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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Modern Union-Bustin’ Tactics
Union Busting is Big Businessby Ben Zipperer and John SchmittJune 19, 2007 As the Senate considers reforming national labor law, the percentage of American workers in unions continues its long and severe decline. What is causing the downturn, and what … Continue reading
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The Vanished Moral High Ground
Blowback, Detainee-style: The Plight of American Prisoners in IranBy Karen J. Greenberg For Americans, it should be startling to see the word “detainee” suddenly appear in a different country, on a different continent, and referring not to alleged jihadi terrorists … Continue reading
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As Junior Wipes Out a Generation of Academics
Iraq’s Lost Generation: impact and implications – IK Jalili15 June 2007 Abstract Problems facing the intelligentsia of Iraq have been neglected in the scale of that country’s ongoing tragedy. Since 2003, the new phenomenon of targeted and systematic assassinations, kidnappings … Continue reading
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The "War On Terror" Is Misguided
How Not to Do It: Countering TerrorismBy Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity MEMORANDUMFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Countering Terrorism; How Not To Do It On June 6, 2002, former FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley testified before the Senate Committee … Continue reading
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Stopping the Talk and Walkin’ the Walk
Swarming Congress: Building a Resistance to the 2008 Iraq War Supplemental Funding BillBy JEFF LAYS On August 6, Congress begins its month long recess. August 6 also marks the start of Year 62 After Hiroshima-the one and only time that … Continue reading
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Dreaming of a Watt or Two
A dream called electricityAli al-Fadhily, Electronic Iraq, Jun 18, 2007 BAGHDAD (IPS) – Simmering in the summer heat, Iraqis now have a dream called electricity. It is a part of the bigger dream of reconstruction that collapsed. On all measurable … Continue reading
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US Hypocrisy Has Rubbed Off on the Iraqi Politicians
No measure of safety The Iraqi government scoffs at claims by international human rights organisations that security and living conditions in Iraq are deteriorating, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad In a country where no less than 70 civilians are killed … Continue reading
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Please Join the Iraq Moratorium
Dear Friends, Join the Iraq Moratorium! This is a new peace initiative for everyone. The IraqMoratorium is based on the simple idea of asking people to stop business as usual on a specific day to express their desire to end … Continue reading
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Compañero Renato Espinoza
Compañero Renato Espinoza: September 5, 1942-May 18, 2007by Alice EmbreeJune 15, 2007 It is ironic that September 11, 2001, is exploited in the United States as a reason to “spread democracy” in Iraq. On another September 11—in 1973—democracy was dismantled … Continue reading
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We Wish We’d Thought of This
With thanks to Earth Family Alpha for finding this one. Protesters spring hoax on oil expo audience: Yes Men ejected from conferenceSean Myers, with files from Ashok Dutta and Gina Teel, Calgary HeraldPublished: Friday, June 15, 2007 By the time … Continue reading
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Why Peter Pace Had to Go
Is Bush Planning to Nuke Iran? If So, Say Goodbye to Democratic OutcomesThe Reign of the Tyrants is at HandBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “It is the absolute responsibility of everybody in uniform to disobey an order that is either illegal … Continue reading
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Innocent By Reason of Insanity Is the Only Defense
Nation of Mutes: America’s Guilty SilenceBy JAMES BROOKS Crimes against humanity don’t happen unless it is possible to commit them with impunity. Government corruption and gross imbalances of power will bring them closer to the edge of possibility. But the … Continue reading
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