An interesting article on the celebration of 60 years of the battle of Staliningrad, and the different ways official history has treated its importance.

Sobre a mais recente onda de violencia no Rio: em uma semana, 45 veiculos incendiados, seis supermercados atacados e nove onibus depredados.

The US is considering direct military intervention in Colombia.

A text by Naomi Klein on the midia war in Venezuela.

An analysis (by an Oxford scholar) on why the US wants war.

Sobre a diferenca na cobertura dos protestos pacifistas, dentro e fora dos EUA.

O governo Lula se declara contra o plano Colombia (intervencao militar americana na Colombia).

Sean Penn is against the war, and has been speaking about it for a while now, in a mostly silent Hollywood. Now he's sueing a producer, claiming that he was dismissed from a film because of his anti-war views. This brings to mind the McCarthy's era in Hollywood, with black lists etc.

The US government instills panic in its citizens, telling them to store water, money, flashlights and plastic sheets in case of a terrorist attack. This is unlikely to help, but it creates panic and support for the authorities. In my view, it's all part of the drive for war.

An article by a reporter who was in Iraq in 1991, reporting on what 'collateral damage' really means.

On the ethics of nanotechnology. This reminds me of Prey, a book by Michael Crichton that I recently read.

A nice collection of anti-war sites.

An article on the left in the US today.

On how US Green Berets are training troops in Colombia.