Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous rights

More indigenous people rightsis certainly good but t lookslike Morales may be trying to become a dictator for life. "something more is happening: This is a victory for Latin American indigenous groups marginalized...

How a Film Triggered a Global Panic

"How a Film Triggered a Global Panic By Henryk M. Broder It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide...

India Union Budget 08: Mixed reaction:An Election budget

Political wizards give strong indications that the next general elections will be held ahead of schedule given the populist tone of Friday morning's annual budget of the union government. The proposal to recruit...

Tax cuts for the rich

" You've heard it for years. Depending upon your point of view, it's either one of the more disingenuous claims of the populist Left, or it explains the unholy alliance of power and money of corporate America with the wealthy oligarchy. You've examined the veracity of the...

Benazir, the steely and vulnerable

"She was hailed as one of the Muslim world's first democratically elected female leaders, and, at 35, one of the youngest ever prime ministers. I will remember many faces of the Benazir Bhutto I saw over 20 years of following her turbulent political career: a charismatic...

US - Canada War Looms over Energy, Water

"Washington's new tensions with its northern neighbor and largest trading partner appear to be over perceived Canadian reticence to support US imperial adventures in the Middle East. But the vast resources of...

The Chavez Frankenstein

Here's an interesting article from Tech Central Station that attempts to explain how a monster like Hugo Chavez could gain such extraordinary powers in a country that at one point held such great promise."What...

Populism and Producerism

"With the recent debate on the Wheat Board there has been a focus in Federal politics on Western Farmers. The farmers movement in Western Canada influenced politics in Canada both left and right for the past ninty years and still is. It is the politics of producerism....

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Alberta Is Republican Lite

"The Edmonton Journal editorial board is shocked to discover Alberta is a Republican Province. Just like California. If they had read this blog they would have known that."

Anybody But Chavez

"In Peru the right wing celebrates a victory over Hugo Chavez. No he was not running in their Presidental election. The US and its right wing allies in Latin America a cheering a victory, mind you a pyrhic one,...

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