Category Archives: RagBlog

When a US soldier in Iraq won’t soldierBy Mary Wiltenburg | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the August 13, 2007 edition What does the Army do with a private who can’t be persuaded to load his gun? WÜRZBURG, GERMANY … Continue reading →

Or better said, “We don’t count anything, at least not correctly – funds expended, civilians killed, wounded, or displaced, paid contractors …..” Do US, Iraqi Officials Undercount Detainees? Confusion Over the Official Number Held Raises SuspicionBy CHRISTINA DAVIDSON 08/13/2007 5:27 … Continue reading →

Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free the Jena SixBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Almost a year ago, in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena, a group of white students hung three nooses from a tree in front of Jena High … Continue reading →

Learn from the fall of Rome, US warnedBy Jeremy Grant in Washington 08/14/07 “FT” — – – The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military … Continue reading →

Escalation by the Numbers: What “Progress” in Iraq Really MeansBy Tom Engelhardt Someday, we will undoubtedly discover that, in the term “surge” — as in the President’s “surge” plan (or “new way forward”) announced to the nation in January — … Continue reading →

Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities: The Mercenary RevolutionBy JEREMY SCAHILL If you think the U.S. has only 160,000 troops in Iraq, think again. With almost no congressional oversight and even … Continue reading →

Destination Darfur: A New Cold War Over OilBy VIJAY PRASHAD In February, George W. Bush announced the creation of a new unified combatant command for Africa. After several years of deliberation, the Pentagon finally agreed to create the African Command … Continue reading →

Dick Cheney ’94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

2 – 5 pm, Sunday, August 26th, AFL-CIO (11th & Lavaca; Austin, Texas) The Gray Panthers are sponsoring a forum on health care issues titled “Improving Access to Health Care in Texas: Next Steps” on Sunday, August 26th from 2:00 … Continue reading →

Resistance of Oneby David Swanson, August 10, 2007 There is something else we can try. If you’ve given up on staging marches and rallies, or if – like me – you haven’t but you want to try something else as … Continue reading →

The FBI in peace and war — still the sameby Saul Landau, August 11, 2007, Progreso Weekly When I read a news story about the FBI “taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United … Continue reading →