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Commentary :: Economy

Crisis Populism and Rose-Colored Glasses

When it concerns socializing the losses of the financial disaster, the head of Deutsche Bank no longer believes in the "self-healing power of the market." The bankruptcy of neoliberalism is blatant.
 

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News :: War in Iraq

Warmongering '60 Minutes' Mike Wallace interview

Warmongering '60 Minutes' Mike Wallace interview
 

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Commentary :: Miscellaneous

Who Would Be So Low as to Attack a Man's Wife?

(Call it a character portrait... Or an exam in basic human decency.)
 

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News :: International Relations

USAID May Outsource Global Cash-Distribution Function

"Someone in the State Department or at USAID likely already is planning to leave government service and enter the private sector to get that contract," the source said. "That's just how things are at State. You can be sure that there's an official or a group of officials who are currently making plans to start their own company, use their inside connections to secure the contract, and become millionaires at the expense of the average working stiff."
 

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News :: Civil & Human Rights

Jewish Voice for Peace Was Against Muzzling -- Before They Were For It

 

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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights

"COINTELPRO operations manuals" now posted

Organized stalking and electronic harassment is the common name of the current-day COINTELPRO crimes. One OS/EH target has compiled "operations manuals" describing the perpetrator organization.
 

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Commentary :: Elections & Legislation

The De-Racialization of US Politics

The de-racialization of US politics has implications that go far beyond the possibility that we're about to elect an African-American president. If Mr. Obama wins in November, it will be because our country has already been transformed.
 

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Announcement :: Activism

Tent City Protest


TENT CITY PROTEST - Central bank body warns of Great Depression
BUILD THE FUTURE WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE

JOIN THE TENT CITY PROTEST SATURDAY JUNE 28, 2008 AT NOON OUTSIDE THE WHITHE HOUSE IN LAFAYETTE PARK

HELP BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO OUR WORLD - END THE OCCUPATIONS, TORTURE AND STOP BUSH'S THREAT OF WORLD WAR III - CREATE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY AND HUNGER.

www.consensus.net/tent_city_protest.html

We can start building a world with peace, healthcare, education, food, housing, a safe environment, and democracy. Experience the power of nonviolent social change and the joy of building a community of resisitance. Activists with an number of organizations including the Washington Peace Center, CodePink DC, Washington Homes Not Jails, Propositon One and Food Not Bombs met this May in Washington DC to plan some of the logistics for the Tent City Protest. Proposition One has been protesting everyday outside the White House for over 25 years. We agreed to start the main action the Saturday before Independence Day. Everyone is invited to gather at outside the White House at noon.

WHY DO WE NEED A TENT CITY PROTEST

Central bank body warns of Great Depression
June 9, 2008 by Gill Montia
www.bankingtimes.co.uk

"The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the organisation that fosters cooperation between central banks, has warned that the credit crisis could lead world economies into a crash on a scale not seen since the 1930s."

"In its latest quarterly report, the body points out that the Great Depression of the 1930s was not foreseen and that commentators on the financial turmoil, instigated by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, may not have grasped the level of exposure that lies at its heart."

We are facing a crisis. Millions of Americans are losing their homes and jobs as the federal government spends billions on illegal wars and domestic repression. The presidential candidates are offering no solutions to the failing economy or addressing the crisis of climate change. They are calling for war against Iran which could bring the world to economic crisis. Twenty percent of the world's oil would be cut do to this conflict. Oil prices are already causing hunger and driving millions into extreme poverty.

LOCATIONS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON DC
We invite you to join us outside the White House at Lafayette Park at the Proposition One Vigil.Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, NW. When arriving in Washington DC you can stop at the CodePink House at 712 5th St NE between G&H (5 blocks from Union Station- Red Line) Please call the house at 202.290.1301 or email the house at dc[at]codepinkalert.org. The house will be closed on June 28th through July 4th but you are free to stop by before the Tent City Protest or during the rest of the summer. You can also check in at the Washington Peace Center at 1233 12th Street, NW, downstairs. Call the Washington Peace Center at 202/234-2000  or email them at  wpc(at)igc.org

WORKSHOP ON FORMAL CONSENSUS
2:00 PM SATURDAY JUNE 28, 2008 AT NOON OUTSIDE THE WHITHE HOUSE IN LAFAYETTE PARK
Author C.T. Lawrence Butler will be teaching a workshop on the decision making process Formal Consensus. He has taught the use of consensus for over 20 years and co-wrote the book "On Conflict and Consensus." This process has been central to the growing success of many social movements.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO THE TENT CITY PROTEST
At first because of the laws against camping in Washington DC we invite you to bring a life size card board image of a tent as well as a pop-up tent that you can set up on the street. Food Not Bombs plans to provide vegetarian meals so a bowl, cup and silverware is helpful. Also bring a sleeping bag and plastic to cover yourself in the rain. if you can help cook and have a propane stove, pots, spices and other cooking equipment that is also helpful. Those interested in First Aid can bring medical supplies. Bring a sign to announce the name of your organization. Music, puppets, street theater is also welcome. Water jugs are also very important as the summer is very warm in Washington DC.

Join the Tent City Protest to stop the U.S. attack on Iran, to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while showing that we can create world free from domination, coercion and violence.
 

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Commentary :: War in Iraq

How Corrupt is the US?

Corruption has become a cancerous disease of US society. No end or even weakening of the lies and deception is in sight. In the politics of the nation, corruption scandals have long reached the center of power.
 

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News :: Latin America

Soberanía en la retórica y en la realidad Latinoamericana

La fuerte presencia norteamericana en todos estos países es criticada por quienes conocen sus derivaciones en la historia latinoamericana: golpes de estado, dictadores sanguinarios, escuadrones de la muerte, detenidos-desaparecidos, muertes, tortura y represión.
 

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