Monthly Archives: August 2008

Bruce Dixon: FCC Announces 80 City “We’re Not Listening” Digital TV Tour

By Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report, 27 August 2008 Digital TV means four to ten times as many channels for each and every broadcaster with no obligations to the public. The FCC quietly awarded broadcasters this colossal gift of public … Continue reading

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Israeli activist Jeff Halper arrested in Sderot for entering Gaza

Israeli arrested for entering Gaza By Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, 26 August 2008 Israeli pro-Palestinian activist Jeff Halper was arrested in Sderot on Tuesday for illegally entering Hamas-ruled Gaza, police said. Halper reached Gazan shores on Saturday with dozens of … Continue reading

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If Democrats lose in ’08 they’ll be crushed in ’12

An hysterical lady in red for Clinton told MSNBC’s Dan Abrams today that Clinton supporters are not shifting support towards Obama because he hasn’t assumed Clinton’s campaign debt. Clinton spent herself millions into debt giving McCain the sound bites he … Continue reading

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Bush Tells Russia not to Recognize Abkhazia, S.Ossetia | Russia Formally Recognizes Abkhazia, S.Ossetia

Russia Formally Recognizes Abkhazia, S.Ossetia Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 26 Aug.’08 / 15:55 President Medvedev said he had signed a decree recognizing the independence of Georgia’s two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. “Russia calls on other states to … Continue reading

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Afghanistan: Malalai Joya versus Washington’s warlords | Afghanistan, Between Hope and Fear

By Farooq Sulehria Farooq Sulehria is a Labour Party Pakistan member who lives in Sweden. This interview first appeared in the Swedish radical weekly Arbetaren (Worker) August 20, 2008 — Afghanistan lives in fear of US-sponsored warlords. These hated warlords … Continue reading

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