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Moving Ideas Newsletter
December 3, 2005
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Contact your Congressperson to urge him or her to take up a comprehensive immigration reform bill that will solve our broken immigration system.
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Sean Gonsalves says that torture is torture by any name.
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Shopping for kids seems to be getting harder every year, Diana Zuckerman says. She hears from parents across the country who are shocked every time they shop -- not just by the prices, but by the toys and other desirables on children's wish lists.
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Despite efforts by the political Right in both France and the USA to link the French rebellions to Muslim extremism, the rebellions are rooted in unemployment, frustration and racial discrimination.
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Ray McGovern says that the Cairo Summit builds a bridge between Iraqi politics, U.S. public opinion and calls for withdrawal.
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Alito's stated views and narrow interpretation of the law left the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights no choice but to oppose his nomination, Wade Henderson, executive director, said.
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Seventeen women ran as candidates in the election for the board of directors of the Jiddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, making it the first time women have been on a ballot in Saudi Arabia.
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The Supreme Court will hear two related cases on November 30 involving violence against women's health clinics and access to abortion services.
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Greg Sargent says that Bush and Cheney withheld reams of Iraq intelligence. But can Dems claim they backed the war because they were duped?
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Laura Carlsen says that when the Bush cabinet announced intentions to revive the moribund Free Trade Area of the Americas at the Fourth Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, the countries of the Southern Common Market closed ranks to prevent it. The death of the FTAA opens up room for the nations of the region to explore alternatives that are guided by diversified trade, increased regional agreements, democratization, and policies oriented toward national development.
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Conn Hallinan says that there is nothing amusing about an enormous U.S. base less than 120 miles from the Bolivian border, or the explosive growth of U.S.-financed mercenary armies that are doing everything from training the military in Paraguay and Ecuador to calling in air attacks against guerillas in Colombia. Indeed, it is feeling a little like the run up to the '60s and '70s, when Washington-sponsored military dictatorships dominated most of the continent, and dark armies ruled the night.
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Mark Weisbrot says that history is repeating itself in Haiti, as democracy is being destroyed for the second time in the past fifteen years. Amazingly, he says, the main difference seems to be that this time it is being done openly and in broad daylight, with the support of the "international community" and the United Nations.
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Rami G. Khouri asks whether the current turmoil will produce peaceful Islamists or radical nationalists -- or something in between.
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Three factors have converged to pressure the Bush administration to plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq -- pressure from all major Iraqi groups, from U.S. military leaders, and from U.S. public opinion polls. Unfortunately, a partial reduction of U.S. forces is not sufficient to save Iraq from a civil war, according to Ivan Eland.
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Stephen Zunes says that the "Out Now!" slogan serves to pressure a change of course in Iraq -- but it is too simplistic to adopt as a policy.
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Charles V. Peña says that exiting Iraq may be a prerequisite for victory.
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In this issue: Slowdown in Health Benefit Costs Continues; Democrat's Report Says Medicare Drug Benefit Doesn't Offer Lowest Prices; CMS Proposes End to Coverage of Obesity Surgery for Medicare Patients 65 and Older; and more.
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Common Cause, the Center for Digital Democracy and Free Press filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The groups seek copies of any correspondence between the White House and CPB officials and other evidence uncovered in recent Inspector General investigations.
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CodePink New York next big project is lobbying our junior senator Hillary Clinton to listen to her constituents and to begin speaking out against the war. Things are happening very fast on Capitol Hill these days -- Representative Murtha’s call for the troops to come home now is sending shockwaves through Washington—and continued pressure on our elected representatives will certainly hasten the end of this war.
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Join Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector and author of Iraq Confidential (Nation Books), and Lila Garrett, host of KPFK's "Connect the Dots," for an incisive discussion on how to extract ourselves from the Iraq quagmire. A book sale and signing will follow the event. When: Monday, December 57:30-9:00 PM Doors open 6:30 PM. Seating is first-come, first-served. Where: Venice United Methodist Church1020 Victoria AvenueVenice, CA (1 block north of Venice Blvd. at Lincoln Blvd.) Suggested donation: $10 (nobody turned away) For more information call (310) 842.8794 or visit www.ustourofduty.org.
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