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Carter: Stop the Brinkmanship and Belligerence
Carter wants Iraq troop deadlineMay 25, 2008 Former US president Jimmy Carter has called for a clear deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Mr Carter, who now spends much of his time in international diplomacy also called … Continue reading
US "Superpower": Not Without Foreign Money
War Abroad and Poverty at HomeBy Paul Craig Roberts / May 23, 2008 The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring. As the US is broke and deep … Continue reading
To Play the VGC Opening for Velvet Underground
This just discovered today, a new Austin e-mag called the Blunderbuss. Randy Kirchhoff is part of the effort, and a fine one it looks to be. Our congratulations to all involved. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Vulcan Gas Company … Continue reading
Will You Explain the Surgical Use of a Five-Hundred Pound Bomb in a Densely Populated Suburb?
On Generals Testifying Before Congress: A Mash NoteBy Fred Reed, April 14, 2008 Whenever I see that some dismal general will testify to Congress regarding the war against Iraq, I imagine the first paragraph of his Power Point presentation: “All … Continue reading
War: A Plague on the Minds of Those Who Fight It
Memorial Day, 2008By Juan Cole Memorial Day is about honoring those who have sacrificed themselves for the nation, in our armed forces. We cannot honor them properly unless we know the full extent of their sacrifice. We have to count … Continue reading
With Equal Parts Grace and Calamity
The Conlin-Beavan family experiment requires that lights be low in their Fifth Avenue apartment. Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesThe Year Without Toilet PaperBy Penelope Green / March 22, 2008 DINNER was the usual affair on Thursday night in Apartment … Continue reading
The War on Terror Meets the War on Immigrants
From the H-Blocks to a Texas Jailby Sandy Boyer and Shaun Harkin / May 24, 2008 Twenty-six years ago, Pol Brennan was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, watching his friends die on hunger … Continue reading
What’s That in His Hand?
The Wool Over Our Eyes: A Nation of SheepBy Richard Rhames “The Labour proposal is modeled on a compulsory system in America where parents are threatened with jail if children are not immunized.” “No MMR jab, no school under new … Continue reading
Inner Strength That Will Carry His Family Forever
Ilse Ackerman, Meeno Peluce and their daughters get cozy in the nest the couple built from repurposed eucalyptus in the yard of their Lincoln Heights home.A Lincoln Heights fixer-upper is transformed into a country escape in urban L.A.By Lisa Boone … Continue reading
A Counterweight to the Northern Imperial Power
South America Creates Regional Union, ParliamentBy Marco Sibaja / May 23, 2008 BRASILIA, Brazil — A new South American union was born Friday as leaders of the region’s 12 nations set out to create a continental parliament. Some see the … Continue reading
The Kernel of Solidarity Exists in Every Workplace
The Myth of the Reactionary Working Classby Adam Turl / May 23, 2008 The working class is back–or at least the words “working class” are. For decades, an army of pundits and academics argued that the majority of people in … Continue reading
No Torture. No Exceptions
“No Torture. No Exceptions” means: * reaffirming America’s commitment to existing federal laws and international treaties that ban torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under all circumstances. * renouncing all legal interpretations and executive orders that redefine torture and … Continue reading
