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Dateline: Middle East An interview with Rami Khouri November 2009

January 4, 2010 by Paul

 By David Barsamian

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It's Obama's War, and We Will Stop It

December 8, 2009 by Paul

  

The current escalation of the Afghanistan war comes at a new political moment. Unemployment is over 10%. Cities and towns are slashing basic services right and left. People are losing health care in droves, nothing is being done about the foreclosure crisis, and the U.S.

Military Families across the Country Protest President Obama's Decision to Escalate War in Afghanistan

December 8, 2009 by Paul

December 3, 2009 – Following President Obama’s announcement of increased troop levels in Afghanistan, members of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) and Gold Star Families Speak Out (GSFSO) expressed outrage and deep sadness by speaking out and taking part in protest actions across the country. While the military community is frequently tight-lipped about policy decisions, these military families broke that code of silence to publicly decry the President’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan.

Information Clearing House Newsletter December 01, 2009

December 2, 2009 by Paul

Iran and Leftist Confusion

June 30, 2009 by Paul

June 29, 2009 By Reese Erlich


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SOA Watch on the Honduran Coup

June 30, 2009 by Paul

Resistance and Repression in Honduras

An unknown number of Hondurans have taken to the streets today in an effort to stop the coup that the military, in league with Congress and the Supreme Court, has carried out against democratically elected President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya.

US Involvement in Honduran Coup?

June 30, 2009 by Paul

Lots of speculation on the left, with some saying it is too soon to say for sure if the US had a hand or not, but that at the very least, the leader of the coup is a graduate of the US Scool of Death (School of the Americas, or SOA) and a supporter of the neo-liberal agenda.  He joins many fellow  graduates of the infamous SOA, who have gone on to lead coups.  While the streets of Honduras look much lilke the streets of Iran, with people calling for justice in the wake of this assault on democracy, the instigators of the coup have a US connection, and the military weapons and

Why Punishing North Korea Won’t Work . . . and What Will

June 6, 2009 by Paul

 

Leon V. Sigal

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A Jewish Voice for Peace: Caterpillar Kills

June 6, 2009 by Paul

See if you can explain this… I can't.

In reference to Caterpillar's sales of bulldozers used to destroy Palestinian homes, orchards and olive groves, the company wrote a letter to the United Methodist Church last year. In the letter, CAT stated that it expects its customers to use its equipment in ways 'consistent with human rights and the requirements of international humanitarian law.' Good news, right?

Japan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus 'relocation' of U.S. Marines to Guam from Okinawa

May 27, 2009 by Paul

The Diet on May 13 approved an agreement that requires Japan, supposedly a sovereign nation, to pay the cost of constructing a foreign country's military base outside Japan as part of a plan to "relocate" a part of the U.S. Marine Corps to Guam from Okinawa.