[APR-news] Alternative Press Review - March 31, 2005

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March 31, 2005

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=456&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
100,000 Murdered Iraqis: A "Model for How Democracy Can Take Hold"
By Kurt Nimmo

If we are to believe the corporate media-the Strausscon lie machine on
steroids-only "insurgents" were killed in Fallujah. "Like the Nazi media,
the major US radio and TV networks only report what they call 'military
casualties' -failing to report the civilians killed since the war started
and the thousands of women and children killed and wounded since the assault
of Fallujah began," writes James Petras. "The mass media fabricates a web of
lies to secure a gloss of legitimacy for totalitarian methods in order that
the US armed forces continue to destroy cities with impunity. The technique
perfected by Goebbels in Germany and practiced in the US is to repeat lies
and euphemism until they become accepted 'truths', and embedded in everyday
language."

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=455&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
FBI investigating incidents on Infoshop News and Flag.blackened.net

I'm under court order not to speak about specifics and have my attorney
trying to find out what the maximum penalty for disclosure really is. I hate
to have to keep my mouth shut in areas where the Gestapo is involved, but I
also have to weigh things against the overall security of flag and its
subdomains and also the wellbeing of my family.

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Other articles of interest

http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2005/03/david_solnit.html
People Power: An Interview With David Solnit
Katie Renz, Mother Jones

As a member (and co-founder) of Art and Revolution, a loose-knit collective
combining art and theater with direct action, this creativity-with-a-purpose
stands in a colorful tradition of theatrical dissent, from the Diggers, the
Yippies, and the French Situationists of the 1960s. Solnit and his
predecessors subvert the system, and point to alternatives, showing, by
means of blatant contrast, how fundamentally flawed the "normal" state of
affairs can truly be.

http://www.alternet.org/story/21634/
The Case of Tayseer Alouny
Patricia Estevez, AlterNet

Did Al-Jazeera's star reporter use his job as a cover for terrorist
activities? Or is he another innocent casualty of the 'war on terrorism'?

http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/03/army-recruiters-on-verge-of-nervous.html
Army Recruiters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Yoshie Furuhashi, Critical Montages

Signs of desperation for recruitment abound in the US military. The Army
Reserve has not met its monthly recruitment quota since last October. Having
already begun to accept more recruits without high school diplomas last
year, the Army raised "the maximum enlistment age from 34 to 39" for the
National Guard and the Army Reserve this year.

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zeese.php?articleid=5317
The Battle for America's Youth
Kevin B. Zeese, Antiwar.com

Counter-recruitment has become a key battleground in the effort to stop the
war in Iraq and prevent future military adventures by President Bush and a
compliant Congress. The U.S. Army admits that it expects to miss its
recruiting goals this month and next and is working on a revised sales pitch
appealing to the patriotism of parents. Last week, nationwide demonstrations
kicked off in Washington, D.C., including an event at an Army recruitment
center, and in many cities, demonstrations were held outside of recruitment
offices.

http://www.energybulletin.net/4856.html
The Long Emergency
James Howard Kunstler, Rolling Stone

It has been very hard for Americans -- lost in dark raptures of nonstop
infotainment, recreational shopping and compulsive motoring -- to make sense
of the gathering forces that will fundamentally alter the terms of everyday
life in our technological society. Even after the terrorist attacks of 9/11,
America is still sleepwalking into the future. I call this coming time the
Long Emergency.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1447921,00.html
Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up'
Tim Radford, The Guardian

The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360
scientists from 95 countries - some of them world leaders in their fields -
today warns that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that
supports life on Earth is being degraded by human pressure. The study
contains what its authors call "a stark warning" for the entire world. The
wetlands, forests, savannahs, estuaries, coastal fisheries and other
habitats that recycle air, water and nutrients for all living creatures are
being irretrievably damaged.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1403
Interview with Philip Agee: The Nature of CIA Intervention in Venezuela
Jonah Gindin, Venezuelanalysis.com

Philip Agee is a former CIA operative who left the agency in 1967 after
becoming disillusioned by the CIA's support for the status quo in the
region. Says Agee, "I began to realize that what I and my colleagues had
been doing in Latin America in the CIA was no more than a continuation of
nearly five-hundred years of this, exploitation and genocide and so forth.

http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/537/537_07_IraqResistance.shtml
Iraqis' right to resist occupation
Sharon Smith, Socialist Worker

Liberal commentator Geov Parrish leveled harsh criticism at March 19 antiwar
protesters in the Seattle Weekly, belittling antiwar rallies as "a pep rally
for activists." Parrish argued, "Opposition to this war should be rooted in
what is best for this country." But this reasoning can easily backfire on
the antiwar movement, since "this country" is the U.S. Empire. Already, the
antiwar Web site MoveOn.org has pandered so far to the "we can't cut and
 run" crowd that opposition to the Iraq occupation disappeared from its
site. Outright hostility to the Iraqi resistance now reaches far inside the
antiwar movement, undermining the notion that Iraqis have the right to
determine their own future, free of U.S. intervention.

http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000814.php
Coming Soon! Police Academy: Baghdad!
Ward Harkavy, Village Voice

For months now, we've been hearing that Iraqi police and other security
forces are being trained to take over control of their chaotic, dangerous
country. But a Voice review of the Bush regime's official weekly "status
reports" indicates that the number of police may have actually fallen by
more than 33 percent in the past year.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3722.shtml
THE ISRAELI LEFT IS OPTING FOR SUICIDE
Tanya Reinhart, Electronic Intifada

To judge by the political discourse, being a leftist today means supporting
Ariel Sharon. Even when his government decides yet again to postpone the
evacuation of the illegal outposts to an unknown future date, the pundits
explain that the mere fact that he even raised the matter for discussion in
the government is indicative of the seriousness of his intentions. Sharon
will evacuate Gaza first, they say, and afterwards the outposts, and in the
end maybe even the West Bank. And those who believe the most that Sharon
will dismantle settlements are the Leftist parties.

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/04538485.asp
High and mighty
Boston Phoenix

After a brief stint as a slick, celebrity-driven version of the Nation, the
pot-appreciation magazine High Times is back to its roots - and readers are
inhaling deeply

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NewsWire

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1443908,00.html
Cartoonist faces jail for satire on Jesus

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5635724.html
Bloggers narrowly dodge federal crackdown

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php
Capitol bill aims to control 'leftist' professors

http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=10725&s2=29
Western Propaganda Media try to shut down albasrah.net

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2473
Women's Opinions Missing on Television; Women of color virtually invisible
on Sunday shows

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2229
Female Op-Ed Journalists Should Ignite Fireball

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0329-12.htm
Bush shows no remorse for fake newscasts

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/25/1516242
Naomi Klein Reveals New Details About U.S. Military Shooting of Italian War
Correspondent in Iraq

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0330draft30-ON.html
Draft may be necessary, military analysts warn

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/24/hinzman-050324.html
Canada denies refugee status to soldier who deserted US terror outfit
engaged in atrocities in Iraq

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0324-08.htm
US Terrorist Organization to Use 'Patriotic' Appeal After Missing Recruiting
Goals Again

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7989189
Army Orders Further Involuntary Troop Call-Up

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39284
British legal adviser considered Iraq war 'crime of aggression'

http://newstandardnews.net/content/?items=1598&printmode=true
Army Papers Reinforce Allegations of Systemic Prison Abuse in Iraq

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1448282,00.html
The highest-ranking US terrorist in Iraq approved extreme torture of Iraqis
kidnapped by US terror forces

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0331-13.htm
US Army told soldiers to 'Beat the Fuck Out of' its kidnap victims

http://www.kten.com/article.asp?id=7258
Number of Iraqis Kidnapped and Held Prisoner by US terrorists in Iraq Has
Doubled in 5 Months

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_6473.shtml
Murderer's 'R' US: Army won't prosecute soldiers for killing prisoners

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,347726,00.html
How Germans Fell for the 'Feel-Good' Fuehrer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4395525.stm
Number of starving children doubles in Iraq

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8395.htm
US draws up watch list of 25 "unstable" countries

http://www.indianz.com/News/2005/007295.asp
Supreme Court rejects Oneida tribe's sovereignty

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/032805EC.shtml
Battle for Canada's Underground Resources: some tribes oppose pipeline to
tap oil reserves

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/23/haida-logging-050323.html
Haida Nation set up blockades around B.C.'s Queen Charlotte Islands over
forestry operations

http://www.survival-international.org/news.php?id=227
Penan hunter-gatherers protest logging permit awarded to a notorious timber
company

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18624934.300
Planet in peril: Humans push natural systems to the brink

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/business/articles/timid399280?source
Mahathir warns of a dollar catastrophe

http://www.energybulletin.net/5017.html
Oil could spike to $105

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/655B03B0-32C2-4BF7-A3E8-F7EFD8144333.htm
IEA proposing drastic cutbacks in car use to halt continuing oil-supply
problems

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/opinion/25deffeyes.html?
What happens once the oil runs out?

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