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The Battle for Saudi Arabia
As'ad AbuKhalil
Saudi Arabia is a most unusual country. Its oil reserves are the largest in the world. It is run like a privately owned business operated by the Saud family. Hundreds of princes and their hanger ons preside over a nation without a constitution. Patriarchy, misogyny, oppression, censorship, religious intolerance characterize this feudal regime. Since Saudi […]
Why Are We In Iraq?
Scott Ritter
The U.S. attack on Iraq is a defining event of this era. Why was it done? What was the haste? We now know from Bush Administration officials Paul O’Neill and Richard Clarke that Iraq was a target before September 11. Neocon ideologues like Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz drove the policy to launch a war on […]
The Progressive Story of America
Bill Moyers
The U.S. economy grew steadily through most of the 1990s. However, nearly all of the newly created wealth has gone to the already rich, magnifying market-generated inequalities. President Bush and the Republicans have reduced taxes paid by the rich and services for everyone else, while increasing corporate subsidies. Democrats for the most part have not […]
Imperial Democracy
Arundhati Roy
Hey! Step right up. Want some democracy? We got a great new brand right here on the shelf ready to go. Seal-wrapped straight from the factory. And we’ll get it to you through the barrel of a gun. Shipping and handling is on us. US imperialism, like its predecessors, is based on the moral right […]
War Crimes & Imperial Fantasies
Noam Chomsky
When official enemies commit crimes, they must be punished. That is an unquestioned staple of public discourse. Occasionally, as in the torture and killing of prisoners in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan, a few bad apples tarnish the reputation of the United States but the doctrine of our basic goodness prevails. In an underreported revelation, recently […]
Stupid White Men
Michael Moore
By chance, Michael Moore’s book Stupid White Men was printed on September 10th, 2001. The next day the publishers suddenly considered his book “inappropriate” claiming that with sections like “Kill Whitey” and a letter asking Bush to resign would not go over well in post-9/11 America. They asked him to rewrite it, but he refused. […]
War as an Addiction
Chris Hedges
War is an emotionally intense and exhilarating experience. From ancient times war and the warrior have been celebrated. The adrenaline rushes of combat, the parades, the medals and the adulation are all part of the allure of war. It is imbued with ideas of nobility, selflessness and glory. General George Patton, one of America’s most […]
History Matters
Howard Zinn
Lincoln said, “You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time.” Perhaps he should have added the caveat, if you don’t know history you can all fool all the people all the […]
Debunking Conspiracy Theories
Chip Berlet
Theories are unproven assertions. If empirical evidence is presented then the theory moves to fact. In another realm, allegations are not subject to rigorous examination. There is a strain of thought that embraces beliefs ranging from UFOs in Roswell to who killed JFK to black helicopters. These theories take on an almost theological conviction. If […]
Oil, Power, and Empire
Larry Everest
Throughout history, wars have been started for many reasons: wealth, power, politics, religion and love, to name a few. Recent conflicts are no exception, with oil being the paramour in the battle and occupation of Iraq. But does it make sense to wage war to control a commodity that is finite? With oil supplies predicted […]
Behind the War on Terror
Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed
The Bush-led war party of vulcans drive the war on terror. These born-again nationalists have an agenda that was announced several years ago. They formed the Project for a New American Century. Read their key document “Rebuilding America’s Defenses.” It is a blueprint for America as Sparta and a formula for permanent war. It says what was required to achieve […]
Privatizing War
Rania Masri
Naomi Klein, the noted Canadian journalist and author says, Iraq is open for business. She’s not kidding. Private contractors are making a killing. And the taxpayers are shelling out the bucks. A significant portion of the $18 billion budgeted for reconstruction in Iraq is going to such firms as Dyncorp, Blackwater and Northbridge who provide […]

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