Monthly Archives: August 2008

Bagley: Department of Justice Job Application

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune, 31 July 2008 Related: Mark Sherman: Justice Staffers Won’t Be Prosecuted For Illegal Hiring Practices

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Diane Farsetta: Cracking the Pentagon Pundit Code

Exposing the Talking Points for War By Diane Farsetta, Counterpunch, 12 August 2008 Do you wonder how the Pentagon used its military analyst program to spin military operations in Afghanistan, the Guantanamo Bay detention center or another issue? Are you … Continue reading

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Mahmoud Darwish 1941-2008

And history makes fun of its victims And its heroes Takes a look at them and passes by This sea is mine This moist air is mine And my name – Even if I spell it wrong on the coffin … Continue reading

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SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty Arrive in Chania, Crete, Saturday, 9 August at 21:00 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nicosia/Lefkosia, Cyprus, August 7. The Free Gaza Movement announced today that their boats, destined to break the Israelis’ siege of Gaza, will arrive in Chania, Crete, on Saturday, August 9, at 9 p.m. and that a press … Continue reading

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Ben Lilliston: We Need a New Global System

Ben Lilliston, Think Forward, 6 August 2008 As the failed seven-year odyssey to complete the Doha Round of negotiations at the WTO has shown, we need to start developing new systems of global governance. This is particularly true when it … Continue reading

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