February 19, 2011
The uprising in Egypt has to be added to the truly world-changing events that I have witnessed in my life. The others I would call “the big three”: World War II, the American civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Egypt's Lessons of Peace
By Rev. Howard Bess
February 19, 2011
February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tea Party Crazy Sweeps America
By Michael Winship
February 18, 2011
February 18, 2011
Forced at gunpoint this weekend to clean out a lot of old paper files in anticipation of some home improvements, I ran across some articles and obituaries I had saved following the death, a little more than five and a half years ago, of the late, great Ann Richards, former governor of Texas.
Read on.Battling 'Neoliberalism' in Wisconsin
By Daniel C. Maguire
February 18, 2011
It has been well noted that the protest in Madison, Wisconsin, is not about the budget but about union-busting, but that is a symptom, not the root of the problem.
Read on.
February 18, 2011
It has been well noted that the protest in Madison, Wisconsin, is not about the budget but about union-busting, but that is a symptom, not the root of the problem.
Read on.
Colin Powell's Disgraceful Lies
By David Swanson
February 18, 2011
February 18, 2011
In the wake of WMD-liar Curveball's videotaped confession, Colin Powell is demanding to know why nobody warned him about Curveball's unreliability. The trouble is, they did.
Read on.Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ray McGovern Bloodied at Clinton Talk
By Robert Parry
February 17, 2011
February 17, 2011
Sometimes the hypocrisy is just overwhelming. So, it probably shouldn’t surprise us that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would deliver a speech hailing the peaceful protests that changed Egypt while 71-year-old Ray McGovern was roughed up and dragged away for standing quietly in protest of her support for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read on.The Back Story on Iran's Clashes
By Robert Parry
February 17, 2011
February 17, 2011
Iranian parliamentarians presented an ugly scene on Tuesday with raucous chants calling for the executions of two opposition leaders – and the U.S. news media was quick to denounce the Iranian government – but there is a complex history that Americans aren’t getting.
Read on.Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tear Down This Reagan Mythology
By Ivan Eland
February 16, 2011
February 16, 2011
A visit to the remote Reagan ranch in the mountains near Santa Barbara, California, on the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth set me thinking about Reagan’s foreign policy record.
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How Egypt's Revolt Challenges Israel
By Lawrence Davidson
February 16, 2011
February 16, 2011
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently traveled to Israel and Jordan to assure these two "partners" of the steadfast nature of U.S. loyalty.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Short-Counting the Taliban
By Gareth Porter
February 15, 2011
February 15, 2011
Despite evidence that the Taliban insurgency had grown significantly in 2010, the U.S. intelligence
community failed to revise its estimate for Taliban forces as part of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan in December.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Recalling the Slaughter of Innocents
By Ray McGovern
February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011
Twenty years ago, as Americans were celebrating Valentine’s Day, Iraqi husbands and fathers in the Amiriyah section of Baghdad were peeling the remains of their wives and children off the walls and floor of a large neighborhood bomb shelter.
Read on.Now, Egypt Faces 'the Hard Part'
By Danny Schechter
February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011
On the long morning after, protesters returned to Tahrir Square to clean it up and savor their victory. There were even some initial scuffles with the military that may be over-anxious to assert control and show it is in charge.
Bush Confronts an Outraged World
By Lawrence Davidson
February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011
One of the really progressive acts that followed the end of World War II was the establishment of the principle of universal jurisdiction (UJ), a legal process that allows states that are signatories to various international treaties and conventions (such as the Geneva conventions) to prosecute alleged violators of these treaties, even when these violations are committed outside the country’s usual jurisdiction.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The CIA's Man in Egypt
By Scott Horton
February 12, 2011
February 12, 2011
With Mubarak’s departure, the focus now falls on his chosen successor, Omar Suleiman.
Read on.Friday, February 11, 2011
Hard Lessons from the HuffPost Sale
By Robert Parry
February 11, 2011
U.S. progressive media has had a tough few weeks. First, Keith Olbermann, the pioneer for liberal programming during MSNBC’s evening hours, was sent packing. Then, Arianna Huffington allowed AOL to subsume her Huffington Post into AOL’s right-of-center content for the price tag of $315 million.
Read on.
February 11, 2011
U.S. progressive media has had a tough few weeks. First, Keith Olbermann, the pioneer for liberal programming during MSNBC’s evening hours, was sent packing. Then, Arianna Huffington allowed AOL to subsume her Huffington Post into AOL’s right-of-center content for the price tag of $315 million.
Read on.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Obama-Was-Anti-Business Myth
By Kevin Zeese
February 10, 2011
February 10, 2011
The unrelenting narrative from the corporate media – that Obama must mend fences with American business – is disconnected from the reality of Obama’s policies and appointments.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
What a 'Liberal Media' Might Look Like
By Lisa Pease
February 9, 2011
February 9, 2011
I’m surprised that otherwise intelligent people continue to believe the myth that the media is “liberal.” I think it’s worth discussing what a liberal media would look like if we had one, so we can better understand that we don’t have one.
Read on.Tuesday, February 08, 2011
America's Stay-at-Home Ex-President
By Ray McGovern
February 8, 2011
February 8, 2011
As the news broke on Saturday that former President George W. Bush had abruptly canceled his scheduled appearance this week in Geneva to avoid the risk of arrest on a torture complaint, my first thought was — how humiliating, not only for Bush but, by extension, for all Americans.
Read on.US Spurned Taliban Peace Feelers
By Gareth Porter
February 8, 2011
February 8, 2011
The central justification of the U.S.-NATO war against the Afghan Taliban - that the Taliban would allow al Qaeda to return to Afghanistan - has been challenged by new historical evidence of offers by the Taliban leadership to reconcile with the Hamid Karzai government after the fall of the Taliban government in late 2001.
The Many Obstacles to Revolution
By William Blum
February 8, 2011
February 8, 2011
In July 1975, I went to Portugal because in April of the previous year a bloodless military coup had brought down the U.S.-supported 48-year fascist regime of Portugal.
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