The Bush administration has just upped the ante on turning federally-administrated public lands over to corporate interests. Previously, they had just pushed to expand timber, oil and mineral lease rights, citing the energy crunch and need for “energy independence” due… Read moreBush seeks privatization of national forests
Washington’s closest South American ally plays the wimp-baiting and commie menace cards in his bid to become president for life. Sadly, the polls indicate it is working. From Reuters, May 6: BOGOTA – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, expected to win… Read moreColombia: Uribe accuses opponents of “masked communism”
It was heartening to see a picture of Subcommander Marcos in the New York Times May 10, even if it was on page 12. The masked Zapatista leader sat down in a Televisa studio for a nationally-broadcast interview May 9,… Read moreMarcos does Televisa, DF cops gird for repression
Samir Adil, president of the Iraqi Freedom Congress, is on a tour of the United States sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. He most recently spoke in Barre, VT. The following May 5 account from Vermont’s Rutland Herald is… Read moreIraqi civil resistance leader tours US
Gee, what reason would these people have to be so angry? Note that the refugees accuse the guerilla leader who signed the peace deal of being a traitor. Note that they are very eager for Western, and especially American intervention…. Read moreUprising at Darfur refugee camp
There’s oil in Cuba! Can the invasion be far behind? Actually, the fact that this story (complete with maps of the divided offshore zone and the exploration blocs) appears on the front page of today’s New York Times indicates that… Read moreCuba opens Florida Straits oil zone
This sort of thing has become so common in Iraq that it rarely makes headlines any more. But this one inconveniently happened just as a break has been announced in the deadlock over forming a new government. This obvious escalation… Read moreIraq: bomb blast greets new government
The BBC reports today that price of oil is back up to over $70 a barrel following a drop of more than $1.50 following news yesterday that Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had written Bush a personal letter. This was initially… Read moreAhmadinejad letter signals escalation
As we have noted, more sophisticated minds have questioned his math. From AFP, May 6: WASHINGTON: United States President George W Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the… Read moreBush: GWOT is World War III
Gee, what an astonishing success the Global War on Terrorism has been. From the LA Times, April 29: U.S. Reports a Surge in Global Terrorism The count has soared since the Iraq invasion, but only now are attacks there being… Read moreState Department: global terrorism surges
We noted nearly a year ago that the US was seeking permanent military bases in Bulgaria, a former Warsaw Pact member strategically located on the Black Sea—just north of the Bosphorus-Dardanelles choke-point, perfect for either policing a US-controlled pipeline for… Read moreUS seals deal on Bulgaria bases
We wish we were joking. What a shame nobody noticed this—the little note in the second section about the Halliburton contract (emphasis added) should have been front-page news in every paper in the country. Back on Feb. 23, Nat Perry… Read moreHalliburton wins concentration camp contract
