[APR-news] Alternative Press Review - August 27, 2004

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Friday - August 27, 2004 
Reply to New York City tabloid and police smears and lies
By Jaggi Singh
As some of you might know, there has been a series of scare-mongering articles in New York City and beyond -- targeting mainly anarchists and other left-wing political organizers -- in anticipation of the mobilization against the Republican National Convention (RNC) this weekend and next week. Some of these articles mention me by name (although I was never contacted beforehand for comment by any of the reporters, and I'm not even attending the anti-RNC protests). Normally, I wouldn't care too much about these negative pieces, based solely on anonymous police sources, but two of the recent articles in mainstream New York City daily newspapers are just so outrageous and untrue that I need to respond clearly and publicly. 

Other articles of interest 

Coming to a Convention Near You: Scary Anarchist II
by Sarah Ferguson, Village Voice
Is it just us, or are these scary stories about anarchists plotting mayhem at the Republican convention starting to read like a preemptive hit? Just today the Daily News led with "Police Intelligence Warning: Anarchy Inc. Hard-core troublemakers a threat to the Republican Convention." This kind of coverage sets the stage for brutal treatment of even peaceful activists. At last fall's Free Trade of the Americas summit in Miami, police fed media hysteria about the ugly hordes descending on the city to justify their Rambo-like assault on union members and nonviolent demonstrators with rubber bullets and taser guns. 

High crimes and misdemeanours
By Peter Oborne, The Spectator
All the evidence shows that the Prime Minister misled Parliament and the people on the eve of the Iraq war. Now, as Peter Oborne reveals, a group of MPs are determined to impeach him. 

Newly Declassified Document Shows Secretary of State Gave Strong Support Early on to the Military Junta
National Security Archive
A newly declassified document obtained by the National Security Archive shows that amidst vast human rights violations by Argentina's security forces in June 1976, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told Argentine Foreign Minister Admiral Cesar Augusto Guzzetti: "If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly. But you should get back quickly to normal procedures." 

NewsWire 

Public Remains Poorly Informed On Reasons for War 

Most NYers support protests 

Mainstream Green Groups Opt Out of GOP Convention Protests 

First signs of a global decline in oil? 

Attacks Cut Iraqi Oil Exports in Half 

LA Paz Paralyzed; Strikes and Blockades Return to Bolivia 

Yahoo! Sports Makes Palestine's Olympians Disappear 

China's Farmers Cannot Feed Hungry Cities 

Ranks of Poor, Uninsured Rose in 2003 

Florida man burns himself over son's death in Iraq 

2004 Iraq deaths now exceed 2003 deaths 

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