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Margarita Alarcón : 50 Years of Cuban Embargo is Enough

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cuban president Raul Castro at Cuba’s National Assembly in Havana. Photo by Ismael Francisco /AFP/ Getty images.‘Four Riders’ and the Cuban embargo:Fifty years should be enough By Margarita Alarcón / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2010 In 1992, a … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Fingering Corruption in Afghanistan

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Hamid Karzai votes: Supposedly indelible ink used to mark voters’ fingers in the Afghanistan election to prevent fraud may have been easily washed off. Photo by Reuters.Ink hardly dry on electoral farce:American opinion and the Afghan fiascoBy Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Honor Dr. King and Bring the Troops Home Now

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with President Lyndon Johnson in the White House, March 1966. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto / Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.Honor Dr. Martin Luther King: Bring the troops home NOW! By Harvey Wasserman / The … Continue reading →

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Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince : The Looming Specter of a Strike on Iran

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft in Afghanistan.Looming specter:Strike on Iran an increasing possiblity By Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince / The Rag Blog / August 19, 2010 Reading the signs Signs — coming from a number of … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 3

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Then Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on March 19, 2006 in Gaza City. Haniya continues to function as Prime Minister, despite having been dismissed by Abbas the next year. Photo from … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 2

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A graffiti artist paints the face of a Palestinian child on a wall in Beirut, Lebanon. Image from EPA.Part 2: Breaking the blockadeIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : The Hole Keeps Getting Deeper

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Environmental art by Andy Goldsworthy. Image from TreeHugger.Digging deeper in Afghanistan:New general, same disaster By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 The first rule about holes is if you find yourself in one and you don’t … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Vultures and the Hawks

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

And the empire was off and running: The first atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on trailer cradle in pit. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Think outside the bomb:No nukes? No empire. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [A … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /11

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson from Texas, on the white horse, visits Afghanistan in 1987. The Hollywood film, Charlie Wilson’s War, starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, was based on his story. Photo from AP / Iconic Photos.Part 11: 1981-1987A People’s … Continue reading →

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Follow the Poppies : Opium, Afghanistan, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Soldier among the poppies at opium field in Afghanistan. Image from Aftermath News.Working with the warlords:Afghanistan and the heroin trade The U.S. used the international heroin network to serve its geopolitical aims in Afghanistan and elsewhere. By Sherman DeBrosse / … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Obama to Cave on Iraq Withdrawal?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Progressive America Rising.Pressure from the ‘longer warriors’:Obama to cave on Iraq withdrawal? By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 Was it too good to be true? In February at Camp Lejeune, our new President … Continue reading →

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And in this Corner : The Globalists Vs. the Pragmatists

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Globalist discourse’ on war and peace:2010 will be year of ideological struggle By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 The year ends with the resurgence of what we might call “globalist discourse.” Globalist discourse is a … Continue reading →

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