{"article":{"id":223103,"heading":"NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 12.20.08","author":"NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War","created":"2008-12-21 21:37:58","modified":"2008-12-21 21:37:58","last_modified":"Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:37:58","article":"
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NYCLAW<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> -- New York City Labor Against the War<\/span>
<\/div>NYCLAW<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Antiwar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Digest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n
December 20, 2008<\/b>
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CONTENTS<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/u>*46 DAYS AFTER
*AFGHANISTAN
<\/b>*IRAQ
<\/b>*PALESTINE
*GREECE
*G.I. RESISTANCE
*CLASS WAR AT HOME
<\/b>*<\/b>NYCLAW LINKS
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46 DAYS AFTER<\/b><\/u>

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Another War Criminal Picked as Spy Chief<\/b><\/u>
\"Blair\r\nsought the quickest possible restoration of military assistance,\r\ndespite Indonesia's highly destructive exit and the failure, which\r\ncontinues to this day, to prosecute the senior officials who oversaw\r\nthe violence.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/18\/AR2008121803864.html

Anti-Gay Minister Picked for Inauguration<\/b><\/u>
\r\nTranslated out of press-conference-speak, though, that basically means: \"I know you're upset. Too bad.\"
http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/feature\/2008\/12\/19\/rick_warren\/
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Right-wing Columnist Celebrates Obama's Exclusion of Leftist Supporters<\/b><\/u>
Boy,\r\nwere they wrong. . . . He uses supporters like toilet paper - and he's\r\nquick to flush. Not yet inaugurated, he's already running for\r\nre-election.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/12192008\/postopinion\/opedcolumnists\/the_left_bereft_144860.htm

UFPJ Rejects National Antiwar Protest<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"[UFPJ leaders] will obfuscate a little bit, but I think in the long\r\nrun, they are moving away from an antiwar position, and they are going\r\nto be losing a lot of people who are interested in building an antiwar\r\nmovement.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/mrzine.monthlyreview.org\/sr191208.html



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\r\nAFGHANISTAN<\/b><\/u>
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As U.S. Raid Kills More Civilians, Kerry Calls for Escalation<\/b><\/u>
American-led\r\nforces blasted the gate of the house early on Wednesday, then fatally\r\nshot the family's father and mother and a male relative. . . . [T]he\r\nKhost raid coincided with a visit to Afghanistan by Senator John Kerry,\r\nDemocrat of Massachusetts, who said the United States needed to win\r\nlocal support for the war.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/19\/world\/asia\/19afghan.html?ref=world

Pakistanis Protest U.S. Supply Line Into Afghanistan<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"We will no longer let arms and ammunition pass through . . . and reach\r\nthe hands of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They are using\r\nthe same against our innocent brothers, sisters and children.\"
http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD95559B00
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IRAQ<\/b><\/u>


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Video: Iraqi Journalist's Family Denies \"Apology,\" Demands Release<\/b><\/u>
http:\/\/baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/19\/video-iraqi-journalists-family-asks-for-his-release\/
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Generals Ignore Withdrawal<\/b><\/u>
[W]ithdrawal of all\r\ncombat forces under the generals' recommendations would not come until\r\nsome time after May 2010, Mr. Obama's target.
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/18\/us\/politics\/18military.html?_r=1&hp
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Is Obama a Changed Man?<\/b><\/u>
When it comes to Iraq, the next president of the United States is starting to sound remarkably like . . . the current one.
http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/dec\/20\/a-changed-man\/
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PALESTINE<\/b><\/u>

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Gaza in Crisis Video on Youtube -  December 2008<\/b><\/u>
The\r\nfollowing video describes in pictures and words  the shocking details\r\nof Israel's deliberate ravaging of Palestinian life and society in Gaza.
\r\nhttp:\/\/au.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSzn7XLLM7c

Siege-Busters Answer P.A. Slander: We Do Not Ask Permission <\/b><\/u>
We\r\ndo not need Israel's permission and we will never ask for it. We do\r\nneed President Abbas, the Arab world, and the entire international\r\ncommunity to join us.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.freegaza.org\/index.php?module=latest_news&id=041f02d610102ad412c3f92ec140d2af&offset=
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G.I. Resisters Support Israeli Conscientious Objectors<\/b><\/u>
We\r\nare U.S. military servicemembers and veterans who have refused or are\r\ncurrently refusing to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. We stand in\r\nsolidarity with the Israeli Shministim (Hebrew for 12th graders) who\r\nare also resisting military service.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.alternativenews.org\/news\/english\/twenty-four-us-resisters-supporting-israeli-conscientious-objectors-20081218.html
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My expulsion from Israel<\/b><\/u>
By attacking the observer\r\nrather than what is observed, Israel plays a clever mind game. It\r\ndirects attention away from the realities of the occupation, practising\r\neffectively a politics of distraction.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/dec\/19\/israel-palestinian-territories-united-nations
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Once a Political Riser, an Israeli Challenges His Country's Identity<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"What does it mean that Jews define themselves by genetics 60 years after genetics were used against them?\"
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/20\/world\/middleeast\/20burg.html?ref=world
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GREECE<\/b><\/u>


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Video: 12.18 Protest in Athens<\/b><\/u>
http:\/\/mrzine.monthlyreview.org\/greece191208.html



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\r\nGI RESISTANCE<\/b><\/u>



AWOL Marine Court-Martialed<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"What he told me was that his mind had been so full of death that he knew he had to get away,\" his father said.
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/iraq\/complete\/la-me-marine19-2008dec19,0,7258550.story
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CLASS WAR AT HOME<\/u><\/b>

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Obama's Labor Nominee Outweighed by Trade Rep.<\/b><\/u>
[I]f\r\nObama gives with Solis, he takes away with free trade advocate and\r\nformer Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, no union favorite, for trade\r\nrepresentative.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1208\/16734.html

UAW's Sacrifices Look to Some Like Surrender<\/b><\/u>
\"If\r\nyou can't organize Ohio, you can't organize your way out of a brown\r\npaper bag. When the UAW exposed the Big Three to insurmountable\r\ncompetitive disadvantages, it cut its own throat.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/19\/AR2008121903856.html

Videos From New School Occupation<\/b><\/u>
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIxrYTG8dng



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