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  • Should the U.S. Withdraw? Let the Iraqi People Decide
    14 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Abigail A. Fuller and Neil Wollman
    Give us three minutes and we can find an op-ed piece in a U.S. newspaper calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, or arguing that they should stay. The arguments are varied and numerous: If the U.S. leaves, anarchy will ensue. Occupation forces are a target for foreign terrorists. Bush should set a timetable for withdrawal. Setting a timetable would embolden those using violence in Iraq. And so on. What is missing from this picture? Any (…)

  • Reclaiming the American Legacy of Civil Disobedience
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Sari Gelzer
    What can all Americans do about their desire to see change in America? Practice civil disobedience.
    This flavor of action is not just for radicals. Civil disobedience is the role of citizens within the political system and has a much broader legacy than one was taught to think. Civil disobedience, practiced by various movements of people, has been responsible for forcing politicians to comply with the demands of its citizens. Civil disobedience is how "slavery was (…)

  • Randall Robinson Interview
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Amitabh Pal
    Randall Robinson is a disillusioned man. So much so that he decided to leave the United States in 2001 and settle down in St. Kitts, where his wife is from. He has written a book, Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land, explaining the reasons for his relocation. Robinson hasn’t completely quit the United States, though. He still maintains a home in Virginia and comes back often for visits.
    A lifelong activist, Robinson is best known as the (…)

  • Wal-Mart Can Hide, But It Can’t Run
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Robert Greenwald’s upcoming documentary about Wal-Mart’s predatory practices is part of an unprecedented progressive media campaign.
    By Don Hazen
    Wal-Mart has taken advantage of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina to try to distract the public from the myriad controversies that have plagued it recently. The extent of Wal-Mart’s sins includes lawsuits about discrimination, union busting, worker anger over backlogs of unpaid overtime, and health care and compensation policies that send many (…)

  • Both Labor Federations Fail Test of Strike Solidarity
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Steve Early
    Having two labor federations, instead of one, is not a new idea in America—or necessarily a negative development.
    Prior to the 1955 merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), union competition was more often the norm in the U.S. than not. As a result, workers often had a wider range of options when they decided to organize or became dissatisfied with their existing union representation.
    In the 1880s and ’90s, for (…)

  • A New Labor Federation Claims Its Space
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    If Enthusiasm on Display Were Substance, CtW Could Claim a Good Start
    by Jerry Tucker
    The founding convention of the Change-to-Win labor federation held in St. Louis on September 27, 2005 was, if nothing else, filled with enthusiasm and efficiently managed. The founding unions’ top leaders put forward a lean and specifically organizing-focused agenda, and it was adopted without even a hint of dissent. The longer-term question is whether this self-described new direction in unionism will (…)

  • Immokalee Workers Take Down Taco Bell
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Elly Leary
    On March 8, 2005, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in Immokalee, Florida won a significant victory. In a precedent-setting move, fast-food giant Yum! Brands Inc., the world’s largest restaurant corporation, agreed to all the farm workers’ demands (and more!) if the CIW would end the four-year-old boycott of its subsidiary Taco Bell. (Yum!, a spin off from Pepsi, includes Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, A&W, Long John Silver’s, and Pizza Hut franchises.) As (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan, I Have Arrived : I Am Home
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Cindy Sheehan
    I was honored and humbled to be in the presence of holy man, Thich Nhat Hahn, today at MacArthur Park in a very Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles.
    Thay (teacher), as he is known, is a Buddhist monk who was active during the Vietnam War years, bringing peace and reconciliation to the countries of North and South Vietnam. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. He walks with an aura of peace and acceptance radiating from him. (…)

  • Iraqis apprehend two Americans disguised as Arabs trying to detonate a car bomb
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iraqis apprehend two Americans disguised as Arabs trying to detonate a car bomb in a residential neighborhood of western Baghdad’s al-Ghazaliyah district on Tuesday.
    A number of Iraqis apprehended two Americans disguised in Arab dress as they tried to blow up a booby-trapped car in the middle of a residential area in western Baghdad on Tuesday.
    Residents of western Baghdad’s al-Ghazaliyah district told Quds Press that the people had apprehended the Americans as they left their Caprice (…)

  • EU says internet could fall apart
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    – Developing countries demand share of control US says urge to censor underlies calls for reform
    by Richard Wray
    A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control.
    The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the internet will split apart.
    At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the (…)