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Saturday May 10, 2008 07:48 EDT How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words by Glenn Greenwald On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program -- and on the broader question of whether the American media's political coverage is largely shaped and controlled by the U.S. Government -- I don't believe it's possible to obtain more conclusive evidence than this: These are excepts from a memorandum sent on Jan… Continue

Subject: Free Sami Al-Arian http://www.freesamialarian.com/pet.php Hello friends, I'm writing you because I really need your help. I've included a link to a petition that I would like you to consider signing as soon as possible. It's a petition to a federal judge, Gerald Lee, to put an end to the abusive treatment of Dr. Sami Al-Arian. While he lived among us here in Tampa, Dr. Al-Arian founded a school that still thrives. He was honored f… Continue

Washington Post-ABC News Polling on Iraq War Released April 18, 2008 "Views on the Iraq war have also turned more negative, with six in 10 now rejecting the notion that the United States needs to win there to effectively battle terrorism . . . And for the first time since President Bush ordered additional troops to Iraq early last year, the number of Americans saying the United States is not making significant progress toward restoring civil order there has risen. Negative views of the war had… Continue

By June Terpstra Sunday, 09 March 2008 Visible token women leaders clucking sanctimoniously over “women’s rights” as bombs are being dropped on their “sisters” are examples of Western feminist “success” within the hegemon; women such as Margaret Thatcher, Corazon Aquino, Condoleezza Rice and Hilary Clinton. This article is a call in honor of International Women’s Day warning the people not to follow the woman leader who stands by her hegemon. This is a call for new women leaders who will stand… Continue

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/28/7956/ Letter from Venezuela’s Communications Minister to the Washington Post Andrés Izarra Jackson Diehl Deputy Editor, Editorial Page The Washington Post 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071 March 25, 2008 Dear Mr. Diehl, Over the past several years, we have informed you of our concerns regarding the hostile, distorted and inaccurate coverage of Venezuela in your newspaper,… Continue