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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD (NLG) URGES NEW ORLEANS and HUD TO STOP RACIALLY MOTIVATED DEMOLITIONS OF PUBLIC HOUSING (more…)

by Walter Cronkite and David Krieger Commondreams 12/4/07

The American people no longer support the war in Iraq. The war is being carried on by a stubborn president who, like Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War, does not want to lose. (more…)

by Bill Quigley Commondreams 12/3/07

On the 12th day before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is planning to unleash teams of bulldozers to demolish thousands of low-income apartments in New Orleans. (more…)

National debt held by foreigners.

National Debt Clock.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Times 12/3/07

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It’s expanding by about $1.4 billion a day — or nearly $1 million a minute.

What’s that mean to you? (more…)

Laila Al-Arian The Huffington Post 12/3/07

For nearly one year, my father, Sami Al-Arian, has been imprisoned on civil contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. During plea negotiations in early 2006, federal prosecutors in Florida promised him he would not have to testify in any other cases. (more…)

Third world warriors fight U.S. wars – for dollars a day

Honduran soldier was among thousands who stood guard over Baghdad embassy, but couldn’t legally enter United States.

By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune 12/02/07 (more…)

Reprinted with permission from the October 27, 2003 issue of The Nation magazine.  Portions of each week’s Nation magazine can be accessed at http://www.thenation.com

By David Cole
David Cole represents the LA 8.

The next time you hear Attorney General Ashcroft dismiss complaints about civil liberties abuses under the USA Patriot Act as “built on misrepresentation, supported by unfounded fear (more…)