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Bulatlat Contributors | Jan 24, 2010
George W. Obama After his first year, Obama shows his true face
George W. Obama After his first year, Obama shows his true face
By NAT HENTOFF villagevoice.com International Posted by Bulatlat.com Before President Obama, it was grimly accurate to write, as I often did in the Voice, that George W. Bush came into the presidency with no discernible background in constitutional civil liberties...
Right-Wing Populism Gets Help from Democrats
Right-Wing Populism Gets Help from Democrats
By NORMAN SOLOMON Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com In his triumphant speech on election night, the next senator from Massachusetts should have thanked top Democrats in Washington for all they did to make his victory possible. For a year now, leading...
Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck
Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck
By JEFFREY KAYE Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com Two reports coming out of Afghanistan illustrate the depth of hypocrisy and subterfuge characterizing the US/NATO intervention in that country. One could cite a myriad of such examples, so immoral and...
Negros Farmers on Hunger Strike to Oppose Killings, ‘Criminalization of Agrarian Struggle’
Negros Farmers on Hunger Strike to Oppose Killings, ‘Criminalization of Agrarian Struggle’
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Farmers and fisherfolk groups in Negros Occidental have been holding protests outside the capitol to denounce the mounting harassments experienced by Negrense farmers and farm workers. They also denounce a series of moves by landlords to file common and trivial offenses against peasants who demand land reform.
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Slideshow: Baseco Fire Leaves 800 Families Homeless
Slideshow: Baseco Fire Leaves 800 Families Homeless
Baseco Fire Leaves 800 Families Homeless
Quarrying Threatens Floridablanca CADT; Aetas Stand Their Ground Vs Quarry Operations
Quarrying Threatens Floridablanca CADT; Aetas Stand Their Ground Vs Quarry Operations
By LYN V. RAMO Indigenous Peoples Watch Bulatlat.com QUEZON CITY – A score of Aeta families are holding their ground amid threats of an imminent demolition by virtue of a request from a prospective quarry site operator in a resettlement site in Floridablanca,...
Suspect in Broadcaster’s Attempted Slay Identified
Suspect in Broadcaster’s Attempted Slay Identified
By NORTHERN DISPATCH Regions Posted by Bulatlat BANTAY, Ilocos Sur ? The principal suspect in the murder attempt of a veteran broadcaster in Ilocos Sur has already been identified by the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office. Mario Paa, a resident of Barangay Bulag...
Baguio-based Inventor Recognized for Eco-Friendly Engine Oil
Baguio-based Inventor Recognized for Eco-Friendly Engine Oil
By JOSEPH B. ZAMBRANO Northern Dispatch Regions Posted by bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY ?A scientist based here, 246 kms. north of Manila, was named best inventor for an eco-friendly engine oil additive called Magichanic Oil that can be used for all types of vehicles....
The Shadow War: Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan
The Shadow War: Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan
By TOM ENGELHARDT & NICK TURSE Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat It was a Christmas and New Year's from hell for American intelligence, that $75 billion labyrinth of at least 16 major agencies and a handful of minor ones. As the old year was...
How Bush-Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti
How Bush-Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti
By JAMES RIDGEWAY International Posted by Bulatlat In the wake of the devastating earthquake, American eyes are again turned toward Haiti—something that only seems to happen when yet another disaster strikes, and never during the daily chaos and misery that plague...
Haiti Emergency Step One: Donations!
Haiti Emergency Step One: Donations!
By DENNIS O'NEIL FreedomRoad. Org International Posted by Bulatlat As this is being written, there is no way to tell how bad the catastrophe that has hit Haiti will get. The government there is estimating the earthquake has caused an almost unbelievable 100,000...
Haitian Earthquake: Made in the USA
Haitian Earthquake: Made in the USA
Why the Blood Is on Our Hands By TED RALL Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat As grim accounts of the earthquake in Haiti came in, the accounts in U.S.-controlled state media all carried the same descriptive sentence: "Haiti is the poorest country in...
An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010
An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010
by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. We don't name our years, but if we did, this one might prospectively be called the Year of the Assassin. We, of...
Double Standards: How Our Lawlessness Strengthens Our Enemies
Double Standards: How Our Lawlessness Strengthens Our Enemies
By SHAHID BUTTAR Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com We have failed to even investigate torturers, yet we have prosecuted and imprisoned millions for lesser offenses. And we allow mass murderers the benefit of constitutional rights that we deny detainees...
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