World-News

The editors of The New York Times write: "President Bush’s justification for vetoing a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or S-chip, is that he wants to 'put poor children first' rather than extend coverage to middle-class children. That explanation would be more believable if Mr. Bush had actually been putting poor children first. On far too many occasions, the president has sacrificed the interests of poor children to what he deems higher budgetary or ideological priorities. Congress should not allow Mr. Bush to do the same with S-chip."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101807B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=children+insurance

Pete Yost, reporting for The Associated Press, writes, "A US magistrate indicated Wednesday that a federal court may order the Bush administration to preserve copies of all White House e-mails, a move that a government lawyer argued strongly against."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101807A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pete+Yost

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4654/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Reich

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4666



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=casualties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Conn+Hallinan

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4651



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harvey+Wasserman

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4652



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4668/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4653/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying

DAVID BALE

18 October 2007 08:58

Families fighting plans for a mobile phone mast in a busy residential area are celebrating today after the phone company has set its sights on a new location in open countryside.

Communications giant T-Mobile wanted to put an 11.7m mast on land opposite the Crown pub in Norwich Road, Costessey, but families living close to the site were in uproar and plans were turned down by South Norfolk Council earlier this year.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/ywtncg

Mobile phone giant O2 is pressing ahead with its plans to build a controversial mobile phone mast in the centre of Brean despite the scheme being rejected by planners earlier this year.

Read More...
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2007/o2-phone-mast-appeal-18-10-07.shtml

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Residents and interested parties can send feedback on the scheme to the district council's planning by October 25th 2008
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2008/vodafone-signals-09-10-08.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Burnham-On-Sea

Truthout's Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner report: "During his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Judge Michael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, dodged controversial questions related to the CIA's use of torture and the federal government's domestic surveillance program. Democrats in the Senate did not prod Mukasey for detailed answers."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101807J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mukasey
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maya+Schenwar
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matt+Renner

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/us/18owl.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spotted

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2007/181007_dangerous_vaccines.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Vaccination+-+Impfen/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=autism

„550.000 neue sozialversicherungspflichtige Jobs in einem Jahr. Hört sich gut an! Doch Sicherheit und eine Perspektive haben viele Kolleginnen und Kollegen nicht. Denn fast jeder zweite neue Job ist ein Leiharbeits-Job. Innerhalb von zwei Jahren ist die Zahl der Leiharbeits-Beschäftigten auf
800.000 hochgeschnellt. Der ver.di-Kongress fordert politische Maßnahmen zur Zurückdrängung der Leiharbeit...“ Wirtschaftspolitik Aktuell des Bereichs Wirtschaftspolitik beim ver.di-Bundesvorstand Nr. 20/2007 vom 12.10.2007 (pdf) http://wipo.verdi.de/wirtschaftspolitik_aktuell/data/07_20_leiharbeit.pdf


Widerstand gegen Sklavenhandel

Sklavenhändlermesse in Münster: Niedriglohn, Zwangsarbeit – Dafür haben wir keine Zeit! Schluß machen mit Arbeitszwang zu Dumpinglöhnen!

„Wir treffen uns am 18.10. um 10.30 Uhr am Münsteraner Hauptbahnhof, Ausgang Ost (Bremer Platz), um dagegen zu protestieren, dass die ARGE Münster 2.500 Münsteraner Arbeitslose dazu zwingt, sich bei Menschenhändlern – Leiharbeits und Zeitarbeitsfirmen – zu bewerben sowie in CallCentern, wo die Arbeitsbedingungen oftmals ebenso schlecht sind. Die ARGE hat hier in der Halle Münsterland eine „Messe“ organisiert und die Arbeitslosen verpflichtet, diese zu besuchen und sich bei den anwesenden Firmen zu bewerben. Das entlarvt mal wieder das Zwangssystem Hartz IV. Wir sind hier, weil wir der Meinung sind, dass die Methoden der Arbeitsagenturen und der Leihartbeitsfirmen menschenunwürdig sind…“ Info von Teodor Webin vom 16.10.2007 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2007/10/197123.shtml

Wir werden berichten!


Aus: LabourNet, 18. Oktober 2007

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Sklavenhändlermesse in Münster

Protest gegen Leiharbeitsmesse in Münster

„Münster – ca. 30 Personen demonstrierten am Vormittag des 18. Oktober in Münster gegen eine Leiharbeitsmesse in der Halle Münsterland. Die ARGE Münster (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsagentur und Sozialamt der Stadt Münster) hatte die Messe ausgerichtet und ca. 2.500 Erwerbslose unter Androhung von Sanktionen dazu eingeladen…“ Bericht bei der FAU Münster (pdf) http://www.fau.org/ortsgruppen/muenster/static/zeitms.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 22. Oktober 2007

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Widerstand gegen Sklavenhandel

Aktionen während der Jobmesse in Hannover

„Am 31.5. fand zum ersten mal in Hannover die Jobmesse statt. Aus diesem Grund waren AktivistInnen der FAU Braunschweig und der FAU Hannover ebenso vor Ort, wie die hannoversche Clownsarmy…“ Bericht vom 02.06.08 von fauh3 http://www.fau.org/artikel/art_080602-155816

Siehe dazu auch:

Das dabei verteilte Flugblatt (pdf) http://www.fau.org/ortsgruppen/braunschweig/archiv/leiharbeit_faltblatt

Leiharbeit - Informationen zur Arbeitgeberüberlassung

Überblicksartikel bei der FAU Braunschweig http://www.fau.org/ortsgruppen/braunschweig/art_080527-194210/


Aus: LabourNet, 3. Juni 2008

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"Leihkeule" - Unabhängige Zeitung für Leiharbeiter

„Vorwort zur Leihkeule: Du hältst die Nullnummer der Zeitung für Leiharbeiter in Händen. Nullnummer, das heißt , es ist ein Versuch mit diesem kleinen Faltblatt die dringend notwendige Diskussion innerhalb der sich ausbreitenden Branche zu entfachen. (..) Die LEIHKEULE wird von keiner Partei oder Gewerkschaft herausgeben. Es ist das Produkt von Betroffenen für Betroffene. „Betroffene“ sind nicht nur Menschen, die selbst in der Zeitarbeitsbranche arbeiten, es sind auch Arbeitslose, die keinen normalen Job mehr finden und denen nur noch Stellen in der Sklavenhändlerbranche angeboten werden. Betroffen sind aber auch die Stammbelegschaften, deren Arbeitsbedingungen angegriffen werden, durch den Einsatz von Leiharbeitern als Lohndrücker oder als Streikbrecher. Leiharbeit ist Sklavenhandel! Wenn ein Betrieb die Arbeitskraft eines Menschen braucht, dann soll er gefälligst mit ihm direkt einen Arbeitsvertrag abschließen. Menschen sind weder zu verleihen noch zu verkaufen. Daß damit nicht alle Probleme gelöst sind, ist uns auch klar. Aber wir wollen aber nicht, wie die Gewerkschaften, die Zeitarbeitsbranche aus der Schmuddelecke herausholen, Wir wollen diesen Sklavenhandel abschaffen! Dazu ist uns jedes Mittel recht. Wenn Leiharbeiter ihre Rechte kennen, mutiger werden und sich nicht mehr alles gefallen lassen, ist dies zumindest ein erster Schritt, der diese Arbeitsform weniger profitabel macht.“ Die Nullnummer der Zeitarbeiterzeitung "Leihkeule" bei chefduzen (pdf) http://www.chefduzen.de/leihkeule_1all7.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 25. August 2008

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Widerstand gegen Sklavenhandel

Aktionen gegen die Jobmesse Kiel

„Die job-messe deutschland-Tour machte in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal auch in Kiel Station. (Berichte von bereits gelaufenen Aktionen gegen Jobmessen finden sich bei Labournet). Etwa 12 FAUistas aus Kiel, Flensburg und Bad Segeberg waren am 1. November auf dem Messegelände vor Ort und haben auf die rasante Ausbreitung von Leiharbeits- und Niedriglohnjobs aufmerksam gemacht...“ Bericht von FAUista vom 07.11.2008 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2008/11/231507.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 20. November 2008



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Zwangsarbeit
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leiharbeit
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arbeitszwang
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Niedriglohn

Flüchtige Rebellion

„Prekarisierung ist ein ebenso schillerndes wie hippes Thema. Bewegungen und Kampagnen der Prekakisierten entstehen oder werden proklamiert und bleiben doch eher Sternschnuppen, die nach kurzem Aufleuchten schnell verblassen. Das prekäre Leben ihrer TrägerInnen schlägt auf die sozialen Bewegungen selbst durch. Dies und die Konsequenzen für dauerhafte kollektive Solidaritäts- und Widerstandsstrukturen war das Thema eines Vortrags, den Peter Birke im Mai 2007 auf dem Kongress "Entsicherungsgesellschaft" in Wien gehalten hat. Der folgende Text ist eine überarbeite Fassung dieses Vortrags…“ Artikel aus ak - zeitung für linke debatte und praxis - Nr. 520 vom 21.9.2007 - wir danken der Redaktion! http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/prekaer/birke.html


Uscire dal vicolo cieco! Raus aus der Sackgasse!

„Die Bewegung gegen prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse und soziale Unsicherheit und für gleiche Rechte für alle BürgerInnen scheint bislang nur imstande zu sein, das Unbehagen an den derzeitigen Zuständen zu transportieren und Protest zu organi­sieren, nicht aber, die Dinge tatsächlich zu verändern. Zu viele Hindernisse stehen einem effektiven Fortschritt hinsichtlich der Lage der Prekären entgegen. Die Regierung von Romano Prodi und die Politik seines Arbeitsministers stellen ein solches Hindernis dar, doch erweisen sich manche Schranken in der Bewegung selbst als ebenso tückisch…“ Artikel von Sergio Bologna in Jungle World vom 18. Oktober 2007. Der Text wurde anlässlich des EuroMayday 2007 in Mailand geschrieben und vom Autor für die Jungle World überarbeitet. http://jungle-world.com/seiten/2007/42/10823.php


"Jung und prekär"

Die neue Soli extra der DGB-Jugend behandelt das Thema Prekariat und Handlungsstrategien der DGB-Jugend (pdf) http://www.dgb-jugend.de/mediabig/6469A.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 18. Oktober 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=prekär
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Prekarisierung

„Beim Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlruhe ist eine von der IG Metall unterstützte Klage eingegangen, mit deren Hilfe die Höhe des Regelsatzes für Alg II-Bezieher von 345 Euro überprüft werden soll (Aktenzeichen 1 BvR 1840/07). Nach Meinung der Gewerkschaften ist der Alg II-Satz zu niedrig bemessen, um Langzeitarbeitslosen ein Leben in Würde zu ermöglichen. Mit der Verfassungsklage soll zudem überprüft werden, ob die pauschale Berücksichtigung einzelner Leistungen im Alg II-Satz mit dem individuellen Rechtsanspruch auf Sicherung des Existenzminimums vereinbar ist…“ Meldung des DGB http://tinyurl.com/68r6c5


Betroffene ALG2-Bezieher sollten sobald möglich gegen ihren letzten ALG
2-Bescheid und künftig gegen jeden weiteren Bescheid Widerspruch einlegen, damit sie ihre Ansprüche auf Nachzahlungen wahren können. Der DGB hat dazu ein Widerspruchsformular vorbereitet (pdf): http://www.igmetall-bayern.de/uploads/media/Widerspruch_Alg_II_Regelsatz.pdf


ALG II und ältere Erwerbslose: Bundesregierung bestätigt staatlich verordnete Zwangsverrentung

Anträge zum «Stopp der Zwangsverrentung» bei Hartz IV abgelehnt

„Nun ist es amtlich: Ältere Hartz IV-Empfänger müssen ab 2008 damit rechnen, dass sie vorzeitig ihre Rente in Anspruch nehmen müssen und dabei Abschläge bis zu 18 Prozent hinnehmen müssen. SPD und Union sehen darin keine «Zwangsverrentung» sondern begründen dies mit dem Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip von Hartz IV. Dies besagt, Hartz IV-Leistungen sind immer nachrangig und vorher alles vorhandene Vermögen ausgeschöpft werden muss. Dazu zählen auch Rentenansprüche. Der Weg zur Alterarmut ist somit freigemacht…“ Meldung vom 10. Oktober 2007 im elo-forum http://www.elo-forum.net/hartz-iv/hartz-iv/-200710101361.html


ALG II und ältere Erwerbslose

Arbeitsförderung: Neue Hoffnung für ältere Arbeitslose

„Die Bundesregierung verweist stolz darauf, dass erstmals seit langem auch viele ältere Langzeit-Arbeitslose in den Arbeitmarkt vermittelt werden können. plusminus geht der Frage nach, ob mit den Eingliederungs-Zuschüssen wirklich neue Dauerbeschäftigung erreicht wird…“ Text der plusminus-Sendung im SWR am 16. Oktober 2007 http://www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag_dyn~uid,va1bilg3eobhg04t~cm.asp


Klasse Bildung? Klassenbildung!

„Aller Tage neue Studien, und immer wieder dasselbe Bild: Deutschlands Bildungssystem ist eines der sozial selektivsten der Welt. Die viel zitierten PISA-Studien ergaben: Die relative Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Gymnasialbesuchs für ein Akademikerkind ist in Deutschland fast siebenmal so hoch wie jene eines Facharbeiterkindes. Und, wohl gemerkt: Selbst bei gleicher individueller Lese- und Mathematikkompetenz beträgt dieses Verhältnis noch vier zu eins…“ Ein Kommentar von Jens Wernicke und Klemens Himpele vom 11.10.2007 bei Studis online

http://www.studis-online.de/HoPo/art-679-klassenbildung.php


Aus: LabourNet, 18. Oktober 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Regelsatz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Zwangsverrentung

Bewertungen

"Demokratiefeindlich, neoliberal und militaristisch". Wissenschaftlicher Beirat von Attac kritisiert EU-Reformvertrag

„Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat von Attac Deutschland kritisiert den Entwurf für den so genannten EU-Reformvertrag, der auf dem EU-Gipfel von Donnerstag bis Freitag in Lissabon unterzeichnet werden soll. Dabei handelt es sich nach Ansicht der Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler im Wesentlichen um den Verfassungsvertrag, der von der Bevölkerung Frankreichs und der Niederlande per Referendum abgelehnt wurde. Um dieses Vertragwerk dennoch durchzubringen, seien die Staats- und Regierungschefs auf einen Trick verfallen: "Nach zweijähriger Denkpause entschloss man sich, lediglich den Namen zu ändern - an der demokratiefeindlichen, neoliberalen und militaristischen Substanz wird jedoch festgehalten", sagte der Ökonom Professor Jörg Huffschmid…“ attac-Pressemitteilung vom 16.10.2007 http://www.attac.de/aktuell/presse/presse_ausgabe.php?id=785

Informationen

Der seit dem 5. Oktober 2007 vorliegende Zweitentwurf des EU-Reformvertrags und alle weiteren Dokumente http://www.reformvertrag.de/?Dokumente

Siehe für weitere kritische Analysen und Hintergrundberichte zum EU-Reformvertrag und seinem aktuellen Entstehungsprozess die neue Homepage von Tobias Pflüger http://www.reformvertrag.de/


Aus: LabourNet, 18. Oktober 2007



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Mother Jones
by Jonathan Stein

10/16/07

Another debate, another post-debate poll won by an underdog candidate and then hidden by the media outlet commissioning the poll. Sounds outrageous, but it’s almost becoming routine, particularly with Kucinich on the left and Ron Paul on the right. It happened again after the recent Republican debate on CNBC. Ron Paul’s supporters pounced on the post-debate online poll and gave their man a hefty lead, only to find the poll removed. CNBC.com managing editor Allen Wastler eventually ‘explained’ himself — by saying, petulantly, that he’d do it again...

http://tinyurl.com/3b24n6


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

Truthdig
by Robert Scheer

When will we listen to the troops? I’m not talking about soldiers used as props for a George Bush photo op, telling reporters what Washington wants to hear. The military is disciplined and thus accustomed, from Gen. David Petraeus on down, to toeing the official line. But the Iraq war has also produced brilliant messages of dissent from the ranks that should cause us to stop in our tracks and reconsider what we have wrought. First, a group of sergeants came forward, and on Tuesday it was the captains’ turn to speak out. … How come those brave veterans know it’s time to get out, but leading Democrats, who voted for the war to be authorized, are still pussyfooting about quickly removing the troops from this ever-deepening quagmire?

http://tinyurl.com/3bl3sf


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer

USA Today

10/17/07

Republicans successfully maneuvered to derail a Democratic government eavesdropping bill Wednesday, delaying a House vote until next week at the earliest. The bill, which seeks to expand court oversight of government surveillance in the United States, fell victim to a gambit by the chamber’s Republican minority. Democrats were forced to pull the bill from the House floor with no certainty about how it might be revived...

http://tinyurl.com/2scyfn


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=eavesdropping

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/17/4643



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/17/4644



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/17/4650/



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+Quigley

The Democratic Speaker of the House would like to arrest activists for loitering. Her Quisling like behavior has led protesters to her front door in San Francisco, but she has only herself to blame for the inconveniences she and her rich neighbors now suffer.

http://snipurl.com/1samr


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi

The dollar fell broadly on Wednesday after a report showed housing starts dropped to their lowest level in 14 years in September, adding to concerns that the housing market may drag on the U.S. economy.

http://snipurl.com/1samo


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=housing

China now exerts enormous influence over the economies of virtually every country in the world, and a slight change in its domestic economic policy has the potential to send shockwaves rippling throughout the world. Nowhere is this more apparent-and frightening-then in China's economic relationship with the United States, which is very much at the mercy of China when it comes to prices, wages, interest rates, most importantly, the value of the Dollar.

http://www.currencytrading.net/2007/how-china-could-crash-the-us-dollar-on-a-whim/


From Information Clearing House

Japan and China led a record withdrawl of foreign funds from the United States in August, heightening fears of a fresh slide in the dollar and a spike in US bond yields.

http://snipurl.com/1samk


From Information Clearing House

"In the beginning it was very difficult. I never imagined that one day I was going to be forced by destiny to feed my children from the remains of other people's food," Barira said. "We always had good food on our table when my husband was alive but since he was killed in August 2005, my life has gone from bad to worse."

http://snipurl.com/1saln


From Information Clearing House

By Juan Cole

Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton think a tough line on Tehran will sell politically. They could be right.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18575.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
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Barring an electoral revolution of American citizens wanting to fix the "fix" by voting with our humanity, consciences and integrity, instead of out of fear that the greater criminal will win. We will be faced with two choices, depending on ones perspective: Evil or Less Evil. I will break my voting hand before I vote for Mr./Ms Lesser of Two Evils, ever again.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18578.htm

Click:

Talk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.

Americans expect to have freedom around us just as we expect to have air to breathe, so we have only limited understanding of the furnaces of repression that the Founders knew intimately. Few of us spend much time thinking about how "the system" they put in place protects our liberties. We spend even less time, considering how dictators in the past have broken down democracies or quelled pro-democracy uprisings.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18570.htm



Despotism & Democracy

Video From 1946

Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4971.htm



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By A. Alexander

Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater mercenaries, has been a huge financial supporter of George W. Bush and the Republican Party. That might explain why Mister Bush's State Department worked with Prince's people to try and cover up the latest Blackwater slaughter of civilians in Iraq, and could be a big part of the reason why so many Republicans came to the chief mercenary's defense during Congressional hearings. His fondness for and belief in all things Republican probably answers too, Erik Prince's problem with honesty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18577.htm



U.S. Mercenary Army: A Law Unto Itself

Blackwater Won't Allow Arrests

By Sharon Behn

A defiant Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18572.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
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By Bernd Debusmann

No court, either in Iraq or in the U.S., has dealt with an Iraqi national seeking compensation for death from a U.S. private security contractor. The companies operate in a legal no-man's land where they have been virtually immune from prosecution.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18576.htm



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Global Warming Starts to Divide GOP Contenders

Marc Santora, The New York Times, says, "While many conservative commentators and editorialists have mocked concerns about climate change, a different reality is emerging among Republican presidential contenders. It is a near-unanimous recognition among the leaders of the threat posed by global warming."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101707EB.shtml



Delay Now on Climate, Pay Dearly Later

Inter Press Service's Stephen Leahy writes, "The United States is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in weather-related damages in coming years if it does not act urgently on climate change, the first-ever comprehensive economic assessment of the problem has found."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101707EC.shtml



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Matt Apuzzo of The Associated Press reports, "Four years after her CIA cover was blown in a newspaper column, Valerie Plame is settling scores with the Bush administration, Republican lawmakers and the journalists involved in the White House leak scandal."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101707T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Valerie+Plame
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matt+Apuzzo

Writing for Truthout, John Cory says, "They have presented us with their sinister box gift-wrapped in a thobe and ghutra tied in a bow with a chapan and pakol. And when the package loses its luster, they light the ribbon-fuse and toss the sparkling box into the air for all to see and remember and shudder. Such a lovely parcel, this box of fear; carefully packaged and marketed with shiny toys of death inside and extra coupons on the back to order more. Don't be the only kid on the block without one."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101707R.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Cory

http://tinyurl.com/ysahm3

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Israel, Hezbollah and Gulf Monarchies Preparing for Strikes

Le Figaro's star reporter Georges Malbrunot writes, "No one knows whether George W. Bush will attack Iran, but in the prognostication game, the scenario of targeted attacks is buttressed by several 'indicators.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101707S.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/1fa192afc332824b?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6745/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Hedges

http://www.next-up.org/pdf/EmfAlertMessageToNGOsTestimonyAndChildrensDrawings17102007.pdf

Testimony and posters of children's drawings
http://www.next-up.org/pdf/EmfTvDrawingsChildrens.pdf

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French TV TF1 and newspaper Le Parisien

By electronic translator

- Following a press conference of NGOs yesterday, tonight for the first time, the largest TF1 television channel French belong to the group of mobile service Bouygues Telecom broadcast at 20:15 on TV news reporting on Scientific studies http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/BioInitiative.php , the risk of tumors for big users and the proposal for 0.6 V / m which will be discussed in the negotiations Environmental French ongoing so-called Grenelle of the Environment. There have been about 13,2 million viewers tonight for this story. http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/BioInitiative.php#1

- Also today, for the first time, parents have refused send in a school their children http://www.next-up.org/pdf/LeParisienAntennesRelaisLesParentsEvitentlEcole17102007doc.pdf due to relay antennas. (Section of the newspaper Le Parisien) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/LeParisienAntennesRelaisLesParentsEvitentlEcole17102007doc.pdf
Antennes relais: les parents évitent l'école Antennas relay: parents avoid school

Marie-Pierre


Bonjour à tous,

- Suite à une conférence de presse des ONGs d'hier, ce soir pour la première fois, TF1 la plus grande chaîne de télévision française qui fais partie du groupe de l'opérateur de téléphonie mobile Bouygues télécom a diffusé à 20h15 au journal télévisé un reportage sur les études scientifiques, les risque de tumeurs pour les gros utilisateurs et la proposition pour 0,6 V/m qui sera examiné dans le cadre des négociations environnementales françaises en cours dites du Grenelle de l'Environnement. Il y a eu environ 13,2 millions de téléspectateurs ce soir pour ce reportage.

- Toujours ce jour, pour la première fois des parents d'élèves ont refusé d'envoyer dans une école leurs enfants à cause d'antennes relais.
(article du journal le Parisien)

Marie-Pierre



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=BioInitiative
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http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/c22ecc72a6348d18

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The decline of bees worldwide

The h.e.s.e. project has put together a comprehensive and excellent compilation about the 'Decline of bees, UK and worldwide'.

Is this decline due to the rise in microwave radiation worldwide?

I hope that you will take the time to read and pass on, this important information to others.

Martin


Studies are ongoing, including in Australia/NZ where the season for bees emerging is beginning.

See http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/issues/nature.php?id=bees

Andy Davidson h.e.s.e.-UK



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http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=071017A&e=63



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nlnews@archant.co.uk

17 October 2007

A MASS protest is to be held outside a Muswell Hill church on Sunday after the minister and parish council decided to press ahead and apply for permission to put a mobile phone mast on the spire.

Campaigners claim that more than 800 signatures have been lodged against plans by Reverend Bruce Bridgewood to allow 3G to build a mast on St Peter-le-Poer church.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/2gz7hl



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Während die Arbeit an der Fabrikation von einsatzfähigen und fernsteuerbaren Cyborg-Insekten noch ziemlich am Anfang steht, beginnen die ersten Roboterdrohnen in Insektengröße schon zu fliegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26372/1.html

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=9scEDlcd8KuYR2uZ76SNvQ..



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http://infowars.net/articles/october2007/171007Filming.htm



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The editors of The New York Times write: "There are new signs that an American military in distress is reshaping itself to cope with the destructive fallout of Iraq - and to look beyond it, even as President Bush insists on dispatching Americans to go on fighting and dying there. Young officers have been offered big cash bonuses to stay in an Army struggling to retain them. The Marines, meanwhile, are trying to move out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, a more popular mission where they could focus on America's real enemies - al Qaeda and its allies, the Taliban - instead of trying to police a civil war."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101707N.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=leaving+Iraq

Randall Mikkelsen reports for Reuters, "The White House threatened to veto wiretap legislation a day before Wednesday's planned vote in Congress, and said that restrictions on government authority would hamper its fight against terrorism."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101707K.shtml



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Grimsby Evening Telegraph - Grimsby, England, UK

A giant mobile phone mast, one third the height of the Dock Tower, could spell the end of a nearby nursery. That was the message from Holton-le-Clay...

http://tinyurl.com/2gn45v

Bolton News - Bolton, England, UK

The mast was put up by T-Mobile last month, despite being refused permission by Bolton Council's planning committee in April. That sparked an angry protest ...

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1766476.0.phone_mast_row_reaches_commons.php

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/elect08/index.aspx



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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Scott McPherson

10/10/07

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution wisely advised a path of nonintervention in the affairs of other nations. As students of history, America’s first statesmen established peace and free trade as a wiser foreign policy course over militarism, alliance-making, and empire. John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, best summed up America’s original philosophy on foreign-policy: ‘America … goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy’...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0710e.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The Nation
by John Nichols

10/16/07

The occupation in Iraq will begin to end on the day that Democrats — and responsible Republicans — in Congress decide to stop meeting the demands of the Bush-Cheney administration for more money to fund their imperial endeavor along with the massive war-profiteering by administration-linked firms such as Halliburton and Blackwater. This is a simple reality. But it remains one that most members of Congress, including many Democrats who should know better, fail to recognize. The essential document in the current Iraq debate is a letter of commitment, now endorsed by 89 members of the House, that says the signers ‘will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during FY08 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq before the end of President Bush’s term in office’...

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=243293


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troops+out+of+Iraq
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MSNBC

10/16/07

The use of private security guards like those involved in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians is part of a growing new form of mercenary activity — the recruitment of people around the globe to perform military jobs in other nations, a U.N. report says. Independent human rights experts who wrote the report, which was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, say the reported killing of civilians in Iraq last month by guards recruited by the security firm Blackwater USA underscores the risks of using such contractors...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21336602/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=private+security+guards
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San Francisco Chronicle

10/16/07

The House overwhelmingly approved a media shield bill Tuesday that would protect reporters from having to reveal their confidential sources in federal courts, despite warnings from the White House that it could lead to more leaks of classified information. The measure was passed on a broad bipartisan vote, 398-21, with 176 Republicans joining virtually all Democrats to support the bill. In an unusual alliance, senior Republican like House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo, broke with the Bush administration to join the majority in passing a bill that supporters said would bolster the freedom of the press...

http://tinyurl.com/28ax5o


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4568/



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4572



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4562/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4622/



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Jeff Barnard, The Associated Press, reports, "A watchdog group has asked a federal judge in Montana to send the Bush administration's top forest official to jail for contempt of court, arguing that the US Forest Service has missed the deadline for a complete environmental analysis of dropping fire retardant on wildfires."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101607ED.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=US+Forest+Service
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wildfire
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Brenda Goodman of The New York Times writes, "For the first time in more than 100 years, much of the Southeast has reached the most severe category of drought, climatologists said Monday, creating an emergency so serious that some cities are just months away from running out of water."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101607EC.shtml

Jonathan Spicer, Reuters, reports, "David Suzuki, Canada's best-known environmentalist, has spent a generation encouraging Canadians to look after the environment, but it seems they have not been listening."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101607EB.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Suzuki

Tom Phillips of The Guardian UK says, "Across the Amazon region, illegal loggers, cattle ranchers and a growing number of soy producers continue their advance into the world's largest tropical forest. In August, government satellites registered 16,592 fires across Brazil, the overwhelming majority in the Amazon."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/101607EA.shtml



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Dave Michaels for The Dallas Morning News reports that "Democratic lawmakers moved Monday toward investigating Hunt Oil's exploration contract in Iraq, saying the company's ties to President Bush raised questions about whether it had insider information that helped it reach the deal."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101607R.shtml



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http://tinyurl.com/355p92


Informant: Bob Banner



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

The Department of Defense has conspired with the FBI to "circumvent the law" in accessing hundreds of Americans' telephone, e-mail and financial records, say two civil liberties groups that released reams of new documents obtained in a contested public records request.

http://snipurl.com/1s964


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying

Glenn Greenwald, former Constitutional lawyer, discusses the merger between the U.S. national government and the telecommunications industry, revelations from the trial of former Qwest chief, the "Protect America Act," the complicity of the Democrats and the media.

http://snipurl.com/1s963


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Qwest
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Protect+America+Act
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Chalmers Johnson parallels the military over-reach of the United States with the Roman Empire and warns that financial bankruptcy could herald the breakdown of constitutional government in America.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2007/2059724.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
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Hillary Clinton today moved to secure her position as the most hawkish Democrat in the 2008 presidential race, saying she would consider the use of force to compel Iran to abandon its nuclear programme.

http://snipurl.com/1s95i


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary

Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain said Tuesday they would be prepared as president to use military force against Iran to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/913507.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
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"Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD.

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index_np.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Curveball
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Abizaid has previously argued that the U.S. would need "to keep a long-term military presence in Iraq" in order to protect "the free flow of goods and resources" such as oil, but his Stanford comments go much further in pinning oil as a prime motivator for the war.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/15/abizaid-middle-east-gas-station/


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Abizaid
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
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http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/27733


From Information Clearing House



http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=Butheina+Al-Nasiri&btnG=Google+Search

By Mike Whitney

Officials in the Treasury Dept----working with their colleagues at Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Bank of America---have concocted a scheme to rescue the banks from their massive losses in mortgage-backed securities. The group is planning to set up a $100 billion emergency fund which will purchase non-performing assets for short term debt. In truth, the fund is a bailout which provides the financial giants with an excuse for not reporting their enormous losses from bad bets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18565.htm



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By Sheila Samples

For six long years, Bush has "water-boarded" all who oppose him -- especially those in Congress -- with a steady stream of 9-11. Each speech is laced with visions of 9-11 -- 9-11 horror just over the horizon, 9-11 around each corner, 9-11 behind each tree. "Fear Itself" is the only option on the Bush-Cheney table, and they have used it relentlessly, not only to wage genocidal war in order to gain control of the world's resources, but to seize dictatorial power and to control the quivering masses.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18569.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheila+Samples

By James Madison

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18562.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Madison

By 12 former Army captains

There is one way we might be able to succeed in Iraq. To continue an operation of this intensity and duration, we would have to abandon our volunteer military for compulsory service. Short of that, our best option is to leave Iraq immediately. A scaled withdrawal will not prevent a civil war, and it will spend more blood and treasure on a losing proposition.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18563.htm

by Mary Starrett

While the United States purports to be the guardian of free and fair elections the world over, here at home our elections system is utterly corrupted. From casting to counting to reporting of election results, the fix is in and we’ve allowed it to happen........

http://www.newswithviews.com/Mary/starrett75.htm



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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7007109937779036019


Informant: shane_digital



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJcmdMfkwQ


Informant: shane_digital



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bio+weapons

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/5706a878bbc1aa53?hl=en



http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/177.html



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'CHENEY'S LAW' (ENTIRE PROGRAM ONLINE) - For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/


Informant: NHNE



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