Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/audits/97284/the_va_continues_to_abandon_returning_vets/ "Supporting the troops" only applies until they actually come home from war. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joshua Kors, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/audits/97478/the_bush_administration_checkmated_in_georgia/ The recent fighting in the Caucasus is part of a bigger struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/audits/96806/there_is_an_alternative_to_corporate_rule/ All over the world, alternative approaches to capitalist greed are bubbling up from the grassroots. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Mark Engler, Nation Books http://www.alternet.org/audits/96838/five_reasons_the_world_wants_obama/ Global public opinion data shows a clear Obama trend across much of planet Earth. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Melinda Brouwer, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/96687/what_a_mccain_victory_could_mean%3A_no_money_for_health_care_and_the_end_of_our_volunteer_army/ The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Robert Parry, Consortium News http://www.alternet.org/audits/96679/bolivia%3A_can_the_majority_of_people_vote_for_change_and_actually_get_it/ A wealthy minority in Bolivia seems determined to thwart the changes demanded by a majority of the population. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/96497/bush_is_pouring_gas_on_afghanistan%27s_bonfire/ Mounting NATO bombing raids and widespread detentions of Afghans are rapidly turning the country into the mirror image of Iraq. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Chris Hedges, Truthdig http://www.alternet.org/audits/96203/the_three_dumbest_neocon_predictions_since_the_disaster_in_iraq/ Nothing seems to keep the Neocons from losing respectability. Here are three contenders for the dumbest Neocon predictions post-Iraq. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT John Dolan, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/96178/joe_biden_is_a_key_fighter_in_dissolving_bush%27s_%27terror%27_myths/ Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT Andy Worthington, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/96180/biden%2C_iraq_and_obama%27s_betrayal/ The choice of Biden calls into question whether Obama's offering a "change we can believe in." Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus http://www.alternet.org/audits/93866/land_grabs_and_lawsuits/ Two Quebec-based firms are being sued in Canada by the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Bi'lin. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Jesse Rosenfeld, Montreal Mirror http://www.alternet.org/audits/95661/russia_and_georgia%3A_all_about_oil/ This struggle started when the former Soviet republics began seeking Western customers for their oil and natural gas. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Michael T. Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus http://www.alternet.org/audits/95799/impasse%3A_are_we_nearing_the_end_of_the_corporate_globalization_era/ The failure to expand the WTO shows that the ideology of "free trade" has lost its luster. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Deborah James, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/95652/blocking_a_gazan%27s_path_to_an_education/ Hundreds of Palestinian students with dreams of improving their lives are stagnating intellectually in Gaza. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Fidaa Abed, The San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.alternet.org/audits/95499/six_questions_about_the_anthrax_attacks_that_the_public_should_demand/ The media's already losing interest on the anthrax story, but there are plenty of simple questions that really deserve answers. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/audits/95546/russia%27s_return_bites_the_neocons%27_grand_energy_scheme_in_the_ass/ You have to ask what were they smoking over at the Pentagon and the CIA when they thought they could control Russia's close neighbor. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com http://www.alternet.org/audits/95374/killing_of_aid_workers_in_afghanistan_exposes_the_dangers_of_escalation/ The murder of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan should temper talk about sending more troops there. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Ann Jones, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/95265/america_watches_the_war_in_georgia_with_dumb_goggles/ The war between Russia and Georgia has been framed as a tale of David versus Goliath. But it's far more complex than this, morally and historically. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Mark Ames, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/audits/95083/how_taxpayer_money_is_wrapped_up_in_georgian_war/ A pipeline that runs through Georgia is the second largest in the world, and American tax dollars helped fund big oil projects in the region. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Sharona Coutts, ProPublica http://www.alternet.org/audits/94983/the_long_war%3A_how_many_iraqs_and_afghanistans_lie_ahead_/ The Pentagonization of the United States shows no sign of slowing down. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Andrew Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com