Pissing In The Liberal Punchbowl -- Again (Joe Bageant)

The Democratic conga line in the American House of Lords Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Saw the talking heads today, speaking the priestly tongue. Saw them nodding seriously, using words like 'gravi ...

Midterm Elections 2006: It's Always Darkest, Right Before It Goes Completely Black (Phil Rockstroh)

by Phil Rockstroh -- World News Trust If voting could change the system, it would be illegal. --Theodore Adorno "I can't go on. I'll go on." --Samuel Beckett Nov. 2, 2006 -- One's actions grow out of ...

Bush Signs Law Creating Tribunals for Terror Suspects (Major Dick)

Major Dick -- World News Trust Oct. 17, 2006 President George DWI Bush signed legislation Tuesday to allow the trial of suspected terrorists by military tribunals, and his administration immediately ...

Spiritual Felo De Se: Fealty to a Moral Abomination (Jason Miller)

By Jason Miller -- World News Trust "Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect an ...

ABC’s 'The Path to 9/11' Isn’t a Documentary... (Buzzflash Editorial)

It’s Not a Docu-Drama. It’s a Swift-Boat Hit Job. A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL Sept. 9, 2006 -- Forget about any pretense of the Disney-ABC $40 million (commercial free) "The Path to 9/11" being a project t ...

Iraqis Plan Nationwide Walkout Sept. 24 (Kathlyn Stone)

Iraq Freedom Congress and Unions Pledge to Overcome Both Sectarian Violence and U.S. Intervention Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Sept. 9, 2006 -- Samir Adil, president of the Iraq Freedom Congress ...

Today's Pig Is Tomorrow's Bacon (A Labor Day Recipe) (Greg Palast)

Greg Palast -- World News Trust Sept. 3, 2006 -- Some years from now, in an economic refugee relocation "Enterprise Zone," your kids will ask you, "What did you do in the Class War, Daddy?" The trick ...

No Innocent Bystanders In America (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 3, 2006 -- The next time you're feeling "free," see how far you can walk without being legally compelled to stop... to let cars drive past. The light turns red and ...

War is not a solution for terrorism (Howard Zinn)

Howard Zinn -- Boston Globe Sept. 3, 2006 -- There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, i ...

Words Of Defiance From Those In The Trenches (Kathlyn Stone)

Recent quotes from those doing some very heavy lifting for peace and justice Submitted by Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust *** "No where in the Constitution does it say anywhere that our young peopl ...

Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)

Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media cov ...