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Children demand Health care, not warfare
October 5, 2007Huge coalition urges Congress to override SCHIP veto Children marched to the White House Oct. 2 pulling red wagons filled with petitions demanding that President Bush drop his plan to veto legislation passed by the Senate...
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The truth about Blackwater
October 3, 2007Book review Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army By Jeremy Scahill Nation Books, 2007 Hardcover, 452 pp., $26.95 On the surface, Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater” is a reflection of the visage of military...
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War, peace and the Greens of Germany
October 3, 2007BERLIN — The color green is not usually associated with anger. A fair number of leaders of the Green political party in Germany lost their cool color and turned purple with rage last month. And they...
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Pasadenans speak out against Iraq war
September 28, 2007PASADENA, Calif. — Environmentalists and peace activists united under the umbrella group “Environmentalists Against the War” to hold a vigil at one of the busiest intersections here, Lake Avenue and the 210 Freeway, from 5-7 p.m....
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Israel acts to cut off Gazas fuel, electricity
September 28, 2007Two news items related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last week revealed, each in its own way, the harshness of the Israeli occupation. First, the Israeli Security Cabinet voted unanimously Sept. 19 to declare the Gaza Strip...
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