Valuing Form Over Substance In Iraq
Either our hayseed of a president fails to appreciate the complexities at issue in Iraq or he simply hopes to keep the American public in the dark for as long as possible. While it's a close call, in light of this administration's abhorrence of truthfulness and openness, particularly regarding Iraq, the latter seems more likely.
World Youth Festival on the Air
The president of the National Coordinating Committee of the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students, David Velasquez, said the International Broadcast Center (IBC) will ensure the event reaches the world.
Washington's Failed Latin America/Caribbean Relations
U.S.-Latin American policy has been marked by erratic and often discontinuous relations with its southern neighbors, betraying an ambivalence toward the region that does not augur well for its future political development.
A Progressive, a Brontosaurus, and the Science of Intelligent Design
I wonder: in America today, has the word “progressive” become just a museum exhibit? Maybe. On a summer day in Manhattan, my wife, daughter, and I escape the intense heat of midday by walking the shaded paths of Central Park.
Breaking: In 2006 Washington D.C. to Have No Representation in Congress
For the length of next year, the nearly 600,000 residents of Washington, D.C., will continue to pay federal income taxes and to send their kids to die in Iraq (thus far in greater proportion than any other area of the country), but will be deprived of any representation in either house of Congress.
Colombia: Demobilization Policy a 'Farce'
The government of Colombia’s failed policy of demobilizing right-wing paramilitary groups is in fact strengthening their power without furthering a genuine peace, according to a report based on interviews with former paramilitaries, government officials, and 'other insiders' published by Human Rights Watch earlier this week.
Consumer Confidence Decline Surprises Only the Bush Administration
A new survey released last week shows that Americans are increasingly worried about the economy. The Consumer Confidence Index declined by three percent in July. Economists monitor the index closely because consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity in America.
In the Wake of John Garang's Death: Prospects for Peace in Sudan
The death of Dr. John Garang de Mabior, longtime leader of the struggle for a just peace in southern Sudan, casts an ominous shadow over the prospects for sustaining the north/south peace agreement signed this past January in Nairobi. For the unfortunate truth is that there is no leader within Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) that has his qualities of leadership, realism, wide experience, and deep intelligence.
ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
August 6 and 9, 2005 mark the 60th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. United for Peace and Justice urges you to join with thousands of people at four central U.S. nuclear weapons sites to call for an end to the development and production of nuclear warheads. There are also local activities planned in scores of cities around the nation.
Latin American Debt Relief: There is Less Than Meets the Eye
With rock concerts, public rallies and white bracelets alike petitioning world leaders to “make poverty history,” the issue of debt relief has recently arrested unprecedented international attention... Nearly all of the fanfare focused on Africa, whose development has been all but paralyzed by its crippling external debt of $333 billion (2004), an alarming 36 percent of the continent’s total GDP. At $720 billion, Latin America’s foreign debt is equivalent to 38 percent of the continent’s GDP.
