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By David Swanson The House Judiciary Committee today, Friday, July 25th, will put impeachment squarely back "on the table" and restored to its prominent place in our Constitution. Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace, and a descendant of American revolutionary Sam Adams, will deliver this prepared testimony, in which, if his 5 minutes allow him to reach his conclusion, he will say: read more

America's Got Water Problems, and No Plan to Fix ThemBy Elizabeth de la Vega, Tomdispatch.com.Posted July 23, 2008. http://www.alternet.org/water/92435/america%27s_got_water_problems%2C_and_no_plan_to_fix_them/?page=entireThe lives and income of millions have been upended by government mismanagement of water issues."Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't have to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back. Our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they?" -- Homer Simpson [...]

A Criminal Like No OtherBy Slavenka Drakulic < http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/drakulic> July 22, 2008

1 Cuba: the Together with You (Junto a Tí) campaign 2 Nas Delivers Petition to Fox News 3 JOB POSTING: Legislative Coordinator of UFPJ 4 Re: Readers Responses: July 23, 2008 5 Re: Race, Torture and False Confessions in Chicago -----------------Cuba: the Together with You (Junto a Tí) campaign http://gaycuba.ca/together/ [...]

EU's lifted sanctions could be turning point for Cubaby Amy Coonradt Spectrezine July 22, 2008 11:34 http://www.spectrezine.org/europe/Cuba.htm

A Social History of the SurgeJuan Cole www.juancole.org Thursday, July 24, 2008I want to weigh in as a social historian of Iraq on the controversy over whether the "surge" "worked." The NYT notes:

Readers Responses: July 23, 20081. Video on McCain's Support for Bush's War 2. Re: Health Care for America Now (Joan Shapiro) 3. Re: GI Coffeehouses (Fred Gardner) 4. Re: Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now (Robin Gold) 5. Re: Obama's Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate (Joseph)===McCain's Support for Bush's War [...]

German Politicians Warn Obama'No Point in Issuing Demands That Can't Be Fulfilled'By Matthias Gebauer, Carsten Volkery and Severin WeilandSpiegel (Germany) Online July 21, 2008http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,567165,00.htmlBERLINGermany's Social Democrats are feting Barack Obama's visit to Berlin this week, but behind the scenes they are distancing themselves from the Democratic Party's candidate. Leading SPD members are warning Obama against demanding more German troops for Afghanistan. [...]

Anti-War Movement Successfully Pushes Back Against Military Confrontation With IranBy Mark Weisbrot Alternet July 22, 2008. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/92395/anti-war_movement_successfully_pushes_back_against_military_confrontation_with_iran_/Who says there's no anti-war movement in the United States? In the past two months, the anti-war movement has taken on one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States in an important fight. And so far, the anti-war movement is winning. [...]

How Scores of Black Men Were Tortured Into Giving False Confessions by Chicago PoliceBy Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet July 23, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/92374/

Tidbits: July 23, 20081. Brazilian President: US "Casino" Economy caused Economic Crisis 2. Progressives Push "Health Care for All" in DP Platform 3. Job Opening: SOA Watch Communications Coordinator===Brazilian President Lula: United States made a casino of its economyBreaking News (Trinidad & Tobago)July 22, 2008http://news.bn.gs/article.php?story080722112611304

Hi everyone, Big news...please read...important for all members to know. In mid-August May First/People will embark on one of the biggest server overhauls in our history. Why? Because we're growing - not only in terms of members and our own server capacity, but in terms of our relationships with other groups.

By David Swanson In Andrea Miller Virginia's fourth Congressional district has the opportunity to replace a Cheney Republican with a real progressive, and the first African American our state would ever have chosen to represent us in Congress. Here's a race that can make a difference not just in the head-count for the two increasingly indistinguishable parties, but in what actually happens in Washington. read more

Phyllis Bennis writes from the West BankThe End of History: With a Period, Not a Question Mark Letter from Abu Dis, Occupied West BankBy Phyllis BennisThe Nation - July 22, 2008http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/bennis

Facing Economic Troubles.. Bill Moyers interviews William GreiderBill Moyers Journal July 18, 2008http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07182008/transcript2.htmlBILL MOYERS: With me now is one of America's leading chroniclers of money, power, and politics, who says what's happening is the disgrace of Wall Street, its excesses paid for by people like those in Cleveland and millions like them around the country. [...]

Obama's Global Victory Lap Has McCain DesperateBy John NicholsThe Nation blog - July 22, 2008http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/338141What was John McCain thinking?Did the Republican who would be president really think that by goading Democrat Barack Obama into visiting Afghanistan and Iraq -- countries the senator from Illinois was going to have to visit as part of an image-building international tour -- he would somehow trip-up his November rival? [...]

Key evidence in Rosenberg trial to remain secretBy Edith HonanReuters - Tues July 22, 2008 5:54pm EDThttp://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2232850020080722?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Testimony that could help clear executed American communist Ethel Rosenberg of charges she helped pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1950s will remain secret, a judge ruled on Tuesday. [...]

Under The Hood: An Anti-War GI Coffeehouse in TexasThe Rag Blog - July 22, 2008The Under the Hood cafe offers an oasis for members of the military to gather and talk of issues of importance.I welcome the opportunity to meet fellow military in an atmosphere of peace and justice.Ann Wright, U.S. Army colonel (retired); Official of the U.S. State Department (retired) [...]

By David Swanson The Fifth District of Virginia, and anyone nearby who can lend a hand, should do everything possible to elect Tom Perriello to Congress this year. The most important reason to do so is to replace Virgil Goode. Back in April I interviewed Perriello for an hour on his campaign platform. You can listen to the interview here: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008/#april

Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now By Jeremy Brecher & Brendan SmithJuly 18, 2008The Nation http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/brecher_smithRetired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army's investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives:"There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." [...]