Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun:
"You can always hear the people who are willing to sacrifice somebody else's life. They're plenty loud and they talk all the time. You can find them in churches and schools and newspapers and legislatures and congress. That's their business. They sound wonderful. Death before dishonor. This ground sanctified by blood. These men who died so gloriously. They shall not have died in vain. Our noble dead."
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Women’s Rights in Iraq
By Diane E. Dees
Iraqi women without headscarves are being attacked and killed.
March 7, 2006
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Michael Parenti:
"To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly represents. Such opposition should be called what it really is: democracy, or democratic dissent, or having a critical perspective about what your leaders are doing. Either we have the right to democratic dissent and criticism of these policies or we all lie down and let the leader, the Fuhrer, do what is best, while we follow uncritically, and obey whatever he commands. That's just what the Germans did with Hitler, and look where it got them."
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Civilian Deaths Rise in Iraq
By Juliana Bunim
According to Iraq Body Count, more civilians have been dying each year of the occupation.
March 9, 2006
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Edward Abbey: "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
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U.S. Will Not Demand Limits on Indian Fast Breeder Reactor, Prime Minister Says
Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh told the Indian parliament that the United States would not demand that New Delhi place its fast-breeder nuclear reactor under international safeguards under the terms of a nuclear technology-sharing agreement between the two countries, Electricity Daily reported today (see GSN, March 9).
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J. William Fulbright, US Senator:
"To criticize one's country is to do it a service ... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism - a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation."
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J. Sri Raman | Bush, Singh Unmake History
J. Sri Raman writes: A three-day visit of President Bush threatened to undo a proud history of decades, of India in the international arena. It also made a more than perceptible difference to the country's current political history.
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Noam Chomsky:
"The point of public relations slogans like 'Support our troops' is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."
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Murtha to Receive Profile in Courage Award
Rep. John Murtha, a Vietnam veteran who has denounced the war in Iraq, was named a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Thursday.
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John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man:
"Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization. I should know; I was an EHM."
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Video Clip-Of-The-Week
Belafonte on Terror
Folks, the more one understands that terror and terrorism is a much broader problem, one can start applying it to many topics. Activist Harry Belafonte refuses to cower amidst the attempts to label him a traitor. To view the entire, video clip, visit: Belafonte on Terror If you would like to see other video clips on the Middle East, visit ETV1 & search "Middle East".
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The American Heritage Dictionary, 1983: "fascism - A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."
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"Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another."
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"Sow Justice, Reap Peace -- Strategies for Moving Beyond War" 2006 VFP Annual Convention August 10-13, Seattle, WA
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