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Why Anti-War Activists Should Care About Immigrant RightsThursday, February 19, is the 62nd anniversary of Executive Order 9066 which forced more than 100,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. The similarities with today are striking. Under the guise of the "war on terrorism," the Bush administration uses the tragic events of September 11th to … [Read more...] about -Why Anti-War Activists Should Care About Immigrant Rights

SWEATSHOPS Money for Nothing and Calls for Free https://www.corpwatch.org/ As the outsourcing of jobs has become a hot election year issue in the US, call centers in India continue to multiply. Local workers answer calls for US corporations at a fraction of the cost of an American worker, as Nidhi Kumar and Nidhi Verghese report from Mumbai, India.IN THE … [Read more...] about -Corporate Watch:Latest reports

I cannot get out of my mind the photo that appeared on the front page of The New York Times on December 30, alongside a story by Jeffrey Gettleman. It showed a young man sitting on a chair facing a class of sixth graders in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Next to him was a woman. Not the teacher of the class, but the young fellow's mother. She was there to help him because he is … [Read more...] about -The Ultimate Betrayal by Howard Zinn

prof. chomsky,your previous work on haiti is very appreciated, and znet pieces by reeves and fenton are helpful.having said that, the dominant ap messages about the aristide government are permeating left sources very quickly. this month's le monde diplomatique has a piece on the "sad bicentenary in haiti" which refers to the "more and more repressive power" under aristide, … [Read more...] about -Q and A on Haiti from Chomsky Chat on Znet

This is a report from Boston on the legalization of Gay Marriage. Clicking probably will download to your computer. You can also go directly to the following address, find the file, and open with a sound program.https://bcrp.netris.org/audio/ … [Read more...] about -Gay Marriage Report (Audio) by Chuck Rosina and Aimee Smith