AltWeeklies Wire
Poppycocknew
To defeat the Taliban we should be buying up Afghan cash crop, not destroying it.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
09-29-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Under the Burqa: Part 2new
Not long ago, it was illegal for a woman to be outside without a burqa and a male family member -- this has not changed in many rural areas, a fact that should be known by those under the impression that women of Afghanistan have been somehow liberated.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
09-26-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Under the Burqanew
Though the wearing of burqas is no longer enforced, and many women don't wear them, it is still the norm to see what look like ghosts floating down the street.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
09-18-2006 |
International
Tags: international
War and Piecesnew
Mercy Corps is in Lebanon for the long haul.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
09-13-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Death Underfoot: Part 2new
We go inside controlled demolition in Afghanistan.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
09-11-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Alive, From Lebanonnew
Transplants from Beirut find an uneasy peace in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Lex Chalat |
09-11-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Death Underfootnew
Aldo Alderson and others are trying to remove landmines and other remnants of war from Afghanistan.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
09-05-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Nowhere to Hidenew
I have been in many wars, but nowhere had I seen destruction on such a massive scale as I saw this month in Lebanon.
L.A. Weekly |
Teun Voeten |
08-31-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Homo Hysterianew
The Senegalese media is in an uproar over a heterosexual delegate to the Outgames conference.
Montreal Mirror |
Michael-Oliver Harding |
08-28-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Starting Over in the Congonew
The war-ravaged nation doesn't need a miracle -- political stability from free elections will do.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-25-2006 |
International
Tags: international
The Forgotten Warnew
We touch down in Afghanistan, a land of warlords, dope and a resurgent Taliban.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
08-21-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Fork in the Roadnew
Will Israel's humiliation be a blessing in disguise or the start of an amped-up war?
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-18-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Down and Delirious in Mexico Citynew
At the fringes of the political clash that held the world's attention in early July, a mega-city lives on, slouching toward modernity and globalization.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
08-17-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Marching Under Missilesnew
Israeli peaceniks are bombed by taunts and eggs.
NOW Magazine |
Adam Keller |
08-11-2006 |
International
Tags: international
From Lebanon, With Lovenew
An Albuquerque peace activist is stranded near Tyre.
Weekly Alibi |
Christie Chisholm |
08-08-2006 |
International
Tags: international
