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Silence Kills and Silence Is Complicity

How Many Kids Will The US Kill In 2008?By Dr Gideon Polya 08/01/08 “ICH” — — I seem to have been demonstrating against American racism, imperialism, wars and mass murder all my adult life from the Vietnam era of the … Continue reading

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Corn Dawg

Come as a Dog! Dress as a Dog! Movement for a Democratic Society/Austin invites you to BRING OUT THE DOGS! A Street Theater Event “Honoring” Sen. John (Corn Dog) Cornyn “Lap Dog to the President” 5-6:30 pm, Friday, Feb. 15 … Continue reading

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We Are All in Some Very Big Trouble

Nukes, Spooks, and the Specter of 9/11by Justin Raimondo We’re in big trouble if even half of what Sibel Edmonds says is true… “The next president may have to deal with a nuclear attack,” averred ABC’s Charles Gibson at Saturday … Continue reading

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No Universal Healthcare with Iraq Still Steaming

The Battleground of New HampshireBy Bill Boyarsky, Posted on Jan 7, 2008 MANCHESTER, N.H. — When Hillary Clinton, seriously set back by the Iowa caucuses, landed in New Hampshire to resuscitate her presidential campaign, the first question from the audience … Continue reading

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Haditha: Moral Insanity Has Gripped This Nation

There Will Be Blood, But No Justice for Iraq AtrocitiesBy CHRIS FLOYD The headline in last Friday’s Washington Post says it all: “No Murder Charges Filed in Haditha Case.” Two years ago, a group of Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians … Continue reading

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San Francisco 8 Update

Thursday, January 10Press Conference 8:30 – 850 Bryant StCourt @ 9:30 Department 23 – 3rd Floor SAN FRANCISCO 8 TO ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEAS!CONSPIRACY CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST 5!On Friday, January 4th prosecutors in the case announced that they are filing … Continue reading

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Iraq Really Amounts to a Failed State

Iraq surge brings a lull in violence but no reconciliationBy Steve Negus, Iraq correspondentPublished: January 7 2008 02:00 | Last updated: January 7 2008 02:00 Already, the “surge” of US troops into Baghdad is beginning to recede, leaving behind a … Continue reading

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It’s Gonna Take a Woman to Stand Up to Wal-Mart

Time for Another Norma Rae: Women on StrikeBy DAVID MACARAY Strikes have been described as everything from organized labor’s version of a declaration of war to a collective attempt at economic exorcism. Viewed by corporations as acts of defiance and … Continue reading

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Can you take class struggle out of politics? R. Baker

That’s a real interesting question, in my opinion. You cannot ever really take the class struggle out of politics. Why not? Once the instinctive tribal social interaction factors that governed social political and relations are is removed from business decisions, … Continue reading

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The Sense of Powerlessness Is Profound Right Now

One Generation Got Old, One Generation Got SoulBy RACHEL AVIV, Published: January 6, 2008 SIXTEEN students sat around a table in the Manhattan cafeteria of the New School discussing where commas should go. They were rewriting, for the third time, … Continue reading

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Seven Wasted Years, Barren and Dangerous

Bush is hostile and indifferent toward IsraelBy Gideon Levy, Jan 6, 2008, 14:05 George Bush is coming to Israel this week. He will take pleasure in his visit. One can assume that there are few prime ministers with a giant … Continue reading

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But If They Did, They’d Help You Stop Smoking

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Big Tobacco Attempted To Woo El Senor Anti-Imperialista. They Didn’t Get Very Far.By Simone Baribeau, Jan 5, 2008, 07:22 A decade ago, the eyes of the world were on Venezuela, as one-time coup leader Hugo Chavez, … Continue reading

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