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NYCLAW Antiwar Bulletin -- 12.21.08
by NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008 at 1:04 PM
nyclaw01@gmail.com
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NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
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December 21, 2008
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*47 DAYS AFTER
*AFGHANISTAN
*IRAQ
*G.I. RESISTANCE*PALESTINE
*GREECE
*CLASS WAR AT HOME
*NYCLAW LINKS
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47 DAYS AFTER
Guns, Butter, and Obama
Won't adding 90,000 troops trained in counterinsurgency warfare create pressure to use those troops in places like the Sudan, Somalia, the Gulf of Guinea, Colombia, or any number of regions where U.S. interests collide with local aspirations?
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20017
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AFGHANISTAN
30,000 More U.S. Troops
"The generals clearly have a strategy now that they want to implement, the question is: will it work?" said one military official who declined to be named.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2008/12/21/world/international-us-afghan-usa.html
Open Letter To the "Anti-war Movement" in the United States
An
antiwar movement that does not move immediately to oppose the Obama
doctrine of shifting the central front of the "war on terror" to
Afghanistan, no longer deserves to be called an anti-war movement.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/An-Open-Letter-To-the-Ant-by-Elaine-Brower-081219-240.html
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IRAQ
Al-Zaidi Supporters Refuse to Disperse
"I have told them I won't move anywhere unless it is to my grave," said Uday al-Zaidi, 32, one of the reporter's brothers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?ref=world
Thrown Shoes Unite Iraq
Muntather's action has, for these days, united Sunnis, Shiites and Christians. It united Iraqis as Iraqis. And it only took a few seconds.
http://www.sfbayview.com/2008/thrown-shoes-unite-iraq/
'Bush Shoe' Sales Skyrocket
"Mr. Bush served some good purpose to the economy before he left."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/world/middleeast/21shoe.html?ref=world
Forget SOFA: U.S. Troops Will Replace British
'"We will take into account what is going on in Anbar, in the rest of the country, to make sure that we have the proper force structure to continue our mission to make sure we don't give up any of the security gains we have."'
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2008/12/21/world/AP-ML-Iraq.html?ref=world
Blowback: 'Lethal Warriors' in Iraq, Linked to String of Crimes Back Home
"The only thing I know how to do is shoot."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-me-battalion21-2008dec21,0,7036557.story
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G.I. RESISTANCE
Matthis Resists
From this website, you can access up to date information on my refusal, activism and what you can do to help.
http://matthisresists.us/
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PALESTINE
Short Path, From Gaza to Somalia
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is
beginning to approximate that of Somalia, where 77 percent of the
population requires emergency humanitarian support, and the rate of
malnutrition is the world's highest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048020.html
Israeli Blockade 'Forces Palestinians to Search Rubbish Dumps for Food'
"This is not a humanitarian crisis. This is a political crisis of choice with dire humanitarian consequences."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/israel-gaza-strip-middle-east
Hezbollah Denounces Arab Complicity With Gaza Siege
"Silence on the [Gaza] blockade is disgraceful. Silence on the blockade amounts to participation in the [Israeli] occupation."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/israel-gaza-strip-middle-east
The Real Palestinian Coup D'etat
Hamas "black coup d'etat" in Gaza was in fact the result of a much wider, deeper and older political and military coup d'etat that is still ongoing to deprive Hamas from its democratically won victory in the legislative elections of January 2006.
http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/the-other-older-palestinian-coup-detat-20081204.html
Non-Jews Need Not Apply for Return
There is no judge in Jerusalem who can explain this double standard, this racist right of return for Jews only. Why is the Sephardic Community Committee allowed, and the committee of Palestinians not?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1047895.html
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GREECE
Protesters Battle Greek Police, Flights Grounded
"Topple the government of blood, poverty, privatizations."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2008/12/18/world/international-us-greece-unrest.html
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CLASS WAR AT HOME
Will Obama Enforce UAW's Givebacks?
He was elected partly with
the support of the unions, who liked his talk of protecting jobs by
renegotiating trade agreements. Now, in his first months, he will be
asking them to give back gains they have negotiated over decades.
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/video-iraqi-journalists-family-asks-for-his-release/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20auto.html?_r=1&hp
Obama's Picks Disagree on Free Trade
Free-trade proponents remain hopeful that Mr. Obama will moderate his stance, as his predecessors did, now that he has been elected president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/us/politics/19obama.html?ref=us
Window of Opportunity for Republic Workers
Together, we can start to put nearly 300 people back to work; but we need your help NOW to make sure this happens.
http://www.ueunion.org/ue_republicwinopportunity.html
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