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  • The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest...
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    September 24 Will Be a Huge Success - But We Can’t Do It Without Your Help
    Dear A.N.S.W.E.R. friend,
    The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest since the November election. Volunteers are working around the clock, and buses from all over the country have been reserved to bring people to DC.
    The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition relies on the generous contributions of people who are committed to building this movement. The costs of renting buses, sound (…)

  • Phoenix Diocese bans politicians who support abortion, gay rights
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    PHOENIX - Politicians who support issues like abortion and gay rights have been banned from speaking at Catholic churches in the Phoenix Diocese.
    So far, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano has been the only one affected by the edict from Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted.
    Napolitano was forbidden to speak last year at a Catholic church in Scottsdale at an event opposing Proposition 200, a ballot measure that restricted the rights of undocumented immigrants. The event was moved to another (…)

  • Ex-Employees Faulted Halliburton Role in Iraq
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Deborah Hastings
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Others besides Bunnatine Greenhouse have testified that Halliburton, the biggest holder of American rebuilding contracts in Iraq, has deceived the government and cheated taxpayers.
    The company denies the claims.
    Rory Mayberry, who worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR from February through April 2004, testified from Iraq, via videotape, to the Democratic Policy Committee in June.
    As a food manager at a U.S. military camp, Mayberry said he (…)

  • Marchers Celebrate Voting Rights Act in Atlanta
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Hamil R. Harris
    ATLANTA, Aug. 6 — Thousands of marchers joined many of the icons of the American civil rights movement Saturday morning as they walked through the streets of Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to built support for extending protections from that bill.
    "Keep Hope Alive, Extend the Voting Rights Act," chanted the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, one of the leaders of the march. He was joined by former (…)

  • A Day in the Bar Ditch of Democracy USA
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Moses
    “I’m back here where I met you, in the tent!” says 53-year-old Vietnam Veteran Michael Young, speaking by cell phone Saturday evening, with lots of commotion in the background to back him up. Yes, he went to Crawford like he said, and here’s what he reports:
    “Well, I got up around 7:30. Was already running a little late, because I didn’t get home until midnight. I put on a pot of coffee and then got in such a hurry that I forgot it. Didn’t take any of it with me. And I got (…)

  • Suppressed footage of Hiroshima after the bomb to air on cable TV
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BY SADIA LATIFI
    Knight Ridder Newspapers
    WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Sixty years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a film documenting the aftermath is reminding Americans about the horrors of nuclear war.
    Footage from a U.S. government-produced film, which was labeled top secret and kept out of public view for decades, is included in "Original Child Bomb," a documentary that will air on many cable stations Saturday, the 60th anniversary of the day that Hiroshima (…)

  • Urgent: Woodstock 2005 Bands Needed NOW- Crawford, Texas- Drop your sched and GO
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Ben Frank
    To all who want peace in America, now is the time to expose the corruption. We urge everyone to drop their schedules and go to Crawford, Texas right now. It’s time to stage the Party to end all parties, camping out in the heat of texas will make for great tv ;-)
    The truth has emerged, it’s just a matter of getting it to the masses. They all Deliberately lied, they Used 9/11 as a pretext for war.
    Now Bush, Cheney and all those dopes in Congress are on Vacation! While more (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan: "The Secret Service is Trying to Intimidate Us"
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Cindy Sheehan called After Downing Street moments ago at 10 p.m. ET to report that the Secret Service is trying to intimidate her and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace into leaving their protest near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch.
    This morning Cindy led dozens of protesters as close as they could get to the ranch; they were stopped by local police about five miles away. Cindy and others plan to stay there throughout Bush’s (…)

  • UPDATES ON CINDY SHEEHAN VISIT TO CRAWFORD
    6 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Lone Star Iconoclast is covering Saturday’s journey to Crawford by several groups, including Veterans For Peace, Military Family Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, Crawford Peace House, and others.
    Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq last year, is seeking a meeting with President Bush, who is vacationing in Crawford, to have some of her questions answered about the war. Several busloads of interested individuals are expected in Crawford to support (…)

  • Dining with the Crawford Posse
    6 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Brief Dispatch from the 20th Annual Veterans for Peace Convention
    How one Vietnam vet from North Texas is looking forward to Saturday, when he will join Cindy Sheehan’s protest visit to Crawford.
    “That’s Cindy Sheehan,” points the Vietnam War veteran from his seat at the table. “She lost her son Casey in Iraq. And I’m going to follow her to Crawford. You coming?”
    Looking up from my plate, I take the vet’s direction and turn to see Sheehan standing on the grass, stage left, mixing (…)