All the Reasons Petraeaus Should Not Head the CIA | | AlterNet
Obama sees to it that the Iraq and Afghan wars will continue in perpetuity.
An invitation to renew Abdul Ghaffar Khan's life-long non-violent struggle against injustice.
Friday, April 29, 2011
DOJ Drops Probe of Whistleblower Who Exposed Bush-Era Domestic Spying
DOJ Drops Probe of Whistleblower Who Exposed Bush-Era Domestic Spying, Thomas Tamm: "The Bottom Line Is I Don’t Think I Ever Broke the Law"
In 1973, Richard Nixon was threatened with impeachment and hounded out of office for crimes that represented less of a threat to the U.S. Constitution than George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping in 2004. And yet, Bush and his co-conspirators faced no sanctions for their crimes and to this day are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise.
In 1973, Richard Nixon was threatened with impeachment and hounded out of office for crimes that represented less of a threat to the U.S. Constitution than George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping in 2004. And yet, Bush and his co-conspirators faced no sanctions for their crimes and to this day are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Beijing Consensus
The time has come for the PRC to intervene in world history...
Critical Montages: Pax Sinica for the Beijing Consensus: "Theoretically, China can pursue global Keynesian policy in addition to domestic Keynesian policy, which would go some way toward countering ..."
Critical Montages: Pax Sinica for the Beijing Consensus: "Theoretically, China can pursue global Keynesian policy in addition to domestic Keynesian policy, which would go some way toward countering ..."
Saturday, April 23, 2011
VICTORY!
Yemen president 'agrees' to Gulf proposal - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
If large segments of the U.S. population didn't suffer from chronic ADD, we, too, could have the presence of mind to effect authentic political change in our own country.
Instead, we take the placebo-plebiscite every couple of years and then titillate ourselves with the notion that re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic represents meaningful change...
If large segments of the U.S. population didn't suffer from chronic ADD, we, too, could have the presence of mind to effect authentic political change in our own country.
Instead, we take the placebo-plebiscite every couple of years and then titillate ourselves with the notion that re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic represents meaningful change...
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African American Historian Manning Marable Dies Days Before Publication of His Biography of Malcolm X
African American Historian Manning Marable Dies Days Before Publication of His Biography of Malcolm X
Marable on the "missing political testament" from the "Autobiography as told to Alex Haley."
Marable on the "missing political testament" from the "Autobiography as told to Alex Haley."
Friday, April 1, 2011
Cornel West and the fight against injustice - Riz Khan - Al Jazeera English
Cornel West and the fight against injustice - Riz Khan - Al Jazeera English
With the tragic loss of Manning Marable, we need Br. West now more than ever...
With the tragic loss of Manning Marable, we need Br. West now more than ever...
"Flickers" of al-Qaeda in Libya
Keeping fear alive while trying to keep your story straight: how do we maintain the fiction of "freedom-hating" al-Qaeda and/or Hezbollah in the face of popular revolution? It's a quandary for the fear-mongers, but I'm sure they'll come up with something. Lately there has been mention in the media of "flickers" of al-Qaeda being detected among the Libyan rebels. It appears that NATO's brass has floated this first lame trial balloon. Expect more of this rhetoric as newly democratic governments across the region fail to fall in line with the Washington-Tel Aviv-Riyadh axis...