Kyrgyzstan: Turmoil Continues Despite Quick Power Shift
Today, the ousted leader of Kyrgyzstan, President Bakiyev, refused to step down just a day after he was forced to leave the capital, Bishkek, in a bloody popular uprising that left the opposition in control of the country, despite anger still boiling in the streets. Russia and the European Union said they were supporting the […]
Is Europe’s Model Better Than America’s Shock Capitalism?
The global financial and economic meltdown of 2008, which originated in the United States, was a perfect opportunity for Americans to seriously reconsider their conception of “free market”, and put into question America’s own brand of “wild” capitalism, where the cycles of economic boom and bust always end up making the wealthy-few richer, and the […]
Flaming Purses and Holy Drag in a Burning House
In a church that sees nothing wrong with enforced celibacy, repressed sexuality, homophobia, relegating women to second class status, and covering up countless cases of child sexual abuse by priests, the smoking brazier of child sexual abuse has set the church house on fire.
WikiLeaks Releases Video Of Slaughter In Iraq
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot […]
Pakistan: The Taliban Strike Back
Today, a series of deadly blasts rocked Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The explosions killed at least 52 people and wounded more than 100 others according to Pakistani authorities. In the first attack, a suicide bomber killed 46 people at a celebration organized by the leading secular party in North West Pakistan. The second […]
