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CAFTA: Democracy Sold Out | The Media's Roving Eye

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:00:00 -0700

 

 

 

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for July 29, 2005

http://www.alternet.org/

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CAFTA: DEMOCRACY SOLD OUT

Deborah James, AlterNet

The trade bill was approved by a razor-thin margin, and it's

sparking dramatic protests -- and progressives' ire. Did it

pass on merit, or pork barrel politics?

http://www.alternet.org/story/23788/

 

THE MEDIA'S ROVING EYE

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com

Connect some recent media 'dots' to a few forgotten ones and

you have framework for understanding the Plame case.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23790/

 

MANNERS AND MORONS

Molly Ivins, AlterNet

The White House is shielding Roberts' public record, and now

he's conveniently 'forgotten' his involvement with the

ultra-right-wing Federalist Society.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23784/

 

UZBEKISTAN'S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

Anora Mahmudova, openDemocracy.net

Islam Karimov's regime is using every weapon to maintain

dictatorial power, but Uzbekistan's secular opposition

leader Muhammad Solih claims that change is coming.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23745/

 

A SUPER STRAIGHT GUY

Amy Schiller and Elana Berkowitz, Campus Progress

The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert talks about mocking our

nation's foibles, meeting Bill Clinton, and making

everything stupider.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23524/

 

CAUSE AND DEFECT

Jamal Dajani, Pacific News Service

An exploration of the faulty rationale that because 9/11

happened before the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, there

is no cause-and-effect relationship between the London

bombings, the war in Iraq and foreign troops in Afghanistan.

http://www.alternet.org/story/23794/

 

YOUTH, LOVE AND VIOLENCE

Tiare Rath, Women's eNews

A recent study found that 57 percent of teenagers had a friend

in an abusive relationship. Now, Congress considers spending $15

million annually on a problem that goes far beyond immaturity.

http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/23783/

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*** Check out what's new in PEEK, the best of the blogs!

-->> The truth about Rove and Miller:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/23776/

 

*** And in THE MIX, AlterNet's staff blog!

-->> Where have all the student loans gone?

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23768/

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