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Ha! Those White so-called liberals
Those White so-called liberals, French and Canadian alike, should know that most informed Africans do not buy their clean hands image in relation to the Iraq war. We know quite well that you 'liberals' are no different from Bush and company, especially when the aggression is directed towards African nations, and other so-called third world countries, e.g. Haiti and Zimbabwe....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:32am PST
Noam Chomsky: The Tragedy of Haiti
"Haiti was more than the New World's second oldest republic," anthropologist Ira Lowenthal observed, "more than even the first black republic of the modern world. Haiti was the first free nation of free men to arise within, and in resistance to, the emerging constellation of Western European empire." The interaction of the New World's two oldest republics for 200 years again illustrates the persistence of basic themes of policy, their institutional roots and cultural conco...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:30am PST
US revealed to be secretly funding opponents of Chavez
Washington has been channelling hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund the political opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - including those who briefly overthrew the democratically elected leader in a coup two years ago....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:27am PST
Spain's intelligence service 99% sure it wasnt ETA;Aznar blaming ETA for political reasons
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's intelligence service is "99 percent certain" that radical Muslims and not the Basque separatist group ETA are responsible for train bombings that killed 200 people, a Spanish radio station said on Saturday...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:09am PST
FTAA Minesterial postponement
Negotiations to complete the Free Trade Area of the Americas are crumbling under the weight of injustice....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:49pm PST
Madrid Atrocities:Who is responsible?
NO TO TERRORISM-STATE OR INDIVIDUAL...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 7:49pm PST
Globalization and the Sex Trade:Trafficking and the Commodification of Women and Children
In this important article, Richard Poulin, professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa (Canada), argues that the sex industry, previously considered marginal, has come to occupy a strategic and central position in the development of international capitalism....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 3:56pm PST
British Guantanamo detainee accuses US of 'torture'
One of the five Britons recently returned to the UK from Guantanamo Bay has claimed that he was subjected to cruel and sadistic treatment by US authorities....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 1:37pm PST
Haiti’s New Prime Minister Says Elections May Be Two Years Away
After supporting the overthrow of a democratically elected government, the US appointed government in Haiti is now saying there wont be elections for years? Its amazing how people can talk about "democracy" while rejecting the will of the people in favor of the will of the Bush administration....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:58pm PST
Berkeley City Council votes to support censure of President Bush
President Bush can breathe a little easier today, assuming he cares what Berkeley thinks: The City Council voted not to ask Congress to impeach him and Vice President Cheney. Instead, it settled for requesting a milder sanction: formal censure....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:54pm PST
S. Florida Haitians assume control of government in strife-torn nation
Haiti's new prime minister comes from Boca Raton. The proposed defense minister is from Miami Shores. And the latest adviser to the new government hails from Lauderhill....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:50pm PST
Haitians must get serious about their future
The circumstances surrounding the demise of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the current wave of instability in Haiti are regrettable. While one cannot overlook the seriousness inherent in the "Sunday Morning Diplomacy", or the dangerous precedent it could set for emerging democracies, one has to be careful not to sidestep the real issues affecting the vast majority of Haitians. It must begin to resonate among the Haitian people that there is very little to be gained from these frequent c...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:45pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Statement by Jamaica's Prime Minister/Aristide to visit
2.. BBC: Haiti health system 'devastated'
3. Youth Reporter Phones in Story From Haiti, Pacifica
4. Ira Kurzban, Esq. raises questions about reporting of Associated Press
5. Description of recent PBS Lehrer Newshour (Senators Coleman/Dodd)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 9:51am PST
Purported al-Qaida statement on Madrid Attacks
Unconfirmed claim of responsibility for Madrid attacks, other plans....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:32am PST
Los movimientos sociales frente al atentado
Pronunciamientos de diversas organizaciones sobre el atentado en Madrid...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:05am PST
Comunicado ante los atentados de Madrid y en respuesta a las especulaciones sobre su autor
"Tan perverso es categorizar -como ha hecho en reiteradas ocasiones el gobierno Aznar con relación a la situación en Iraq- la resistencia contra la ocupación como terrorismo, como considerar acciones indiscriminadas, destinadas, como ha sido el caso de la cadena de atentados de Madrid, a causar el mayor número de víctimas civiles, como resistencia, como ha hecho Otegui para exculpar a ETA de la responsabilidad de lo ocurrido hoy en Madrid...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:02am PST
Provisional List of Wounded in Madrid/Lista provisional de trabajador@s heridos
More than 190 were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded in the synchronized bombings of commuter trains....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 7:56am PST
Bush Campaign Slogans!
Here's some RNC-endorsed campaign slogans. Feel free to create your own!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 10:44pm PST
Aristide heading for Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica — Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife will travel to Jamaica next week, returning to the Caribbean less than three weeks after fleeing into exile, Jamaica's Prime Minister said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:53pm PST
Two killed at pro-Aristide rally in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A shootout between police and protesters killed two men and injured seven during a demonstration in support of Jean-Bertrand Aristide Thursday as the exiled Haitian president planned a return to the Caribbean....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:51pm PST