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June 25, 2007
CHINA’S NEW WEAPONS
This is an excerpt from What’s It All About? The Decline of the American Empire by John Chuckman published by Constable & Robinson Ltd, London. Available from Indigo Books, Canada.
John Chuckman
In military matters, China has taken America by surprise a number of times recently, and surprises of this nature are not things with which Americans deal well, some portion of America’s political establishment becoming irritable and uncomfortable. It is (…)

“If I’m elected, I will fire [the] PSC and replace them with...members who will ‘protect’ the public.” - Martin O’Malley
Annapolis, MD - During his campaign, in 2006, for the office of governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, repeatedly promised the voters that if he were elected he would do something to stop the huge Baltimore Gas & Electric/Constellation Energy electric rate hike, which was then set to go into effect on June 1, 2007. (1) After he got elected, however, he (…)

The Creature from Jekyll Island - A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
by G. EDWARD GRIFFIN
JIM: You hear a lot of talk about the Federal Reserve today: “the Fed is supposed to be an inflation fighting institution.” In fact, much of today’s headlines about interest rates and Fed comments are that the Fed is concerned about inflation, and the Fed is a stabilizing influence in our economy. My next guest doesn’t believe that’s the case.
Joining me on the program is G. Edward Griffin, he’s (…)

Monopoly Men (Federal Reserve Fraud) Must see Video!!!
The Federal Reserve, or the Fed as it is lovingly called, may be one of the most mysterious entities in modern American government. Created during Wilson’s presidency to protect the economy in times of financial turmoil, its real business remains to be discovered. During the Wilson presidency, the U.S. government sanctions the creation of the Federal Reserve. Thought by many to be a government organization maintained to provide (…)

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/21/1444218
Two 9/11 responders join us to talk about the government’s neglect of the thousands of people who volunteered for the Ground Zero rescue and recovery effort. Trained emergency medical technician Regina Cervantes is featured in Michael Moore’s latest documentary SiCKO and traveled to Cuba for medical treatment. Leading advocate John Feal is president of the FealGood Foundation that assists 9/11 responders (…)

Vietnamese Delegation in U.S. to Sue Chemical Companies for Ongoing Effects of Agent Orange
Friday, June 22nd, 2007 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/1459211
U.S. warplanes dumped about 18 million gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese government says this has left more than 3 million people disabled. We speak with two Vietnamese Agent Orange victims and their lawyers about how the toxin has affected their lives and why they’re suing over three (…)

Source: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Date: 20 Jun 2007 Iraq war refugees– Undocumented in Jordan >
By Kathleen McQuillen, Iowa Program Director
"There are 750,000 Iraqis living in Jordan with all of the horrors of refugees – and none of the benefits." Noah Merrill, consultant to AFSC’s Middle East Task Force, spoke to audiences in Des Moines and Iowa City recently about the people and the stories he encountered during the six weeks he spent with refugees from the Iraq war (…)

JIMMY CARTER DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST... OPENING CANS OF WORMS
Jimmy Carter has done more for the Palestinian cause in the past year then he did while he was President of the United States from 1977-1981. The publication of his book, ’Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’, initiated discussions and forums throughout the world on the question of the policies of apartheid in the state of Israel. Zionists throughout the world, the US in particular, became outraged with his candidness and honesty. (…)

Putin’s War-whoop: The impending clash with Russia Mike Whitney
June 21, 2007
"What is a ’unipolar’ world?
It is world in which there is one master, one sovereign--- one center of authority, one center of force, one center of decision-making. And at the end of the day this is pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.
It has nothing in common with democracy, which is the power of the majority in (…)

Severe Poverty in the UK 19 Jun 2007 09:00:00 GMT
Source: International Save the Children Alliance
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In the week before Brown becomes PM a new report reveals that UK families in severe poverty live on average of £7000 a year
A new report released today reveals the shocking fact that there are nearly 1.5 million children living in (…)