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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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"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 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 David Bacon,
As immigration reform legislation was debated in Congress, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters have marched in cities from coast to coast across America. Their large numbers -- half a million in Chicago and estimates of a million in Los Angeles -- illustrated what's at stake for the immigrant community if proposed laws are passed that criminalize undocumented workers living in the United States. The leading legislative proposals now before Congress deal with two main paths to reform. The version passed by the House, sponsored by Ohio GOP Rep. Sensenbrenner, takes a punitive approach by making undocumented immigrants and those who assist them felons -- increasing employer sanctions and border security -- but offers no provisions for legalization. The Senate is considering a less draconian measure sponsored by Senators John McCain of Arizona and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts that proposes a guest worker program and a process for legalization. Within this often emotional debate, strains of xenophobia can be seen in groups like the Minutemen, whose volunteers -- criticized by many as vigilantes -- patrol border areas without government sanction. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Labor journalist David Bacon, who takes a look at the U.S. immigration debate and the winners and losers among corporations and workers if provisions of some proposed reform legislation are signed into law. Read Bacon's articles online at his website http://dbacon.igc.org Related links:
Interview with Tony Clarke,
In 1999, the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia organized a successful rebellion reversing the privatization of the city's municipal water system. Militant resistance was initiated after the U.S.-based Bechtel corporation began charging exorbitant prices for water, placing the essential resource out of reach of many residents. Large water companies like Suez, Veolia and RWE-Thames have launched efforts to take over public water supplies around the world. The fourth World Water Forum, a gathering of powerful water corporations, financial firms and government agencies was held from March 16 to 22 in Mexico City. However, the Forum's agenda of solving the world's water problems through privatization was countered at the conference when tens of thousands of opponents of privatization came to Mexico City to protest the commodification of water. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Tony Clarke, director of Canada's Polaris Institute, who attended the World Water Forum in Mexico. Clarke, who is the co-author, along with Maude Barlow of the book, "Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop Corporate Theft of the World's Water," explains why he and a growing international movement opposes the privatization of water resources. Contact the Polaris Institute by calling (613) 237-1717 or visit their website at www.polarisinstitute.org Related links:
Interview with Marcus Atkinson,
Every year for the past 28 years, an international Sacred Run for Peace and Mother Earth has been organized by Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement. This year, in addition to crossing the U.S. from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., participants took a detour of almost a thousand miles to visit the Houma tribal nation in the bayous of southern Louisiana. They added "hurricane recovery" to the causes they are running and walking for. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus walked with the group along the bayou through Golden Meadow on March 27, home to many of the 15,000 Houma people scattered through this fragile land that was battered by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Marcus Atkinson is a peace activist from a small town near Melbourne, Australia, who has participated in Sacred Runs since 1993 and is co-founder of another group of peace walkers and runners called Footprints for Peace. With the sounds of Buddhist prayer drums and passing trucks heard in the background, Melinda Tuhus spoke with Atkinson about his group's peace walks and why he believes grassroots movements such as these that will lead to a more peaceful world. For more information, visit www.footprintsforpeace.net. To contact the Sacred Run, which is scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C., on Earth Day, April 22, call (415) 595-1238 or visit their website at www.sacredrun.org Compiled by Bob Nixon
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