by John Markoff and Tom Shanker August 1, 2009 It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States [...]

english (original) version below El problema con la Responsabilidad de Proteger por Jean Bricmont 28 de julio, 2009 El 23 de julio, un debate sobre la Responsabilidad de Proteger tuvo lugar ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. La Responsabilidad de Proteger (RdP) es un concepto adoptado por los líderes del mundo en 2005, que hace a los [...]

Population growth, pollution and invasive species are having a disastrous effect on species in the southern hemisphere, a major review by conservationists warns

por Manuel Bermúdez 29 de julio, 2009 El escritor hondureño Julio Escoto participó en el II Congreso Centroamericano de Estudios Culturales realizado del 22 al 24 de julio, en San José, Costa Rica, luego de que la crisis política y social desatada en Honduras tras el golpe de estado del 28 de junio impidió que se llevara [...]

A Century of Frenzy over the North-West Frontier by Juan Cole July 27, 2009 WHAT, what, what, What’s the news from Swat? Sad news, Bad news, Comes by the cable led Through the Indian Ocean’s bed, Through the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Med- Iterranean — he ‘s dead; The Ahkoond is dead! – George Thomas Lanigan

by Elaine Elinson July 23, 2009 During the Vietnam War, GI dissent was both documented and nurtured by a slew of underground GI newspapers. Papers like “Up Against the Bulkhead,” “Harass the Brass” and “About Face” were mimeographed and passed from base to base, hand to hand. These bold, clever, ragtag papers gave voice to the soldiers’ [...]

por Alain Gresh mayo 2009 El fondo del aire es rojo (1). Durante dos decenios, desde las sierras de América Latina a los arrozales de Asia, pasando por las montañas del norte de África, el mismo huracán parecía llevarse el viejo orden colonial y la dominación económica del Norte. En 1956, con una carcajada épica, el presidente [...]

Last March, poet, novelist and feminist Alice Walker joined a delegation organized by Code Pink, to travel to the Gaza Strip just weeks after the 22-day Israeli bombardment and invasion. Walker, globally acclaimed for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, had also traveled to Rwanda, Eastern Congo and other places where she witnessed [...]

Facing the American World We Created by Tom Engelhardt July 23, 2009 We’ve just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major newspapers, here’s how the story goes: the Agency, evidently under Vice President Dick Cheney’s orders, didn’t inform Congress that, to assassinate [...]

por Ricardo Verdum 21 de julio de 2009 Los pueblos indígenas tienen derecho a la libre determinación. En virtud de ese derecho, determinan libremente su condición política y persiguen libremente su desarrollo económico, social y cultural (Declaración de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, Art. 3).