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The Niger delta: how to lift the oil curse?

by Timothy Sowula | Open Democracy | 19 October 2006 The hostage-taking strategy of militants in the oil-soaked Nigerian south is a symptom of the region’s economic and environmental breakdown, … Continue reading

20 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Sowing the Seeds of Fascism in America

Author Stan Goff, a retired 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces, sounds a warning call that many of the historical precursors of fascism—white supremacy, militarization of culture, vigilantism, … Continue reading

20 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Brother of the Fist: The Passing of Peter Norman

Peter Norman’s recent passing received some muted coverage here in Australia and I’m proud of what this man stood for in solidarity with Tommie Smith and John Carlos. These two … Continue reading

15 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

The truth about the sword

by CHANDRA MUZAFFAR JUST :: 22 September 2006  It was Albert Einstein who once noted that it is easier to split the atom than to crack a prejudice. One such … Continue reading

11 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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