This is the only nonfiction work of note to focus on the overlooked region where California and Mexico blur together in a mutation of the American dream. It is one of the nation’s most productive farming areas but suffers perpetual poverty and 20 percent-plus unemployment, as well as intractable environmental problems. [more]
On Nov. 3, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
Weekly Digest 12/2/09
by Nick DucoteWednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Tags: Afghanistan, Gaza, George W. Bush, guantanamo, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Taliban
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War: 2001-present, Anti-War Efforts, Around the Web, Barack Obama administration: 2009-present, Borderland studies, George W. Bush administration: 2001-2008, Israel, Lyndon Johnson administration: 1963-1969, Pakistan | No Comments »
Weekly Digest – 11/9/09
by Nick DucoteMonday, November 9th, 2009
Since coming to office ten months ago, Panetta’s boss, Barack Obama, has authorized as many aerial attacks by C.I.A.-operated drone bombers in Pakistan as George Bush did in his final three years. What does international law say about the death of civilians? [more]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Iran to accept a [...]
Tags: Hilary Clinton, Honduras, iran, iraq, Israel, Japan, nuclear proliferation, weapons, Zelaya
Posted in Afghanistan War: 2001-present, Arms Control, Arms Trade, Around the Web, Barack Obama administration: 2009-present, Disarmament, George W. Bush administration: 2001-2008, Honduras, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War: 2003-present, Israel, Japan | No Comments »
Weekly Digest: 11-3-09
by Nick DucoteTuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The mess that is Afghanistan just got messier for Washington. Abdullah’s withdrawal from the presidential runoff leaves Hamid Karzai in power but without legitimacy. [more]
There is a new humanitarian crisis unfolding in Somalia, and the United States is partly to blame. Despite sending $2 million and 40 tons of arms and ammunition to the country’s [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Foreign aid, Hamid Karzai, Hilary Clinton, Israel, Palestine, Somalia, space
Posted in Afghanistan War: 2001-present, Africa, Around the Web, Barack Obama administration: 2009-present, Culture and international relations, Foreign aid, Horn of Africa, Ideology, International Economic Relations, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Post-colonial Third World, State Department, Uncategorized | No Comments »
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