Why Obama must commit to cluster munitions ban
Mary Shaw On December 3, 100 countries signed the Cluster Munitions Convention, which prohibits the use of cluster bombs. So what rogue nations were conspicuously absent? The primary makers or users of cluster bombs -- the U.S., Israel, Russia, China,… more »
Orwell in the Scanner
Louise Whiteley Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death. ~George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Unlike the contestants on Big Brother, the citizens in Orwell’s novel tend to hold their tongues, but ultimately surveillance… more »
Bush's Parting 'FUCK YOU' to America
Len Hart The 'bailout' is another Bush/GOP scam, a big black hole into which some 1.5 trillion dollars has already has been sucked! The dollar will eventually collapse as did German Marks under the Weimar Republic. Only the big banks benefit but they,… more »
Iraq's US Security Charade
Ramzy Baroud World media rashly celebrated the "historic" security pact that allows for US troops to stay in Iraq for three more years after the Iraqi parliament ratified the agreement on Thursday, 27 November. The approval came one week after the Iraqi… more »
What Have the Bastards Done to My Country?
Fred Reed Oh god. It's getting worse. Everything. I knew it would. Death and taxes are long shots by comparison. So I'm in Washington, a federal enclave, as someone said, surrounded on all four sides by reality. This was supposed to be a medical trip to… more »
Obama's War Cabinet
Stephen Lendman December 1 brought more disappointment but no surprises. Obama's national security appointees (like all his earlier ones) aren't "change to believe in" or what people expected for their votes. They're recycled establishment figures.… more »
NYT & AP: Their latest ‘Coverage’ of the U.S.-Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Detain This [The hand and arm of a dead baby pokes out from the rubble of a building in Gaza, July 24, 2002. Debate raged in Israel on Wednesday over the wisdom of killing one of one man at the price of the lives of 14 Palestinians, nine of whom were… more »
Afghanistan, Another Untold Story
Michael Parenti Barack Obama is on record as advocating a military escalation in Afghanistan. Before sinking any deeper into that quagmire, we might do well to learn something about recent Afghan history and the role played by the United States. Less… more »
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