Peace
Iraq Inc.: Corporate hogs feed at war trough
July 20, 2007Privatization, a strategy to eliminate public control over vital sectors of the economy, is nothing new. What is new, and perhaps more ominous, is that privatization has become the preferred method by which the Bush administration...
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Russia suspends role in European arms treaty
July 20, 2007In a move many observers related to U.S. plans to install an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 14 signed a decree stating that Russia would suspend its participation in the...
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Iraq veteran says soldiers turning against war
July 20, 2007Jimmy Massey, a founding member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), says active-duty soldiers and their families are turning against the Iraq war as more and more learn the nation was duped into the war...
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How many more must die? In Senate showdown, Democrats demand withdrawal date
July 20, 2007WASHINGTON — Democrats kept the U.S. Senate in session all night, July 17-18, seeking to stop Republican efforts to block a vote on pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq within 120 days. At 11 a.m. July...
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Rumblings in suburbia for peace, free speech
July 13, 2007DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — For peace activists, being in west suburban Chicago often feels like being behind enemy lines. But fissures are developing in this land of right-wing heavies like Republican Reps. Dennis Hastert and Peter...
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