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  • An Analysis of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441

    as Adopted on November 8, 2002 The Security Council, Recalling all its previous relevantresolutions, in particular its resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678(1990) of 29 November 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991, 687 (1991) of 3 April1991, 688 (1991) of 5 April 1991, 707 (1991) of 15 August 1991, 715 (1991) of…

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  • Detailed Analysis of October 7, 2002 Speech by Bush on Iraq

    Thank you for that very gracious and warm Cincinnati welcome. I’m honored to be here tonight. I appreciate you all coming. Tonight I want to take a few minutes to discuss a grave threat to peace and America’s determination to lead the world in confronting that threat. The threat comes from Iraq. It arises directly…

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  • A Detailed Analysis of the Draft UN Security Council Resolution Proposed by the U.S. Government

    (Latest publicly available version, October 23, 2002) PP1 Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991, 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990, 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, 688 (1991) of 5 April 1991, 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995, and…

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  • UN Security Council Resolutions Being Violated by U.S. Allies

    The following are some of the UN Security Council resolutions being violated by U.S. allies: Resolution 252 (1968) Israel: Urgently calls upon Israel to rescind measures that change the legal status of Jerusalem, including the expropriation of land and properties thereon. http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/bdd57d15a29f428d85256c3800701fc4/46f2803d78a0488e852560c3006023a8!OpenDocument 262 (1968) Israel: Calls upon Israel to pay compensation to Lebanon for destruction…

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  • Is God “Neutral”?

    WASHINGTON — Ever since Sept. 11, some American religious leaders have been outspoken in calling for a peaceful response and respect for civil liberties. Their perspectives contrast sharply with President Bush’s bellicose invocations of religious rhetoric, as in his Sept. 20 address to Congress when he declared that “God is not neutral.” “Christians have a…

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  • As Bombs Fall, Critics Question U.S. Approach

    WASHINGTON – As the United States continued with air attacks on targets in Afghanistan, dubbed “strategic military locations” by Pentagon officials, peace advocates found their struggle pushed to the forefront. The U.S. strikes, comprised of cruise missiles launched from remote locations and bomber raids, were initial steps of what President Bush described as a “sustained,…

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  • Critics Blast Bush’s Call for “Lengthy Campaign”

    WASHINGTON – When President Bush took the national pulpit on September 20 to address a joint session of Congress, he faced perhaps his greatest challenge since his inauguration. Mainstream media pundits spoke at length of his need to rise to the occasion — to solidify the nation’s commitment to fighting terrorism. With the chamber’s applause…

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  • Rethinking Welfare Reform

    WASHINGTON — With re-authorization of key “welfare reform” legislation due in the coming year, activists are mobilizing to place the rights of minorities and women foremost on the agenda. Many indict the current system — established by the 1996 passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act — as a racist and gender-biased…

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  • Uncontrolled Burn: How congress is adding fuel to the western wildfires

    As wildfires rage through woodland in the West, critics are questioning the federal government’s role in protecting the National Forests. Recently, President Bush proposed a $175 million increase in commercial timber sales on public lands — a move that, along with a planned repeal of the “roadless rule” established by former President Clinton, has many…

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  • Are Americans “Vacation Starved”?

    WASHINGTON — When President Bush clocked out to start on a 30-day vacation at his Texas ranch, a collective lament was in the air from much of the population: “When do we get a break?” The vacation brings to 52 days the president’s total vacation time since his swearing-in last January, a number that dwarfs…

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  • Trump in Kenosha

    President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, where Jacob Blake was shot repeatedly by police in the back.

  • Could NBA Strike Fuel New Strike Wave? 

    Mike Elk, a reporter at Payday Report, has said that the NBA strike could inspire a whole new round of Black Lives Matter strikes across the United States.

  • RNC, DNC and Anti-Palestinian Agreement

    Michael Brown, a journalist with The Electronic Intifada, covers the intersection of white supremacy in the U.S. with anti-Palestinian sentiment and backing for an expansionist Israel. He remarked: “The Republican Party has made clear this month its absolute support for Israel and its de facto annexation of the West Bank.”

  • Deadly Combination: Nursing Homes and Wall Street During Pandemic

    Patrick Woodall, a senior researcher at Americans for Financial Reform, released a new study on the combination of nursing homes and private equity during a pandemic. Woodall said, “The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged nursing homes around the country and has highlighted the role played by Wall Street private equity firms in degrading care when it…

  • Major Post Office Hearings Today

    The House is having hearings with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on August 24, 2020. Two analysts, Christopher Shaw and Lisa Graves, have done extensive research on the issue. Shaw, a historian and author, has stated that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “actions have targeted the agency’s civic role and jeopardized voter participation in the 2020 election.”…

  • Biden: An FDR or Deficit Hawk?

    Branko Marcetic has found Joe Biden will not have “an FDR-sized presidency” unlike what Biden and his advisors have insisted since April and at the Democratic National Convention. Marcetic writes, “”Even Biden’s promise in his DNC speech last night to ‘protect Social Security and Medicare’ should be viewed with caution. A President Biden could try,…

  • Big Media and DNC: Distinguishing Policy Criticism from Slurs

    Robin Andersen, a professor of graduate studies at Fordham University writes on the criticism of VP-nominated Kamala Harris. Andersen writes, “Yet emerging as a corporate media frame is a sloppy, mystifying confusion that refuses to distinguish the racist and sexist slurs against Harris from an authentic discussion of the trajectory of her political positions, and…

  • Twelve U.S. Billionaires Have a Combined $1 Trillion

    “For the first time in U.S. history, twelve U.S. billionaires surpassed a combined wealth of $1 trillion… This is a disturbing milestone in the U.S. history of concentrated wealth and power. This is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of twelve people.”

  • Behind the Attacks on the Post Office

    Lisa Graves, the executive director of the policy research group True North, is pointing to connections in the Post Office itself that brought us to this point.

  • Historian on Attacks on Post Office

    “The U.S. Postal Service has served the American people day in and day out since 1775. Time and again, the Postal Service rose to the occasion in moments of national crisis, and millions of Americans will rely on the U.S.”

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