What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?
August 31, 2004In the tradition of funk with a message and big props to Fela Kuti and James Brown, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have a new single out What If We All Stop Paying Taxes?, hosted on the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee site. I’m here to attest these guys and gals are incredible live…
Birthday Biking and Parenthood Planning
August 29, 2004Last night I had the opportunity to celebrate my birthday joining (according to the NYPD) 5000 bike riders in a critical mass bike ride through Manhattan streets. That some 264 riders were arrested is ridiculous – at worst there were some traffic violations of riding through a red light – riders never impeded an ambulance…
Confirmation of Israeli infiltration of U.S. Intelligence
August 29, 2004As noted before, Israeli government influence in the foreign policy position of the United States to Iraq has been argued. The report by the corporate media (best evaluated by Professor Juan Cole) that Israel has been spying on the U.S.
Howards Silence Speaks Volumes
August 27, 2004Australian Prime Minister John Howard is refusing to comment on reports by U.S. military investigations that the Australian army officer who glossed over Red Cross reports was gagged by the Liberal government. Also of note is that Howard is expected to call an election this weekend in order to stifle debate in the parliament set…
Rumsfeld Investigates Self, Finds No Wrong-doing.
August 26, 2004Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defence (Donald Rumsfeld) has found that no evidence remained on the Australian Guantanamo Bay detainees that could be not denied as torture or abuse after allegations by Hick’s lawyer, parents and British detainees.
Show Trial of Hicks Set To Begin
August 24, 2004In a welcome move, some corporate Australian media is openly questioning the imminent military trial of David Hicks, one of the first four detainees to appear before U.S. military tribunal, after being illegally held at Guantanamo Bay for over 2 years without charge and allegedly tortured.
Where Did The Money Go?
August 23, 2004Pratap Chatterjee has an insightful article at AlterNet (who have also produced an excellent guide to anti-RNC activities) on the degree of waste in the reconstruction of Iraq and the fact that only 2% of the money appropriated for reconstruction has been spent, while much of the oil-for-food fund has actually been handed out to…
Opening Salvos of the RNC Protest
August 18, 2004The Republicans are coming! The Republicans are coming! The first signs of the impending “big bang” created by the collision of New York City irreverent art and political protest around the Republican National Convention began last night with The Vomitorium, a reflection of the gorge-fests of the empire of ancient Rome with the new American…
Death Threats on the Abu Ghraib Whistleblower
August 17, 2004Courtesy of discourse.net, GQ have a must-read article on the persecution of the Abu Ghraib whistle blower which illuminates how little the public has been informed about the wilfulness of the torture – particularly that several of the soldiers in the pictures should not have even been in the cellblock. The extent of the cover…
Monroe Doctrine in Action?
August 17, 2004Going out on a limb, could there be any correlation between Chavez winning the referendum in Venezuela, with the U.S. backed opposition vowing to contest the result and Bush beginning the return of 70,000 troops from Germany and South Korea, many to the U.S?