https://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15100By John Nichols, The Nation February 4, 2003 A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes because she feared antiwar sentiments might be … [Read more...] about – Laura Bush Cancels poetry reading, fearing war of words
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
(1) Woman Disables U.S. Death Plane/ (2) Gloucester Weapons Inspectors
Five members of the pacifist Catholic Worker Movement ( 2 ) cut their way into Shannon Airport ( 2 ) early on Monday. The peace activists poured human blood on the runway that has been servicing US military flights, deploying troop and munitions to US military bases in Kuwait and Qatar. They then constructed a shrine on the runway to Iraqi children killed and threatened by … [Read more...] about (1) Woman Disables U.S. Death Plane/ (2) Gloucester Weapons Inspectors
– Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
1-3 VOICES FROM THE WILDERNESS (Anti-War Activists in Iraq)4 MEDIA ADVISORY: Iraq's Hidden Weapons: From Allegation to Fact (FAIR) Job of inspectors-not Pentagon- is to find and destroy weapons, but media is cheerleader for war1. CRUCIAL DAYS AHEAD BY KATHY KELLYJanuary 30, 2003BAGHDAD - Nine of us arrived in Baghdad close to midnight last night. This is my … [Read more...] about – Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
Experts Warned Of Budget Cuts, Safety Concerns
Experts Warned Of Budget Cuts, Safety ConcernsBy R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Rob SteinFebruary 2, 2003; washingtonpost.comThe thunderous explosion of Columbia over central Texas yesterday was presaged by a drumbeat of warnings by government auditors and experts who voiced concerns about lapses in oversight and deferred safety improvements for NASA's aging … [Read more...] about Experts Warned Of Budget Cuts, Safety Concerns
The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis by Edward Herman
ZNet Commentary--please support ZNet Sustainer program at https://zmag.orgWith enough power and chutzpah it is possible for an aggressive and over-armed state to manufacture a crisis and pretend that the crisis lies with the threatened victim rather than with the aggressor state. Today, the United States has not only manufactured one crisis but two: The first is Saddam … [Read more...] about The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis by Edward Herman