–The Columbus myth is at the top of the list of myths that need exposing in the US. The entire pseudo-history of the Americas rests on it.

–This is an interesting article everyone interested in neo-liberalism should read.

–He killed himself on the fence in Cancun to protest the WTO. This is the extent to which farmers are affected by `free trade’.

–Chomsky, Zinn, JB Foster, Klein, and Prashad have signed onto this open letter opposing military ties between India and the US.

–Looks like Che is back. Of-course, for some, he vision of a socialist South America never left.

–Chavez calls for a re-united Left within an international framework. For those that understand the Left’s history the title could read: Chavez calls for a new International. This contributor agrees.

–I am not saying that I agree with this statement (it is up to those that study history to debate whether Lenin was, in fact, a `humanitarian’) however, it is an interesting thesis.

–Working people continue to be under attack. In the US, workers seemed to be losing ground over recent history but things are coming around lately.

–Robert Fisk writes about the Armenian genocide.

–A message from Fidel Castro.

–A graphical rundown of the anti-imperial actions (for the most part) in South and Central America.

Naji Al-Ali’s Handala lives on. Have a look at the impact a cartoon can have on the world.

–The New Statesman had a front page article condemning Chavez and the Venezuelan process this month. I would suggest that its readers are not that silly as to believe what reactionary tripe was written in that article given that it is supposed to be a social democratic magazine.

–Here are is a list of things that Harper should know about before he meets with the Columbian leaders.

–Another article by Fidel Castro.

–Support the struggle against oppression.

–I could not resist posting this.

–Some interesting history of the Monthly Review.

–One of the acts that symbolises the direct oppression in the United States.

By: Dr. Nasir Khan

Present-day images of Muslims and Islam in Western media vary considerably. However, since the collapse of the Soviet Union the general drift of Western concerns has been to portray Islam as the main enemy of the West and the Muslim world as a hotbed of terrorism that threatens Western civilisation and its democratic values. Thus in the present-day hegemonic world order — under which all norms of civilised behaviour in the conduct of foreign policy have been discarded by the Bush Administration and its allies in London and Tel Aviv — Muslims are associated with terrorism. We have seen over the last few years the expansion of President Bush’s destructive war, the inhuman treatment of captive population of Iraq and Afghanistan, rampant abuse of prisoners from Muslim countries by American and British forces, total indifference towards the human rights of prisoners of war or of those suspected of resisting or opposing the American occupation of their countries and false propaganda to cover up the real objectives and crimes against humanity of the neocon rulers in Washington and London.
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–Rick Salutin asks if the fan fare that our State governments are giving this battle is really all that deserved. The point here is not to insult the soldiers but to insult our government for trying to win political points based on their efforts and to question the official line. There seems to be some discrepancy between the reality and that which is told to us over the mass media who once again seem incapable of doing any analysis.

–James Laxer writes on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. There is much to be said, especially with the current blathering coming from the Neo-cons in the Conservative Party.