Yearly Archives: 2007

Free Press Under Attack in HondurasWritten by Kari Lydersen, Thursday, 22 November 2007 As Carlos Salgado walked out of the Radio Cadena Voces station in Tegucigalpa around 4 p.m. on Oct. 18, two gunmen fired seven shots at him and … Continue reading →

UnthanksgivingBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Nov 23, 2007 Most Americans have succumbed to tradition and advertising and stuffed their bellies with unhealthy food and stuffed their shopping carts with unnecessary stuff. Now, here are some tough facts about the sad state … Continue reading →

Saudis make up 41% of foreign fighters in IraqIan Black, Middle East editorFriday November 23, 2007, The Guardian More than 40% of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq to join the insurgency in the past year were citizens of Saudi … Continue reading →

Pink: Dear Mr. President

Warren is a little wrong: the US is already a plutocracy. The damage is done and is likely irreversible. The Future Of The CorporationBy Robert Kuttner 11/22/07 “New York Times” — — LAST WEEK, superinvestor Warren Buffett, America’s second richest … Continue reading →

Spreading DemocracyBy Gozawheena Bergacker 11/22/07 “ICH” — — Deep in the bowels of a Washington DC Think Tank, a recent college graduate—selected for her unquestioning and eager embrace of their cynical ideology—labors under the watchful eye of a well-connected political … Continue reading →

Wrong question at the end of the article. It should be, “Are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney responsible for a holocaust in Iraq?” Our answer is, resoundingly, “Yes.” One Million Dead in Iraq: Our Own Holocaust DenialBy Mark Weisbrot … Continue reading →

George Bush: Pardon All the Turkeysby Bill Maher New Rule: The president can’t pardon just one or two turkeys this Thanksgiving. He’s got to let them all go. It’s probably too much to expect from the man who wanted “no … Continue reading →

Sign the Pledge! Trim Bush from American Historyby Ted Rall A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column that resonated with a lot of people. Since 2001, I noted, “We’ve lost our right to see an attorney, to confront … Continue reading →

Is the Worst Over–or Just Beginning? Needing PeaceBy MONICA BENDERMAN I received an email last week. Almost two pages long and with only enough sentence breaks to count on one hand, it was coming from a place I knew all … Continue reading →

NAFTA and Biotech: Twin Horsemen of the Ag Apocalypse: The Last Days of Mexican CornBy JOHN ROSS Mexico City. The single, spindly seven foot-tall cornstalk spiring up from the planter box outside a prominent downtown hotel here was filling out … Continue reading →

US veteran population: a mounting social catastropheBy Naomi Spencer, Nov 20, 2007, 05:03 As thousands of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan return to the US, the dimensions of the social burden of war are beginning to take shape. A number … Continue reading →