Month September 2003

The worst of times George Monbiot in The Guardian The world is beginning to look like France, a few years before the Revolution. There are no reliable wealth statistics from that time, but the disparities are unlikely to have been…

Rich firms ‘got 9/11 fund millions’ More than a third of the fund aimed at helping small businesses located near the World Trade Center survive its destruction in the 11 September attacks went to rich firms, the New York Times…

The Chilean “socialist Internet” – circa 1972! When Pinochet’s military overthrew the Chilean government 30 years ago, they discovered a revolutionary communication system, a ‘socialist internet’ connecting the whole country. Its creator? An eccentric scientist from Surrey, UK named Stafford…

Second black body builder says Schwarzenegger made racist comments Another black bodybuilder has come forward claiming that California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger has a history of making racist comments. Robby Robinson, one of the most respected and well known of…

Bush says nothing new in Iraq speech In abandoning his go-it-alone approach, however, the president did not give significant ground to allies who had opposed him at the time of the war and who want reassurances about greater political and…