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BTL:Armed Opposition To The U.S. Occupation Of Iraq Could Signal A... |
by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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19 Jun 2003
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...Protracted Guerilla War. Interview with Chris Toensing, executive director and editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris |
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Presstitutes, Media Whores |
by Josh AKA DAN Disinfo
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19 Jun 2003
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The usual culprits were involved, including of course Big Oil, and their Presstitutes. The pen really is mightier than the sword, and the great majority of the people will believe what the press tells them to, which would be a very powerful tool in the wrong hands. |
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Independent Science Panel Releases Scathing Report On Genetically Modified Food And Crops |
by Food First
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18 Jun 2003
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"For better of for worse, this report will lay to rest the belief that GM food and crops pose no danger to health and the environment," said Dr. Peter Rosset, co-director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) in Oakland, CA, USA, and a contributor to the report. "There is no pressing need for GM crops to be in our food supply today," he said. "World agriculture is characterized by massive overproduction, and people go hungry because of poverty, not because of lack of GM seeds, when they are too poor to buy from the plenty around them..." |
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U.S. Account Of Fallujah Killings Contradicted By Rights Group |
by Jim Lobe
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18 Jun 2003
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In the first incident HRW said it could find no conclusive evidence of bullet damage to the walls of the school where the soldiers were based, "placing into serious question the assertion that they had come under fire from individuals in the crowd," the report said.
Moreover, the group found extensive evidence of multi-caliber bullet impacts in the buildings across the street from the school that were not consistent with the U.S. contention that the troops responded with "precision fire." If not indiscriminate, the response in that incident was clearly excessive, HRW concluded.
In the second incident the circumstances and interviews with all parties suggested that, once again, U.S. troops responded with "disproportionate force," according to HRW. |
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Reclaiming The Media |
by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols
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18 Jun 2003
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The next big day in the fight for media reform will be June 19, when the McCain-chaired Senate Commerce Committee will decide whether to support a motion to rescind the FCC rule changes.
Robert McChesney is a professor at the University of Illinois. This was originally posted on http://www.commondreams.org/ and to a number of local email lists. I have posted it here for those who may not otherwise have seen that they can take this very important action to reclaim the media. ML |
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Tom Ridge Coming To Cleveland! |
by IMCleveland
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17 Jun 2003
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Tom Ridge, the Czar of Bush's Department of Mein Homeland Insecurity, is coming to Cleveland. Feel free to stop by and say "hi". |
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