The digital awakening of a continent continues apace (despite the continual faltering of Cuba): The Dominican Republic has the second-highest technology level within the CAFTA trade pact, according to the second annual Latin Technology Index from Latin Business Chronicle. The Dominican Republic ranks ten among the 20 countries surveyed, but is ahead of all CAFTA…
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Jewish lessons in apartheid
Lesson one: A survey conducted by the Israeli military and published by leading Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, found that a quarter of soldiers serving at checkpoints in the West Bank perpetrated or witnessed abuse of Palestinians. In response, B’Tselem, said that the numbers are shocking, but not surprising. The organization commends the military for initiating…
Blackwater killers
US military contractor Blackwater are a rule unto themselves (as I discussed some months ago.) Now further evidence that its actions in Iraq are akin to a rabid dog off the leash.
War crimes revealed
Dr. Eyad Sarraj is a psychiatrist and human rights activist who lives in the Gaza Strip. He told a group of Israeli peace activists last week in Tel Aviv the real situation in the Israeli-isolated territory: Local water is undrinkable. Israel does not let in bottled water. Nor does Israel allow the importation of water…
Selective outrage
Lisa Goldman, Haaretz, December 14: During the second week of November, I was interrogated, “under caution,” by the International and Serious Crimes Unit (ISCU) of the Israel Police. Four months after I had reported about my trips to Lebanon for Channel 10 TV news and “Time Out Tel Aviv,” I was being accused of endangering…
Beyond the Green Zone
My following book review appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Author: Dahr Jamail Publisher: Haymarket Books Pages: 313 Price: $39.95 Nearly five years since the start of the Iraq war, we still know remarkably little about the conflict and its effect on the Iraqi people. A recent study by British polling agency ORB found that…
One hand takes and the other hand represses
Never. Trust. A. Multinational. The sordid stories of Western companies, including Yahoo, Nokia and Ericsson, assisting the Chinese government in censoring material (and it’s far worse than you imagined.)
The never-ending threat
Next time you hear some media blowhard talking about the “threat” from Iran, remember the story about the boy who crief wolf (over and over again):
