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| Until this Administration it had been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of my president I was also upholding the interests of the American people and the world. I believe it no longer. The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests... Our current course will bring instability and danger, not security... This Administration has chosen to make terrorism a domestic political tool, enlisting a scattered and largely defeated Al Qaeda as its bureaucratic ally. We spread disproportionate terror and confusion in the public mind, arbitrarily linking the unrelated problems of terrorism and Iraq. The result, and perhaps the motive, is to justify a vast misallocation of shrinking public wealth to the military and to weaken the safeguards that protect American citizens from the heavy hand of government. -- Resignation letter of U.S. Ambassador to Greece, John Brady Kiesling - U.S. Diplomat John Brady Kiesling Letter of Resignation, to: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, John Brady Kiesling, as posted by TruthOut.com |
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At the time of Rumsfeld's face to face visit with Saddam Hussein in December of 1983, Hussein had invaded Iran, was seeking nuclear weapons and had used lethal mustard gas. He had harbored terrorists and had a well-established record of torturing and murdering domestic opponents. The U.S. response? It dropped Iraq from the list of nations sponsoring terror, renewed diplomatic ties, and provided intelligence and aid to Iraq to prevent its defeat by Iran. |
-- Scott Shane - When Hussein Was Our Ally, The Baltimore Sun, February 27, 2003
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 In 1988
Noam
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Consent which illustrated in undeniable detail how media moguls
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"Be the Media" feels much less theoretical after you personally post a photo or audio clip to your local Independent Media Center's (IMC) open publishing newswire. The Media Democracy movement faces broad oposition from established government and private sector players, but given the production-quality independent media available today (tv [broadcast | internet], satellite, radio, internet, print), and the falling costs of used DIY equipment, the future for media diversity looks bright. So write up an Op-Ed article on issue you feel strongly about or do some research and write a report. Ask your neighboors about your community, report on a city council meeting, write an article. Photograph problems and solutions, videotape a concert or a police action. Start a weblog in which to publish your work, or post it here, here, here, here, here, or here. -- Be the Media. In Addition to the resources linked to above, here are a few more to get you started:
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