Government
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Mickey Z.: My Personal Trainer and Yours (Susie Day)
Dec. 31, 2008 (Monthly Review) -- "Edupunk," one of 2008's official buzzwords, means someone who is self-educated, "without concern for schools, corporations, or governments." I shall now describe ...
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Elements of an Inside Job in Mumbai Attacks (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Dec. 21, 2008 (Foreign Policy Journal) -- Indian police last week arrested Hassan Ali Khan, who was wanted for investigations into money laundering and other illicit activities, and who is also said ...
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Gaza: The Untold Story (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 18, 2008 (World News Trust) -- It’s incomprehensible that a region such as the Gaza Strip, so rich with history, so saturated with defiance, can be reduced to a few blurbs, sound bites and ...
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Cluster Bomb Treaty and the World's Unfinished Business (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 13, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The United States, Russia and China are sending a terrible message to the rest of the world by refusing to take part in the historic signing of a treaty that bans ...
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Illinois Citizens Deserve Corrupt Government (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Dec. 12, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The current Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, recently charged with crimes by the federal government, just follows in the footsteps of previous convicted ...
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Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Recent press reports on developments with regard to last month’s attacks in Mumbai, India indicate the role of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted crime boss, terrorist, and drug trafficker, is being ...
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George W. Bush Belongs in Prison (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Dec. 4, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Electing Barack Obama president was the first step in redeeming American democracy. The second step must be indicting ex-president George W. Bush, giving him a ...
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New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade (Jeremy R. Hammond)
The New York Times and other major U.S. media sources commonly report on the production of opium in Afghanistan as though it were under the control of the Taliban. The facts on the ground, however, ...
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Gaza: Salvation in a News Broadcast (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 1, 2008 (World News Trust) -- When Gaza's electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It's neither ...
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The Rights of Women as Casualties of War (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 21, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further ...
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A Wanted Man in Burma (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Writer Antonio Graceffo has become the target of a disinformation campaign by the ruling junta in Burma for opposing the oppressive regime.
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