[PEN-L] Nearly 900 American Children Lost Parents in the Iraq War

2004-12-17 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Nearly 900 American Children Lost Parents in the Iraq War: http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/nearly-900-american-children-lost.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Greens for Nader: http://greensfornader.net/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/

[PEN-L] Gary Webb’s Memorial Service to be held on Saturday, December 18, in Sacramento

2004-12-17 Thread Seth Sandronsky
Gary Webb’s Memorial Service to be held on Saturday, December 18, in Sacramento by Dan Bacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] A memorial service for Gary Webb, the courageous investigative journalist whose revealing series in the San Jose Mercury News documented CIA and Contra involvement in U.S. cocaine

Re: [PEN-L] Re BUSH AND THE FASCIST MENACE

2004-12-17 Thread Waistline2
Then came the 1960s and '70s, when the government encouraged the FBI and local law enforcement to run wild. The FBI's COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was initiated in 1956 but its worst excesses were during this period, which also saw many city police forces setting up local "red

[PEN-L] The Apprentice

2004-12-17 Thread Louis Proyect
Last night I watched the special 3 hour conclusion to this season's The Apprentice, a reality show that pits aggressive, young MBA types against each other for a job with Donald Trump. Each week the show concludes with the porcine Trump telling the losers of that episode: You're fired. The

[PEN-L] Unocal-Burma update

2004-12-17 Thread Eubulides
http://us.oneworld.net/ Published on Wedesday, December 15, 2004 by OneWorld.net Tentative Settlement Reached in Landmark Unocal-Burma Case by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON -- A tentative settlement has been reached in two landmark lawsuits brought by unnamed Burmese plaintiffs against California oil

[PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory.

2004-12-17 Thread Chris Burford
Re: [PEN-L] Stunning legal victory on the "real threat to the life of the nation" If I am right in accepting the verdict of "Liberty" that this is one of the biggest progressive constitutional changes in UK legal history for a long time, to what extent is it a victory in the superstructure,