Challenges ahead facing Iraq at crucial crossroad point
'The Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group was established nine months ago and its general proposals were not unexpected, having been widely leaked over previous weeks,' Salam Ali says. 'What gave it political prominence was the defeat of the Bush administration in the recent US Congress elections...
AFL-CIO's long-range political strategy
Organized labor’s successful mobilization that retook Congress in 2006 is the first step in a multi-year plan to restore primacy of progressive political forces and ideas in the U.S., AFL-CIO Political Director Karen Ackerman says.
Bush Criminal Activities, Violations
In his six years as President of the United States, George W. Bush has accumulated a long list of criminal activities which mark him as a dangerous criminal, enough reason to try him and expel him from the White House.
Bio-diesel versus Fossil Fuel Cars
The use of vegetable oil for diesel fuel has grown in popularity in recent years, thanks to both high fuel prices and ecological concerns. Analysts estimate that some 5,000 North Americans have converted their diesel cars or trucks to run on vegetable oil in the last few years alone.
The New Year and the Call for Peace
We look back at these past 12 months with mixed emotions. An awful situation in Iraq has become even worse. The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health concluded that approximately 600,000 Iraqis had been killed since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.
European Union embraces repressive laws
New, repressive measures will soon be implemented in the European Union in the name of “combating terrorism.” Critics say the measures are actually aimed at nipping a growing European left-wing radicalism in the bud.
Posada Carriles: Washington and Miami’s Preferred Terrorist
The upcoming immigration hearing for Luis Posada Carriles, the 78 year-old felon who is a self-confessed co-conspirator responsible for the detonation of a bomb which killed 73 passengers and crew members aboard a Cuban passenger airliner as it flew over Barbadian waters on October 6, 1976, represents a huge political burden for the White House and its deteriorating relations with Latin America.
Impeachment: A Note of Caution
The impeachment of President Bush has become an important issue. For some people on the left impeachment has even become a litmus test for the 'true' progressive.
Killing Saddam: Irrelevant legal farce
The White House portrays the impending execution of Saddam Hussein as a milestone in Iraq's transition to a democracy, which speaks volumes for Washington's understanding of both justice and democracy.
Iraq: Stress of violence leads to more suicides
The number of suicides in war-ravaged Iraq is increasing due to psychological stress caused by relentless violence, medical experts said.
