Monthly Archives: October 2007

Cuba Spies Sell to U.S. Foes

[from The Washington Times. Hat tip to CubaPoliData.] A defense intelligence official said yesterday that Cuba’s spies have sold American intelligence secrets to other U.S. enemies, and that the communist island’s spies even now could be involved in long-term operations … Continue reading

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Zionism Considered Too Controversial for San Francisco Art Scene

“We can say anything we want about ourselves, but we cannot say we’re Zionists. I’m sick of this.”—Alan Kaufman, Israeli-American Artist I intended on commenting on this story from The New York Sun a couple of weeks ago. In a … Continue reading

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Democracy Promotion: Process or Outcome?

Martin in Margins has an excellent post regarding the tension between emphasizing process or, emphasizing outcome, in democracy promotion efforts. Some analysts and academics place an emphasis on process. Essentially, the result of the election is less important than the … Continue reading

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XIX (Ben Neill) at Joe’s Pub

Ben Neill and XIX performed this evening at Joe’s Pub and were a delight for the ears. I mentioned them in a previous post. To recap, Neill plays the mutant trumpet, a musical instrument he designed with some assistance. His … Continue reading

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Urgent Labor Alert from Iran

[Hat tip to Bob from Brockley] Last Thursday, five masked men fired seven bullets into 48-year-old Majid Hamidi, a labour activist. Iranian labour activists believe that an armed attack of this type could only have been carried out with the … Continue reading

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Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) Kills 17 Turkish Soldiers, Turkey Retaliates

For the past few weeks, Turkish authorities have expressed their concern at the increasing frequency of cross-border raids by Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) forces operating out of northern Iraq. Why was the U.S. allowing this to happen? When would the … Continue reading

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Pakistan: Terrorist Attack on Bhutto Leaves 140 Dead

The cavalcade of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was attacked by terrorists in Karachi. Two explosions left 140 dead and over 500 wounded. Ms. Bhutto was shaken but uninjured in the blast. A variety of Islamist terrorist organizations threatened … Continue reading

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Shabbat Shalom

Welcome to readers coming from Contentions, the National Jewish Democratic Council, and U.S. News and World Report. Negations has a nice post—comradely and critical—about anarchist theorist Murray Bookchin. Bill Weinberg of World War 4 Report and I debate the legacy … Continue reading

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Israel: North Korea Helped Syria Build Nuclear Plant

[from The Daily Telegraph] WASHINGTON — Israel‘s airstrike on Syria last month was directed at a nuclear reactor, a report said yesterday [October 14, 2007--TNC]. Officials said the reactor, which was in the early stages of development, was being modeled … Continue reading

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Afghan government officials participate in a strategic workshop at the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (Peru)

This is a bit dated (from August): A high-level delegation from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan visited the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) headquarters in Lima to participate in a three-day strategic workshop with ILD staff. … Continue reading

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