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  • ‘Bring the troops home now!’
    20 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    As the brutal occupation of Iraq grinds on after two years of death and destruction, its toll on working-class youth and the growing impoverishment of already oppressed communities is reshaping the anti-war movement in the United States.
    A demonstration here on March 19, the anniversary of the day two years ago when the Pentagon began its "shock and awe" campaign, reflected this change when it began in Harlem, the historic cultural center for African Americans.
    "Why Harlem?" asked emcee (…)

  • Iraq insurgency has worsened: US intelligence
    20 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Though US President George W Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have been giving the impression that the insurgency situation in Iraq is improving, the American Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), which monitors the situation daily, says it has worsened.
    "The insurgency in Iraq has grown in size and complexity over the past year. Attacks numbered approximately 25 per day one year ago," DIA Director Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington. (…)

  • San Francisco port workers shutting down docks to protest war
    19 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    There’s a rising tide of workers’ anger against the war in Iraq and the cuts in government programs to pay for it — in enforcement of worker- safety laws, health care, Social Security, education and jobs. The recent victory of the nurses’ union over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempt to deny adequate staffing ratios in hospitals shows that labor can turn the tide.
    Last year, the Port of Oakland — the fourth largest port in the United States, ratcheting Northern California higher up on (…)

  • $9 Billion Stolen from Iraqis, Congress investigates Steroids in Baseball
    18 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    There is real and verifiable corruption in Washington DC. These facts are all public knowledge, but the media refuses to put it all together. The only conspiracy here is that of the media to keep this story buried.
    Last year whistleblowers exposed fraudulent practices by Dick Cheney’s (433,000 stock options, $1 million annual paycheck) Halliburton. Our government gave Halliburton a no-bid contract valid for 5 years. The top army official recommended an open-bid 1 yr deal, she was (…)

  • Filling the Congressional Cop-Out Gap
    17 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Filling the Congressional Cop-Out Gap. An Idea for Local Peace Groups and Local Peace Activists
    by Ralph Nader
    Dear Member of Congress (Representative and two Senators):
    According to a Harris poll last month, 59 percent of Americans want US troops brought home within the next year. We are among them. You are not listening to us. Here is what we propose: To meet with you in a public auditorium with the media invited on [insert date]_ when you say you will back in your state (district). (…)

  • WANTED: 250,000 Americans to Fight Fake News & Government Propaganda
    17 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Center for Media and Democracy is working with Free Press to gather a quarter million signatures on our petition mobilizing the American public to fight fake news and government propaganda. On Sunday, the New York Times reported that at least 20 federal agencies have made and distributed pre-packaged, ready-to-serve television news segments to promote President Bush’s policies and initiatives. Congress’ Government Accountability Office determined that these "video news releases" were (…)

  • Out-of-control Spending in Iraq is an insult to US taxpayers: 162 dems vote to give Bush $82B more
    17 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), a leader in the House of Representatives against the war in Iraq, issued the following statement today on the $82 billion Supplemental Appropriations Bill:
    "Before we issue another $82 billion for operations in Iraq, to continue a failed policy in Iraq, we must address the greater picture: The Administration has been morally corrupt in its handling of every aspect of the Iraq war, from the very beginning to the present.
    "Moreover, it (…)

  • Remembering Rachel Corrie- Still Searching For Justice
    16 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Rachel’s parents file lawsuits against Caterpillar and Israel
    The. Family of Rachel Corrie Charges Bulldozer Manufacturer Knowingly Sold Machines Used to Violate Human Rights
    March 15, 2005, New York, NY partnering law firms today filed a Federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf of the parents of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American peace activist and student who was run over and killed by a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer on March 16, 2003.
    The suit, filed in the (…)

  • Conyers’ Gannon Resolution: "When will we say enough is enough?"
    16 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Conyers’ Gannon Resolution: ’When will we say enough is enough?’
    Tomorrow’s Statement Tonight from the Second-Longest Serving Member of the U.S. House
    Tomorrow morning at 10am ET, the honorable John Conyers will issue a Resolution of Inquiry in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee forcing both Republicans and Democrats to go on the...
    Tomorrow morning at 10am ET, the honorable John Conyers will issue a Resolution of Inquiry in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee forcing both Republicans (…)

  • "The Military," He Said, "Is A Bunch Of Lies."
    16 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    AWOL and desertion are chronic problems; all any Army can hope for is to keep them at manageable levels, not to lose soldiers needlessly. The Army admits that youth, lack of a high-school diploma, coming from "broken homes," and having early scrapes with the law make a soldier only "relatively more likely" to go AWOL or to desert. In fact, the Army is careful to note, "the vast majority of soldiers who fit this profile are not going to desert."
    Yet the Army used that very same profile to (…)