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2004"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling, Editor and Priest, Chicago Daily News, 28jul41
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Die Bush Krieger: Amerikas feldzug gegen das böse
The Bush Warrior: America's Mission Against Evil.
The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05
The End of the World: How Rome Fell—and Why Possible subtitle: Present Day USA History in the Making
The Coming Anarchy - Atlantic Monthly 1feb94
The Carlyle Group - 54 minute Real Player video [500 kbs | 100 kbs] 25jan04
"‘9/11’" Great Crimes / A Greater Cover-Up Don Paul & Jim Hoffman, et al 2003
Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis, at the First Congregational Church, Oakland 26jul03
Why Kids Flunk History - MUMIA ABU-JAMAL / Free Speech Radio News 15may02
A Brief History of Terrorism by the USA - from Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn 2002
A New Holy Grail - a poem by Kirk Lumpkin 16aug04
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain 1889
Cowboy - poem by Michael McClure 2001 [mindfully.org note: For all those who think war is the answer]
Why You Should Ignore The Gallup Poll This Morning - And Maybe Other Gallup Polls As Well? 7sep04
Boat Bombs: Homeland Security Threat Cited From Lack of U.S. Flag Shipping, Crew Presence in U.S. Ports - Maritime TV 28may2004
Bankrupt War on Terror is World's Most Damaging Conflict in 50 Years - The Independent (UK) 27may04
Abu Ghraib: Follow Torture Trail: The Things Bush Didn't Mention in his Speech - Seattle Post-Intelligencer 26may2004
International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS): Iraq Occupation Made World Less Safe, Pro-War Institute Says - The Independent (UK) 26may04
International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Publishes its 2003/4 Strategic Survey - Remarks by Dr John Chipman, Director IISS (London) 25may04
Nothing Specific: Ridge Acknowledges Terror Threats, but 'Nothing Specific' - NY Times 26may04
FBI Warns of Major Summer Attack: Political conventions, Olympics tempting targets for terrorists - SF Chronicle 26may04
Guantanamo Prison Scrutiny Likely: Cuban facility to gain more attention in light of Iraqi abuse scandal - The Argus 24may04
U.S. Nearing Deal on Way to Track Foreign Visitors: `Virtual Borders' Planned: Huge Contract Would Let U.S. Track Foreign Visitors Through Databases - NY Times 24may04
Abu Ghraib Sadistic Abuse Approved by Rumsfeld - The Gray Zone: How a Secret Pentagon Program Came to Abu Ghraib - The New Yorker 24may04
The Revolving Door: When Advocates Become Regulators: President Bush has installed more than 100 top officials who were once lobbyists - Denver Post 23may04
Abu Ghraib: Videos Amplify Picture of Violence - Washington Post 21may04
Red Cross Reports Lost, Generals Say: 'The System Is Broken,' Army commander tells Senate Panel - SF Chronicle 20may04
Jobs Flying Faster From U.S.: Estimate for 2006 Raised by 40% -- to 800,000 - SF Chronicle 18may04
Prisons : The Dark Side of America - Editorial / NY Times 17may04
Abu Ghraib: Chain Of Command: How the Department of Defense mishandled the disaster at Abu Ghraib - Seymour M Hersh / The New Yorker 17may04
Rumsfeld Approved Iraq Interrogation Plan: Report - Reuters 15may04
Bill Nevins: Hard Lessons From Poetry Class: Speech is Free Unless it's Critical - Daytona Beach News Journal 15may04
Why Dick Cheney loves Wal-Mart - even if he doesn't shop there - Gadflyer 14may04
Abu Ghraib Torture Followed CIA's Manual - Boston Globe 14may04
India: New Government In India Pledges To Push Growth - Wall Street Journal 14may04
India: Gandhi Dynasty Rises Again - The Guardian (UK) 14may04
India: In Huge Upset, Gandhi's Party Wins Election in India - NY Times 13may04
India: Boom Splits India's Middle Class - Christian Science Monitor 13may04
Life Terms in Prison Up Sharply - AP 12may04
Abu Ghraib Testimony Is in Conflict: Taguba Says Collaboration Of MPs Violates the Rules; Intelligence Official Differs - Wall Street Journal 12may04
India Concludes Massive Vote; Hung Parliament Looks Likely - AP 11may04
MSNBC's "Countdown" Memo to White House: Get Your Own TV Show - Chicago Tribune 11may04
Iraq: Red Cross Faces Pressure in Abuse Scandal - AP 11may04
Iraq: Sadistic, Blatant, and Wanton - Taguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse - AP 11may04
Thomas Barnett: At the Pentagon, Quirky PowerPoint Carries Big Punch: In a World of 'Gap' States - Wall Street Journal 11may04
US Failure Helps Revive the Old Pan-Islamic Project - Iraq: all together against the occupation - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 10may04
The "Taguba Report" On Treatment Of Abu Ghraib Prisoners In Iraq / 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 3may04
Federal Homeless Policy Update - Street Sheet 1may04
George W Bush's Statement at Pentagon (With Comments) - Federal News Service 10may04
US Prisons in Iraq: Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War - February 2004
Akhmad Kadyrov: Chechen President Is Killed By Explosion at Celebration - Wall Street Journal 9may04
Prisons: Mistreatment of Prisoners Routine in U.S. - NY Times 8may04
America - Unfit to "Change the World" - The Black Commentator 6may04
CACI Still Advertising Interrogator Jobs in Iraq - CACI's Job Database 6may04
Austrians' Zeal for Native Son Schwarzenegger Fades to Outrage - SF Chronicle 5may04
Schwarzenegger Sues Over Bobblehead Doll - Letter from his Lawyer 29apr04
Terrorist Mercenaries on U.S. Payroll in Iraq War - Pacific News Service 4may04
Dick Cheney Loves Wal-Mart: Remarks by the Vice President to Employees of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center - WHITEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE 3may04
Abu Ghraib prison: George Bush as Saddam Hussein Comparison to Former Iraqi Leader - Washington Post 3may04
Abu Ghraib prison: The Dehumanizing Nature of Occupation - Asia Times 4may04
Abu Ghraib prison: Abu Ghraib - from Saddam to Bush - The Bahrain Tribune 4may04
Abu Ghraib prison: Yemen Joins Condemning Voices - Yemen Times 3may04
Abu Ghraib prison: From Saddam to Bush - Bahrain Tribune 4may04
Abu Ghraib prison: Different Sets of Rules - Jordan Times 3may04
U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences - NY Times 3may04
Bush Says More Violence Possible in Iraq - People's Daily (China) 2may04
Abu Ghraib prison: Officer Suggests Iraq Jail Abuse Was Encouraged - NY Times 2may04
Rebuttal to G. W. Bush "Mission Accomplished" - 1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff / AP 1may04
Torture at Abu Ghraib - The New Yorker (10may04 Issue) 30apr04
Defense Contracts Announced Thursday - Dow Jones Newswires 29apr04
Ret. Gen. William E. Odom Sees 'Staying the Course' In Iraq as Untenable - Wall Street Journal 28apr04
Diplomats Rebuke PM on Middle East - (several articles and editorials) The Guardian (UK) 27apr04
Ben Treuhaft Sends Pianos To Havana —This Time With Bush’s Blessing - Berkeley Daily Planet 27apr04
The Honesty of Science is Being Compromised at Every Turn - New Statesman (UK) 26apr04
Administration Says a `Zone of Autonomy' Justifies Its Secrecy on Energy Task Force - NY Times 25apr04
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping - SF Chronicle 24apr04
Guantanamo: Detainees' Rights - Editorial / Boston Globe 22apr04
Rice and Powell: Bush Racial Window Dressing? - The Black Commentator 22apr04
Big Salary Increases for UC Top Brass Faculty pay is flat, tuition is rising — $350,000 for new hire of Marye-Anne-Fox - SF Chronicle 22apr04
UC Turns Away 8,700 Eligible Freshmen - The Daily Californian 21apr04
Urban Warfare: Is Iraq a Rehearsal for US Hoods? - San Francisco Bay View 21apr04
Venezuela: US-Backed Colombian Invasion of Venezuela Imminent? - VHeadline.com 20apr04
Guantanamo Arguments Are Heard - Wall Street Journal 20apr04
Guantanamo Detainees Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court - Federal News Service 20apr04
Early U.S. Decisions on Iraq Now Haunt American Efforts: Officials Let Looters Roam, Disbanded Army, Allowed Radicals to Gain Strength, Failure to Court an Ayatollah - Wall Street Journal 19apr04
Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack" Book Review - NY Times 19apr04
Thousands of Innocent People in Prison Today: Study Suspects Thousands of False Convictions - NY Times 19apr04
Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003 - Gross et al / University of Michigan 19apr04
Ashcroft's "Wall": The Truth About 'the Wall' - Jamie S Gorelick / Op-Ed/ Washington Post 18apr04
Ramona Africa: Who Do You Call When the Police Are the Problem? - RAMONA AFRICA / Speaking at Faith United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA 17apr04
U.S. to Declare Israel Won't Have to Withdraw to 1949 Border - Haaretz (Israel) 11apr04
Carlyle Group Asked to Join Galp - The Portugal News 10apr04
Minister Pledges Further Privatisation of Energy Sector - The Portugal News 10apr04
Iraqi Marchers Break Through US Roadblocks to Bring Aid to Fallujah - Agence France Presse 8apr04
Fallujah: US Bombs Mosque, Kills 40 - AP 7apr04
Pfc. Geoffrey Morris: War claims Gurnee Marine: Father says 19-year-old was `doing what he knew was right' to help Iraqis toward freedom - Chicago Tribune 6apr04
Washington's Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade - Centre for Research on Globalisation (Montreal) 5apr04
A Critique of Administration Policy on Health Care, Education, and the Economy - Sen. Edward Kennedy at the Brookings Institution 5apr04
Schools Send Out Distress Signals: May not be able to pay their bills - SF Chronicle 4apr04
US, Foreign Firms Escaped Income Tax: GAO Says - Washington Post 3apr04
Airport Screener Sues U.S. Over Firing: Union Organizer - SF Chronicle 3apr04
US Visit: U.S. Will Fingerprint 13 Million More in Fall Visitors From Close Allies To Be Photographed, Too - Washington Post 3apr04
Sibel Edmonds: 'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack cities with aeroplanes' - The Independent (UK) 2apr04
Ian McEwan Held by US Customs: British Author's Visa Ordeal Is One for the Books - Washington Post 2apr04
Homelessness: Berkeley Eighth-Grader's Eye-Opening Street Seminar with the Catholic Worker - Street Spirit 1apr04
UK: New Happiness Index Shows British Society Peaked in 1976 - Christian Science Monitor 31mar04
The Right to be Poor — and to thrive - Culture Change e-Letter 30mar04
Outsourced UCSF Notes Highlight Privacy Risk: How one offshore worker sent tremor through medical system - SF Chronicle 28mar04
U.S. Army Finds Its Suicide Rate in Iraq Is Higher Than for Other G.I.'s - NY Times 26mar04
Army Releases Findings of First-Ever Soldier Well-Being Study in Combat Arena - Army News Service 26mar04
Haiti: Through These Trees, I See Haiti’s Murderous Army Reborn - Jean Charles Moise - San Francisco BayView 24mar04
White House in Panic Mode - The Salmon Valley Observer 23mar04
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Speech by Sen. Patrick Leahy at Georgetown University Law Center 23mar04
FCC and Bush: When Rupert Murdoch Calls...Condoleezza Rice Answers - The Nation 22mar04
Bush rallies returned troops: Scarce Jobs, Unsafe Streets Tarnish Gains in Freedom - SF Chronicle 19mar04
Bankruptcies Highest Where Casinos Are: Just a Coincidence? - The Christian Science Monitor 18mar04
Prison Officials and Monitors Are Headed for a New Battle - NY Times 18mar04
Rachel Corrie: Palestinian Children Fete U.S. Activist as 'Martyr' -Reuters 17mar04
Bush Weak on Terror - NY Times 16mar04
Science and "Religious" Bush: Christ Has to Be at the Center - Der Spiegel (Germany) 15mar04
Privacy Protecting Programs Killed: Big Brother's Big Eye's on Your Business and your Health - AP 15mar04
Tactical Aircraft: Changing Conditions Drive Need for New F/A-22 Business Case - GAO Report to Congressional Committees GAO-04-391 15mar04
U.S. Unloading WMD in Iraq - Tehran Times 13mar04
Pentagon Asks Justice to Join Halliburton Probe - Wall Street Journal 10mar04
USAID: Sudan: Peace Agreement Around the Corner? - Testimony before the Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa U.S. House of Rep / USAID 11mar04
Depleted Uranium Shells Decried: Citizens find Bush guilty of Afghan war crimes - Japan Times 14mar04
International Criminal Tribunal For Afghanistan at Tokyo - Final Written Opinion of Judge Niloufer Bhagwat 10mar04
Spy Unit Skirted CIA on Iraq: Pentagon group's role in shaping White House greater than known - LA Times 10mar04
Anti-Bush Advertising 10mar04
U.N. Inspector Writes of Pressure From U.S. on Iraq - Washington Post 9mar04
Criminal Screenings Cast Wide Net: Even those with non-violent records are prohibited from working at various jobs - Philadelphia Inquirer 8mar04
Job Growth Surprisingly Slow in February - AP 5mar04
Haiti: National Conference of Black Lawyers Blasts Kidnapping of Aristide - The Black Commentator 4mar04
Haiti: US Backing Overthrow of President - MITF Report on the Americas Spring 2004 1mar04
Haiti: The Revolution Swept Away the Past Without Providing a Model to Build a New State - Le Monde (France) 1mar04
Military Industrial Complex: How To Profit from a Stronger America - Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week 1mar04
Bush Proposes Huge Cuts to Public Housing - Street Spirit (San Francisco) 1mar04
Robert McNamara and the Logic of War - Street Spirit v.10,n.3, (San Francisco) 1mar03
Education: Cuts Force UC to Turn Away 3,200 Students - The Daily Californian 1mar04
Terror Tactics - Le Monde diplomatique (France1mar04
The Intelligence Business - Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat / Aerospace & Marine International (Mumbai, India) 22feb04
CBS Pulls Advertisement on Medicare Prepared by Administration - NY Times 14feb04
A Call to Action on Imprisonment and Communities of Color - The Black Commentator 12feb04
Bush Military Records Released; Guardsmen Speak - AP 12feb04
DOD Contractors Abuse the Federal Tax System with Little Consequence - GAO Report to Congressional Requesters GAO-04-95 12feb04
Aviation Security: Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System Faces Significant Implementation Challenges - GAO Report to Congressional Requesters GAO-04-385 12feb04
Sierra Club Being Attacked by Phony Environmentalists - LARRY FAHN, President / Sierra Club 11feb04
White House Briefing on Bush's Military Service - NY Times 10feb04
John Kerry Tells Antiwar Movement to Move On - Press Action 9feb04
Tenet Concedes Gaps in C.I.A. Data on Iraq Weapons - NY Times 6feb04
'Why Haven't We Found the Weapons?' - Transcript of George Tenet at Georgetown University 5feb04
New York City Becomes 250th to Join Call to Keep America Safe and Free - ACLU Press Release + Text of NYC resolution 4feb04
Kerry and Monsanto: Sleeps With Wolves - Notmilk 2feb04
2005 U.S. Budget Highlights - AP 2feb04
Bush Unveils $2.4 Trillion Fiscal 2005 Budget $521 Billion Deficit Projected - Washington Post 2feb04
Iraq: International Committee of the Red Cross on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War ...in Iraq During Arrest, Internment and Interrogation - ICRC February 2004
John Ashcroft's Patriot Games - Vanity Fair 1feb04
Lynn Margulis: Full Speed Ahead - University of Chicago Magazine 1feb04
A Mad Prison System Mistreats the Mentally Disabled - Street Spirit (San Francisco) 1feb04
Wilson Riles Leaves Dems to Join Greens - Alameda County Green News 1feb04
Mumia Abu-Jamal Interview by Hans Bennett / The Commemorator 1feb04
Wolfowitz Defends War, Illicit Iraqi Arms or Not - NY Times 1feb04
Robert Novak Needs to Apologize to Indian Voters - Indian Country Today 30jan2004
"Hamid Reza Zakeri": Mystery Witness to Talk of Iran in trial of Abdelghani Mzoudi - Chicago Tribune 30jan04
The Wal-Martization of Education: An heir to the future dreams of private school empire - The Black Commentator 29jan04
Slave Reparations Suit Dropped: Slave Descendants Vow to Appeal - Chicago Tribune 27jan04
The Carlyle Group - 54 minute Real Player video [500 kbs | 100 kbs] by Tegenlicht / VPRO Netherlands TV 25jan04
Free Speech Movement Activist Finds Tarnish On Clark Kerr’s Legacy - Berkeley Daily Planet 23jan04
The Other America: Economic Boom? - NY Times 23jan04
Carlyle Group Setting Their Sights on Galp? - The Portugal News 24jan04
US Monetary Imperialism and the War on Iraq - The Black Commentator 15jan04
Kennedy Calls War a 'Political Product' Marketed by Bush - Washington Post 15jan04
Hussein Was Leery of Jihadist Ties: Decree Bucks U.S. View on Foreign Links - NY Times 14jan04
Bush Led Meetings Like "Blind Man," Says Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill - Agence France Presse 9jan04
Powell Admits No Hard Proof in Linking Iraq to Al Qaeda - NY Times 9jan04
US Companies Added Few Workers in December - NY Times (several related articles) 9jan04
Fidel Castro 'Playing With Fire': Top U.S. Official - AP 6jan04
US Visit: The Fear of Fingerprints - Pacific News Service 5jan04
US-VISIT Fact Sheet - US Department of Homeland Security 5jan04
The Truth About WMD Lies Beyond Hutton - Michael Meacher / The Observer (UK) 4jan04
Black Hawk Helicopters over Las Vegas, Snipers in Times Square: 2004 Begins with Massive Military Mobilization in US Cities - World Socialist Web Site 3jan04
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Scolds Congress on Sentencing - AP 1jan04
Muhammad Ali: Revolt of the Black Athlete: The Hidden History of Muhammad Ali - International Socialist Review 1jan2004
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More...from past years
Guantanamo: Mohammad Sagheer vs. Government of USA: Suit for Recovery of Damages and Compensation of US $10.4 Million - Leuren Moret 31dec03
Wen Ho Lee: Manipulating The Media - SF Chronicle 26dec03
US Patriot Act: Faking out the Constitution - SF Chronicle 11sep03
Closing V.A. Hospitals Has Congress Squirming - NY Times 16aug03
Troops in Iraq Face Pay Cut - SF Chronicle 14aug03
'Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush' Coming to Reelection Campaigns and Toy Boxes Near You - Washington Post 12aug03
High Court Justice Crusades for Mercy: "Sentences Too Severe, Too Long" - SF Chronicle 10aug03
Report: Politics and the Bush Administration - (Exec Summ) Rep. Henry A Waxman / US House of Rep. Comm. on Gov. Reform 7aug03
Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon - Karen Kwiatkowski / Knight-Ridder / Ohio Beacon Journal 31jul03
America is a Religion - George Monbiot / The Guardian (UK) 29jul03
One of every 143 U.S. Residents in Prison - AP 27jul03
Ten Reasons Why The U.S. is an OUTLAW NATION
Patriot Act: US Patriot Registration Website - must-see humor
R.U.R. Rossums Universal Robots - Karel Capek 1920
Income Tax Law in Effect To-Day - New York Times 1nov1913
"I don't think all this dirt will fit back into the hole. We'd better dig another one."
Seven Deadly Sins - Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Common Sense Chapter 1 On the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution - Thomas Paine 1776
Tao Te Ching - Lao-tzu (551-479 BCE) translated by Stephen Mitchell 1988
The Art of War - Sun Tzu (China abt.500 BC)
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