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Entrapment, food wars, and capitalism in three films
May 15, 2014A film that debuted at the recentTribeca Film Festivaloffers compelling evidence that our government has gone too far in "protecting" its citizens.
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"The Unknown Known" grills Donald Rumsfeld on Iraq war snow job
April 01, 2014The film focuses on Rumsfeld's return to that post of defense secretary during George W. Bush's disastrous presidency at the behest of his longtime crony, Dick Cheney.
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US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib
May 30, 2009Washington, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Pentagon sought to publish pictures on torture applied by the CIA in the prison of Abu Ghraib during the administration of George W. Bush, but President Barack Obama revoked its decision. In spite of the order, a former official of the US Army in charge of the investigation of the scandal in the Iraqi prison stated that the pictures showed sexual abuses, Democracy Now...
Read moreCOMMENTARY The Pelosi distraction
May 18, 2009The cable news programs are full of indignation about Nancy Pelosi supposedly lying about, and thus insulting the CIA. For those who have been vacationing on another planet, Speaker Pelosi last week claimed that the CIA had lied to her about whether they were using the method of torture called “waterboarding” on “war against terror” prisoners. The way the corporate press is handling this situation is a worthy object of...
Read morePublic outcry grows over Iraq abuse photos
May 15, 2009President Barack Obama said yesterday he will try to prevent the court-ordered release of photos that depict U.S. troops abusing prisoners. He said his sudden reversal reflected fear that the photos would “further inflame anti-American opinion” and endanger U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The administration had originally said it would not resist an appeals court ruling that set a May 28 deadline for releasing photos of military misconduct. Generals...
Read moreMovie Review: 'Hunger'
May 15, 2009Hunger Directed by Steve McQueen 2008, 96 min. Before Belfast has awakened in Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” — which won a Golden Camera Award for best first feature at Cannes and a Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival — we see Ray Lohan (Stuart Graham) come out of his house. He is inspecting his car, while his wife looks at him from the window. She looks worn and uneasy....
Read moreFamed architect returns to shattered Baghdad
May 14, 2009(mmorning.com) Two decades before U.S. Marines pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in a Baghdad square, the dictator had destroyed a monument in the same place: the magnum opus of one of Iraq’s greatest architects. The elegant arch entitled “The Unknown Soldier” was a Baghdad landmark for more than 20 years. Now its designer, Rifat Chadirji, 82, has returned to rebuild it in the hope of resurrecting some of...
Read moreLawmakers try to block new abuse photos
May 12, 2009NEW YORK, May 11 (IPS) - Civil libertarians are condemning a call by two influential U.S. senators for the White House to block the impending release of photographs showing detainees being abused by U.S. military personnel at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at other U.S. detention facilities in the Middle East and elsewhere. The plea to intervene to stop the expected May 28 release of the photos...
Read moreLawyers group targets torture memo author
April 22, 2009NEW YORK, Apr 20 (IPS) - Lawyers who reject President Barack Obama’s decision not to seek prosecution of officials who may have participated in the torture of terror-suspect prisoners are seeking justice through another avenue: Sanctions against government lawyers who created the 'enhanced interrogation' policies of former President George W. Bush. Their first target is former Defence Department General Counsel William J. Haynes II. The San Francisco Bay Area chapter...
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Art exhibit illustrates horrors of Iraq occupation
April 15, 2009HOUSTON - Upon entering The Station Museum of Contemporary Art on the edge of the city’s downtown to view the exhibition “Iraqi Artists in Exile,” I was hit with the questions “How do we justify the destruction of a country and her people? What do we say?” This wonderful museum is renowned for its thought provoking exhibitions. This phenomenal exhibition has not been placed at any other museum in the...
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