Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. is the author of 50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism (Disinformation Books). His previous books include A Gigantic Mistake: Articles and Essays for Your Intellectual Self-Defense (Prime Books/Library Empyreal) and the Seven Deadly Spins: Exposing the Lies Behind War Propaganda (Common Courage Press).

This author's articles

Simple Steps Towards Change?
Saturday April 26th, 2008
Progressives for Pinochet
Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
Progressives (and Z Net) for Obama?
Saturday March 29th, 2008
All You Need is Hate
Thursday March 27th, 2008
No occupation without representation (and other electoral musings)
Saturday March 22nd, 2008
Can we be anti-war but pro-troops?
Thursday March 13th, 2008
Obama, McCain, March 19…yawn
Thursday February 28th, 2008
Change We Can Recycle: A Presidential Campaign Quiz
Friday February 22nd, 2008
America’s top exports: Grief, sorrow, and loss
Saturday February 2nd, 2008
Lab rats, corporate science, and the monsters we’ve all become
Thursday January 31st, 2008
For-Profit Health Care: More than one way to scan a CAT
Saturday January 26th, 2008
The Truth about Immigration
Tuesday December 11th, 2007
No Voice Unheard: An interview with animal rights activist Diane Leigh
Tuesday November 20th, 2007
Awareness is overrated
Monday November 12th, 2007
Mickey Z. to the "Rescue" in 2008
Tuesday September 4th, 2007
Ho, ho, ho: The end of racism and sexism
Tuesday April 24th, 2007
Dream Vacation: Sea, sand, and depleted uranium at Vieques
Thursday April 19th, 2007
Our dead, their dead
Wednesday April 18th, 2007
My movement is bigger than yours
Monday April 16th, 2007
If not now, when?
Friday April 13th, 2007
Death from Above
Tuesday April 10th, 2007
Four Left/Liberal Fantasies
Sunday April 1st, 2007
Top Ten Ways to Plan Your Next Anti-War Protest
Tuesday March 27th, 2007
Pat Tillman: Beyond the Hype
Sunday March 25th, 2007
This is your brain on meat
Thursday March 22nd, 2007
Pet Food Recall: What’s your cat eating?
Tuesday March 20th, 2007
America’s March Madness
Tuesday February 27th, 2007
Top Ten Reasons Why Activists Shouldn’t Be "Too Radical"
Friday February 23rd, 2007
None of these will prevent the U.S. from bombing Iran
Thursday February 22nd, 2007
Freedom fries
Saturday February 17th, 2007
It’s only Iraq and Roll (but we seem to like it)
Tuesday February 13th, 2007
War: It’s just a pretext away (lessons from Yugoslavia)
Saturday February 10th, 2007
Top Ten Ways Democrats Differ from Republicans
Sunday February 11th, 2007
Barack Obama vs. Huey P. Newton
Monday February 12th, 2007
Top Ten Ways Civilization (as we know it) Will Soon Cease to Exist
Friday February 9th, 2007
Dumb and Dumbo (One act, two parties)
Wednesday February 7th, 2007
Foie gras is a disease not a delicacy
Tuesday February 6th, 2007
Forgotten February (A brief peek at America’s unrestrained brutality)
Monday February 5th, 2007
Top Ten Reasons Why the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchal Culture (WSCPC) Will Not be Toppled Any Time Soon
Saturday February 3rd, 2007
What I heard on the W Train
Friday February 2nd, 2007
Nader still in the crosshairs
Wednesday January 31st, 2007
Hell, high water, & corporate profit
Tuesday January 30th, 2007
Iran vs. Poland?
Tuesday January 30th, 2007
Top Ten Campaign Slogans for Barack Obama
Sunday January 28th, 2007
Adolf loved his liver dumplings
Friday January 26th, 2007
The United States of Equality
Thursday January 25th, 2007
The State of the Nation
Wednesday January 24th, 2007
The Corporate Media and Hugo Chavez
Monday January 22nd, 2007
Bill O’Reilly = Super Genius
Saturday January 20th, 2007
Newsweek’s cover boys
Thursday January 18th, 2007
Was Jesus an evil-doer?
Wednesday January 17th, 2007
Wanted: Creative Extremists
Tuesday January 16th, 2007
Girls for Gender Equity: An interview with Mandy Van Deven
Sunday January 14th, 2007
Wish you were here (a small sampling)
Wednesday January 10th, 2007
Local or Express?
Tuesday January 9th, 2007
The People’s Republic of Me: Novelist Nick Mamatas declares his independence
Monday January 8th, 2007
Top Ten Reasons Why You Might Vote Democrat in 2008
Friday January 5th, 2007
Writing the American Dream
Thursday January 4th, 2007
Top Ten Ways to Deal with Potential Rapist/Attacker
Tuesday January 2nd, 2007
Hussein and Ford = two dead criminals
Sunday December 31st, 2006
Top Ten Ways to Change the World in 2007
Tuesday December 19th, 2006
Defending our interests (lessons from Panama)
Monday December 11th, 2006
Felonious Monk
Sunday December 10th, 2006
The U.S. government hates democracy (lessons from Italy)
Friday December 8th, 2006
Don’t expect U.S. to create democracy in Iraq (lessons from Greece)
Wednesday December 6th, 2006
Don’t let Dick Cheney read your palm
Tuesday December 5th, 2006
What we’re up against (lessons from Guatemala)
Saturday December 2nd, 2006
Vietnam, Iraq, and the M Word
Thursday November 30th, 2006
This Christmas, say no to fir
Wednesday November 29th, 2006
Conspicuous consumption comes out of the closet
Monday November 27th, 2006
Fasten your seat belts for global warming
Wednesday November 22nd, 2006
“Fast Food Nation” Makes Headlines
Sunday November 19th, 2006
Saving Condi’s Life
Saturday November 18th, 2006
Sophocles rides the N Train
Friday November 17th, 2006
A different kind of occupation
Thursday November 16th, 2006
Will the real Dr. King please stand up?
Tuesday November 14th, 2006
Meat the Press
Saturday November 11th, 2006
Mid-Term Election Post Mortem
Friday November 10th, 2006
Myth of the brave soldier
Thursday November 9th, 2006
Would Tom Paine end up in an orange jumpsuit today?
Wednesday November 8th, 2006
All the leaves are brown
Tuesday November 7th, 2006
All you need is love (...and a small, well-trained army)
Sunday November 5th, 2006
Botched or not, the joke’s on us
Thursday November 2nd, 2006
America the Temporary
Wednesday November 1st, 2006
The Forgiven: Clint Eastwood’s Good War
Sunday October 29th, 2006
No-brainer: Hillary loves Dick (Cheney, that is)
Monday October 30th, 2006
The Battle in Seattle (Looking Back Seven Years)
Friday October 27th, 2006
Science, medicine, and the gullible Left (Is your spleen superfluous?)
Tuesday October 24th, 2006
Godzilla vs. The Condoleezard
Saturday October 21st, 2006
When
Thursday October 19th, 2006
Iran and North Korea are not the problem
Monday October 16th, 2006
My Exclusive Interview with Condoleezza Rice
Monday October 16th, 2006
Boiling Point
Thursday October 12th, 2006
Ball of Confusion (That’s what the world is today)
Wednesday October 11th, 2006
Who killed Michael Moore? (Why and what’s the reason for?)
Sunday October 8th, 2006
NBA says no to leather
Friday October 6th, 2006
Torture: An American Institution
Friday October 6th, 2006
Revenge of the Jedi Bag Lady
Tuesday October 3rd, 2006
The High Cost of Dying
Sunday October 1st, 2006
U.S. boots step on a Caribbean flea (Does this sound familiar?)
Friday September 29th, 2006
G.I. Joe has been Punk’d
Wednesday September 27th, 2006
Revolution just ain’t what it used to be
Monday September 25th, 2006
Take the Stupid White Man Quiz
Sunday September 24th, 2006
10 Reasons Why Cars Suck
Wednesday September 20th, 2006
Threats: Real and Imagined
Monday September 18th, 2006
Why I hate America
Thursday September 14th, 2006
Why Blogs?
Monday September 11th, 2006
Self-Help in the Land of Denial
Friday September 8th, 2006
The art of lap dining: More from the liberal (sic) media
Thursday September 7th, 2006
The evolution will be televised (and maybe podcast, too)
Tuesday September 5th, 2006
No innocent bystanders in America
Saturday September 2nd, 2006
The Other 9/11
Friday September 1st, 2006
Porn and the CIA (Your tax dollars at work)
Tuesday August 29th, 2006
Winning the war on terror
Sunday August 27th, 2006
Three poems
Thursday August 24th, 2006
The numbers just don’t add up (and "they" still have the guns)
Wednesday August 23rd, 2006
Osama wants your mortgage
Monday August 21st, 2006
175 years ago: Nat Turner puts the South on notice
Saturday August 19th, 2006
Why
Friday August 11th, 2006
Here’s a 9/11 angle for Hollywood
Thursday August 10th, 2006
Shoot first and screw the questions: some murder is legal
Wednesday August 9th, 2006
This woman really wanted people to stare at her chest
Saturday August 5th, 2006
Some context on Cuba and Castro
Thursday August 3rd, 2006
Blame it on the Comet
Wednesday August 2nd, 2006
The Long History of American Treachery
Monday July 31st, 2006
How to win a fight (part V)
Sunday July 30th, 2006
Jesus is in my computer
Friday July 28th, 2006
Power (outage) to the People
Wednesday July 26th, 2006
From Iraq to Lebanon: Let sleeping giants lie
Tuesday July 25th, 2006
If I had a dollar for every time...
Sunday July 23rd, 2006
In Defense of Barry Bonds
Friday July 21st, 2006
Blackouts and Urban Cavemen
Thursday July 20th, 2006
How to win a fight (part IV)
Tuesday July 18th, 2006
3 Haiku
Sunday July 16th, 2006
How to win a fight (part III)
Saturday July 15th, 2006
How to win a fight (part II)
Tuesday July 11th, 2006
How to win a fight (part I)
Monday July 10th, 2006
DON’T support our troops (inform them)
Monday July 3rd, 2006
Why I support the "War on Terror"
Thursday June 29th, 2006
Too many Moons for the Earth
Friday June 23rd, 2006
"Popular anger may be something to behold"
Thursday June 22nd, 2006
"We should always remember who makes the rules"
Monday June 19th, 2006
Five Urgent Conversations About America
Thursday June 15th, 2006
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Corporations
Thursday June 8th, 2006
America: The Land of Denial
Tuesday June 6th, 2006
Haditha and Rumsfeld’s Ratio
Saturday June 3rd, 2006
Haditha was inevitable
Wednesday May 31st, 2006
From Zoot Suits to Border Walls
Monday May 29th, 2006
Haiku Manifesto
Friday May 26th, 2006
Challenging the auto-dependant lifestyle
Saturday May 20th, 2006
Impeachment is just one tiny step
Sunday May 14th, 2006
"Philosophical differences"
Wednesday May 10th, 2006
The white washing of Muhammad Ali™
Monday May 8th, 2006
News Muse
Tuesday May 2nd, 2006
15 Minutes of Radical Fame
Sunday April 23rd, 2006
Do you believe in GOD (Good Old Days)?
Tuesday April 11th, 2006
Parenti does Culture
Saturday April 8th, 2006
Let us now praise OIL (Our Iraqi Liberators)
Wednesday April 5th, 2006
The Athlete as Role Model
Saturday March 25th, 2006
Does anyone really need another article?
Monday March 20th, 2006
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U.S. Racism and Fear: Nothing New
Sunday February 26th, 2006
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Celluloid Subversives
Thursday February 16th, 2006
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Making Friends with Black People
Tuesday February 14th, 2006
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"Against vicious injustice"
Friday February 10th, 2006
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Betty Friedan asked: "Is that all?"
Saturday February 4th, 2006
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Street News and NYC’s Homeless
Sunday January 29th, 2006
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"Big Daddy"
Tuesday January 24th, 2006
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Target: Iran
Monday January 16th, 2006
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Which Wolf Will You Feed in 2006?
Saturday December 31st, 2005
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Have Yourself a Merry I.F. Stone Day
Saturday December 17th, 2005
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G.I. Joe Goes to Baghdad
Wednesday December 14th, 2005
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Inside Looking Out
Sunday December 11th, 2005
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Poem: Stillborn
Wednesday December 7th, 2005
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Politics on your plate
Saturday December 3rd, 2005
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Steal This City
Saturday November 26th, 2005
Joshua Frank

Rebel, Rebel
Monday November 21st, 2005
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An Occupation Worth Applauding
Thursday November 17th, 2005
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Stealing Veteran’s Day from the Militarists
Tuesday November 1st, 2005
Monthly Review ZINE

Fifty-one American Revolutions
Friday October 28th, 2005
mickeyz.net

"Silence is the greatest of all crimes"
Tuesday October 25th, 2005
MRZine.org

Becoming Conscious of Our Own Strength
Monday October 3rd, 2005
Mickey Z.

Weapons of Mass Deconstruction: The Revolutionary Potential of Art
Monday March 7th, 2005
"One man has stopped killing"
Friday February 18th, 2005
We have the right to remain silent...but the duty to speak
Friday February 11th, 2005
ZNet

What Ward Churchill Didn’t Say
Wednesday February 9th, 2005
CounterPunch

Warning: More Hate Speech from W. Churchill
Monday February 7th, 2005
CounterPunch

Leslie Gelb Asks Iraq: Who’s Your Daddy?
Thursday February 3rd, 2005
CounterPunch

A Wave of Questions: Putting a Disaster in Context
Wednesday December 29th, 2004
ZNet

The Granma Moses of Radical Writing
Saturday November 20th, 2004
CounterPunch

The Worst President Ever?
Wednesday November 10th, 2004
CounterPunch

Post-Mortem
Wednesday November 3rd, 2004
CounterPunch

Rumble in the Jungle at 30
Tuesday October 26th, 2004
ZNet

The Only Thing We Have to Fear...
Monday October 4th, 2004
CounterPunch

Debate This
Friday October 1st, 2004
CounterPunch

The Stupid White Man Quiz
Wednesday September 22nd, 2004
ZNet Commentary

Is Your Car Vegan?
Tuesday September 21st, 2004
CounterPunch

Two Traditions: WMD and Disinformation
Wednesday August 4th, 2004
ZNet

Get on the Bus
Thursday July 22nd, 2004
CounterPunch

Ad Infinitum?
Friday July 16th, 2004
CounterPunch

Elie Wiesel’s Strange Parade
Wednesday July 7th, 2004
ZNet

9/11 and Pearl Harbor
Monday July 5th, 2004
CounterPunch

An Open Letter to the People of Iraq
Tuesday June 22nd, 2004
ZNet

Good Mourning, America
Tuesday June 8th, 2004
CounterPunch

D(isnformation) Day
Saturday May 29th, 2004
CounterPunch

More Election 2004 Madness
Monday May 17th, 2004
CounterPunch

Undoing the Latches
Thursday April 22nd, 2004
ZNet

Haiti Fatigue?
Friday February 6th, 2004
CounterPunch

Only Losers Get Tried for War Crimes
Friday April 18th, 2003

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