January

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Atrocities and Accountability in American Wars

The parallels between the Iraqi war and the Vietnam war are evident: no clear mission, escalating casualties and no exit strategy. Another parallel is the growing number of veterans who are speaking out against this war after having fought in it, as many Vietnam veterans did after serving in that tragic war.

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Tom Shannon Inherits the Wreckage of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Few will find fault with the conclusion that U.S.-Latin American policy has long been a problem area and that in the recent past, Washington at best has turned in an indifferent performance in conceptualizing and then carrying out a coherent regional policy.

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The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel

With the exception of right-wing nationalists (and there is no shortage of this species around here) most of the political groups in the country accept, in principle, that the Palestinian Arabs in Israel ought to enjoy full rights as citizens. Of course, in reality, this principle is violated daily in every walk of life.

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The year Hollywood said No to Bush: 2007 in review

After four years of war, 2006 proved to be profitable for those producing films that question the values of war perpetuated by the lickspittles of the White House.

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The Current Situation in Bolivia

After Evo Morales' ascension to the presidency of Bolivia on January 26, 2006, the country has begun an important period filled with deeply democratic, anti-oligarchic, anti-imperialist, and popular sentiments.

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Chile: The Dictator, the United States and the Nazis

I never rejoice at the death of someone, because I love life. The difference between Pinochet and myself, is that he, precisely, loved death. It was death that controlled his mind and which led him to kill, according to the official statistics, 3,000 people in Chile, to have thousands of Chileans tortured, and to force nearly a million others into exile.

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Myth and Reality in West Bengal

Lies are uttered with impunity. Misinformation is spread around without fear of recrimination. Untruth is bandied about with alacrity. A brief narration of the story so far may not be out of place.

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The Ethics of Palestinian Resistance

I'd like to recommend to anyone with that interest picking up a copy of a short and brilliant book by the British philosopher Ted Honderich called 'Right and Wrong and Palestine, 9-11, Iraq, 7-7.' 

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The New Odd Couple for a New Year: Ahmadinejad and Bush

If only reality were as easy to cope with as television. In our not so simple world forces of social progress sometimes fight against other forces of social progress, imperialism sometimes fights reaction, political coalitions are ad hoc and messy and there are victories, defeats, many zig zags and many one steps forward, two steps backward.

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And the Empire Mourned…Dissecting the Big Lie

With the intensity of Dale Earnhardt, Jr vying for victory in the Daytona 500, America's mainstream media outlets have been racing furiously to imbue the citizenry of the Empire with unusually large doses of heavily choreographed agitprop.

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