Yearly Archives: 2007

Message: Stay the CourseThere was nothing new in Bush’s weird, rambling speech.By Fred KaplanPosted Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at 6:24 PM ET Some officers and midlevel officials have been telling me and other reporters that President George W. Bush is … Continue reading →

Mission Miracle, a wonderful gift to humanity from Venezuela and CubaBy Arthur ShawJul 6, 2007, 10:16 Mission Miracle, the three-year old Venezuelan-Cuban anti-blindness program initially for Latin America and the Caribbean, has already restored the sight of about 700,000 people … Continue reading →

Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing MachineBy FIDEL CASTRO It was announced that the CIA would be declassifying hundreds of pages on illegal actions that included plans to eliminate the leaders of foreign governments. Suddenly the publication … Continue reading →

Bank of the South: Toward Financial AutonomyWritten by Raúl ZibechiTuesday, 10 July 2007, Source: IRC Americas The launch of the Bank of the South is an ambitious and strategic gambit in regional integration, one that could result in a truly … Continue reading →

Too quiet in the US and not enough support for the “war on terror” – ratchet up the fear factor a little by making noise of “unspecified threats” and “gut feelings.” We are led by morons …. Officials Worry of … Continue reading →

Dr. Dahlia Wasfi – Life in Iraq Under U.S. Occupation

From Arab Woman Blues A Postcard from Iraq.Thursday, July 05, 2007 Have you ever felt numb? Like a paralytic numbness? I put the receiver down, stared at the wall, beyond the wall and saw yet another wall, and more walls…Unable … Continue reading →

Inside the minds of killer doctorsBy Juan Cole Some of the accused behind the recent terror plots in Britain were professional healers. What on earth prompts someone to snap from caregiver to killer? Counterterrorism officials have expressed astonishment that physicians … Continue reading →

How Wars of Choice (and War Profiteering) are Corrupting American Civil Society: Parasitic ImperialismBy ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH Although immoral, external military operations of past empires often proved profitable, and therefore justifiable on economic grounds. Military actions abroad usually brought economic benefits … Continue reading →

Bush Lays Ground For Back Door Draft07-06-2007, www.roguegovernment.comLee Rogers The Bush administration now looks as if it is preparing the ground work to implement what many have referred to as a back door draft. Recently the administration has issued muster … Continue reading →

US Middle East Wars: Social Opposition and Political ImpotenceBy James Petras Everywhere I visit from Copenhagen to Istanbul, Patagonia to Mexico City, journalists and academics, trade unionists and businesspeople, as well as ordinary citizens, inevitably ask me why the US … Continue reading →