*MARTIAL LAW, US*

Washington weighs terror's impact on presidential
vote/A warning to the American people:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/terr-m04.shtml

(This is an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT article. njs.)




*IRAQ*

Marines pull back from Fallujah: a debacle for
American imperialism:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/fall-m04.shtml

US media alibis for torture in Iraq:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/tort-m03.shtml

Private military companies in Iraq: profiting from
colonialism
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/pmcs-m03.shtml

More about the abuse of Iraqi inmates. The
psychodynamics of occupation:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6121.htm

Female GIs report being raped (Denver Post, found at
Rense):
tinyurl.com/22dy3



*ISRAEL*

Is America a servant to the will of Israel (Ramallah
online; found at Rense)?
tinyurl.com/2ruz8

"...'When I turn to Aljazeera, I need a few minutes to realize that this is Iraq not Palestine,' said Uri Avnery, a veteran Israeli journalist and commentator. Reports are surfacing that the Israelis are training
US troops in Jenin-style urban warfare..."


Israel emptying Jerusalem of Palestinians by
bulldozing their homes (Palestine Monitor; Rense):
tinyurl.com/ys7sl



*TERRORISM*

Fears rise with 'hot lab' building boom (Boston
Globe):
tinyurl.com/3279x



*E-VOTING*

California nixes e-voting:
tinyurl.com/2lwvv



*STATE GOVERNMENTS*

Severe budget crisis in California:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/cali-m04.shtml



*CIVIL LIBERTIES*

High school student grilled by US Secret Service over artwork:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/stud-m03.shtml

"...When the student’s drawings called for an end to the war, school officials called the police..."


Build a website, go to jail:
www.reason.com/sullum/043004.shtml



*BUSH REGIME*

A database of Bush Cheney lies. Contribute your own! (American Progress; thanks Nico H.):
tinyurl.com/2o2ho



*US ECONOMY*

A new fad for CEOs: Begging (Independent UK; Rense):
tinyurl.com/2x3qm



*SCIENCE*

The evolution of cicadas:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61426-2004May2.html


peace,
Scott