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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
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"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
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For The Week Ending June 17, 2005
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 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Jim Schultz,
After two weeks of militant protests across Bolivia demanding the nationalization of the Latin American country's energy resources, President Carlos Mesa offered his resignation in a televised address on June 6. Mesa's resignation, the second time he's offered to step down in a year, would not take effect until accepted by Bolivia's Congress. Evo Morales, leader of Bolivia's leading opposition party, the Movement Toward Socialism, said that the resignation of President Mesa was not enough and called for the resignation of both the Senate president and speaker of the House. New elections could be called by a caretaker government headed by the chief justice of Bolivia's Supreme Court. Tens of thousands of protesters made up of miners, labor activists and Bolivia's poor majority indigenous population had converged on Bolivia's capital city of La Paz the night President Mesa resigned. The people of La Paz have experienced food and fuel shortages as a result of road blockades erected by demonstrators in recent weeks. Although 92 percent of Bolivians had supported a 2004 referendum directing the government to take back control of the nation's oil and gas industries, the International Monetary Fund had threatened to withhold aid if contracts with private energy companies were challenged. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jim Schultz, executive director of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia, who analyzes the roots of the nation's popular resistance to U.S.-backed neo-liberal economic policies and their connection to the wider progressive movements across Latin America. Contact the Democracy Center by calling their San Francisco office at (415) 564-4767 or visit their website at www.democracyctr.org Related links:
 Grassroots Movement Works to Focus Public Attention on Downing Street Memo that Reveals Bush Administration's Dishonest Justification for Iraq War
Excerpt of speech Medea Benjamin,
Medea Benjamin is a longtime peace and social justice activist. In the 1980s, she co-founded Global Exchange, a non-profit research, education and action center that fosters people-to-people ties around the world. After the 9/11 terrorist attack, and in response to the Bush administration's color-coded terror threat alert system, she co-founded CodePink, a creative movement of women and men who oppose what they brand the Bush agenda of never-ending war. Benjamin spoke last week in New Haven, Conn., as part of a tour promoting a new book she co-edited with fellow CodePink activist Jodie Evans titled, "Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism." In the following excerpt, Benjamin says that, although exposure of lies and atrocities by the Bush administration has not yet triggered massive, vocal opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, she is confident that a future disclosure will eventually provide that spark. One possible smoking gun she discusses is the so-called Downing Street memo, first published in the British press on May 1 that revealed the Bush administration had fixed its intelligence on Iraq around the policy of justifying the war. Benjamin also talks about the need to re-inspire some elements of the peace movement to realize that "staying the course" in Iraq just because U.S. troops are already there, is not the way to peace. "Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism," is published by Inner Ocean Publishing (San Francisco). For more information about CodePink, call (310) 827-4320 or visit their website at www.codepink4peace.org Related links:
Progressive Activists Gather to Strategize and Build Independent Political Infrastructure
Interview with Robert Borosage,
Since suffering significant losses in the 2004 presidential election, progressive activists have been assessing their strengths and weaknesses and re-considering strategies needed to build a movement that can effectively promote peace and social justice in the national debate and at the ballot box. Over 2,000 progressive political activists, academics and commentators recently gathered in Washington, D.C. for the "Take Back America" conference sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future. The conference, convened in early June, featured dozens of issue workshops and speeches from the likes of Democratic party Chairman Howard Dean, National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and public television's Bill Moyers. Organizers of the conference hoped the gathering would be a "...catalyst for building the infrastructure needed to ensure the voice of the progressive majority is heard." Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with veteran political organizer Robert Borosage, co-founder of the Campaign for America's Future. Borosage talks about the political priorities discussed at the "Take Back America" conference, the largest gathering of progressives since the 2004 presidential election. Contact the Campaign for America's Future by calling (202) 955-5665, or visit their website at www.ourfuture.org
This week's summary of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon
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Mark Danner, New Yorker writer and author of "Torture and Truth," MacArthur Fellow
Barbara Olshansky, deputy director at the Center for Constitutional Rights
The Honorable John Conyers Jr., Congressman, Michigan's 14th District Broadcast-quality MP3s of these speeches available at www.radio4all.net U.S. Politics "Dean Slams Fox News As GOP "Propaganda Outlet,'" Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2005 "Extraordinarily Rancid Justice: The Craven Compromise," by Paul Rogat Loeb, Common Dreams, June 10, 2005 "Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery In Liberalism," The New York Times, June 9, 2005 "Something Rotten In Ohio," by Gore Vidal, The Nation, June 9, 2005 Bush Regime "Another Damning Document: Bush And Blair Deny Early Decision For War," by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, June 13, 2005 "Full Text Of British Briefing Papers Revealed More Evidence Intel Was Fixed" ThinkProgress.org, June 13, 2005 "UK Ministers Were Told Of Need For Gulf War 'Excuse,'" Sunday Times/UK, June 12, 2005 "White House Presents Misleading Terror Data," Washington Post, June 12, 2005 "White House Official Resigns After Climate Documents Flap," Agence France Presse, June 12, 2005 "Bush On Iraq: The Revenge Of Baghdad Bob," by Juan Cole, Salon.com, June 9, 2005 "'Downing Street Memo' Gets Fresh Attention," USA Today, June 8, 2005 "Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links To Global Warming," The New York Times, June 8, 2005 "Revealed: How Oil Giant Influenced Bush," Guardian/UK, June 8, 2005 American Empire/War Profiteering "The Battle For Global Civil Society: Interview With William I. Robinson," by Jonah Gindin, Venezuelanalysis.com, June 13, 2005 "Who Keeps Tabs On Contractors In Raq?," Associated Press, June 13, 2005 "Letter From Tehran: In Washington's Crosshairs," by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, June 13, 2005 "Hypocritical U.S. Fight For 'Freedom,'" by William D. Hartung & Frida Berrigan, New York Newsday June 13, 2005 "Chavez Blames Bush For Bolivia," UPI, June 13, 2005 "National Guard Stretched To The Limit," The Oregonian, June 12, 2005 "Zero Hour In Bolivia: What To Watch For Today," by Al Giordano, Narco News, June 9, 2005 "When Marine Recruiters Go WAy Beyond The Call," by Susan Paynter, Seattle Post Intelliencer, June 8, 2005 "After Lowering Goal, Army Still Falls Short Of May Recruits," The New York Times, June 8, 2005 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan "Military Action Won't End Insurgency, Growing Number Of U.S. Officers Believe," Knight Ridder, June 12, 2005 "GOP Congressman Wants Troops Out Of Iraq," Associated Press, June 12, 2005 "Two Armies, Two Reporters, Too Much Trouble In Iraq," by Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, June 11, 2005 "Return Of The Body Counts," by Mark Benjamin, Salon.com, June 11, 2005 "'Support Our Torturers!': We Regret Any Inconvenience Caused By Your Humiliation," by Brian Cloughley, Counterpunch, June 10/12, 2005 "State Sponsored Civil War," by Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq, June 10, 2005 "Military Investigating American Guards In Fallujah Shooting Spree," MSNBC, June 9, 2005 Civil Liberties/ Human Rights "Cheney Loves Guantanamo," by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, June 13, 2005 "The New Blacklist," by Doug Ireland, LA Weekly, June 13, 2005 "Time Report Fuels Guantanamo Criticism," CNN, June 13, 2005 "Immigration Law As Anti-Terrorism Tool," Washington Post, June 13, 2005 "Democracy In Action? Thoughts On The PATRIOT Act Hearing Farce," by Chip Pitts, Truthout, June 12, 2005 "Extracts From An Interrogation Log," Time, June 12, 2005 "PATRIOT Act Push Angers Some On The Right," Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2005 "Bush Team Said To Be Split On Closing Guantanamo," Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2005 "Protesting Too Much On 'Gulag,'" by HDS Greenway, Boston Globe, June 10, 2005 "Repression 101: Antiwar Students Sanctioned At San Francisco State," by Katrina Yeaw & Alex Schmaus, Counterpunch, June 9, 2005 "Amnesty Refuses To Retract Torture Charges Against U.S.," by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site, June 8, 2005 "No Peace Banners On Memorial Day," by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, June 3 2005 Media Issues "An Air American Girl," by Andrew Varnon, Valley Advocate (Springfield, MA), June 11, 2005 "Free Press Fights Sessions Bill To Ban Local Governments From Offering Free Broadband," by John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable, June 10, 2005 "Front-Runner For Public Broadcasting Agency Job Is Former GOP Chair," Washington Post, June 9, 2005 "Public Domains For Public Media," by Patricia R. Zimmerman, MediaChannel.org, June 9, 2005 Activism "Born On The Fourth Of July: The Long Journey Home," by Ron Kovic, AlterNet, June 13, 2005 |
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