Category Archives: RagBlog

The First Amendment Gone Wild: Big Pharma’s ‘Right’ to Find Out What Doctors Are Prescribingby Robert Weissman The founders of the United States took the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the concepts of free speech and freedom of … Continue reading →

Guantánamo: How Much Longer?by Moazzam Begg The notorious prison is six years old today. But despite calls from across the US political spectrum, it doesn’t look likely to close soon On January 11 2008 the US prison camp at Guantánamo … Continue reading →

Politics Now the Focus of Underground PressBy John Leo, New York TimesPublished September 4, 1968 The Underground Press, created to reflect and shape the withdrawn life style of hippies and dropouts, has taken a sharp turn toward radical politics. Until … Continue reading →

Whither the Working Class Hero?by Sean Gonsalves “A working class hero is something to be” – John Lennon Dear John, What do you think about a “Working Class Hero” remix? Maybe change the chorus a bit. “A working class hero … Continue reading →

Gulf Shenanigans: No Laughing Matterby Ray McGovern When the Tonkin Gulf incident took place in early August 1964, I was a journeyman CIA analyst in what Condoleezza Rice refers to as “the bowels of the agency.” As current intelligence referent … Continue reading →

The Winning Ticket: Hillary and Diebold in 2008By Mike Whitney “It’s not who votes that counts. It’s who counts the votes.” Joseph Stalin 11/01/08 “ICH” — — Something doesn’t ring true about Hillary’s “upset” victory in the New Hampshire primary. … Continue reading →

“You Can’t Do Anything Unless You Try!”By Mary Pitt 11/01/08 “ICH” — — In the many, (too many) gang interviews that are currently called debates by the mainstream media, the question is asked at each gathering, “What will you do … Continue reading →

A 13-Year-Old’s View of America in 1968: Television, Murder and VietnamBy RON JACOBS I was a kid in 1968. It was the year I turned 13 and it was the year my dad began to prepare to go to Vietnam. … Continue reading →

Diplomatic Sleight of Hand: Bush, Iran and the Magician of the TarotBy Col. DAN SMITH “At the edge of the Rubicon, men don’t go fishing.” “Richard Nixon” in the 1987 Opera, “Nixon in China” “I can predict that the historians … Continue reading →

“For America to Live, Europe Must Die”By Russell Means The following speech was given by Russell Means in July 1980, before several thousand people who had assembled from all over the world for the Black Hills International Survival Gathering, in … Continue reading →

Welcome, Mr President, to the misery you’ve createdBy Jonathan Steele In eight years Palestinians have seen the bald eagle of enlightened US power degenerate into a phoney, biased, cynical lame duck 11/01/08 “The Guardian”” — — It is a well-deserved … Continue reading →

Thanks to Roger Baker for this. Hi there, average voter. While you are trying to figure out how to make your home payments, I am out here skiing and trying to figure out how to apologize for missing the last … Continue reading →