Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

Cop Nation : Snitch Brandon Darby, and Riot Police With the ‘Kent State’ Gene

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Riot cops at 2008 Republic National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Photo by Pan African News. ‘I fear those individuals, identified only after they explode, who project their anxieties, anger and insecurities by becoming officers of the law and marauding … Continue reading →

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El Paso City Council : Rethink Drug War, Drug Prohibition

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Maybe it’s time for a new look at drug prohibition: A police officer guards a crime scene where four men were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the border city of Ciudad Juarez Aug. 22, 2008. More than 2,000 … Continue reading →

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FILM / Indie Beat: Hot Amnesia Babe Meets Mexican Mennonites

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Charlotte Fich and Anders W. Bertelsen in “Just Another Love Story,” left, and Maria Pankratz in “Silent Light.” Photo courtesy of salon.com.‘The movies that are most daring and strange — and often the most extraordinary — don’t get much of … Continue reading →

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Gaza : Israeli Government Doesn’t Want Peace

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Stark contrast: Beauty cloaks horror. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Jan. 8, 2009. Over 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,700 others wounded in Gaza since the so-called Operation Cast Lead began on Dec. … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Obama on Palestine: A Deafening Silence

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama, shown with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Obama must know that his continuing silence today is more than expedient. It is immoral. And if being moral is not the business of statecraft, he must know that his November 4 … Continue reading →

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The Bailouts? Not Much For the Common Guy

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Trillions to financial Terra Incognita; So far very little for ordinary AmericansBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2008 At this moment, the cost of the bailouts, including guarantees, stands at $ 7.2 billion. That includes a … Continue reading →

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Feeling a Little Depressed? So Does the Economy.

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Block print by Frans Masereel.‘The discretionary spending sector appears to be in freefall — as the economy restructures itself at a lower level around consumer necessities like food and energy. This is global.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Mariann Wizard :
Brandon Darby – ‘To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest’

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

If Darby had really been worried people he was working with were planning violence, he could have taken it up with other group members. But that would have required honest discussion. When there is no honesty on one side, discussion … Continue reading →

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Brandon Darby : FBI Informant is Provocateur, Not a Hero

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin activist and FBI informant Brandon Darby. Photo courtesy of YouTube. ‘FBI informant Brandon Darby did not heroically intervene to stop violence. Rather it appears that he actively sought out people that he could manipulate and entrap.’ By Austin Informant … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden on Obama’s Afghanistan : Needles and Haystacks

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

US Troops Stuck in Afghan Sands.‘In everyday language, Obama’s proposals for Afghanistan and Pakistan can be described as either out of the frying pan and into the fire, or attacking needles by burning down haystacks.’By Tom Hayden / January 6, … Continue reading →

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Bigotry Still Rules : The Special Suffering of Gay Americans

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was fired from the Friendship for Reconciliation, a pacifist group, for being gay. The way anti-gay bigotry works is that a great deal of the violence and suffering is conducted away from the public eye. … Continue reading →

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American Public Opinion Bucks Israeli PR Machine

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Public opinion. Illustration courtesy of Pew Research Center.‘The same pundits who are cheerleading Israel’s assault on Gaza once sold the occupation of Iraq to America, and with a nearly identical set of arguments.’By Max Blumenthal / January 5, 2009 Almost … Continue reading →

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