The History You Aren’t Supposed to Understand: “The Iron Curtain”
Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech, made on March 5th, 1946, before a small college audience in Fulton, Missouri, is an excellent example of events being turned inside out.
Padilla's Kangaroo Court
This is the man whose conviction is supposed to make us think we got payback for 9/11? This guilty verdict is supposed to make us breath a sigh of relief? I think not.
Green Alternatives to Dishwashing Soap
The average North American produces between 60 and 150 gallons of wastewater every day, much of it a result of washing dishes and clothes.
The Elvira Arellano Endgame
On August 19, 2007 the US Immigrant Rights movement had its own historic moment destined to inspire future generations of social justice activists. Elvira Arellano, a Chicago cleaning woman and working mom, was arrested outside a church in Los Angeles.
A Long Way to Go to Ban Land Mines
Land mines were first widely used in World War II and have since been used in Vietnam, the Korean War, the first Gulf War, and in about a half dozen conflicts around the world today. Initially, mines were used for defensive purposes, to guard certain areas and keep the enemy out.
Cuban Five Defense Team Exposes Trial Errors
ON August 20, the 11th Circuit Appeals Court in Atlanta heard convincing allegations by the legal team defending the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the United States.
Israel and Palestine: The Language of Force
Soon after coming to power, Ariel Sharon started to commission public opinion polls. He kept the results to himself. This week, a reporter of Israel's TV Channel 10 succeeded in obtaining some of them.
Differences among Chavez Supporters over Venezuelan Constitutional Reforms
During his announcement to the National Assembly on August 15, Chavez argued that these changes are necessary “to remove the old oligarchic, exploiter hegemony, the old society, and, in the words of Gramsci, to weaken the old ‘historic block.’”
Made Love, Got War
'Made Love, Got War' is the title of Norman Solomon's latest book, an autobiographical account of the peace and disarmament movements in the United States over the past half century.
Bush’s Brain Calls it Quits (His Other Brain)
Karl Rove will resign effective the end of the month. Recently he had been subpoenaed in regard to the firing of federal judges. When Rove wasn’t denying Blacks the right to vote, he created a climate of voter fraud paranoia aimed at opponents.
