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Pakistanis Trust Ulama Over Politicians ISLAMABAD – A new poll has showed that the majority of Pakistanis still trust religious scholars over secular politicians, a fact experts see as a blow to President General Pervez Musharraf's so-called policy of enlighten moderation....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:28am PST
US Turns to Somali Courts Leader MOGADISHU — The deep-seated Somali animosity towards Ethiopia and the unpopularity of the interim government are pushing the US to seek the help of Islamic Courts leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed to stabilize the strategic Horn of Africa country, experts believe....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:28am PST
Bush’s State of the Union speech highlights crisis of US ruling elite President George W. Bush’s sixth State of the Union address was delivered Wednesday in an atmosphere of crisis and demoralization gripping not only his own Republican administration, but the entire American political establishment....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:16am PST
Iranian president faces mounting internal opposition As the US administration intensifies pressure on Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing growing criticism at home from sections of the country’s ruling elite over his uncompromising statements on Iran’s nuclear programs as well as over his populist economic measures....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:13am PST
Rightwing Smearers of Obama Don't know a School from a Madrasa ......
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 9:02am PST
The Trial of Tony Blair: What would it take to put the prime minister in the dock? At one point in Alistair Beaton’s latest political satire, The Trial of Tony Blair, Cherie Blair (Phoebe Nicholls) rounds on husband Tony (Robert Lindsay) saying, “The world’s changed and you don’t get it.” Where Beaton falls down is in his depiction of how this change manifests itself and leads to Blair standing in the dock facing war crimes charges....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 8:31am PST
Germany: War, social cuts and the role of the Left Party-PDS The Left Party-Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and the WASG (Election Alternative) group organized a conference January 19-21 at Frankfurt University under the slogan “Get up, stand up.” The aim of the conference was to create “a new left university federation.” The Socialist Equality Party intervened with the following statement to expose this attempt to establish a new left cover for the right-wing policies of the Left Party....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 8:30am PST
Guinea police clash with strikers Security forces in Guinea have clashed with demonstrators, calling on President Lansana Conte to resign on the 13th day of a general strike....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 10:06pm PST
Blair likely to quit if aides charged in loans inquiry Tony Blair is likely to stand down early if charges are brought in the cash-for-honours affair against any of his key aides, including Ruth Turner, arrested on Friday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 6:44am PST
Leno/Migden Showdown and the New Queer Politics The race for California State Senate that will pit a termed-out gay State Assemblymember against the incumbent lesbian Senator is yet another indication of the way that gay politics has changed in the past decade. More and more queer energy and time is being spent electing and re-electing out queer politicians than on tackling the big issues within the LGBT community, such as homelessness and the lack of affordable housing for youth, seniors and people with AIDS....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 6:33am PST
Will Matt Run for Mayor? It’s the burning question on the mind of every progressive who wants to see a challenge to Gavin Newsom in this year’s Mayoral election. Matt Gonzalez has said repeatedly that he will not run, while he stresses the need for progressives to field a candidate. At this point, there really isn’t any other plausible candidate who can run. And if there’s one thing that we all know about Matt -- he’s unpredictable, and has been known to make sudden decisions that rock the political establishment. Wh...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 6:32am PST
Hillary's Problem Is Hillary, Not Republicans This weekend Hillary Clinton announced her decision to run for President. NAM writer, political analyst and social issues commentator, Earl Ofari Hutchinson says she hasn't got a chance. Hutchinson is the author of The Emerging Black GOP Majority....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2007 6:22am PST
Why Won't the FBI Release "Jonestown" Files Until 2025 or Later? With the recent anniversary of Jonestown and superficial HIstory Channel revisionist documentaries, I decided to take a look at what really happened. Funny thing is that the intelligence agencies are still holding information classified, much of it has been destroyed, and the only autopsies ever done on the over 900 people killed numbered less than 10. Meanwhile, the congressman who was killed was notable for having been on the trail of the CIA mind control program, MKULTRA....
Posted: Sun, Jan 21, 2007 12:25am PST
Grand coalition government formed in Austria Three months after the Austrian parliamentary elections in October 2006, a new government has been sworn in. While Social Democrat Alfred Gusenbauer has replaced Wolfgang Schüssel of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) as chancellor, everything otherwise remains the same. Gusenbauer leads a grand coalition that is dominated by the ÖVP and that will consistently pursue the policies of its right-wing predecessor....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:19am PST
Thai junta under fire over economic policies Just four months after seizing power, Thailand’s military junta or Council for National Security (CNS) is on the defensive after protests at home and internationally. Far from resolving the country’s political crisis, the September 19 coup has been followed by sharpening divisions in Thai ruling circles, particularly over the direction of economic policy....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:18am PST
Canada’s social democrats lend support to the Conservative government in the name of the environment A little over a year has passed since Canada’s social democratic party—the New Democratic Party or NDP—sided with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in making Liberal government corruption the principal issue in the January 2006 federal election, thus helping Harper camouflage his neo-conservative views and pave the way for a minority Conservative government....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:17am PST
The coronation of Nicolas Sarkozy The January 14 anointing of French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as the presidential candidate of the governing Gaullist party, the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement), in this year’s elections was a chilling spectacle....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:13am PST
January 23—Discuss the Limits of Electoral Politics Green Room of the Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St., Sacramento...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 6:23am PST
Cash-for-honours police arrest Blair aide A member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's inner circle was today arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice by police officers investigating cash-for-honours allegations....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:54am PST
The social regression and flag-waving promoted by Australia's neocon prime minister may come unstuck in Guantánamo Cruelty and xenophobia stir and shame the lucky country...
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:52am PST
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