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• “The Bishop of the Poor”: Paraguay’s New President Fernando Lugo Ends 62 Years of Conservative Rule
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Monday, August 18, 2008

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• Facing Impeachment, Musharraf Resigns as President of Pakistan
• Obama, McCain Discuss Views on Christianity and Supreme Court Justices at Religious Forum
• Referendum on Torture: Debate Over Role of Psychologists in Military Interrogations Comes to a Head at APA Annual Convention

Friday, August 15, 2008

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• Alfred Zappala, Peace Activist Who Lost Son in Iraq, Dies at 68
• Facing Years in US Prison, Iraq War Resister Jeremy Hinzman Ordered Deported from Canada
• Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics Highlight Globalization of Police State, Inequality
• Russia-Georgia Conflict Fueled by Rush to Control Caspian Energy Resources

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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• After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe

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• Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Don’t Cage Dissent”

  Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.

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• Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast

  Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!

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• “Threats, Lies and Audiotape”

  With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation’s young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.

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• ‘It’s a Global Election’

  Amy Goodman reports from the Baltics: “When I arrived in Estonia last week—a former Soviet republic that lies just south of Finland—everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.”

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• “Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”

  The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.

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• “Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”

  While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.

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• “Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”

  It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.

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• Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO

  Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.

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