The Industrial Services Complex Formerly Known as the Military
'Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers,' by far the best film Robert Greenwald has created, is not about the military industrial complex. Rather, it is about the remaining shell of the former military, having embedded within itself not just the media, but numerous other corporate entities.
Understanding the Iraq Mortality Survey
There’s no competition for this week’s top story -- a new survey of excess mortality in Iraq, put together by some of the same researchers at Johns Hopkins and al-Mustansiriyah University who did the last one in 2004, concludes that there have likely been 655,000 excess deaths of Iraqis during the first 40 months of the occupation, 601,000 due to violence.
African Human Rights Group Criticizes Botswana for Treatment of Bushmen
The report states that the Botswana government used physical force and 'coercion and intimidation' to evict Bushmen from the reserve, and recommends that the government allow people who wish to go home to do so.
Canadian Communists get set for 35th Convention
The 35th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada will take place in February, 2007. Meeting in Toronto over the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 weekend, the party's Central Committee adopted a resolution on the international situation and the turn to the right by the Harper Tory federal government. The Draft Resolution will be the main focus of debate for three months leading up to the CPC's Central Convention, scheduled for the first weekend of February in Toronto.
Bush's Middle East Strategy Lies in Ruins as Republicans Scurry Away
Well, so much for Iraqi 'sovereignty.' So much too for 'staying the course' and for 'fighting the terrorists there so we won't have to fight them here.' And while we're at it, so much for all the young Americans who've tragically given their lives or their bodies and health in the interest of advancing President Bush's criminal political agenda.
A Philosophy of Voter Suppression
The most alarming thing I learned about American politics in the past decade is that one powerful group of political leaders is dedicated to keeping American citizens from voting. This group is the leadership of the modern Republican Party. This fact is carefully hidden from the average republican voter who clearly does not support this approach to politics.
US Interference in Venezuelan Elections Ongoing
Bush’s timeworn hostility for President Chávez is well known. Top secret US government documents released through Freedom of Information Act requests show that the administration’s anti-Chávez operations may even pre-date the September 11th terrorist attacks and the launch of the 'war on terror.'
Bush as Brat: Pretensions to Empire
Lewis Lapham, essayist extraordinaire and editor of Harper's magazine, asked Congressman John Conyers what he thought the point was of publishing a lengthy report laying out evidence of Bush's impeachable offenses. Conyers' response was: 'to take away the excuse that we didn't know.'
Venezuelan GDP to Reach $150 billion this Year, Unemployment to Fall
Venezuela’s Minister of Planning and Development, Jorge Giordani, said last Monday that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was expected to reach $150 billion by the year’s end, up from $100 billion just a few years ago.
Support for Six Nations of the Grand River
THE HISTORIC STRUGGLE of the Six Nations of the Grand River to maintain their ownership and control of land resulted last February in the occupation of land sold during a legal dispute process by the federal government of Brian Mulroney.
