By WILLIAM BLUM Counterpunch International All the crying from the left about how Obama “the peace candidate” has now become “a war president” … Whatever are they talking about? Here’s what I wrote in this report in August 2008, during the election campaign: We find Obama threatening, several times, to attack Iran if they don’t…
Day: December 12, 2009
Not Even a Peanut
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Counterpunch International A friend down the coast here in California called Wednesday to say that her mother, 95, had fallen, cracked her ribs, got a cough and told her daughters, “That’s it. I’m checking out.” She’s given up eating. I remembered all the arguments I’d had down the years with the old…
Deals That Threaten Disasters
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed by: J. Sri Raman Deals for 16 reactors in a single day – so read India’s nuclear score card on December 7, 2009. On this date, an agreement was reached in Moscow, under which the country would get four more nuclear reactors from Russia. Simultaneously,…
Maguindanao Massacre Reflective of Arroyo Government’s Eight-Year Rule of Plunder, Terror, Deception – Indigenous and Moro Peoples
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com QUEZON CITY – Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Martial Law in Maguindanao to conceal the pieces of evidence that she cheated her way to the presidency in the May 2004 polls, according to indigenous peoples and the Bangsa Moro peoples of Mindanao. “She could not admit the fact that it was…
Cordillera People’s Alliance Cited for its Defense of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Environment
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – It is an environment award this time for Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), the second award it garnered this year. Last month the CPA received international acclaim when the Women’s World Summit Foundation (WSSF) recognized its founding member and elder Petra Macliing of Mainit, Bontoc, Mountain Province and…
Violations of Economic, Social Rights Severe Under Arroyo Administration
By IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat.com The Arroyo government’s human rights record is considered one of the worst in history, not just in violations of civil and political rights but also in the economic, social and cultural realm. Thirty-five years after the Philippines ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESR), the…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Frankenstein Begets Frankenstein
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The declaration of martial law in Maguindanao is not the answer to the cry for justice for the victims of the Nov. 23 massacre allegedly perpetrated by top local government officials allied to the Arroyo regime – all members of the warlord Ampatuan clan –…
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Dictator in the Making
Dictator in the Making