Radical political posters have long been a feature of American culture and politics. From handbills posted during the Revolutionary War to wheatpasted posters put up by anti-capitalist activists, radical street art has been vital to political discourse in this country. Radical art in public spaces has made a comeback in the past 15 years.

Now, War Hawks within the Bush-Cheney Gang are planning a First-Strike against Iran. It may come just before the Nov. midterm elections. The Neocon Paul Wolfowitz concocted the notion of a Pre-emptive War. His target, in 2003, was Iraq. Every time I hear Wolfowitz’s name mentioned, I curse him for all the deaths and suffering that his scheme has caused to the peoples of that unfortunate country, our brave troops and to our dwindling treasury.

Like a Rolling Stone, and the FBI, and the CIA, and the BBC, and BB King, and Doris Day, by the way, dig it!, dig it!, dig it!

The more ignorant or unfamiliar you are with and about statecraft, the easier people who want to perpetuate war can manipulate you. So committments to war or peace or radical sanity take form, and an intensifying radical's radical dialogue
"becomes" between two persons who like each other at face value (and some years of background history). This communication may be instructive for those who want to better understand aggression and its rationalizations in order to ju-jitsu the worst of what happens when beliefs are allowed to bear the ugly fruits of perpetual war.

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Responsibility and War Powers

April 7th, 6,000 riot police and 700 hired thugs attacked the Autonomous Peace Village of Daechuri. They succeeded in destroying the irrigation system, making farming a near impossibility. 40 protesters were arrested, 30 were injured, 5 of those seriously.

Functionless profits do not lead to more invest-ments, growth and employment..The market, competi-tion and profits are not ends in themselves. The economy exists for people, not vice versa.. Capital needs a counterveiling power through an equal worker participation in economic affairs.

News Junkie Scott's Blog (4/9/06)

Happy Palm Sunday! Bu Christ's future, we mean a future that is already present without ceasing to b future. Jesus comes.. Because the crucified has a future with God, everything we say about him contains hope..The truth will set us free but the truth is a process, not a cudgel.