“You can’t kill and talk at the same time.” - William Luers,former U.S. Ambassador & senior State Dept. official In 2006, after Palestinians democratically elected Hamas to the shock and chagrin of both Israel and the United States (who had insisted on the elections in the first place), a devastating economic siege was imposed [...]
How to Leave Guantánamo: By Means of a Plea Deal or In A Coffin by Andy Worthington, March 2, 2012 Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, February 29, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three [...]
Israeli Officials Complain of US Reluctance to Attack Iran US officials speaking out against an unnecessary war with Iran are aiding the Ayatollahs, Israelis say by John Glaser, March 01, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Israeli officials are again complaining that public statements from top U.S. officialshave not been sufficiently supportive of waging war [...]
Photo Credit: A.M. Stan The 11 Dumbest Things Conservatives Have Said About Women From Rush Limbaugh to the Pope, it’s been one of the worst months ever for verbalized sexism. February 28, 2012 | In Congress this week, the GOP attempted to push through the vile Blunt amendment, which would allow any employer to deny insurance [...]
* * * Naomi Klein: ‘If You Take Climate Change Seriously, You Have to Throw Out the Free-Market Playbook’ Naomi Klein on ideological impediments to addressing climate change and how to move forward – Common Dreams staff In an interview with Solutions, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses how market-based solutions are not going to meet the needs [...]
Pat Buchanan Moves to Fox, Immediately Makes Birther Joke By Steve M | No More Mister Nice Blog Louisiana Proposes Bill To Outlaw “Aggravated Criminal Abortion by Dismemberment” By Robin Marty | RH Reality Check Limbaugh Incident Reveals GOP‘s True Colors By BooMan | Booman Tribune CA GOP Communications Director Calls Krystal Ball [...]
A grim joke made the rounds in late 2002 and early 2003, in the lead-up to the US invasion of Iraq. The version I recall went something like this: President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney go into a Texas bar. Over a couple of beers they plan the invasion of Iraq, [...]
Goodbye Overconsumption: Why the Commons Can Save Us From Drowning in Too Much Stuff Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard talks about why the commons are so integral to our lives. February 23, 2012 | This and many other excellent articles can be found at http://www.alternet.org/ The site covers an extremely diverse range of topics from social, political and environmental matters ikners.com Annie [...]
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France The monumental case paves the way for legal action against Monsanto’s Roundup and other harmful herbicides and pesticides made by other manufacturers. February 23, 2012 | Advertisement In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, a French [...]
Big Food Must Go: Why We Need to Radically Change the Way We Eat This is not a problem we can solve by going vegetarian or vegan, or buying organic and fair trade. February 26, 2012 | Editor’s note: Find Christopher D. Cook’s book, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food [...]
What Are We Really Eating? Reporter Goes Undercover to Reveal the Real Story of Our Broken Food System Tracie McMillan talks about her new book and how she went undercover as a farmhand and worker at Walmart and Applebee’s. February 23, 2012 | Tracie McMillan’s The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm [...]
Iranian soldiers sing on February 1, 2012—the 33rd anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini‘s return from exile. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) What Are Iran’s Intentions? As tensions flare between Iran and the West, 120 nonaligned nations agree: the country has the right to enrich uranium. BY NOAM CHOMSKY Concerns about ‘the imminent threat’ of Iran are often attributed [...]
