Monthly Archives: January 2007

A story that has inspired a movement to end the war in Iraq: During the Vietnam War, a silent-antiwar revolution took place within the US military. According to the Pentagon, there were a total of 503,926 “incidents of desertion.” Yet … Continue reading →

Democrats warn Bush against ignoring Congress’ signals on IraqPress Trust of IndiaWashington, January 21, 2007 As the US Congress prepares to vote on resolutions opposing additional American troops in Iraq, senior Democrats have warned President George W Bush that it … Continue reading →

Although we do not expect George W. to listen to this sound advice. There is far too much arrogance and contempt in the man for that. Iraq’s Talabani calls for Syria-U.S. talks21 Jan 2007 20:50:35 GMTSource: Reuters DUBAI, Jan 21 … Continue reading →

Iraq and US Foreign Policy: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Peshawa Abdulkhaliq MuhammedKurdistani Nwe Newspaper, December 25, 2006 When we are talking about regime change in Iraq, you believe that the US did this for oil. But at the same as … Continue reading →

OLMERT AND ABBAS AGREE TO TALKS…. ISN’T SOMEONE MISSING FROM THIS PICTURE?Desert PeaceJanuary 21, 2007 Condi feels good about herself. She thinks her trip to the region was a success. She got Abbas and Olmert to agree to talk about … Continue reading →

Guatemala notes / ruling class follies. If you think the ruling class in the US is insidious, they got nothing on rich Guatemalans. The big story here is the recent collapse of 2 major banks, Banco de Café and Banco … Continue reading →

EXPOSING THE ROOTS OF HEALTH DISPARITIESHarvard Public Health Review, January 1, 2007 [Rachel’s introduction: “What intrigues Williams are not just extreme forms of racism, but their subtler, more insidious, day-to-day manifestations. A huge body of research on health disparities has … Continue reading →

THE SOURCE OF HOPELESSNESS: A REVIEW OF ‘AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH’By Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Inc. [Catherine Austin Fitts served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD in the first Bush Administration; she previously served as Managing … Continue reading →

From Missing Links What America wanted Mubarak to do (but they found him useless) (With apologies to reader anonymous who called attention to this interesting article, this is only a short summary, with a few extracts. The article is by … Continue reading →

From Arab Woman Blues Hush now, little one … I have good news for you. American “consumer sentiment has improved to a 3 years high, propelled by falling gasoline prices and a favorable view of personal finances and economic growth” … Continue reading →

We’re sure someone will soon chronicle all the spectacular terrorist arrests since 11 September 2001 compared with the numbers of convictions. And we bet the list of arrests will be relatively long, while the list of convictions will be so … Continue reading →

Looking for a Gulf of Tonkin-like IncidentPublished on Sunday, January 21, 2007.By Rodrigue Tremblay Obviously, President George W. Bush is busily looking for a Gulf of Tonkin-like incident in order to further escalate the war in Iraq and to start … Continue reading →