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"We decided not to run it"
Press refuses to cover House Resolution to repeal the Iraq use of force resolution. Contact your local media....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 7:48pm PST
New Yorkers need your help
NYPD and the Mayor (and guess who else) do not want this march to take place. Please sign the petition telling city authorities to let the Feb. 15 peace march happen. And spread the word to your friends!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FEB15/petition.html...
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 7:39pm PST
Protests Await Rumsfeld's Arrival In Germany
Because of the potential violence, the U.S. State Department has encouraged Americans to avoid downtown Munich over the weekend....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 5:51pm PST
Veterans Call to Conscience to Troops & Reservists
If the people of the world are ever to be free, there must come a time when being a citizen of the world takes precedence over being the soldier of a nation. Now is that time. When orders come to ship out, your response will profoundly impact the lives of millions of people in the Middle East and here at home....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 5:39pm PST
ISM Activists Beaten and Shot at Nablus Checkpoint
The Israeli government is doing what it can to discourage peace activists from groups such as International Solidarity Movement from doing their work: bearing witness to Israeli atrocities and abuses of Palestinians' human rights, acting as "human shields" between the Israeli army (and Israeli settlers) and the Palestinians in instances where the defenseless Palestinians are being threatened with home demolitions or settlers stealing their land and crops....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:28pm PST
Mandela, Carter, lawmakers: ‘Let UN inspectors work’
Former presidents Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Jimmy Carter of the United States added their voices to the millions demanding that George W. Bush halt his drive toward war against Iraq and give the UN inspectors time to complete their work....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:11pm PST
Labor, community gird for Feb. 15 UN march
NEW YORK – Across the city and the nation there has been a surge of activity as unions, community organizations, churches and individuals organize for what is shaping up to be the largest mobilization yet against the Bush administration’s plans for war on Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:07pm PST
The Case Against War (video/x-pn-realvideo 27.6MB)
A BBC produced program outlining the case against an attack and invasion of Iraq from some suprising sources. 40 min....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 3:21pm PST
UN's Blix sees new Iraqi cooperation, wants more
UN's Blix sees new Iraqi cooperation, wants more time
The chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said on Friday Iraq appeared to be making fresh efforts to cooperate with UN teams hunting banned weapons, as Washington said the "momentum is building" for war with Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:49pm PST
BUSH WILL SEND U.S. AND ALLIED SOLDIERS TO HELL IN COLOMBIA. DO YOU CARE?
Here in Colombia, the Green Berets are pursuing one of Bush's most important, and perilous, foreign policy initiatives. With all the talk about Iraq and North Korea, Washington has done its utmost best to keep Colombia quiet. Risks include losing North American lives in a conflict that does not have the same so-called ''popular support'' as the mystery hunt for al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Washington has a big stake in Colombia......
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:47pm PST
Sharon plans to divide the West Bank into seven parts, Israel break into Jenin, al-Maghazi
The Israeli forces yesterday escalated their aggressions against the Palestinians and carried out more acts of killing and demolishing populated areas and collective acts of arrest....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:41pm PST
Rumsfeld compares Germany to Cuba
US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Europe today for Iraq talks amid a flurry of controversy over his comparison of Germany with Cuba and Libya....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:36pm PST
Germany Seethes Over Rumsfeld Jibe, Protests Planned
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld faces a hostile reception on Friday from German politicians and peace activists over his remark that the country's anti-war stance put it on a par with Libya and Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:33pm PST
No BushBlair's war for oil! (by Latuff)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 11:46am PST
Myths of the 'War on Terrorism'
Huge number of facts to use against the war.
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/myths.html for full article.
Free for distribution by email, WWW or any other means (non-profit).
Ideal for next time you’re in a debate about the war.
More than 80 footnotes and hundreds of links in this comprehensive article, listing and deconstructing myths being fed us by CNN and Bush....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 11:31am PST
BTL: U.S. Labor Movement Organizes Against White House War Plan...
Interview with Gene Bruskin, US Labor Against the War, conducted by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 9:33am PST
British intel report cited by Powell to U.N. plagiarized grad student
Feb. 6, 2003, 2230 hrs, PST, (FTW) - A story is sweeping the world tonight and it says a great deal about those who are forcing the world into a war it does not want. The famed dossier presented by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his Parliament was plagiarized from two articles and a September 2002 research paper submitted by a graduate student....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 8:54am PST
Maxim gets physical with Gandhi
The February issue of Maxim, the leading monthly men’s magazine, depicts Mahatma Gandhi being beaten, throttled, punched, head butted, kicked and stomped—all in the name of a workout and fitness feature....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:24am PST
Good News:CIA Officer Killed in Afghanistan Grenade Accident
Ok, only two CIA agents dead, but its something. With so much bad news in the headlines its nice to read some good news like this every once and awhile....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 3:26am PST