In 2003 Robert Newman toured his one-man political/musical comedy show From Caliban To The Taliban – 500 Years Of Humanitarian Intervention, the precursor to his acclaimed A History of Oil whic… more →
Throw Away Your Telescreen!Sean Jacobs wrote 1 month ago: The trial by the family and supporters of Ken Saro-Wiwa (hanged by Nigeria’s military in 199 … more →
papundits wrote 3 months ago: Alan Caruba. Oil producing nations such as Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, along with Venezuela, w … more →
Derek wrote 3 months ago: Here’s my first take on the Surgut move into Hungary (for Business New Europe). This is a bigg … more →
Marc Notenboom wrote 6 months ago: Fuel prices are going up. Governments want to develop alternative fuels and transportation. The env … more →
uctriton wrote 6 months ago: Untapped, written by John Ghazvinian, was an excellent introduction to what the author refers to as … more →
Rachel Chitra wrote 7 months ago: America, America! I first heard this at an activist’s house. I was so fascinated that I was … more →
remintola wrote 8 months ago: Leave it to the radical hippie-liberal Neil Young and motor mechanic Jonathan Goodwin (and not Detro … more →
Anuraag Sanghi wrote 8 months ago: Israel - The US Hatchet Man The Indian State has often been accused of being ‘soft on terror.’ … more →
Sean Jacobs wrote 10 months ago: Achille Mbembe, the Wits University (Johannesburg) based intellectual (born in Cameroon and formerly … more →
lobotero wrote 10 months ago: No Irene, not the state, I am still talking about the country. Surely most people have heard of the … more →
silk road wrote 11 months ago: From the Financial Times By Andrew Ward in Washington and Alex Barker in Ankara The US on Wednesday … more →
Sean Jacobs wrote 11 months ago: The governor’s son sits hunched at the bar, contemplating his nearly empty bottle of Hennessy. On th … more →
Sean Jacobs wrote 12 months ago: The July 2008 issue of GQ UK magazine ran a feature article on the current state of Angola, Africa … more →
lamarguerite wrote 1 year ago: From Gary Peters, more food for thoughts: Americans are clueless, and most politicians prefer to kee … more →
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bfarrey wrote 1 year ago: This is government information from the Energy Information Administration.http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub … more →
papundits wrote 1 year ago: By Howard Salter With roots going back to the 1953 Operation Ajax Coup and with a religious distas … more →
charliemarks wrote 1 year ago: In 2003 Robert Newman toured his one-man political/musical comedy show From Caliban To The Taliban … more →
Dave (The Void) wrote 1 year ago: Long term readers of this blog probably remember me getting my knickers in quite a twist this time l … more →