News :: Peace
Spinning 1000 Dead as Kerry Ducks
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08 Sep 2004
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Dave Lindorff
The Bush White House is in full-spin mode trying to minimize the damage as the U.S. death toll in Iraq passes the 1000-mark. Kerry, meanwhile, misses an opportunity to label Iraq “Bush’s Folly.”
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LOCAL News :: Elections & Legislation
FEEC and Green Alliance to Protest, Call for Madigan's Indictment
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08 Sep 2004
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Free and Equal Election Coalition
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LOCAL Announcement :: Miscellaneous
Right wing nuts on Roosevelt Rd!
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08 Sep 2004
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me
there are rightwing idiots with a van and pictures of human fetuses and signs saying that homosexuality is a sin, obama is not fit, and other colorful stuff.
I am stuck at work but if anyone is around Roosevlet Rd and Canal (across from Dominicks and Walgreens) in the South loop - let them know they are idiots.
They were spotted at 10:20am on Wed -(sept 8th?)
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The Warlords of America
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08 Sep 2004
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John Pilger; The New Stateman;
Most of the US's recent wars were launched by Democratic presidents. Why expect better of Kerry? The debate between US liberals and conservatives is a fake; Bush may be the lesser evil.
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The Green Party Unravels From Within
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08 Sep 2004
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Joshua Frank, CounterPunch
$10 Million May Not Be Much for the DNC, But It's Still $10 Million More Than ... Zilch
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On the Road in Gringolandia
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08 Sep 2004
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John Ross, CounterPunch
The Politics of Darkness: North / South
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Thank You, People of New York City
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08 Sep 2004
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Carol Norris, Commondreams.org
Our bodies ache with bruises and scrapes and sunburns. Our voices are shot. We are sleep deprived.
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
Peace Activist Held as 'Danger to Israel'
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08 Sep 2004
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Chris McGreal in Jerusalem, Guardian, UK
Lawyers question state motives behind detention without trial of former woman soldier who befriended leading Palestinian militant
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : International Relations
LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT EXPLOITATION, FROM AN EXPLOITED PERSON
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08 Sep 2004
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Sam (repost)
I am Sam, an Iraqi refugee living in Lebanon at the moment; I have spent the last 9 years of my life as a refugee registered with the UNHCR in Beirut. The last 3 years, I have spent as an activist for human rights (especially refugees and asylum seekers) on the Internet; I'm also a books author and ebooks publisher.
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News :: Labor
California AFL-CIO Rebukes Labor’s National Level Foreign Policy Leaders
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08 Sep 2004
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Kim Scipes, Z Net
The 25th Biennial California State AFL-CIO Convention in July handed a stunning rebuke to national-level foreign policy leaders of the AFL-CIO at their state convention in San Diego.
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