Karl Rove: Crime as Public Relations
'Turd blossom,' President Bush’s pet name for his pudgy friend and the brains of the Bush operation, Karl Rove, should resign and go to jail.
Venezuelan Pro-government Forces Join up
In the elections, scheduled for August 7, the ruling party is expected to win 75 percent of the 5,600 posts for mayors and members of church boards, with 35,000 candidates running.
Fidel Castro Announces Recovery Strategy after Hurricane Dennis
President Fidel Castro appeared on the regular Cuban roundtable TV program Monday, along with leaders of the Communist Party of Cuba from several of the affected Cuban provinces.
Bush’s Maneuvers Might Not Save CAFTA
After a shaky start for President Bush’s pet trade project, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the much-criticized treaty moves to the House of Representatives for a vote later this month. CAFTA, is a 'free trade' agreement modeled on NAFTA and would remove tariffs and regulations on trade between the US, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
China-Russia Joint Statement on 21st century world order
'The central task for mankind in the 21st century is to safeguard peace, stability, and security for all of mankind and to achieve comprehensive and coordinated development under the conditions of equality, safeguarding sovereignty, mutual respect, mutual benefit, and ensuring the development prospects of future generations.'
The G-8 Announcement: Great Expectations Betrayed
Africa Action also rejected as inadequate the $25 billion annual increase in aid to Africa by 2010. The complete failure to make progress on trade reforms and climate change, as well as the absence of a plan to stop genocide in Darfur, Sudan, made this year’s G-8 Summit an ineffective response to Africa’s challenges.
That’s Italian? Mass Media Stereotypy
If the images can easily be made plausible, amusing, or sensational, then the corporate media will use them. The goal is to manipulate rather than educate, to reach as many people as quickly as possible with readily evocative labels and prefabricated representations.
Widening income gap: Most serious social problem in China
The widening income gap was the most serious social problem in China in 2004, according to a recent survey conducted by the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Right-Wing Radio Hosts Go To Iraq Meet the “Truth Tour”
Presumably, Williams(KFBK radio in Sacramento) and his talk-radio comrades will do their utmost to undo the harm done by the so-called liberal bias of the U.S. mass media in Iraq. In this way, the right-wing talk show hosts hope to bring positive news of the occupation to the American people.
The Summer of Love this Ain’t: America in its Season of Amnesia
But the Summer of Love this ain’t. In 2005, America’s drug of choice isn’t acid – it’s fear. But what a trip fear it is. Dig the psychedelic colours of our fear: Code Orange, Yellow, and Red – and even alerts in Amber... Of course, this is still the season of amnesia. Already this year, in 2005, 405 American soldiers have been killed on the sands of Iraq, and another 54 Americans have been killed in the mountains and plains of Afghanistan.
