Mon 11 May 2009
Vandana Shiva Project Syndicate
NEW DELHI — An epidemic of farmers’ suicides has spread across four Indian states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Punjab — over the last decade. According to official data, more than 160,000 farmers have committed suicide in India since 1997.(more…)
Mon 11 May 2009
Glenn Greenwald Salon 5/11/09
An Iranian appeals court this morning announced that it was reducing the sentence and ordering the immediate release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was convicted by an Iranian court in January of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison.  (more…)
Fri 8 May 2009
It has been more than 100 days of Barack Obama in office. Reviewing his policy, the election honeymoon was not that sweet to begin with and many in the US seem disappointed. Prominent economist Paul Craig Roberts is among those.(more…)
Fri 8 May 2009
One of the tactics endlessly used by America’s right-wing warriors in their crusade against Islamic radicalism is the pretense that they are motivated by a defense of core Western freedoms, particularly free speech rights. (more…)