US Plans to Move Military Bases From Saudi Arabia to Iraq
By Staff, Itar-TASS
Is America really preparing to turn Iraq over fully and freely to the Iraqis? Russia's Itar-TASS news agency provides some reason for skepticism: negotiations are underway with the provisional Iraqi authority to shift American military bases -- and thus the locus of American power in the Mideast -- from problematic Saudi Arabia to post-Saddam Iraq. And the US is demanding a special legal status for troops to be stationed there, one outside the jurisdiction of both Iraqi courts and international tribunals. -- Jon Spayde
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=486395&PageNum=0

Blogging While Anti-Black
By John Lee, Alternet
Gawker and Wonkette have become the website blogs of choice for the hip set. The blogs chronicle the happenings of the cultural elite with self-referential banter, snarky witticism...and a continuous stream of offhand racist remarks. The trend reveals the acceptance of casual racism among white hipsters and raises questions about the future of blogging. -- Anastasia Masurat
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17929

Appropriating the Internet for Global Activism
By Mark Surman and Katherine Reilly, Yes
Modern online activism on a grassroots level extends far beyond e-mail and basic web sites. But not everyone knows how to utilize the tools available. The innovative portals described by Surman and Reilly offer a glance into the future of the internet: OneWorld (a voice for civil society); Indymedia (grassroots open publishing); the Biwater censorship case (online activism); Sarai/Waag (North/South collaboration); Citizen Lab (detecting hackers) and more -- Jacob Wheeler
http://futurenet.org/29globalhope/surmanreilly.htm