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"What can anti-war activists do as a follow-up? Where does the drive to stop the war go from here? Given the history of protest movements, how much opportunity is there now to sway public opinion? And why is it that the opposition, any opposition, finds it so difficult to counter a president once his mind is made up?" [more]
"As diplomatic and military preparations continued toward a possible war with Iraq, anti-war protests stretched around the globe yesterday And although the demonstrations in the United States paled in comparison to those in Rome, Berlin and London, marches and rallies took place in more than 150 American cities." [more]
NPR's full coverage of the events during and leading up to the Congressional debate over a resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq. [more]
"It [is] interesting to wonder why all the generals see it the same way, and all those that never fired a shot in anger and really hell-bent to go to war see it a different way. That's usually the way it is in history." [more]
"Officials say they also need clean drinking water, clinics built and stocked with basic medicine, schools and books, plus loans for the small businesses that once filled the bazaar, which was famous for its ceramic goods." [more]
"The U.S. military has conceded that a major raid in Afghanistan was a mistake. American soldiers believed they were attacking an al Qaeda hideout in a remote village last month, but residents claim the American soldiers killed at least 18 people who were loyal to the new government. Inskeep ... discovered that the families of the dead have received compensation from the United States — paid in American $100 bills." [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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