3,500 March Against Bush War Agenda Outside U.N.
As President Bush made his way to the U.N. today, at least 3,500 antiwar protestors took to New York City's streets to call for an end to the Iraq war and no more wars.
The Atlantic Monthly's North Korean Fantasy
The mainstream American media seems incapable of publishing anything rational concerning North Korea or its leader Kim Jong Il. The latest example of a truly ridiculous and sloppily written article is by right-wing ideologue Robert D. Kaplan and appears in the October issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
Words that will echo in the White House
The Bush administration last week put to Congress legislation that would give immunity from prosecution for war crimes to CIA operatives and others who engage in “tough” interrogations of prisoners.
The Assault Of Vulgar Economy
Almost a century and a half after Marx’s painstaking work had unearthed the anatomy of modern bourgeois society, we are once more in the danger of being deluged by “vulgar economy”.
Nuclear Giants and Ethical Infants: Confronting Global Nuclear Proliferation
The key point to note here is that not all those who condemned the use of nuclear weapons were radicals or liberals. Many among them were conservatives who held to a strong moral position on the use of these weapons as being against their religious convictions.
Sudan: A New Wave of Repression and Violence
Political opponents of the Khartoum regime have come under increased surveillance, harassment and arbitrary arrest by NIF security forces, states a number of recent reports by the Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT).
Afghanistan: a Tale of never ending Tragedy
It’s now approaching five years since the Taliban government in Afghanistan was deposed by American bombing and the reoccupation of the country with the former mujahedeen and so-called regional warlords, together with invading US troops. So what has happened in this almost five-year period?
Murdoch Almighty: When Public Loses Opinion
People imagine that their opinions are their own, not those of corporate moguls who compete to colonise the public sphere. We are not as free in thought as we think.
Momentum builds for October 28th: Troops out of Afghanistan Now!
AS THE casualties and devastation mount in Afghanistan, more Canadians are asking tough questions. Dozens of organizations representing millions of people have endorsed the October 28 Day of Action to demand the immediate withdrawal of Canadian troops.
Armed conflict in Iraq depriving youth of education
he UK-based charity organisation Save the Children has launched a global report exposing the devastating consequences of armed conflict on education in 30 countries. As the only country in the Middle East assessed, Iraq is singled out as one of the most recent problem areas.
