Yearly Archives: 2007

Absolute Power: The real reason the Bush administration won’t back down on Guantanamo.By Dahlia Lithwick 01/14/07 “Slate” — — Why is the United States poised to try Jose Padilla as a dangerous terrorist, long after it has become perfectly clear … Continue reading →

From Left I On the News The Battle of Algiers rages on I’ve written about the movie, The Battle of Algiers; today, CNN is reporting that George Bush is reading a book on the subject (A Savage War of Peace: … Continue reading →

The collapse of the Bush presidency poses risks From Rasmussen Reports, the favorite polling firm of Bush followers: For the second straight day, 35% of Americans approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President. … Continue reading →

… that despite being a lethal problem, there’s no depleted uranium involved. Disease alert after sewage system collapsesReport, IRIN, 15 January 2007 BAGHDAD — Residents of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, are at risk of contracting a range of waterborne diseases as … Continue reading →

“Photo distributed by the American occupation showing a bulldozer building an earthen rampart around the town of Barwana in western Iraq, part of a plan copying Israeli methods for sealing off the resistance.” That’s the formal description from Al-Safir. We … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.* Note: TT = (car)Toon Tuesday

Media Ignores Black, Latino Views on Iraqby Randy Shaw‚ Jan. 12‚ 2007 Forty years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s murder, America’s media still deems African-Americans, Latinos and other people of color unqualified to express views on the nation’s most … Continue reading →

This was written for the Onion six years ago. Read it, and think about it … Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01 WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency … Continue reading →

Jim Simons’ Molly Chronicles: Serotonin Serenade (Plain View Press, Austin, 2006) may be the sweetest memoir yet to come out of the radical movements of the 1960s and beyond. Spanning Simons’ 40 years as a self-created Movement lawyer, and written … Continue reading →

Despite despising George Bush beyond any other president in Amerikan history, we can be vaguely grateful for one thing: he turned so many conservatives against the Republican party that it may never have the strength it once did. Rod Dreher: … Continue reading →

Iraq: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Michael AlbertDecember 27, 2006 1. Why did the U.S. invade Iraq? (And why did important sectors of the political elite, like Scowcroft, oppose doing so?) What are the U.S.motives for staying? … Continue reading →

If you missed part one, it’s here. The Money Masters – Part II