Author Archives: RagBlog

The Israel Lobby Revisitedby Stephen Zunes It has been 21 months since John Mearsheimer and Steve Walt published their article “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” in The London Review of Books and four months since their publication of … Continue reading →

Washington’s Phobia of Global Treaties: Why reject pacts to help the disabled or ban land mines?by Karl F. Inderfurth Three quarters of the world’s countries have signed an international agreement to ban antipersonnel landmines. The Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty – … Continue reading →

I Won’t Pay My Taxes If You Won’t Pay Yoursby Nina Rothschild Utne War tax resistance is far from a new idea. But there is a bold initiative brewing that has an elegantly simple new angle: There is safety in … Continue reading →

Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil AmericansBy RACHEL KONRAD and BOB PORTERFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 23) – Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year … Continue reading →

Dreaming of a White House ChristmasBy RICHARD NEVILLE Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the White HouseNot a creature was stirring, not even my spouse,The stockings were hung up by the chimney with care,And the shredders were humming … Continue reading →

How the Washington Post Misses the Point: Not Getting It About New OrleansBy CHUCK MUNSON It comes as no surprise when a major U.S. newspaper backs real estate developers over the rights and interests of the poor they have a … Continue reading →

The USA’s Human Rights Dazeby Norman Solomon The chances are slim that you saw much news coverage of Human Rights Day when it blew past the media radar — as usual — on Dec. 10. Human rights may be touted … Continue reading →

Severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world populationBy Naomi Spencer, Dec 22, 2007, 02:52 Worldwide food prices have risen sharply and supplies have dropped this year, according to the latest food outlook of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. … Continue reading →

Revealed: the secret US air warBy James Tweedie, Dec 22, 2007, 07:56 Peace campaigners expressed shock yesterday at revelations of a massive escalation in US air attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. A report by Anthony H Cordesman of the Centre … Continue reading →

CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up stormSarah Baxter, December 23, 2007 THE CIA chief who ordered the destruction of secret videotapes recording the harsh interrogation of two top Al-Qaeda suspects has indicated he may seek immunity from … Continue reading →

Where is Our Tacitus? Nothing Can Morally Justify the Invasion of IraqBy JACOB G. HORNBERGER Neo-con supporters of the U.S. government’s war of aggression against Iraq are undoubtedly holding their collective breath in the hope that U.S. military forces have … Continue reading →

The Guantánamo Britons and Spain’s dubious extradition requestby Andy Worthington, December 23, 2007 Celebrations by the families, friends and supporters of the three British men who returned from Guantánamo on Wednesday – Omar Deghayes, Jamil El-Banna and Abdulnour Sameur – … Continue reading →