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• Noam Chomsky: Ossetia-Russia-Georgia

  Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable weapon of satire. The immediate object of his frustration was the renowned General Funston. “No satire [...]

  Posted on Sep 17.08 to American Foreign Policy, Austria, Bush, George W., Chomsky, Noam, Clinton, Bill, Cuba, European Union, Finland, Georgia, Great Britain, Iraq, Kosovo, NATO, Putin, Vladimir, Russia, Soviet Union, Sweden, United Nations, United States, WWII, Warsaw Pact, Yugoslavia   

• Elizabeth Gudrais: Unequal America

  When Majid Ezzati thinks about declining life expectancy, he says, “I think of an epidemic like HIV, or I think of the collapse of a social system, like in the former Soviet Union.” But such a decline is happening right now in some parts of the United States. Between 1983 and 1999, men’s life expectancy [...]

  Posted on Jun 29.08 to Belarus, California, Denmark, Economic Inequality, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mali, Moldova, Namibia, Russia, Social Welfare, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Wealth Redistribution   

• Russia’s Phony Election

  The headlines say it all: “Russia Vote to Cement Putin Dominance“, “Russian Election Insider Outlines Fraud“, “Putin’s Phony Election“. Russia votes today in a sham of a parliamentary election – orchestrated by Putin himself – rife with enough anti-democratic trappings to make Stalin proud. In many ways, Russia’s political landscape is a fascinating place. Most [...]

  Posted on Dec 02.07 to Authoritarianism, KGB, Putin, Vladimir, Russia, Soviet Union