Yearly Archives: 2007

Faithful Say I-35 Is ‘Highway to God’CNN, Posted: 2007-12-20 12:35:05 DALLAS, Texas (Dec. 20) — If you turn to the Bible — Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 8 — you will see a passage that in part says, “A highway shall … Continue reading →

A Lesson from Two Towns: Standing Up to NAFTABy LAURA CARLSEN Every hour, Mexico imports $1.5 million dollars worth of agricultural and food products, almost all from the United States. In that same hour, 30 people-men, women, and children-leave their … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton Can’t be Trusted on IraqBy Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus Clinton’s position on Iraq is almost indistinguishable from Bush’s. Public opinion polls have consistently shown that the majority of Americans — and even a larger majority of … Continue reading →

Here is Juan Cole’s take on the following article: The US troop escalation that began last February seems to be implicated in the displacement of over one million Iraqis to Syria between March and October of this year, adding to … Continue reading →

Mirage Of Improvement In IraqBy Dahr Jamail 12/19/07 “ICH” — – The November 19 New York Times announces, “Baghdad’s Weary Start to Exhale as Security Improves.” The Washington Post on November 23 reports, “Returnees Find a Capital Transformed.” People in … Continue reading →

Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger KingMichael Gould-Wartofsky It’s tomato season in Immokalee, Florida. Today, like every other day, the tomato pickers will emerge from their trailers in the dark before dawn, and twelve hours later, they will return in … Continue reading →

Fatwa against the dollar?Posted by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on 17 Dec 2007 To all intents and purposes, the Wahabi religious establishment of Saudi Arabia has just issued a fatwa against the US dollar. This bears watching. A message issued by 26 … Continue reading →

An Inside Job: Is the NIE Bush’s Watergate?By SAUL LANDAU “Look, Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous, if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.” – George Bush, Dec. 4, 2007 “We … Continue reading →

Police Brutality Cases Rise SharplyBy Kevin Johnson,USA Today, Posted: 2007-12-18 13:15:56 (Dec. 18) – Federal prosecutors are targeting a rising number of law enforcement officers for alleged brutality, Justice Department statistics show. The heightened prosecutions come as the nation’s largest … Continue reading →

Resistance as a lifestyle.By David Hamilton You may have noticed that a whole series of anti-Iraq War movies was recently released. We saw the reviews, got a bit excited, saw “Rendition” and loved it, and then, before we had much … Continue reading →

In London, the world gathers against warby Derrick O’KeefeDecember 17, 2007, Rabble Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend a remarkable gathering of the global peace movement in London. The World Against War conference, held December 1-2 in … Continue reading →

A Tomdispatch Holiday One-Stop Shop from Hellby Nick (‘Tongue Firmly in Cheek’) TurseDecember 16, 2007, TomDispatch It’s that time of year, again. Time to wander the web searching for Holiday gifts for all those hard-to-buy-for folks, the usual cast of … Continue reading →