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Britain Obstructs Global Ban on Use of Cluster Bombs
Kim Sengupta, of The Independent UK: "The British Government is accused of being the chief obstacle to the signing of a treaty to ban cluster bombs, which have maimed and killed thousands of civilians... ...
The CIA Is More Active Than Ever In Venezuela
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD Let's remember that it isn't about who occupies the chair in the Oval Office, but those who are around that person. And that doesn't change much whether the occupant is a Democrat... ...
Blacklisted by the Bush government
Salon by Tim Shorrock 05/19/08 Ever since a New York Times report uncovered warrantless domestic spying by the Bush administration, the issue of NSA surveillance and the 1978 law governing it has been... ...
The corporate state and the subversion of democracy
Fascism, Corporate State's Achilles Heel by Alan Stang Last week we looked at a couple of the horrors of our fascist system. Of course there are many others. Monster corporations control that system,... ...
American As Reluctant Warrior
By Michael Sherry Most Americans see their nation as essentially peace-loving, a reluctant warrior that fights only when fanatical enemies force it to. But measured by its actions rather than its self-image,... ...
Torture: A bully’s creed
A Shameless Barbarity CounterPunch by Reza Fiyouzat 05/14/08 For the past seven years — and especially since those ghastly pictures from your friendly security providers at Baghram, Abu Ghuraib and... ...
McCain Convention Chief Tied to Burma's Junta Quits
Michael Isikoff reports for Newsweek: "After John McCain nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP... ...
Portrait of an Oil-Addicted Former Superpower
For TomDispatch.com, Michael T. Klare writes: "Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a political entity... ...
An innocent man in Gitmo
Freedom In Our Time by William Grigg 05/04/08 Kurnaz, a Turkish national and legal resident of Germany, was sold into the hands of torturers for $3,000 by Pakistani bounty hunters in late 2001. He was... ...
Big business loves big government
Downsize DC by James Leroy Wilson 05/05/08 Politici ans tell us that government protects the people from the cut-throat practices of Big Business. But in truth, Big Government is in bed with Big Business.... ...