Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/audits/101530/chomsky%3A_%22if_the_u.s._carries_out_terrorism%2C_it_did_not_happen%22/ In an exclusive interview, Noam Chomksy weighs in on the financial collapse, the election and the power of U.S. propaganda. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/101290/chomsky%3A_%22the_majority_of_the_world_supports_iran%22/ In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Chomsky discusses the global politics of Iran's and India's attempts to become nuclear powers. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/100844/why_obama_shouldn%27t_cave_on_trade/ Obama is coming under fire from the Beltway Establishment for questioning trade orthodoxy. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT Roger Bybee, Foreign Policy in Focus http://www.alternet.org/audits/100801/there_might_be_a_financial_crisis%2C_but_the_world%27s_arms_dealers_are_doing_just_fine/ The weapons sector remains recession-proof. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Frida Berrigan, Foreign Policy in Focus http://www.alternet.org/audits/100794/olmert%3A_israel_must_abandon_most_of_west_bank/ The interim PM says it's the only way peace can be achieved. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT Middle East Online http://www.alternet.org/audits/99880/is_%27taking_it_to_the_streets%27_worth_the_bruises%2C_tear_gas_and_arrests/ The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference? Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Mark Engler, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/100705/the_american_empire%27s_%24650_billion_bailout_already_passed_congress/ If we don't cut back our ever-increasing military spending in a major way, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/audits/100686/the_costs_of_migration_hit_women_hardest/ There's strength in numbers, and women migrant workers are organizing themselves and strengthening their networks. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT Diana Mendoza, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/audits/100485/the_first_debate%3A_will_candidates_discuss_women%27s_welfare_along_with_the_world%27s_and_wall_street%27s/ Bailing out Wall Street while ignoring the global health needs of mothers and children is both a critical foreign policy and economic issue. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT Serra Sippel, RH Reality Check http://www.alternet.org/audits/100524/with_all_eyes_on_the_bailout%2C_house_passes_trillion-dollar_defense_bill/ It's 'empire spending,' not 'defense spending.' Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joshua Holland, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/99827/food_prices_hit_soup_kitchens_hard_/ In Argentina, spiraling costs are threatening the most vulnerable. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Marcela Valente, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/audits/99832/is_a_u.s.-approved_coup_under_way_in_bolivia/ Bolivian President Evo Morales announces that a coup d'etat by right-wing regional governors is under way. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/99404/not_a_gaffe_mccain_campaign_willing_to_destroy_relationship_with_europe_to_conceal_confusion/ Apparently they care so little about governing that they are willing to potentially nuke the U.S.-Spain relationship just to get elected. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Max Bergmann, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/audits/99119/has_the_u.s._invasion_of_pakistan_begun/ The Bush administration in its waning months seems intent on a slo-mo launching of a third war in the border regions of Pakistan. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Tariq Ali, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/audits/98921/al_qaeda_is_winning_a_war_by_other_means/ Dissent in Pakistan's ranks threatens the U.S.-led "war on terror." Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:01 PDT Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times http://www.alternet.org/audits/98765/a_second_cold_war_with_russia_not_likely/ It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch http://www.alternet.org/audits/98766/debunked%3A_ten_conservative_myths_about_national_security/ Going after the most dangerous myths spun by conservatives after 9/11. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future http://www.alternet.org/audits/98598/at_all_costs%2C_we_must_avoid_a_%27surge%27_in_afghanistan/ America's Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign? Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian http://www.alternet.org/audits/98617/what%27s_with_these_stupid_war_pundits_telling_u.s._allies_to_commit_national_suicide/ Telling Georgia to keep attacking Russia is like telling a 98-pound weakling to rematch with the hulking thug who just put him on the floor. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Gary Brecher, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/audits/98649/a_matter_of_morals%2C_not_morales%3A_respect_bolivia%27s_democracy%21/ Yet again, the United States appears to be siding with violent right-wing elements to undermine a Latin American democracy. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, AlterNet