Making mobile phones uses minerals only available from Congo’s war zone. Is our appetite for the latest electronic gadgets fuelling exploitation in the Congo even threatening the survival of central Africas magnificent gorillas? On the inside of many devices like…
The ghosts of Vietnam haunt Washington
by Eric Margolis, Sept. 22, 2009 As this column predicted a month ago, Afghanistan’s much ballyhooed recent election staged by its foreign occupiers turned out to be a fraud wrapped up in a farce. The election was as phony and…
So, they still think they can win in Afghanistan, eh?
Can U.S. win war the Canadian way? Allan Woods, Toronto Star, Sept. 22, 2009 OTTAWA–Canada is backing calls for an overhaul of the failing Afghan mission, but likely won’t be around to ensure the success of a new strategy that…
Malalai Joya – Afghan MP Calls for Troops out of Afganistan
Malalai Joya is one of the bravest women in Afghanistan. As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament. In May 2007, Joya…
A Deserter’s Tale: Joshua Key’s story of horror and hope
Joshua Key is an American war resister who fought in Iraq and who sought refuge in Canada because of his war experiences. Author of “The Deserter’s Tale,” Joshua told the story of his recruitment into the U.S. Army, the carnage…
U.S. Nuclear War Planning for a Hundred Holocausts
by Daniel Ellsberg on September 13, 2009 One day in the spring of 1961, soon after my 30th birthday, I was shown how our world would end. Not the Earth, not—so far as I knew then—all humanity or life, but…