Beyond the Votes in Bolivia: A Reflection on Evo Morales’ First Term

The history of popular struggle in Bolivia took an unexpected turn when Evo Morales, the candidate of the socialist party...

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How the US Funds the Taliban

incredible warped tale of corruption and duplicity of massive proportions.

from The Nation by Aram Roston

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops

How the US Funds the Taliban

"Throwback to the 1950's": New Citizenship Guide Presents "Tougher" Image of Canada

Canada's new immigration guide traces a national portrait that may be unfamiliar to many Canadians, one that draws heavily on historic symbols long exiled from the national consciousness.

The monarchy and the military, dominant themes through the middle of the 20th century, are given much greater prominence in this new document.

The land, the environment and health care, mainstays of Canada's self image through the past two decades, are largely ignored.

"Throwback to the 1950's": New Citizenship Guide Presents "Tougher" Image of Canada | Mostly Water

millions spent by lobbyists fighting Obama health reforms | guardian.co.uk

America's healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack Obama. The campaign against the president has been waged in part through substantial donations to key politicians.

Supporters of radical reform of healthcare say legislation emerging from the US Senate reflects the financial power of vested interests ‑ principally insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms and hospitals ‑ that have worked to stop far-reaching changes threatening their profits.

Revealed: millions spent by lobbyists fighting Obama health reforms | World news | guardian.co.uk

The Destruction of a Civilization

James Petras. Axis of Logic

'The US imperial conquest of Iraq is built on the destruction of a modern secular republic. The cultural desert that remains (a Biblical ‘howling wilderness’ soaked in the blood of Iraq’s precious scholars) is controlled by mega-swindlers, mercenary thugs posing as ‘Iraqi officers’, tribal and ethnic cultural illiterates and medieval... » read this article"