Month February 2006

Grapes of wrath

From Al-Ahram Weekly comes this direct, level-headed explanation of why the Danish cartoon incident has gone supernova, calling for everyone to cool off and back down. Denmark has single-handedly blown up bridges of dialogue and understanding between Islam and the…

U.S. threats against Venezuela

The following is text to a talk given by Carlos Alvarez at an ANSWER LA meeting Tuesday night. Whether it’s North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, the White House continues their belligerent talk and implied threats of military action. That’s why it’s…

Banned from Kos … again!

Politizine has gotten himself banned yet again from DailyKos. Every time it was for the unspeakable outrage of questioning Democrats. This has occurred twice before: Once during the famous primary wars of 2003, for defending Ralph Nader repeatedly and criticizing…

Evangelicals go green

A group of 86 evangelical Christian leaders launched a campaign today to educate Christians about climate change and urged the U.S. Congress to enact legislation to curb global warming. The initiative marks the first time that influential evangelicals have defied…

Fighting water privatization in India

Water activists and non governmental organizations in north and central India have joined hands to fight water privatization initiatives by Indian state governments, oppose World Bank funding, discourage the $200 billion river-linking project, encourage conservation and provide for alternative water…