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Protesting Oil Sands Development in Alberta
Participants from the Council of Canadians annual general meeting on Saturday march from Veteran’s Park at 102nd Street and MacDonald Drive to the legislature to demand a freeze on new approvals of oilsands expansion. The banner’s reference to Olympic activity … Continue reading
POETRY / Mariann Wizard : Bad Obama
Photo: Dina Rudick/Boston Globe.Bad Obama “In April, the Los Angeles Times published an article about a going-away dinner for [Rashid] Khalidi that [Presidential candidate Barack] Obama attended in Chicago, Illinois, in 2003. Khalidi was leaving to become a professor at … Continue reading
We Want Joe Bageant, Not ‘Joe, the Plumber’
See video below. Joe Bageant Knows Something About White Working-Class Voters — He Is OneBy Nick Penniman / November 1, 2008. The author of Deer Hunting with Jesus gives a very different account than the pollsters and political operatives on … Continue reading
Coal: Not Quite As Dirty Once You Burn It
What Is this “Clean Coal” Obama and McCain Support?By Tara DePorte / October 31, 2008. A look at whether “clean coal” is actually clean, how the technology works, and whether it is a climate crisis cure. Both Presidential Candidates Obama … Continue reading
Hunger: The Real Killer in Afghanistan
Up to 18 million people in Afghanistan live on less than US$2 a day and are considered food-insecure, FAO says. Photo source.Hunger could kill more people in Afghanistan than the TalibanBy AsiaNews / October 31, 2008 At least 8.4 million … Continue reading
Profound Elements of Instability Characterize Iraq
An Iraqi police officer guards passengers recently at a central Baghdad railway station. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP.Iraq smolders even as it cools as voter issueBy Liz Sly / November 2, 2008 War’s pull at U.S. polls is lessened, even as Iraqis … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Terry Thompson
Terry is an old Friend, as we posted something from him several months ago. This is his latest adventure into musical political commentary, an excellent effort indeed. We love this song. It says everything about the foreign policy approach if … Continue reading
William Blum on McCain and Much More
Jay McShann playing piano in a whore house. The Anti-Empire Report: Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life By William Blum / The Rag Blog / October 30, 2008 Don’t tell my mother … Continue reading
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Most Basic Iraqi Infrastructure Doesn’t Function
A woman collects an aid package from the Iraqi Red Crescent in Baghdad. The Red Cross says it cannot provide basic services indefinitely.Warning on ‘dire’ Iraq conditionsBy Imogen Foulkes / October 29, 2008 The Red Cross is warning that despite … Continue reading
The Problem Is US Interventionist Foreign Policy
Interventionism, Not Muslims, Is the ProblemBy Jacob G. Hornberger / October 27, 2008 One of the popular post-9/11 sentiments has been the one that holds that Muslims are bent on conquering the world. The notion is that Muslims hate Christianity … Continue reading
Salary Bonuses Constitute 10% of the Bailout
Demonstrators protesting in New York before the $700bn Wall Street bail-out earlier this month. Photograph: Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty imagesWall Street banks in $70bn staff payoutBy Simon Bowers Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package Financial workers … Continue reading
Fallujah: Another Failure of Bush’s Iraq Promises
Iraqi workers place concrete for a small clarifier tank for a waste water treatment plant as part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to rebuild the Fallujah sewer system. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Travis Edwards.$100-million … Continue reading
