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An Elegy for Governor Dean
2/17/04
Friday, February 20, 2004
Q&A: Unrest in Haiti
The BBC's Nick Caistor explains some of the issues behind the growing unrest in the Caribbean state of Haiti, where after weeks of clashes between supporters and opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, groups of armed rebels have taken control of 11 towns and cities.
How bad is the situation?
Click on the images...
Peace.
Du Daobin, China Du Daobin was arrested in Yingcheng in central Hubei province on 28 October 2003, as he was returning home from work. The 40-year-old dissident is accused of posting articles on the Internet advocating democracy. He particularly criticised draft reform of Article 23 of Hong Kong's constitution that threatened freedom of expression. After two months in prison, his file was sent to the prosecutor in December. Du could be charged with "incitement to subversion of state power". He is currently imprisoned in Xiao-Gan district. 
Peace.
- Subject:Immanuel Kant: I support the Iraq war
From: "openDemocracy"
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:23:04 -0000
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IMMANUEL KANT: "I SUPPORT THE IRAQ WAR"
Kant, the great German philosopher of reason and author of "Perpetual Peace", developed his ideas amidst the global battles of the American and French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Two hundred years on, he would have assented to the war against Saddam's tyranny, says lauded English philosopher Roger Scruton, today on http://www.openDemocracy.net
On Monday: Washington insider John Hulsman of the Heritage Foundation, on Rumsfeld, Powell, Europe and the real struggle over US foreign policy
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THE WEEK'S TOP FIVE
IMMANUEL KANT AND THE IRAQ WAR
Immanuel Kant, voice of reason and intellectual architect of international law, would have chosen sides in the "war on terror", says ROGER SCRUTON http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Scruton_1749.jsp
RETURN TO BAGHDAD
After long exile from Iraq, RAEID JEWAD's second post-liberation visit to Baghdad is an extraordinary mixture of hope and tragedy http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Jewad_1743.jsp
ITALY'S MIGRATION CONTRADICTION
Italy is confused about the strangers on its shores. By recalling its past as a crossroads of civilisations, it can find clarity, says FERRUCCIO PASTORE http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Pastore_1744.jsp
ABSINTHE: DEMON DRINK
It's French, it's devilish, it's seductive, it's sexy, it drives you insane. But that's enough of Sophie Marceau. JAD ADAMS takes a draught of the legendary liqueur http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Adams_1745.jsp
WORLD DIARY: IMPULSIVENESS V CYNICISM
Sex, Youth, Disillusion, Gaza, China, Chirac, Haiti. DOMINIC HILTON shaken and stirred http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Hilton_1748.jsp
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The race for the US presidency is heating up, and the smear-machine is in full swing. TODD GITLIN takes the temperature http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3405/Gitlin_1747.jsp
GLOBAL SECURITY: TRIANGULATION
A major assault in Fallujah and the narrow escape of the head of US Central Command may signal a new phase in the Iraqi insurgency, says PAUL ROGERS
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FEBRUARY 20 - 26, 2004 Soldier for the Truth Exposing Bush’s talking-points war by Mark Cooper 
Busting the liars: Karen Kwiatkowski (Photo by Jack Gould)
Not Qualified, Not Truthful, Not Wise | George Bush, Make-Believe President | by Sydney H. Schanberg | The Village Voice, February 18 - 24, 2004
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Israel barrier violates humanitarian law-Red CrossThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Israel's controversial West Bank barrier violates international humanitarian law because it cuts across Palestinian land.
India, Pakistan agree roadmap for peace process Indonesia's dengue fever death toll climbs to 161 Bird flu claims more victims, U.N. sounds warning Fund says world losing battle against AIDS Old foes join forces against Haiti president
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Another urgent appeal:
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:25:01 -0800
From: "Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org"
To: "achtungalmanac"
Subject: Join the Censure Walk-In in Los Angeles.
Dear MoveOn member,
This is a key week in our campaign for Censure. Our Senators are home from DC on recess, so it’s a great time to visit their local offices. But to make an impressive show of support for Censure, we need everyone to step forward. Can you help with a powerful new action we're organizing this Thursday, February 19th, in Los Angeles?
We're doing something totally new -- a "Walk In". All day, a steady stream of individual MoveOn members will walk into Senate offices everywhere, speak briefly with the staff, call for censure, and deliver a section of our petition. Each visit will take less than 5 minutes, but as soon as one of us leaves the Senator's office, the next person will show up right behind them.
It's a powerful, clear, and simple way to make sure our message is heard. Sign up to be part of it now, at:
http://moveon.org/censurewalk/?id=2349-3261555-FKU7RqQMpnkw2nGmu9CuVw
We've already put an ad in the Washington Post, and we're running radio ads, making phone calls, and writing to our newspaper editors. Now we've got to ask Congress, in person, to hold Bush accountable for deliberately hyping and distorting the facts about Iraq's supposed WMDs.
Americans are outraged. A new poll says "a majority of Americans believe President Bush either lied or deliberately exaggerated evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction in order to justify war." [1] A recent Newsweek cover asks "Will Anyone Pay?" [2]
Even Fox News' Bill O'Reilly is now admitting that Bush misled us, saying, "I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all Americans should be concerned about this." [3]
The fact is, President Bush was planning for war with Iraq from his first days in office. [4] Having made that decision, he ran a campaign of misinformation, hype and hysteria that led us into war.
Before the war, Bush was repeatedly told there was no definitive evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. [5] He knew Iraq was not a nuclear threat. [6] He knew there was no Iraq connection to 9/11. [7] Iraq posed no imminent danger to the United States. There was no case for a pre-emptive war.
Yet Bush relentlessly led us into a war that has cost 500 American lives, left 3,000 seriously injured, and wasted tens of billions of dollars. Thousands of Iraqis have been killed as well.
President Bush has betrayed our trust, and there must be consequences.
Sign up to call on your Senator to censure the president, at:
http://moveon.org/censurewalk/?id=2349-3261555-FKU7RqQMpnkw2nGmu9CuVw
Thank you, for all you do.
Sincerely,
--Adam, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Laura, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn.org Team
February 17th, 2004
P.S.: If you haven't already signed the petition for censure, please do, at:
http://www.moveon.org/censure/
Notes:
[1] Washington Post, "Most Think Truth Was Stretched to Justify Iraq War", 2/13/04:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37340-2004Feb12.html
[2] Newsweek, Cover, 2/9/04:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040201/NYSU006
[3] O'Reilly on Good Morning America, as quoted in Reuters, "Pundit O'Reilly Now Skeptical About Bush", 2/10/04:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4325220
[4] Former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, 60 Minutes, 1/11/04:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml
[5] "The Selling of the Iraq War: The First Casualty," The New Republic, 6/30/03:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/unmovic/2003/0630selling.htm
and Defense Intelligence Agency Report, 6/13/03:
http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Pentagon/us-dod-iraqchemreport-060703.htm
[6] International Atomic Energy Agency Report, 10/8/98:
http://www.nci.org/i/iaea10-8-98.htm
and Washington Post, "Bush Aides Disclose Warnings from CIA", 7/23/03.
[7] Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Bush: No Link to 9/11 Found", 9/18/03:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/140133_bushiraq18.html
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
How nice to receive something like this in the email:
- Dear MoveOn member,
MoveOn is now over two million people strong in the United States. That's a huge number: the organization we've built together is bigger than the Christian Coalition at its peak. To put it another way, one in every 146 Americans is now a MoveOn member. And we're still growing fast.
And what we're doing together is even more exciting. For decades, parts of our political system have been sold to the highest bidder, with corporate donors winning out over the public interest. But on Friday, we finished our $10 million Voter Fund grassroots fundraising campaign without a dime from corporations or special interests. In the end, over 170,000 people opened their checkbooks and contributed an average of about $60 to put ads on the air that challenge Bush and his corporate backers. The impact of this campaign shouldn't be underestimated: it clearly demonstrates that real people still matter in American politics. And the folks in Washington know it.
Political giving is almost always a quid-pro-quo business: corporate lobbyists trade money for policy, the wealthy trade money for access to politicians. MoveOn members aren't asking for anything but their democracy back, and that kind of generosity is pretty rare. When we hear about the families who saved up to make a $25 donation, or think of the thousands of folks who mailed in $5 checks, we know this is something amazing and new that we're a part of.
And money's only part of the equation: our phone calls and emails helped win a real victory last week. After CBS rejected our Voter Fund's Super Bowl ad, we learned that the White House was being allowed to air an advocacy ad about Medicare. We told you about it, and in just a few days over 50,000 MoveOn members called and emailed to complain. On Friday, CBS pulled the ad, stating that it had violated their policy. It's a big win, and a powerful blow to the Bush Administration's campaign to cover up its Medicare sellout.
This tidal wave of engagement and activism isn't exclusive to MoveOn, of course. Every leader of every organization we run into sees the same thing. Across the country, from labor unions like the SEIU to Greenpeace to the ACLU, people are standing up and getting active. President Bush told us he was a uniter, and he was right: he's uniting people across America to fight back for our country.
As this movement gains momentum and visibility, many of these organizations will inevitably become targets for Republican attacks. We've already seen some of the smear tactics the right will use. When their situation becomes even more dire, we know they'll strike hard at MoveOn and the groups we stand with –- a campaign of intimidation fueled by President Bush's $150 million war chest.
But this new democratic groundswell draws its strength from the hopes of millions of people, standing up and taking action for a better country and a better world. We simply refuse to let lobbyists, attack politics and fear-mongering destroy our democracy. And against the courage and conviction of real people, even Karl Rove and $150 million can't do much.
Thank you for your hope, your generosity, and your willingness to speak out. Together, we're taking our country back.
Sincerely,
--Adam, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Laura, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn.org Team
February 16th, 2004 P.S. For more on the CBS Medicare retreat, check out this New York Times article:
CBS PULLS ADVERTISEMENT ON MEDICARE PREPARED BY ADMINISTRATION
By Robert Pear, 2/13/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/14/politics/14MEDI.html
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