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  • Pentagons hype conceals horrors of war

    Pentagons hype conceals horrors of war

    March 18, 2005

    Tod Ensign is an attorney and director of Citizen Soldier, a GI and veterans rights advocacy project. With “America’s Military Today: The Challenge of Militarism,” Ensign has written a useful and important guide to the military...

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  • The most horrific cuts in 30 years

    The most horrific cuts in 30 years

    March 18, 2005

    The following testimony was delivered March 7 at a hearing of the Connecticut State Legislature’s Government Administration and Elections Committee on a resolution memorializing Congress to oppose budget cuts in vital domestic programs. The author offers...

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  • A question of values

    A question of values

    March 18, 2005

    Ivette Gonzalez, 6 years old and the daughter of one of the “Cuban Five” imprisoned by the U.S., opened the World Social Forum Jan. 26 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The U.S. government has not allowed Ivette...

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  • A message from Chile: Our Gladys Marn  one of the essential ones

    A message from Chile: Our Gladys Marn one of the essential ones

    March 18, 2005

    In the wee hours of this cloudy day, March 6, 2005, a woman passed away who was one of the “essential ones,” as Bertolt Brecht said. She was one of those who struggled all her life,...

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  • Why pick a military town as the site for an antiwar rally?

    Why pick a military town as the site for an antiwar rally?

    March 18, 2005

    Why pick a military town as the site for an antiwar rally? As a veteran and a resident of Fayetteville, N.C., near Ft. Bragg, I can think of at least 50 reasons. Each of those reasons...

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