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News :: International Relations : Iraq : Political-Economy : Regime : Right Wing |
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How Costly Is Too Costly? Finding the Tipping Point for Vietnam -- and for Iraq |
by Mark Engler
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24 Feb 2006
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So how much will the war cost? The question occasionally appears in the media, never a new issue, never a settled one either. Still, there are some certainties about the costs of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. One is that it keeps going up. The President has now submitted a "guns over butter" budget to Congress that increases Pentagon spending to $440 billion, while taking away funds from social services at home and development assistance abroad. One of the great curiosities of this huge sum is that it does not include funding for the wars we are actually fighting. Those are appropriated separately -- this year, the White House will reportedly be asking for another $120 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, roughly equal to what it spent in 2005. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : Regime |
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'Big Brother' Watching E-mail, Computer Data: US Report |
by AFP
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24 Feb 2006
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Few computer users realise however, that web based e-mail is subject to much weaker protections than messages stored on home computers.
While the government needs a warrant, issued by a judge, to search someone's home computer, it can access a person's webmail account with only a subpoena, issued without judicial review.
In another example, the ubiquitous cellphone makes communication on the move easy -- but it has a downside, in that it can be used theoretically by government agencies to pinpoint an individual's location. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Economy : Globalization : Labor : Media : Miscellaneous : Political-Economy : Protest Activity : Regime |
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You be the judge: Is Renco robbing steelworker pensions? |
by Milt Neidenberg
ww (nospam) workers.org (verified) |
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24 Feb 2006
Modified: 06:02:48 AM |
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The Renco Group, Inc., is threatening legal action against Workers World newspaper. Its owner is Ira C. Rennert, a billion aire speculator who deals in selling and buying companies, many in bankruptcy. Rennert is one of a growing breed of predators feeding off distressed companies. |
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News :: International Relations : Media |
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 2/24/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! |
by Dan Roberts
outfarpress (nospam) saber.net (verified) |
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23 Feb 2006
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A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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CIW MEMBERS, ALLIES GEAR UP FOR McDONALD'S TRUTH TOUR 2006 |
by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
workers (nospam) ciw-online.org (verified) |
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23 Feb 2006
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 "THE REAL RIGHTS TOUR"
March 26 - April 4, 2006
Major Rally April 1st, Chicago, IL
WHERE: From Immokalee to Chicago (home of McDonald’s) and points in between, including Louisville, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Ann Arbor, Madison, South Bend, and more!
WHO: You – and farmworkers from Immokalee. If you’d like to join us in Chicago or you live along the route, contact us to see how you can participate, at workers@ciw-online.org
WHAT: Farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies will travel by caravan from Immokalee, FL, home of one of the
largest farmworker communities in the country, to Chicago, IL, home of the world’s largest restaurant chain, McDonald’s. |
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Flatulent Right Wing Fills Radio with Hate |
by Bill Berry
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23 Feb 2006
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Right-wing radio may be the most pernicious of all in the way that it sneaks its way into the workplace day after day. If one person listens, then all in earshot must, too. You hear it everywhere, in the places where people work hard for a living. |
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No Work instead of Precarious Work |
by Karl-Heinz Lewed
mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
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23 Feb 2006
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After the fall of the New economy, flexibility, individualization and outsourcing are obviously threats not promises and mean nothing but poverty and precarious working conditions. |
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Announcement :: Elections & Legislation |
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Sustainable Solutions to Social Challenges |
by The Social Pacifists
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23 Feb 2006
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A ready-to-print version of "Sustainable Solutions to Social Challenges". Please print & distribute freely |
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LOCAL News :: Iraq : Peace |
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*URBANA TOWN HALL MEETING* |
by Kruse/Wahlfeldt
jandurl (nospam) insightbb.com (verified) |
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22 Feb 2006
Modified: 09:37:25 PM |
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
If you missed the Urbana TOWN HALL Meeting held on 2/21/06 you might want to tune in to Channel 6 UPTV on any of the dates listed below and watch a rerun of this AWARE Sponsored event. *******Standing Room Only, a crowd of nearly 70 people!
AWARE sponsored the TOWN HALL meeting to request an Urbana City Council Resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. Military from Iraq.
This is local Television at its best.
2/24...... 8:00 AM
2/25..... 11 PM
2/26..... 11 AM
3/3........ 8 AM
3/4......... 11 PM
3/5......... 3 PM |
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