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Bush's Nutty Nuclear Braggadocio |
by Robert Scheer
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19 Apr 2006
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Hussein, who did not have a nuclear-weapons program and was fundamentally at odds with Bin Laden, now sits in prison, while the dictator of nukes-’R’-us Pakistan and the theocrats of Iran have had their power immeasurably strengthened by Bush’s policies. Go figure. Actually, it would appear the public already has, explaining why our fearless leader has fallen so far in the polls. |
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News :: Agriculture : Children : Civil & Human Rights : Environment : Nukes : Political-Economy |
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Fallout from Chernobyl Will Cause 100,000+ Deaths, Says Greenpeace |
by Andrew Osborn
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19 Apr 2006
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"The [emissions] from this one reactor exceeded the radioactive contamination by the nuclear weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by one hundred times. It has become clear that one nuclear reactor can contaminate half the Earth." |
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A Subversive Plot |
by Roger Doiron
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19 Apr 2006
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It takes 400 calories of fossil fuels to transport a single 5 calorie strawberry from California to East Coast supermarkets. With cheap oil running out and global temperatures reaching historic highs, we can’t afford our long-distance love affair with food much longer, at least not without serious consequences. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights |
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THURSDAY: Breaking the Silence of Torture with Dong Tizon! |
by Jen Tayabji
tayabji (nospam) shout.net (verified) |
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19 Apr 2006
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Join the Illinois Disciples Foundation for our last event this spring!
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"Breaking the Silence of Torture:
Survivor and Activist Dong Tizon Speaks Out"
Thursday, April 20
7-9pm
Wisegarver Lounge at IDF
Free and open to the public!
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LOCAL Announcement :: Iran |
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Meeting and Discussion |
by Tom Mackaman
tmackaman (nospam) yahoo.com (verified) |
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19 Apr 2006
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STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ!
NO WAR ON IRAN!
FOR A SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS!
Speakers:
Jerome White, Socialist Equality Party Candidate, US District 12, Michigan
Joe Parnaruskis, SEP Candidate, Illinois Senate, District 52
7p.m. THIS Thursday, April 20th, 111 Gregory Hall
Read the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)
Sponsored by UIUC Students for Social Equality
uiuc.socialequality (at) hotmail.com |
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America-Iran War: May be or not |
by Tanveer Jafri
tanveerjafriamb (nospam) gmail.com (verified) |
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19 Apr 2006
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If America succeeds in persuading Iran by its political strategy, really it will be a comfortable happening for the humanity. At the same time Iran should promise that at any cost, it will not manufacture nuclear armaments in the guise of the Uranium Enrichment Programme. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Drugs : Health : Prisons |
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Panel Discussion: "Why is it Time to Change Our Drug Laws?" |
by Nancy Dietrich-Rybicki
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18 Apr 2006
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The Channing-Murray April Social Justice Forum will be a Panel Discussion entitled "Why is it Time to Change Our Drug Laws? How UIUC and C-U Drug Policies Affect ALL of Us."
Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana
It is free and open to the public |
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Psychology of a Guaranteed Income |
by Erich Fromm
mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
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17 Apr 2006
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The main obstacle to a guaranteed income seems to be psychological, the envy triggered by another's good fortune..People will always work since boredom becomes overwhelming. |
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