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Learn what 24 items of reconstruction you can get for $900 million in three years, nine months of US promises. By Lila Schow
Accounts of Depleted Uranium reported by various media outlets around the world
[I]t is travesty of democratic principles to
base the character of such a legal proceeding on the character of the
person on trial. Whatever one thinks of Hussein, his prosecution at the
hands of the US military reeks of illegality.
A show trial in the making: Iraqi officials outline charges vs. Saddam Hussein What’s your reaction to InterAct, our stories or our letters? Contact us and we’ll print your comments.
History is a slaughterhouse. And war is how the slaughter is carried out. If we believe that the present war in Iraq is just and necessary, why do we shrink from looking at the damage it wreaks? Why does the government that ordered the war and hails it as an instrument of good then ask us to respect those who died in the cause by not describing and depicting how they died? And why, in response, have newspapers gone along with Washington and grown timid about showing photos of the killing and maiming? What kind of honor does this bestow on those who are sent to fight in the nation's name? Sydney H. Schanberg | War Is Not a Pretty Picture InterAct’s 5 Minutes to Make a Difference The use of torture is an affront to human dignity that can never be justified and must be opposed in every country of the world. Those who try to justify torture contribute to undermining the rule of law. Help us stop it. Start by signing our petition letter and show the U.S. Administration, Congress, and others that those living in the United States are strongly opposed to torture and ill-treatment in all circumstances. ACT NOW: Sign the petition
1 in 4 Iraq and Afghan vets are seeking health care from the VA. Why is
Congress refusing to pay for it?
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decision to leave live chemical bombs on San Jose Island makes little
sense in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
It doesn't matter whether he takes Amnesty International seriously. He doesn't take torture seriously; he doesn't take the Geneva Convention seriously; he doesn't take due process rights seriously; and he doesn't take international law seriously. William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, in response to Vice President Dick Cheney's comment that he wasn't putting much weight on Amnesty's criticism of U.S. treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a proposed ordinance to bar the city government from buying products made under abusive labor conditions. The measure calls for the city to refuse to buy goods that were made by domestic or foreign contractors that use child labor or slave labor or that violate local or international labor laws. For the first year, the measure is limited to city uniforms and other clothing, which account for $6 million of the city's annual $600 million in purchasing. The ordinance creates an advisory committee, made up largely of local anti-sweatshop activists, that would be able to widen the scope to other products. From Jail Cells to Solar Cells. A visionary new project highlights the powerful environmental solutions that are blossoming from the urban grassroots. On June 1, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger committed the state to the following targets for limiting the heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming:
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We all struggle to transcend the cruelties and the follies of mankind. That struggle will not be won by standing aloof and pointing a finger; it will be won by action, by men and women who commit their every resource of mind and body to the education and improvement and help of their fellow man. Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
It's recently come to light that if you're between the ages of 16 and 30,
the Pentagon has been secretly collecting information about you since 2002.
Data from various sources -- such as your social security number, height,
weight, ethnicity, email address, grade point average and cell phone number
-- have been merged into a giant database and outsourced to a private
corporation with no published privacy policies or opt-out procedures.
Ask your Representative to investigate and shut down this database.
It is unknowable how long that [the war in
Iraq] conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six
months.
 The contents of the memos are shocking. The July 23, 2002 minutes detail how our government did not believe Iraq was a greater threat than other nations; how intelligence was packaged to sell the case for war to both Congress and the American public; and how the Bush Administration’s public assurances of "war as a last resort" were at odds with their privately stated intentions. No one in the Bush or Blair administrations has denied the authenticity of any of these documents. Yet the President and those involved in building the case for war continue to simultaneously sidestep the issue while conspicuously avoiding any comment on the legitimacy of the documents.
Zahraa Ali, four years old, lies in the burn unit of a Baghdad hospital. Her
family was hit by an aerial bombing attack while driving. Her parents,
24-year-old brother, and nine-year-old sister died. Zahraa eventually died.
Only her three-month-old sister survived. Editorials: Notable and Newsworthy When China Owns Our Utilities by Lynn N. Hargis America Held Hostage by Paul Krugman Catapulting the Propaganda by Molly Ivins Ethical National Security? by Tom Barry Dying For An Education by Earl Hadley The Darfur Question at a Time of Increasing U.S.-China Competition by Federico Bordonaro Work for WAL-MART? You May Need Welfare by Maria Luisa Tucker
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DisappearedInAmerica.org Silenced And Sidelined, Again by Nell Greenberg and Chris Michael Still Not Private After All These Years by Elizabeth Borg
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