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A review of Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath’s book by Jim Miles
In this short volume, Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath provide a sharp and concise analysis of the American nuclear weapons industry and its many ramifications for society and the peoples of the world in general. While they see the big picture, they ably document the details of theory and practice of the (mostly) American push towards bigger and better (deadlier and more accurate) nuclear armaments that accompany (…)

The first time I watched the award winning documentary “The Corporation” was during the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival. Walking out of the theater after the question and answer period was a very surreal moment for me. Previous to this experience my mindset could have been classified as an anti-corporate activist.
That night I learned that a corporation did not have to be regarded an evil entity. Just like human beings, corporations can be good or bad. They can be established (…)

By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Columnist
Wednesday 19 March 2008
"Politics is the art of controlling your environment." - Hunter S. Thompson
Five years in Iraq.
That’s 1,825 days since "Shock and Awe" lit up the skies above Baghdad, all of which was captured live and in living color by unblinking CNN cameras with unobstructed views of the carnage.
3,991 United States soldiers have died in Iraq since then. That’s a little more than two United States (…)

by Arthur J Pais in New York
Just as the United States Congress, following intense pro-Tibet lobbying by the likes of movie star Richard Gere, has urged the administration to spend annually $ 2 million in support of the Tibetan exiles, in addition to the $ 2 million annually in funding for Tibetan exiles in India, comes a revelation that could embarrass the Tibetan cause.
The Central Intelligence Agency has stoutly refused to discuss its involvement in the Tibetan struggle but the story (…)

The Associated Press Wednesday, March 19, 2008
ATHENS, Greece: Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs in central Athens during a nationwide general strike Wednesday by millions of Greeks protesting government pension reforms.
An estimated 100,000 people marched in downtown Athens, and when the demonstration ended, groups of anarchists fought running battles with riot police in the capital. Clouds of tear gas hung over Exarhia Square and cafe customers (…)

The popularity of Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code has also renewed interest in the Gnostic Gospels, the “heretical” texts that were banned from the traditional Bible and considered lost until copies were discovered in the Egyptian desert in 1945.
Thanks largely to passages in the Gospel of Phillip, The Da Vinci Code has raised intriguing questions about the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Yet lost in this “Codemania” are the equally intriguing questions raised by the (…)

How To Save Homeowners And Banks From The Mortgage Mess On The Cheap
By Daniel A. Stafford 03/19/2008
The simplest answer is to move stressed home owners "down market."
For example:
Joe Doe owns a $400k house. His payments are $2800.00 per month including tax and insurance escrow, as he only has five percent equity in the house. Joe Doe has an ARM that is going to start floating its interest rate against a foreign exchange rate in six months. Joe’s house is now worth $375k due to the (…)

With record low approval ratings for the Bush/Cheney regime and the albatross of an unpopular war hanging from the GOP’s neck, do you think that a Democratic presidential candidate will win the White House, get us out of Iraq, and end our long national nightmare?
Think again – the mighty election theft machine Karl Rove used to steal the US presidency in 2000 and 2004 may be under attack, but it is still in place for the upcoming 2008 election.
With his usual devious mastery, Rove has (…)

by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
March 17, 2008
At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio’s 2006 statewide election are now under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up George W. Bush’s 2004 vote count in a key southwestern Ohio county has come under new scrutiny.
The touch-screen machines were locked up after Ohio’s new Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, (…)

We will all be able to gauge just how much of a threat Sen. Barack Obama is to the status quo in Corporate America — by the size of the attacks coming forth now and, in the months ahead — i.e. various attacks from the so called "liberal" US news media and the campaigns of others (which are largely financed by lobbyist and their corporate masters).
It will get much worse as Sen. Obama moves closer to the democratic nomination for President of the United States of America.
Unlike George W. (…)