NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 12.15.08

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*41 DAYS AFTER
*CLASS WAR AT HOME
*AFGHANISTAN
*IRAQ
*PALESTINE
*MUMBAI
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41 DAYS AFTER

Obama Foreign Policy Looks Like Bush 41
[I]n retrospect, the speech may be most notable for the other things Obama said that separated him from some in his anti-war audience.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obama_foreign_policy_looks_lik.html

Why Obama Picked Clinton for Secretary of State
[N]o one who paid serious attention to Obama's campaigning, even in the early stages of the race, thought he was about fundamental change.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/387020/why_obama_picked_clinton_for_secretary_of_state



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CLASS WAR AT HOME

Lessons From the Chicago Sit-In
[WARN] applies in only a minority of plant closings and mass layoffs, and apparently it is widely violated, with little consequence, when it does apply.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/lessons-from-the-chicago-sit-in/?hp

Solidarity with Republic Workers
People across the country facing foreclosure, unemployment and economic uncertainty, saw in the fight back at Republic proof that it is possible to stand up and win--even against Corporate America.
http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/15/solidarity-with-republic-workers

UAW Givebacks -- More of the Same?
"We've helped them before, but it seems like they always come back to us," said Shane Colvard, chairman of Local 2164 in Bowling Green, Ky., where G.M. builds the Chevrolet Corvette sports car.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/business/04auto.html?_r=1&hp



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AFGHANISTAN

Resistance Takes Heavy Toll of U.S. Troops: 9 Killed, 27 Wounded
"It looked like something out of a Vietnam movie."
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/army_WanatMain_121408/

Truckers Stop NATO Supplies
"Why should we continue supply to those who are attacking our own brothers in South and North Waziristan."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18962



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IRAQ

Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush and Denounces Him on TV as a 'Dog'
"This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/middleeast/15prexy.html?ref=world

"Shoe" Journalist Beaten and Abducted
Later, a trail of fresh blood could be seen on the carpet, although the source was not known.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTki_d652tvHLYQvaRlelGq64GoQD952T2IG0

Iraqis Pick Up Their Shoes
"Bush threw bombs and rockets at Iraq and he destroyed my home by drawing a divisive strategy. So does he not deserve to get something from Iraqis?"
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/iraqis-pick-up-their-shoes-reaction-from-around-the-country/?hp



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PALESTINE

Gaza Held Hostage Should Outrage Us All
Israel should be treated in the same way South Africa under apartheid was -- with boycotts and isolation. Its government should be tried at The Hague even in absentia and its officials should be liable to arrest wherever they travel.
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4055.shtml

Prisoner Release is Just For Show
The number freed on Monday was a fraction of the 11,000 Palestinians Israel holds. Most came from the Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank where Abbas's government is based.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2008/12/15/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-prisoners.html

Mass Turnout for Hamas
An estimated 200,000 Palestinians turned out for the anniversary rally on Sunday, despite some expectations that the Israeli-imposed embargo and its resulting hardship for the 1.5 million residents might keep people at home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/middleeast/15mideast.html?hp

Kristallnacht in Hebron
Unconcerned about arrest by the police or prosecution by the Israeli justice system, fanatical Jewish settlers in the Palestinian town of Hebron (Al-Khalil) have been attacking Palestinians, damaging and ransacking their property, exactly like Nazi thugs did to Jewish-owned property in Germany 80 years ago.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m49138&hd=&size=1&l=e



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MUMBAI

Arundhati Roy: The Monster in the Mirror
We need context. Always. In this nuclear subcontinent that context is partition.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/12/mumbai-arundhati-roy



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