Lamrani: Hugo Chávez and Constitutional Reform15 Sep 2007The constitutional reform project introduced by the Venezuelan President on August 15, 2007 has provoked an unprecedented media frenzy. For several days the western media obsessively focused on this, after all, banal event.
Finkelstein: Finkelstein Interviewed15 Sep 2007Israel critic Norman Finkelstein made national headlines after his tenure was denied by DePaul University . Finkelstein, an author of five books, had received outstanding reviews from his students and peers.
ORB: More than 1,000,000 Iraqis murdered since 2003 invasion15 Sep 2007PRESS RELEASE More than 1,000,000 Iraqis murdered since 2003 invasion In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003. Previous estimates, most noticeably the one published in the Lancet in October 2006, suggested almost half this number (654,965 deaths).
Alarcón: Mills’ Return15 Sep 2007Lecture delivered at the Workshop “Dialogos Políticos”, XXVII International Congress LASA 2007, Montreal, Canada. September 7, 2007 span.
Zirin: The Realpolitik of Bill Belichick15 Sep 2007“You see this watch? That watch costs more than your car. I made 970,000 dollars last year, how much you make? You see pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing.
Hallinan: U.S. Secret Air War Pulverizes Afghanistan and Iraq15 Sep 2007According to the residents of Datta Khel, a town in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, three missiles streaked out of Afghanistan’s Pakitka Province and slammed into a Madrassa, or Islamic school, this past June. When the smoke cleared, the Asia Times reported, 30 people were dead.
Baroud: September 11: Relevant Questions15 Sep 2007Osama bin Laden has once again managed to occupy the stage and to insist on his relevance to the story of September 11, 2001. In his most recent video message, released by Reuters a few days before the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, bin Laden voiced some typically absurd statements, calling on Americans to embrace Islam and so forth.
Karkar: Sabra And Shatila15 Sep 2007The Massacre It happened twenty-five years ago – 16 September 1982. A massacre so awful that people who know about it cannot forget it.
Cohn: Erwin Chemerinsky and the Post-9/11 Attack on Academic Freedom15 Sep 2007 One week after renowned legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky was offered the position of dean of the new law school at the University of California at Irvine, Chancellor Michael Drake withdrew the offer, informing Professor Chemerinsky he had proved to be “too politically controversial.” Chemerinsky is one of the most eminent law teachers and constitutional law scholars in the country.
McQuaig: Countless Afghan Deaths14 Sep 2007It’s often noted that each death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan erodes public support for the war. What is infrequently noted is the way, with each death, the Canadian media seems to ratchet up its support for the war.
Bloice: Let’s Go Bomb Iran14 Sep 2007Last Friday, CNN’s senior political analyst did at segment on Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, observing that the Republican Party wants the 2008 Presidential campaign to turn on the question of terrorism. It makes sense given the declining prospects for the party, worn down by endless scandals and a tanking economy.
Russell: Not Your Grandfather’s SDS14 Sep 2007Students for a Democratic Society is reborn, working with veteran activists to build movements for today. On Martin Luther King Day 2006, a group of young students and old 1960s movement veterans made an announcement: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is back.
Porter: Anbar “Turnaround” Undercuts War Rationale14 Sep 2007WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (IPS) – In hailing what he has called an “almost breathtaking” turnaround in Anbar Province that has weakened al Qaeda as a triumph for his new military strategy in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus has put a favourable spin on a development which actually challenges the central rationale for continued U.
Cockburn: An Assassination That Blows Apart Bush’s Hopes Of Pacifying Iraq13 Sep 2007Ten days after President George Bush clasped his hand as a symbol of America’s hopes in Iraq, the man who led the US-supported revolt of Sunni sheikhs against al-Qa’ida in Iraq was assassinated. Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha and two of his bodyguards were killed either by a roadside bomb or by explosives placed in his car by a guard, near to his home in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, the Iraqi province held up by the America.
Karon: Is a Jewish Glasnost Coming to America?13 Sep 2007First, a confession: It may tell me that I hate myself, but I can’t help loving Masada2000, the website maintained by militant right-wing Zionist followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane. The reason I love it is its D.
Mychalejko: Back to the Future in the Guatemalan Elections13 Sep 2007The September 9 election to replace Guatemalan President Oscar Berger featured more body bags than tangible ideas to improve the country. Now facing a runoff election, voters are left with the tired choice between a military strongman and an oligarch.
Lendman: The Greatest Story Never Told13 Sep 2007No issue is more sensitive in the US than daring to criticize Israel. It’s the metaphorical “third rail” in American politics, academia and the major media.
Flaherty: K-Ville13 Sep 2007Next Monday the Fox network presents a new television show called K-Ville. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, the show promises to highlight the heroism of New Orleans cops.
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