Mon 10 Mar 2008
You Can’t Lick the Boot that Kicks You
By JOANN WYPIJEWSKI Counterpunch 03/09/08
Three weeks before the Ohio primary Blanche McKinney, an assistant manager at Stark Metro Housing and a member of CWA Local 4302 in Canton, told me, “Do we have the time to get someone in there who’s inexperienced? (more…)
Sun 9 Mar 2008
By Mike Whitney Information Clearing House 03/07/08
“Market conditions are the worst anyone in this industry can ever remember. I don’t think anyone has a recollection of a total disappearance in liquidity…There are billion of dollars worth of assets out there for which there is just no market.” Alain Grisay, chief executive officer of London-based F&C Asset Management Plc; Bloomberg News (more…)
Sun 9 Mar 2008
By Graham E. Fuller FOREIGN POLICY Jan-Feb 2008
What if Islam had never existed? To some, it’s a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Would Christianity have taken over the world? Would the Middle East be a peaceful beacon of democracy? Would 9/11 have happened? In fact, remove Islam from the path of history, and the world ends up pretty much where it is today. (more…)
Sat 8 Mar 2008
Please sign the petition that seeks justice for Justice for Mohammed Momin Khawaja.
To:
Hon Mr. Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister (pm@pm.gc.ca)
Hon Mr. Stockwell Day, Canadian Minister of Security (day.s@parl.gc.ca)
RE: Incarceration of Canadian citizen Momin Khawaja (more…)
Fri 7 Mar 2008
By Marianne Barisonek [Marianne has interviewed Katherine about Dr. Dhafir’s case.]
Amel’s Story
“Amel wears big sunglasses with rhinestones when she goes outside. Her hair sports remnants of blonde streaks from a time when she could spend money on things like that. She has pictures from her singing career and still has the flute she played in the national orchestra. (more…)
Fri 7 Mar 2008
Publication date: March 10, 2008
Son of Mountains is a memoir by Yassin Aref, a UN refugee who sought peace and freedom for himself and his family in America——and found just the opposite. It is the story of a Muslim entrapped in a fictional “sting” concocted by the FBI, accused of aiding terrorism, and sentenced in 2007 to fifteen years in federal prison. (more…)
Fri 7 Mar 2008
2/27/08
The following letter was sent this afternoon to Chief Justice Allan Lutfy of the Federal Court of Canada expressing concerns that unfounded allegations based on secret suspicions have been prominently placed on the Federal Court of Canada website, thereby harming the fair trial opportunities available to those named in security certificates and contributing to the character assassination that this process entails. (more…)
Fri 7 Mar 2008
(Letter to the Post-Standard drawing attention to the fact that the last paragraph of Denis Halliday’s letter was omitted from publication. Published, 3/04/08.)
To the Editor:
I was very pleased to see that you published a letter from Denis Halliday, former U.N. assistant secretary general (more…)