October 18, 2003
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When thieves fall out By William Bowles
The real danger inherent in the Bush imperium’s strategy, is the threat to what’s left of US democracy after it’s been subjected to the depredations of the military-industrial clique and its parallel attack on the nation’s civil liberties. It points to the fact that without a massive campaign of lies, the American public would never… Continue reading
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Listen to your ancestors By William Bowles
This essay was triggered by a play on the radio by Margaret Buzby about the Ashanti rebellion in what is now Ghana, at the turn of the 19th century, seen largely through the eyes of Queen Asentewas who led the rebellion. At the end, defeated and old, she is exiled to the Seychelles along with… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 