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Yearly Archives: 2008
Congress Votes to Fund Amtrak
Bush wants to veto Amtrak cash when it’s needed most Now that the airlines are dying due to soaring jet fuel costs, it could well be that there is not enough rail capacity to pick up the slack. Especially since … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Energy, George W. Bush, Mobility, Rail, Transit, Transportation
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Books : Writings for a Democratic Society : The Tom Hayden Reader
Richard Flacks discusses Tom Haydenand the new collection of his writings By Richard Flacks / June 12, 2008 If you were on the campus at Ann Arbor at the dawn of the 1960s, you’d have been aware of Tom Hayden’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Authors, Books, Civil Rights, History, New Left, Peace Movement, Sixties, Social Action, Social Movements, The Left
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Vincent Bugliosi : Indict Bush for Murder
Vincent Bugliosi during his prosecution of Charles Manson, January, 1971. Photo by Curt Gunther. Holds Bush responsible for deaths of more that 4,000 GIs Vincent Bugliosi has written three New York Times #1 best sellers. He has also had twenty-one … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Criminal Justice, George Bush, GI's, Iraq, Vincent Bugliosi, War Crimes
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Seeking a Permanent Presence in Iraq
‘Legalizing’ the U.S. Occupation by Phyllis Bennis / June 16, 2008 In recent weeks, the Bush administration has intensified its longstanding effort to make the U.S. occupation of Iraq permanent. Its first choice is to coerce the U.S.-backed Iraqi government … Continue reading
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Tagged George W. Bush, Imperialism, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, U.S. Government, United Nations
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Drug War a Bust? Bring it to Mexico! That’s the Ticket!
Paresh Nath / National Herald, India.And nada for treatment… Plan Mexico : A Half Billion to the MilitaryBy Maya Schenwar / June 13, 2008 As Congress gears up to fund another year of war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, … Continue reading
Austin Diversity Shows It’s Colors
Diversity cowboys. Photos by Jamie Josephs and Caroline Crocker / The Rag Blog.Austin Gay Pride: 2008By Jamie Josephs / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2008 It was hot and sweaty but the Austin Pride 08 Festival at Auditorium Shores … Continue reading
BushCo: Increasing the Incidence of Terrorism
America’s prison for terrorists often held the wrong menBy Tom Lasseter / June 15, 2008 GARDEZ, Afghanistan — The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the … Continue reading
Iraq Moratorium #10 – June 20th
They’ll be flipping pancakes for peace Friday, June 20, at the Midwest Renewable Energy Expo in Wisconsin.They’ll hold a teach-in on torture on the train to San Jose, where a picket and vigil will target a Boeing subsidiary accused of … Continue reading
They Flatter You, Flummox You, Fool You
Ralph Nader calls for civic engagement Wednesday in Tacoma.Janet Jensen/The News TribuneRalph Nader says, vote for ‘none of the above’By Niki Sullivan, Jun 14, 2008 Ralph Nader says if not him, then vote for ‘none of the above’May 15th, 2008 … Continue reading
This Is Just the Beginning of Stories Like This
Tightening a Belt with No Notches Leftby Nicole Colson / June 14, 2008 Clip coupons. Stop eating at restaurants. Grow a vegetable garden. Learn to do without. Everywhere you look, the mainstream media–finally waking up to the economic reality facing … Continue reading
Women Know When They’re Being Hit On
Angry Clinton Women ♥ McCain?By Frank Rich / June 15, 2008 Ten years ago John McCain had to apologize for regaling a Republican audience with a crude sexual joke about Hillary and Chelsea Clinton and Janet Reno. Last year he … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Feminism, Hillary, McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Women
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It Is Time the Wishful-Thinkers Grew Up Politically
In The Great Tradition: Obama Is A HawkBy John Pilger / June 14, 2008 In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger reaches back into the history of the Democratic Party and describes the tradition of war-making and … Continue reading
