Yearly Archives: 2007

So, you want democracy?By Neil ClarkApr 16, 2007, 11:40 After an absence of 30 years, the finest US detective finally returned to British television screens last summer. The decision of the BBC to rescreen several episodes of the classic 1970s … Continue reading →

The first half is kind of slow and nothing new but the second half is about petro-dollars and why it is so important to the U.S. to have oil traded in dollars rather than euros, or god forbid, yuan. Alan … Continue reading →

Endgame: Iraqi Insurgents Press For Final BlowAdam Elkus, Electronic Iraq, 16 April 2007 By all indicators, America’s Iraqi expedition has failed miserably. One by one, American allies draw down their forces or resist increasing public pressure to do so. The … Continue reading →

RESULTS OF ‘DRUG WAR’: SINCE THEY MAKE OUR LICENSE PLATES IN HUNTSVILLE, SHOULDN’T THE MOTTO ON THEM BE: ‘TEXAS, THE PRISON STATE’? For taxpayers, the incentives are in the very act of relegalization: save money and increase public safety. The … Continue reading →

An Account of April 11-13, 2002, in Venezuela: The 47-Hour Coup That Changed Everythingby Gregory WilpertApril 15, 2007Venezuelanalysis.com The April 2002 coup attempt against President Chavez represented the perhaps most important turning point of the Chavez Presidency. First, it showed … Continue reading →

Number 3291by Cindy SheehanApril 15, 2007CommonDreams.org Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few — the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Politics of Citizenship (10 of 10)

WAR ON HEMP: No PEACE, No JUSTICEby Mariann G. Wizard “Scratch a stupid law, find a special interest.” Liberals, progressives, and leftists know this. Stupid laws serving special interests get our goat — we fight ’em, and often, we win. … Continue reading →

Bottom-Up PowerLaura Flanders This article is adapted from Laura Flanders’ new book, Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics From the Politicians (The Penguin Press). An odd thing happens on the way to an American election. For months politicians talk … Continue reading →

The Zimmers “My Generation” The oldest and greatest rock band in the world – meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who’s “My Generation”. Lead singer Alf is 90 – it’s quite something when he sings “I hope … Continue reading →

The crux of the matter is what you call a “terrorist organization.” If it is simply an organization that terrifies civilians with violence or its threat, then the biggest and most vicious terrorist organization in the world is, without question, … Continue reading →

The Baghdad GulagBy Pepe Escobar 04/13/07 “Asia Times” — — DAMASCUS – There are three overlapping wars in Iraq: the Sunni Arab guerrilla struggle against the US; strands of Sunni Arab guerrillas against assorted Shi’ite militias/death squads; and al-Qaeda in … Continue reading →