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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
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"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?" 21 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
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Interview with John Nichols,
President Bush's admission that he ordered warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens' international phone and email communication over the past four years captured national headlines, but the Republican-controlled Congress seems eager to legitimize the apparent illegal action. GOP Senators Dewine, Graham, Hagel and Snowe have sponsored legislation that would retroactively make legal the president's refusal to seek court warrants required under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. But the issue took an unexpected turn on March 13 when Sen. Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, introduced a resolution that would censure President Bush for authorizing the warrantless spy program conducted by the National Security Agency. However, only two Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer of California and Tom Harkin of Iowa stepped forward to co-sponsor the measure. The U.S. Senate has only censured a president once -- Andrew Jackson, back in 1834. A Newsweek poll taken March 16 and 17 found that 50 percent of those surveyed opposed censuring Bush while 42 percent supported it. Sixty percent of Democrats polled favored censure. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin hearings on Feingold's motion on March 31. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for the Nation Magazine. Nichols examines the reasons why so many Democrats have run away from Feingold's motion of censure. Read John Nichols' columns online at www.thenation.com. Nichols is a co-author with Robert McChesney of the book, "Tragedy & Farce: How American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections and Destroy Democracy." Related links:
Interview with Eman Ahmad Khamas,
As violence and chaos seem to increase daily in Iraq, a group of Iraqi women have come to the U.S. as part of the "Women Say No to War" tour sponsored by Code Pink and other peace organizations. They arrived just before International Women's Day, March 8, and the five women are spending up to six weeks traveling the U.S. individually, with U.S. hosts, in order to maximize the number of Americans they can reach. Among the Iraqi women on the U.S tour is Eman Ahmad Khamas, a journalist, English professor at Baghdad University and activist who is making her first trip to America. She is a member of the Women's Will organization, which defends women's rights. For the past three years, she has been documenting crimes committed by U.S. and Iraqi forces in her country. She is the former director of International Occupation Watch Center, Baghdad, and is married with two daughters. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Eman Khamas, who explains what she believes is fueling sectarian violence in her country and why she is calling for an end to the American occupation. Contact Code Pink, which is organizing the "Women Say No to War" tour, by calling (310) 827-4320 or visit their website at www.womensaynotowar.org Related links:
Interview with Miles Rapoport, America has an ugly secret, the growing gap between rich and poor. But while economic inequality in the U.S. is known to much of the world, our nation's citizens remain largely in the dark about the increasing concentration of wealth which has eroded the once-thriving American middle class. The devastation resulting from Hurricane Katrina last fall briefly exposed the large numbers of poor people living in New Orleans and the Gulf coast region, but sustained media coverage of the institutional causes of poverty has largely been absent. Economists point to the rising cost of health care, education and housing, disappearing pensions and the outsourcing of high-paying jobs as several sources of inequality. But tax policies favoring the wealthy and a weakened labor movement have also contributed to a growing class divide. DEMOS, a group that combines research and advocacy to strengthen American democracy has recently published a book exploring this topic titled, "Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences." Contributors to the book, who write about the political and social dimensions of economic disparity include: Barbara Ehrenreich, William Greider, Charles Lewis and Bill Moyers. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Miles Rapoport, president of DEMOS, who examines America's growing income inequality. Contact DEMOS at (212) 633-1405 or visit their website at www.demos.org Related links:
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