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www.altpr.org - October 18, 2006

"Far from damaging the system, (activists) actually legitimize it. By their 
petitioning, they acknowledge the right of those in power to exercise that 
power as they choose." - Larry Law

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http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=659&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Nukes: Iran and North Korea are not the problem
By Mickey Z.

Thanks to the nuclear aspirations of North Korea and Iran, there's no 
shortage of rhetoric along these lines: "We can't let rogue nations have 
nukes. They might use them." Absent from the discussion are two elementary 
questions. First: What is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons (and 
have civilians been targeted)?

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=658&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
University response to racist "ghetto fabulous" party is less than fabulous
by Robert Jensen

When one of the first-year University of Texas law students who participated 
in a "ghetto fabulous" party posted pictures on the web, we saw the ugly 
face of white privilege and the racism in which it is rooted. But the depth 
of the problem of white supremacy at the university-and in mainstream 
institutions more generally-is also evident in the polite way in which the 
university administration chastised the students.

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Other articles of interest

http://www.liberatefreedom.com/archive/2006/10/15/freedom-%e2%80%94-to-give-our-brightest-deepest-truth
To Give Our Brightest Deepest Truth
Derrick Jensen, Living Freedom Archive

We have the freedom to consume, and then consume, and then consume some 
more. We have the freedom to exploit and to be exploited, and then to 
exploit and to be exploited some more. But we do not have the freedom to not 
live under an exploitative, hierarchical system that is killing the planet. 
This culture systematically destroys non-exploitative, non-hierarchical, 
sustainable cultures. That's what it does. It systematically destroys all 
alternatives (try living as a hunter-gatherer as part of a functioning 
natural community on Manhattan Island), which means it destroys the ability 
to say no to participating in it, which means that participation in it is 
not voluntary, not free. It systematically destroys real freedoms. It 
systematically destroys landbases.

http://www.counterpunch.org/pearcy10172006.html
Secret Service Grills 14 Year-Old Artist
Stephen S. Pearcy, CounterPunch

I don't know about you, but I think Julia's art makes a political statement 
that the vast majority of the people on the planet Earth would find 
appealing, albeit in a humorous way (nudge, nudge). Recently, when Al 
Franken came to the Crest Theater in Sacramento, I was there with a large 
sign that said, "Impeach Bush." When a couple of old guys (who wore the hats 
of WWII veterans) walked by me, one said, "Impeach? Hell, kill the bastard!" 
Several people standing nearby broke out in laughter. I laughed too, just 
like I did when I first saw Julia's art.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101706A.shtml
Sentimental Education: Academia Signs Up to Track Down Dissent
Chris Floyd, Truthout

The Bush administration already has spyware devouring reams of private 
information in every direction. It is now paying top universities millions 
of dollars to refine this data into actionable intelligence - including the 
automated discernment and tracking of dissent against administration 
policies and criticism of the president. Bush has openly declared that he 
has no intention of obeying privacy laws - or any other laws safeguarding 
the Constitutional rights of American citizens - if he doesn't want to. And 
if that's not sinister enough for you, consider this: on Tuesday George W. 
Bush signed the "Military Commissions Act," which states that he can 
arbitrarily declare anyone - yes, American citizens included - an "unlawful 
enemy combatant" for any action that he arbitrarily decides constitutes 
"material support" to terrorists. He can imprison these "UECs" without 
charge or trial, for the duration of the "War on Terror," which he and Dick 
Cheney have already assured us will not end "in our lifetime."

http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=610
Chertoff: "Radical Ideologies" Threaten Internet
Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire

According to Ministry of Homeland Security don Michael Chertoff, 
"disaffected people living in the US may develop radical ideologies and 
potentially violent skills over the Internet, something that can present the 
next major security threat to the nation and to the world," reports Reuters. 
"We now have a capability of someone to radicalize themselves over the 
Internet," he told a meeting of the International Association of the Chiefs 
of Police. "They can train themselves over the Internet."

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/oct2006/comm-o18.shtml
Bush signs Military Commissions Act authorizing police-state tribunals, 
torture
Patrick Martin, WSWS

Habeas corpus is the most elementary defense against arbitrary state action, 
and it has never been permanently repealed for any section of the American 
population-until now.

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/OriginalArticles/Civilization.html
Will Peak Oil End the Cycle of Civilizatiion?
Peter Goodchild, Life After the Oil Crash

The main difference between America and previous civilizations, however, is 
that from now on the cycle of "civilization" cannot be repeated. Oil is not 
the only mineral that will be in short supply in the 21st century. 
Industrial civilization has always been dependent on metals, but hematite, 
for example, is no longer sufficiently common, and mining companies now look 
for other sources of iron, which can be processed only with modern 
machinery.

http://www.counterpunch.org/brooks10172006.html
Israeli / US Cluster Bombs Litter Lebanon
James Brooks, CounterPunch

On September 26, the UN announced that the number of unexploded cluster 
"bomblets" left in southern Lebanon by Israeli forces may be three times 
higher than previous estimates. A million or more antipersonnel weapons may 
be strewn across a region one-third the size of Rhode Island. Israel has yet 
to respond to repeated requests for information about the locations of its 
cluster bomb strikes in Lebanon. UN demining experts say this has made their 
job 'far more difficult'. Two hundred thousand people cannot return to their 
homes due to the severity of destruction and the massive quantities of 
unexploded ordnance and cluster bomblets covering their communities. Since 
the beginning of the ceasefire less than two months ago, 20 people have been 
killed and 120 others have been injured by cluster bomblets and unexploded 
ordnance.

http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editorials/October/16%20o/Democrats%20America's%20Other%20War%20Party%20By%20Mike%20Whitney.htm
False Hope and the Democrats: America's Other War Party
Mike Whitney, Al-Jazaeerah

The Democrats will never get us out of Iraq nor will they repeal the Patriot 
Act or the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (which allows Bush to imprison 
American citizens without charges and torture them according to his own 
discretion). The party has been co-opted by a pro-business, 
liberty-slashing, war-mongering clique of free traders who simply feel they 
can put a better face on imperial politics. No argument there; but for 
anyone with a trace of a conscience, the prospect of voting for a party that 
may slaughter another half-million or so Iraqis presents some basic ethical 
problems. Is it too sanctimonious to suggest that the war in Iraq is MORALLY 
EVIL, and that any policy or party that supports the conflict must be flatly 
rejected?

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NewsWire

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/tc_nm/security_chertoff_dc_5
Web could be terror training camp: Chertoff

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3773
Pentagon Treats Counter-recruitment Activism as 'Terrorism'

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20061016122012538
Civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart sentenced to 28 months in prison

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/17/1439239
Iraqi Judge Sentences U.S. Citizen To Death After U.S. Military "Demanded" 
the Man Be Executed

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1876642.ece
French youth stepping up attacks on police

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200610/kt2006101617231910160.htm
US reviews war plan on North Korea

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=COO20061016&articleId=3506
Israel's plan for a war against Iran

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329601322-119093,00.html
US plot to remove democratically-elected Hamas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1924524,00.html
Gaza doctors say patients suffering mystery injuries after Israeli attacks

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/unholy-trinity-set-to-drag-us-into-the-abyss/2006/10/15/1160850808623.html
Scorched Earth: Unholy trinity set to drag us into the abyss

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/43095/
Air travel is killing the planet

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3774
Scientists Detail Social, Economic Costs of Unbridled Climate Change

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1016-07.htm
Antarctic Ice Collapse Linked to Greenhouse Gases

http://skybluewaters.org/blog1/2006/10/16/ethanol-goes-less-green/
Ethanol goes less green

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3777
L.A. Cops Crack Down on Skid Row as Gentrification Looms

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B8A9B3C68%2DF82C%2D497D%2D951C%2D6E2D831096F4%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
Housing slowdown creating 'ghost towns'

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