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Oregon AFL-CIO backs Merkley
The Oregonian -
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Chamberlain said the endorsement "was absolutely a local
decision" and that both Merkley and Novick heavily lobbied
union officials in Oregon. The labor
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Union rally marks first week of strike
The Oregonian -
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Ted Kulongoski, Portland City Council members, the
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, Oregon
Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden and several other politicians.
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Councilor Zimbrick dies suddenly
Corvallis Gazette
Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
"To hear this news is just gut-wrenching," said friend Mike
Corwin, senior vice president of OSU Federal Credit Union.
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Peru FTA Passes Over Majority Dem
Opposition
The Peru FTA passed yesterday over
opposition from the majority of House Democrats.
Opposing the anti-worker trade agreement were
Representative David Wu and Peter DeFazio. Leading the
charge for the agreement was Portland's Earl
Blumenauer. This story links directly to an excellent
piece by Jonathan Tasini. See also the
response from the national campaign against the Peru
FTA.
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A Presidential Coup:
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USA
Labor Board's labor problems: NLRB members spar with each
other while NLRB general counsel battles with the board's
union workers
Labor
Union Links |
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Workers at
Rosemont Treatment Center vote to form a union! |
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Secret
US Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/04/4304/ |
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Shameful! President Bush vetoed children's
health care this morning. Specifically, he vetoed legislation
to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP),
which would provide health care coverage for more than 10
million children. The Associated Press reported he did so
“behind closed doors without any fanfare or news coverage.”
Act now to tell the House to override the Bush veto. |
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New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody
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Sixty Percent of Americans Approve of Labor
Unions:
Daily Union
News
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Headlines...
Top Polluter Also Top Giver, US Energy Co.
Linked to Bush
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/16/5267/
Video of Taser Death Sparks Probe, Angers
Canadians
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/16/5283/
No Easy Answers to Pakistan Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/16/5288/
Sudan: Civilians Driven Into Camps, Then the
Bush
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/16/5271/
Israel's Economic Blockade Stops Gaza's
Strawberry-Farmers Selling Their Crop
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5290/
World's Executioners Resist Death Penalty Moratorium
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5252/
US Tribal Allies in Iraq Angry Over Airstrikes
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5259/
Chiquita Sued In NY Over Killings In Colombia
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5237/
Imran Khan's Message to UK: 'My Life Is In Danger'
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5248/
Views...
Laura Flanders | Pakistan vs. Punditry
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/16/5281/
Pete Letheby | On the Plains, There's Room
Outside the Box
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5275/
Chris Cooper | Rattus Norvegicus...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5272/
Jeremy Scahill | Blackwater's Loopholes
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5245/
Martha Rosenberg | Vioxx Settlement Is Classic Wall Street
Denial: Bury the Losses and Say It Never Happened
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5251/
Juan Gonzalez | Democrats Cowed by GOP Scare Tactics on Immigrants
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/15/5246/
Cindy Sheehan | The Family That Slays Together
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5261/
and more...
Newswire...
Center For Consitutional Rights (CCR) Files
Amicus Brief
in First Guantánamo Case Before European Court of Human Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1115-11.htm
23 Organizations Issue Damning Critique of
Wal-Mart's Sustainability Initiatives
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1115-12.htm
Friends of the Earth Action Releases Radio Ad
Calling on
Senator Clinton to Fix - or Ditch - the
Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1116-06.htm
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Congressional Leaders Continue To Play The War Funding Game While Americans In Iraq Continue To Die
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1114-10.htm
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Miers and Bolten Facing Contempt
Charge
By Brian Beutler, Media
Consortium
If the court does not
overrule executive privilege claims and hold Miers and
Bolten in contempt, House Democrats will have to face
some difficult choices. |
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US Firms in Iraq Still Using Indentured
Workers Despite Crackdown
David Phinney: Charges of heinous abuses of workers have long
dogged the reconstruction effort.
In Iraq, Women Increasingly Targeted for
Violence IraqSlogger: One
of the bright spots of Saddam Hussein's brutal rule was the full
recognition of women's rights. Those days are long gone.
Amid Tensions with US, Iran's Presence in
Iraq Grows Sam Dagher:
Economic and political ties between Iran and Iraq are growing
despite US criticism of Tehran's "meddling."
In Iraq's Kurdish Zone, The Children of
Arab Refugees Face Tough Times
Najeeba Mohammad: In Iraqi Kurdistan, the children of Arabs
who've fled violence in the rest of the country struggle to
settle in their new home.
Kirkuk Vote Could Touch Off New Civil War
in Iraq Ben Lando: A
historic vote in Iraq's northern territories could right past
wrongs, but it might also spark a new front in the country's
many-sided civil conflict. |
click here!
When Democrats
won control of Congress during the last election, many hoped it
would spell an end to the Bush administration's free trade
agenda. Unfortunately, a handful of Democrats -- including
Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer -- have colluded with the
White House to continue passing “free” trade agreements that
will offshore U.S. jobs, harm the environment and push
developing nations further into poverty. In June, "President
Bush" came to Portland to thank Rep. Blumenauer for helping him
move failed trade policies through Congress once again. Their
remarkable encounter was caught on tape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxR6whr2NFw
Call Earl Blumenauer and let him know that you oppose
anti-worker, anti-environment trade deals with Peru and Panama!
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (202) 225-4811/ (503) 231-2300
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Breaking News: ACLU Slams Court Decision in Challenge to Illegal NSA Spy Program
read more here
High Court Will Review Guantánamo Appeal
The ACLU welcomed last week’s Supreme Court decision to review an appeal by Guantánamo detainees seeking the right to challenge their detention in federal court. The Court had previously declined to hear the appeal in April, but reversed course in an order issued on the final day of the Term.
"This action by the Supreme Court is yet another sign of growing concern with the Bush administration's failed Guantánamo policy,” Steven R. Shapiro, the ACLU's national Legal Director said. “Even those who participated in that policy are now openly criticizing it. Having already lost three times in the Supreme Court, the administration continues to argue that it has the right to detain hundreds of people at Guantánamo indefinitely without any meaningful judicial review.”
Learn more: Five Years at Guantánamo, a podcast from Steve Shapiro: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/27970res20070111.html
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High Court Will Review Guantánamo Appeal
Morse v. Frederick Decision a Blow to Students’ Rights
Legal Director Steven R. Shapiro on the Roberts Court’s Sharp
Right Turn
Subpoena Watch: Senate Sets Deadline for White House Answers
Thousands Rally for Justice on June 26th
Former Bush Staffer Faces Lawsuit for Silencing Critics at
Public Events
Teachers Union and ACLU Settle Free Speech Lawsuit Against City
of Boston
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Feingold-Reid Bill to End War Coming Back
to Senate By Bob Geiger
Wisconsin Senator to stay in
Republicans' faces on war. |
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A White House Plan to Erode Our
Liberties
By Aziz Huq, The Nation
The Military
Commissions Act threatens more than terror suspects at
Gitmo. It is the spearhead of a long-term incursion on
all our civil liberties and it must be rolled back. |
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Sen. Schrader hurting Portland
Citizens need to know
about Sen. Kurt Schrader's misguided priorities. While
he is starving the new SEIU Political Activism program
at U ... . of O., he's busy reviving the castration of
Oregon prisoners.
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Twenty Things You Should Know
About Corporate Crime
By Russell Mokhiber, AlterNet
Did you know that
corporate crime inflicts far more damage on society than
all street crime combined? This and 19 more amazing
facts about the state of corporations in America.
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Exclusive Story! Iraqi Lawmakers
Pass Resolution That May Force End of Occupation This Year!
By Raed Jarrar, Joshua Holland, AlterNet
While Washington lawmakers play
procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi
legislators are working hard to bring an end to the
occupation....
Imperial Scribes: Bush Says We'll
Be in Iraq for 50 Years, But Reporters Don't Bother to Ask
Iraqis to Comment |
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The War in Iraq:
Corporate Occupation and Exploitation: New levels
of corruption, chaos, & despair |
Over 140,000 Rove Emails Illegally
Destroyed
Nico Pitney: An investigation led by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
uncovers ‘extensive destruction’ of RNC emails, violations of
Records Act. Post by Guest Blogger. June
18, 2007.
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Why does Big Business think
America should be subject to lawsuits by transnational
corporations but not by multinational unions?
And more important, how
come not a single reporter is even bothering to ask...? |
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When the Oregon
Legislature adjourned two years ago,
health care advocates could
only stand back and count their losses. ... Times have
certainly changed! |
Top Teacher Shown the Door After Showing
“Baghdad ER” May 10, 2007
by Matthew Rothschild
“Teachers that teach against the grain
often have difficulties with school systems. What has happened
to me is certainly not unusual.” |
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 by
Agence France Presse
US Health System Ranks Last Compared to Other
Countries: for quality, access and efficiency, according to
two studies |
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What Should the Oregon Legislature Focus
On?
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Americans need relief from high gas
prices and a smart energy policy. But in
the dead of the night, Congress weakened
the gas price gouging bill.
Can you chip in to run this ad demanding
Congress stand up to Big Oil on the
upcoming energy votes?
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Habeas Corpus is missing. Last
October, Congress allowed the president to sign away a
fundamental constitutional right. It's time to take it back.
Join us on June 26, 2007
www.juneaction.org |
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Iraq for Sale by director
Robert Greenwald
Bookmark Page
Link to site
Click to comment
Links
The absence of questions does not make a
democracy function; democratic processes do.
It has been a long time since this country has paid a price for
liberty.
It seems clear now that a large payment of vigilance is long
overdue.
Steve Freeman
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"Regardless of the war, the
administration, or the various sophistries for
expending human lives as a matter of government
policy, profiteering from it universally offends all
citizens, whether they are Republicans, Democrats,
Independents, other parties or no shows."
Read more
→ Charles Lewis, founder:
Center for Public
Integrity
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Senate Intel Committee Bloodies Bush's Nose
By Larry C. Johnson
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Friday 08 September 2006
The evidence proves we were lied
into an illegal war.
Here's the
down and dirty on the questions about Iraq's links to terrorism:
1. Postwar findings indicate that Saddam Hussein was distrustful
of al-Qa'ida and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime,
refusing all requests from al-Aq'ida to provide material or
operational support.
2. Postwar findings have identified only one meeting between
representatives of al-Qa'ida and Saddam Hussein's regime reported in
prewar intelligence assessments. Postwar findings have identified two
occasions, not reported prior to the war, in which Saddam Hussein
rebuffed meeting requests from an al-Qa'ida operative.
3. Postwar findings support the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
February 2002 assessment that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi was likely
intentionally misleading his debriefers when he said that Iraq
provided two al-Qa'ida associates with chemical and biological weapons
(CBW) training in 2000.... No postwar information has been found that
indicates CBW training occurred and the detainee who provided the key
prewar reporting about this training recanted his claims after the
war.
4. Postwar findings support the April 2002 Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) assessment that there was no credible reporting on
al-Qa'ida training at Salman Pak or anywhere else in Iraq.
5. Postwar information indicates that Saddam Hussein attempted,
unsuccessfully to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and that the regime
did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward
Zarqawi.
6. Postwar information indicates that the Intelligence Community
accurately assessed that al-Qa'ida affiliate group Ansar al-Islam
operated in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Iraq, an area that Baghdad
had not controlled since 1991.
7. Postwar information supports prewar Intelligence community
assessments that there was no credible information that Iraq was
complicit in or had foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks or any
other al-Qa'ida strike...
8. No postwar information indicates that Iraq intended to use
al-Qa'ida or any other terrorist group to strike the United States
homeland before or during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an
international business-consulting firm that helps corporations and
governments manage threats posed by terrorism and money laundering.
Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence
Agency and US State Department's Office of Counter Terrorism (as a
Deputy Director), is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism,
aviation security, crisis and risk management. Mr. Johnson has
analyzed terrorist incidents for a variety of media including the Jim
Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, ABC's Nightline, NBC's Today
Show, the New York Times, CNN, Fox News and the BBC. Mr. Johnson has
authored several articles for publications including Security
Management Magazine, the New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. He
has lectured on terrorism and aviation security around the world.
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Alternet and Others
International News, Global Politics, &
Local Action
THE BUSH-IS-AN-IDIOT CAMP GROWS / David Corn,
www.TomPaine.com
It is getting harder for conservatives to ignore
the president's intellectual shallowness.
http://www.alternet.org/story/41086/ |
Marines’ Actions in Afghanistan Called
Excessive
By CARLOTTA GALL
American marines reacted to a bomb ambush with excessive force,
shooting bystanders, a report said. |
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Preemptive
Strike Out
President Bush plans to issue a new national
security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive
war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical,
biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled experience
in Iraq. |
The most important lesson the
United States can learn from the latest war in Lebanon is that
the Bush administration's policy of disengagement has been a
catastrophic failure.
Disengagement from World Affairs
Is a Failed Policy |
And now, breaking news:
MIDEAST CRISIS THREATENS BUSH'S VACATION
August Ranch Stay in Jeopardy, President Says
http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=6545
The widening crisis in the Middle East took on graver
proportions today when President George W. Bush indicated that
if the hostilities continue they could threaten his traditional
August vacation at his Crawford, Texas ranch.
At a press briefing at the White House, the president said that
if Hezbollah continued their rocket attacks on Israel, he would
see those attacks as "an assault on my vacation itself."
"Throughout the civilized world, my summer vacation has been
considered sacrosanct," Mr. Bush told reporters. "The time has
come for Hezbollah to recognize my vacation's right to exist."
If Mr. Bush seemed testier than usual at the White House
briefing, perhaps it was because he has recently suspected that
there is a global conspiracy to spoil his downtime, starting
with North Korean President Kim Jong-Il's decision to launch six
test missiles on the 4th of July.
"No one wrecks my vacations," Mr. Bush said with steely resolve.
"Not on my watch."
While the President has been concerned about the escalating
crisis in the Middle East, he has reportedly been even more
troubled by the situation on his ranch, where clumps of brush
have been growing out of control all summer.
Mr. Bush has set a firm August 1 deadline for returning to his
ranch to deal with the brush, and he said today that he expects
Hezbollah to abide by that deadline.
"If August 1 comes and goes and I am not clearing that brush,
Hezbollah will have hell to pay," Mr. Bush said.
Elsewhere, actress Pamela Anderson and singer Kid Rock have
announced plans to marry, according to the Centers for Disease
Control. |
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