September 2007 - Page 3 of 3

Torture Taxi: Extraordinary Rendition in the Crosshairs

Glenn Brigaldino September 6, 2007 Glenn Brigaldino

Back in late 2001, Swedish police had arrested Mohamed al-Zery and Ahmed Agiza as suspected terrorists and were in a hurry to deport them rather than have them claim refugee status. Lacking their own logistics of rapid deportation, the Swedes welcomed the offer from a US-based plane operator to make available a Gulfstream jet marked N379P. The plane's hooded US crew picked up its unwilling passengers and flew them to Egypt, where both were detained, interrogated and tortured.

Talking Dirty About Revolution in Venezuela

Rebecca Trotzky Sirr September 6, 2007 Rebecca Trotzky Sirr

Sara walks into the neighborhood clinic where I am volunteering in rural Venezuela, in a municipality of less than 15,000 people situated in the Andes mountains. Besides tourism, agriculture fuels the local economy, which is dependent on small farms. Sara visited today for her checkup. She's 35 and has lived here all her life. "Before this clinic was here, I never went to the doctor," she explains.

Iraq War Veteran Speaks Out

Z Communications September 4, 2007 Z Communications

From Z Video, Filmed by Marie Trigona, Crew: Andy Dunn and Chris Spannos

During a protest march to the Bush estate in Maine in August 2007, Iraq war combat veteran Eli Israel tells of dissatisfaction among the troops and failure in the war.

Grace Paley. Photo courtesy New York State Writers Institute

Remembering Grace Paley (1922-2007)

Thulani Davis September 4, 2007 Thulani Davis

Spotting Grace Paley anywhere -- at a march, or on the street in Greenwich Village, and particularly in the crowded rooms of New York literary soirees -- was like coming upon a sunny isle of sanity in a world gone mad with hasty, hardened greetings, glittering costumes, and too much patience with the intolerable.

Why We Oppose the Indo-U.S. Military Ties

Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Vijay Prashad and Others September 4, 2007 Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Vijay Prashad and Others

Since 9/11, the Indian and U.S. Navies and Special Forces have conducted a number of joint exercises in the Indian Ocean and in the hills of India's Northeast. U.S. State Department official Christian Rocca said (in 2002), "Military-to-military cooperation is now producing tangible progress towards [the] objective [of] strategic, diplomatic and political cooperation as well as sound economic ties." The Indo-U.S. Bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (2007) is the capstone of this new strategic alliance, driven by geopolitical and military concerns.