{"article":{"id":221383,"heading":"NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST","author":"NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War","created":"2008-10-25 16:12:38","modified":"2008-10-25 16:12:38","last_modified":"Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:12:38","article":"
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New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW<\/span>)
<\/div>NYCLAW<\/span> Antiwar<\/span> Digest<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nCONTENTS<\/b>
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*Overview
*Afghanistan
*Iraq
*Palestine
*GI Resistance
\r\n*Cash for Trash
*Domestic Repression<\/b>
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OVERVIEW<\/b>
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\r\nObama embraces war criminal's endorsement<\/b><\/u>
\r\nBy\r\nthe time he made his shameless UN appearance, Powell had already spent\r\nalmost four decades as a bagman -- and frontman -- for some of the most\r\nvicious and ugly elements in American politics and government.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/floyd\/floyd84.html
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\r\nObama's new advisor stands by his war crimes<\/b><\/u>
\r\nYes,\r\nthe original invasion just wasn't tough enough, didn't kill and\r\ndispossess nearly enough people -- not for a moderate, steady figure of\r\nenduring moral authority like Colin Powell.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.uruknet.info\/?p=m48109&hd=&size=1&l=e
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\r\nDemocrats and war criminals<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[I]f\r\nyour going to support a candidate who doesn't represent any of the\r\nvalues you believe in, then you can't have too many bloodthirsty war\r\ncriminals endorsing him.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.dissidentvoice.org\/2008\/10\/hitler-endorses-obama\/
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\r\n\r\nYeah, but<\/b><\/u>
\r\nPowell\r\nhas masterminded the deaths of three million Arabs. The reasons for the\r\nleft to say, \"Yeah, but,\" are quickly running out.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.malcomlagauche.com\/id1.html
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\r\nThe Democrats: A Critical History<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThe\r\nlesser-evil strategy has been and will always be a complete disaster,\r\nallowing both parties the freedom to become more and more \"evil\" as\r\ntime goes on so long as they don't become equally \"evil.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/mrzine.monthlyreview.org\/pham211008.html
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\r\nAFGHANISTAN<\/b>
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\r\nWhat \"good war\"<\/b><\/u>?<\/b>
\r\n\r\nWhile one reason given for the war in Afghanistan is the terror attack\r\nof September 11, 2001, that war, along with Iraq War are wars of\r\nimperialist aggression to extend the military power of the U.S. and its\r\ncontrol over oil supplies in the Middle East and Central Asia.  
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/lisnoff10202008.html
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\r\n\r\nTory M.P.: What democracy<\/b><\/u>?
\r\nThe regime we are defending is corrupt from top to bottom.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/opinion\/commentators\/david-davis-we-are-losing-taliban-battle-966926.html
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\r\nRussian lessons<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"We abused human rights, including the use of aggressive bombardment. Now it's the same, absolutely the same.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/20\/world\/europe\/20russian.html?ref=world
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\r\nOccupation kills 17 more civilians<\/u><\/b>
\r\nWith public\r\nanger running high over civilian deaths in airstrikes by Western\r\ntroops, Afghan authorities said Friday that at least 17 civilians had\r\nbeen killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-afghan18-2008oct18,0,4750906.story
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\r\n\r\nResistance to occupation's barbarity<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n\"So long as there is just one 40-day-old boy remaining alive, Afghans will fight against the people who do this to us.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/oct\/16\/afghanistan-nato
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\r\nAntiwar protesters take to streets across Canada<\/b><\/u>
\r\nAntiwar\r\ndemonstrations in a dozen Canadian cities on Saturday protested the\r\nmilitary mission in Afghanistan, beginning a weekend of action\r\norganizers hope will raise awareness of Canada's involvement in the\r\nU.S.-led \"War on Terror.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.canada.com\/edmontonjournal\/news\/story.html?id=b5349c1e-469d-4a00-aa07-389e1f988e0b
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\r\nIRAQ<\/b>
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\r\nObama's war<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"Nobody is talking about losing this\r\nwar. What we are talking about is recognizing that the next president\r\nhas to have broader strategic vision.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/21\/AR2008102102477.html
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\r\n\r\nBiden's war<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThere's no record that Biden ever opposed an Iraq invasion.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/homepage\/story\/54369.html
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\r\nIraqis rally against occupation pact<\/b><\/u>
\r\n''We refuse the existence of the U.S. in Iraq.''
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/world\/AP-ML-Iraq.html
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\r\nEx-MI5 chief: Bombs dropped in Iraq explode at home<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[L]ook\r\nat what those people who've been arrested or have left suicide videos\r\nsay about their motivation. And most of them, as far as I'm aware, say\r\nthat the war in Iraq played a significant part in persuading them that\r\nthis is the right course of action to take.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2008\/oct\/18\/stella-rimington-9-11-mi5
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\r\nViolence against Christians spreads panic<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n\"These attacks have never been seen in Mosul city. Centuries and centuries we were living together.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/12\/AR2008101200586.html
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\r\nThe tragedy of Iraq's Communists<\/b><\/u>
\r\nWhen the US\r\ninvasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 brought the Baathist regime\r\ncrashing down, the ICP-CC's leaders threw their lot in with the\r\noccupying powers, following the path chosen by numerous other exiled\r\nopposition groups. . . . [M]any of the individuals engaging in active\r\nresistance came to see the members of the governing council, including\r\nthe ICP, as 'collaborators'.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.isj.org.uk\/index.php4?id=492&issue=120
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\r\nPALESTINE<\/b>
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\r\n\r\nWitch-Hunter Dershowitz: Why I support Israel and Obama<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\nThe election of Barack Obama -- a liberal supporter of Israel -- will enhance Israel's position among wavering liberals.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1170359815127&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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\r\nWhy boycott<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[T]he only true fighters for peace in\r\nIsrael are those who support our three fundamental rights: the right of\r\nreturn for Palestinian refugees; full equality for the Palestinian\r\ncitizens of Israel; and ending the occupation and colonial rule.  
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/counterpunch.org\/barghouti10212008.html
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\r\nMost Palestinians reject two-state solution<\/b><\/u>
\r\n54.3\r\nper cent of respondents oppose the so-called two-state solution, while\r\n42.5 per cent support it. . . . Hundreds of thousands of refugees from\r\nthe war and their descendants still live in shantytown camps.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.angus-reid.com\/polls\/view\/most_palestinians_reject_two_state_solution\/
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\r\nGenuine peace movement cannot be Zionist<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\nLiberal Zionists who insist that a two-state solution along the 1967\r\nborders is a reasonable compromise are really only in disagreement with\r\nhard-line Zionists over how much stolen Palestinian land should be kept\r\nfor Jews' exclusive use.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/zmag.org\/znet\/viewArticle\/18478
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\r\nIsraeli academic: \"Jewish nation\" is recent invention<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[T]he\r\nidea of a Jewish nation -- whose need for a safe haven was originally\r\nused to justify the founding of the state of Israel -- is a myth\r\ninvented little more than a century ago.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article9884.shtml
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\r\nHaredi pogrom v. Arab taxi drivers in Jerusalem<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\nUltra-Orthodox youths rioted in Jerusalem overnight, throwing stones at passing cars and beating Arab taxi drivers.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1030418.html
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\r\nAFRICA<\/b>
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\r\nPentagon establishes \"Africa command\"<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n[T]his work to complement and support American security and development\r\npolicies would include missions like deploying military trainers to\r\nimprove the abilities of local counterterrorism forces.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/05\/world\/africa\/05command.html?hp
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\r\nSomalis resist occupation<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[T]he Washington-organized intervention in Somalia [is] a further manifestation of the bogus \"global war on terrorism.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.workers.org\/2008\/world\/somalia_1009\/
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\r\n\r\nGI RESISTANCE<\/b>
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\r\nFrom the frontlines<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThe number of anti-war soldiers is increasing rapidly.
\r\nhttp:\/\/campusprogress.org\/asktheexpert\/3264\/from-the-frontlines
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\r\nWinter soldiers and Washington's wars<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThere is an\r\nongoing discussion within the essentially moribund antiwar movement of\r\ntoday and among antiwar veterans themselves regarding the roles vets\r\nshould play in rebuilding that movement.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/jacobs10062008.html
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\r\nBush lied, G.I.s paid<\/b><\/u>
\r\nAnti-war\r\nveterans have reached the conclusion that, perhaps with the exception\r\nof the Iraqis themselves, they have suffered more than anyone from the\r\nwar in Iraq.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/badgerherald.com\/oped\/2008\/10\/02\/anti-war_vets_fight_.php
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\r\nG.I. movement against the war<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n\"The actions of these young veterans show that anyone can change.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/news.infoshop.org\/article.php?story=20081003135303723
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\r\nExcerpt from 'Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan' <\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n\"I tried hard to be proud of my service, but all I could feel was shame.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/102352\/
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CASH-FOR-TRASH<\/b>
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\r\nNumber of low-wage working families rises<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThe\r\nranks of low-wage working families increased by 350,000 between 2002\r\nand 2006, to nearly 9.6 million -- more than one in four of the\r\nnation's working families with children.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-families15-2008oct15,0,502608.story
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\r\nPoverty boosts military recruitment<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\n\"We do benefit when things look less positive in civil society.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-recruit11-2008oct11,0,4964808.story
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\r\nDOMESTIC REPRESSION<\/b>
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\r\nDespite ruling, detainee cases delayed<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"Every day of delay is one more day our clients are in prison without a hearing.\"
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/05\/us\/05gitmo.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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\r\nGuantanamo prosecutor had 'grave misgivings'<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\nVandeveld is at least the fourth prosecutor to resign under protest.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-gitmo12-2008oct12,0,5392481.story
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\r\nDetainees near insanity<\/b><\/u>
\r\nThey were deprived of\r\nnatural light for months and for years were forbidden even minor\r\ndistractions such as a soccer ball or a dictionary.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/07\/AR2008100702296.html
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\r\nU.S. drops charges for 5 Guantanamo detainees<\/b><\/u>
\r\nNone of the detainees were to be released.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/22\/washington\/22gitmo.html?hp
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\r\nBush keeps Guantanamo open<\/b><\/u>
\r\nBush adopted the view\r\nof his most hawkish advisers that closing Guantanamo would involve too\r\nmany legal and political risks to be acceptable, now or any time soon.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/21\/washington\/21gitmo.html?hp
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\r\nDon't let them kill an innocent man<\/b><\/u>
\r\nTroy Davis'\r\ncase illustrates the fact that nothing has changed -- that the system\r\nis infected by racism and bias against the poor.
\r\nhttp:\/\/socialistworker.org\/2008\/10\/20\/dont-let-them-kill-troy-davis
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