October 29, 2009
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The Iron Cheer of Empire: No free tortillas in the Workhouse Republic By Joe Bageant
It may be my bias, or my imagination, or my distaste for toil, but from here [in Ajijic, Mexico] America looks like one big workhouse, “under God, indivisible, with time off to shit, shower and shop.” A country whose citizens have been reduced to “human assets” of a vast and relentless economic machine, moving human… Continue reading
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Honduras 100 Days of Resistance Pt1
28 October, 2009 Fault Lines’ Avi Lewis reports on polarization and power in the Americas Continue reading
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ABC Of West’s Global Military Network: Afghanistan, Baltics, Caucasus By Rick Rozoff
The century’s longest war continues to rage in South Asia with no sign of abating. Instead, the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 has exploded into endless armed hostilities that have spread across the length and breadth of the nation, with U.S. and NATO military forces fighting an intensified counterinsurgency conflict in the north,… Continue reading
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WHATS THE WORD IN JOHANNESBURG AS FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS “THE RAINBOW NATION” HOPES FOR PROGRESS? By Danny Schechter
Johannesburg: There was lots of skepticism when I came to South Africa two years ago to show my film IN DEBT WE TRUST. While my critique of consumer debt resonated, the film’s forecast of a financial crisis didn’t. Their economy seemed to be doing well and it was hard to tell a society that tends… Continue reading
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Joao Bosco e Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Formidable Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3770705 more about “Joao Bosco e Gonzalo Rubalcaba“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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‘Rumba Para Monk’ Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band
Fabulous New York-based band led by the brothers Andy & Jerry Gonzalez http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3770660 more about “Rumba Para Monk Jerry Gonzalez and th…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Olive Morris: Forgotten activist hero By Lizzie Cocker
In an age when xenophobia and Islamophobia are being stoked by illegal wars and immigration myths, the need to wrench hidden realities from history in order to see today’s truths has never been more urgent. And thanks to the Remembering Olive Collective (ROC) founded by artist Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre in 2007, a… Continue reading
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Ashley Smith, “A War of Terror in Pakistan: Interview with Saadia Toor”
The Pakistani Intelligence, with the full knowledge of the U.S., helped create and sustain the Taliban for years. Only after al-Qaeda’s attack on September 11 did the U.S. begin to oppose the Taliban, and once it did, this upset the longstanding relationship between the Pakistani state and the Taliban. Continue reading
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US drone strikes may break international law: UN official
US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said Tuesday. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 