Author Archives: RagBlog

A New Suit By Farmers Against the DEA Illustrates Why The War on Drugs Should Not Include a War on HempBy JAMISON COLBURN—-Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2007 Yesterday, two farmers filed suit in the federal district court of North Dakota. They … Continue reading →

11. Legalize, control, tax all drugs (grant amnesty to imprisoned non-violent users and low-level dealers) If there is one particular federally-authorized and federally-controlled program that has shown zero benefit to the public, but has created widespread corruption and hardship, it … Continue reading →

Analysis: Iraq oil law changes irk authorPosted : Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:42:00GMTBy BEN LANDO The role of Iraq’s central government as a guiding hand over the country’s vast oil reserves has been so altered in the current version of … Continue reading →

Union Busting is Big Businessby Ben Zipperer and John SchmittJune 19, 2007 As the Senate considers reforming national labor law, the percentage of American workers in unions continues its long and severe decline. What is causing the downturn, and what … Continue reading →

Blowback, Detainee-style: The Plight of American Prisoners in IranBy Karen J. Greenberg For Americans, it should be startling to see the word “detainee” suddenly appear in a different country, on a different continent, and referring not to alleged jihadi terrorists … Continue reading →

Iraq’s Lost Generation: impact and implications – IK Jalili15 June 2007 Abstract Problems facing the intelligentsia of Iraq have been neglected in the scale of that country’s ongoing tragedy. Since 2003, the new phenomenon of targeted and systematic assassinations, kidnappings … Continue reading →

How Not to Do It: Countering TerrorismBy Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity MEMORANDUMFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Countering Terrorism; How Not To Do It On June 6, 2002, former FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley testified before the Senate Committee … Continue reading →

Swarming Congress: Building a Resistance to the 2008 Iraq War Supplemental Funding BillBy JEFF LAYS On August 6, Congress begins its month long recess. August 6 also marks the start of Year 62 After Hiroshima-the one and only time that … Continue reading →

A dream called electricityAli al-Fadhily, Electronic Iraq, Jun 18, 2007 BAGHDAD (IPS) – Simmering in the summer heat, Iraqis now have a dream called electricity. It is a part of the bigger dream of reconstruction that collapsed. On all measurable … Continue reading →

No measure of safety The Iraqi government scoffs at claims by international human rights organisations that security and living conditions in Iraq are deteriorating, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad In a country where no less than 70 civilians are killed … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Join the Iraq Moratorium! This is a new peace initiative for everyone. The IraqMoratorium is based on the simple idea of asking people to stop business as usual on a specific day to express their desire to end … Continue reading →

Compañero Renato Espinoza: September 5, 1942-May 18, 2007by Alice EmbreeJune 15, 2007 It is ironic that September 11, 2001, is exploited in the United States as a reason to “spread democracy” in Iraq. On another September 11—in 1973—democracy was dismantled … Continue reading →