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face=Verdana><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG> Is an o</STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=3><SMALL><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG>pen publishing
platform that invites YOU to post news, opinion, and comment on local and
global issues. The focus is non-mainstream political and social news and
views.</STRONG></FONT> </SMALL> </FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT
face=Verdana> <BR></FONT><BR></STRONG><U>African-Americans invented sexism, and
other interesting tales - 29th May, 04</U><BR>Now, having read <A
href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=5560"><STRONG><FONT
color=#003366>Toufe's piece on moral agency</FONT></STRONG></A> I am not about
to try to make some kind of case absolving an artist like Nelly for creating a
video in which women are treated in degrading, sexist, and appalling
ways.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=391<BR><BR><U>Grinning,
Parasitic Bastards: Class Notes From Chicago - 29th May, 04<BR></U>In my <A
href="http://blog.zmag.org/empire/archives/000455.html">last posting</A> I
referred to the employer class as “vicious, blood-sucking
parasites.”<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=390<BR><BR><U>A
man for all intrigues - 29th May, 04</U><BR>Iyad Allawi, the new choice to lead
Iraq, isn't Ahmed Chalabi -- but that's about the only thing to commend this
wily member of the old-boy, CIA-sponsored exile
club.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=389<BR><BR><U>How Much
Is Hussein's Departure Worth? - 29th May, 04</U><BR>Despite all that's gone
wrong with "Operation Iraqi Freedom" (such as the lack of freedom for Iraqis),
we still hear over and over that "the world is a better place with Saddam
Hussein
gone."<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=388<BR><BR><U>Vanunu
says he wanted to prevent 'new Holocaust' - 29th May, 04</U><BR>Mordechai
Vanunu, released last month after spending 18 years in prison for revealing
Israel's nuclear secrets, says he acted to stop a "new
Holocaust".<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=387<BR><BR><U>Assume
the position: a play about prison is followed by arrests - 29th May,
04</U><BR>The prisoner asked that the tea be without sugar, but the interrogator
-- the nicer one, who called off the beatings and offered cigarettes -- insisted
to the guard that the tea be as sweet as possible. So the guard came in carrying
tea and his rifle, presented the prisoner with the glass, cut loose the plastic
cuffs holding the prisoner's hands together. Minutes later, the prisoner seemed
drunk, as though the tea had been
drugged.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=386<BR><BR><U>ACLU
Challenge to "National Security Letter" Authority - 29th May, 04</U><BR>In an
extraordinary sealed case, the American Civil Liberties Union has challenged the
FBI’s unchecked authority to issue “National Security Letters” (NSLs), which
demand sensitive customer records from Internet Service Providers and other
businesses without judicial oversight.
<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=385<BR><BR><U>British-educated
surgeon is new Iraqi prime minister - 29th May, 04<BR></U>A British-educated
neurosurgeon who spent 30 years in exile in Britain, and who has close links
with both the CIA and MI6, was named as Iraq's new interim prime minister last
night.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=384<BR><BR><U>Soldier
beaten at Guantanamo in interrogation training - 29th May, 04<BR></U>In an
incident that confirms the routine torture and brutalization of prisoners in the
US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, a former soldier there has revealed that he
was savagely beaten and suffered brain damage when he posed as a prisoner as
part of a training
exercise.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=383<BR><BR><U>Canadian
elections: campaign hype cannot mask popular disaffection - 29th May,
04<BR></U>Ending months of hesitation and speculation, Liberal Prime Minister
Paul Martin has called a federal election for Monday, June
28.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=382<BR><BR><U>New Indian
ministry to continue right-wing policies - 29th May, 04<BR></U>The composition
of the Indian council of ministers, sworn into office last Saturday, provides
further confirmation that the Congress Party-led coalition government will
maintain essentially the same right-wing policies at home and abroad as its
predecessor<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=381<BR>
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