Category Archives: RagBlog

After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former … Continue reading →

Memoir by Craig Rosebraugh, Earth Liberation Front. Earth Liberation Front Believed Responsible For Arson At Multimillion-Dollar Seattle HomesBy Elizabeth M. Gillespie / March 3, 2008 WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Three seven-figure dream homes went up in flames early Monday in a … Continue reading →

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My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables)By JACK HEDIN, Published: March 1, 2008Rushford, Minn. IF you’ve stood in line at a farmers’ market recently, you know that the local food movement is thriving, to the point that small farmers are having a … Continue reading →

Why Isn’t Iraq in the 2008 Election?By Noam Chomsky The following speech, transcribed by Democracy Now!, was delivered by Chomsky in Massachusetts at an event sponsored by Bikes Not Bombs. 03/03/08 “Democracy Now!” — – -Not very long ago, as … Continue reading →

Uribe’s Illegal Cross-Border Raid: Colombian Deaths in EcuadorBy Richard Gott 03/03/08 “The Guardian” — — The deaths of Raúl Reyes and Julián Conrado, two senior figures in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), are clearly a serious blow to … Continue reading →

UT/Austin law professor Barbara Hines and students from her immigration law clinic, outside the Hutto Immigrant Detention Center at Taylor, Texas. Tuesday : Say No To Hutto This is a reminder that following Tuesday’s primary elections will be a caucus … Continue reading →

In its March 3, 2008 issue, The New Yorker magazine has a major feature story on the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas – one of two facilities in the country used to detain immigrant families. Hutto has … Continue reading →

Bomb Making at Oak Ridge: Inside the Secret CityBy RON JACOBS On February 26, 2008 a public hearing was held at the city that bills itself as “the Secret City”–Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This meeting was but one of eight held … Continue reading →

Apparently, one of the writers for The Onion has read Greg Palast’s Armed Madhouse; otherwise, how do we explain that the video gets the result exactly right for a future 9 months from now? Thanks to Janet Gilles for finding … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Censored Library May Have Secret Foreign DonorsBy Think Progress / February 29, 2008 Southern Methodist University in Dallas announced last week that the university will be home to President Bush’s $200 million presidential library. Bush’s library, however, will be … Continue reading →