“The past is not dead; the past is not even the past." (William Faulkner)
Based on flimsy intelligence, which was then cynically manipulated to prove just cause for a preemptive war, the United States attacked in force. Its superior armaments overwhelmed the enemy. The American press jubilantly supported the invasion and subsequent occupation, praising the Americans as liberators. Though the U.S. suffered losses, they were minimal compared to those sustained by the enemy and by the (...)
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US - A Cure for Historical Amnesia: How Latinos Can Remind Us Who We Really Are (by Michael Hogan)
25 May 2006, posted by Michael Hogan
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US - "We, the Immigrant People", On May 1st Demonstration
Man Kwon Kim and Amando Basurto
6 May 2006, posted by Amando BasurtoAs a consequence of the rapid expansion of economic globalization in the past few decades, many people, often marginalized in their own societies, have been incessantly moving to developed countries in search of better economic opportunities. Unfortunately, they come to face another fate of marginalization in the destination countries; they become illegal immigrant workers. The fundamental fate of the illegal in a society where people live with the rule of law, is that it has to be (...)
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US - Which Way Immigration Reform? Toward a Comprehensive Immigration Policy (by Tom Barry, IRC)
31 March 2006, posted by Manuela Garza Ascencio
IRC - Why has immigration become such a hot social and political issue in the past few years? What is the intersection between immigration policy, domestic economic policy, and foreign policy in these times of rapid economic globalization and the global war on terrorism? And what are the outlines of a comprehensive immigration reform that would resolve the immigration policy crisis, protect immigrant and worker rights, and address legitimate citizen concerns, while at the same time (...)
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US - NEW YORK - Interview with MTA worker and TWU (Transport Workers Union) member, Daryl Walters, on working in Public Transportation, the strike, and more (by Michael G. Haskins, WBAI Radio)
14 March 2006, posted by John Malone
This interview was broadcasted on WBAI - Pacifica Radio, 99.5 FM in New York City, on Friday, March 10, around 4 pm.
It was part of the Caldwell Chronicles (3-5 pm), a weekly program.
First part:
Second part:
Source:
http://archive.wbai.org/
Link to the original file (2-hour long program):
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US - Hegemony or Global Good Neighbor Policy? (Laura Carlsen & Tom Barry, IRC)
23 February 2006, posted by Aurora Scott
IRC - Over the past few years we have faced two major challenges in conceiving of a new foreign policy in Latin America. The first is the relative lack of attention to the region, by both the U.S. government and public. The second is the increasing friction between the current U.S. administration’s strategies for global U.S. hegemony and Latin American elected governments and grassroots trends toward greater independence and new models.
The following policy review of U.S.-Latin American (...) -
US - Perspectives on the Slave Reparations Movement
21 February 2006, posted by John Malone
This posting aims at presenting information and links on the movement calling for reparations for African Americans.
1.- Two comprehensive articles:
a. "Alive and Well" by Tatsha Robertson. The Crisis, May/June 2003.
"He traveled by train from Northeast Texas to North Carolina, carrying only a small suitcase, not really knowing what he would see or do. But 39-year-old former slave Andrew Jackson Hurdle, who was sold from his family nearly 30 years earlier, was determined to put the (...) -
US - NEW YORK - NYU Graduate Students Now on Strike For More Than 100 Days: Update From the Strikers (nyuinc.org)
19 February 2006, posted by John Malone
Hello GSOC supporters!
Today, Thursday, February 16, is the 100th day of our strike. We will remain on strike until the NYU administration agrees to negotiate with our union in good faith for a second contract.
Here are some of the things that we have been doing this semester, in order to convince President Sexton, the NYU Board of Trustees and the administration to bargain with our union. We have been picketing and leafleting President Sexton and the NYU Trustees wherever they go. (...) -
US - NEW YORK - NYU Graduate Students on Strike: Explanations (nyuinc.org)
18 February 2006, posted by John Malone
The Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) of Local 2110/UAW is a union for graduate students who work at NYU as teachers, researchers, and graduate assistants.
In 2000, GSOC won an historic first contract that raised stipends 40%, provided healthcare and childcare benefits, and addressed important workplace rights for graduate employees. Now the NYU administration is attempting to dissolve the union, hiding behind a regressive legal decision made by the Bush-appointed Labor Board. (...) -
US - Guns Over Butter Abroad and at Home (by Jim Loeb, IPS)
7 February 2006, posted by Aurora Scott
Despite his administration’s growing concerns about preventing the collapse of states in strategic parts of the world, U.S. President George W. Bush has proposed cuts in development and disaster assistance while increasing the defence budget by almost seven percent.
Under his 2007 budget request submitted to Congress Monday, Pentagon spending next year would rise to some 440 billion dollars, not including another 120 billion dollars that the administration is expected to ask for as a (...) -
US - Remaking USAID for a Permanent War on Terror? (Bill Berkowitz, IPS)
31 January 2006, posted by Manuela Garza Ascencio
27/01/2006 - IPS - In a series of developments — some more publicised than others — the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, has been undergoing a transformation that will more closely align its activities with the State Department and the Pentagon.
These changes could threaten the agency’s original emphasis of concentrating on long-term social and economic assistance projects, and steer it toward greater involvement in more immediate political and military (...)