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Reality in Palestine – Unconscionable IDF Brutality
Middle East: Rights group hails video as new weapon against Israeli armyBy Rory McCarthy / July 22, 2008 JERUSALEM — Israel’s defence minister, Ehud Barak, yesterday promised an inquiry after video footage showed an Israeli soldier shooting baton rounds at … Continue reading
Turning Into the Main Actors of Our Present & Future
Bolivian President Evo Morales on the WTO’s Round of NegotiationsBy Evo Morales Ayma / July 22, 2008 International trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty. We recognize the need for … Continue reading
A Diabolical Plot by Bell Canada and Telus
Death of Free Internet is Imminent: Canada Will Become Test CaseBy Kevin Parkinson / July 21, 2008 In the last 15 years or so, as a society we have had access to more information than ever before in modern history … Continue reading
I Do Not Intend Holding My Breath While Waiting
Letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal CourtBy Robert Thompson / July 21, 2008 Subject: Selection of persons to be charged To Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Dear Mr Moreno-Ocampo, For over fifty years I … Continue reading
See the Superhero Inside Yourself
NetRoots Nation, Code Pink and why we do what we doBy The Voice / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2008 Early Saturday morning, 19 July 2008,five super sheroes and a shackled Bush in striped prison garb gathered outside a … Continue reading
Speaking the Truth About Iraq Ellicits Punishment
Army court-martials resister for blowing whistle on ‘bait-and-kill’By Dee Knight / July 20, 2008 Private First Class James Burmeister faces a Special Court Martial at Fort Knox on July 16. The charges are AWOL and desertion. He returned to Fort … Continue reading
Racial Brutality Persists in Amerikkkan Police State
Taser death ignites racial tensionsBy Howard Witt / July 19, 2008 Not far from Jena, La., suspicions of a cover-up mount WINNFIELD, La. — At 1:28 p.m. last Jan. 17, Baron “Scooter” Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 … Continue reading
Expanding on Our Humanness and Sacredness
You Say You Want a Revolution?by Olga Bonfiglio Detroit, the once-proud capital of industrialization is now the paragon of de-industrialization and urban decay. General Motors’ July 15 announcement that it will cut white-collar employment costs by 20 percent is just … Continue reading
Afghanistan: It’s a Regional Conflict
Poorly directed aid increases Afghanistan’s woesEditorial, The ObserverSunday July 20, 2008 It would be hard to deny the evidence that Afghanistan is at a crossroads as Democratic nominee Barack Obama yesterday met the country’s President Hamid Karzai. Despite the claims … Continue reading
SPORT : "I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back"
Dubya : Keeping His Eye on the Ball By Dana Milbank / July 17, 2008 [Last Thursday] was another day of turmoil in the capital. The Federal Reserve chairman again tried to reassure jittery markets. The chairman of the Joint … Continue reading
NetRoots Nation: Al Gore Blasts Oil Drilling
Al Gore speaks out against drilling for oil as a wrongheaded attempt to address America’s energy crisis at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas. The Rag Blog
Texas Plans to Harness All the Hot Air
Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Projectby Kate Galbraith AUSTIN – Texas regulators have approved a $4.93 billion wind-power transmission project, providing a major lift to the development of wind energy in the state. The planned web of transmission lines … Continue reading
