Amitabh Pal

Amitabh Pal is the Managing Editor of The Progressive. He has interviewed the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter and John Kenneth Galbraith for the magazine. In addition to his role as the Managing Editor, Pal is the Co-Editor of the Progressive Media Project.
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Dinesh D’Souza’s Obama Documentary Surreal in Its Badness »

By Amitabh Pal, September 8, 2012

The anti-Obama screed is almost psychedelic.read more

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Rock Star and Activist Salman Ahmad Still Going Strong »

By Amitabh Pal, September 3, 2012

Pakistani-American rock legend Salman Ahmad is busy on all fronts.read more

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United States Doing Global Damage by Peddling Weapons »

By Amitabh Pal, August 31, 2012

Crass mercenary incentives should not cause the United States to destabilize the planet.read more

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Obama Eulogizes Ethiopian Dictator »

By Amitabh Pal, August 24, 2012

He hails Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi for his service for "peace and security in Africa," though Meles invaded Somalia.read more

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Elliott Abrams and Bernard Lewis Tutor Paul Ryan »

By Amitabh Pal, August 16, 2012

Ryan’s stances on foreign policy issues oscillate between reckless and clueless.read more

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Homeland Security’s Costly Retreat on the Far Right »

By Amitabh Pal, August 9, 2012

After the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting, the Obama Administration needs to be more alert about rightwing extremism.read more

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The Lethality of Hate in Wisconsin »

By Amitabh Pal, August 6, 2012

There is a surrounding climate that enables extreme acts like the horrific rampage at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.read more

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Romney Camp’s Fondness for England Has Racial Edge »

By Amitabh Pal, July 26, 2012

The "Anglo-Saxon" remark fits snugly into a broader GOP racial framework.read more

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McCain and Ed Rollins rightly take on Michele Bachmann »

By Amitabh Pal, July 19, 2012

She and her fellow Islamophobes are a disgrace to Congress.read more

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Hillary Clinton Should Have U.S. Sign Cluster Bomb Treaty »

By Amitabh Pal, July 12, 2012

The United States needs to get on board as a way to atone for past misdeeds in Southeast Asia.read more

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Japanese Government Refuses to Listen to Its People »

By Amitabh Pal, July 3, 2012

Even after the Fukushima disaster, it has revived nuclear power.read more

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America’s Addiction to Arms Sales Needs to be Broken »

By Amitabh Pal, June 22, 2012

The United States needs to stop pushing its weapons on other countries.read more

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Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom Made History »

By Amitabh Pal, June 14, 2012

Her research provided acute insights into how the world really worked.read more

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Elinor Ostrom »

By Amitabh Pal, June 2010 issue

“I’ve been interested in democratic governance at the very base,” says the first woman to get the Nobel Prize in Economics.read more

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Palestinian Hunger Strike Shows Power of Nonviolent Struggle »

By Amitabh Pal, May 18, 2012

The strikers made Israel cave—another victory for the nonviolent strain running through the Palestinian resistance movement .read more

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