Stories from 2002-12-10
"Dozens of human rights, church, and peace groups across the United States will spend International Human Rights Day Tuesday taking part in protests against alleged plans by the administration of President George W. Bush to go to war against Iraq, according to organizers of a new coalition that aims to help coordinate the burgeoning U.S. anti-war movement." [more]
"Abu Sayyaf, an Arabic phrase meaning 'Bearer of the Sword,' is among the top U.S. targets in the war on terrorism. Justice Department officials say the group intends to establish an Islamic government in the southern Philippines or die trying." [more]
"The potential fallout is murky. What happens to oil prices? Might war trigger a new recession? Would a swift victory help revive confidence?" [more]
"Opposition to the war on Iraq was far greater, he said, than the opposition to the war in Vietnam at a similar stage. But he did not feel that this was reflected by the media. 'The anti-war movement does not have a voice in the national debate equal to our numbers,' he told the gathering. [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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