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LOCAL Announcement :: Israel / Palestine
Stunning Success at CAT Meeting
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21 Apr 2005
From Jewish Voice for Peace, based on San Francisco: "We're simply ecstatic about the work of diverse groups that came together to call on CAT to end the sale of weaponized bulldozers to the Israeli military, including Stop Caterpillar-Chicago, US Campaign to End the Occupation, the Sisters of Loretto, Mercy Investment Group, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch."
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Economy : Elections & Legislation : Labor : Political-Economy : Regime
CEPR Updates Social Security Calculator With New Features and Graphics
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21 Apr 2005
The Accurate Benefits Calculator (ABC) enables workers to compare the benefits they would receive under President Bush's Social Security privatization plan to their benefits under current law. It evaluates benefits based on variables such as realistic stock return projections, administrative fees and time off work.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Media
IMC ORIENTATION this Saturday
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21 Apr 2005
Come to the UC-IMC Orientation this Saturday, April 23, from 3 to 5 PM!
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Commentary :: Right Wing
Against Rightwing Demagogues
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21 Apr 2005
Migrants did not only serve Nazis as scape-goats. As the fascists declared the Jews scapegoats, their grandchildren today blame foreigners for unemployment and social cuts. We need a literacy campaign against the social demagogues of the right wing.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Peace
YWCA of the University of Illinois to Hold First Annual Race Against Racism
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20 Apr 2005
The race will start at 9:00 AM and will conclude with an awards ceremony at 10:30 AM. The registration fee is $15 per participant and includes a free t-shirt. Pre-registration is highly recommended, although you can register up until the day of the race on Saturday, April 23.
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Commentary :: Gender and Sexuality
Prejudice Against Blondes
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20 Apr 2005
There is a form of racist prejudice in this country that seldom is ever acknowledged—namely prejudicial stereotyping of blonde people (particularly in negative ways). Often it is subtle and other times notso; and yet it seems more pervasive than many people may be willing to believe.
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News :: Children : Civil & Human Rights : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Regime
Iraq Body Count: Aid Worker Uncovered America's Secret Tally of Iraqi Civilian Deaths
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20 Apr 2005
Tommy Franks, the former head of US Central Command, famously said the US army "don't do body counts", despite a requirement to do so by the Geneva Conventions.

But in an essay Ms Ruzicka wrote a week before her death on Saturday and published yesterday, the 28-year-old revealed that a Brigadier General told her it was "standard operating procedure" for US troops to file a report when they shoot a non-combatant.
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Commentary :: Environment
Exploration will not provide the oil to match demand
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20 Apr 2005
[As the price of oil begins to head higher again, one wonders what the hell we're going to do about it. Here is one Green's perspective. -JF]
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights
IDF's 100th Anniversary Rock Benefit Show!
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20 Apr 2005
***100TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK SHOW***

Friday, April 22nd from 9:30pm-2am
At Nargile

APPEARING:
Decals
The Frame
The Weakdaze
JigGsaw
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Commentary :: Israel / Palestine
Israel's Military Justice System in Occupied Territories
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20 Apr 2005
While the bulk of Hajjar's book discusses the workings of Israel's military courts, she begins her investigation with an analysis of the complex legal system that Israel put in place in the occupied territories, showing how this system serves as the backdrop for the courts themselves.
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