Author Archives: RagBlog

The True Story of Free Speech in Americaby Robert FiskApril 08, 2007Independent Laila al-Arian was wearing her headscarf at her desk at Nation Books, one of my New York publishers. No, she told me, it would be difficult to telephone … Continue reading →

Pity the sick of Iraq After repeatedly topping the Arab health index, Iraq’s health record is now worse than ever because of the US-led occupation. The general effect on the Iraqi population amounts to a massive war crime, writes Bert … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Sorrows of Empire pt. 1 (6 of 10)

And Other Reflections on the Internationalization of Genocide: Where Have All the Bees Gone?By FIDEL CASTRO The Camp David meeting has just come to an end. All of us followed the press conference offered by the presidents of the United … Continue reading →

Convergence Not Division: The New and Old SDSBy BERNADINE DOHRN Christopher Phelps has written a timely but ultimately disappointing article in The Nation about the vibrant and growing student movement. [The New SDS (April 16, 2007)] He transforms the tough … Continue reading →

There is a crisis in health freedom. On April 30, 2007 the FDA will close the public comment period on a “Guidance” which will classify every alternative practice as medicine so that only licensed physicians can carry out the procedure … Continue reading →

What They Didn’t Teach Us in Library School: The Public Library as an Asylum for the HomelessBy Chip Ward Ophelia sits by the fireplace and mumbles softly, smiling and gesturing at no one in particular. She gazes out the large … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Empire (5 of 10)

We think it’s time the Amerikan people sent the CIA, BushCo, and a whole lot of other nefarious crap packing. Let’s Hear it for the War on Terror: SomaliaBy Barry Lando 04/06/07 “ICH ” — — On April 5th, there … Continue reading →

From Pensito Review Downing Street Memo Redux: DoD Provides New Evidence of Bush ‘Fixing’ Pre-War IntelPosted by Jon Ponder | Apr. 6, 2007, 11:53 am There is a new report out from the inspector general at the Dept. of Defense … Continue reading →

How to Get Out of IraqJuan Cole Juan Cole writes that Bush’s ineptitude has made a regional war in the Middle East a real possibility. Can diplomacy find a way out? Both houses of Congress have now backed a timeline … Continue reading →