Chechen Hunger Strike

In a protest against the US's continued presence in Iraq and the continuing Russian aggression and human rights abuses in Chechnya, prominent human right's activist Said-Emin Ibragimov began a hunger strike to raise awareness on November 16. His condition has grown...

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Injun Country

Back in August I had an interesting talk with Richard Maybury, an economist of the Austrian school and editor of the financial newsletter Early Warning Report. He is the author of a big idea, actually a model with which to help predict long term trends in global...

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Is Chalabi in, or is Chalabi out?

Buried down at the bottom of this news article: Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, who resigned as oil minister last week over increases in consumer fuel prices, also resumed his old post after the prime minister and president asked him to do so, Iraq's Council of Ministers said....

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Blogroll Maintenance

Repaired some broken links, deleted some defunct ones, and added four on the floor: Diana Moon, Sheldon Richman, Glaivester, and Kevin Carson. Check 'em out.

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Will the Troops Ever Leave Iraq?

President Bush announced today that some U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Iraq this year. That's great, but does anyone really think that all, or even the majority of, U.S. troops will ever be withdrawn from Iraq? We still have 69,395 troops in Germany, 35,307 in...

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