Monthly Archives: November 2007

20,000 vets’ brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tallyBy Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to … Continue reading →

Saying no to Iraq war was victory, Chretien saysUpdated Thu. Nov. 22 2007 12:10 PM ETCTV.ca News Staff Former prime minister Jean Chretien says one of the major victories in his career was standing up against pressure to join the … Continue reading →

Former Guantánamo detainee seeks asylum in Swedenby Andy Worthington, November 23, 2007 On Tuesday November 20, Adel Abdul Hakim, a former Guantánamo detainee from Xinxiang province in the People’s Republic of China, took another step towards reconstructing his shattered life … Continue reading →

At least, they are in the Amerikkkan press. Keith Olberman’s Jaundiced Rant: Trashing ChavezBy CLIFTON ROSS I don’t know why I was so shocked listening to Keith Olbermann’s insulting, degrading and uninformed remarks about President Hugo Chavez yesterday. Perhaps because … Continue reading →

Plight of the Huddled Masses: A Hard Time for ThanksgivingBy Leonard Doyle, Nov 23, 2007, 09:18 Gertrude Winter, a char lady in her sixties who works at a government office, will have a turkey after all this Thanksgiving. At one … Continue reading →

Free Press Under Attack in HondurasWritten by Kari Lydersen, Thursday, 22 November 2007 As Carlos Salgado walked out of the Radio Cadena Voces station in Tegucigalpa around 4 p.m. on Oct. 18, two gunmen fired seven shots at him and … Continue reading →

UnthanksgivingBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Nov 23, 2007 Most Americans have succumbed to tradition and advertising and stuffed their bellies with unhealthy food and stuffed their shopping carts with unnecessary stuff. Now, here are some tough facts about the sad state … Continue reading →

Saudis make up 41% of foreign fighters in IraqIan Black, Middle East editorFriday November 23, 2007, The Guardian More than 40% of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq to join the insurgency in the past year were citizens of Saudi … Continue reading →

Pink: Dear Mr. President

Warren is a little wrong: the US is already a plutocracy. The damage is done and is likely irreversible. The Future Of The CorporationBy Robert Kuttner 11/22/07 “New York Times” — — LAST WEEK, superinvestor Warren Buffett, America’s second richest … Continue reading →

Spreading DemocracyBy Gozawheena Bergacker 11/22/07 “ICH” — — Deep in the bowels of a Washington DC Think Tank, a recent college graduate—selected for her unquestioning and eager embrace of their cynical ideology—labors under the watchful eye of a well-connected political … Continue reading →

Wrong question at the end of the article. It should be, “Are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney responsible for a holocaust in Iraq?” Our answer is, resoundingly, “Yes.” One Million Dead in Iraq: Our Own Holocaust DenialBy Mark Weisbrot … Continue reading →