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  • THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION: A Referendum for Disaster
    18 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Phyllis Bennis The constitutional process culminating in Saturday’s referendum is not a sign of Iraqi sovereignty and democracy taking hold, but rather a consolidation of U.S. influence and control. Whether Iraq’s draft constitution is approved or rejected, the decision is likely to make the current situation worse. The ratification process reflects U.S., not Iraqi urgency, and is resulting in a vote in which most Iraqis have not even seen the draft, and amendments are being reopened and (…)

  • EU says internet could fall apart
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    – Developing countries demand share of control US says urge to censor underlies calls for reform
    by Richard Wray
    A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control.
    The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the internet will split apart.
    At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the (…)

  • Rwandan : World Day Against the Death Penalty
    10 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President Paul Kagame
    This letter was delivered on October 10, 2005
    World Day Against the Death Penalty
    Dear...,
    We are pleased and honoured to address you and the Rwandan people. We want to assure you that we are in solidarity with the efforts of all Rwandan citizens who aim to restore justice and human rights after a long period of terrible tribulations in your Country. It is in a spirit of deep friendship and humility that we request that you do your best to achieve, as soon as (…)

  • Bush/Condi Dictatorship
    9 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Condoleezza Rice’s Blueprint for a Repressive State Preamble to Bush’s Speech at the National Endowment for Democracy On 10/6/05: by teresa simon-noble
    “In a world where evil is still very real,democratic principles must also be backed with power in al its forms:Political and economic, cultural and moral, and yes, sometimes military.” Condoleezza Rice, PrincetonUniversity NJ 9/30/05
    What an amazing quote!
    I read it and I said, “that is exactly what Fidel Castro did in Cuba after (…)

  • How the Neocons Took Over
    6 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    October 5, 2005
    Liberal Guilt? How the Neocons Took Over By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
    [Editors’ Note: The CounterPunch editors, of course, are the French Revolution’s most enthusiastic defenders in America. A medallion of Robespierre adorns Cockburn’s BBQ pit, while a print of Saint Just hangs above St. Clair’s smoldering Macintosh. Neither of them had much use for liberals. Just ask Danton.—AC/JSC]
    Balint Vazsonyi was a concert pianist and a historian. A person who had tasted life both (…)

  • Bill Would Give Cover to Pentagon Spies in U.S.
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    In an effort to thwart domestic terror, some privacy protections would be rolled back.
    By Greg Miller Times Staff Writer
    October 1, 2005
    WASHINGTON - Pentagon intelligence operatives would be allowed to collect information from U.S. citizens without revealing their status as government spies under legislation approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee and publicly released this week.
    The bill would end a long-standing requirement that military intelligence officers disclose their (…)

  • BANNING BOOKS
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BURN THE BOOKS
    By Peter Fredson
    September 30, 2005
    “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black-mustachio’d face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep (…)

  • ADL’s New ’Hate Bill’ The Death Knell For Talk Radio
    28 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Rev. Ted Pike 6-29-5 The Anti-Defamation League’s new, tougher hate bill, "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005," HR 2662, if passed, will very soon end FREE SPEECH and FREE SPEECH TALK RADIO. The ADL, through similar legislation, has already ended free speech in Canada. It wants to do the same in America. Here’s a summary of how this bill would make law. HR 2662 intends to enforce nation-wide the working ADL/federal definition that ’hate’ equals bias (…)

  • NEW FEDERAL “HATE” BILL MEANS FUNERAL OF FREE SPEECH
    27 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Rev. Ted Pike
    On Sept. 14, the US House of Representatives passed, 223-199, the ominous federal “anti-hate” bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005. It was inserted as AMDT.2662 into the Children’s Safety Act. If approved unaltered by the senate judiciary, this legislation is ready for the President to sign into law.
    Here is a summary of what the bill would make law:
    Although AMDT.2662 ostensibly empowers the government to assist states in prosecution of (…)

  • DO YOU FEEL SAFE NOW?
    24 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    DO YOU FEEL SAFE?
    By Peter Fredson
    September 24, 2005
    George Bush has been running a propaganda scam for years now, basically telling us that he will keep us safe while scaring the Hell out of us. Well, we have spent several billion dollars on airport security and what do we have to show for it: several bushel baskets full of nail clippers, manicure scissors, pocket knives and assorted sharp instruments for practical applications. How many terrorists has Bush caught with all that (…)