Saleem Khan, Ph.D. http://www.opednews.com 12/30/07
The violent death of Benazir Bhutto on December 27, is the latest event in a culture of violence that has been steadily spreading in the body politics in Pakistan. (more…)
Sun 30 Dec 2007
Saleem Khan, Ph.D. http://www.opednews.com 12/30/07
The violent death of Benazir Bhutto on December 27, is the latest event in a culture of violence that has been steadily spreading in the body politics in Pakistan. (more…)
Sat 29 Dec 2007
By Darryl Fears The Washington Post 12/29/07
In yesterday’s strongly worded opinion, Appeals Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner wrote: “Belief, assumption, and speculation are no substitutes for evidence in a court of law. . . . We must resist the temptation to gloss over error, admit spurious evidence, and assume facts not adequately proved simply to side with the face of innocence and against the face of terrorism.” (more…)
Sat 29 Dec 2007
Ilan Pappe interviewed in Italy
Emanuela Irace, il manifesto – Translated by Diego Traversa, Peacepalestine
Ilan Pappe: the peace process means what piece of Palestine Israel is supposed to annex and what Bantustan is supposed to be given to the Arabs. (more…)
Thu 27 Dec 2007
Ellie Bernstein has entered into a film contest sponsored by Link TV as a possible way to raise money to finish her full length documentary relating to the Aref/Hossain Sting injustice. Watch the video.
Thu 27 Dec 2007
Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans
by Bill Quigley Commondreams 12/27/07
In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a public New Orleans City Council meeting addressing demolition of 4500 public housing apartments. (more…)
Thu 27 Dec 2007
by Marjorie Cohn Commondreams 12/27/07
When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the fall of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. (more…)
Thu 27 Dec 2007
by Ray McGovern Consortium News 12/27/07
“There are few things as odd as the calm, superior indifference with which I and those like me watched the beginnings of the Nazi revolution in Germany, as if from a box at the theater…Perhaps the only comparably odd thing is the way that now, years later….” (more…)
Mon 24 Dec 2007
William Fisher The Huffington Post 12/24/07
A former U.S. Department of Justice ethics adviser who came to prominence as a whistleblower after she objected to the government’s treatment of John Walker Lindh — the “American Taliban” captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan – has joined leading members of the U.S. legal community in calling on Congress to investigate (more…)