Haiti: A Case History

There's no new column this Friday because of a wonderful event in San Francisco: the opening (or, rather, re-opening) of the movie version of We, The Living, Ayn Rand's first novel. This is quite simply the greatest movie ever made. Period. Somehow, some way, the...

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‘The Politics of Antisemitism’

An interview conducted by Saul Landau on "Hot Talk" radio Cal Poly Pomona.Check out his other interviews. High Bandwidth (DSL or Cable modem): Low Bandwidth (dial-up modem):Alexander Cockburn is a well-known author and journalist and is the author of The Politics of...

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Rights Groups Slam US Over Haiti

Amid growing controversy over Washington's role in persuading Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide to go into exile, human rights groups are strongly criticizing the Bush administration for returning hundreds of fleeing Haitians back to the capital over the...

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Sending Blair to Prison

Following the decision not to prosecute the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun, the suspicion is that the government will do anything to keep secret the advice submitted to it by the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, on the legality of the Iraq war. There is a very...

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The Consequences of Betrayal

In one of his speeches Prime Minister Tony Blair made the statement that he had every confidence in British Intelligence regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. As highly regarded as it is, British Intelligence is certainly not infallible. Whether by mistake or...

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A Foreign-Born President?

No sooner had Arnold Schwarzenegger been elected Governor of California, than he immediately started agitating on behalf of a constitutional amendment allowing a foreign-born citizen to hold the highest office in the land. Not that he's ambitious, or anything…....

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Dead in the Water Many thanks to Mike Ewens for his review of "Dead in the Water" and for his support for the Liberty survivors! I just found the web page (courtesy of searcher WebFerret) and was surprised that I hadn't seen it before! A new book, Operation...

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Washington Drops Bomb on Landmine Ban

Groups that have fought for the elimination of anti-personnel landmines worldwide lashed out Friday at the U.S. decision to not sign the global Landmine Ban Treaty. They warned that Washington's snub could embolden nations already employing or considering use of the...

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