So Much For Honour Among Capitalists
November 8, 2004As the shock begins to recede, significant questions as to the democratic character of the U.S. election persist. One characteristic that stands out clearly is that nearly no-one has heeded Kerry’s call for everyone to kiss, make-up and somehow accept Bush’s immoral administration.
Four More Years – U.S. Democracy in Memorium
November 3, 2004CNN notes that when Kerry called Bush to concede “During the phone call, Bush and Kerry agreed that the divided nation needs to heal, officials said”.
U.S Conservatism as Proto-Fascism
November 1, 2004Orcinus has a well reasoned comparison of the behaviour of the U.S. conservative movement manifesting itself in the U.S. Republican party, the Christian fundamentalist movement, right-wing media, and more extreme racist groups to behaviour displayed by historical fascist states (Germany under Hitler, Italy under Mussolini, Spain under Franco).
Intelgate
October 25, 2004The heat is starting to get turned up on Douglas Feith, the creator of the Office of Special Plans, the lie factory created to funnel bogus Iraqi WMD intel into the whitehouse behind the CIA, using the office of the Vice-President (via Lewis Libby, Cheney’s aid). Further confirmation of the OSP is here.
Military Corporatism
October 25, 2004An engaging animation with commentary on the rising U.S. war machine. The message is a little simplistic for my tastes but makes for some great art.
Columbia Shows The Way in Landmine Demilitarisation
October 25, 2004The welcome news of the Colombian military destroying 6,800 landmines during it’s conflict with guerillas makes even more pointed the Bush administrations refusal to honour it’s landmine removal obligations. This makes the moral argument of the U.S. election even more stark. A vote for Bush condones landmine use and torture.
Gaza Hell
October 18, 2004An eye-witness report of the brutality of the Israeli Defence Forces in the Gaza strip, in particular the assault of the Jabalya refugee camp is devastating reading. Once again the number of Palestinians (the majority of which are civilians including women and children) vastly exceeds the abominable killings of Israeli civilians using home made rockets…
U.S. as Oil Policeman
October 17, 2004An excellent article by Michael Klare, Hampshire College professor of peace and world security studies, highlights the degree to which the U.S. military now fulfils the role of security guard, guarding the world oil pipelines in the Central Asian republics, Latin America and Iraq as it continues to increase it’s dependence on imported oil.
Baker and Albright Caught In The Act
October 13, 2004Rapidly becoming something of an anti-globalist superwoman, Naomi Klein has an expose on ex-secretary of state James Baker’s extraordinary conflict of interest.
Bush Purposefully Prolongs Landmine Use
October 13, 2004Something that seems to have gone under reported (or just slipped by me) is the Bush administrations reversal of landmine phaseout. I came across the following statement by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation: