AltWeeklies Wire
The Agendanew
Antonia Juhasz's The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time outlines how the administration is implementing an economic agenda using military force to remake Iraq.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-19-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, neoconservatives
Baby Killersnew
Our soldiers have become baby killers, not figuratively but literally, and government spokespeople downplay despicable murders as "overzealous" reaction to the death of a Marine.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-09-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, haditha
Discipline Nownew
Virtually killing independent preschools in California, Rob Reiner's Proposition 82 would institutionalize a system for manufacturing English-only constrained consumers and angry soldiers.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-02-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Common Sensenew
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey was one of the first members of Congress to actively oppose the invasion of Iraq and the Patriot Act -- today, her forthright stands have been vindicated by a sea change in public opinion.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-26-2006 |
Commentary
Wrong Party?new
It appears that by running for the Democrats, Joe Nation has entered the wrong primary.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-15-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Viva Roseland!new
Bush himself cannot call for criminalizing immigrants because many of his corporate backers rely on cheap immigrant labor to boost profits -- so his Congressional storm troopers are doing it.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-20-2006 |
Commentary
Political Spectaclenew
Guy Debord is alive and well in California's assembly elections.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-20-2006 |
Commentary
Pale Ridernew
Not only have the counterinsurgency techniques from Vietnam been reborn in the Middle East, they are being globalized.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-31-2006 |
Commentary
War Gamesnew
In the end, Bush's enemies will probably be forced to cooperatively arm themselves with nuclear bombs so as to cooperatively deter us from deterring them.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-16-2006 |
Commentary
Wake-Up Callnew
As our country runs amok, the people sleep, hoping against hope that the government isn't tapping into their dreams.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-10-2006 |
Commentary
Tune In, Pleasenew
Our daily behavior is governed by a barrage of simple, reinforced messages, whether or not they can be shown to be true -- so the "war on terror" meanders on.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-06-2006 |
Commentary
Greenwashednew
Jared Huffman, candidate for state senate in California, is making leftist proclamations, but he's got some unsavory ties to big business.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
The Mannew
Looking to unseat Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Democratic heavyweights have begun endoring Phil Angelides for governor -- but in his eight years in charge of the state's treasury, he's done nothing of lasting significance.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
01-13-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Saving Californianew
Lenny Goldberg of the California Tax Reform Association has a plan to fix the state's economic woes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
12-17-2005 |
Commentary
Palestinian Children Perform Freedom Dancenew
Although the work of the Ibdaa Dance Troupe is overtly political, it is not inspired by Islamic fundamentalism, patriarchal fascism or terrorism.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-21-2005 |
Commentary
