Author Archives: RagBlog

Don’t Go Too Far Away, Cindy: The Exit of Cindy SheehanBy RON JACOBS I have to admit that I was quite surprised when I read that Cindy Sheehan is leaving the peace movement. After reading her explanation for the move, … Continue reading →

Inside Bedawi Camp: Refugees ForeverBy ELIZA ERNSHIREBedawi Camp, N. Lebanon Bedawi Camp is much like other Palestinian Camps: crowded, narrow streets winding between cement buildings hung with tangles of wire, the ground running with water, often muddy because it is … Continue reading →

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Tomgram: The Mother Ship Lands in Iraq The Colossus of BaghdadWonders of the Imperial WorldBy Tom Engelhardt Of the seven wonders of the ancient Mediterranean world, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes, four were destroyed … Continue reading →

10. Assure equal justice for all citizens This may seem to be a non-starter for the majority of Americans, but there is a very large contingent of U.S. citizens who have experienced unequal treatment before the law. The extent of … Continue reading →

A day late, but how appropriate for a Memorial Day marker. Flushing away everything that most of us understand as the foundation of this nation. Usually we mark the day with memories of those lost in wars. We mark it … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to the Democratic CongressWhy I Am Leaving the Democratic PartyBy CINDY SHEEHAN Dear Democratic Congress, Hello, my name is Cindy Sheehan and my son Casey Sheehan was killed on April 04, 2004 in Sadr City , Baghdad … Continue reading →

Poisoned Chalice : Media & The Use of ForceAudio : Speech by Noam Chomsky Chomsky compares U.S. aggression to Nuremberg standards of Nazi war crimes. Speech by Noam Chomsky May 17th, 07 at “20 Years of Propaganda?” Conference, University of … Continue reading →

On Recent Developments in VenezuelaNoam Chomsky interviewed by Kabir Joshi-Vijayan and Matthew Skogstad-StubbsVenezuelanalysis.com, May 18, 2007 Kabir Joshi-Vijayan and Matthew Skogstad-Stubbs: A friend, returning from Caracas, described a bus attempting to scale a mountain, gradually making its way up the … Continue reading →

#1 We have the power — to sink small islands, or not. It is now a question of what and how decisions are made. (By the middle of the last century we developed the power, with nuclear bombs, to overkill … Continue reading →

Developing New Bush Scandal Helping Big Oil Companies Hide Billions from Government at Taxpayer ExpenseA BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS Corruption within the Department of Interior may have allowed oil companies to improperly save billions at the expense of the taxpayers. The … Continue reading →