End the War on Iraq!
More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands.
Korean blues
PESSIMISM is the prevailing mood in South Korea these days when you talk with politicians and trade unionists. Relations with the United States over what to do about North Korea are going from bad to worse. Tensions are evident.
Too Close for Comfort: El Salvador Ratchets Up its U.S. Ties
The State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is currently in the initial stages of negotiating plans with Salvadoran officials to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) at La Comalapa, with the potential for additional use of an existing Salvadoran police training headquarters in Santa Tecla.
Australia: Driving towards dictatorship
As the crimes against humanity by the occupation forces continue in Iraq and Afghanistan, here in Australia the Howard government is spending more taxpayers’ money on another fear campaign. A $2.2 million three-week advertising blitz telling Australians to be vigilant but not alarmed about terrorism.
Left-center Unity and the Looming Supreme Court Fight
The recent announcement that Sandra Day O’Connor, a conservative Arizona Republican and Barry Goldwater supporter and Reagan appointee, is planning to resign raises questions for the left and the center, which is already mobilizing several petition campaigns. How can the call for left-center unity to defeat the ultra-right be applied in this circumstance?
Iraq: Failure in Falluja
What is true of Falluja is also true for the country itself. Falluja is a microcosm of Iraq. How long will our supine Congress and lied to citizens (“Bush lied, soldiers died” – and not only soldiers) put up with this tragic farce in the Middle East. It is time to demand the troops be brought home now – they are not the private army of Halliburton.
Bush and Iraq’s Rigged Election
When 8.5 million Iraqis braved threats of violence to vote last January 30, it was hailed by most people as a victory for post-Saddam Iraq. When 86% of them voted against the Bush administration’s handpicked leader of the transitional authority empowered to oversee the conduct of elections and the formation of a National Assembly in Iraq, their effort warrants a new examination.
Bush’s Word is Like the Uranium Story – Worthless
In the biggest admission of guilt yet on the Rove scandal, President Bush yesterday declared inoperative his previous assertions that anyone in his administration found to be involved in leaking the name of a CIA agent to the press would be fired.
Iraq: The Existing Timetable and the Struggle for Democracy (interview Iraqi CP)
'I mentioned before there is always a patriotic element in the resistance movement, but it is small. We estimate this to be maybe 5 to 10 percent no more of the overall operations that take place. The problem there is that such groups haven’t manifested themselves politically yet...'
Most Venezuelans Prefer Socialism
The president disclosed a poll Thursday revealing 47.9 percent of Venezuelans favor a socialist government, 25.7 percent support capitalism, and 24.6 percent did not answer the question.
