Yearly Archives: 2007

An Interview with Noam Chomsky: On Responsibility, War Guilt and IntellectualsBy GABRIEL MATTHEW SCHIVONE Schivone: In 1969, addressing a community of mostly students during a public forum at the steps of MIT, you said: “This particular community is a very … Continue reading →

The Iran Attack That Wasn’tGareth Porter | August 2, 2007 How reporters trumped up a story about Iranians killing Americans in Iraq. On July 2 and 3, The New York Times and the Associated Press, among other media outlets, came … Continue reading →

Environmental Conservation and Socialism. A Conservationist Manifesto for the Venezuela’s revolutionBy Jesús A. Rivas*, an Axis of Logic ExclusiveJul 31, 2007, 11:15 “In the new model of socialism what really matters are the people and not the capital.” Dr. Jesús … Continue reading →

Body blow to Iraq’s Potemkin Government?Posted by Helena Cobban at August 1, 2007 10:54 PM I’ve been locking myself down writing my new book. (Two chapters almost finished!) But I couldn’t help noticing the reports (e.g. here) about the (mainly … Continue reading →

Arms for Arab Authoritarians, As U.S. Turns Back ClockAnalysis by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 30 Jul (IPS) – Just 25 months after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denounced 60 years of U.S. support for authoritarian governments in Arab world, she and … Continue reading →

Note this UPI article is dateline Washington, not Baghdad. Oil Ministry Bans Cooperation With UnionsBy BEN LANDO 07/31/2007 2:36 PM ET WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) — Iraq’s Oil Ministry has directed all its agencies and departments not to deal with … Continue reading →

Salee’s Story

What unmitigated arrogance. U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via JordanBy Amiram Cohen The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The … Continue reading →

13. Support international institutions for conflict resolution There is no justification for Bush’s war in Iraq. There is no justification for the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians. There is no justification for the Janjaweed militia’s terrorism toward the people of … Continue reading →

Diesel-Driven Bee Slums and Impotent Turkeys: The Case for ResilienceBy Chip Ward Resilience. You may not have heard much about it, but brace yourself. You’re going to hear that word a lot in the future. It is what we have … Continue reading →

Iraq: One in seven joins human tide spilling into neighbouring countriesPatrick Cockburn in SulaymaniyahPublished: 30 July 2007 Two thousand Iraqis are fleeing their homes every day. It is the greatest mass exodus of people ever in the Middle East and … Continue reading →

Interior Ministry mirrors chaos of a fractured IraqBy Ned Parker, Times Staff WriterJuly 30, 2007 The nerve center of the nation’s police is not so much a government agency as an 11-story powder keg of factions. BAGHDAD — The colonel … Continue reading →