[LAAMN] Patrick Cockburn - 'Iraq is Splitting'

This very depressing report comes from a reliable source and is critical. Today's NY Times lead story begins "Rising sectarian violence is spurring tens of thousands of Iraqis to flee from mixed Shiite-Sunni areas." The situation results directly from the Bush - US occupation and that's what w

[LAAMN] Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq

From: "Michael Munk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:20 PM Subject: Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq In harm's way By Thomas C Greene in Dover, Delaware in The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk) 1 April exclusi

[LAAMN] Dear George... by Zbignew Zingh

Hi. This is as brilliant an analysis of consciousness and the GW era as I've ever read, whatever journey Zingh actually took to see all that within. My only disagreement is that actual impeachment would involve serious awareness and activating of the majority, enough to bring societal change. Ot

[LAAMN] The Taboo Core of the Immigration Debate, The Black Commentator

Thank you, Pokey. This issue is of course, paramount and I was going to bring it up when I wrote my own views. I'll send this out, though, because of its presence in Time Magazine. Any way, do send me any stuff you think valuable. It's very appreciated. Ed - Original Message - From:

[LAAMN] Resistance Reports

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?th&emc=th The Insurgency By KIRK SEMPLE NY Times: April 4, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 - In the deadliest day for American forces since the beginning of the year, at least nine members of the military were killed in the insurgent stro

[LAAMN] Tally Mon Come, Name Belafonte, Obama and Lieberman

Hi. Harry Belafonte is special to me, being one of the 4 or 5 real influences in my young growth of loving music and developing politics as the same time. I finally saw him at the Greek theater on one of my first dates. Years later, right after the Sharpeville Massacre, in South Africa, he broug

[LAAMN] Pitt: He's Gone, Why I am a Christian

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040406A.shtml He's Gone By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 04 April 2006 Rat in a drain ditch, Caught on a limb, You know better But I know him. Like I told you, What I said, Steal your face Right off your head. Now he's gon

[LAAMN] Cindy Sheehan is attacked, responds, and gets apology

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040406N.shtml Congressman Jack Kingston's blog: Cindy Sheehan IS A "Nutcase" March 31st, 2006, by Press Staff In today's CongressDailyAM (full story after the jump due to subscription), Sue Davis reports that Congressman Kingston got into a "discussion" yesterda

[LAAMN] Where have the Boys gone? Be worried, Be very worried

Thanks to Kathleen O'nan and Sid Shniad for these essays. I truly wish I could send you a program for solution but all I can think of even for a start is getting rid of this disasterous administration and congress abetting these horrors. There are several websites listed below the Time Magazine art

[LAAMN] Crash, Racism, and Paul Robeson

In 'Tally Mon Come' Harry Belafonte cites Paul Robeson as a major influence in his life. No surprise as Robeson was the best known and most admired Black person in America from the 1920's to the 1950's, the Cold War and McCarthyism. Len Chandler and Ross Altman are wonderful songwriters and sing

[LAAMN] False Promises, Katie Couric v Amy Goodman

Massachusetts Health Reform Bill: A False Promise of Universal Coverage By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. and David U. Himmelstein, M.D. April 6, 2006 by CommonDreams.org http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0406-35.htm It's a stirring scene. The Governor, legislative leaders and leaders of

[LAAMN] Censorship: Pfaff, on The Mearsheimer-Walt Paper, Dowd, on Divine Right of Bushes

Hi. It turns out Aaron McGruder is on a six month leave for activities including a cable-tv show. My rant at the LA Times was logical but untrue. Thanks to the truthsayers among you. Today's essays both concern silence, selectively used and misused, but relate to what we know, think we know and

[LAAMN] SAT & SUN: UCLA Wrongful Conviction Conference, Venezuela Films, Watts Towers, Paul Robeson

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SAT & SUN: Faces of Wrongful Conviction Conference at UCLA THE FACES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION A Historic Event, Featuring A Variety of Perspectives California Senator Gloria Romero Former District Attorney Ira Reiner Renowned Defense Attorneys Barry Scheck, Steph

[LAAMN] Somber Portraits: Iraq Discord and Cabal at the Top

What to say. I had planned to send either a wonderful Chomsky interview or an equally gripping and important one by Der Spiegel with Joseph Stiglitz. But these, top-two NY Times news articles, in my opinion, signal a sea-change in U.S. politics which will last well beyond the November election.

[LAAMN] Today's Amazing News, An almost-forgotten 1930s anti-immigrant campaign, Calendar

Exit polls released a few hours ago show center-left challenger Romano Prodi beating incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian elections with a majority in both houses of parliament. Berluscioni has been George W. Bush's second closest comrade in the invasion and occupation of Iraq

[LAAMN] Krugman: Yes He Would, Fitzgerald: Yes He Did

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/opinion/10krugman.html?th&emc=th Yes He Would by Paul Krugman NY Times Op-Ed: April 10, 2005 "But he wouldn't do that." That sentiment is what made it possible for President Bush to stampede America into the Iraq war and to fend off hard questions about the re

[LAAMN] Another Brick in the Wall, On verge of Disaster

"I seem to recall that the East Germans called the Berlin Wall - or 'Berlin Fence' as I suppose we would have to call it if built by the Israelis - a 'security barrier'." The IndependentApril 4, 2006 Another Brick in the Wall By Robert Fisk We have been conned again. The Isr

[LAAMN] Dayenu, Tasini, Tony Kushner, et al

For Passover consideration, and a happy Pesach to all Ed http://www.plenglish.com Dai! [Enough!] by Carolina Cositore March 10, 2006 Like almost all otherwise progressive American Jews, I began as an ardent supporter of Israel for considerable reason: the Holocaust's proven need for Jews to hav

[LAAMN] Silence In Class: Gary Younge on Attacks on Liberal Faculty

Hi. Many reading this went to universities where our ideas and lives were expanded and developed through being presented with opinions and realities we'd not yet considered, thought much about or differing with our own. I certainly did, primarily at UCLA and was thus instantly engaged by the recen

[LAAMN] 'Our childhood is killed in Iraq. It is killed', by Joan Chittister, OSB

A Happy Easter to All Ed http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12682.htm Our childhood is killed in Iraq. It is killed' By Joan Chittister, OSB A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human r

[LAAMN] Pitt: How Crazy Are They?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041106R.shtml How Crazy Are They? By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 11 April 2006 I had a debate with my boss last night about Sy Hersh's terrifying New Yorker article describing Bush administration plans to attack Iran

[LAAMN] Remembering William Sloane Coffin, Silence of the Sheep

Hi. I thought the Nation's thoughts on Bill Coffin would add to those in today's L.A. Times. Then, an article on public cowardice, a quality totally absent in Dr. Coffin. He will be missed. Ed - Original Message - From: The Nation Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Apri

[LAAMN] Solomon: The Lobby and the Bulldozer, The EU adds to the problem

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041306A.shtml The Lobby and the Bulldozer: Mearsheimer, Walt and Corrie by Norman Solomon Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled "The Israel Lobby," the outrage continued to howl through mainstream U

[LAAMN] STAN HELLER: Time to Shake Up the Peace Movement, No Hunger in Gaza

Hi. I fully endorse the central theme of this polemic - that of excoriating UFPJ in excluding obvious, indispensable isses from the call and themes of April 29th's demonstration. I do disagree with Heller on his analysis of international passivity to an attack on Iran, given the ultra-high world-

[LAAMN] Easter in Crawford, and in Gaza

Hi. I downloaded 'Crawford' and mailed it to myself. It comes with attachments, and confusing. Please click on Truthout, just below. Well worth it. A Happy Easter, appropriately. Ed Easter in Crawford http://www.truthout.org/easterincrawford.shtml Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan and hundreds of ot

[LAAMN] on Seymour Hirsch, the Nazarene, and a Peace Petition

'I feel like I did in the Vietnam days - I hate to pay taxes just so they can go and bomb more people' Seymour Hersh Reporter whose scoops give the Bush administration sleepless nights Julian Borger in Washington The Guardian Friday April 14, 2006 A generation ago aspiring jour

[LAAMN] Huffington: McCain's Faustian bargain, Please act now

Huffington Post via Progreso Weekly - Apr 13, 2006 http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso=Arianna_Huffington&otherweek=1144990800 The tragic irony of John McCain's Faustian bargain By Arianna Huffington A lot of people are angry at John McCain - and with good reason. His contemptible p

[LAAMN] On Suicide Bombing, If Americans knew

"'So, there will be a retaliation, and the Palestinians will retaliate to the retaliation, and we will retaliate again, and then what?" No answer was forthcoming."' - Israeli Defense Minister Mofaz Comment on the day of the suicide bombing From: Adam Keller of "Gush Shalom" Sent: Tuesday, Apri

[LAAMN] New Orleans: Books and Election Fever

New Orleans Public Library is asking for any and all hardcover and paperback books to restock the shelves after Katrina. The library staff will assess which titles will be designated for the shelves. The rest will be distributed to destitute families or sold for library fundraising. The books can

[LAAMN] the Toronto Star on a US Strike on Iran, Peace Petition

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0415-04.htm Published on Saturday, April 15, 2006 by the Toronto Star US Strike on Iran Could Make Iraq Look Like a Warm-Up Bout Fallout Around the World Would Be Grim by Tim Harper WASHINGTON-On the ground, more terror. "It would be Iran's Pearl Har

[LAAMN] A Lobby, not a Conspiracy, 'Overthrow' on KPFK today, caveat on books to New Orleans libraries

Global Voices for Justice collective presents a great talk in the times of international tension. The most recent talk by Stephen Kinzer, "OVERTHROW: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq" will be broadcast on KPFK 90.7 FM today, April 19th, 2006, at 2 PM. Mr. Kinzer speaks about t

[LAAMN] John Ross: All Eyes on May Day - A Real Day Without Mexicans?

Hi. This article, albeit a bit long, is the most comprehensive, best-written analysis of recent immigration I've seen. John Ross, though Anglo, is among the most respected reporters in Mexico. Ed "Despite the deep-sixing of a Senate bill that would have legalized millions and its probable rep

[LAAMN] Pilger: The Real First Casualty, Walk for Peace with Cindy Sheehan

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12798.htm The Real First Casualty of War By John Pilger 04/20/06 -- -- During the 1970s, I filmed secretly in Czechoslovakia, then a Stalinist dictatorship. The dissident novelist Zdenek Urbánek told me, "In one respect, we are more fortunate than you

[LAAMN] The left splits over immigration

Salon - Apr 20, 2006 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/20/debate/print.html The left splits over immigration Most liberals have celebrated the recent pro-immigration marches. But some leading progressives say illegal immigration hurts American workers. By Michelle Goldberg Apr. 20, 2006

[LAAMN] Overthrow, and Iran, Israel and al Queda

- Original Message - From: "robert weissman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:32 PM Subject: [corp-focus] Overthrow OVERTHROW By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Hawaii Cuba Philippines Puerto Rico Nicaragua Honduras Iran Guatemala South Vi

[LAAMN] Dowd's Week in Review: The Great Chinese Fakeout, Teetering Nepal, Pot Politics

Hi. Dowd outdoes herself here in a near perfect skewering of the Bushies and a baker's dozen of their machinations. Ed http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/22/opinion/22dowd.html?th&emc=th The Great Chinese Fakeout By MAUREEN DOWD Published: April 22, 2006 Dick and Rummy are in Karl's old office,

[LAAMN] Cynthia Peters / In Case of Emergency, Calendar and N.O. books

Commentaries are sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet To learn more, consult ZNet at http://www.zmag.org Today's commentary: http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-04/14peters.cfm == ZNet Commentary In Case of Emergency April 20, 2006 By Cynthia Peters A while

[LAAMN] Uri Avnery on the 'Israel Lobby' Debate, Juan Cole's Informed Comment

Who's the dog? Who's the tail? Uri Avnery Gush Shalom 22.4.06 I DON'T usually tell these stories, because they might give rise to the suspicion that I am paranoid. For example: 27 years ago, I was invited to give a lecture-tour in 30 American universities, including all the most prestigious one

[LAAMN] CNN Today: Broken Borders, Jane Fonda and 'Sir! No Sir!, Gore Vida, et all on Sat/Sun

CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight Broken Borders AIRS: 3-4 p.m. PT Monday, April 24 on CNN The Senate is set to resume debate on immigration reform legislation. Plus, a panel of top political minds joins us to discuss the issues facing America's middle class. Juan Gonzalez is a panelist. Co-Host of the n

[LAAMN] John Brown's Wake-up Call for the President, All Out for Peace & Justice

Hi. I just saw and added notice of Pablo Menendez' appearance today at CSCLA. Great musician, brilliant mind and a fine human being I've known since he was 8, his being the son of a dear friend, blues singer Barbara Dane. ( right after John B. -Ed) Tomgram: John Brown's Wake-up Call for the Pres

[LAAMN] Huffington Post: CUBA HAS BETTER MEDICAL CARE THAN THE U.S., Calendar

"Cuba whose economy has been bankrupt for the last decade - food shortages, drug shortages, chronic unemployment, etc. -- and which annually spends a miserly $185 per person on health care, has better infant and adult mortality rates than the US, and has a life expectancy nearly equal to ours." Th

[LAAMN] Mollie Ivins: Let's call the Israel lobby the Israel lobby, Norman Finklestein comments

Many thanks to Jeff Blankfort for these, among others, and to Robert Scheer, for printing Molly in the first place. I'm sure he'll now earn the 'attention' of the Lobby, Jeff has had it for a long time and Molly is a Texan. Do check out www.truthdig.com Ed Let's call the Israel lobby the Is

[LAAMN] Art for a Change - Frank Gehry & LA's New Downtown, by Mark Vallen

Hi. Mark Vallen is a long-time friend, a highly respected artist with a powerful interest in people's art and our community, in every sense of those words. The essay provides an important analysis and counterweight to the corporatization of our city and world, and the boostering of it by the med

[LAAMN] Max Elbaum: Washington's Wars and Occupations, Saturday NYC, May Day LA,

Washington's Wars and Occupations: Month in Review #12 April 24, 2006 By Max Elbaum, War Times/Tiempo de Guerras IIMMIGRANT RIGHTS UPSURGE CHANGES THE EQUATION April's grassroots outpouring for immigrant rights has reminded the country that there's nothing like millions of people in the street to

[LAAMN] Barrio to Barbershop, Nuclear Madness, Festival of Books

Perhaps the last decent institution still part of the LA Times is its annual UCLA Book Festival, which takes place over this weekend, perhaps the largest, most diverse and literate series ever held in this city, the African-American film festival being a cinematic rival. If you didn't see the spec

[LAAMN] Stuck with Bush, PR Push, On his Tush, in NYC

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/opinion/27herbert.html?th&emc=th Stuck with Bush By BOB HERBERT NY Times Op-Ed: April 27, 2006 If George W. Bush could have been removed from office for being a bad president, he would have been sent back to his ranch a long time ago. If incompetence were a

[LAAMN] Ivins: The Great Bush Reclassification Project, "I'm Gonna Kill the President!" A Federal Offense Returns to LA

Published on Thursday, April 27, 2006 by TruthDig The Great Bush Reclassification Project by Molly Ivins It's nice to know that the investigative reporter Jack Anderson is still under investigation, although seriously dead. Anderson died last year, and for 19 years before his death h

[LAAMN] They came, they shuffled, they conquered, and Pete Seeger

With heart of stone I usually deliver Noam Chomsky's to you on weekends, but the grandfather within was awakened, and resonated. Can you imagine their tent at today's NYC event? Then, my favorite grandfather. If he's not at the rally he's surely among the most responsible for keeping its sprit a

[LAAMN] Bush of a Thousand Days, Peace takes Courage

Hi. This email from subscriber Keta Hodgson made me switch gears and theme for this Sunday morning. Colbert is brilliant and somehow finagled closing last night's dinner of the White House Correspondents Ass'n. with Bush and the DC establishment glued to their seats. My Winamp magically produced

[LAAMN] 350,000 March for Peace, Justice, and Democracy in NYC, Peace event Tonight

350,000 March for Peace, Justice, and Democracy in New York City United for Peace and Justice | Press Release Saturday 29 April 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/043006X.shtml#1 Largest antiwar labor turnout in US history. Oscar Winners Susan Sarandon, Mercedes Ruehl and Jonathan Demme,

[LAAMN] Immigrants Boycott, More on May Day

Migrants Flex Muscle With National Boycott Haider Rizvi http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33058 NEW YORK, Apr 28 (IPS) - In more than 100 years, people in the United States have not seen what they are likely to witness this May Day, with massive rallies and protests against the treatment of

[LAAMN] Mission Accomplished Day, but No Satisfaction

Mission Accomplished Day By Cindy Sheehan t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 01 May 2006 May 1st, 2006, is the third anniversary of the end of "major combat" in Iraq. It was a glorious day when George Bush flew onto the deck of the Abraham Lincoln and was hailed by the rapturous

[LAAMN] Keeping the Web democratic, Darfur Questions, Iran, Israel and US

Hi. I'll be gone Sunday through much of next week and want to pose a range of intriguing topics, questions and actions. The first is from the founder of the LA Weekly, which has declined steadily since his departure 15 or so years ago. The issue is indeed huge to all of us internet users, and re

[LAAMN] Warfare as It Really Is, Mission Impossible

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/opinion/01herbert.html?th&emc=th Warfare as It Really Is By BOB HERBERT NY Times Op-Ed: May 1, 2006 In the first few moments of the documentary film "Baghdad ER," we see a man dressed in hospital scrubs carrying a bloodied arm that has been amputated above th

[LAAMN] The country that wouldn't grow up

Ha’aretz 2 May 2006 The country that wouldn't grow up By Tony Judt By the age of 58 a country - like a man - should have achieved a certain maturity. After nearly six decades of existence we know, for good and for bad, who we are, what we have done and how we appear to others, warts and a

[LAAMN] Fw: RE; US Government Seizes Passport of FSRN Journalist in West Bank

- Original Message - From: Thomas Gomez To: FSRN Steering Committee ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeMix Radio ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Dave Z ; Shawn Gainor ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; priya warcry ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; KPFK LA LSB ; [EMA

[LAAMN] Pilger: The Salvador Option, and Out of Iraq, Into Darfur

Hi. I rarely send two such powerful, even startling essays in one message, but I leave Sunday for several days and can never predict what awaits on return. And they do relate. Ed http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12945.htm The Salvador Option has been invoked in Iraq "Now that al-Za

[LAAMN] Robert Fisk: Sy Hersh vs the Bush Administration, Going Nukular

Hi. Early flight, back on Thu. I leave you with two great, connected articles. Bye. Ed The Independent via CounterPunch - May 5, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk05052006.html "The End of This War Will Be Very, Very Messy" Seymour Hersh versus the Bush Administration (and the DC Press Cor

[LAAMN] Where's the Beef? Bad for Israel, the U.S., Echo Park Falloujah

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/opinion/11herbert.html?th&emc=th Where's the Beef? By BOB HERBERT NY Times Op-Ed: May 11, 2006 "You can't think and hit at the same time." - Yogi Berra "One must be something, in order to do something." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Enough already with the an

[LAAMN] Women in Prison, Election Protection, Bush the Decider

Sunday, May 14, 2006, 1:00 - 3:30pm Watts Towers Arts Center 1727 E. 107th Street Los Angeles, CA Butterflies on Razor Wire Women in Prison featuring films on women in prison for Mother's Day The Films listed below will be presented by Gloria Killian, Executive Director of the Action Committee f

[LAAMN] The Original Aim of the UN, Peace Calendar

Published on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by the Christian Science Monitor The Original Aim of the UN: Peaceful Conflict Resolution Many Americans have forgotten that war is always a harmful scourge. by Helena Cobban What has happened to Americans? Why have we allowed ou

[LAAMN] Howe, Margolis and Carter: Mother's Day, War, and Innocence

Julia Ward Howe, author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, began Mother's Day for Peace as part of her work on behalf of peace and social justice. She wrote the original Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 as a way to protest the carnage of the Civil War. We believe that today is an appropriate tim

[LAAMN] Peters: Gonna Use My Imagination, Mothers in Prison Day

Speaking of music (the first essay,) here are a couple of songs and videos, delightful and serious infusing the airwaves, internet, ears and minds of folks, old and (more importantly) young. -Ed http://www.markfiore.com/animation/decider.html http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/ http://bradblo

[LAAMN] Rebecca Solnit Welcome to the Impossible World

Hi. I just exchanged my intended essay for this morning with this wonderful speech by Rebecca Solnit, the text of the 2006 commencement address for the Department of English at the University of California at Berkeley. Another day for reflection. Ed Tomgram: Solnit on Our Impossible World and We

[LAAMN] Shlaim: The New History of 1948, Wolfensohn on Aid Cuts

The New History of 1948 and Palestinian Nakba The entire debate between the old and the new historians revolves round the question of moral responsibility for the consequences of the first Arab-Israeli war. By Avi Shlaim On Old and New Histories It is a pleasure and a privilege to be here alth

[LAAMN] America the Fearful, Culture Clash/Rudy Acuna/Howard Zinn the Brave

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/opinion/15herbert.html?th&emc=th America the Fearful By BOB HERBERT NY Times Op-Ed: May 15, 2006 In the dark days of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt counseled Americans to avoid fear. George W. Bush is his polar opposite. The public's fear is this president

[LAAMN] Chavez' Threat, God's Own Party

Chavez is a threat because he offers the alternative of a decent society Venezuela's president is using oil revenues to liberate the poor - no wonder his enemies want to overthrow him By John Pilger The Guardian (UK) May 13, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1773908,00.html I have

[LAAMN] Gore Vidal, Marcie Winograd on US Middle East Policy, Garrett: The Three Witches

-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join Winograd for Congress in Manhattan Beach www.winogradforcongress.com A Discussion of US Middle East Policy with Gore Vidal, Robert Dreyfuss & Marcy Winograd Thursday, May 18th, 2006 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM Hosted By Gina Gardner, Daughter

[LAAMN] Iraqs resistance evolves

Memorial Day approaches, with opportunity for changing even more minds and hearts, the most open expression of change surfacing around this year's elections. Also the most potentially effective in exposing, containing or even getting rid of Bush, via impeachment. Towards the first goal of affecti

[LAAMN] Politics or Insanity? National Call-In Day

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060515_molly_ivins_lunacy/ Politics, or Insanity? By Molly Ivins May 15, 2006, Trughdig Plan to militarize Mexican border is sheer madness or blatant pandering. Austin, Texas - I hate to raise such an ugly possibility, but have you considered lunacy as

[LAAMN] Where is the global outcry? Avnery, on Prisons

Guardian May 15, 2006 Where is the global outcry at this continuing cruelty? Nearly 60 years after most Palestinians were first forced from our homes, the killings and blockades carry on with impunity by Ghada Karmi Israel is 58 years old today. Israelis have already celebrated with barbe

[LAAMN] Da Vinci Code Freaks out Critics, Moms, Culture Clash Tonight

CounterPunch - May 16, 200 http://www.counterpunch.org/wasserman05162006.html Skewering the Patriarchs of the Church Why the Fundamentalists are Freaking Out Over Da Vinci Code By HARVEY WASSERMAN Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? Did they have a daughter? Questions about Christ's love life

[LAAMN] Krugman: Coming Down to Earth, Zinn: Fixing What's Wrong

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/opinion/19krugman.html?th&emc=th Coming Down to Earth By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: May 19, 2006 Um, wasn't the stock market supposed to bounce back after Wednesday's big drop? We shouldn't read too much into a couple of days' movements in stock prices. But it s

[LAAMN] Chomsky on Venezuela's oil, Maxine Waters and Films on Haiti, Peru

Progreso Weekly - May 18, 2006 http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso=Noam_Chomsky&otherweek=1147928400 Venezuela's oil and Massachusetts' chimneys By Noam Chomsky "How Venezuela Is Keeping the Home Fires Burning in Massachusetts," reads a recent full-page ad in major U.S. newspapers f

[LAAMN] Make Me an Instrument of Peace, Oprima el número uno

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13115.htm Make Me an Instrument of Peace Address to the Spiritual Activism Conference, Washington, DC. 05/18/06 By Cindy Sheehan 05/19/06 --- Not too long ago, I was listening to Air America when a caller to the religious r

[LAAMN] Make Poetry, Not War, U.S. Combat Casualties pass 20,000, The Great Divide

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/opinion/20dowd.html?th&emc=th Make Poetry, Not War By MAUREEN DOWD NY Times Op-Ed: May 20, 2006 It was a rough crowd for agents of American imperialism. At the New School commencement at Madison Square Garden's theater yesterday afternoon, dozens of the red-a

[LAAMN] The nuclear Middle East, Reporters & National Security, Climate Change

Hi. Here's a wake-up from weekend doldrums, with short items on critical subjects. -Ed The Israeli Committee For a Middle East Free from Atomic, Biological & Chemical Weapons P.O Box 16202 Tel Aviv 61161 Israel Tel/Fax +972-(0)3-5222869 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] May 18, 2006 To: The Honorable

[LAAMN] The Karl Rove Indictment Story, The Incredible Shrinking Palestine

Many of you have been trying for hours to bring up our latest update on the Karl Rove indictment story. It was posted at 12:00 noon pacific time at: http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2006/5/21/115826/135 Unfortunately, many other sites have linked to the article, and while we are quite grateful

[LAAMN] Illusion and Reality, It's the children who pay, Finklestein at UCLA tonight.

Chicago Tribune May 21, 2006 The misbegotten labeling of reality in the Middle East By Emily L. Hauser TEL AVIV -- In Hebrew, there's a phrase: "likro et ha'yeled b'shmo," that means to call a child by its name. That is, to tell the truth about something that is not pleasant. Unsurprising for a

[LAAMN] Arnold's Oilers, Mensa Cuties, "Occupation 101"

ArnoldWatch Web - May 19, 2006 - 03:45 PM Arnold's Oilers by: Jamie Court and Carmen Balber California's attorney general is subpoenaing oil executives over the high price of gasoline. Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed to the land of big oil, hat in hand, for a Houston fundraiser Monday featuring

[LAAMN] Women and Children in Iraq

Commentaries are sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet To learn more, consult ZNet at http://www.zmag.org Today's commentary: http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-05/24rebick.cfm == ZNet Commentary Women in Iraq May 24, 2006 By Judy Rebick "Last time we were

[LAAMN] Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly & John Quigley Tree Sit at South Central Farm, other events

Hi. The following series of events are timely and engaging. Due to lack of competence I've not been able to keep the wonderful photos so send you the copy, below, and attached the full picture-story. The attachment provides a choice of click-on photos and stories. Check it out and make it down t

[LAAMN] Neither U.S. Aggression Nor Theocratic Repression

Iran: Neither U.S. Aggression Nor Theocratic Repression - A call for a new, democratic U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East Dear Friend, As the Administration escalates its threats against Iran, we are writing to invite you to sign the Campaign for Peace and Democracy statement "Iran: Neither

[LAAMN] Memorial Day Weekend: So. Central Farm, Arlington W., Watts Towers

Ed, please direct people to the IMC site for the full, updated story on the farm, plus pics, video, and audio. www.la.indymedia.org Thanks, -Anna Hi, all. Check out the story on today's LA Times' front page, and consider making a visit part of your Memorial weekend agenda. It's a rare and refr

[LAAMN] A Test of our Character, The Impeachment Card

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/opinion/26krugman.html?th&emc=th A Test of our Character By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times Op-Ed: May 26, 2006 In his new movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore suggests that there are three reasons it's hard to get action on global warming. The first is boiled-frog s

[LAAMN] Elena Popp...

MessageElena Popp is endorsed by Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg, Senators Sheila Kuehl and Christine Kehoe, Assemblymembers Mark Leno and Fran Pavley, UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta, and hundreds of community leaders. Her organizational endorsements include California Nurses Association PAC, ACO

[LAAMN] The Hillary Code, Landau: The Wiretapping Scam

Saul Landau provides an important history of using the sham of "security" and wiretapping to further a police state here at home. The other sham is well dissected by Arianna, at the top. -Ed The Huffington Post via Progreso Weekly - May 25, 2006 http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso=Ar

[LAAMN] Iran Chief Consolidates Power, Joan Baez - she shall overcome

Here's the lead story in today's electronic NY Times, the first multi- dimensional picture of Iran's president I've seen in the mass media. I can't vouch for it, of course, but it provides something to measure the events to follow, which can also modify the outline below. I produced several of Joa

[LAAMN] Consider the Living, Arlington West honors the Dead.

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/opinion/29herbert.html?th&emc=th Consider the Living By BOB HERBERT New York Times: May 29, 2006 Pretty soon this war in Iraq will have lasted as long as our involvement in World War II, with absolutely no evidence of any sort of conclusion in sight. The poi

[LAAMN] Krugman: Swiftboating the Planet, Punishing the Palestinians

Hi. Back to the future with several important issues imbedded in two clear and concise essays. Hope you had a nice holiday. Ed http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html?th&emc=th Swiftboating the Planet By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times Op-Ed: May 29, 2006 A brief segment in "An Incon

[LAAMN] Elena Popp endorsements and event

Hi. Today's endorsement of Elena Popp by the LA Times and news of La Opinion adding its own prompts this email. I was watching the French Open on ESPN and again saw the tv ad running regularly for her opponent, DeLeon, on several cable stations. Being acutely aware of the big bucks required and

[LAAMN] A Win for Freedom, Much More to Go

Hi. I just quickly scanned today's LA Times and see two stories on the front page of the California section that relate. One, a just-passed Assembly bill changing electoral votes to the national popular vote, and the other, also front page: "Mayor, Foes Scrap Again Over Schools," relating to yes

[LAAMN] Dahr Jamail: Countless My Lai Massacres in Iraq, speaks in So. Calif.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/053006Z.shtml Countless My Lai Massacres in Iraq By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 30 May 2006 The media feeding frenzy around what has been referred to as "Iraq's My Lai" has become frenetic. Focus on US Marines slaughtering at

[LAAMN] Reinhart: Recognize the Hamas Government!, Bennis: Olmert's Visit

http://www.tau.ac.il/~reinhart THE HAMAS GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED Tanya Reinhart Yediot Aharonot , May 31, 2006, translated from Hebrew by Mark Marshall (quotes and references added). The Hamas government must be recognized, not only because recognition of Hamas would be good for Israel,

[LAAMN] Bobby Kennedy Jr. Denounces 2004 Elections, Debra Bowen to the Rescue, et alia

EXCLUSIVE: BOBBY KENNEDY JR. TO QUESTION 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MAJOR ROLLING STONE FEATURE ARTICLE! SAYS 'EVIDENCE SHOWS HIGH-LEVEL REPUBLICANS SUCCEEDED IN SCHEME TO STEAL ELECTION IN OHIO'! MAG TO HIT STANDS FRIDAY, INTERNET ON THURSDAY, PUBLICITY PUSH TO ACCOMPANY By Brad Friedman Th

[LAAMN] Molly Ivins: No Excuses this time, and Reforming the System

Hi. I got lots of comps for the story on Bobby Kennedy Jr., so here's the actual article, thanks to Neighbors Website. It's great! http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen/print Now, Molly's insights on headlines of the week and the system which keeps them 'aco

[LAAMN] Re: trying to post ...

Laamn@yahoogroups.com is what I have and send to without problems. - Original Message - From: neighbors website To: Ed Pearl Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 1:55 PM Subject: trying to post ... Hi Ed, I've been trying to submit the message below to LAAMN but it

[LAAMN] Primary Recommendations, weekend Calendar

acronym of the afterschool program I mentioned yesterday in my tribute to Joe Hacker. Lancer is a missile or something. Also ugh! - Original Message - From: Anne Marie Staas Niedorf To: Ed Pearl Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:43 PM Subject: Recommendations for Dem. Party Primary T

[LAAMN] Pilger, Glass, Fisk and Hersch on Normalizing the Unthinkable

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13492.htm Normalizing the Unthinkable John Pilger, Charlie Glass, Robert Fisk and Seymour Hersh on the failure of the world's press By Sophie McNeill 06/03/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The late journalist Edward R. Murrow might well have b

[LAAMN] Responses to Primary Rec's, A Furious Iraq

Remember to vote tomorrow - turnout will be small and it counts. Ed - Original Message - From: Suzanne Thompson To: Ed Pearl Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:00 PM Subject: Re:SUGGESTION: Primary Recommendations, weekend Calendar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friends: As many of you know, I h

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