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'Scarface' and the forgotten prisoners of Mariel

by Mark Dow

[ december 03 ]

Mariel Cubans are incarcerated in US penitentiaries and jails, partly as a result of the myth the film Scarface has helped to sustain.

The US: The world’s deepest debtor

by Philip S Golub

[ december 03 ]

"In the longer run, Asia will divest itself of some dollars and the US will have to pay increasingly punitive premiums to attract foreign investment. Higher interest rates will curb US economic activity and have deflationary global repercussions by increasing the debt service load of developing countries."

Assassins 'r' Us

by Chalmers Johnson

[ december 03 ]

"...this death squad can run down its quarry in countries like Yemen, Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan but presumably also (if the occasion required it) in France, Germany, or even the United States itself."

Question Eleven

by Leuren Moret

[ november 03 ]

"According to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines for occupational exposure, the 186,000,000 grams of depleted uranium released during the Gulf War combat operations is enough to poison every American man, woman, and child 100 times. "

Declaration of Independence

by Brian Kimberling

[ november 03 ]

On the eve of King George's visit, an abridged and updated version of a familiar document.

Down to the wire - APEC 2003

by Ian Cole

[ october 03 ]

"The homeless, according to Bangkok's Governor Samak, are much like the stray dogs and building shelters for them would only encourage more vagrancy." It's damned hard work preparing a city for visiting dignitaries.

Onwards, Christian soldiers

by Robert Jensen

[ october 03 ]

Lt Gen William Boykin, the Pentagon's deputy under-secretary for intelligence, claims he is "not anti-Islam or any other religion". They're just cults.

Old spin, new spin

by Stephen Gardner

[ october 03 ]

The alleged death of spin has come about not so much a result of Tony Blair's recent travails, but because of changes in media technology - and this heralds new dangers.

The march on Damascus

by Ramzy Baroud

[ october 03 ]

"For Bush, like many of the hawks in his administration, all Arabs and Muslims are the same, geographically, culturally, religiously and politically. Bombing Syria, therefore, might not seem an inappropriate retaliation to a suicide bombing carried out by a young Palestinian inside Israel."

Just the (documented) facts, Ma'am

by Robert Jensen

[ october 03 ]

"We decided to draw up a tongue-in-cheek 'hierarchy of facts'. In the most exalted position was the category to which journalists are most wedded: Documented Facts. On the bottom were the facts that potentially cause the most trouble for journalists: True Facts." Robert Jensen on the truth, the whole truth and nothing like the truth.