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GUERRILLA RADIO
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Transmission third world war third round A decade of the weapon of sound above ground Ain’t no shelter if you’re looking for shade I lick shots at the brutal charade As tha polls close like a casket On truth devoured A silent play on the shadow of power A spectacle monopolized The camera’s eye on choice disguised Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil? Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil? A spectacle monopolized They hold the reins and stole (…)

ILLEGAL ATTACKS
A new Anti-war music video by Ian Brown with Sinead O’Connor
Ian Brown, ex singer of the landmark British rock group Stone Roses and creator of four highly acclaimed solo albums, launched his latest single ’Illegal Attacks’ as a Stop the War exclusive.
’Illegal Attacks’ is an anti-war song and Ian Brown is joined in this powerful duet by Sinead O’Connor. Shot in London directed by Colin O’Toole, the video tells the story of a young British man who enlists in the army and (…)

George W. has recently stated that historians will eventually honor his invasion and subesequent occupation of Iraq. The basis of his claim is, or course, that "we took out a tyrany who threatened his neighbors and the world with weapons of mass destruction". Of course we know now that the statement is entirely false. Well, except for the "tyrant" part.
But what IS the real legacy of our actions? And will the textbooks and historical tomes of the future reveal the full extent of our "noble (…)

Put moratorium on foreclosures, state consumer coalition advises
By Steve Lawrence
August 22, 2007
SACRAMENTO – Consumer advocates yesterday called for a moratorium on home foreclosures, warning that California is facing a tidal wave of foreclosures over the next year as more homeowners are hit with payment increases brought on by subprime loans and risky mortgages.
“The curve is really starting to go up,” said Alan Fisher, executive director of the California Reinvestment Coalition, (…)

Michael P. Wright – Norman, Oklahoma, USA – mpwright9@aol.com
Today the news is full of headlines announcing that the CIA has issued a report “critical” of George Tenet’s performance as CIA director prior to the 9/11 attack. It is the same old thing – a wrist-slapping. At most, it leads to the conclusion that Tenet was just incompetent but not guilty of any serious misconduct. Tenet is the protégé of former U.S. Senator David Boren, who resigned his Senate seat in 1994 after (…)

CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION:
Join this Action LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP FILES CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
August 20, 2007 – Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”)
http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/countrywide/
today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of (…)

Racism of a sneaky kind – politically correct racism, PC racism or so-called "dog whistling" racism (after whistles that only dogs can hear) – wins votes in the New Racist White Australia. Thus the Australian Federal Government – with the support of the cowardly, poll-driven Labor Opposition - has recently grossly breached the 1975 Racial Discrimination Act and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see: ) in relation to down-trodden Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians) ( (…)

Former CIA officer: US to attack Iran within 6 months
– http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Forme...

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and Yvette Essen
Switzerland’s top banker has warned of massive losses from the unfolding credit crisis, describing the collapse in US lending standards as "unbelievable".
Jean-Pierre Roth, president of the Swiss National Bank, said market turmoil was far from over as tremors from the sub-prime debacle continued to rock the world.
"We’re certainly not at the end of the story. There are question marks surrounding the development of the American economy," he (…)

By By Nizar Latif in Kufa, Iraq and Phil Sands in Damascus
The British Army has been defeated in Iraq and left with no option but to retreat from the country, claims radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Violent resistance and a rising death toll among UK troops has forced a withdrawal, he said in an interview with The Independent.
"The British have given-up and they know they will be leaving Iraq soon," Mr Sadr said. "They are retreating because of the resistance they have faced. (…)