I know we’re all supposed to hate Judith Miller, but she is absolutely on the right side in her current battle with the Justice Department. And the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear her case is a dangerous blow to… Read moreJail for Judith Miller?
After an international campaign brought shame on the government of Pakistan, a turnaround in the case of Mukhtaran Mai. Two weeks ago she was under arrest and her attackers were free. Now the reverse is true. Defendants in Pakistan’s Infamous… Read moreTurnaround in Mukhtaran Mai case
As we noted yesterday, reportage on the oil market jittters sparked by the Iran elections included a quote from one analyst predicting an imminent rise to $100 a barrel. This ominous figure is being heard more and more. The Wall… Read more“Peak oil” hits mainstream
The UK Business Telegraph reports June 27 that Iran’s president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a fundamentalist hardliner who won the run-off three days ago as a darkhorse populist candidate, has called for a radical shake-up of the country’s oil industry and a… Read moreIran: new president strikes fear in oil markets
It seems that Mommar Qaddafi’s Libya, of all places, has been overlooked by the current Bush “regime change” offensive. Now that sanctions have been lifted, an opposition is starting to emerge, and appears (in contrast to its counterparts in Syria,… Read moreLibyan opposition meets to demand Qaddafi’s ouster
As we’ve recently noted, nothing makes the 9-11 “skeptics” (who are actually among the most gullible people in the world) giddier than a whiff of vindication from The Establishment. Pretty ironic, given that their entire world view is predicated on… Read moreConspiranoiacs get Reaganoid champion
Now let’s see… This is the same United States of America that initiated war against Iraq for allegedly stonewalling UN inspectors, right? Thanks to TruthOut for passing this one along. UN Experts Cite Guantanamo Torture Reports By Bradley S. Klapper… Read moreUS stonewalls UN on Gitmo torture
It was wonderful to see photos in the newspapers today of Hindu pilgrims making their way up mountain trails in the disputed Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir for the annual yatra or pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave, where Shiva is… Read moreKashmir: Amarnath Yatra peaceful this year
A victory for free speech in New York City. Congratulations to the courageous June Brashares. The only scary thing is that some of the jurors said they “weren’t clear” on whether free speech is constitutionally protected. We fail to see… Read moreRNC protester not guilty
The latest sorry debacle over the slow and tempestuous redevelopment of New York’s Ground Zero concerns plans for an International Freedom Center on the site. Survivors groups are protesting that the museum will not be exclusively dedicated to the 9-11… Read moreJingoism or self-reflection for Ground Zero museum?
A fairly amazing escalation in the European rendition scandal. This from the June 24 NY Times: Italian Judge Names 13 in Abduction Tied to C.I.A. ROME (AP) — An Italian judge on Friday ordered the arrests of 13 CIA officers… Read moreItalian judge orders arrest of CIA officers
A new communique from Subcomandante Marcos—this one more typically personable and verbose—sheds further light on the “red alert” recently declared by Mexico’s Zapatista rebels. The screed notes the deadlock which has persisted in the Zapatistas’ struggle for indigenous rights since… Read moreChiapas: Marcos speaks on “Red Alert”
