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Landau: Interview with Ricardo Alarcon (Part I)
Mar 17, 2005
Landau: Elections in Iraq?
Landau: Nothing Succeeds like Failure
Feb 28, 2005
President Bush doesnÕt allow negative news to interfere with his predictable rendition of clichŽs and slogans. ÒIraq will be free, the world will be more peaceful, and America will be more secure,Ó he regularly announces, as news of bloody chaos emanates
Landau: An Imperial Portrait
Feb 12, 2005
After spending $40 for two 75 minute guided walks through some of the 165 rooms and guest houses of La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted Mountain), I learned what Gore Vidal already knew about tasteless millionaires: "The more money an American accumulates,
Landau: Cuban deja Vu All Over Again, All Over Again
Jan 05, 2005
On December 10, US Interest Section Chief in Havana James Cason offered yet another Bush Administration policy missile to overthrow the Cuban government and replace it with a "democratic" regime, i.e.; one that would revere private property and kiss Washi
Landau: The Assassination Of Danilo Anderson
Dec 24, 2004
The November 18 car bombing of Danilo Anderson in Caracas brought back vivid memories. When I read that two explosions tore through the Venezuelan prosecutorÕs SUV, I flashed back 28 years to a traumatic event in my life.
Landau: The appeal of George W. Bush:
Dec 03, 2004
What's wrong with the voting public? Or is it me? For four plus years, I watched Bush on TV and conjured up the image of a spoiled rich kid, a fool who thoughtlessly led the country into a bloody mess in Iraq, screwed up the economy and devastated the env
Landau: Pinochet's Woes
Nov 22, 2004
September has become Generalissimo Augusto Pinochet UgarteÕs cruelest month. September once loomed as the time of PinochetÕs personal triumph -- and death for his victims around the world. On September 11, 1973 (28 years before the World Trade Center-Pent
Landau: ÒCheÓ -- Man And The Movie
Nov 15, 2004
In the summer of 1960 the 32 year old Dr. Ernesto ÒCheÓ Guevara agreed to meet some US students at his presidentÕs office in CubaÕs National Bank. Fidel had recently appointed him to that unlikely post. Like most events in Cuba, CheÕs becoming Bank Presid
Landau: “Che†-- Man And The Movie
Nov 15, 2004
In the summer of 1960 the 32 year old Dr. Ernesto “Che†Guevara agreed to meet some US students at his president’s office in Cuba’s National Bank. Fidel had recently appointed him to that unlikely post. Like most events in Cuba, Che’s becoming Bank President provoked a joke.
Landau: The Reality Of Empire And Campaign Rhetoric
Oct 21, 2004
Try to digest radio blasts of campaign rhetoric amidst nerve-wracking traffic jams and insistent billboards. In a massive mall parking lot, designed to divert the brain from human themes, I try to understand my country's empire. The energy spent involved
Landau: Geezers Make Gas
Oct 04, 2004
Our cause is just, itÕs just to slay
Landau: Mercury in U.S. lakes; cyanide in India Ð trust the CEOs!
Sep 27, 2004
ÒCapitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.Ó
Landau: Mercury in U.S. lakes; cyanide in India – trust the CEOs!
Sep 27, 2004
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.â€
Landau: Pinochet: The Al Capone of the southern cone
Sep 04, 2004
ÒMy rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way!Ó
Landau: God and Botox
Aug 24, 2004
ÒNature is a woman, with lots of wrinkles.Ó
Landau: Transfer Of Power, Sort Of -- Now And Then
Aug 17, 2004
"The government is the potent omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it i
Landau: The Shlemiel As Muckraker
Jul 25, 2004
A muckraking shlemiel provides a cinematic case for US regime change. But "Fahrenheit 9/11" goes beyond the predictable anti-Bush screed; it delves into the nature of empire. Like Michael Moore's earlier documentaries, "Roger and Me" and "Bowling for Colu
Landau: Bush Invests National Treasure In Death & Destruction
Jul 07, 2004
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also," Jesus said in Matthew 6:19-21. The United States, the most Christian nation on earth, has placed its treasure in destruction and death. As Associated Press' Dan Morgan reports (June 12 2004, Tal
Landau: Really Bad Trade News Obscured By Distractingly Bad News On Other Fronts
Jun 18, 2004
"The poor and the marginalized are most commonly denied justice and would benefit most from the fair application of the rule of law and human rights. Yet despite the increasing discourse on the indivisibility of human rights, in reality economic, social a
Apr 10, 2005
Landau: How do you compare Bush's discourse with that of past presidents? And how do you compare them with his deeds?