Yearly Archives: 2007

Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free the Jena SixBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Almost a year ago, in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena, a group of white students hung three nooses from a tree in front of Jena High … Continue reading →

Learn from the fall of Rome, US warnedBy Jeremy Grant in Washington 08/14/07 “FT” — – – The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military … Continue reading →

Escalation by the Numbers: What “Progress” in Iraq Really MeansBy Tom Engelhardt Someday, we will undoubtedly discover that, in the term “surge” — as in the President’s “surge” plan (or “new way forward”) announced to the nation in January — … Continue reading →

Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities: The Mercenary RevolutionBy JEREMY SCAHILL If you think the U.S. has only 160,000 troops in Iraq, think again. With almost no congressional oversight and even … Continue reading →

Destination Darfur: A New Cold War Over OilBy VIJAY PRASHAD In February, George W. Bush announced the creation of a new unified combatant command for Africa. After several years of deliberation, the Pentagon finally agreed to create the African Command … Continue reading →

Dick Cheney ’94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

2 – 5 pm, Sunday, August 26th, AFL-CIO (11th & Lavaca; Austin, Texas) The Gray Panthers are sponsoring a forum on health care issues titled “Improving Access to Health Care in Texas: Next Steps” on Sunday, August 26th from 2:00 … Continue reading →

Resistance of Oneby David Swanson, August 10, 2007 There is something else we can try. If you’ve given up on staging marches and rallies, or if – like me – you haven’t but you want to try something else as … Continue reading →

The FBI in peace and war — still the sameby Saul Landau, August 11, 2007, Progreso Weekly When I read a news story about the FBI “taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United … Continue reading →

Rough waters for Canada’s war in AfghanistanBy Roger AnnisAug 12, 2007, 01:29 On August 19-21, demonstrators across Canada will protest the conference of prime minister Stephen Harper, U.S. president George Bush, and Mexican president Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec. The … Continue reading →

Tales of Angst, Alienation and Martial Law: Roasting Marshmallows on the American Reichstag Fire to Come.By Phil Rockstroh, Aug 10, 2007, 18:03 In this summer of angst and grim foreboding about what further assaults against common sense and common decency … Continue reading →