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  • Brave New World : ush signs Bill to Take all Newborns’ DNA
    3 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Steve Watson
    President Bush last week signed into law a bill which will see the federal government begin to screen the DNA of all newborn babies in the U.S. within six months, a move critics have described as the first step towards the establishment of a national DNA database.
    Described as a "national contingency plan" the justification for the new law S. 1858, known as The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007, is that it represents preparation for any sort of "public health (…)

  • MAY DAY : A Call To Action
    1 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    by David Swanson
    May 1st is shaping up to be quite a day of resistance, with strikes by the ILWU and other unions, plus immigrant rights rallies, and peace and impeachment activities. It’s Mission Accomplished Day (5 Years!) It’s Downing Street Minutes Day (3 Years!) It’s Impeachment Off the Table Day (2 Years!) It’s May Day, the original Labor Day (122 Years!)
    If you care about the future of our republic, we encourage you to visit your congress member’s nearest office at high noon, (…)

  • ’Free Tibet’ flags made in China
    29 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say.
    The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
    Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.
    But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper.
    The factory owner (…)

  • Solidarity with Grangemouth Workers !
    28 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Solidarity is proud to offer our 100% support to the oil refinery workers at Grangemouth.
    For the “crime” of refusing to accept the tearing up of their pension scheme they have been vilified by the Ineos management and sections of the press in Scotland. In a disgusting campaign the oil workers have been accused of “holding the country to ransom” and of being “hell bent on strike action.”
    In reality it is the Ineos Company led by billionaire James Ratcliffe who are responsible for this (…)

  • How Clinton Courted Racists in Pennsylvania
    27 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    April 25, 2008 The Bitter and the Biased How Clinton Courted Racists in Pennsylvania
    By DAVE LINDORFF
    Time for a discussion on … not race, but racism.
    One of the clear observations that can be made about the ugly Democratic presidential primary just held in Pennsylvania is that it was marred by racism.
    The winning candidate, Hillary Clinton, who bested Barack Obama by just over 9 percent of the vote after a six-week campaign, made a determined effort to court the white, working class (…)

  • David Boren Dusts Off Oklahoma’s "Criminal Syndicalism" Law
    27 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma — mpwright8@aol.com
    April 2008
    According to Webster, a political revolution does not have to be violent:
    It says (2b) that a revolution is "a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed."
    According to this Oklahoma law (paragraph B), it is a felony crime for anyone over the age of 18 to advocate revolution on a college or (…)

  • Breaking the Silence - Israeli Soldiers Speak
    26 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Stephen Lendman
    They’re called "Refuseniks" but not for refusing to serve. They’ve done it proudly and courageously, and here’s how "Courage to Refuse" members state their position:
    "We, reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....have always served in the front lines....were first to carry out any mission, light or heavy, (and we did it) to protect the State of Israel and strengthen it.
    We....served....long weeks every year, in spite of dear cost to our (…)

  • The United States has 1/4 of the World’s Prisoners
    24 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    American Exception: Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’
    By ADAM LIPTAK
    Photo: http://prisonersoverseas.com
    The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.
    Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs (…)

  • Chinese Junk
    24 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    Strother Martin, in the classic film, "Cool Hand Luke," uttered those immortal words: “What we’ve have here is failure to communicate.” That sums up the current war of words between the Peoples Republic of China and CNN. Part of this situation is pure, heavy-handed, government propaganda, and part is American arrogance, quick to point out the sty in other’s eyes while unwilling to deal with the log in their own. A failure to communicate, based on culture, politics, (…)

  • EU treaty : Leaked email reveals government plans to hoodwink (irish) voters
    20 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Treaty Con
    The Government has hatched an elaborate plan to deceive voters over the forthcoming EU treaty referendum, the Irish Daily Mail can today reveal.
    A leaked email shows that ministers are planning a deliberate campaign of misinformation to ensure the treaty vote is passed when it is put to the public as required by the Constitution. The document also shows that the Government is considering a last-minute change in the date of the referendum - slated for June 12 - to catch out (…)