22 January, 2011

The real Martin Luther King

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Comunicas.- Once again we are at that time of the year when the United States officially celebrates the life and legacy of the supreme hero and martyr of the civil rights movement, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The fact that Barack Obama, an African American, today presides over the White House reminds us [...]

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21 January, 2011

Hu are you?

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Comunicas.- China's President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit to the United States that ended on Friday has unleashed an avalanche of empty verbiage, courtesy of the two governments, their media enablers, the punditocracy, and the blogosphere. The trip, a victory lap for Hu prior to his retirement next year, appears essentially devoid of significant accomplishments [...]

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12 January, 2011

“Since the Tucson’s shooting there has been renewed public debate about gun control”

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Comunicas.- Since the January 8th shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, in which 13 others were wounded and six killed, including 9 year old Christina Taylor Green who was born on September 11, 2001, there has been a renewed public debate about "gun control." If you have ever masturbated or been hosted to [...]

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6 January, 2011

Robert Reich: Predicting the U.S. economy in 2011

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Comunicas.- What will happen to the U.S. economy in 2011?  If you’re referring to profits of big corporations and Wall Street, next year is likely to be a good one.  But if you’re referring to average American workers, far from good. The two American economies -- the Big Money economy and the Average Working Family [...]

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27 March, 2011

The United States, Libya and oil

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Comunicas United States.- Cynicism is not a healthy sentiment, and as the late Molly Ivins pointed out, it absolutely wrecks good journalism. But watching events in the Middle East unfold these days makes it a pretty difficult point of view to avoid. Let's take the current U.S bombing of Libya. The rationale behind United Nations [...]

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21 March, 2011

The hypocrisy of “Humanitarian Intervention” in Libya

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Comunicas global.- The stench of death hanging over protest centers in the Arab world is more than matched by the rank hypocrisy befouling Washington and the lesser capitals of Western Empire. There is, however, not the slightest allusion to “hypocrisy,” in the imperial media.  The “H” word is not to be used with respect to [...]

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17 February, 2011

Food, Egypt and Wall Street

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Comunicas.- The dramatic rise in food prices is fueling a great deal of discontent in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere. It's a deep undercurrent propelling many of the poor, who face prospects of starvation to resort to the streets and to violence. According to the United Nation's Food Agency (Food and Agriculture Organization -- FAO) world [...]

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13 February, 2011

Egypt and Tunisia: the end of humiliation

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Comunicas.- Volumes will be written about the affront which led the young Tunisian street vendor, Muhammad Bouazizi, to set himself on fire. And volumes will be written about the brutal beating, torture and death of the young Egyptian programmer, Khalid Sa’id, at the hands of police. Volumes will be written, because they inspired revolution. Demands [...]

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8 February, 2011

Time for Democracy in Egypt

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Comunicas.- Those politically savvy people who thought strongman, Hosni Mubarak would be out before the end of the first week of the Egyptian uprising better rethink the odds. For thirty years Mubarak has developed what can be called a deeply rooted dictatorial regime with regular White House access and annual largesse of some $1.3 billion [...]

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7 February, 2011

“Muslims of the world want democratic freedoms”

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Comunicas.- We are witnessing an extraordinary and potentially historic transformation in Egypt and the Arab world.  Sparked by the Tunisian pro-democracy movement and toppling of the Ben Ali regime, the rulers of Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Syria are facing popular demands for reform. As the Gallup World Poll, the largest and most systematic poll of [...]

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