{"article":{"id":223155,"heading":"NYCLAW Antiwar Bulletin -- 12.23.08","author":"NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War","created":"2008-12-25 03:29:16","modified":"2008-12-25 03:29:16","last_modified":"Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:29:16","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><\/span> Digest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n
December 23, 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\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>
*49 DAYS AFTER
*AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
<\/b>*IRAQ
<\/b>*PALESTINE
<\/b>*<\/b>DOMESTIC<\/span> RACISM, REPRESSION & INJUSTICE<\/b>
*CLASS WAR AT HOME
<\/b>*<\/b>NYCLAW LINKS
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49 DAYS AFTER<\/b><\/u>

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Wars Have Already C<\/b><\/u>ost $1.7 trillion+<\/b><\/u>
<\/div>\r\nWith the $184\r\nbillion in Afghanistan, the two main conflicts of the war on terror\r\nhave proved to be 50 percent more expensive than Vietnam.
\r\nhttp:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/2008\/Report_Cost_of_wars_could_top_1216.html

Obama's Team of Rivals<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[H]ow can he possibly expect to unite his antiwar base with his rightwing foreign policy team?
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/leupp12222008.html



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\r\n\r\nAFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN<\/b><\/u>
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Selling Afghan Children to Survive<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"I sold a piece of my heart to stop my four other children dying of hunger.\"
http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/afghanistan\/3901941\/Afghan-parents-selling-their-sons-to-survive.html
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U.S. Kills Eight More Pakistanis<\/b><\/u>
A house and a vehicle were destroyed in the attacks, which killed four people at each location.
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/21\/AR2008122100364.html
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IRAQ<\/b><\/u>

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Al-Zaidi Tortured and Still Disappeared. . . <\/b><\/u>
His whereabouts remained unknown four days\r\nafter he became a hero to those who blame the US president for the tens\r\nof thousands of Iraqi deaths that followed the 2003 US-led invasion of\r\nIraq.
http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/20081222151452457599.html

. . .But Remains Defiant<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"I will not apologise for what I did -- not now, not ever.\"
http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/afp\/Iraq_shoe_thrower_to_go_on_trial_am_12222008.html
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Blackwater is Bill Clinton Contributor<\/b><\/u>
Blackwater\r\nWorldwide, which has the contract to protect State Department officials\r\nin Iraq, is listed as giving $10,001 to $25,000.
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-clinton-donors19-2008dec19,0,3700004.story
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'A Prison Full of Innocent Men'<\/b><\/u>
\"It's not any standard I learned in law school. You have to erase all that from your mind.\"
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/05\/AR2008120503906.html
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PALESTINE<\/b><\/u>


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<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>Israeli Missiles Claim M<\/b><\/u>ore Victims in Gaza<\/b><\/u>
\"His arm landed here in front of our window.\"
http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10046.shtml
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Israel Kicks Off PR Campaign for Escalated War on Gaza<\/b><\/u>
\"The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza.\"
http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1048606.html
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Siege-Buster Neta Golan Arrested Leaving Gaza<\/b><\/u>
\"How\r\ncan an act against the collective punishment of over 1.5 million people\r\nbe a crime? The policies of the Israeli State towards the people of\r\nGaza is the real crime.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/WO0812\/S00509.htm

Palestinian Homes Bulldozed In Jerusalem<\/b><\/u>
[T]he\r\nIsraeli government has given control of the archaeological park to\r\nradical Jewish settlers who explicitly state their aim as claiming the\r\nentire area for Jews.
\r\nhttp:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/World-News\/Several-Arabs-Homes-In-East-Jerusalem-Have-Been-Bulldozed-To-Make-Way-For-Jewish-Settler-Families\/Article\/200812215178682?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15178682_Several_Arabs_Homes_In_East_Jerusalem_Have_Been_Bulldozed_To_Make_Way_For_Jewish_Settler_Families
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To Gideon Levy: Talk Is Cheap, Human Life Is Not<\/b><\/u>
If\r\nLevy is truly interested in justice and human rights, then call\r\nunequivocally and immediately for good faith measures: an\r\ninternationally monitored cease-fire and peace, for Israel to be a\r\nsingle state with equal human rights for all its citizens, acceptance\r\nof the right of return, elimination of all racist laws, full\r\nreparations, and a sincere apology to the Palestinian people.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.dissidentvoice.org\/2008\/12\/talk-is-cheap-human-life-is-not\/



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\r\nDOMESTIC<\/span> RACISM, REPRESSION & INJUSTICE<\/u><\/b>


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Ft. Dix Convictions: Another Kangaroo Court Heard From<\/b><\/u>
\"This is not justice.\"
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/23\/nyregion\/23fortdix.html?hp
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CLASS WAR AT HOME<\/u><\/b>\r\n

\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>Families in NYC Shelters Soar to Record Level<\/b><\/u>
\"The\r\nrecession in New York is unfortunately just beginning, but already we\r\nhave surpassed the all-time record high of family homelessness in New\r\nYork City.\"
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/23\/nyregion\/23homeless.html?ref=nyregion

Will Obama Fix the Economy?<\/b><\/u>
\r\n[T]he depth of the economic crisis and the ongoing wars in Iraq and\r\nAfghanistan mean that the scale of reforms necessary to end the\r\nsuffering go well beyond anything that Obama is prepared to endorse.
http:\/\/socialistworker.org\/2008\/12\/19\/the-case-for-socialism
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