Category: Politics

Lest we all adopt the “don’t worry, be happy” attitude of the Bush administration towards Afghanistan, post U.S. invasion of that country, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan illuminates the continuing plight of the women of that country.

An insightful article on the religious lunacy controlling (through a minority voting block) U.S. foreign policy.

A well written summary of Iraq’s military history and the impact of oil influence and control. Particularly revealing for me was the degree of influence BP has on the Blair government, while we’re all well aware of the influence oil companies have on the Bush government.

So now the Bush Admin has realised no country that forms it’s foreign policy in some consultation with its citizens wants to engage in illegal occupations, there is a need to draft further peace-keepers. In classically racist fashion, the Bush administration is targetting African countries to receive funding to train and provide “peacekeepers”. This is…

According to former treasury secretary Paul O’Neill’s revelations, it is now known that the Bush whitehouse had unilaterally planned to depose Saddam ten days after presidential inauguration. Completely in contravention of the U.N principle of military preemption to which the U.S. is legally obligated to.

Since the tax day in the U.S. is due, I found a good guide to withholding taxes which are used to fund the current illegal war against Iraq. I found this on the Iraq Peace Team web site, part of the Voices in the Wilderness organisation. At the moment I’m following the fourth recommendation, earn…

The conflict in Aceh, Indonesia does not get much coverage in the U.S, and only passing commentary in Australia, mostly by the leftist press, such as the Green Left Weekly. I blogged on No Data Source in July last year how the situation in Aceh has progressed: