July

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Filipino Writer Alex Pinpin Tortured, Thanks to US Tax Dollars Going to the Arroyo Regime

Filipino writer Alex Pinpin was arrested by sixty heavily armed security personnel of the Arroyo regime last April 28, 2006, together with four companions, after a meeting with coffee farmers in Tagaytay City, Philippines, on their way to a May Day Labor rally in Manila.

Should Reason Prevail

There's no waste in the inaugural speech Barack Obama would supposedly deliver in January 2009, should he stick to the text prepared by the experienced British journalist and historian Richard Gott published in The Guardian last July 9.

Stop emissions: Don’t trade them!

Environmentalists started to warn of the dangers of climate change 30 years or more ago. Ignoring warnings, corporations and their equally irresponsible governments continued to aggravate the crisis by a callous and reckless disregard for the predictable consequences of their activities.

Chávez Calls for Renewal of US-Venezuela Dialogue

While celebrating Venezuela’s Independence day on Saturday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez expressed his desire to renew anti-drug collaboration and re-open dialogue with the United States.

Japan: Workers Sue American Airlines Over Outsourcing

Four Japanese workers filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against American Airlines on July 1 claiming that the U.S. airline company illegally dismissed them when it outsourced their jobs.

India's Climate Action Plan: Many Points, No Direction

The prime minister, who heads the PM's Council on Climate Change, released the much-anticipated National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30.

Steven Pinker's 'The Stuff of Thought'

This is a reflection on a review by Barbara King, a biological anthropologist at the College of William and Mary of Steven Pinker’s new book, “The Stuff of Thought” in the April 11, 2008 issue of the Times Literary Supplement.

McCain as Maxwell Smart

The McCain campaign has a new commercial contrasting the fabled hippie 'Summer of Love' in 1967 and its message of 'uncertainty, hope and change,' with what it calls 'another kind of love – love of country,” John McCain shot down, bayoneted and tortured.

Why Does John McCain Hate Social Security?

In 2004, while campaigning for George W. Bush in New Hampshire, McCain said, “Without privatization, I don’t see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits.”

McCain’s Double Talk on Women’s Health

Double talk or simply uninformed? This week when a reporter asked Republican nominee John McCain whether it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not prescription contraceptives, John McCain awkwardly paused and then said, “I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer.”

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