Category Archives: RagBlog

Tomgram: Scahill, A Democratic Sell-out on Bush’s Mercenaries Let’s be clear about what it is — when it comes to “withdrawal” from Iraq — that the President will veto this Wednesday. Section 1904(b) of the supplemental appropriations bill for the … Continue reading →

An Unsustainable System: Anti-Capitalism in Five MinutesBy ROBERT JENSEN We know that capitalism is not just the most sensible way to organize an economy but is now the only possible way to organize an economy. We know that dissenters to … Continue reading →

Bush Has Gone AWOLBy General William Odom 04/28/07 “ICH” — — The following is a transcript of the Democratic Radio Address delivered by Lieutenant General William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.) on Saturday April 28, 2007: “Good morning, this is … Continue reading →

Smithfield Packing struggle mixes Black-Brown unity, environment & workers’ rightsBy Shafeah M’Bal and Peter GilbertApr 27, 2007, 08:23 Smithfield Packing is a glaring example of how capitalism creates all kinds of victims of oppression, who when they take a broader … Continue reading →

Inside Texas’ For-Profit Immigrant Prison: The Horrors of HuttoBy CINDY BERINGER “Help us and ask questions,” read the note, secretly passed to a visitor from an immigrant child incarcerated in a Texas prison. Based on their visits and interviews, the … Continue reading →

Pentagon as Casino: Versailles on the PotomacBy JEFFREY ST. CLAIR War profiteer. It used to be one of the dirtiest slurs in American politics, potent enough to sully the reputations of the rich and powerful. Now it’s a calling card, … Continue reading →

Escalating Military Spending: Income Redistribution in DisguiseBy Ismael Hossein-Zadeh “Preservation, justification, and expansion of the military–industrial colossus, especially of the armaments industry and other Pentagon contractors, have become critical big business objectives in themselves.” How Escalation of War and Military … Continue reading →

… that if Vietnam fell to the Commies, that Hawaii would be next. Now we read this talking head who says the consequences of our withdrawal from Iraq would be more extreme, and our inclination is to tell him he … Continue reading →

Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found CrumblingBy JAMES GLANZPublished: April 29, 2007 In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States … Continue reading →

Is this Canada’s Abu Ghraib? Harper and O’Connor can’t escape Afghan torture scandalby Derrick O’KeefeApril 28, 2007Seven Oaks There are, to be sure, significant differences between the torture scandal currently engulfing Ottawa and the one that rocked the Bush administration … Continue reading →

Four Million Refugees: Afghanistan and Iraq are the Same WarBy DAVID ORCHARD and MICHAEL MANDEL Four years ago the U.S. and Britain unleashed war on Iraq, a nearly defenseless Third World country barely half the size of Saskatchewan. For twelve … Continue reading →