December 2008
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Rannie Amiri: Arabs’ Deadly Silence: All Quiet on the Gaza Shore
Although located in the middle of the Arab world and bordering one of its principal and most populous countries, it could very well be in the middle of the ocean, isolated and unbeknownst to anyone. Its residents, if given the choice, may actually prefer this setting than bear witness to the malignant neglect afforded them… Continue reading
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Will a king prosecute a king? Part 2
Michael Ratner: Demanding the prosecution of Bush/Cheney is about the future http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1893618 Part One Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Why did Cheney confess on national television? Part 1
Michael Ratner: Cheney’s admission of guilt is a plea for a presidential pardon Pt1/2 http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1893552 Part 2 Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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End of the year or end of the world (as we know it)? By William Bowles
So perhaps in the final analysis, this is all for the good. Maybe now we’ll wake up to the reality of our lives, that lives that are spent working to do little more than consume is a fantasy. The real question is however, what are we going to do about it? Continue reading
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Bush insider, who planned to tell all, killed in plane crash
Michael Connell, the Bush IT expert who has been directly implicated in the rigging of George Bush’s 2000 and 2004 elections, was killed last night when his single engine plane crashed three miles short of the Akron airport Continue reading
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“Even to Live in a Cave Has Been Denied Us”: The Story of Abed al-Fattah Abed Rabbo
The ordeals of tens of families in Walajah started when the Jerusalem Municipality illegally annexed part of the village to be inside its borders in the beginning 1980s. More than 25 homes have been demolished since, and yet others are under orders of demolition. Most of these cases are still pending in the Israeli court… Continue reading
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Chris Floyd: A Correction and an Apology
Obviously, I was letting my knee-jerk liberal PC prejudices run wild. For as a new article in The Nation forcefully demonstrates, African-Americans are not treated as second-class citizens in the United States; they are treated as wild animals to be hunted down and shot in cold blood. Continue reading
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No one’s listening to Gaza’s death throes
What kind of government in the 21st century can deny another people basic human rights — that is, the right to food, water, shelter, security and dignity? Continue reading
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December 18th, what happened
Yesterday, December 18th, was the Shministim Day of Action in Israel. Even as Tamar Katz remained in solitary confinement, the Shministim were thrilled. They told us they had not seen this much media coverage in Israel of young refusers in years. Continue reading
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Taking Human Rights Watch to Task on the Question of Venezuela’s Purported Abuse of Human Rights Part 2
December 15, 2008 Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA To the Board of Directors, We write to call your attention to a report published by Human Rights Watch that does not meet even the most minimal standards of scholarship, impartiality, accuracy, or credibility. The document, A Decade Under Continue reading
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Dahr Jamail: As Usual, the NYT Ignores Iraqi Opinion; Anecdotes trump polls on withdrawal
Despite the mea culpa, though, the Times continues to mislead on Iraq, particularly on the issue of whether or not Iraqis want the U.S. military to exit their country. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: We Do Not Ask Permission from Israel
The Free Gaza Movement is sending the Dignity on its fifth mission to Gaza with envoys on board from the people of Qatar. The boat also carries journalists, human rights observers, and Palestinians who want to return home and have been prevented from doing so by the Israeli occupation. Continue reading
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Take Jane
Fans of ID cards often say, if you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. They are naive. Continue reading
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Codepink: Want to throw your shoe at Bush?
With one hurl of his shoes, Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi brought the plight of the Iraqi people to the world’s attention. “This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq!,” he shouted to Bush. We, too, feel anguish for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq and we… Continue reading
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Taking Human Rights Watch to Task on the Question of Venezuela’s Purported Abuse of Human Rights Part 1
In his charges, HRW’s lead researcher and writer of the report used intemperate language and patently disingenuous tactics to field a series of anti-Chavez allegations that are excessive and inappropriate. It is not a matter that President Chavez and the Venezuelan government are above reproach—far from it. The problem is the presence of a mean-spirited… Continue reading
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Plundering the Congo
Wayne Madsen: Congo has fallen prey to a lot of people that want to loot its natural resources http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1875001 Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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The Destabilization of Congo
Wayne Madsen: Ethnic divisions are being stoked by client states of the US who arm both sides http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1874988 Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008
Now in their seventeenth year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation’s stinkiest media performances. As the judges for these annual awards, we do our best to identify the most deserving recipients of this unwelcome plaudit. Continue reading
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Disturbed Afghan mass grave site must be secured: rights group
The Dasht-e-Leili site is suspected of having held up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners, according to Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), which discovered the grave in 2002 and has performed autopsies on some of the bodies. Continue reading
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Divide and Shock in Palestine By Ewa Jasiewicz
The Palestine Plan follows a typical DFID free-market directive. It opts for the standard blasts of evisceration of public services (already torpedoed by Israeli tanks and fighter jets since the Al Aqsa Intifada), privatisation of assets and resources (Israel has already helped itself to the Western aquifer through annexing a further 20% of the West… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 