Politics
Friday, 28 January 2011 12:56
by Jacob G. Hornberger
A former Border Patrol agent, Bryan Gonzalez, has filed suit against his former employer. He’s alleging he was fired for pointing out that legalizing drugs would end drug-war violence in Mexico. The agent’s observation prompted an internal affairs investigation, which determined that Gonzalez held “personal views that were contrary to the core characteristics of Border Patrol agents, which are patriotism, dedication, and esprit de corps.”
Friday, 28 January 2011 12:42
by Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
The Palestinian Authority (PA) reacted with shock and fury to revelations made by the Arab satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera this week that it had received leaked documents showing that Palestinian negotiators had been ready to make far-reaching concessions to Israel on cardinal issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Jerusalem and the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees.
Friday, 28 January 2011 12:30
On February 22, Chicago's mayoral primary will be held. If no candidate gets over 50% of the vote, an April 5 runoff will be held, the winner's term running from May 16, 2011 - May 18, 2015. Democrats dominate city politics. The last Republican mayor ("Big Bill" Thompson) left office in 1931. The Great Depression ended their rule when Anton Cermak took over, built a strong constituency among African Americans, and consigned Republicans to small pockets on the city's far northwest side and suburban areas post-war.
Read more: Chicago's Mayoral Race: Rahm Emanuel's Eligibility At Issue
Friday, 28 January 2011 12:06
By Adam Makary
Almost two thirds of Egypt's population have been born since President Hosni Mubarak came to power. Many of them have found it hard to imagine anything but his rule - until now.
Thursday, 27 January 2011 09:59
by Jacob G. Hornberger
With big anti-dictator demonstrations in Egypt and Yemen in the wake of the Tunisian revolution that ousted the U.S.-supported dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, U.S. officials are in a tight spot. On the one hand, they clearly want to continue supporting the dictatorial regimes in Egypt and Yemen, just as they did in Tunisia. They call it supporting “stability and order” in their “war on terrorism.”
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Educational Apartheid & Social Inequity |
| Gideon Polya | |
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America's Greatest Challenge |
| Timothy V. Gatto | |
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Will Latin America Lead Us Out of the Drug War Morass? |
| Jacob Hornberger | |
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Reinventing Guatemalan History |
| Stephen Lendman | |
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Remembering Perot: Last Chance for Americans against Globalization |
| Ben Tanosborn | |
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Benghazi smoke screen |
| Will Durst | |
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65 Years of Palestinian Nakba |
| Elias Akleh | |
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Women of the Wall |
| Uri Avnery | |
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Alan Hart and What It Takes to Struggle On |
| Lawrence Davidson | |
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