Month June 2006

Hat tip to BlueHost

This blog is hosted on BlueHost. They specialize in WordPress blogs, and have great service too. About an hour ago, a router crashed on their upstream provider, this blog was down along with the thousands of other sites they host.…

US soldiers charged over deaths

The US military said today three US soldiers had been charged in the deaths of three male prisoners on May 9. It said the soldiers faced charges including “murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, communicating a threat, and obstructing justice”.

Sri Lanka. History of the war

Most don’t know the history of Sri Lanka, and what led to the civil war which has raged for over twenty years. Western media generally focuses on what’s happening now, with little, if any, historical background. Now Sri Lankan forces,…

Saul Alinsky

Few know it today, but Chicago was the birthplace of a powerful grassroots social movement that changed political activism in this country. “Community Organizing” was pioneered in Chicago’s old stockyards neighborhood by the soberly realistic, unabashedly radical Saul Alinsky. Alinsky…

The non-opposition opposition

Did the Democrats in the House during the debate on Iraq mention the entire invasion was based on lies? No. Did they acknowledge that the majority of the public no longer supports the war? Nope, they didn’t do that either.…