Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland, recently said he wants to “change a whole mindset that has gone on for 700 or 800 years”, referring to once tense relations with Britain. Mr. Ahern, who worked on the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement with Tony Blair, has ruled Ireland as the Prime Minister or Taoiseach for […]
On Friday I had the pleasure of interviewing an Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, identifying himself as “John”, on the subject of Hamas, an Islamist group seeking an independent Palestinian state. Classified as terrorists by the United States and European Union, their landslide elections in the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) […]
Recently CIA trained Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles was released from US custody after the judge dismissed the immigration charges brought against him after his now legal entry to the United States in May 2005. In 1976 Carriles blew up a Cuban plane killing 73 people and attempted to blow up a stadium in Panama […]
While ethanol may be the answer to global warming for developed nations, poorer countries should look elsewhere when choosing alternative energy sources.
On Wednesday the United Nations (UN) issued a statement regarding the possible side effects of a full conversion to biofuels. Some of these side effects include: a rise in food prices, destruction of carbon […]
Today Russia defeated the European Union (EU), United States and China with a pipeline deal sending Turkmenistan’s natural gas through Kazakhstan. Once reaching Kazakhstan, the pipeline will continue through Russia, in route to the EU.
This proposed deal will further increase EU dependency on Russian state-owned gas giant - the one the only - Gazprom. As […]
On May 9th, 2007 the Chicago chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions brought DePaul students and informed Chicagoans alike an enlightening lecture on by Georgetown Law Professor David Cole on the subject of post-911 civil liberties. Expecting a short talk, I was greeted with a well-researched and provocative talk on the repressive political climate, which […]
I had the pleasure of reading this wonderfully written Tribune article on the Dalai Lama’s new shift away from politics and back into religion, leaving his people at the mercy of the Chinese government.
While he is a Tibetan Buddhist monk - big surprise there - if he is truly to “share their burdens” the Dalai […]
Looking at the rebellions in Chechnya and Chiapas is like comparing one’s cousins: some live in the city, reading The Nation over a cup of tea, while the other lives in the sticks, illiterate and eating squirrels. While Chechnya is not resource rich region, unlike Chiapas, and its strategic location near Kazahkstan and Azjerbianin made […]
So I was talking to some friends of mine about the globalized economy, going on my usual rant about new-age colonialism and furthering the agenda of the international upper classes, and they made the mistake of defending globalism and the WTO (World Trade Organization). They seem to have this odd illusion that multinationals pay wages, […]
The American constitution protects our right to life, liberty and property. Now I could rant for hours about the Patriot Act; however I that topic has been coated, brisked and bar-be-qued to perfection and until those pussy-willow Democrats get their act together, nothing is going to stop it short of some loophole in America’s pitiful […]