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Monthly Archives: February 2008
We Have Been Scaring Ourselves
Nah … George W. Bush and his gang have been scaring us into believing that the terrorism threat is much greater than it really is, and making it dramatically worse by their actions in Iraq and other parts of the … Continue reading
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Getting Back to Money That Stands for Something
Still PretendingBy James Kunstler The maneuvers that the big banks are making nowadays, along with their enablers at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere in Washington, really amount to little more than the old Polish blanket joke — in which (excuse … Continue reading
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The Banking Crisis and the Iraq War
The Three Trillion Dollar WarBy Peter Wilson / February 28, 2008 The Iraq war has cost the United States 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world … Continue reading
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Not a Failed State Yet? Just Give US a Minute
It’s Time To Demilitarize US Policy in Africa: No Arms! No Transfers! No Military Aid!by Bruce Dixon / February 28th, 2008 It’s time to demilitarize US policy toward the African continent. Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, … Continue reading
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Give Peace Symbol a Chance
Design and the Peace Sign By Kate Ward / February 21, 2008Fifty years ago, little known designer and activist Gerald Holtom revealed his logo for the newly formed Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND never applied for copyright on the symbol, … Continue reading
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A Long, Consistent and Suicidal Middle East Policy
Causes and Consequences of Our Foreign Policy in the Middle East: What It Means for AmericansBy Karen Kwiatkowski The following is the text of a speech given at Virginia Tech on February 12, 2008. 02/28/08 — — -I want to … Continue reading
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San Francisco Eight Update
Judge Moscone denies defense motion to dismiss…but Judge Moscone denied defense motions to dismiss the conspiracy count against the remaining three San Francisco 8 defendants, Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim and Francisco Torres. While denying that issues about tolling and the … Continue reading
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Our Revolutionary History : The Living Theatre
Julian Beck’s Legacy Thrives : Radical Theater Alive and Living [The Rag Blog begins a regular feature on the people and groups that have contributed to the rich history of our Movement. The Living Theatre lives and co-founder Judith Molina … Continue reading
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John Lewis Dumps Hillary
Civil rights leader switches to ObamaBy Ben Evans / February 27, 2008 Civil rights leader John Lewis dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid Wednesday in favor of Barack Obama. Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Atlanta, is the … Continue reading
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Nature Is the Timekeeper, Or There Goes the Neighbourhood
The Defining Moment: The Point Of No Returnby Rachel Olivieri / February 26th, 2008 If you woke up one morning only to discover that civilization has been on a roaring oil binge and in its catatonic consuming stupor had unceremoniously … Continue reading
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