From film-maker Oliver Stone’s interview with former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, we discover: Oliver Stone: "Were there any eye-to-eye moments with President Bush that day, that night?" Nestor Kirchner: "…I said that a solution to the problems right now, I told Bush, is a Marshall Plan. …He said the best way to revitalize the economy [...]
As several commenters downblog have so astutely noted, my deviationism on the crucial issue of our times – WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN HONDURAS? – has revealed me as a neocon, a fascist, and a militarist. Probably a misogynist and a theocrat, too. But just to demonstrate that even fascists are complicated, I’ll link [...]
This is from the extreme right-wing BBC, so take it with a grain of salt: Honduras TV gets government order Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has ordered all the country’s TV and radio stations to carry government propaganda for two hours a day. He says that the short-term measure is necessary because of unfair coverage of [...]
I’m no scholar on Honduras, to say the least, so I’ll assume the basic facts regarding recent events are in accord with this opinion piece calling for ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s reinstatement: Zelaya’s fatal mistake was in organizing a de facto referendum to test the idea of allowing him a second term. Honduras’s Constitution explicitly [...]
Antiwar.com contributor Neil Kitson will have his day in court in Vancouver Monday. Kitson is seeking information on prisoners taken by Canadian troops in Afghanistan. His requests have thus far been denied. The hearing is open to the public. For details, check out Neil’s blog.
According to CBS, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s first six months in office have contradicted the “liberal” reputation he (apparently) had when he was first elected. Maybe it’s a shock to some that one can be “soft spoken” and never have been a KGB spook and yet still, as president, look out of the interests of [...]
