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by NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War | 10.24.2008

[I]f your going to support a candidate who doesn't represent any of the values you believe in, then you can't have too many bloodthirsty war criminals endorsing him.

<h1 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW) </div>NYCLAW Antiwar Digest</h1>

CONTENTS 
 *Overview *Afghanistan *Iraq *Palestine *GI Resistance 
*Cash for Trash *Domestic Repression 
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OVERVIEW 
 
Obama embraces war criminal's endorsement 
By
the time he made his shameless UN appearance, Powell had already spent
almost four decades as a bagman -- and frontman -- for some of the most
vicious and ugly elements in American politics and government.

<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/floyd/floyd84.html" target="_blank">http://www.lewrockwell.com/floyd/floyd84.html</a> 
 
Obama's new advisor stands by his war crimes 
Yes,
the original invasion just wasn't tough enough, didn't kill and
dispossess nearly enough people -- not for a moderate, steady figure of
enduring moral authority like Colin Powell.

<a href="http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m48109&hd=&size=1&l=e" target="_blank">http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m48109&hd=&size=1&l=e</a> 
 
Democrats and war criminals 
[I]f
your going to support a candidate who doesn't represent any of the
values you believe in, then you can't have too many bloodthirsty war
criminals endorsing him.

<a href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/hitler-endorses-obama/" target="_blank">http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/hitler-endorses-obama/</a>

Yeah, but 
Powell
has masterminded the deaths of three million Arabs. The reasons for the
left to say, "Yeah, but," are quickly running out.

<a href="http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html" target="_blank">http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html</a> 
 
The Democrats: A Critical History 
The
lesser-evil strategy has been and will always be a complete disaster,
allowing both parties the freedom to become more and more "evil" as
time goes on so long as they don't become equally "evil."

<a href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/pham211008.html" target="_blank">http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/pham211008.html</a>

AFGHANISTAN 
 
What "good war"?

While one reason given for the war in Afghanistan is the terror attack
of September 11, 2001, that war, along with Iraq War are wars of
imperialist aggression to extend the military power of the U.S. and its
control over oil supplies in the Middle East and Central Asia.

<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/lisnoff10202008.html" target="_blank">http://www.counterpunch.org/lisnoff10202008.html</a>

Tory M.P.: What democracy? 
The regime we are defending is corrupt from top to bottom.

<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-davis-we-are-losing-taliban-battle-966926.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-davis-we-are-losing-taliban-battle-966926.html</a>

Russian lessons 
"We abused human rights, including the use of aggressive bombardment. Now it's the same, absolutely the same."

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/world/europe/20russian.html?ref=world" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/world/europe/20russian.html?ref=world</a>

Occupation kills 17 more civilians 
With public
anger running high over civilian deaths in airstrikes by Western
troops, Afghan authorities said Friday that at least 17 civilians had
been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan.

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan18-2008oct18,0,4750906.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan18-2008oct18,0,4750906.story</a>

Resistance to occupation's barbarity

"So long as there is just one 40-day-old boy remaining alive, Afghans will fight against the people who do this to us." 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/afghanistan-nato" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/afghanistan-nato</a>

Antiwar protesters take to streets across Canada 
Antiwar
demonstrations in a dozen Canadian cities on Saturday protested the
military mission in Afghanistan, beginning a weekend of action
organizers hope will raise awareness of Canada's involvement in the
U.S.-led "War on Terror."

<a href="http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=b5349c1e-469d-4a00-aa07-389e1f988e0b" target="_blank">http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=b5349c1e-469d-4a00-aa07-389e1f988e0b</a>

IRAQ

Obama's war 
"Nobody is talking about losing this
war. What we are talking about is recognizing that the next president
has to have broader strategic vision." 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102477.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102477.html</a>

Biden's war 
There's no record that Biden ever opposed an Iraq invasion. 
<a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/54369.html" target="_blank">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/54369.html</a>

Iraqis rally against occupation pact 
''We refuse the existence of the U.S. in Iraq.'' 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Iraq.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Iraq.html</a>

Ex-MI5 chief: Bombs dropped in Iraq explode at home 
[L]ook
at what those people who've been arrested or have left suicide videos
say about their motivation. And most of them, as far as I'm aware, say
that the war in Iraq played a significant part in persuading them that
this is the right course of action to take."

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/18/stella-rimington-9-11-mi5" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/18/stella-rimington-9-11-mi5</a> 
 
Violence against Christians spreads panic

"These attacks have never been seen in Mosul city. Centuries and centuries we were living together." 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101200586.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101200586.html</a>

The tragedy of Iraq's Communists 
When the US
invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 brought the Baathist regime
crashing down, the ICP-CC's leaders threw their lot in with the
occupying powers, following the path chosen by numerous other exiled
opposition groups. . . . [M]any of the individuals engaging in active
resistance came to see the members of the governing council, including
the ICP, as 'collaborators'."

<a href="http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=492&issue=120" target="_blank">http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=492&issue=120</a> 
 
 
 
PALESTINE

Witch-Hunter Dershowitz: Why I support Israel and Obama

The election of Barack Obama -- a liberal supporter of Israel -- will enhance Israel's position among wavering liberals. 
<a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359815127&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" target="_blank">http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359815127&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</a>

Why boycott 
[T]he only true fighters for peace in
Israel are those who support our three fundamental rights: the right of
return for Palestinian refugees; full equality for the Palestinian
citizens of Israel; and ending the occupation and colonial rule.

<a href="http://counterpunch.org/barghouti10212008.html" target="_blank">http://counterpunch.org/barghouti10212008.html</a> 
 
Most Palestinians reject two-state solution 
54.3
per cent of respondents oppose the so-called two-state solution, while
42.5 per cent support it. . . . Hundreds of thousands of refugees from
the war and their descendants still live in shantytown camps.

<a href="http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/most_palestinians_reject_two_state_solution/" target="_blank">http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/most_palestinians_reject_two_state_solution/</a> 
 
Genuine peace movement cannot be Zionist

Liberal Zionists who insist that a two-state solution along the 1967
borders is a reasonable compromise are really only in disagreement with
hard-line Zionists over how much stolen Palestinian land should be kept
for Jews' exclusive use.

<a href="http://zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18478" target="_blank">http://zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18478</a> 
 
Israeli academic: "Jewish nation" is recent invention 
[T]he
idea of a Jewish nation -- whose need for a safe haven was originally
used to justify the founding of the state of Israel -- is a myth
invented little more than a century ago.

<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9884.shtml" target="_blank">http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9884.shtml</a> 
 
Haredi pogrom v. Arab taxi drivers in Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox youths rioted in Jerusalem overnight, throwing stones at passing cars and beating Arab taxi drivers.

<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1030418.html" target="_blank">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1030418.html</a> 
 
 
 
AFRICA 
 
Pentagon establishes "Africa command"

[T]his work to complement and support American security and development
policies would include missions like deploying military trainers to
improve the abilities of local counterterrorism forces.

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/africa/05command.html?hp" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/africa/05command.html?hp</a>

Somalis resist occupation 
[T]he Washington-organized intervention in Somalia [is] a further manifestation of the bogus "global war on terrorism." 
<a href="http://www.workers.org/2008/world/somalia_1009/" target="_blank">http://www.workers.org/2008/world/somalia_1009/</a>

GI RESISTANCE 
 
From the frontlines 
The number of anti-war soldiers is increasing rapidly. 
<a href="http://campusprogress.org/asktheexpert/3264/from-the-frontlines" target="_blank">http://campusprogress.org/asktheexpert/3264/from-the-frontlines</a>

Winter soldiers and Washington's wars 
There is an
ongoing discussion within the essentially moribund antiwar movement of
today and among antiwar veterans themselves regarding the roles vets
should play in rebuilding that movement.

<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs10062008.html" target="_blank">http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs10062008.html</a> 
 
Bush lied, G.I.s paid 
Anti-war
veterans have reached the conclusion that, perhaps with the exception
of the Iraqis themselves, they have suffered more than anyone from the
war in Iraq.

<a href="http://badgerherald.com/oped/2008/10/02/anti-war_vets_fight_.php" target="_blank">http://badgerherald.com/oped/2008/10/02/anti-war_vets_fight_.php</a> 
 
G.I. movement against the war

"The actions of these young veterans show that anyone can change."

<a href="http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20081003135303723" target="_blank">http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20081003135303723</a> 
 
Excerpt from 'Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan'

"I tried hard to be proud of my service, but all I could feel was shame." 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/102352/" target="_blank">http://www.alternet.org/story/102352/</a>

CASH-FOR-TRASH 
 
Number of low-wage working families rises 
The
ranks of low-wage working families increased by 350,000 between 2002
and 2006, to nearly 9.6 million -- more than one in four of the
nation's working families with children. 
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-families15-2008oct15,0,502608.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-families15-2008oct15,0,502608.story</a>

Poverty boosts military recruitment

"We do benefit when things look less positive in civil society." 
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-recruit11-2008oct11,0,4964808.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-recruit11-2008oct11,0,4964808.story</a>

DOMESTIC REPRESSION 
 
Despite ruling, detainee cases delayed 
"Every day of delay is one more day our clients are in prison without a hearing."

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05gitmo.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/05gitmo.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin</a> 
 
Guantanamo prosecutor had 'grave misgivings'

Vandeveld is at least the fourth prosecutor to resign under protest. 
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gitmo12-2008oct12,0,5392481.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gitmo12-2008oct12,0,5392481.story</a>

Detainees near insanity 
They were deprived of
natural light for months and for years were forbidden even minor
distractions such as a soccer ball or a dictionary. 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702296.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702296.html</a>

U.S. drops charges for 5 Guantanamo detainees 
None of the detainees were to be released. 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/washington/22gitmo.html?hp" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/washington/22gitmo.html?hp</a>

Bush keeps Guantanamo open 
Bush adopted the view
of his most hawkish advisers that closing Guantanamo would involve too
many legal and political risks to be acceptable, now or any time soon. 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/washington/21gitmo.html?hp" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/washington/21gitmo.html?hp</a>

Don't let them kill an innocent man 
Troy Davis'
case illustrates the fact that nothing has changed -- that the system
is infected by racism and bias against the poor. 
<a href="http://socialistworker.org/2008/10/20/dont-let-them-kill-troy-davis" target="_blank">http://socialistworker.org/2008/10/20/dont-let-them-kill-troy-davis</a>

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