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Russell: Craig Shirley Does the Disabled
May 02, 2001
Craig Shirley is the guy whose PR firm created the newly formed Disabled Americans for Death Tax Repeal. Disabled Americans for Death Tax Repeal ran a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and Washington Times to lobby Congress to abolish the federal es
Raptis: Norman Rockwell
Apr 02, 2001
Norman Rockwell was born in 1894 and died in 1978. For almost sixty years he worked as an illustrator. He did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, for 47 years. Those covers played a significant role in the cultural environment in which two generations o
Rebick: Police repression biggest threat at Quebec City
Mar 29, 2001
Not since the War Measures Act, thirty years ago, has there been a greater display of the armed might of the state in Canada than there will be in Quebec City during the Summit of the Americas on April 20-22. And not since the War Measures Act, when the a
Russell: What's Wrong with "Charitable Choice"?
Mar 28, 2001
President Bush is assembling his Òarmies of compassionÓ under the banner of Charitable choice -- a decisive move to contract out federal social service functions such as counseling for alcohol and drug substance abuse, shelter and food services for homele
Raptis: The Archbishop
Mar 16, 2001
The Greek word "orthodox" is a compound word from "orthos" (meaning : right) and "doxa" (meaning : opinion). Therefore, an "orthodox" is a person that has the "right opinion", as opposed to the rest of humanity who have the "wrong opinion".
Russell: New Freedom Initiative: Survival of the Fittest ÒEqualityÓ
Feb 23, 2001
by Marta Russell Unveiling his New Freedom Initiative (NFI), President George W. Bush pronounced Òmy Administration is committed to tearing down the barriers to equality that face many of the 54 million Americans with disabilities.Ó
Reinhart: THE VOTE THAT CAN DECIDE
Feb 05, 2001
Beneath the surface, there is deep anxiety in Israeli society: The media is full of reports of war preparations: "Home Front Command to stage 'mother of all exercises' " (JP, Jan 22); "Ministry tells purchasers to prepare for emergency" (Ha'aretz, Jan 25)
Raptis: Quake in India
Feb 04, 2001
Today (Jan. 31, '01) the number of dead from the earthquake that hit India six days ago is estimated "by officials and aid workers to be from 15,000 to 100,000." The higher estimate came from the Indian Defence Minister, George Fernandes, as his "personal
Reinhart: BARAK'S VERSION OF SHARON
Jan 23, 2001
One of the lessons of the massive protest which followed Sharon's war in Lebanon appeared to be that it is no longer possible to drag the Israeli people into wars of choice. But Barak has managed where Sharon failed - He convinced at least the center thir
Russell: Came with a Rake? Came with a Screwdriver?
Jan 14, 2001
ÒDETROIT--A policeman was charged with manslaughter Wednesday for shooting to death a deaf-mute who approached officers with a rake in his hands. David Krupinski, 23, fired on 39-year-old Errol Shaw after police were called about a family dispute Aug. 29.
Russell: The Bush Nine
Jan 09, 2001
As the word spreads about the many protests planned the week of the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, Y2000, ADAPTERs burned by W. in Texas will be amongst the uninvited guests travelling to DC.
Reinhart: COUNT THE BLANK BALLOTS
Jan 04, 2001
Never was Israel further from democracy as it is in the coming elections. In the polls, 60% of the voters wanted another candidate to run against the two generals, but the political system, blatantly ignoring anything known about the will of the majority,
Raptis: Hitler : The (Strange) Elser Case
Dec 16, 2000
Johann Georg Elser was born in the German Village of Hermaringen in 1903. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed as a (lathe) turner in a local iron factory. In 1922 he passed his journeyman's exam as a cabinet-maker and became a specialist in carpentr
Raptis: Yugoslavia: The Birth of a U.S Client State
Nov 12, 2000
"Client state: a country that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another country" (Webster's 10th). That was a rather polished definition by the political elite around 1918. In today's real world the expressions "vassal state" or "oc
Reinhart: DON'T SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW
Nov 08, 2000
As the media keeps us busy with reports on cease-fire, peace initiatives, and 'reduction of violence', Israeli crimes in the occupied territories continue undisturbed. To understand the extent of these daily crimes we should look at the injuries, not just
Russell: Cato Deploys New Weapon: ÒDisability FraudÓ
Oct 31, 2000
I wondered how long it would take a right-wing think tank to cry foul when it got hold of the fact that disabled person may collect Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and pursue an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) employment discrimination c
Reinhart: GREEN LIGHT TO SLAUGHTER
Oct 23, 2000
In the Sharm-al-Sheikh summit last week, Barak got from the US his green light to slaughter. To judge by the Israeli media, what we have seen so far is just the prelude. "The most important will come in the middle of next week, when...Israel will have to
Ratner: Labor Rights, Free Trade Zones & The Chentex Struggle in Nicaragua
Oct 18, 2000
(see: www.humanrightsnow.com) In mid-September I traveled to Nicaragua as part of a delegation organized by the National Labor Committee (NLC), an organization that fights sweatshops and supports labor rights around the world. Charles Kernaghan and Barba
Russell: Social Security, Work and Poverty
Oct 08, 2000
It is a tight labor market and tight labor markets traditionally threaten to give workers more bargaining power from which to secure significant wage increases. Wall Street and investors get nervous about tight labor markets. They reckon that the inflatio
May 10, 2001
The teddy bear hurling catapult at the demonstrations in Quebec City may turn out to be the most effective piece of street theatre in protest history. Designed to mock the wall separating leaders at the Summit of the Americas from the people protesting th