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Apocalypse Now? Miami Model Applied to Republican National Convention in Minnesota Print E-mail
Written by Cyril Mychalejko   
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
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Police Force in Miami, 2003
Five years ago this November, the Miami police department, with the assistance of Homeland Security, the FBI and other federal government agencies, unleashed a violent paramilitary occupation of Miami in order to curtail protests against the now defunct proposal to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas. This same anti-protest model will be applied at the September 1-4 Republication National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Georgia On My Mind: From West Point to the Caucasus Print E-mail
Written by Conn Hallinan   
Monday, 18 August 2008
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Georgians Flee Russia
One of the major causes of the recent war in Georgia has nothing to do with the historic tensions that make the Caucasus such a flashpoint between east and west. Certainly the long-stranding ethnic enmity between Ossetians and Georgians played a role, as did the almost visceral dislike between Moscow and Tbilisi. But the origins of the short, brutal war go back six years to a June afternoon at West Point.
Russian-Georgian Conflict: Lies, Truth and the New Cold War Print E-mail
Written by Victor Figueroa Clark   
Monday, 18 August 2008
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Georgian Tanks
The Russian-Georgian conflict is the result of a series of interlinked factors, some old and some much newer, with none of the parties entirely innocent, but for which the lion’s share of the blame must rest with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his backers in the United States and NATO.
Internet Access Fuels Development in War-Torn Uganda Print E-mail
Written by Siena Anstis   
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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Teacher Charles Okumu in Lacor
Not far from the closely packed mud huts of Pabo camp for internally displaced persons in Northern Uganda, the Catholic parish office lights up like a beacon in the inky night of this war-torn area; the region has never had electricity. Last year, the Pabo diocese used a wireless internet connection provided by an NGO to apply for a $40,000 grant for solar panels. Now the health center has an internet phone they can use to call free anywhere in the world, and students at Pabo secondary school are sharing stories of abduction and war on personal blogs.
Motives Behind the Russian-Georgian Conflict Print E-mail
Written by Real News Network   
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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