ZNetLatest news from ZNetSusskind: Who is Killing the Women of Basra- January 9, 2008 In Basra, Iraq&8217;s second largest city, 2008 was ushered in with an announcement of the 2007 death toll of women targeted by Islamist militias. City officials reported on December 31 that 133 women were killed and mutilated last year, their bodies dumped in trash bins with notes warning others against &8220;violating Islamic teachings&8230;&8221; But ambulance drivers who are hired to troll the city streets in the early mornings to collect the bodies confirm what most residents believe: the..http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=14692 Jamail: The Myth of Sectarian Violence in Iraq- January 9, 2008 If the U.S.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=14691 Gould-Wartofsky: Repress U- January 9, 2008 Free speech zones. Taser guns.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=101&ItemID=14702 Riddell: People&8217;s Power in Venezuela- January 9, 2008 &8220;If we want to talk of socialism,&8221; says Argenis Loreto, &8220;we must first resolve the people&8217;s most urgent needs: water in their homes, accessible health care, easy access to housing.&8221; In the Venezuelan municipality of Libertador (state of Carabobo), of which Argenis is mayor, &8220;we have 90% poverty.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=14695 Qumsiyeh: Bush&8217;s visit to the Middle East: triumph of form over substance- January 9, 2008 The President&8217;s visit to the Middle East this week will show once and for all that status quo lives on under the attempt to validate the old saying that an ounce of image is worth a pound of performance. In this case the image came seven years too late.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=14693 Engelhardt: The $100 Barrel of Oil vs. the Global War on Terror- January 9, 2008 Consider the debate among four Democratic presidential candidates on ABC News last Saturday night. In the previous week, the price of a barrel of oil briefly touched $100, unemployment hit 5%, the stock market had the worst three-day start since the Great Depression, and the word &8220;recession&8221; was in the headlines and in the air.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=14700 Ford: Barack, Hillary, and the Sinister Nothingness of &8220;Change&8221;- January 9, 2008 &8220;Although &8216;change&8217; may come, it will be at the direction of the rich.&8221; The scam of this still-new century enthralls and envelopes the nation, a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=90&ItemID=14690 Abu-Manneh: The Question of Palestine- January 9, 2008 New Politics: The year 2008 is the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of Israel and of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe. What do you see as the Israeli goal and has it changed over the years &160; Bashir Abu-Manneh: Israel&8217;s goal has been a constant: Jewish sovereignty in Palestine.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=14701 Lendman: Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards&8217; &8220;Guardians of Power&8221;- January 9, 2008 David Cromwell is a Scottish writer, activist and oceanographer at the National Oceanography Centre in Britain. David Edwards is also a UK writer who focuses on human rights, the environment and the media.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=21&ItemID=14694 Haque: The Tragedy of a Tortured Land- January 8, 2008 The land of the Indus, the crossing of the Himalayas, Karakorum and the Hindukush, the land of the Pathans, the Hazaras, the Saraiki speaking plains, the prosperous central Punjab, the rugged Baluchistan and the dominating urban landscapes of tens of million souls comprise the complex diversity of this nation. Pakistani identity distraught with mistrust between the Muslim &38; the non, the Punjabi &38; the other and the religious &38; the secular.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=32&ItemID=14697 |