November

Lack of Class Warfare

In the midst of the Libby indictments and crumbling façade of the most corrupt administration ever, we are seeing more devastating policies set to take effect as the administration and the Republican Party simply no longer care what you may think about what they do.

Almost Like a Day for Peace

It was once a day to remember peace, and then a day to remember war, but now perhaps, it’s just a day to forget. It’s past midnight, on the morning of November 11, 2004..We came to New York in part... to stand at the spot where I had stood in March of 2002, looking for some meaning in Ground Zero – only to find none.Two and a half years later – after two wars, tens of thousands of dead, and tens of thousands of words written trying to make some sense of it – I came to look again...

PAKISTAN: Interview with UNICEF country representative, Dr Omar Abdi

At least half of the 86,000 people known to have died in October's devastating quake in northern Pakistan were children. In an interview with IRIN, country representative for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Pakistan, Dr Omar Abdi, highlighted the impact the disaster has had on children

182 countries vote against the blockade in the UN

Countries that voted [for the blockade] (4): Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, The United States. Countries that were not present for the vote (4): El Salvador, Iraq, Morocco, Nicaragua. Countries that abstained (1): Micronesia.

Cuban Foreign Minister´s Speech at UN (excerpt)

Prior to a historic vote by the UN General Assembly, the Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, delivered a speech condemning the US blockade of his country and providing evidence of its negative impact on the island and of its territorial nature.

“Pentagon Calling up Military Reservists Who Are Ill'

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative unit of Congress, released a report indicating that the Pentagon has been calling up reserve soldiers who are ill or medically unfit to serve. The reservists are serving primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan.

California rejects Schwarzenegger's attack on unions

The measures, put on California's special election ballot by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would have extended probation for teachers, restricted union political fundraising, given the governor more power over the budget, and taken redistricting out of the hands of elected officials.

Believe What We Say, Not What We Do

The Bush administration thinks we are all a bunch of idiots, too stupid to know the difference between truth and lies. Bush & Co. seem to think that, regardless of what the facts are, they can get us to believe the opposite. If it's day, they'll convince us it's night. Black, white. You know the drill.

PA BOOK ROUND UP #8: NOTES and PREVIEWS on NEW WORKS

The Bushites use 'the low levels of political awareness' of the people to consciously mislead them (they still link 9/11 to Iraq!). They are also undercutting democracy. They have gerrymandered the voting districts so that if only 48 percent of the people vote for them and 52 percent vote against them they still get 'almost 55 percent of congressional districts.' Remember, when fascism comes to America it will be waving the American flag.

Vice President Lied As White House Sought To Defuse Leak Inquiry

Months after Plame’s identity was disclosed by conservative columnist Robert Novak, Cheney continued to hide the fact that he and his aides were intimately involved in disseminating classified information about her to journalists.

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