Archive for November, 2007

29 Nov 2007

Lest We Forget

by Anwaar Hussain As November 2007 draws to a close, it will be full three years since American forces razed the Iraqi city of Fallujah to ground. It was in November 2004 that George Bush’s forces played havoc with that city and its unfortunate inhabitants in the name of God. While the American media chose [...]

29 Nov 2007

CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces

By James Petras On November 26, 2007 the Venezuelan government broadcast and circulated a confidential memo from the US embassy to the CIA which is devastatingly revealing of US clandestine operations and which will influence the referendum this Sunday, December 2, 2007. The memo sent by an embassy official, Michael Middleton Steere, was addressed to [...]

28 Nov 2007

Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture

“Again, if PETA is putting something out, I will always have my doubts – they see things one way and one way only. Theirs. In many ways the activists in this country are terrorists of a kind….” [Excerpt from an email written by a heavily indoctrinated and reactionary US American] By Jason Miller For a [...]

26 Nov 2007

Death and Resurrection of the US Dollar

A view from Argentina  A Review Article by Adrian Salbuchi (*) Note: This article was published by Global Research (www.globalresearch.ca) on 15-Oct-2006 and distributed by various web sites, including www.scoop.co.nz. However, since it was originally written in June 2005, much has occurred. Following is its most recently updated version. Analysts the world over are recognizing the early warning signs of a [...]

25 Nov 2007

Institutionalized Glorification of our Greed and Gluttony: Thanksgiving Reflections of an Anti-Capitalist

By Jason Miller Gluttony and greed kill more than the sword. Italian proverb Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. Charles Lamb, 1821 Another propaganda-driven greed-fest has nearly passed in the land of the corporatized and the home of the subservient. Obedient little wage slaves and consumers that most of us are (to [...]

23 Nov 2007

Venezuela: Between Ballots and Bullets

By James Petras* – November 2007 Introduction Venezuela’s democratically elected President Chavez faces the most serious threat since the April 11, 2002 military coup. Picture: The poster reads “Chávez I am with you”. Violent street demonstrations by privileged middle and upper middle class university students have led to major street battles in and around the [...]

23 Nov 2007

Charlatans, humbugs and a few heroes

By Ayaz Amir   OUR tin-clad Generalissimo may not be blessed in his own talent or powers (if he were he wouldn’t be in the mess he is in) but he sure is blessed in the humbugs masquerading as the people’s champion. With a stellar cast that includes Benazir Bhutto, one thing in the morning [...]

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