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Stirling Newberry | Cathedrals of Resonance

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Video Special: Mike Farrell | Dehumanizing America

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

This is part two of a five-part series from the Los Angeles teach-in on

the Downing Street Memo. Today, Mike Farrell connects the dehumanizing

of Americans to the use of the death penalty and torture. Tomorrow,

Iraq Veterans Against the War co-founder Tim Goodrich will describe the

increased use of bombings in Iraq in 2002 before Bush went to the UN or

Congress.

 

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Stirling Newberry | Cathedrals of Resonance

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505A.shtml

Just as the Spanish found that when push came to shove, the carefully

built up web of marriage alliances was worth little, so too are

Americans about to find out that treaties and corporate governing

bodies and

monetary rules are no stronger than the basic economics behind them.

 

Innocent Civilians Being Killed by US Troops

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505B.shtml

Innocent civilians, including people who are considered vital to

building democracy, are increasingly being killed by US troops.

 

North Korea Nuclear Goals: Case of Mixed Signals

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505C.shtml

Early this year, American spy satellites detected a spike in suspicious

tunneling activity in North Korea. It alarmed some of the government's

top nuclear analysts, who saw it as a sign that North Korea might be

preparing to test a nuclear weapon.

 

Norman Solomon | " Wagging the Puppy " -- And Unleashing the Deadly Dogs

of War

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505D.shtml

Changing the subject is a key aspect of political damage control ... No

one is in a better position to shift the country's media focus than the

president. And no technique has been more successful than military

action.

 

J. Sri Raman | India-US Partnership Spells a Setback for South Asia

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505E.shtml

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent mission to the US has set off a

series of political controversies in India. Almost absent in all the

raging polemics, however, is the most important and immediate outcome of

the mission - for South Asia and its much talked-about peace process.

 

Haitian Priest Assaulted by Mob at Funeral and Arrested for Murder

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505F.shtml

As the well-dressed people continued yelling at Fr. Jean-Juste, the

prayer service nearly turned into a riot. The other priests turned to

leave and a well-dressed crowd of screaming people surrounded him.

 

Senate to Vote on Repealing Estate Tax

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505G.shtml

Those who want to leave the tax in place say its repeal gives billions

of dollars to wealthy families at the expense of others who might be

helped through government programs or other tax breaks paid for with

money from the inheritance tax.

 

Gérard Dupuy | Terrorism Targets the Heart of Social Functioning

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505H.shtml

It is useless, even counter-productive, to overreact the better to

demonstrate one's power and firmness ... The brutality of the Egyptian

police after the Taba attacks did not anticipate a recurrence and could

complicate their inquiry in the present case.

 

Marjorie Cohn | The Roberts Court?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505I.shtml

Consider this: John Roberts's nomination for Associate Justice of the

Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate. Chief Justice William

Rehnquist steps down. Then, Bush elevates Roberts to Chief.

 

John Roberts' Rule: Reach for the Top

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505J.shtml

Many on the right see a soul-mate in Roberts. The left is making its

judgment that Roberts is indeed everything the right thinks he is and, as

such, opposes him.

 

Bomber Targets Iraqi Police Post

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505K.shtml

" Operation Lightning, Operation Dagger -- every day they use a

different name for a new military operation, " Khazraji said, ticking

off recent

US-backed military raids against insurgents. " But the attacks killing

mostly civilians increase every day. "

 

Britain's Top Cop Defends Shoot-to-Kill

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505L.shtml

In the days since the July 7 bombing of three trains and a bus in

London, newspapers and television news broadcasts have been filled with

images of heavily armed police on the streets of London.

 

Time Editor Defends Giving Up Reporter's Notes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505M.shtml

Pearlstine's decision broke ranks with The New York Times, which

allowed a reporter to be jailed for refusing to cooperate with the

investigation.

 

Four Unions to Boycott AFL-CIO Convention

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505N.shtml

Leaders of the four unions said they were shunning the convention

because the AFL-CIO has been ineffective in halting the decades-long

slide

of organized labor.

 

Frank Rich | Eight Days in July

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505O.shtml

Mr. Bush's nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court was one of

the hastiest, most abrupt court announcements in memory, and the White

House intended it to change the subject in Washington. But, to do that,

the president would have had to nominate Bill Clinton.

 

Roberts Listed in Federalist Society Leadership Directory

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505Y.shtml

Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. has repeatedly said that he

has no memory of belonging to the Federalist Society, but his name

appears in the influential, conservative legal organization's 1997-1998

leadership directory.

 

Gonzales Admits Giving Plame Warning to Key Bush Aide

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505Z.shtml

" The real question now is, who did the chief of staff speak to? " asked

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. " Did the chief of staff pick up the phone and

call Karl Rove? "

 

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