By DAVE LINDORFF - March 15, 2010

Another night-time raid on a housing compound in Afghanistan. Another bunch of innocent Afghans killed. Another round of lies by the US-led forces of the so-called International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Only this time, among the dead are two pregnant mothers and a teenage girl.

By John Pilger - March 12, 2010

What is a murdochracy? It is where the fealty and augmentation of [media mogul Rupert] Murdoch's editors and managers are undisguised, an inspiration to his choir on seven continents...Dominant themes in the Australian murdochracy...are the promotion of war and jingoism, American foreign policy, Israel and a paternalism toward Aborigines, the world's most impoverished indigenous people...

By Joe Emersberger - March 11, 2010

History shows that the most dangerous people in Haiti are not the poor, but...Haitian businessmen who financed coups in 1991 and 2004 and who urge the UN and the police to be even more brutal; the UN troops and Haitian police who have terrorized places like Bel Air and Cite Soleil; and Canadian officials always ready with money, excuses and lies in support of criminal polices.

By GARETH PORTER - March 8, 2010

It turns out...that the picture of Marja presented by military officials and obediently reported by major news media is one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of misinformation of the entire war, apparently aimed at hyping the offensive as a historic turning point in the conflict..."This is all a war of perceptions."

As a U.S. soldier in 1969, Mike Wong refused orders to Viet Nam and deserted to Canada. Mike is featured in the film Sir! No Sir! In today's wars, Eddie Falcon served as a U.S. Airman in Guantanamo Bay and various places in the Middle East including Iraq and Afghanistan. Mike Wong is a member of Veterans for Peace and Eddie Falcon is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

By DAVE LINDORFF - March 4, 2010

...Charlie Company’s Lt. William Calley ordered and encouraged his men to rape, maim and slaughter over 400 men, women and children in My Lai in Vietnam back in 1968...Today’s war in Afghanistan also has its My Lai massacres...There was...a massacre recently that...bears the same stench as My Lai. It was the execution-style slaying of eight handcuffed students, aged 11-18, and a 12-year-old neighboring shepherd boy who had been visiting the others, in Kunar Province, on Dec. 26.

By NORMAN FINKELSTEIN - March 3, 2010

Public outrage at the Gaza invasion did not come out of the blue but rather marked the nadir of a curve plotting a steady decline in support for Israel. As polling data of Americans and Europeans...suggest, the public has become increasingly critical of Israeli policy over the past decade. The horrific images of death and destruction broadcast around the world during and after the invasion accelerated this development.

Guests, Ray Boudreaux and Richard Brown, former Panthers and defendants in the case of the San Francisco 8. Three days after the airing of this episode, on July 6, the case was dismissed against Ray, Richard, Harold, and Hank. Charges still remain against Cisco Torres.

While this will not be a full list by any means, it seems relevant to note that Canadian banks, especially the Bank of Montreal, have a large presence in Haiti. The Montreal-based Gildan Activewear, the largest blank t-shirt manufacturer in the world, has production based out of Haitian sweatshops...Finally, there is the issue of how Canada ‘aids’ Haiti. For starters, Canada has mostly provided tied aid – a full 66% of Canadian aid must be spent in Canada...[I]t seems that it is in Canada’s [economic] interest to keep Haiti poor.

By Edward Herman - January 01, 2010

It is of great interest and importance that the emergence, growth, and dominance of the National Security State in Latin America, complete with the widespread prevalence of death squads and torture...took place in the U.S. backyard and with crucial U.S. initiative and support. It is also notable that U.S. liberals were in the forefront in advancing this process.

By Dave Zirin - February 22, 2010

The IOC and the International Luge Federation (FIL) should right now be begging for forgiveness, demanding a thorough investigation, and already starting to make restitution to Kumaritashvili's family. They should count themselves as lucky that they won't be nabbed for involuntary manslaughter. Instead, they have chosen a path of ugly arrogance...Even for people who oversee winter sports, this is very cold-blooded.

By Anthony Fenton - February 24, 2010

"It's now fair to speculate that the [Olympic] Games have been used even more cynically -- as cover for a massive new NATO offensive in Afghanistan that has already claimed many Afghan civilians' lives. Operation Moshtarak, with Canadian Forces participation, was launched in the southern province of Helmand on Feb. 12, the day of the Opening Ceremonies in Vancouver."

-- Vancouver Anti-War activist Derrick O'Keefe writing in rabble.ca

Guest, Pierre Labossiere, a Haitian national, co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee, has been a long-time social-justice activist and advocate for the Lavalas Party of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, currently exiled in South Africa. Pierre has also been active in the campaigns to free political prisoners in Haiti and the U.S. Guest, Emiliano Echeverria, Central American Scholar, radio DJ, and former Coordinator of "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle" on KPFA Pacifica Radio. Emiliano is also a long-time activist who has traveled often to Cuba where he received excellent medical care and appeared in the film Sicko.

While much of the country was ecstatic over hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, many people were shocked to discover that the Torch Relay and the Games were the targets of country-wide protests. This is a story I have been following for the past two years, watching as the movement grew and the date of the Olympics approached. The reaction to a sector of Canadian society expressing their right to dissent has indeed been mixed, but largely the protestors have been condemned.

Guest, LBD (William Hammons) is a DJ and co-host of KPOO's Saturday morning show (7 a.m. - Noon), Wake Up Everybody! with Donald E. Lacy, as well as co-founder with Lacy of the Love Life Foundation. The program is a mix of music, news and public affairs, liberally sprinkled with comedy. KPOO is a community-based nonprofit, noncommercial radio station that caters to the needs of populations traditionally underrepresented in the mainstream media.