]> http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/ Community News and Information Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:01:02 PST en-us http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64306.shtml Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the U.S. Political parties in Venezuela are preparing for an intense electoral calendar in 2012 and 2013. On February 12, for the first time in history, several of the parties opposed to the current government will hold primaries to choose candidates for... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:33:07 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64306.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64304.shtml “What a rag-bag of singular happenings! But surely the most valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the unusual!” - Sherlock Holmes Far more disconcerting than the recent closings of big chain bookstores is the wave of destruction and censorship of books and information. Ray Bradbury’s 1953... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:13:49 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64304.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64303.shtml In addition to sanctions and a series of state-sponsored acts of terrorism and sabotage directed against the people and the nation of Iran, the U.S. and Israel are threating Iran with unprovoked aggression. Iran is unfairly accused of having an “ambition” to develop nuclear weapons and posing a “threat” to... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:36:57 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64303.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64302.shtml Israel to the US: 'We'll Give You the War, You Give Us the Cannon Fodder" In meeting rooms in London, Tel Aviv and Washington the dice have been thrown: snake eyes. Flashback, 1963: When John F. Kennedy decided not to escalate the soon-to-be disastrous Vietnam war and issued National Security... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:47:30 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64302.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64301.shtml The UK has been instrumental in consolidating relations between the disparate and isolationist opposition groups in Syria—not because the British elite want genuine democracy, of course, but because Syria’s President Assad would not acquiesce to the neo-liberal economic policies of the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI).1 Unlike... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:41:39 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64301.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64300.shtml Hugh Pickens writes:  "Strengthening intellectual property enforcement has been a bipartisan issue for the past 25 years, but Stewart Baker writes in the Hollywood Reporter that when the fight went from the committees to the floor and Wikipedia went down, the Democratic and Republican parties reacted very differently to SOPA. 'Despite... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:47:55 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64300.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64299.shtml In August 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, asking Jourdan to come back to work on his farm. Since being emancipated, Jourdan had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family. He responded spectacularly with the... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:20:27 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64299.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64298.shtml NEWS RELEASE:   THE ACTORS' GANG CONTACT: ELIZABETH DORAN (310) 838-4264 (US - California)                       1984 Directed by Tim Robbins   The Actors’ Gang re-visits George Orwell’s Masterpiece to celebrate its 30th Anniversary Season  As a highlight of its 30th anniversary season, The Actors’ Gang will remount George Orwell’s 1984, directed... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:23 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64298.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64297.shtml At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan during a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials said. Officials from three states and the UN had met for talks in the remote town of Mayendit in Unity state in an effort to reduce inter-ethnic... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:20 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64297.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64296.shtml Thirteen years ago yesterday, Hugo Chávez was sworn in as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. With a socialist-oriented program for the country, the president continues to maintain popular support with an approval rating of over 60 percent, according to recent polls. On December 6, 1998, Venezuela experienced one... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:31 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64296.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64295.shtml Egypt's crackdown on Republican and Democratic organisations is hardly surprising: they're widely seen as stooges of US empire I have to laugh when I see the International Republican Institute (IRI) described by the international media as an "organization that promotes democracy" (in this case, on NPR). The IRI is in... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:25:48 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64295.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64294.shtml As part of the Chavez administration’s drive for greater financial security and economic sovereignty, 14 tons of Venezuela’s gold reserves once held outside the nation were brought back home last Monday, concluding the government’s plan to repatriate 160 tons of the precious metal from foreign banks. The shipment arrived at... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:19 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64294.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64293.shtml The Government of Argentina condemned the decision of Great Britain to deploy one of its most powerful and modern warships, the destroyer HMS Dauntless, to the Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands). The action was considered an attempt to try to militarize the conflict in the region. Buenos Aires... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:46 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64293.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64292.shtml This week’s Supreme Court hearing in the Julian Assange case has profound meaning for the preservation of basic freedoms in western democracies.  This is Assange’s final appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct that were originally dismissed by the chief prosecutor in Stockholm and constitute... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:13:08 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64292.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64291.shtml Editor's Comment: Across the decades, public schools in the United States have been teaching young children negative, distorted ideas and images about Muslim people whom the same children have never had an opportunity to meet. The images of Muslim/Arab people burned into my mind and memory by public school books... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:58:45 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64291.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64289.shtml John Riddell interviews Felipe Stuart Cournoyer In a fit of petulant anger, the U.S. government has lashed out on January 25 against the outcome of Nicaragua’s recent presidential election. To understand the context of the U.S. threats, I talked to Felipe Stuart Cournoyer, a Nicaraguan citizen and member of Sandinista... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:56:36 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64289.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64288.shtml In Nicaragua the support of the country's youth for the Frente Sandinista has played a decisive role in the country's development under the government of President Daniel Ortega. In this video, young people at grass roots talk about why they identify with the Frente Sandinista. En Nicaragua el apoyo de... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:20:59 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64288.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64287.shtml Editor's Note: Axis Reader Joseph comments on the article we re-published yesterday - The New York Times and the drive to war against Iran | Media Critiques |Axisoflogic.com - LMB How saddening... Many of us in the U.S. (the people working day to day) see ourselves slipping down this well-oiled,... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:52:17 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64287.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64286.shtml Editorial As most readers know, the drumbeat for war on Iran has been building over the last several years in both, the imperial and alternative media. Our question is: if the US/Israeli regime plans to attack, why threaten and not simply do it. The writer of the article below tries... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:10:37 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64286.shtml http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64285.shtml 31 January 2012 The New York Times on Sunday published a lengthy article in its weekly magazine that sympathetically and clinically lays out the arguments of Israeli policy makers in favor of a military attack on Iran sometime this year. The article, written by Ronen Bergman, a prominent Israeli journalist... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:47:05 PST http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64285.shtml