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SEDGEFIELD, England - Polls say Tony Blair’s Labour Party is on course to win Thursday’s election, but the father of a British soldier killed in Iraq is convinced he can bring about “regime change” in the Prime Minister’s back yard.
Reg Keys, whose son died at the hands of a mob in June 2003, is standing against Blair in his Sedgefield constituency in northeast England, arguing his son had died in an illegal war and that the premier had lied over the reasons for it.
The odds are heavily (…)

by Laura Corradi, Ph.D. Amazons
In the empire of wealth cancer hits one every three adults - while billion of dollars are spent in research, scientists are divided over causes of this illness and strategies of prevention. Two competing systems of explanation contend the cancer arena: the genetic-behavioristic paradigm (dominant) and the environmental-social paradigm (emergent).
In this context, a cancer activism comes into sight as a new social movement against corporate polluters, and (…)

Impeachment Time: "Facts Were Fixed."
A BUZZFLASH GUEST NEWS ANALYSIS by Greg Palast
Here it is. The smoking gun. The memo that has, "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it.
The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WDM. (…)

Publisher’s note: The US report should have included the eyewitness testimony of Giuliana Sgrena who stated that the shooting was not even at a checkpoint at all, it was an ambush from behind on a secure road.
Giuliana Sgrena Blasts U.S. Cover Up- Confirms she was shot at from behind-not in self defense ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had a "long and friendly" telephone conversation on Wednesday as both countries moved to end a (…)

"Whensoever the general Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." Thomas Jefferson
May 10th is a national day of action for GI resisters. A newly formed group, Courage-To-Resist, is organizing veterans, military families, and community activists in a campaign to support military objectors. Demonstrations to support sailor Pablo Paredes, who faces a court martial in San Diego May 11th, are in the making.
On December 6, 2004, Navy Petty (…)

Fascism: Are We There Yet? Margaret Kimberley April 21, 2005 Our government is treating us the way exterminators treat vermin. We are ruled by people who mask evil ideology with the artful use of language, so an advertising slogan is in order.
“Roaches check in, but they don’t check out.”
The United States government is now proposing that the roach treatment be meted out to American humans who want to visit Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda. These countries currently do not require (…)

Tactic: Shift the Burden Of Proof To Your Opponent Tom Ball 05/03/2005 Technique: Make an assertion, promote your opinion, or provide your interpretation. Before your opponent can question your motive, strength of argument, or basis for your assertions, call for them to prove you wrong. Place the burden of proof for your assumptions on your opponent. Don’t let up until they concede that they can’t prove you wrong. At that point, proclaim victory. That’s what Bush does.
A primary premise (…)

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Rumsfeld Offered Saddam Freedom - Report
5/1/2005
The U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld paid a secret visit to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and offered him freedom and a possible return to public life if he made a televised request to rebel groups for a ceasefire with allied forces, a media report said.
Quoting from the London based Arab daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Ynetnews reported that Saddam promptly rejected the offer.
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Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned; Media Roast Brings Hysterical Laughter While Iraq Burns Bob Kendall 05/03/2005
A lot of Washington bigwigs need glasses! They don’t even see what’s going on. Hysterical laughter erupted at the Saturday night media roast when Laura Bush celebrated the media get together by cracking jokes about George going to bed at 9.
Laura Bush explained in effect that was why she and Lynne Cheney had to watch Desperate Housewives between trips to Chippendale, where men (…)

Chavez Frias Is Beating The Arrogant Crowd In Washington To The Punch... Bob Chapman May 01, 2005 THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman writes: President Chavez said that a woman in the US Armed Forces had been detained by authorities while taking pictures of military installations in central Venezuela. He stated, "If she or any other US official does this kind of activity again, they will be imprisoned and face trial in Venezuela."
Except for Colombia and minor support in (…)