS")
Book: The People As Enemy: The Leaders' Hidden Agenda in World War II
Book: On the Public Agenda: Essays for Change (co-authored with David Stratman)
Articles:
ABOUT DEMOCRACY, IMMIGRATION, RELIGION, HEALTH CARE, CULTURE, VALUES & REVOLUTION:
Democracy in the United States? Fugetaboutit!
Poll Shows Americans Want Global Solidarity, Not Competition
Billionaires, Crime and Corruption
Market-Driven Health Care And Social Control
Beware of Cost-Cutting Health Care Reform
Why Are Families Under Attack?
"Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage: What is at Stake?"
"Why They Voted For Obama But Against Same-Sex Marriage"
Stop Iran's Execution of Three Gay Teenagers
Banning Cigarette Sales, and Class Inequality
Do Americans Have a "National Interest?"
Revolution: As American As Apple Pie
The Communist Manifesto Is Wrong
What Kind of Society Do We Want?
Class Inequality: Abolish It Or Win Nothing
Higher Education Free For All?
A Realistic Solution to Illegal Immigration
Religion, The Golden Rule, and Revolution
We Need A Whole New Approach: An Open Letter to Advocates for Universal Health Care
Docs at AIDS Meeting Defend Right to Denounce Bill Gates and Capitalism
Did The Jeffrey Sachs AIDS Speech Deserve Applause
The 800 Pound Gorilla Between Us and a Healthful Society
Corporations Meet Resistance Inside Boston's Schools
The Kids Are All Right - They're Fighting The Corporations
Race and Class in Civil War Mississippi
Liberalism's Contempt for the Welfare of Children
ABOUT PALESTINE/ISRAEL, WAR IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN, THE HOLOCAUST & WWII, IRAN:
The 'Good War' Myth of World War II
Obama's Afghanistan War: Morally Wrong, or Incompetently Waged?
Falsifying History and Ourselves: Anti-Democratic Propaganda in the Classroom
Abu Ghraib: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is NOT Us
Abu Ghraib Prison Torture: a Few Bad Apples or Long Standing Policy?
What Bush's 'Freedom & Democracy' Means for Iraqi Farmers
A War To Make Iraq Democratic?
Concealing the Real Goals of War
Book Review: "The War On Freedom
Elite Spokesman Alarmed by Magnitude of Opposition to Iraq War
Speech: Issues Related to a Jewish State in Palestine: Audio/Visual file of a speech by John Spritzler at the Walpole, MA, Public Library, Nov. 7, 2005 (This takes a couple of minutes to load. This can be viewed by downloading the free media player at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/9series/default.aspx . Also, if the video disappears when you adjust the volume, try changing from full to partial screen mode which, oddly enough, restores the video.)
Albert Einstein Quotations Opposing a Jewish State
SHOULD THERE BE A JEWISH STATE?
(Doit-il y avoir un Etat Juif?)
SHOULD PEOPLE OPPOSED TO BIGOTRY AND ANTI-SEMITISM SUPPORT ISRAEL?
The Anti-Semitism of Zionism's Leaders by John Spritzler (an excerpt from the above article)
Israel/Palestine: "It's Complicated!"...Or Is it? (pdf)
The Great Fear of Israel's Leaders
Why Israeli Leaders Love Qassam Rockets: A Reply to Michael Neumann
Evidence that Israeli/Zionist Leaders Want Jews to Die at the Hands of Apparent Anti-Semites
RIGHT AND WRONG RESPONSES TO PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS
Why Do All Politicians Support Israel? (Also see Why Our Government Supports Israel's Government and Why We Shouldn't pdf))
Why "Pick On" Israel? Here's Why
The Israel Lobby and the "National Interest"
Is It Realistic to Demand the Right of Return of Palestinian Refugees?
The Israel Lobby's Power Comes From the American Ruling Class
How Israel Helps Saudi Arabia’s Rulers Control their Working Class
How Israel Helps the Islamic Republic of Iran Control the Iranian Working Class
One State is Not Snake Oil: A Reply to Michael Neumann
Reply to John Walsh's "Why is the Peace Movement Silent About AIPAC?"
Brandeis Professor Reinharz Says She Will Debate Israel, But She Won't
Somerville Election Results on Questions 5 & 6 (Right of Return, Divestment from Israel)
Ballot Questions 5 and 6 and the Lies that Harm Us (.pdf, version with background links) a Somerville, MA flyer supporting Palestinians' right of return and divestment from Israel
SOMERVILLE DIVESTMENT PROJECT: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WIN? (See Americans Vote Yes for Equality Between Jews and Non-Jews Inside Israel, an SDP announcement of an electoral victory against apartheid Israel. Also see the SDP's Why Our Government Supports Israel's Government and Why We Shouldn't and the SDP Press Release announcing that a large majority voted Yes for the SDP's 2008 ballot question opposing Israeli laws that "give more rights to people of one religion than another."
Azmi Bishara and Muslims Worldwide Say No to Attacks on Non-Combatants
What Would it Look Like if Hamas and Hezbollah Fought a Class War?
Rocket Attacks on Israeli Civilians
Why and How the Anti-War Movement Must Tackle the "Israel" Question
How Norman Finkelstein and Amy Goodman Help Apartheid
WHAT WILL THE NEW PALESTINE BE?
HARVARD'S TABOO SUBJECT: SHOULD THERE BE A JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE? and Harvard and Gaza: Will Harvard Do the Right Thing?
Do Jews Really Rule The World?
"U.S., Israeli, Arab Elites Foment Strife To Control The People" Part I Part II.
How Can We End the U.S. Government's Pro-Israel Foreign Policy?
Why won't Hamas tell the world why there should not be a Jewish state in Palestine?
After Walt and Mearsheimer: Which Direction for the Anti-Zionist Movement?
My letter in the Brandeis Hoot
The True Significance of Bush's No-warrant Domestic Eavesdropping
Whom Should We Support in Iran?
Whose Side Are Richard Goldstone and Bill Moyers On?
ABOUT VOTING:
Refuse To Vote For President In 2004