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Commentary :: Miscellaneous
BTL:Big Oil Buys Influence in Washington, Crafting Legislation that...
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23 May 2005
...Adds to the Industry's Record Profits ~ Interview with Bob Williams, director of the Politics of Oil Project at the Center for Public Integrity, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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LOCAL Announcement :: Gender and Sexuality
Born in Flames Conference
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22 May 2005
Born In Flames is a 3-day conference addressing sexual assault from a radical perspective and addressing the unique needs our communities have. We will focus on education, support and accountability.
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Commentary :: Civil & Human Rights
Human Dignity is Inviolable
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22 May 2005
The Christian faith is obviously losing ground Disorientation and superstition spread. The merciless religion of the market has long replaced faith in the humanitarian God.. Act so you always treat people as ends in them-selves and never merely as means to an end
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Commentary :: Miscellaneous
BTL:Chimpanzee Researcher Jane Goodall Supports Projects Benefiting People &...
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22 May 2005
...Wildlife Living in Endangered African Forest Areas ~ Excerpt of speech by Jane Goodall, delivered at Yale University May 10 produced by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
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News :: Globalization
Pandemic Of 2005 May Have Begun
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22 May 2005
Pandemic Of 2005 May Have Begun
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LOCAL News :: Media
Worldwide IMCs Respond to UCIMC Statements
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21 May 2005
The UCIMC listserve is bristling with outraged commentary from IMCistas around the globe, over comments by locals in Urbana about its privileged position among the indy media network. The excerpts below were posted in the last 24 hours. PROPERTY CORRUPTS!
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Announcement :: Miscellaneous
Convergence House
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21 May 2005
Forwarded message from a newsgroup that people may be interested in. Concerns sustainable living and the like.
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Commentary :: Israel / Palestine
Israel as "Apartheid"
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20 May 2005
Modified: 01:31:33 PM
An example of the sort of stuff that's shaking out of the efforts to overturn the AUT boycott of two Israeli colleges. Examines in detail the analogy that Israel is an apartheid state -- a favorite rhetorical weapon of anti-Zionists -- and shows that, although there is unquestionably institutionalized racism in Israel and the Occupied Territories, the analogy to aparthied is too problematic to be of any use other than as oversimplified sloganeering.

"Critiques of Israel are necessary but they are not best -- or always honestly -- made through facile comparisons or dichotomies."

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Interview :: Civil & Human Rights
Is the Social State Ending?
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20 May 2005
Socially just means people have comparable chances to develop in their lives, may have work, are protected against the great risks of life and can age with dignity. To that end, social systems and personal effort are necessary.
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News :: Elections & Legislation
Blackwell loses, voters win
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19 May 2005
Taken from Barbara Burt's post on CommonBlog:

"An Important Victory: Blackwell Loses in Court"
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