Category Archives: RagBlog

Dear Friends, Join the Iraq Moratorium! This is a new peace initiative for everyone. The IraqMoratorium is based on the simple idea of asking people to stop business as usual on a specific day to express their desire to end … Continue reading →

Compañero Renato Espinoza: September 5, 1942-May 18, 2007by Alice EmbreeJune 15, 2007 It is ironic that September 11, 2001, is exploited in the United States as a reason to “spread democracy” in Iraq. On another September 11—in 1973—democracy was dismantled … Continue reading →

With thanks to Earth Family Alpha for finding this one. Protesters spring hoax on oil expo audience: Yes Men ejected from conferenceSean Myers, with files from Ashok Dutta and Gina Teel, Calgary HeraldPublished: Friday, June 15, 2007 By the time … Continue reading →

Is Bush Planning to Nuke Iran? If So, Say Goodbye to Democratic OutcomesThe Reign of the Tyrants is at HandBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “It is the absolute responsibility of everybody in uniform to disobey an order that is either illegal … Continue reading →

Nation of Mutes: America’s Guilty SilenceBy JAMES BROOKS Crimes against humanity don’t happen unless it is possible to commit them with impunity. Government corruption and gross imbalances of power will bring them closer to the edge of possibility. But the … Continue reading →

Rewriting the Constitution in Bolivia and VenezuelaWritten by Sujatha Fernandes Monday, 18 June 2007, Source: Venezuelanalysis.com After gathering proposals during a six-week trip around the country, members of Bolivia’s National Constituent Assembly met on April 30, 2007, to present the … Continue reading →

The point we might make is that anyone other than a “yes-man” was absolutely fobidden by the likes of Don “Cock-Crusher” Rumsfeld. This is documented extensively in the writings of Woodward, Hersh, and similar. Joint FailureBy Andrew J. Bacevich | … Continue reading →

Named and shamed — the world’s biggest military spendersBy Sweden International Peace Research InstituteJun 12, 2007, 07:59 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute announced the world’s top 10 military spenders for 2006 on June 11, 2007. The list below shows the … Continue reading →

What Every American Should Know About IraqBy David Michael Green 06/16/07 “ICH” — — -Some people think that anyone who disagrees with the American invasion and occupation of Iraq is either a bleeding-heart liberal appeaser, a George W. Bush hater, … Continue reading →

Exposing the truth got him fired, but ultimately all of it exposes the depth of corruption in our federal government. The General’s Report: How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties.by Seymour M. Hersh … Continue reading →

This Is Not A Story About Cindy SheehanBy Sunsara Taylor, from Revolution #91, June 10, 2007 This is not a story about a woman who raised four children, sent one off to war, and collapsed one day in a fit … Continue reading →

Biofuels could lead to mass hunger deaths: U.N. envoyBy Stephanie NebehayJun 16, 2007, 05:01 GENEVA (Reuters) – Diverting sugar and maize for biofuels could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths from hunger worldwide, the United Nations’ food envoy warned … Continue reading →