Author Archives: RagBlog

Jon Stewart’s got it just about right. U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda AlliesBy JOHN F. BURNS and ALISSA J. RUBINPublished: June 11, 2007 BAGHDAD, June 10 — With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only … Continue reading →

An Interview with Hedy Epstein: “I Was Not Prepared for the Horrors I Saw”By SILVIA CATTORI Hedy Epstein, 82, was born in Germany in 1924(1). She was the only child of parents who died in the Nazi extermination camps. She … Continue reading →

One Year Anniversary of Mexico’s Bloody Crackdown: Repression in OaxacaBy MARJORIE COHN There’s an Aztec legend of a warrior who was in love with a princess. When he left to go into battle, the lovers promised each other eternal love. … Continue reading →

A New Assertiveness for Latin American Governmentsby Mark WeisbrotJune 13, 2007, International Business Times / CEPR The relationships between governments and investors – especially transnational corporations -are changing rapidly, and this is especially true in Latin America today. Last month, … Continue reading →

In Guantanamo, men shadow-box for their livesby Zachary KatznelsonJune 12, 2007, The Independent (UK) Have your hopes dashed enough and you start to question if there is ever a way out Imagine that this is your world: a 6 ft … Continue reading →

Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A ‘Gay Bomb’ (CBS) BERKELEY, Calif. A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into … Continue reading →

The War on ConsciousnessBy Paul Levy 06/12/07 “ICH” — — We are truly in a war. It is not the war we imagine we are in, which is the way our true adversaries want it. It is not a foreign … Continue reading →

We will be viewing the new film, “Legacy of Torture” at the June meeting of Austin Movement for a Democratic Society this Sunday, June 17 (even though it is Father’s Day), at the Austin History Center (810 Guadalupe, 2-4 pm). … Continue reading →

The Neocon Threat to World Peace and American Freedomby Paul Craig Roberts The Bush/Cheney White House, which told the American people in 2003 that the Iraqi invasion would be a three-to-six-week affair, now tells us that the U.S. occupation is … Continue reading →

Colony Collapse: Do Massive Bee Die-Offs Mean an End to Our Food System as We Know it?By Scott Thill, AlterNet. Posted June 11, 2007. It may sound like urban legend but it’s not. A frightening trend of bee colony collapses … Continue reading →

Blair backs new online journalism regulatorBy George Jones, Political EditorLast Updated: 7:34pm BST 12/06/2007 Tony Blair hinted today at new restrictions on internet journalism, saying online news coverage had become “more pernicious and less balanced” than traditional political reporting. In … Continue reading →

Received in today’s (e-)mail. Dear Mr. Jehn : I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you for bringing this very important issue to my attention. I share your concerns about the large stockpile of nuclear weapons in … Continue reading →