Author Archives: RagBlog

They Don’t Blame Al-Qa’ida. They Blame Musharraf.by Robert Fisk, December 30, 2007, The Independent/UK Weird, isn’t it, how swiftly the narrative is laid down for us. Benazir Bhutto, the courageous leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, is assassinated in Rawalpindi … Continue reading →

Here is the latest piece by a very talented ex-CIA analyst named Tom Whipple. Nobody can match him on the quality of his weekly energy analysis, IMO. Here he looks at the bigger picture. Even if he is only partly … Continue reading →

Local anti-war activists Daniel Llanes, Fran Hanlon, Carol Petrucci, and Alice Embree sang carols in front of the Capitol Friday, Dec. 21, to call attention to the Iraq Moratorium, a national effort to end the conflict in Iraq. Women in … Continue reading →

Powershift 2007: Youth Rising to the Climate Challengeby Joshua Kahn Russell, December 28, 2007, Left Turn On November 3rd, I felt a stadium shake from 6,000 students jumping to their feet and chanting “Green Jobs, Not Jails! Parks, Not Prisons! … Continue reading →

Bush in Your BedroomBy Heather Wokusch, HeatherWokusch.com. Posted December 29, 2007. The ten worst appointees for reproductive freedom. “On September 11, we saw clearly that evil exists in this world, and that it does not value life … Now we … Continue reading →

Farm bill plans pose WTO strife riskWASHINGTON U.S. farm subsidies under the 2002 farm bill have been repeatedly challenged by trading partners, and new bill proposals from Congress would likely worsen the situation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top economist … Continue reading →

Blowback from an Unholy Alliance: The U.S. and Pakistan After 9/11By GARY LEUPP Immediately after 9-11 the U.S. government began barking orders to the world, especially to the Muslim world. Perhaps echoing unconsciously the Christian scripture passages Matthew 12:30 and … Continue reading →

“Can’t They Find Some Real Criminals to Arrest?” – The Sham of Homeland SecurityBy ROBERT FANTINA One of President Bush’s much-vaunted ‘accomplishments’ since the start of his reign of terror is the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security. This … Continue reading →

Address to the Cuban National Assembly, 12/28/2007: There Hasn’t Been a Day in My Life When I Haven’t Learned SomethingBy FIDEL CASTRO Comrades of the National Assembly: You have no easy task on your hands. On January 1st, 1959, surrounded … Continue reading →

Creeping Fascism: History’s LessonsBy Ray McGovern “There are few things as odd as the calm, superior indifference with which I and those like me watched the beginnings of the Nazi revolution in Germany, as if from a box at the … Continue reading →

The Torture Tape Cover-up: How High Does It Go?by Marjorie Cohn, December 28, 2007 When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the fall of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush … Continue reading →

Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleansby Bill Quigley In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a public New … Continue reading →