Stories from AlterNet for July 7, 2005

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All Eyes on the Watch List | Africans, Doing it for Themselves

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Top Stories from AlterNet for July 7, 2005

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WHO'S WATCHING THE WATCH LIST?

John Graham, AlterNet

My name is on a list of real and suspected enemies of the

state and I can't find out what I'm accused of or why, let

alone defend myself.

http://www.alternet.org/story/2336

 

 

A COMMUNITY DIVIDED

Monica Mehta, AlterNet

In PBS' 'The Fire Next Time,' a small Montana town is torn

apart by land-use issues and right-wing talk radio -- until

a documentary filmmaker highlights the messages of hatred.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23398/

 

 

THE POLITICS OF LAND GRABBING

David Morris, AlterNet

The central question at the heart of the eminent domain

debate is, how much do we value community?

http://www.alternet.org/story/23351/

 

 

AFRICANS CAN DO IT FOR OURSELVES

Wangari Maathai, openDemocracy.net

Africa's challenge is to combine the management and sharing

of the continent's rich resources with peace

and democratic governance.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23399/

 

 

IRAQ WAR DESERTERS SPEAK OUT

Paolo Pontoniere, Pacific News Service

Three young U.S. servicemen currently living in Canada

explain why they refused to return to Iraq.

http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/23371/

 

 

FORGET CONFIDENTIALITY: OUT ROVE

Bill Israel, Editor & Publisher

A colleague of Rove argues that the president's adviser is

hiding behind the First Amendment and that reporters should

not protect him.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23385/

 

 

-->> New In Multimedia -->>

'VLOG' WILD

Zack Pelta-Heller, AlterNet

Jon Stewart, the Palestinian occupation, and Ohio election fraud

all have one thing in common: They're part of the next Internet

craze: 'vlogging', or video weblogs.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23391/

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-->> Check out what's new in our staff blog, THE MIX:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/

 

 

* Laura Barcella on Live 8, where racism and do-gooding collide:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23396/

 

 

* Evan Derkacz's love letter to Barbara Bush:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23380/

 

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-->> And in Lakshmi Chaudhry's L-FILES:

 

* Foreign aid: curse or boon?

http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/lakshmi/23386/

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