We take a look at President Bush’s inaugural address with Gore Vidal, one of America’s most respected writers and thinkers and the author of more than 20 novels and 5 plays. Vidal says, “If the United States does go abroad to slay dragons in the name of freedom, liberty and so on, she could become…
Category: Alternative Reader
Peace Without Justice
By Robert Fisk The Independent So, the Palestinians will end their occupation of Israel. No more will Palestinian tanks smash their way into Haifa and Tel Aviv. No more will Palestinian F-18s bomb Israeli population centres. No more will Palestinian Apache helicopters carry out “targeted killings” – ie: murders – of Israeli military leaders. The…
PALESTINE: The real enemy of the Jews
By Robert Thompson AxisofLogic.com February 5, 2005 — I have read with considerable interest the item from Electronic Intifada of 4th February 2005 by Professor Avi Shlaim of Saint Antony’s College, Oxford. His analysis is to my mind a sadly clear example of a serious misconception common among many excellent persons, as I am sure…
Hamas, Jihad to Hold Talks with Abbas before Deciding on Attacks
By Arnon Regular Haaretz Hamas and Islamic Jihad are waiting until Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas updates them Wednesday about the previous day’s Sharm el-Sheikh summit before they decide whether to halt attacks on Israeli targets. Israel Radio reported Wednesday morning that Abbas was slated to meet the militant Palestinian factions later in the day…
Statement on Mining
Statement on mining Ecumenical Bishops Forum Church People’s Conference On Mining St. Thomas Aquinas Research Complex University of Santo Tomas Contaminated and rapid sedimentation of the Antamok and Luneta Rivers, downstream river and coastal area; tailings seeping through the retaining wall into the river; toxic wastes spilled into the water systems during heavy rains and…
Mining firm moves to evict Subanen folks and farmers in Zamboanga
Eighty-six Subanen and peasant families have until the last day of February to leave their homes and ancestral land or face eviction by a Canadian-owned mining firm. According to the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE), Toronto Ventures Inc. (TVI) which holds a Mineral Production Agreement in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, is going to…
Mock Coffins and Jeers as Bush Sworn In
By Andy Sullivan Reuters Washington – Flag-draped coffins and jeering anti-war protesters competed with pomp and circumstance on Thursday at the inauguration of President Bush along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of central Washington. As the president’s motorcade made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House amid the tightest security in…
Dancing the War Away
By BOB HERBERT NYTimes Watching the inaugural ceremonies yesterday reminded me of the scenes near the end of “The Godfather” in which a solemn occasion (a baptism in the movie) is interspersed with a series of spectacularly violent murders. Even as President Bush was taking the oath of office and delivering his Inaugural Address beneath…
It’s Worse Than You Think
By Scott Johnson and Babak Dehghanpisheh Newsweek September 20 2004 Issue As Americans debate Vietnam, the U.S. death toll tops 1,000 in Iraq. And the insurgents are still getting stronger. Iraqis don’t shock easily these days, but eyewitnesses could only blink in disbelief as they recounted last Tuesday’s broad-daylight kidnappings in central Baghdad. At about…
Why the West is Losing
By Eric Margolis The Toronto Sun 12 September 2004 Three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, America’s politicians and media continue to gravely deceive the public about the so-called war on terrorism. Now the definitive book on terrorism has appeared that should be mandatory reading for every thinking person. It’s called Imperial Hubris: Why…
America’s Empire of Bases
By Chalmers Johnson TomDispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com As distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognize — or do not want to recognize — that the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, our citizens are often ignorant of the fact that our garrisons encircle the planet. This…