The question of religion, specifically Islam, is being played out as a stalking horse on the political left. As so many left intellectuals sign on with Islamophobia there has been a lot of chatter dedicated to the business of proving how right it is to see Islam as on par with rabid imperialism as the [...]
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How Orwell is this? The newly-established unit would use “new media” channels to push its message and “set the record straight”, Pentagon press secretary Eric Ruff said. “We’re looking at being quicker to respond to breaking news,” he said. “Being quicker to respond, frankly, to inaccurate statements.” A Pentagon memo seen by the Associated Press [...] Besides indulging in the occasional odd blog I also podcast. In fact it was through podcasting that I came upon Polizeros Bob in cyberspace — ie: yours and mein host — in the first instance. Now I got myself an LA franchise. Among my podcastables is VenSol: the Venezuela Solidarity podcast. VenSol carries reports from [...] South Korean protests are among the most militant and best-organized anywhere. There will be many of them in the coming days in protest against the US-led FTA talks going on there now. Brian Becker of the ANSWER Coalition reports from Seoul. South Korean riot police storm peaceful press conference. Today’s press conference was the kick-off [...] U.S. weighs shootdown of N. Korea missile North Korea might launch a missile that many South Korea newspapers say might well be a satellite yet the US responds hysterically by saying they might shoot it down. Can North Korea save the day and change the subject for the Bush administration? North Korea, starved for attention [...] U.S. government orchestrates anti-Lukashenko opposition On March 19, Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected president of the Republic of Belarus with nearly 83 percent of the popular vote. The result confirmed all the pre-election polls, which predicted a lopsided Lukashenko victory. This did not stop the imperialist countries and their faithful media outlets from asserting that [...] “We had a democracy once, but you crushed it” On foreign policy, Democrats would have you believe that Bush is the most reckless President and that he has ripped the United States away from a tradition of cooperative diplomacy by violently overthrowing governments. But as former New York Times reporter Steven Kinzer points out, the [...] Don’t get me wrong, there’s many sincere reformists trying bring about change. Whether it’s organizations like DailyKos who believe the Democratic Party can be reformed, or tilting further leftward, groups like Democracy Now and Media Channel, they present lots of analysis, some advocacy, but rarely calls to action. Plus, they bizarrely assume our current political [...] Shrine attack brings civil war warning “Babylon burning / And they got no water / Fire, fire / And they got no water” is the lyric to a venerable reggae song, “Babylon” being their word for the culture they stand in opposition to. Now it really is Babylon that’s burning, the attacks and counter-attacks on [...] |  | ||||
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