Israeli Exceptionalism: Hamas Is Not the Issue
Recently, the Aljazeera online English service posed a seemingly simple question: 'Should (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert talk with Hamas?'
Assessment of the Internal Situation in Iraq
The ICP sees its continuing role as combating the damage caused by sectarianism and terrorism, consolidating national unity and democratic forces, strengthening the integrity of the Iraqi national security forces and preparing the way for the end of the occupation.
Letting Timor burn
Three years ago, I wrote a piece talking about attempts to oust Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in East Timor, then a new struggling independent nation.
ILWU Convention Tackles Health Care, Bush, Iraq
Universal government-run health care – specifically the program built on Medicare and advocated by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) – was one key cause that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union convention endorsed
Republicans Promote Divisiveness with Anti-Gay Amendment
In order to distract voters from the burning issues like ballooning gas prices, the degenerating situation in Iraq, Republican corruption in Congress, a slowing economy, and declining US credibility around the world, Bush and congressional Republicans have announced their support for extremist policies, say civil rights activists.
SUDAN: Security Council delegation to meet al-Bashir
The delegation will also seek the support of the Sudanese government to allow a UN force to take over the peacekeeping mission from 7,000 underfunded African Union (AU) troops.
Let's Stay in Iraq Until it's Peaceful or We're Sane, Whichever Comes First
Have you ever heard someone try to argue that the Iraq War was a mistake but that now the proper course is to continue the mistake a bit longer or to carefully end it in a long and complicated way that could take months or years?
Peace Movement to Phone Congress Demanding Debate on Iraq
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) has organized a coalition of organizations, all of which are asking their members to phone their U.S. Representatives on Wednesday, June 7, to urge them to sign a Discharge Petition that would force, for the first time, a full and open debate on Iraq.
Book Review: The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
In this ambitious book, Karen Armstrong attempts to explain the origins and goals of the major fundamentalist movements in Judaism, Christianity and Islam...Her explanations are almost uniformly conditioned by idealist fantasies on the nature of religion...
People's Struggles in Bangladesh
A popular uprising took place in Shanir Akhra, a suburb of Dhaka. Thousands of people came out on the street demanding adequate supply of water and electricity.
