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Are we going to stand idly by as more sovereign countries are attacked? This farce has nothing to do with getting rid of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or else the US would shut down the billions of dollars of aid that Israel receives. Money that is funneled into its massive chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal, which is turning Israel into a dominant superpower. Their military & political might remains unchecked. They are in firm control of the world’s remaining superpower, the (…)

BEIJING - China has formed a special force of undercover online commentators to try to sway public opinion on controversial issues on the Internet, a newspaper said on Thursday.
China has struggled to gain control over the Internet as more and more people gain access to obtain information beyond official sources. The country has nearly 100 million Internet users, according to official figures, and the figure is rising.
A special force of online commentators had already been operating (…)

Proposed legislation would compel people to spy on their family members and neighbors, forcing all Americans to become foot soldiers in the war on drugs.
Neighbors spying on neighbors? Mothers forced to turn in their sons or daughters? These are images straight out of George Orwell’s 1984, or a remote totalitarian state. We don’t associate them with the land of the free and the home of the brave, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t happen here. A senior congressman, James Sensenbrenner (…)

The ratification process of the European Constitutional Treaty in the 25 member States suffers from a terrible lack of discussion and of democracy. It deprives a major part of the European citizens of any possibility of expressing their views by voting.
In the face of this neo-liberal Constitution, imposed from above, criticisms, protests and the search for alternatives are growing throughout Europe.
In order that Europe may take another road, that of democracy, of social justice, of (…)

Testimony of Mr. George Galloway, Member of the British Parliament, before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee
Senators Norm Coleman and Carl Levin attending
SEN. COLEMAN: Mr. Galloway, I’m pleased to have you before the committee today.
What I’m going to do is briefly summarize the evidence before we give you a chance to give your sworn testimony.
The Oil-for-Food program was used to support those who were favorable to Iraq. Former Iraqi (…)

Steve Morse’s hands are rough from years working in sheet metal, and his voice is soft and a little hoarse, as if he were still teaching math to fifth graders from 7 a.m. to sundown, and then volunteering a few hours a week on the G.I. Rights Hotline. Now, he coordinates the Hotline for CCCO, which means part of his job is to say, over and over, to the press: "Last year we got 32,000 calls." Except, as he said Monday night, that number only counts the calls coming over (…)

Blair Faces US Probe Over Secret Iraq Invasion Plan Tony Allen-Mills and Tom Pattinson May 22, 2005 SENIOR American congressmen are considering sending a delegation to London to investigate Britain’s role in preparations for the war in Iraq.
Democratic opponents of President George W Bush have seized on a leaked Downing Street memo, first published three weeks ago by The Sunday Times, as evidence that American lawmakers were misled about Bush’s intentions in Iraq.
A group of 89 (…)

If one is to observe our commercial culture from the perspective ot education and information exchange it can be seen clearly that a social world agenda exists and it is not one of world peace.
From toy stores filled with action figures all ready to attack the "bad guys", movies filled with the acceptance of social violence, and politcial leaders being financially motivated to invade terrorist nations it can be seen that "war" and "social conflict" is part of the accepted and sponsered (…)

It’s not easy writing about something about which I know very little, but I’m going to try anyway. (Hey, you, in the back. I heard that. It has too stopped me before.)
What I think I’m talking about are the fourteen permanent U.S. military bases currently under construction in Iraq. Yes, that Iraq, the country from which we will militarily withdraw just as soon as we get the word from the completely-free-of-U.S.-influence Iraqi government telling us to go. (Look for snow in Baghdad that (…)

Deluded right-wingers refuse to believe the Lancet survey ( http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T 1B-4DV11P2-13&_user=1496926&_coverDate=11%2F26%2F2004&_alid= ... )indicating more than 100,000 Iraqis died from violence in 2003, most of that violence dished out by yahoo American soldiers with trigger fingers who apparently believe they are doing the Iraqis a big favor by destroying their country and killing them. From my perspective here in a (…)