Author Archives: RagBlog

Reflections on Venezuela: A People Under FireBy Fidel Castro 12/01/07 “Prensa Latina ” — — Venezuela, whose people are heirs to Bolivar’s ideas which transcend his era, is today facing a world tyranny a thousand times more powerful than that … Continue reading →

When Fear is Not an Option: A Visit From the FBIBy SHEMON SALAM I was visited by the FBI at my residence on Thursday, November 29th. I am an Asian-American Muslim Man. I am an anti-war activist who believes that … Continue reading →

An Interview with Nir Rosen: “Iraq Doesn’t Exist Anymore”By MIKE WHITNEY Nir Rosen, author of In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq, has spent more than two years in Iraq reporting on the … Continue reading →

Emblems of the Bush Age: Adrift in a Sea of BoozeBy ALEXANDER COCKBURN Politicians here still parrot Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign against teen drug use. Barrack Obama’s in trouble for supposedly having told teens as part of his … Continue reading →

How the Peace Movement Can Win: A Field Guideby Tom Hayden The Republicans, led by George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani and their hard-core neoconservative hit squads, have spent millions on television messages supporting the military surge in Iraq. They mounted … Continue reading →

Iraq : Looking Back : ‘Internationally Sponsored Genocide’By Felicity Arbuthnot, Nov 27, 2007, 18:22 Editors have a mantra, do not look back, move on, write what is current. But sometimes looking back is vital. Those who ignore even the recent … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas, Hawaii – and Bombs Away!By Cathy Garger, Nov 27, 2007, 17:47 It’s the end of the world as we know it. The US Military has officially run out of foreign lands to bomb. Apparently out of desperation to … Continue reading →

The cyber guardians of honest journalismBy John Pilger 11/30/07 “ICH” — — What has changed in the way we see the world? For as long as I can remember, the relationship of journalists with power has been hidden behind a … Continue reading →

Venezuela: beyond the corporate Thingby toni solo, December 01, 2007 Over the last week or so Western Bloc corporate media wrapped their clammy, information-choking tendrils mostly around the latest fake Middle East peace talks, continuing grief for the corporate financial … Continue reading →

Iran Didn’t Spark a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race, It’s Joining the One Israel StartedBy George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. Posted December 1, 2007. When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israel’s nuclear weapons? George Bush … Continue reading →

Remarks of John Stanford at the recent 20th anniversary dinner of Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas. I really appreciate being honored along with Ruth Lofgren, Nickie Valdez, T.C. Calvert, and María Antonietta Berriozábal; but I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Where the politicians responsible sneak away in the night …. The Sorrows of Suburbia: Politics and the Housing CrashBy ALAN FARAGO The world wide credit crisis started in the heart of America suburbia itself, and primarily through the politics of … Continue reading →