History, Evolution, and the Darwin Debate
Analysis: Yusef Khalil
SYRIA BETWEEN CIVIL WAR AND SANCTIONS
With the latest maneuvers by the West blocked in a UN Security Council vote, the regime of Bashar al-Assad is seeking to drown Syria’s revolution in blood.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/02/07/syria-between-civil-war-and-sanctions
Robert Scheer on Obama's State of the Union Address
"Obama’s
Faux Populism Sounds Like Bill Clinton" — I get angry because betrayal by
the “good guys” for whom I have ended up voting has become the norm.
Mark Heisler on Joe Paterno's Death
"Lessons
of JoePa, in Case the Next Witch We Hunt Doesn’t Drop Dead" —
Unfortunately, most people will insist they were the ones insisting this was a
witch hunt all along, and believe it.
Carrie Rickey on Hollywood's Lack of Female Directors
"Where
Are the Women Directors?" — Here’s a thought exercise: In a nation where 33
percent of the Supreme Court justices are women, 17 percent of the seats in the
Senate and House are held by women and 12 percent of the statehouses have female
governors, what accounts for the fact that only 5 percent of movie directors in
2011 are female?
Barry Lando on China’s Tactics in Afghanistan
"Afghanistan:
Coffins for the U.S. and NATO, Contracts for China" — Some bitter ironies
in Afghanistan these days: U.S. and French soldiers gunned down by the very
Afghan troops they work with. America and its NATO allies, facing huge budget
problems themselves, persist in squandering billions in Afghanistan to defeat
Islamic radicals and create a propitious climate for growth and investment.
Right now, the largest investments so safeguarded are Chinese.
Lena Groeger on Making Sense of Romney's Taxes
"Inside
Romney’s Tax Returns" — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
released 550 pages of tax returns Tuesday and news organizations are making
their way through them. ProPublica shows us where to look to make sense of the
numbers.
Ellen Cantarow on an Environmental Occupy
"Fracking
Gets Its Own Occupy Movement" — While most anti-fracking activists have
been responding to harms already done, New York state’s resistance movement has
been waging a battle to keep harm at bay.
Joe Conason on the GOP's Response to Obama
"Mitch
Daniels: Bombast From the Past" — Why the Republicans chose Mitch Daniels
to deliver a rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address is
puzzling. Isn’t he the former Bush budget director who said the Iraq War would
cost $50 billion when it ended up costing $3 trillion?
Amy Goodman on Obama's Populist Pledges
"Obama’s
Late Payment to Mortgage-Fraud Victims" — In his State of the Union
address, many heard echoes of the Barack Obama of old, the presidential aspirant
of 2007 and 2008.
William Pfaff on the Debate Over Iran
"Is
a Nuclear Iran Really to Be Feared?" — The obsession of the American
foreign policy community, as well as most American (and a good many
international) politicians, by the myth of Iran’s “existential” threat to
Israel, brings the world steadily closer to another war in the Middle East.
Eugene Robinson on Gingrich’s National Unpopularity
"America
Does Not Share South Carolina’s Fondness for Gingrich" — Amid all the
excitement, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that America has known Newt
Gingrich for three decades—and really doesn’t like him.
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Dystopia: Corporate Rule Breeding 'Global Class War'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/25-1
Utopia: Social Forum Declares 'Together We Are the 99%'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/25-0
ACTA: The International Treaty You've Never Heard of That Could Affect
Internet Freedom
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/25-3
On First Anniversary of Egyptian Uprising, Protesters Persist
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/25
Obama's Mortgage 'Investigation' Designed to Fail?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/25-2
Mideast Cyberwar Continues to Claim More Victims
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/25-4
Glen Ford: Obama Pledges to Maintain the Empire
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/25
"He Says One Thing and Does Another": Ralph Nader Responds to Obama’s State
of the Union Address
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/25-0
Paul Buchheit: The Pathology of Inequality
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/25-8
Kate Harding: Rick Santorum Thinks Pregnancy Through Rape is God's Gift?
Seriously?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/25-1
Published on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by YES! Magazine
Wisconsin Awakens a Sleeping GiantAs Wisconsin’s attack on workers spreads to other states, so does the historic uprising that began in Madison.
by Sarah van Gelder and Brooke Jarvis
In one sense, the struggle over union rights in Wisconsin is over. It took some breathtaking, possibly even illegal, shenanigans (click here for details), but the union-busting “Budget Repair Bill” has been passed, signed, and celebrated. In other ways, though, the weeks of historic protests in and around Wisconsin’s capitol were just the first act of what may prove to be a far longer—and larger—struggle.
On Saturday, March 12, some 100,000 people thronged the Wisconsin capitol building to protest the state’s attack on collective bargaining. (Photo by Eyton Z)
Published on Sunday, March 13, 2011 by The Nation
Undaunted! More Than 100,000 Wisconsinites Rally “To Take Our State Back!”
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/13-4
Published on Sunday, March 13, 2011 by the Associated Press
Japan Frantic to Avert Multiple Nuclear Meltdownsby Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
KORIYAMA, Japan — Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated the quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast where fears spread over possible radioactive contamination.
Don’t Sit on the Sidelines — This Saturday, Be Part of the Uprising Sweeping the Country from Wisconsin to Your Home Town
A huge coalition of progressive groups have organized rallies across the country to stand up against harsh budget cuts and tax cheats, and protect the middle class.
Published on Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Al-Jazeera-English
Breaking: Hosni Mubarak ‘May Step Down’ Ruling party officials suggest that President Hosni Mubarak may ‘meet protesters demands’, as army monitors situation.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/02
Published on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Al-Jazeera-English
Clashes Break Out in Tahrir Square
More than 100 injured as pro-Mubarak supporters attack protesters seeking president’s ouster in Egyptian capital.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/28/liveblog-egypts-protests-erupt
WikiLeaks: Amazon.com Kicked Us Off Servers
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2010 Updated at 7:58 p.m. ET
Amazon.com Inc. forced WikiLeaks to stop using the U.S. company’s computers
to distribute embarrassing State Department communications and other
documents, WikiLeaks said Wednesday.
http://wap.cbsnews.com/site?sid=cbsnews&pid=sections.detail&catId=TOP&isBlog=false&storyId=7107461&index=5
Published on Sunday, November 21, 2010 by The Washington Note
Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback; The Sorrows of Empire, Dead at 79
The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson
by Steve Clemons
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/11/21-3
Oil Will Run Dry 90 Years Before Substitutes Roll Out, Study Predicts
ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2010) — At the current pace of research and development, global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready, says a new University of California, Davis, study based on stock market expectations.
Published on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 by TruthDig.com
Wall Street Wins Again
by Nomi Prins
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/09-3
The Republicans may have stormed the House, but it was Wall Street and the Fed that won the election.
Gary Younge | The “Tea Party” Does Not Exist
http://act.commondreams.org/go/3044?akid=261.96588.NyZ_mG&t=22
The media repeatedly invoke grass roots and other code words to describe the tea party. Tell a lie often enough and it is believed. Our media wizards must realize that with the revelations of high-powered funding and the involvement of Republican operatives, the characterization of the tea party as a spontaneous, ground-up movement does not fit; nagging facts nevertheless must bow to pursuing the “colorful.”
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/10/france_on_strike.html?fb_ref=homepage
10.22.10 – 5:00 PM
Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs Released
From the Guardian/UK:
Massive leak of military logs exposes serial abuse of detainees, 15,000 previously unknown deaths and full toll of Iraq’s five years of carnage:
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2010/10/22-2
Google Exploits Tax Loophole that Costs US $60 Billion Annually
http://act.commondreams.org/go/2807?akid=235.96588.RQmnuH&t=6
Published on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by DPA/Germany
Carter in Syria: Israel Must Fully Lift Gaza blockade
Former U.S. President meets with Syrian President Assad and Hamas politburo chief Meshal in Damascus.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, during a visit to Damascus on Tuesday, called for Israel to lift completely its blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Published on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
Major FAIR Exposé of PBS: Taking the ‘Public’ Out of Public TV
PBS fare differs little from commercial TV
A multi-part FAIR exposé of PBS’s most prominent news and public affairs programs demonstrates that public television is failing to live up to its mission to provide an alternative to commercial television, to give voice to those “who would otherwise go unheard” and help viewers to “see America whole, in all its diversity,” in the words of public TV’s founding document.
Published on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Foreign Policy in Focus
Lessons of the Obama Debacle
by Walden Bello
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/12-0
The problem with us progressives at this time of crisis is not that we lack an alternative paradigm to pit against the discredited neoliberal paradigm. No, the elements of the alternative based on the values of democracy, justice, equality, and environmental sustainability are there and have been there for sometime, the product of collective intellectual and activist work over the last few decades.
The key problem is the failure of progressives to translate their vision and values into a program that is convincing and connects with the people trapped in the terrible existential conditions created by the global financial crisis. This fluid process is preeminently political. It requires translating a strategic perspective into a tactical program that takes advantage of the opportunities, ambiguities, and contradictions of the present moment to construct a critical mass for progressive change from diverse class and social forces.
Published on Monday, October 11, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
Nine Months After the Quake – A Million Haitians Slowly Dying
by Bill Quigley
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/11
“If it gets any worse,” said Wilda, a homeless Haitian mother, “we’re not going to survive.” Mothers and grandmothers surrounding her nodded solemnly.
We are in a broiling “tent” with a group of women trying to raise their families in a public park. Around the back of the Haitian National Palace, the park hosts a regal statute of Alexandre Petion in its middle. It is now home to five thousand people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake.
Nine months after the quake, over a million people are still homeless in Haiti.
Published on Saturday, October 9, 2010 by The Atlantic
Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?
by Joshua Green
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/10/09-2
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 Was Awarded to Robert G. Edwards for IVF Fertilization
Reich: Wall Street’s Global Race to the Bottom
by Robert Reich
Rick Sanchez Firing Mocked By Olbermann, Maddow (VIDEO)
I commented in the previous post on this issue, re: Sanchez. I hold no brief for this poor fellow, but Olbermann and Maddow ought to know better than to pile on with hypocritical attacks. They are clever enough both to not get in such trouble, by being groveler’s on the key issue of Israel and the the US government, so I think they should spare us their indignation.