By Robert Parry
April 9, 2011
The acquittal of right-wing Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles on charges of lying to immigration officials underscores the U.S. double standard on terrorists, applying delicate legal rules to “ours” and a rough-and-tumble approach to “theirs.”
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Shutdown Battle Just the Beginning
By Danny Schechter
April 9, 2011
April 9, 2011
The Capitol Hill battlefield is still for the moment as the Easter holidays approach and the combatants get a break from the heated polemics and overnight bargaining sessions.
Friday, April 08, 2011
NYT Demands Libyan War Escalation
By Robert Parry
April 8, 2011
Neocon editors who increasingly dominate the New York Times want President Barack Obama to deploy A-10 and AC-130 aircraft for close-combat attacks against Libyan government forces in urban areas.
April 8, 2011
Neocon editors who increasingly dominate the New York Times want President Barack Obama to deploy A-10 and AC-130 aircraft for close-combat attacks against Libyan government forces in urban areas.
Strange Twist in Wisconsin Battle
By Lisa Pease
April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
A battle for the heart and soul of American democracy is being waged in this country. But it might not be the battle you’re watching.
Iraqis Resist Longer US Occupation
By Gareth Porter
April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
President Barack Obama has given his approval to a Pentagon plan to station U.S. combat troops in Iraq beyond 2011, provided that Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki officially requests it, according to U.S. and Iraqi sources.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Eliminating Medicare for the Elderly
By Margaret Flowers, M.D.
April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee, unveiled two proposals this week which if enacted would constitute a mortal threat to our nation’s health – particularly to the health of our seniors and our most vulnerable populations.
Rep. Ryan's Free-Market 'Death Panels'
By Robert Parry
April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011
The consequences of three decades of anti-government Reaganism and free-market extremism are now coming clearly into view, a cruel and brutish America split sharply between a few lucky haves and many desperate have-nots.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Military Tribunals May Hide 9/11 Motives
By Ray McGovern
April 6, 2011
April 6, 2011
The Obama administration’s decision to use a military tribunal rather than a federal criminal court to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others means the real motives behind the 9/11 attacks may remain obscure.
Getting Crazier about Bradley Manning
By Kevin Zeese
April 5, 2011
April 5, 2011
On March 20, Americans, in a vet-led assembly, gathered to support PFC Bradley Manning who is accused of leaking documents to WikiLeaks and who has been held in solitary confinement at the Quantico Marine Base for seven months.
Monday, April 04, 2011
WPost Seeks Longer Iraq Occupation
By Robert Parry
April 4, 2011
April 4, 2011
The neocon editors of the Washington Post, who have pushed the Iraq War since the beginning, are bummed out over the looming reality of America’s strategic defeat after eight years of fighting.
How King's Murder Scars the Present
By Danny Schechter
April 4, 2011
April 4, 2011
Before he went over that mountain top in April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. said he had already seen the other side, as he spent his last days on earth fighting for the garbage men of Memphis while speaking out about the twin evils of war and poverty.
Analyzing Goldstone's Gaza Retreat
By Lawrence Davidson
April 4, 2011
April 4, 2011
It will be recalled that after the September 2009 issuance of the Goldstone Report suggesting that Israel might be guilty of war crimes, Judge Richard Goldstone was barred from attending his grandson’s bar mitzvah. That is how much resentment was produced by the critical report that bears his name.
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