March 22, 2010
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Visa Ban Lifted, Renowned Professors Enter U.S
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) welcomes the decision by the U.S. Department of State to end the exclusions of two prominent foreign professors from the United States. Professor Adam Habib and Professor Tarik Ramadan, along with ADC, were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In separate lawsuits the ACLU challenged the denial of… Continue reading
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Cantina Tolteca — pissing away them Kokopelli blues (or) Visions of el rio — Live from the cantina of no return By Joe Bageant
Cantina Tolteca is one of those manly Mexican watering holes, where you piss up against a tile barroom wall while ordering the next round from a passing barmaid. With a beer and three shots of mescal in your sails, and the jukebox playing La Paloma, a man feels about as free and unselfconscious here as… Continue reading
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To rob a country, own a bank Pt4 By William Black
Ten steps to reform the finance sector – that the Administration and Congress won’t do Continue reading
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To rob a country, own a bank Pt3 By William Black
So many shoes to fall from this crisis it will be like Imelda Marcos closet after an earthquake Continue reading
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The Biden vs. Netanyahu Flap by John Spritzler
The recent flap between America’s Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Israel’s building 1600 new Jews-only housing units in East Jerusalem is, at its root, a disagreement about whether or not Israel should take the “new path” advocated by Israel’s previous Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. Continue reading
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Haiti’s Earthquake Victims in Peril By Roger Annis
It’s been nearly eight weeks since the devastating earthquake in Haiti and familiar patterns of interference and neglect by the major powers that dominate the country are firmly entrenched. Notwithstanding heroic efforts of ordinary Haitian people, Haitian government officials and agencies, and many international organizations, a grave health risk hovers over the people residing in… Continue reading
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HLLN 22 March, 2010: Clinton apologizes for neoliberal policies that destroyed Haiti's rice production…| Haitian NGOs Decry Total Exclusion
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton – now U.N. special envoy to Haiti – … publicly apologized this month for championing policies that destroyed Haiti’s rice production. Clinton in the mid-1990s encouraged the impoverished country to dramatically cut tariffs on imported U.S. rice. Continue reading
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Israel’s new strategic arm: Cyberwarfare
Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 