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February 3, 2004 - 10:37am -- jim
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Mainstream Media

Anonymous Comrade writes

"BBC is saying:
Blair and Bush Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize"

The pair have been put forward by a Norwegian politician who said toppling the Iraqi dictator had reduced the threat of weapons of mass destruction. It had also laid the foundations for a democratic Iraq, said Jan Simonsen of the right-wing Party of Progress.


Anti-war campaigners condemned the move as "completely unbelievable" and said it made a mockery of the prize."

And i say, we should get out there and demand the withdrawal of the two from the list of nominees. They (Bush and Blair) are under investigation for the crimes they committed in Iraq,and Nobel prizes will give them a bonus?
Write to the Nobel Commitee and demand to stop this hypocritical show.
Tell them what you think of the 2 criminals.


The email of Nobel prizes:

postmaster@nobel.no (Peace Prize Commitee)

info@nobel.se (General)

February 3, 2004 - 9:59am -- jim
News
Electoral Politics

$2.4 Trillion US Budget to Boost Defense Spending

Reuters, Feb. 03, 2004

WASHINGTON -- President Bush proposed a $2.4 trillion election-year
budget on Monday that would boost defense spending, slash 128 programs
and seek to cut this year's record deficit in half -- a goal even fellow
Republicans were skeptical he could achieve.

February 2, 2004 - 1:03pm -- jim
News
Mainstream Media

hydrarchist writes

"Waging War on the BBC
By Greg Palast, January 29, 2004

He did not say, "hello," or even his name, just left a one-word message: "Whitewash."

It came from an embattled journalist whispering from inside the bowels of a television and radio station under siege, on a small island off the coast of Ireland: from BBC London. And another call, a colleague at the Guardian, said, "The future of British journalism is very bleak."

January 31, 2004 - 5:31pm -- hydrarchist
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The State

nolympics writes: ...From David Martinez

"How The Other Half Lives"

David Martinez

Right now, the Coalition Provisional Authority, or C.P.A., has its hands full trying to run Iraq. There are resistance forces to track down, elections to inhibit, and a multitude of infrastructure problems and social ills to get abreast of. They don’t have the time or personnel to officially certify journalists, and so for the moment we are more-or-less free to do as we choose,and the C.P.A. actually helps us as best they can, when we ask them for interviews or information.

The only exception, so far, has been a friend who writes for a free paper in New York, who was told he could not 'embed' with the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, because reporters from that journal have been ‘banned’. We are still trying to figure out exactly why.

For these reasons, myself and another journalist from the United States decide one day to go ahead and arrange ourselves a visit with the Occupation forces, while we still can, to provide the ‘other side of the story’. We have yet to move amongst ordinary American soldiers, and so we set up to be ‘embedded’ at a place called Logistical Staging Area Anaconda, and hire a driver to take us there.

January 31, 2004 - 8:45am -- nolympics
News
The State

"Smoke And Mirrors:
The Civilian Claims Process In Iraq"

Rob Eshelman

As the US military convoy crested over the bridge in Baghdad’s al Adahmiya neighborhood, Kasim Husain steered his white Toyota sedan to the side of the road. The final Humvee had just passed when the military convoy came to an abrupt stop. Soldiers exited the rear vehicle and, without warning, opened fire. Bullets smashed through the windows of Kasim’s car killing his cousin, Ali, instantly with a bullet slug to the head. Kasim’s 20-year old son, Akeel, ran from the vehicle and was cut down with two shots to the stomach. As Kasim cradled Akeel’s head in his arms by the roadside, the dying young man asked his father to take care of his wife, who he had just married.

January 31, 2004 - 8:45am -- jim
News
Independent Media

"Integral War of Attrition in the Rebel Zone of Chiapas"

Hermann Bellinghausen, La Jornada, Wednesday, January 21, 2004

San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, 20th of January. Just as the low
intensity war (GBI) advances without truce in the rebel territories, so do
the studies and the interpretations on this form of covert war, that
officially "does not exist", but is part of the daily life of thousands
of indigenous communities in Chiapas.

January 31, 2004 - 8:43am -- hydrarchist
News
Culture

hydrarchist writes the original Spanish version is avaialble here.

BARCELONA 2004 :: waiting for the rain ::


by Stefano


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llistainsostenible@sindominio.net

How and why it was
decided that in 2004, from May 9th to September
26th, Barcelona had to celebrate the "Universal Forum of
Cultures".

In the year 2004, the subsidies that the European
Community grants to
its less-developed member countries in the Mediterranean basin will end,
as the EC shifts its focus toward financing the development of its new
members in Eastern Europe. So the leadership of the city of
Barcelona decided that, in order to squeeze every last penny out
of the EC development fund, they would have to invent a special event to
justify an enormous financial investment. The Olympics had already been
assigned, and for years the Barcelona City Council had been working to
sell a new image of the city to the outside world, using slogans that have
been growing in popularity in recent years: "The City of Peace," "The
Multicultural City," "The Sustainable City"...

January 30, 2004 - 1:09pm -- jim
News
News

"Mexican Army Assaults Zapatista Communities"

Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity Group

Mexican armed forces have attacked the Zapatista community of
Nuevo San Rafael, burning down 23 homes and violently evicting
the Chol indigenous inhabitants. The attack, reported variously as
happening on either 19 or 22 January, took place in the remote
Montes Azules jungle area of Chiapas.
Resource-rich Montes Azules has long been coveted by
multinationals. As the governments and multinationals press
forward with the Plan Puebla Panama and Free Trade Area
of the Americas, the “war of low intensity” against
the thousand-plus Zapatista autonomous communities
erupts into blatant repression. The Secretary of Government
of Chiapas, Rubén Velázquez López, promises more
evictions, declaring that land invasions will no longer be
tolerated.

January 29, 2004 - 1:25pm -- jim
News
Technology

hydrarchist writes

"Dire Working Conditions in Computer Production"

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Monday 26 January 2004

A new Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) report, Clean Up Your Computer, exposes the dire working conditions in computer production in the developing world.

CAFOD has proof that electronic workers in Mexico, Thailand and China suffer harassment, discrimination and intolerable working conditions. The workers produce parts that end up in the computers of companies such as Hewlett Packard, Dell and IBM.

Monica used to make parts for IBM & Hewlett Packard products.

Monica used to make parts for IBM & Hewlett Packard products. "I truly think that people are better off in prison than we were."

January 29, 2004 - 1:21pm -- jim
News
Health

hydrarchist writes

"Generic Medicine Supplier Reguests Action to Lower Price of Two Blockbuster Drugs"

Essential Inventions, Inc., announces that it will request US Secretary of
Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson to use authority under
Bayh-Dole Act to license generic production of two blockbuster drugs
funded by federal government; abusive pricing cited as grounds.

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