Monthly Archives: June 2007

We’ll eat our hats. The Only Bush Press Conference You’ll Ever Have to Watch

Joan Baez – With God on Our Side (Live 1966)

Hugo Chavez’ Vision: The Earth’s DreamBy: Aldo VidaliFriday, Jun 22, 2007 AUTHOR’S NOTE: I gratefully received advice about the danger of personality cults. My enthusiasm for the vision of Hugo Chavez made me forget that I witnessed as a child … Continue reading →

Tantrums of Mass Destruction or The Enduring Beauty of Ugly Truth: In Praise of the Shabby-Ass Human Glory of Every Day Resistance.By Phil RockstrohJun 23, 2007, 15:56 Recent news reports have revealed that the Bush Administration has bestowed upon itself … Continue reading →

Hollowing Out: “Proudly” Wrecking CanadaBy Robin MathewsJun 23, 2007, 16:10 The story is big and dangerous. It’s everywhere you look. It’s part of a history that grows worse with the decades. “One step forward, two steps back” as someone once … Continue reading →

How Could Blair Possibly Get This Job? The Bumbling EnvoyBy ROBERT FISK I suppose that astonishment is not the word for it. Stupefaction comes to mind. I simply could not believe my ears in Beirut when a phone call told … Continue reading →

Chile: The Good Democracy?by Rodrigo AcuñaJune 22, 2007, Red Pepper A glance at much of the media’s coverage of Latin America would suggest that there are two types of democracies in the region today: the good and the bad. Due … Continue reading →

The Man Who Knows Too Little: What Rudy Giuliani’s greedy decision to quit the Iraq Study Group reveals about his candidacy.By Fred KaplanPosted Thursday, June 21, 2007, at 6:44 PM ET If you don’t read Newsday, you might not know … Continue reading →

Chilling stories from the Mahdi ArmyBy Leila Fadel | McClatchy NewspapersPosted on Fri, June 22, 2007 BAGHDAD — In 2005, Abu Rusil was a penniless Shiite Muslim taxi driver who could barely afford to rent a room. Then Sunni gunmen … Continue reading →

Today’s reading is from the Book of Corporate Life, Chapter 11, Verses 1-15: 1. In the beginning was the Plan. 2. And then came the Assumptions. 3. And the Assumptions were without form. 4. And the Plan was without Substance. … Continue reading →

Nicked, with gratitude, from CounterPunch, this one is worth dropping in for a minute or two: Stop Me Before I Vote Again: Dedicated to the deconstruction of the Democratic Party. “The American Left may not be much, but it won’t … Continue reading →

Out of the Flames of Gaza: Chronicle of a Chaos ForetoldBy RAMZY BAROUD All my forewarnings have suddenly been actualised, all at once: Gaza has descended into total and utter chaos; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has capitulated to Israel and … Continue reading →