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Who are the neoliberals?
The robber barons of old ruled their world. Today’s robber barons are much more powerful than those earlier titans, and they appear to be all but unbeatable.
The planet is owned and ruled by the same people; not the heads of State, but the owners of the capital. State governments, if unyielding to the superior power of the capitals, run the risk of becoming figureheads in the claws of the neoliberals. Do what we tell you to do or we will unmask the vacuum behind (…)

By Marc Perelman
A former top official in the Bush administration is suggesting that a White House memo outlining the need for hundreds of thousands of troops for the Iraq invasion was kept from the president. Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to then-secretary of state Colin Powell during President Bush’s first term, said in a November 7 speech that the National Security Council had prepared a pre-war memo recommending that hundreds of thousands of troops and other security (…)

The truth is that virtually everything Bush says is the exact opposite of the truth. The Patriots fighting to stop this war, this killing for profit, are not rewriting history- Bush is. Bush claims he didn’t lie, they used the best intelligence... bull- they lied, here’s some proof.
1. "Someone" took the Senators into a closed door session and told them Saddam had UAVs capable of hitting the East Coast... shortly after they voted on the Resolution.
Senator Bill Nelson (FL): I, along with (…)

From the transcript of Conyers June 16th Downing Street Memo Hearing.
27 Year CIA Veteran Ray McGovern:
I would like to publicly thank the patriotic, courageous whistle-blowers who made available these documents because through them and through of all people Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times we know the answers to a lot of these questions.
By now you know what the Downing Street minutes say. Let me focus in on the phase the intelligence facts were fixed around the policy. How exactly is (…)

DRAFT DODGERS LECTURE VETERANS ON PATRIOTISM
By Peter Fredson
November 12, 2005
Oh, the irony of it all. Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, to honor both the living and the dead soldiers who had served their country. Yet the main speakers were Neo-Con Bush War Hawks, mainly draft-dodgers, sons of wealthy and influential people, who opted not to give their valuable lives for their country.
President Bush, the Vice-President, and other members of the Bush administration gave speeches to (…)

As a member of Military Families Speak Out, I am outraged this president has the nerve to tell Americans that opposition to his quagmire is “irresponsible.” Actions by this administration have shown nothing but a consistent, repeated pattern of irresponsible behavior toward our troops, their families and the people of Iraq.
Sending our troops into a war of choice improperly trained and shoddily equipped was irresponsible. Bush abused Veterans Day, twisting it into a political plug to (…)

I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were forecast, and people were anxious, remembering the mudslides that took 20,000 lives. "Why are you here?" asked the man sitting opposite me in the packed jeep-bus that chugged up the hill. Like so many in Latin America, he appeared old, but wasn’t. Without waiting for my answer, he listed why he supported President Chavez: schools, clinics, (…)

By GREG MYRE
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 11 - One year after Yasir Arafat died and was buried in a tumultuous funeral, the crowd was far smaller and the mood subdued today at a commemoration service next to the former Palestinian leader’s grave.
Mr. Arafat was the dominant Palestinian figure for nearly four decades, and his legacy lives on. His photo still hangs in government offices and shops, and many Palestinians describe him as a father figure.
Yet public tributes and references to (…)

by Greg Felton
Do we seriously believe that our soldiers, airmen and sailors fought against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan only to bequeath to us a world terrorized by Israel, the U.S. and Great Britain?
This Remembrance Day, I will show my respect for Canada’s war dead in a different way-I will not wear a poppy.
The poppy, John McRae’s In Flanders Fields and the commemoration of the two world wars are part of a ritual that has become a perverse anachronism. Simply put, (…)

Following the results of an internet poll the Cannabis Man is happy to report that 86% of respondents found him Not Guilty of any crime.
Such a result has encouraged him further to outline his vision. The following is a transcript of a few of his ideas.
“As the Cannabis Man I firmly believe that what I do is right (In fact, after discussing my work and hopes with others, I can find no dissenting voice). As is already known - I do not make any money from my work with cannabis. My desire (…)