|
AfricaSpeaks Weblog
Rootswomen Weblog
Rootsie's Weblog
|
In Fallujah, Freedom Isn't Free Posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Voting While Black: Racism in the Coverage of the Recount? How could there be such a glaring disparity between the white and black sections of Cuyahoga County in the distribution of provisional ballots? And why would so many African Americans wait for up to ten hours in some instances to vote using provisional ballots instead of regular ballots?
Ex-US marine: I killed Iraqi civilians
Ohio Whitewash
Rich kids go to college, poor ones to Baghdad The Bush administration signed the No Child Left Behind Act in January 2002 - which it hailed as an important social initiative. In the small print is a provision that threatens the withdrawal of federal funding from any high school which refuses to provide students' details to military recruiters. Section 9528, Armed Forces Recruiter Access to Students and Student Recruiting Information, enables the military to make unsolicited contact with children as young as 11.
America's shame
Iraq faces descent into chaos, says CIA chief The Bush administration's robust assertions that the situation in Iraq would improve with next month's elections were badly shaken yesterday with the leak of a gloomy end-of-tour cable from the departing CIA station chief in Baghdad.
War Crime
In Fallujah, Freedom Isn't Free Somewhere between a concentration camp and what US troops called a strategic hamlet in Vietnam, this is the latest version of Washington's freedom and democracy installation in Iraq. How much clearer does it have to become before the US media and its brainwashed audience admit to themselves that this whole adventure is about domination and control?
Disgruntled Troops Complain to Rumsfeld
'Kill everyone and everything' Where do I begin? Daily I scan hundreds and hundreds of headlines from around the world. What do I see? Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush. The news is a Bush-fest! What's a concerned American to do? Where do I start? I mean honestly, it seems to me that Bush and his cronies are killing, at least figuratively, someone or something new. Continually. It's all I can do to keep up with it.
A Stolen Election The View From My Black Helicopter
BBC overhaul sees 3,000 jobs axed
Printer friendly version Send page by E-Mail
|