It’s important for any country to make sense of its past, but it’s especially important for us Americans, if we’re to safeguard what remains of our freedoms, to understand how “our” government works. Or doesn’t. If we hope to learn from tragic experience, we need an accurate understanding of our…
Reports in the US media about either verbal or violent attacks upon the US rarely include background to help a reader to understand what might motivate such attacks. There are hundred, probably thousands, of cases where US government officials have secretly opposed democracy at home and abroad, though you wouldn't…
An Examination of Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire Agreements Exemplified by Pillar of Cloud, November 14 to November 22, 2012 and the Ceasefire Process Surrounding It by Betsy Wolf-Graves A candid look at the most recent attack by the Israeli Defense Forces on Gaza shows how Israel’s well-oiled propaganda machine manipulates the…
A Palestinian Christian Eyewitness Remembers the Israeli Military Siege of the Church of the Nativity By Sharat G. Lin with Jiries Canavati in Bethlehem Ten years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in response to a rapid succession of suicide bombings by Palestinians inside Israel and against Israeli settlements in the West…
Its time to prepare for spring. The Arab Spring in the Mid East continues to move forward year round. Does the Occupy Movement stand for something positive or something negative ? It depends on the purpose and actions of those who are participating. Is the occupy movement directionless? Maybe. Maybe…
The author J. Patrick O’Connor of “Scapegoat: The Chino Hills Murders and the framing of Kevin Cooper” spoke at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center about the case of Kevin Cooper who is currently on San Quentin death row. Kevin Cooper was convicted of the brutal murders of a…
By Sharat G. Lin Reporting from Cairo, 30 January 2012 A year ago, a million Egyptian people swarmed into Tahrir Square to demand that then President Hosni Mubarak leave immediately. But a majority also placed their trust in the Army, which vowed not to fire on protesters. On the…
by Pablo Ghenis It all started in relative obscurity, a persistent protest on Wall Street with a catchy name. A few progressive talk show hosts started asking why the rest of the media was ignoring this event, even though it had grown larger than the Tea Party rallies they covered…
After WWII, Senator Dennis Chavez (New Mexico) said, “When we march off to war, we are Americans; but upon our return, we are merely Mexicans.” These words are just as true now on this Veterans Day as they were then. Regardless of national origin, Mexican-Chicanos have bled and died for…
Posted in Mercury News By Arturo Villarrealand Charley Trujillo Article Launched: 08/06/2008 01:34:15 AM PDT Immigration is driven by historical and economic necessity on both sides of the border. There are times when the United States needs Mexican labor, such as during World War I and World War II, that…
