Did U.S. Use Germ Warfare Against DC Peace March? Or Are We Just Being Bionoid…? by Mark Sanborne “Bionoia… Catch It!” There’s something uniquely scary about germs. Along with making us sick, they’re the things that put the “B” in… Read more“BIONOIA”
Continue Reading“BIONOIA”The Ecology of Pandemic and the Impending Bio-Police State by Michael I. Niman If there’s any good to come out of the Gulf Coast tragedy, it’s that Katrina is a harbinger warning of what the Bush junta has in store… Read moreAVIAN FASCISM
Continue ReadingAVIAN FASCISMIs the Real Enemy Islamic Terrorism, or Bolivia’s Indigenous Revolution? by Benjamin Dangl The recent shift to the left among Latin American governments has been a cause for concern in the Bush administration. The White House has tried in vain… Read morePARAGUAY: THE PENTAGON’S NEW LATIN BEACHHEAD
Continue ReadingPARAGUAY: THE PENTAGON’S NEW LATIN BEACHHEADDetainees Launch Non-Violent Resistance Behind Pentagon’s Iron Veil by Tanya Theriault The veil of secrecy at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when tugged at, continues to reveal the inhumane treatment of detainees held there. Since January 2002,… Read moreWAR ON TRUTH AT GUANTANAMO
Continue ReadingWAR ON TRUTH AT GUANTANAMOAnd the Intractable Dilemma of International ANSWER by Bill Weinberg The Sept. 24 anti-war protest in Washington DC was hailed as a revival of a movement which had become somewhat moribund even as the quagmire in Iraq deepens with horrifying… Read moreTHE POLITICS OF THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
Continue ReadingTHE POLITICS OF THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTThe best-case scenario for the Bush administration in Iraq now is a modicum of stability under a Shi’ite-dominated regime more loyal to Tehran than Washington. In the January 2005 elections, voters trounced the US proxies, the secular Shi’ites of Iyad… Read moreIsraeli intelligence sets deadline for strikes on Iran
Schools and offices were shut down in Bangladesh Dec. 1 in a strike called by lawyers after suicide bomb attacks at court buildings killed nine people. Lawyers and police said the attackers are singling out the judiciary to sow fear… Read moreBangladesh: general strike against terrorism
Rather inconvenient news at a time when Bush is hailing a “clear strategy for victory” (Bloomberg, Dec. 1) and “real progress” (Guardian, Nov. 30) in Iraq. RAMADI, Iraq, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Iraqi militants attacked a U.S. base and a… Read moreIraq: al-Qaeda takes Ramadi?
This Dec.1 report (condensed here) from the Tico Times, Costa Rica’s English-language newspaper, notes a World Court case between the Central American country and its northern neighbor Nicaragua over the strategic San Juan River that forms the border: With historical… Read moreNicaragua-Costa Rica tensions over strategic canal route
