Sun 3 Dec 2006
Calderón’s Inauguration Behind Closed Doors Counterpunch 12/1/06
By GREG GRANDIN
This is how the Washington Consensus ends: With the president-elect of Mexico Felipe Calderón sneaking off with outgoing Vicente Fox Thursday night to hold a midnight, locked-door inauguration. Fait accompli, the next day the videotaped ceremony was broadcast to the nation. (more…)
Sat 2 Dec 2006
By Ann Wright, US Army Reserve Colonel Truthout 11/29/06
I spoke for the first time at the School of the Americas Watch protest at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Saturday, November 17, 2006. As a US Army veteran with 29 years of active and reserve duty who retired as a colonel, I felt tremendous emotions while addressing over 20,000 protesters from a stage in front of the gates of a major US military installation. We were there as witnesses to a history of involvement in torture by graduates of the US military’s School of the Americas (SOA) (more…)
Fri 1 Dec 2006
36th Annual Plowshares Craftsfair and Peace Festival
Saturday December 2 (10 am-5 pm) and Sunday, December 3 (11 am-5 pm)
Nottingham High School, 3100 East Genesee Street, Syracuse
I will be there selling my pots and sculptures, and giving out information about Dr. Dhafir’s case. (more…)
Fri 1 Dec 2006
Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily Inter Press Service 11/29/06
BAGHDAD – “Iraq got the foreign investment rules long sought by U.S. corporations,” Antonia Juhasz, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, and author of ‘The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time’ told IPS earlier. (more…)