AltWeeklies Wire
Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vicenew
A gray-haired 57-year-old Florida man named Roman Vidal smuggled millions of cigarettes from Miami to Dublin criminals who funded a terrorist group, investigators say. The charges are just the latest link between black-market U.S. smokes and violent terrorist groups around the world.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
07-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
William I. Robinson's Latest Outlines a Mad Rush Toward a World Where Cars Consume Cerealnew
In Latin America and Global Capitalism, Robinson uses research from years of on-the-ground work, and sifts through rafts of data to map out how neoliberal trade agreements and other mechanisms for greasing the machine of global commerce have increased profits for global elites while deeply disrupting traditional patterns of life and balance with the natural world.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Terrall |
07-01-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Burma VJ' is a Journalistic Masterpiecenew
This gripping doc makes an airtight argument for the absolute necessity of a free press, and it should be required viewing for anyone thinking of becoming any kind of journalist.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-26-2009 |
Reviews
Is Twitter Driving the Ongoing Political Crisis in Iran?new
If the question seems premature, that's because it is: we still don't know how the unrest that followed Iran's contested June 12 presidential election is going to end. But it's already being debated.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-24-2009 |
Media
Facebook Revolution: Iran's Opposition Internetnew
During mass demonstrations in Tehran last week, the Western press couldn't stop writing about how protesters were using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to organize demonstrations, spread news and share videos of street battles. In this case, the hype was true.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-24-2009 |
International
Canada Ratifies Peru Free Trade Agreement, Stays Silent on Amazon Massacrenew
Unlike the Canada-Colombia free-trade deal, the Canada-Peru agreement almost slipped under the radar. But then the bloodshed in the Peruvian Amazon earlier this month put Canada's push for free trade with Peru under the microscope.
The Georgia Straight |
Dawn Paley |
06-22-2009 |
Business & Labor
The Iranian Uprising: Tiananmen 2.0?new
It took several weeks for the demonstrations in Tianamen Square to elicit international attention in 1989. Today, as hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Iran, we are marveling at the new tools of social networking and political orchestration.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
06-18-2009 |
Commentary
Minnesota's Legislators Didn't Get Obama's Mideast Memonew
The state's push for divestment from Iran came on the heels of President Obama's call for diplomacy. Just last week, Obama reiterated that Iran has some right to nuclear energy, provided it can prove it's for peaceful purposes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
06-10-2009 |
Politics
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether to Reconsider the Conviction of the Cuban Fivenew
Miami is on trial this month. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide June 15 whether we are scum-sucking Cuba haters.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
06-08-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Raleigh's Cuban Community: Their Views on Obama's New Diplomacynew
Local exiles reacts as President Barack Obama rolls back some of George W. Bush's most ineffective stances toward Cuba, primarily related to the migration of Cubans.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
06-04-2009 |
Immigration
What Does North Korea Hope to Gain by Testing Nuclear Weapons?new
Like the chubby bully girl who used to punch me in the arm in second grade, North Korea's aggression is really just a cry for help.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-03-2009 |
Commentary
War, Wealth, Empire and the Obama Presidencynew
Karl Marx insisted that the only real source of wealth is human labor. The ruling classes may have expropriated some of that wealth with their system of paper and electronic bank statements. But at heart, the banking system turned out to be a fraud. Always has been.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
05-22-2009 |
Commentary
How's That Iraq War Going These Days?new
When President Obama was asked about Iraq at his "100 days" prime-time press conference, he noted the rise in violence in Iraq, but said violence there remains lower than it was during 2008. He was wrong.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-06-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Iraq War, international
Why We Fight: To Defend Rapists
The next time you watch a flag-draped coffin return from Afghanistan, remember why that young man died: to defend Afghan rapists.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-04-2009 |
The War on Women
Has Pakistan Collapsed into Civil War?new
Someone page Pakistan's Ken Burns equivalent, because we're witnessing a civil war. It's too early to tell if Pakistan's central government, and its nuclear arsenal, will fall into the hands of Taliban militants. But it's a reasonable possibility.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-29-2009 |
Commentary
