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Aug. 26, 2010, Issue #161 ACTIVIST NEWSLETTER ALL ARTICLES AT http://activistnewsletter.blogspot.com/ 1. "IT'S FREEDOM OF RELIGION YOU KNOW?" GOP politicians and their Tea Party warriors are intentionally fanning the flames of anti-Muslim hatred in their campaign against situating an Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero. The purpose is to gain Republican votes in November, and the American people may be falling for it. 2. BEYOND OBAMA, LIBERALISM AND THE 'PROFESSIONAL LEFT' What did White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs actually mean when he blasted the "professional left?" We critically examine the relationship between the Democratic Party and its frustrated liberal wing. 3. THEY GO, OR OBAMA GOES Robert Scheer says sack Summers and Geithner and bring in a new economic team that can ease the plight of the American people and reverse the economic crisis. 4. THE GUNS OF AUGUST Historian Chalmers Johnson looks to the future and observes the American Century fading away and the U.S. in decline but militarily dangerous all the same. 5. "THE HURT LOCKER" Why did this undistinguished war movie win the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture? 6. THE MYTH OF POST-RACIAL AMERICA America¹s real racial problems remain mostly unaddressed despite the election of an African American president. 7. REDUCING DEFICITS THROUGH A WEALTH TAX Increasing taxes on the rich will cut federal and state deficits. Here's how. 8. IRAN GAINING AS ARABS' OBAMA HOPES SINK Obama and U.S. popularity drop sharply in the Arab world and "Iran may be reaping the benefits," writes Jim Lobe. 9. OBAMA "DECIDEDLY MIXED" ON LIBERTIES ACLU rates the Obama Administration record on civil liberties. 10. PRISON GERRYMANDERING ENDS IN NYS Inmates are no longer counted as residents of the region where the prison is located, changing some legislative districts. ALL ARTICLES AT http://activistnewsletter.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
