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Honour Killings in Basra, Iraq Are on the Rise
May 2007 demonstration against honor killing, Kurdistan, Iraq. Photo: Source – Women’s News Network.Hitmen charge $100 a victim as Basra honour killings riseBy Afif Sarhan / November 30, 2008 Fathers and husbands who openly hire assassins on the streets of … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte at the Berliner Philharmonie 2005.Photo: Richardfabi. Source: Wikemedia Commons. See video of Vieni via con me below. Paolo Conte If you’ve never heard of this guy, you should. So here he is in all his Italian glory, singing … Continue reading
Cole: Six Mistakes After 9/11 That India Can Avoid
Targeted locations of the bombings across Mumbai. Photo: Daily Mail.India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush-Cheney RoadBy Juan Cole / November 30, 2008 Many Indians have called the attacks in Mumbai “India’s 9/11.” As an American who lived in India, … Continue reading
Report: US Hegemony in Latin America Is Over
Failure to engage with Latin America in more constructive ways than in the past will continue the alienation that has resulted from bad policy and destructive action since the interference in Chile in the early 1970s. As our friend Karen … Continue reading
The Beltway Is America’s Occupying Army
Why success sucks!By Case Wagenvoord / November 29, 2008 Dear Barack, The seeds of today’s failure were planted in yesterday’s success. Success is like that. It swells the head and too often leads to an inflated sense of invincibility that … Continue reading
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The Severe Price of Globalization and Free Trade
Do you wear Hanes underwear?By Buck Batard / November 29, 2008 Before you buy another pair of Hanes underwear, perhaps it would be helpful to learn what 11 year old Halima does in one of the factories that makes Hanes … Continue reading
Joel Hirschhorn Wants Justice for Junior
Respect for our Constitution requires Bush in prison.George W. Bush Belongs in Prison: Respecting the Rule of LawBy Joel Hirschhorn / November 29, 2008 Electing Barack Obama president was the first step in redeeming American democracy. The second step must … Continue reading
Alaskans Benefit from Free Venezuelan Heating Oil
Map reflects 2007-’08 winter. Source.Venezuela’s Chavez offers heat to villagesBy Kyle Hopkins / November 28, 2008 VENEZUELAN OIL: Controversial but free program in 3rd year. With heating oil prices approaching $10 a gallon in rural Alaska and reports of neighbors … Continue reading
Not All Iraqis Are Satisfied with the SOFA*
Supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burn U.S. flags during a protest after Friday prayers in Baghdad’s Sadr City November 28, 2008. Photo: Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters.Thousands of Iraqis protest U.S. security pactBy Wisam Mohammed / November 28, 2008 BAGHDAD — A … Continue reading
EU Will Accept a Few Iraqi Refugees
Lest we forget, the war in Iraq and the subsequent ethnic cleansing have displaced roughly 4 million Iraqis, 2.5 million internally and another 1.5 million who have left the country, perhaps permanently. For the European Union to agree to accept … Continue reading
Palestine: On the Eve of Destruction
Mahmoud, 4, is held by his mother at Al Nasser Hospital in the Rimal area of Gaza City. The room is cold due to the fuel blockade. Mahmoud is receiving oxygen at the hospital for an immune disorder, but his … Continue reading
