Ken Silverstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 284500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ken Silverstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ken |
| FAMILY NAME | Silverstein |
| SIGNATURE | SILVERSTEIN K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
They Pretend to Think, We Pretend to Listen
Washington Lobbyists for Hire and the US as the Avatar of Human Rights
In March, when the U.S. State Department announced its new global survey of human rights, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that the report demonstrated America's commitment to civil liberties, the rule of law, and a free press. “We are recommitting ourselves to stand with those courageous men and women who struggle for their freedom and their rights,” she said. “And we are recommitting ourselves to call every government to account tha…
Cold Comfort
Journalist Ken Silverstein recently published a piece at Harpers.org called "Cold Comfort: the Japan Lobby Blocks Resolution on WWII Sex Slaves" (October 5, 2006), which Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe elaborated on in an article headlined "U.S. Congress backs off rebuke of wartime Japan" (October 15, 2006). What we know from both pieces is that, for the past six months, the government of Japan has paid hefty fees ($60,000 a month) to the Washin…
Private Warriors
Without Fear of Being Happy
The Brazilian Workers Party is the most important political formation to emerge in Latin America for many years. Under the charismatic leadership of an ex-metalworker and union official, Luis Inacio da Silva, known simply as Lula by the Brazilian masses, the Workers Party won 31 million votes to come within three per cent of winning the 1989 presidential election on a bold anti-capitalist platform. Taking its title from the Workers Party's slogan…
Without Fear of Being Happy
Without Fear of Being Happy
Without Fear of Being Happy
The Brazilian Workers Party is the most important political formation to emerge in Latin America for many years. Under the charismatic leadership of an ex-metalworker and union official, Luis Inacio da Silva, known simply as Lula by the Brazilian masses, the Workers Party won 31 million votes to come within three per cent of winning the 1989 presidential election on a bold anti-capitalist platform. Taking its title from the Workers Party's slogan…
Private Warriors
Cold Comfort
Journalist Ken Silverstein recently published a piece at Harpers.org called "Cold Comfort: the Japan Lobby Blocks Resolution on WWII Sex Slaves" (October 5, 2006), which Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe elaborated on in an article headlined "U.S. Congress backs off rebuke of wartime Japan" (October 15, 2006). What we know from both pieces is that, for the past six months, the government of Japan has paid hefty fees ($60,000 a month) to the Washin…
Washington Lobbyists for Hire and the US as the Avatar of Human Rights
In March, when the U.S. State Department announced its new global survey of human rights, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that the report demonstrated America's commitment to civil liberties, the rule of law, and a free press. “We are recommitting ourselves to stand with those courageous men and women who struggle for their freedom and their rights,” she said. “And we are recommitting ourselves to call every government to account tha…
They Pretend to Think, We Pretend to Listen
Political science (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)