North Korea – The Whole Story
Reading “Escape from Camp 14.” A Political Review.
Propaganda piece will harm, not help, human rights in Korea and the world.
By Eugene E Ruyle
March 2013
Already touted in testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as an “excellent book” chronicling the life story of the “courageous and charismatic” Shin Dong-hyuk, “Escape from Camp 14” is [...]
Election Over, But Fear and Loathing Continues
By Jim Smith
There is no joy in Whiteville, tonight — the mighty Mitt has struck out.
Across America there are roving gangs of white men, disappointed, angered and on a rampage, after the defeat of their champion, Mitt Romney, and the greater defeat of their nostalgic vision of the country.
They were defeated by a skinny defender [...]
Fear and Loathing on the 2012 Campaign Trail
By Jim Smith
The title is a homage to Hunter S. Thompson who, in my opinion, was one of the most astute political observers of the 20th Century.
The quadrennial game of choosing a new president, or allowing the old one to continue, is underway. In one corner is Barack Hussein Obama, who inspired a new generation [...]
Roseanne Barr for President
By Karl Abrams
Presidential Candidate Roseanne Barr is coming to Venice. The former comedienne, TV star and role model for millions of working class women is the candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party. Barr and long-time activist Cindy Sheehan won over the majority of delegates at the Peace and Freedom (P&F) Party’s exciting Los Angeles [...]
The Coverup continues – Book Review: Watergate – A Novel
By Jim Smith
We live in a world shaped by history. It is hard to escape our personal history – parents, aunts, uncles – and others who want to shape us in their molde. One means of escape that has likely been practiced by many readers is to run away to Venice. Here, at the end [...]
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
A conversation With Darryl Cherney, Earth First! Activist And Producer Of Daring New Documentary: Who Bombed Judi Bari?
By Margot Pepper
Before global warming permeated contemporary consciousness, Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney popularized protests against clear-cutting in the 1980’s.
On May 24th, 1990 in Oakland, California, a bomb exploded in Judi Bari’s car and the former [...]
The Other Brother: “Salt of the Earth,” The Film They Tried To Kill, Lives On Thanks to Technology
By Jim Smith
A lot of people in Venice know that Edward Biberman was the artist who painted the Post Office mural, The Story of Venice.
But few probably know that his older brother, Herbert, directed Salt of the Earth, a classic film about a New Mexico miners strike that ended 60 years ago. That film, shot and edited [...]
Questions Persist As To US Arms Treaty Compliance
By Janet Phelan
Geneva, Switzerland — Questions concerning the compliance of the United States with the international treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, came to a head recently during the Seventh Review Conference of the Convention, which is being held now in Geneva, Switzerland at the United Nations.
The most recent compliance report, listed in the BWC catalogue [...]