Nicaraguan Pro-Democracy Rally Slated for Tomorrow

Under the banner of "Dictadura No!" thousands of Nicaraguans are expected to attend a rally Friday afternoon, July 11, 2008, in front of the residence of President Daniel Ortega.  Demonstrators plan to peacefully march all around the President's very large property to...

The International Institute of Nonviolence Outpost in Iran. News&Opinion

The International Institute of Nonviolence. by: Rev. Jermano President Bush according to ABC News is considering to Open a Diplomatic Outpost in Iran. America has been out of Iran for nearly 30 years, and this would...

Beware: False Flag Terror Attack

"EVIDENCE FOR A NEOCON PLAN FOR FALSE FLAG TERRORISM AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN DENVER, AUGUST 25-28, 2008 by Judith H. Young, Ph.D. On June 24, 2008 on the Alex Jones Show, a nationally syndicated news/talk program that also has a huge Internet audience,...

Sen. Brownback: China will spy on you at the Olympics

China will Monitor your internet acitivity while at OlympicsChina is pressuring hotels to put in internet filtering devices in hotels that will provide lodging to those attending the 2008 Summer Olympics.  These...

Ex-bishop wins Paraguayan election; 6-decade rulers dumped

The decades-long rule of the right-wing Colorado party has been ended in Paraguay. This has important ramifications for the region as Latin American politics tends to be linked and cyclical."The world's...

Geopolitics of Asia: Sri Lanka, the next Burma?

The geopolitics of India and China has helped immensely to sustain the Burmese dictatorial government. The international sanctions have been rendered useless due to the growing economic strength of the Asian rivals....

Canada a Tyranny of Politeness

In part, blaming someone else for your problems seems to be a Canadian Pastime."It's a strange country we live in. For all the talk we hear about how brave men fought and died to keep Canada a free country, we sure...

Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Pakistan: New Sharif rides into town

It seems every politician is coming out of the woodwork claiming to be Pakistans new savoir, recently Nawaz Sharif supporters were jubilant at his return, much the same welcome Benazir Bhutto was greeted with leading...

Gen. Musharraf Is the Problem

" In reality, it is difficult to imagine a positive outcome to Pakistan's crisis that does not involve Gen. Musharraf's retirement. The country's best interest, and that of the United States, lies in restoring the constitution, reinstating and strengthening an independent...

Bhutto rejects Pakistan`s caretaker government

""This caretaker government is an extension of the PML-Q and is not acceptable," she told reporters, referring to President Pervez Musharraf`s ruling party. "We will not hold talks with dictators. Our agenda is the...

Musharraf defiant on emergency rule

" He defended the decree issued 10 days ago that scrapped the Constitution, dismissed the Supreme Court and resulted in the arrests of 2,500 opposition party workers, lawyers and human rights advocates, and rejected an appeal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lift...

Jailed lawyer has long history of fighting military rule in Pakistan

""No one who has not experienced life on the wrong side of prison walls can understand this commitment, indeed a yearning, for a better more liberal, more tolerant society in Pakistan. My only prayer is that never again in this land should prison seem to be the only honorable...

New Draconian Military Law enacted in Pakistan

"This is totally unacceptable. It is a perversion of justice. In our intolerant and autocratic culture, in particular, such military courts will lend themselves to great abuse of civil, human and fundamental rights long after General Musharraf has gone. For every one real...

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