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THE COST OF THE WAR IN IRAQ - Homepage Embedable Counter + 3 Important Websites! |
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by J Anderson
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28 Jul 2003
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Check out 3 new/updated progressive websites -- and a home/webpage embedable monetary "COST OF THE WAR" automatic counter. Good tools especially for progressives. And FANTASTIC, INSPIRING anti-war photos from around the world! |
The first website recommendation is from Oakland's "Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized 4 Peace" (LMNOP), written about internationally.
This is the group that has STEADFASTLY and UNFLAGGINGLY had WEEKLY, quietly eloquent, Lake Merritt Sunday Peace Walks of varying size--depending on what is going on in whatever American war--every Sunday at 3:00pm, starting at the northeast columns of the lake. Bring you own signs and/or help wave to the many passing people in cars who *still* very HEARTILY honk in support. It's a great way to get out, realize just how much great support the anti-war movement still has, get some excercise, have an enjoyable walk around the lake with, and MEET KINDRED SPIRIT PEOPLE!!
A *GREAT*, *INSPIRING*, *CREATIVE* WEBSITE!
There are *GREAT ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT PHOTOS* FROM AROUND THE WORLD!!
PHOTOS you probably haven't seen yet and OF INTERNATIONAL MARCHES/RALLIES/DEMOS you probably didn't know about!
Also website is chocked full of well-organized information about Peace issues in general, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, as well as civil liberties and anti-nuclear issues.
There's also a great chronicle--an article of record--of the "Battle of the Port of Oakland" police riot fiasco!
There you will also find "THE COST OF THE WAR IN IRAQ" AUTOMATIC COUNTER and a way to EMBED IT IN YOUR OWN HOMEPAGE/WEBPAGE/WEBSITE.
Bookmark:
http://lmno4p.org/
and its associated
http://costofwar.com/
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And then there's
PROGRESSIVE PUNCH!:
These variously compiled composite percentages include ALL CONGRESSIONAL VOTING RECORDS--BY MEMBER (AND THEIR RATING/RANK) OR BY ISSUE--going back to January, 1991 or whenever a given member of Congress was first elected to his/her present office, whichever came later. These statistics are compiled on a broad range of issues and apply a progressive analysis to the votes cast. Search out what the rascals (and the *very* few good guys/gals) are--or have been--up to!
Bookmark:
http://www.progressivepunch.org
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Finally:
A Web site called IRAQ COALITION CASUALTY COUNT:
is TRACKING THE DEATHS, BY WHATEVER CAUSE, OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN IRAQ, based on official Pentagon and CENTCOM press releases and Army Times and CNN casualty trackers. Their current count--as yet of this writing, July 17--is 85 since May 2, a day after Bush declared "an end to major combat operations", declared an end to "the war".
Looking at the entire war, there was much fanfare Thursday, July 17, over the fact that the latest U.S. combat death this week pushed the official total to 148 -- finally topping the 147 figure for Gulf War I. [The media figure is now almost 160.] However, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, the total number of all U.S. deaths, combat and otherwise, as of July 17, in Iraq is actually *224* [now almost 235].
Bookmark:
http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx
OR BOOKMARK THIS ENTIRE WEBPAGE FOR REFERENCE!
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6:/7:PM MON -- EXCELLENT FRESH AIR PROGRAM ON U.S. OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRATIC IRAN! |
by J Anderson
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28 Jul 2003
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You MUST hear (and audio record for future reference) an *EXCELLENT* program on the U.S. overthrow of the democratic government of Iran in 1953 and the installation of the brutal Shah dictatorship by the Eisenhower (R) administration. (This event was followed by the U.S. overthrow of the democratic govt of Guatemala and others) Hear the story of the Anglo-American coup, further documented by a, year 2000, leaked CIA intelligence chronology. The democratic Prime Minister Mohammed Mussadeq [sometimes spelled Mos(s)adeq] was a passionate constitutionalist (unlike our own government today), uncorruptable (ibid) and dedicated to democracy (ibid), BUT HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT **OUR** OIL WAS UNDER **HIS** COUNTRY!!
Listen to New York Times Correspondent Stephen Kinzer, author of the new book:
"All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror".
It's about the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that put an end to democratic rule, and in turn led the way for the anti-American [gee, I can't imagine why!] Islamic Revolution of 1979. Then we were cynically and *racistly* taught by our government and corporate media that Arab/Persian/Muslim/African and democracy were contradictions in terms.
Kinzer writes, "It was the first time the United States overthrew a foreign government. It set a pattern for years to come, led to the deaths of millions and shaped the way other millions of people view the United States" -- especially when the U.S. intervenes(militarily, overtly or covertly), claiming to be the bearers of "liberation, freedom & democracy".
If you miss the program today, you can listen to the online KQED/NPR/FreshAir archives for Monday , July 28, 2003.
I don't know what's up with the usually establishmentarian/pro-war/Zionist -- if otherwise mentally light and radio-affable -- Terry Gross (there was also a recent program on Bush administration officials and their corporate conflict of interests vis-a-vis their war--invasion--against Iraq): maybe she was feeling the progressive heat from a previous article of mine entitled
Terry Gross -- NPR Warmonger !
(Do Yahoo/Google exact string search [put title in quotation marks] if interested.)
Call or email and thank Fresh Air or NPR for doing the 2nd or 3rd politically decent program in anyone's memory for a change.
Maybe one day she will have Edward Said on for the hour.
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HEAR THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF ZIONISM By Ralph Schoenman |
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30 Jul 2003
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Hear Ralph Schoenman, author of "The Hidden History of Zionism", on a recorded lecture on Berkeley’s KPFA-FM (www.kpfa.org , broadcasted 2:00pm-PST, Wednesday, today, July 30, on the "Guns & Butter" program, www.gunsandbutter.net ), on KPFA's sister station's, KFCF, *24-HOUR* audio archive at
www.kfcf.org
This 24-hour audio archive file will ONLY be AVAILABLE FROM *TODAY*, WEDNESDAY, *UNTIL* 2:00PM-PST (1st half-hour segment) or *UNTIL* 2:30PM-PST (second half-hour segment) *TOMORROW*, Thursday afternoon. Between then, you can either audiostream the file or download (for smoother quality sound) and save the file from www.kfcf.org
“The Hidden History of Zionism” is a meticulous documentation of previously unavailable data on the process of conquest inflicted on Zionism's own victims, the Palestinians. It reveals a tragedy in many stunning, ironic, and significant ways parallel to that of the Jews themselves in Nazi Germany. No reader of this remarkable study will ever again perceive Israel and the Zionist movement in the same light.
The Hidden History (155 pages) explores four myths:
(1) that of "A land without a people for a people without a land";
(2) the myth that Israel is a "democracy" (no more a real democracy than apartheid South Africa was);
(3) that security is the motor force of Israeli foreign policy;
(4) that of Zionism as the moral lagatee of the victims of the Holocaust. The shocking truth is that Zionist leaders consciously sought the financial and military sponsorship of the most anti-Semitic regimes of Europe to push Jews into becoming colonizers afar -- a process which included active collaboration with the Nazi leaders themselves. Zionist leaders *opposed* Jewish resistance and *opposed* escape by Jews to other countries. That is, when Zionist pioneers had a choice between the state of Israel and *actually* *saving* Jews, they always chose the state of Israel. For example, Israeli Prime Minister Ben Gurion himself said that if he had the opportunity to save *ALL* the Jewish children of the Holocaust and not have a Zionist state in Palestine, or save only a *handful* of the Jewish children of the Holocaust and *have* the state of Israel, he would choose the latter!
Ralph Shoenman was Executive Director of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. He secured the release of political prisoners in many countries and initiated the International Tribunal on U.S. war crimes in Indo-China, of which he was Secretary General. He is Director of the Palestine Campaign which calls for an end to all aid to Israel and for a democratic and secular re-unified Palestine.
Other books include "Prisoners of Israel", 'Death and Pillage in the Congo: A Study of Western Rule", and "Bertrand Russell: Philosopher of the Century".
Rabbi Elmer Berger: "Schoenman has done a remarkable job compressing an encyclopedia of information. ...He proves, with extensive documentation, that the best sources for explaining the real dynamics of Israeli policies are the standard works of Zionism's architects [*themselves*!]. ...The [book] is indispensable."
Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Truth crushed to earth will rise once again!"
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Re: Postings On Our Local Newswire |
by ML
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30 Jul 2003
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All three of the storeis above were originally posted to our local newswire. Since they do not have any local content and are apparently not from a local author, this is your warning that future violations of our local newswire could result in more serious consequences than simply having these stories linked together. Please do NOT use our local newswire for IMC network spam. |
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