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"The federal government is not your best friend." -- Anonymous
A. Granting Counter-Recruiters Access to Schools
a. Searcey v. Crim - Federal Appellate Decision
b. CARD v. Grossmont - Federal Appellate Decision
c. Counter-Recruitment Victory in New York City
B. Denying Recruiters Access to Schools
a. Lloyd v. Grella (Rochester Schools Bar Recruiters)
b. Yale Law School Can Block Military Recruiters
c. Fifty-nine Percent of San Francisco Voters on Nov. 8, 2005, say "NO" to Recruiters in Schools
C. Other Relevant First Amendment Cases
a. Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. - U.S. Supreme Court Decision
b. Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators' Association - U.S. Supreme Court Decision
D. Recruiters and Recruiting Practices
a. Recruiting Improprieties on the Rise (or, What the Recruiters Job is Like)
b. Recruiters Want Help from Parents
d. Deceptions in Military Recruiting - by Chris White
e. Some Good Questions for Recruiters
f. Demanding Truth in Military Recruiting
g. Chris White of Veterans for Peace Warns Students
h. Against the War Machine: Military Recruiters Face Youth
and student Resistance - by Ian Thompson
i. Recruiters to Attempt to Acquire Ethics in One-day Stand-down
j. Outing the Unethical Practices of Recruiters
D. Other Items Related to Recruitment Issues
a. What is counter-recruitment?
b. The Casey Sheehan Story - by Cindy Sheehan
c. Section 9528 of the NCLB Act - Recruiter Access to Student Information
d. "No Child Left Behind" Law and Whole Truth Programs
e. Links Related to Counter-Recruitment
f.
Stop-loss Provision (Read that Fine Print)
g.
Some
United States Military Websites
h. Tell me about the National Guard
i. Selective Service Information - PowerPoint
The Selective Service System, the Draft, and
Conscientious Objection
A. Material NOT taken directly from the Selective Service System's Website
a.
Questions and Answers About the Selective Service System
b.
Twenty
Questions and Answers About Conscientious Objection
c. What is a Conscientious Objector? (A good but brief legal definition of conscientious objectors)
d. Who is a Conscientious Objector (A more comprehensive article from the Center on Conscience & War)
e. How to Compile Material to Support a Conscientious Objector Claim
g. "The Ambush of American Youth" - An important article by Bob Hoffman
h. Links to three very important Selective Service System Forms (Including Form 22 for COs)
i. Selective
Service's TWO mobilization ("Draft") plans - RIMS and RIPS (Important
Information)
j.
Outline of PowerPoint presentation of the Selective Service System (85 frames)
k.
Outline
of PowerPoint presentation on Conscientious Objection (39 frames)
l.
Outline of
combined PowerPoint presentations on the Selective Service System and
Conscientious
Objection
(123 frames)
m. Army Medical Standards 40-501, Chapter 2 -- Standards for Enlistment, Appointment, and Induction
n. Army Standards Relative to Tattoos (From AR 670-1), with Frequently Asked Questions
o. Can members of the National Guard be drafted?
B. Information taken from the Selective Service System's Website (Be very careful about the
advice here! The Selective Service System's advice is often incomplete or inferior. It is
especially incomplete and inferior for people who either are, or may be, conscientious
objectors.)
a. What is the Selective Service System? (Information from Selective Service website)
b. Selective Service System Background (Information from Selective Service website)
c. Selective Service System - Quick Facts and Figures (Information from Selective Service website)
d. Who must Register with Selective Service? (Information from Selective Service website)
e. FAQs on Selective Service (Information from Selective Service website)
f. What happens in a draft? (Information from Selective Service website)
g. Women and the Draft (Information from Selective Service website)
h. Local Draft Boards (Information from Selective Service website)
i.
Applying
for membership on a Local Draft Board (Information from Selective Service
website)
j.
Induction Statistics (Information from Selective Service website)
k. Information for Registrants Booklet (Information from Selective Service website)
l. The Appeal Process Within Selective service (Information from Selective Service website)
"Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government."
---Rev. Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967
a. My Most Comprehensive List of U.S. Uses of Military Force Since 1798
and Foreign Interventions Since 1945
b. United States Imperialism: Some Basic Lists, Information, and Statistics
c. Quotations: Native Americans Meet the White People
d. U.S. Reluctance to Use Force - A Bipartisan Lie
e. Instances of U.S. Uses of Force from 1798 to 1993
f. U.S. Militry Interventions Since 1890 - Zoltan Grossman
g. Military Actions with Loss of American Life (as of 2004)
h. How America Goes to War - A Comprehensive Treatment
i. U.S. Military Interventions in Mexico
j. Twenty-eight Countries Bombed by U.S. Since WW II
k. War Is A Racket (whole book) - Major General Smedley Butler
l. Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence - Rev. M.L. King
m. "U.S. Imperialism: A force for Good" - A neocon article by Max Boot
n. "Washington Needs a Colonial Office" - A neocon article by Max Boot
o. U.S. War Casualties and Veterans
p. Post-Vietnam U.S. Combat Casualties
q. "Isn't there a better way to send China a message?," The truth about the May 8,
1999,
U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
r. George W. Bush is to say in a speech today [March 19, 2008], on the fifth
anniversary
of the current war, that his preemptive war against the sovereign country of
Iraq was
"right" and "worth the costs in lives and treasure." Bush will say, "An emboldened
al-Qaida with access to Iraq's oil resources could pursue its ambitions to acquire
weapons of mass destruction to attack America and other free nations. Iran could be
emboldened as well with a renewed determination to develop nuclear weapons and
impose its brand of hegemony across the broader Middle East. And our enemies would
see an American failure in Iraq as evidence of weakness and lack of resolve."
s. U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
t.
"New security agreement lets US strike any country from inside
Iraq; Agreement calls for permanent
U.S. bases in Iraq, and also for U.S. supervision over Iraq's Defense, Interior,
and National Security
ministries, as well as armament contracts, for ten years;
Agreement effectively gives the United
States government control of Iraq's oil." Basil Adas, Gulf News Correspondent, June 03, 2008
u.
"United
States troops trained Georgian troops up to just days before Georgia’s invasion
of South
Ossetia: Georgian [USA] boy helped train Georgian troops; Soldier returned home
just days before
invasion,"
Alexander Cain,
The Union-Recorder,
Milledgeville, Georgia
[USA], August 20, 2008
v.
"American Hegemony," Very comprehensive notes of Josh Buermann on the U.S.
record of trying to rule the world, April 5, 2006
"Whenever any form of government is destructive of these ends - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government…in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." -- Declaration of Independence, 1776
a. The Middlebury Declaration - November 7, 2004
b. The Second Vermont Republic
c. History of the Second Vermont Republic
d. Analysis of Lincoln's Arguments Against the Legality of Secession
f. Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. White
g.
First North American Secessionist Convention,
Burlington, Vermont,
November
3-4, 2006 [Includes: Call for the Convention, Report on the Convention, the
Burlington Declaration, and some news stories covering the Convention]
h.
Second North American Secessionist Convention, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
October 3-4, 2007 [Includes: Call for the Convention, Reports, The Chattanooga
Declaration, and several news stories reporting the Convention]
i.
"Lincoln’s Four Main Arguments
against Secession," [Simplified version, but with
extensive notes],
George Desnoyers, October 10, 2008
j. "A Eulogy For the First Vermont Republic," Thomas H. Naylor, March 4, 1791
k.
"History
of Vermont,"
From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia [Also includes a brief
history of Vermont adapted from information from the National Park Service.]
l.
Third North American Secessionists Convention, Manchester, New Hampshire,
November 14-15, 2008 [Item includes two reports on the Convention, one from the
Middlebury Institute & one from Keith Preston, and also "The Manchester
Declaration,"
approved by the Convention on November 15.]
“What you don’t know can’t hurt them." -- Anonymous
a. A REAL hero, or, George W. Bush Is No Smedley Butler
c.
"Clinton Ends Campaign With
Clear Call to Elect Obama," Adam Nagourney and Mark
Leibovich, New York Times, June 8, 2008 [Full transcript of speech
conceding and
endorsing Barack Obama is attached.]
a. Excerpts
from Operation Northwoods documents (Operation Northwoods was a
plan seriously considered
by the Kennedy
administration to stage mass casualty attacks on American targets in order to
develop
support for a war
against Fidel Castro)
b. Fascism Anyone - Article by Laurence W. Britt
c. Living Under Fascism - Sermon by Davidson Loehr
d. "They Thought They Were Free" - Milton Mayer
(or, "How 'Decent Men' Become Nazis")
e. FBI Plants Fake Candidate in West Virginia Race
f. "American Hiroshima - the next 9/11?," An excellent article by Shaheen Chughtai
g. Links to official documents related to U.S. Department of Defense strategy and posture
h. Supreme Court to torture victim, "Drop dead!"
j. Barack Obama's March 18, 2008 racial division speech in Philadelphia, "A More Perfect Union"
k. Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally released on April 1, 2008)
l. John Yoo's infamous Torture memo of March 14, 2003 - Part 1 (first 39 pages in pdf format)
m. John Yoo's infamous Torture Memo of March 14, 2003 - Part 2 (pages 40-81 in pdf format)
n. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Includes articles and complete poll results)
o. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Complete poll in pdf format)
p.
U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
q.
Puffery in advertising
r. "Two Leaders Ousted from Air Force in Atomic Errors," Thom Shanker, New York Times, June 6, 2008
s. Articles of Impeachment of President George W. Bush, in the United States House of
Representatives, Monday, June 9th, 2008, A Resolution Offered and read in its entirety by Rep.
t.
"Study: World Gets Happier;
U.S. is sixteenth happiest nation," LiveScience and
Associated
Press, June 30, 2008
u. "Judge to Bush
Administration: Make Guantanamo Top Priority,"
Matt Apuzzo, Associated
Press, July 8, 2008
v.
"U.S. slips on development
index: Priorities of U.S. government show up in life expectancy
statistics; world’s richest country ranks 12th overall in ‘development,’ and
only 42nd in life
expectancy;
U.S. leads developed countries in ‘children living in poverty’; at least 20,000
U.S.
infants die needlessly annually, "
BBC, July 17, 2008
w. "United
States troops trained Georgian troops up to just days before Georgia’s invasion
of South
Ossetia: Georgian [USA] boy helped train Georgian troops; Soldier returned home
just days before
invasion,"
Alexander Cain,
The Union-Recorder,
Milledgeville, Georgia
[USA], August 20, 2008
x.
"Who's Counting? - Cheney's One
Percent Doctrine,
John Allen Paulos,
July 2, 2006.
[What
ever happened to respect for evidence? Are we to begin wars on a mere
suspicion, or someone’s miscalculation of a one percent
probability? Vice President
Cheney feels that if there's a one percent chance, then
act. Strangely, the Bush
administration used a contradictory rule regarding global
warming. Despite near
unanimity among scientists on the fact and causes of
global warming, the Bush
administration did not act, apparently
because the administration felt there was not at
least a ninety-nine percent probability. Go to war? One
percent probability required.
Address global climate change, a far greater threat to
mankind than Iraq was?
Greater than ninety-nine percent probability is required.
Doesn’t this contradiction
indicate that probabilities are really not the
measure, but that both actions and inaction
within the Bush administration are being determined by
pure ideology?]
y.
"The
One Percent Doctrine," Article from Wikipedia plus an excellent July, 2, 2006,
article by John Allen Paulos
z. IMPORTANT U.S. Government Announcement, November 13, 2008
b. Transcript of September 16, 2005 Debate between
George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens
c. Draft Iraqi Constitution - August 24, 2005
d. Changes Sunnis Want in Draft Iraq Constitution
h. Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout of all Foreign Troops by the End of 2006
i. War Opponents' Support of Troops
j. The Case for Bush, Rumsfeld, et al. as War Criminals
m.Congressional Budget Office says wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to cost $2.4 TRILLION by 2017
n. Interesting Articles on Iraq War Desertions
o. Chicago man immolates himself to protest the war against Iraq
p.Tell me about use of the National Guard in the war against Iraq
q. High School Student Protests of the U.S. War against Iraq (six articles)
r. George W. Bush is to say in a speech today [March 19, 2008], on the fifth
anniversary
of the current war, that his preemptive war against the sovereign country of
Iraq was
"right" and "worth the costs in lives and treasure." Bush will say, "An emboldened
al-Qaida with access to Iraq's oil resources could pursue its ambitions to acquire
weapons of mass destruction to attack America and other free nations. Iran could be
emboldened as well with a renewed determination to develop nuclear weapons and
impose its brand of hegemony across the broader Middle East. And our enemies would
see an American failure in Iraq as evidence of weakness and lack of resolve."
s. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Includes articles and complete poll results)
t. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Complete poll in pdf format)
u. U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
v. NY Times article on Petraeus and Crocker testimony of 04/08/08 with full text of the two opening
statements and charts prepared for Petraeus testimony
w.
The Timeline for Who Said What on Iraq and WMDs: a brief
guide to who said what regarding
Iraq's alleged WMD, before, during and after the war on Iraq
x.
Looking Back on Progress in Iraq Five Years After “mission accomplished”:
Statements from
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and White House press secretary Dana Perino
y.
"Bush's crimes are not our soldiers'," letter to The Berkshire Eagle, May
14, 2008
z.
"Winter Soldier Rules of Engagement," Erin Thompson, Z Magazine, May 1,
2008 (This article is about
the Winter Soldier testimony given by U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan on March 13-14,
2008. The testimony paints a very different picture of the way the wars
are conducted than the U.S.
government wants us to see.)
aa. "Were the experts - including McCain - right about anything?," Christopher Cerf, Victor S.
Navasky, and Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, May 29, 2008 [Reprinted in The Nation, May
29, 2008 and many other places]
ab.
"New security agreement lets US strike any country from inside
Iraq; Agreement calls for permanent
U.S. bases in Iraq, and also for U.S. supervision over Iraq's Defense, Interior,
and National Security
ministries, as well as armament contracts, for ten years;
Agreement effectively gives the United
States government control of Iraq's oil." Basil Adas, Gulf News Correspondent, June 03, 2008
Informed Comment, June 6, 2008
May 14, 2008
ae.
"Bush
signs $162 billion war spending bill:
The bill brings the total
spending allocation for the war against
Iraq
to more than $650 billion, and the total spending allocation for the war in
Afghanistan to about
$200
billion,"
USA Today (From staff and AP wire
reports), June 30, 2008
af.
"Relative of Iraqi Prime
Minister al-Maliki Inexplicably Shot Dead by U.S. Soldiers," Big News
Network,
June 30, 2008
ag.
"In Maliki's hometown, grief
and questions after deadly U.S. raid:
Details begin to come forth
concerning the deliberate murder of PM Nouri al-Maliki’s cousin by U.S. Special
Forces in
Karbala province," Qassim Zein and Hannah Allam, McClatchy, June 29, 2008
ah. "U.S. agrees to scrap immunity for security guards in Iraq," Jay Deshmukh, AFP, July 1, 2008
ai.
"New Iraq report card: 15 of
18 benchmarks satisfactory," Anne
Flaherty, Associated Press,
July 1, 2008
aj.
"Wall Street
drools over prospect of capturing Iraq oil wealth,"
Patrick
Martin, WSWS,
March 6, 2007
ak.
"U.S.-backed
crackdown in Basra aimed at opening up Iraq’s oil and gas,"
James
Cogan,
WSWS, April 25, 2008
al.
"Big
oil cashes in on Iraq slaughter,"
Bill Van
Auken, WSWS, June 20, 2008
am. "Iraq’s Puppet
Regime Begins Sell-out of Iraq’s Oil to West: Government
throws door open to foreign
oil firms; U.S. and U.K. firms stand in pole position,"
Ahmed Rasheed,
Reuters,
June 30, 2008
an.
"U.S.
advisers steered Iraqi oil contracts to Western firms,"
Bill Van
Auken, WSWS,
July 1, 2008
ao. "Iraq Nears Agreement With U.S. On Military Pact," Salam Faraj, AFP, July 2, 2008
ap. "Big Oil's Coup in Iraq," Richard Thompson, BBC News, July 2, 2008
aq.
"Obama wades into
controversy with Iraq comments: Will he or won't he
end the war
as he has previously promised? People want to know.,"
John Whitesides,
Reuters,
July 3, 2008
ar.
"Bush
administration encouraged Hunt oil deal in Kurdistan, undermining Iraqi
'national
unity',"
David Walsh, WSWS, July 4, 2008
as.
"The War Against Iraq Was About Oil All Along,
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Bill
Moyers Journal,
alternet.org, July 5, 2008
at.
"Iraq raises idea of
timetable for U.S. withdrawal," Qassim
Abdul-Zahra and Sebastian
Abbot, Associated Press, July 7, 2008
au. "Iraq
now insisting on withdrawal
timetable for U.S. forces,"
Sally Buzbee, Associated
Press, July 8, 2008
av.
"Bush administration might reduce
U.S. troops in Iraq shortly
before November election;
Administration considering small pre-election troop reduction; Move could help
'victory' over the horizon,"
Christopher Michaud and Eric Walsh, Associated Press,
July 12, 2008
aw.
"British
soldiers commit sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14; Brits prove themselves
in
same league as U.S. when it comes to torture and abuse;
Just days after the MoD has to
pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse
emerge," Andrew Johnson, UK Independent, Sunday, July 13, 2008
ax. "New Iraqi confidence and assertiveness worries U.S.; Long-term U.S. dominance seen
threatened; U.S. concerned about loss of control as dynamic changes from U.S. rule
disguised as partnership to Iraqi assertiveness in U.S.’s face," Robert Burns,
Associated
Press, July 13, 2008
ay.
"Nouri
al-Maliki ready to oust U.S. from Iraq green zone,"
Marie Colvin, [London] Sunday
Times,
July 13, 2008
az.
"Bush seeks 'time horizon' on
Iraq: Bush finds way to signal Iraq that U.S. will leave Iraq,
but
without using the words ‘timeline’ or ‘timetable’, words considered favorable to
Obama,"
BBC, July 18, 2008
ba.
"PM
al-Maliki: U.S. should get out as soon as possible: Al-Maliki agrees with Obama
that
16 months is 'the right time frame for a withdrawal'; PM says he is not
endorsing Obama;
in
a clear slap at Bush's derogatory reference to an 'artificial' timetable for
withdrawal,
al-Maliki says, 'Artificially prolonging the tenure of U.S. troops in Iraq would
cause
problems'," Associated Press, July 19, 2008
bb.
"As wars lengthen, the toll
on military families mounts: Long and repeated deployments
doing great harm to families; domestic violence up, with terrible consequences,
such as
the murder of a 14-year-old boy trying to defend his mother from a knife attack;
child
abuse
and neglect by mothers are increasing; infidelity a big problem; ‘critics
complain
of
persistent shortcomings - a dearth of updated data on domestic violence, short
shrift
for
families of National Guard and Reserve members, inadequate support for spouses
and children of wounded and traumatized soldiers’," David Crary, Associated
Press,
July 19, 2008
bc. "McCain refuses to admit serious error: Candidate denies he misstated timing of the
'surge' and 'Anbar awakening'," Tom Raum, Associated Press, July 23, 2008
bd.
"The 'Sunni Awakening' in Anbar: Was it the product of the
'surge'? Or did it occur well
before the surge, having been referred to in Bush's January 10, 2007, speech
announcing the planned surge?," SourceWatch, July
23, 2008
be.
"The Myth About the
Surge and the Anbar (or Sunni) Awakening,"
by LithiumCola,
September 10, 2007
bf.
"Iraqi leader says foreign
troops must leave:
Statement of Prime
Minister al-Maliki
is the strongest yet. He insists on a firm deadline for U.S. troops to be gone
from
Iraq. He undercuts Bush’s idea of a time "horizon," something which is never
reached as you move toward it. PM is also opposed to immunity for U.S. troops
from prosecution in Iraqi courts.",
Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Robert H. Reid,
Associated Press, August 25, 2008
bg.
"Agreement regarding the activities and presence of U.S. forces, and its
withdrawal from Iraq,"
(Leaked August 6, 2008, Draft of U.S.-Iraq Security
Agreement, English version,
September 3, 2008, from
Wage Peace Campaign,
AFSC website)
bh.
"FINAL [??] STATUS OF
FORCES AGREEMENT:
An agreement regarding the
temporary
U.S. presence in Iraq and its activities and withdrawal from Iraq, between
the United States and the Iraqi government,"
October 13, 2008
bi.
"Iraq says it will not be
bullied into signing pact with U.S.:
Iraqis have
serious concerns
with Status Of Forces Agreement which are related to Iraqi sovereignty,
Jay Deshmukh,
bj.
"Final Text of Iraq
Pact Reveals U.S. Debacle,"
Gareth Porter
(source: AntiWar.com),
From CASMII,
October 23, 2008
bk.
"U.S.-Iraq
Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreement: Congressional
Response: A CRS Report for Congress," A report prepared by the Congressional
Research Service for Members and Committees of Congress, Matthew C. Weed,
bl.
"U.S.
Using Extortion to Force Iraq to Sign Status of Forces Agreement,"
McClatchy,
October 27,
2008
bj.
"Iraq
wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011," Robert H. Reid, Associated
Press,
October 30, 2008
bk. "Iraqi
Shiite clerics warn against okaying U.S. security pact,"
Sameer N.
Yacoub,
Associated Press, November 7, 2008
bl.
"Iraqi
Cabinet approves revised security pact proposal: Twenty-seven of thirty-seven
cabinet members said to vote in favor of the agreement. Status of Forces
Agreement
gives Iraq to the United States on a silver platter. Parliament to begin debate
this
week; Vote planned by November 24.",
Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Associated
Press,
November 16, 2008
bm.
"Rice
says U.S. will enforce the SOFA anyway, regardless any Iraq vote; Iraqi factions
haggle ahead of vote on U.S. pact,"
Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Associated Press, November 26, 2008
bn. "Iraqi
parliament OKs SOFA allowing U.S. troops for three more years;
Deal
sent to
the three-person Presidential Council for ratification, which is expected;
Fifty-five of
275 legislators skip vote on pact," Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press,
November 27, 2008
bo.
"Iraqi
parliament okays
presence of
U.S. troops for three more years:
Only about 150
members of the 275-member parliament voted in favor; Legislators escape
accountability as vote was by a showing of hands; A bloc of thirty lawmakers
loyal to
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who wants U.S.
forces to leave Iraq immediately,
chanted protests and hoisted banners that said 'No, no to the agreement' during
the
25-minute session in parliament.",
Christopher Torchia and Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Associated Press, November 27, 2008
bp.
"CFR
Backgrounder on SOFAs," Greg Bruno,
Council on Foreign
Relations,
November 17, 2008
bq.
"Iraqi
council gives final approval to pact with U.S.," Associated Press,
December 4,
2008
br.
"Surprise! U.S. government and
PM Nouri al-Maliki intend to subvert SOFA: Iraq's
chief government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh reveals U.S. troops to stay in Iraqi
cities after June,
Robert H. Reid, Associated Press, December 13, 2008
bs.
"Bush
shoe-thrower in hospital after corporal punishment: Iraqi Journalist severely
beaten for attempted assassination by shoe,"
AFP, December 16, 2008
bt.
"U.S.
troops to stay in Iraqi cities after June: Coalition forces commander Gen.
Raymond Odierno and Iraqi government chief spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, in
separate statements, agree that the SOFA timeline is meaningless,"
Robert H.
Reid, Associated Press, December 13, 2008
b. Keep this list! (Things "good Americans" can say in the future when asked
about their actions and inactions during the present Bush administration)
c.
National Security Strategy of the USA
- September 17, 2002 (Bush Policy on Preeemptive War, etc.)
d.
National Security Strategy of the USA
- March 16, 2006 (Updated Bush Policy on Preemptive War, etc.)
e. Gonzales Unfit for U.S. Attorney General
f. John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations???? - Some Quotations
g. U.S. Torture Policy Goes to the Top
h. Citizen Arrested for Civilly Asking Question
i. The Case for Bush, Rumsfeld, et al. as War Criminals
l. Supreme Court to torture victim, "Drop dead!"
m. Letter to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
n. Congressional Budget Office says wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to cost $2.4 TRILLION by 2017
o.
Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan, but Again Rejects a "No first use pledge"
- September 11, 2005
p.
Eight Reasons Why U.S. Field Commanders May Use Nuclear Weapons (U.S. policy)
q.
George W. Bush is to say in a speech today [March 19, 2008], on the fifth
anniversary
of the current war, that his preemptive war against the sovereign country of
Iraq was
"right" and "worth the costs in lives and treasure." Bush will say, "An emboldened
al-Qaida with access to Iraq's oil resources could pursue its ambitions to acquire
weapons of mass destruction to attack America and other free nations. Iran could be
emboldened as well with a renewed determination to develop nuclear weapons and
impose its brand of hegemony across the broader Middle East. And our enemies would
see an American failure in Iraq as evidence of weakness and lack of resolve."
r. Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally released on April 1, 2008)
s. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Includes articles and complete poll results)
t. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Complete poll in pdf format)
u. U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
Informed Comment, June 6, 2008
x. Articles of Impeachment of President George W. Bush, in the United States House of
Representatives, Monday, June 9th, 2008, A Resolution Offered and read in its entirety by Rep.
y.
Supreme Court's Decision on Habeus Corpus Rights of Guantanamo Detainees,
BOUMEDIENE ET
AL. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
z.
"White House sorry about
Berlusconi bio gaffe," Deb Riechmann,
Associated Press,
July 8, 2008
aa.
"Judge to Bush
Administration: Make Guantanamo Top Priority,"
Matt Apuzzo, Associated
Press, July 8, 2008
ab.
"Bush Tells
Congress to go Fuck Itself: Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak in Plame
case; Move prevents AG Mukasey from testifying; contempt citation postponed but
likely;
records sought on FBI interviews of Cheney," Laurie Kellman, Associated Press,
July 16, 2008
ac. "United
States troops trained Georgian troops up to just days before Georgia’s invasion
of South
Ossetia: Georgian [USA] boy helped train Georgian troops; Soldier returned home
just days before
invasion,"
Alexander Cain,
The Union-Recorder,
Milledgeville, Georgia
[USA], August 20, 2008
ad.
"Nine
Secret Bush-Era Documents Released: Nine Secret
Memos Said to Provide a Blueprint
for Police State,"
truthdig.com, March 4, 2009
ae.
"Justice
Department Releases Four More Bush Administration Torture Memos: Bradbury
and Bybee
memos are released in response to long-running ACLU lawsuits; Obama
promises criminals they will not be prosecuted by his Department of
Justice; The
Nuremberg Defense (“I just did what I was told; they said it was legal.”)
persuades Obama
to allow torturers to get off scot free.", ACLU,
April 16, 2009
Pictures from the September 24, 2005 Protest in Washington, D.C.
The REAL chain of command?
Protesters opposed to the coming war against Iraq -- Washington, D.C., October 26, 2002
My Christmas card photo for 2007
a. Rogue Nations: What and Who Are They?
b. Pentagon Wants Policy to Allow Pre-emptive Use of Nuclear Weapons
c. "Rebuilding America's Defenses" - Neocons' Mein Kampf
d.
National Security Strategy of the USA
- September 17, 2002 (Bush Policy on Preeemptive War, etc.)
e.
National Security Strategy of the USA
- March 16, 2006 (Updated Bush Policy on Preemptive War, etc.)
f. Eight Reasons Why U.S. Field Commanders May Use Nuclear Weapons (U.S. policy)
g. Pentagon
Revises Nuclear Strike Plan, but Again Rejects a "No first use pledge" -
September 11, 2005
h.
The Case for
Bush, Rumsfeld, et al. as War Criminals
i. "American Hiroshima - the next 9/11?," An excellent article by Shaheen Chughtai
j.
Excerpts
from Operation Northwoods documents (Operation Northwoods was a
plan seriously considered
by the Kennedy
administration to stage mass casualty attacks on American targets in order to
develop
support for a war
against Fidel Castro)
l. Supreme Court to torture victim, "Drop dead!"
o. Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally released on April 1, 2008)
p. U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
q. "New security agreement lets US strike any country from inside
Iraq; Agreement calls for permanent
U.S. bases in Iraq, and also for U.S. supervision over Iraq's Defense, Interior,
and National Security
ministries, as well as armament contracts, for ten years;
Agreement effectively gives the United
States government control of Iraq's oil." Basil Adas, Gulf News Correspondent, June 03, 2008
r.
Supreme Court's Decision on Habeus Corpus Rights of Guantanamo Detainees,
BOUMEDIENE ET
AL. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
s.
"Who's Counting? - Cheney's One
Percent Doctrine,
John Allen Paulos,
July 2, 2006.
[What
ever happened to respect for evidence? Are we to begin wars on a mere
suspicion, or someone’s miscalculation of a one percent
probability? Vice President
Cheney feels that if there's a one percent chance, then
act. Strangely, the Bush
administration used a contradictory rule regarding global
warming. Despite near
unanimity among scientists on the fact and causes of
global warming, the Bush
administration did not act, apparently
because the administration felt there was not at
least a ninety-nine percent probability. Go to war? One
percent probability required.
Address global climate change, a far greater threat to
mankind than Iraq was?
Greater than ninety-nine percent probability is required.
Doesn’t this contradiction
indicate that probabilities are really not the
measure, but that both actions and inaction
within the Bush administration are being determined by
pure ideology?]
t.
"The
One Percent Doctrine," Article from Wikipedia plus an excellent July, 2, 2006,
article by John Allen Paulos
u.
"Nine
Secret Bush-Era Documents Released: Nine Secret
Memos Said to Provide a Blueprint
for Police State,"
truthdig.com, March 4, 2009
v.
"Justice
Department Releases Four More Bush Administration Torture Memos: Bradbury
and Bybee
memos are released in response to long-running ACLU lawsuits; Obama
promises criminals they will not be prosecuted by his Department of
Justice; The
Nuremberg Defense (“I just did what I was told; they said it was legal.”)
persuades Obama
to allow torturers to get off scot free.", ACLU,
April 16, 2009
a. Reduce the U.S. Military Budget
b. Defense budget requested for fiscal 2009 - From Winslow T. Wheeler (pdf file)
a. Human Rights Record of the U.S. in 2003
b. Citizen Arrested for Civilly Asking Question
c.
Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally
released on April 1, 2008)
d.
Full text of Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage
(Goodridge decision, Nov. 18, 2003)
e.
Full text of California Supreme Court decision overturning California's gay
marriage ban (pdf)
g.
Supreme Court's Decision on Habeus Corpus Rights of Guantanamo Detainees,
BOUMEDIENE ET
AL. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
h.
"Nine
Secret Bush-Era Documents Released: Nine Secret
Memos Said to Provide a Blueprint
for Police State,"
truthdig.com, March 4, 2009
a. What is al-Qaeda (or al-Qaida)?
b. Why We Know More Terrorism Is Coming
c. Does U.S. Interventionism Breed Terrorism? (an excellent account of the historical record)
d. "American Hiroshima - the next 9/11?," An excellent article by Shaheen Chughtai
e. Supreme Court to torture victim, "Drop dead!"
f. Congressional Budget Office says wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to cost $2.4 TRILLION by 2017
g. ACLU: U.S. Terror Watch Lists at 900,000 - Article by Justin Rood
h. Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally released on April 1, 2008)
i. U.S. Admits Using Cyberwarfare and Developing Plans for More Aggressive Use
k.
Supreme Court's Decision on Habeus Corpus Rights of Guantanamo Detainees,
BOUMEDIENE ET
AL. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
l.
"Judge to Bush
Administration: Make Guantanamo Top Priority,"
Matt Apuzzo, Associated
Press, July 8, 2008
m.
"DOJ prosecutor flagged by
U.S. terror watch list: ACLU says terror watch list now tops one
million; thousands of innocent Americans have been questioned, searched, or
otherwise
hassled; as of October 2006, 30,000 Americans had asked to have their names
cleared,"
Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, July 14, 2008
n.
"Obama
sides with Bush on Bagram detainees;
President decides to refuse Bagram
detainees habeas corpus rights,"
Agence France Presse, February 21, 2009
o.
"Nine
Secret Bush-Era Documents Released: Nine Secret
Memos Said to Provide a Blueprint
for Police State,"
truthdig.com, March 4, 2009
a. Hey, what's the difference between ethics and morality?
b. Be in control of your life: boundaries and boundary-setting
c. Decision of Bankruptcy Judge James F. Queenan, Jr. in the case of Elizabeth Dovydenas
v. The Bible Speaks (The Bible Speaks was ordered to return more than $6.5 million due
to a finding that Dovydenas had been unduly influenced by Pastor Carl H. Stevens and
d. "Two Leaders Ousted from Air Force in Atomic Errors," Thom Shanker, New York Times, June 6, 2008
e.
"Study: World Gets Happier;
U.S. is sixteenth happiest nation," LiveScience and
Associated
Press, June 30, 2008
f.
"Listening
Process," WIN
Magazine,
Special Issue devoted to growing the peace
and antiwar movement, Spring/Summer 2008, June 23, 2008.
g.
"Who's Counting? - Cheney's One
Percent Doctrine,
John Allen Paulos,
July 2, 2006.
[What
ever happened to respect for evidence? Are we to begin wars on a mere
suspicion, or someone’s miscalculation of a one percent
probability? Vice President
Cheney feels that if there's a one percent chance, then
act. Strangely, the Bush
administration used a contradictory rule regarding global
warming. Despite near
unanimity among scientists on the fact and causes of
global warming, the Bush
administration did not act, apparently because the
administration felt there was not at
least a ninety-nine percent probability. Go to war? One
percent probability required.
Address global climate change, a far greater threat to
mankind than Iraq was?
Greater than ninety-nine percent probability is required.
Doesn’t this contradiction
indicate that probabilities are really not the
measure, but that both actions and inaction
within the Bush administration are being determined by
pure ideology?]
h.
"The
One Percent Doctrine," Article from Wikipedia plus an excellent July, 2, 2006,
article by John Allen Paulos
Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice E-Newsletters
January
2, 2008
March 11,
2008
January 7, 2008 March 31, 2008
January 14, 2008 April 28, 2008
January
28, 2008
May 30, 2008
February
20, 2008
September 2, 2008
A. Anarchism
a.
"Anachist Communists: A Question of Class," A thorough explanation and
discussion
of Anarchist Communism which contrasts it with other systems of anachism
B. Anarchisms: Past and Future (Fall 2008 Course by Andrej Grubacic and ZEO)
a.
"The
Zapatistas,"
Zapatista Army of National Liberation [EZLN], From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
b. "Das Kapital," An article about Marx's Das Kapital from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
c. Material from the 1872 IWMA's Commission to Investigate the Alliance
d.
"Fictitious
Splits in the International," Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, January-March,
1872,
A pamphlet written in preparation for the confrontation with Bakuninists at the
Hague in
September 1872.
e.
"The
Program and Rules of the International Alliance
for Socialist Democracy Founded in
Geneva in October 1868," [There are actually three items here: (1) the Program
and Rules
of the International Alliance for Socialist Democracy, (2) a repeat of the
Program and Rules
of the International Alliance, but with Karl Marx's margin notes included, and
(3) an IWMA
statement on the International Alliance written by Karl Marx and endorsed by the
IWMA's
General Council on December 22, 1868.]
f. "Mikhail Bakunin," Article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
g.
"Basic
Bakunin," A 1993 pamphlet published
by the [British] Anarchist Communist
Federation. (This electronic form includes some additions to the original print
edition.)
h.
"The First
International," Inaugural Address of the International Working Men’s
Association, Karl Marx, Address written:
Written:
October 21-27, 1864 [Source: Original
printed pamphlet, 'Inaugural Address and
Provisional Rules of the International Working
Men’s Association.'
The
provisional rules referred to in the pamphlet's title were referred
to as 'General Rules' inside the pamphlet.]
i.
"On the International Workingmen's Association
and Karl Marx," Mikhail Bakunin, 1872
(Written after Bakunin's expulsion from the IWMA)
j. "Paris Commune of 1871," From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
k. "Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871," From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
l.
"Letter
of the General Council to the Alliance of Socialist Democracy,"
March 9,
1869
[In this letter, the IWMA General Council tells the International Alliance for
Socialist
Democracy that, as itself an international group, it is not eligible for
membership in the
IWMA, and says that the Alliance would have to disband to make its sections
eligible for
IWMA membership.]
m.
Confidential letter on Mikhail Bakunin, from Karl Marx to Dr. Ludwig Kugelman,
written
on March 28, 1870 [The last sentence of this long letter is: "Thus
the game of this highly
dangerous intrigant – at least on the terrain of the International – will soon
be played out."]
n.
"Report on the Alliance: Presented
in the name of the General Council to the [IWMA's]
Hague Congress," written by Friedrich Engels, August 1872
o.
Reply of the Alliance of Socialist Democracy to the March 9, 1869, letter from
the General
Council of the International Workingmen’s Association,
June 22, 1869
p. Documents from the IWMA's 1872 Investigation of the Alliance
q.
"Mikhail Bakunin & Karl Marx,
and the Life, Death & Legacy of the First International,"
George Desnoyers, November 2008
r.
"Letter from Marx to Friedrich
Bolte, November 23, 1871 [Note: this letter abstract is
important for its revelation of Marx's attitude toward anarchists in November,
1871.]
s.
"General Rules" of the International Workingmen's Association, October 1864
[These
are the rules written by Karl Marx between October 21 and October 27, 1864.
They
were first published
in The Bee-Hive Newspaper, November 12, 1864, and in the
pamphlet, Address and Provisional Rules of the Working Men's International
Association ...,
London, November 1864.]
a. "Why the U.S. needs the Taliban," Ramtanu Maitra, Asia Times, July 30, 2003
b.
"U.S. Rejects Officials' Reports
of Eleven Afghan Civilian Deaths," Reuters,
January 20, 2004
c.
"Rumsfeld Wants Expedited Inquiry into U.S. Mistreatment of
Remains of Killed
Taliban Fighters:
Muslims greatly offended by U.S. soldiers’ abuse of human remains,"
Robert Burns,
Associated Press, October 22, 2005
d.
"U.S. Kills at Least 17 in
Pakistan on Wrong Information: al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of
Airstrike," Riaz Khan,
Associated Press, January 14, 2006
e.
"Taliban back, and using
Iraq-style violence," Jim Krane, Associated Press, October 7,
2006
f.
"Afghanistan: Five years later," Fisnik Abrashi and Jason
Straziuso, Associated Press,
Saturday, October 07, 2006
g.
"NATO Official: NATO killed
too many civilians," Jason Straziuso, Associated Press,
January 3, 2007
h.
"NATO: Afghanistan on road to
2009 stability," Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press,
February 11, 2007
i.
"Pakistan denies hot pursuit
entry to coalition troops," Munir Ahmad, Associated Press,
March 3, 2007
j.
"Afghan, U.S. reports on
firefight differ: U.S. Marines accused of murdering up to 10
civilians and wounding 35," Rahim Faiez,
Associated Press, March 4, 2007
k.
"Six years later, US expands
Afghan base; 'Enduring' U.S. presence planned,"
Jason
Straziuso,
Associated Press, October 6, 2007
l.
"Extremist Troubles in
Afghanistan are not from Islamic Fundamentalists," Hamid Golpira,
Tehran
Times,
February 27, 2008
m.
"Afghan
Leader Criticizes U.S. on Conduct of War," Carlotta Gall,
The New York Times,
April
26, 2008
n.
"400,000
troops needed to pacify Afghanistan: Mc Neill," Associated Press of Pakistan,
June 4, 2008
o.
"Pakistan blames U.S.
coalition for troops' deaths: At least eleven Pakistani troops killed
and 13 wounded," Riaz Khan,
Associated Press, June 11, 2008
p. "Nearly 700 Afghan civilians killed in 2008 violence, says UN," AFP, June 30, 2008
q.
"Bush
signs $162 billion war spending bill:
The bill brings the total
spending allocation for the war against
Iraq to more than $650 billion, and the total spending allocation for the war in
Afghanistan to about
$200 billion,"
USA Today (From staff and AP wire
reports), June 30, 2008
r.
"Afghan official accuses U.S.
of
killing another 22 civilians:
civilian deaths continue to
mount; slaughter included women and children; civilians were evacuating the area
as
per U.S. instructions; U.S. won’t acknowledge deaths,"
Reuters, July 04, 2008
s.
"Forty-seven
more Afghan civilians killed by U.S. bombs in two attacks in Nuristan province,
group says. Thirty-nine of the dead were women and children. Victims
were walking on a
road from the bride’s village to the groom’s village. The bride was among those
killed. The
U.S. has yet to admit civilians died in the two attacks and says civilians are
never targeted.
U.S. spokesman says ‘our forces go to great lengths to avoid civilian
casualties.’"
Amir
Shah, Associated Press, July 11, 2008
t. "Afghan survivors tell of wedding bombing," BBC News, July 13, 2008
u. "Pakistani support for U.S. dwindling because of air raids," Barbara Plett, BBC, July 14, 2008
v. "U.S.
Afghan bombing 'kills dozens': Afghan and Pakistani civilian toll continues to
mount;
NATO again denies civilian casualties; Bush continues to ignore demonstrations
and, frankly,
not give a shit," Alastair Leithead, BBC, July 17, 2008
w.
"U.S. Murders
at Least Eight Pakistani School Children with Missile Attack: U.S. missiles
hit Pakistan school,"
BBC, October 23, 2008
x.
"Obama
sides with Bush on Bagram detainees;
President decides to refuse Bagram
detainees habeas corpus rights,"
Agence France Presse, February 21, 2009
y.
"Obama considering greatly
expanding Afghanistan's security forces," Reuters, March 18,
2009
a.
"Canadian
Judge Finds Treatment of Omar Khadr Described by U.S. Official Violated
Human Rights,"
CBC,
June 25, 2008
b.
"Canada Complicit in Torture of Canadian, Omar
Khadr, 16: PM Harper says
Canada
won't intervene despite latest Khadr developments,"
CBC, July 10, 2008
c.
"Gitmo
video offers glimpse of torture & interrogations of Canadian, Omar Khadr, 16:
Pentagon denies Khadr was mistreated; Canadian Federal Judge ordered the
Canadian government to release the video to the defense team after the court
ruled the
U.S. military's treatment of Khadr broke human rights laws, including the Geneva
Conventions; Tapes were made by U.S. authorities and are U.S. property,"
Charmaine
Noronha, Associated Press, July 15, 2008
d. View some of the released Khadr interrogation documents
a.
Capitalism," A comprehensive article on Capitalism including three articles from
the
Wikigroup: the article on capitalism, the article from Wikiquotes on capitalism,
and
the article on definitions of capitalism
a.
"Isn't there a better way to send China a message?," The truth about the May 8,
1999,
U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
a. Cold War Information and Resources
a. Flyer for People to People in Iran event in Troy, NY, on March 5, 2008
b. Directions to Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY
c. Peace and Sustainability Conference, Albany, NY, April 11-12
d.
Dr. Robert Bowman's visit to Pittsfield on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 (Time and place
to be announced) - This item contains information about Dr. Bowman, a letter
from him
to peace activists, and information from a flyer for his 2008 Patriot Tour
e. Iraqi Refugee Support Committee's Welcoming Picnic for Iraqi
refugees recently
relocated to the Albany area; hosted by the Islamic Center of the Capital
District;
sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Women’s Association for Family
Affairs, and
Women Against War; event to be held Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:30 –
5:30 pm (rain or shine).
f.
The
10th Anniversary Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference, "Nurturing
Peace,"
National Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine, Rt. 5,
Fonda, NY,
August 15-16, 2008
g.
Conference: How to Prevent War on Iran AND on the U.S.
Constitution;
DATE: Saturday,
October 18, 2008; PLACE: Susan B. Anthony Lounge of Berkshire Community College
(BCC), 1350 West St., Pittsfield, MA.; REGISTRATION TIMES: 8:30 to 9:00 AM;
Click
this link for full details and directions to the college.
h.
Conference: How to Prevent War on Iran AND on the U.S.
Constitution;
DATE: Saturday,
October 18, 2008; PLACE: Susan B. Anthony Lounge of Berkshire Community College
(BCC), 1350 West St., Pittsfield, MA.; REGISTRATION TIMES: 8:30 to 9:00 AM;
Click
this
link for full details of the conference, BUT NO DIRECTIONS TO THE COLLEGE.
i. Biographical sketch of Dr. Joseph Gerson, coming to the October 18 conference at BCC
j.
Biographical sketch of Dr. Joseph Gerson including lists of
books, recent articles,
important
speaking engagements, major campaigns and events organized, honors received,
and research-related travel
k.
"Empire, Its Consequences, and
the Search for Peace," Dr. Joseph Gerson, Speech
delivered at
Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, October 18, 2008.
This speech was delivered at a conference, “How to Prevent War on Iran AND on
the U.S.
Constitution.” After the conference, several people asked Dr. Gerson for a copy
of his
speech. He has graciously made it available to conference participants.
l.
"Reports from Discussion
Groups," October 18, 2008 Conference, “How to Prevent War
on Iran AND on the U.S. Constitution”
m. Directions to Berkshire Community College
n.
Teach-in on April 17, 2010, 1-5 PM, at the Edwards Church in Northampton.
Presented by
the Alliance for Peace and Justice. Partially funded by the Bruce
MacMillan Fund. Features
panelists Bruce Gagnon, Sut Jhally, and Michael Klare.
Constitution of the United States of America
a.
"Examination of Violent Crime and Freedom in American Society,"
a defense of
the individual's right to bear arms,
by Bruce L Jones, March 7, 1997
a. Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt, 1978 edition.
a. FBI Plants Fake Candidate in West Virginia Race
b. Ohio's 2004 election results: Amy Goodman's Dec. 17, 2007 interview of Harvey Wasserman
c.
Complete Ohio elections study report issued on December 14, 2007 - Project
Everest: Evaluation
and Validation of Election Related Equipment, Standards and Testing
a.
"Is the U.S. Really a Signatory to the U.N. Convention against
Genocide?", An Essay
against Genocide, by John Bart Gerald
Government Surveillance, Spying on Citizens, Fusion Centers, Real ID, etc.
A. Information Not from the U.S. Department of Justice
a.
"What about Fusion Centers and Real ID?", Information Compiled by the
American Civil Liberties Union, May 2009
b.
"Commonwealth Fusion Center," Information on the Fusion Center for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in Maynard, Massachusetts
c. Fusion Centers - Information extracted from Wikipedia article in May 2009
B. Information from the U.S. Department of Justice
a. "Fusion Centers and Information Sharing," U.S. Department of Justice
b.
"Defining Fusion Center
Technology Business Processes: A Tool for Planning,"
U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Department of Justice, April 2009
c.
"Baseline Capabilities for State and Major
Urban Area Fusion Centers," U.S.
Department of Justice, September 2008
d.
"National Criminal
Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP)," U.S. Department of Justice,
October 2003
e.
"Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement
Intelligence, Public Safety, and the
Private Sector Executive Summary," August 2006
f.
"Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement
Intelligence, Public Safety, and the
Private Sector" (Full Text of Document in PDF), U.S. Department of Justice,
August 2006
Gun Control and Second Amendment
a.
"Examination of Violent Crime and Freedom in
American Society," Bruce L. Jones, Inland
Empire Mensa, March 7, 1997 [This article contains many quotations from the
"Founding
Fathers" and others either directly or indirectly related to the right to bear
arms.]
b. Full text of the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290 (pdf version)
c. Full text of the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290 (html version)
d.
"District
of Columbia v. Heller,"
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, June n26, 2008
e.
"DC gun ban thrown out by
U.S. Supreme Court: Supreme Court rules in favor of gun
ownership rights," Mark Sherman, Associated Press, June 26, 2008
f.
"Landmark Ruling Enshrines Right to Own Guns," Linda Greenhouse, The New York
Times,
June 27, 2008
a. Holocaust Denial, a comprehensive article from Wikipedia
a. Articles of Impeachment of President George W. Bush, in the United States House of
Representatives, Monday, June 9th, 2008, A Resolution Offered and read in its entirety by Rep.
a.
Articles relating to the July 18, 2005, U.S.-India nuclear agreement, and the
U.S. coercion
placed on India to cast anti-Iran votes at IAEA meetings
b. "Gandhi
defends India-U.S. nuclear agreement: Major opposition in India over deal with
U.S.; pact’s ability to pass through India’s parliament in serious doubt;
government
releasing prisoners and bribing members of minor parties in effort to swing
election;
Sonia Gandhi denies deal has sacrificed ‘our independence in foreign policy’
despite
the known tie of pact to India’s votes against Iran at IAEA meetings,"
Chris Morris, BBC
News in Delhi, July 17, 2008
c. "IAEA approves India-specific Safeguards Agreement," AndhraNews.net, August 1, 2008
d.
"Nuclear Supplier Group OKs
Landmark U.S.-India Nuke Deal: India promises not to
allow proliferation; NSG approval follows last month’s IAEA signoff on
U.S.-India
agreement, William J. Kole,
Associated Press, September 6, 2008
e. "History and make-up of the Nuclear Suppliers Group," September 6, 2008
f. "Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement," From Wikipedia, September 6, 2008
g. Full Text of India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement of July 9, 2008 [Approved August 1, 2008]
h.
Full text of the Hyde Act, an act overwhelmingly passed by Congress setting
restrictions and
conditions on any exceptions from the 1954 Atomic Energy Act made for India in
the India-
United States nuclear agreement proposed by President George W. Bush
i. "The India-U.S. Nuclear Agreement: Ten Articles Relating to Important Events and Timelines"
j.
"Agreement for Cooperation
Between the Government of India and the Government of the
United States of America Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy," August 1,
2007
(This is the Full Text of the "123 Agreement" between India and the
United States)
k. "More
support in U.S. for Hyde Act than for the 123 Agreement," Pramit Pal
Chaudhary,
Hindustan Times, August 4, 2007
l.
"Full text of
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh’s
August 13, 2007, Nuclear-Deal Speech before
India's Parliament,"
Rediff India Abroad, August 13, 2007
m.
"Previously secret U.S. letters
produce several embarrassing revelations on nuclear deal,"
Brahma Chellaney, Rediff India Abroad, September 3, 2008
n.
"Secret letters say US will pull out of deal if India tests: Letters were kept
secret for nine
months. Letters were considered ‘sensitive’, because they reveal several 180
degree
discrepancies from what Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was telling the
members
of India’s Parliament," The Rediff News Bureau, September 3, 2008
International law and the U.S.
a. Iran and its government (Some information taken from the CIA's World Factbook for 2008)
b.
"A Sea Of Lies: The “Vincennes
Incident” off the coast of Iran on July 3, 1988; The inside
story of how an American naval vessel blundered into an attack on Iran Air
Flight 655 at the
height of tensions during the Iran-Iraq War, and how the Pentagon tried to cover
its tracks
after 290 innocent civilians died "
Roger Charles,
Newsweek,
July 13, 1992
c.
"Iran Signs Additional Protocol on
Nuclear Safeguards," IAEA Staff Report,
December 18, 2003
d.
Articles relating to the July 18, 2005, U.S.-India nuclear agreement, and the
U.S. coercion
placed on India to cast anti-Iran votes at IAEA meetings
e. "The 1997 IAEA Additional Protocol at a Glance," IAEA, January 2008
f.
"IAEA and Iran: Chronology of Key Events from September 2002 to November 2004,"
IAEA,
November 2004
g. Letter to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
i.
Items relating to the IAEA, the UN Security
Council, and the enrichment of
uranium by the
Republic of Iran
(from Joe Gerson's March 8, 2006 letter
supporting ElBaradei's call for
diplomacy with Iran to the present)
j. "Iran is not the cause of nuclear proliferation," Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs, May 20, 2008
k. "The Politics of Reporting on IAEA Reports," Farideh Farhi, Iran Affairs, Informed Comment: Public
l. "Iran did NOT violate the NPT," Cyrus Safdar, Iran Affairs, January 22, 2008
m. "Iran Nuclear Report: Don't believe the media reports, but read it for yourself," Cyrus
Safdari, Iran Affairs, May 27, 2008
n. IAEA Board of
Governors May 26, 2008 Report to the UN Security Council,
"Implementation
of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement and relevant provisions of Security
Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran"
(This
is the restricted report of ElBaradei which will be discussed at the June
meeting of the Board of
Governors
and will then almost certainly become the Board's report to the Security
Council.)
o. "New York Times again misrepresents IAEA report on Iran," Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs, May 27, 2008
p. "Remember, Bush threatened nuclear genocide against Iran,", Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs,
q. "ElBaradei under pressure to release report," Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency),
May 28, 2008 (This news article is the fairest of all news reports I've seen so far on
the ElBaradei report on Iran delivered to the IAEA Board of Governors on May 26,
2008, and leaked to the press soon after (apparently first to AFP). The report is now
available on the Internet both as an html file
[http://www.endusmilitarism.org/IAEA_Rpt_May_26_2008.html] and in its pdf format
[http://www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs/files/IAEA_Iran_Report_May2008.pdf]. The
report will be discussed by the IAEA Board of Governors in early June, at which time
it is expected to become the Board's own report. -- George Desnoyers)
r. Rice says there is no point in talking to Iran unless it stops its enrichment
program; says true diplomacy must be combined with pressure tactics (I
did not make that up), Matti Friedman, Associated Press, June 3, 2008
s. "Iran accepted Pickering Enrichment Proposal. Did anyone notice?," Robert Naiman, Daily
Kos, June 3, 2008 (This article analyzes the importance of a statement made by Mohammad
Khazaee, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations. Khazaee indicated that Iran will not stop
its enrichment program, but that Iran may accept a proposal to have the program managed by
an internationally owned consortium inside Iran that could produce nuclear fuel with Iranian
participation. A May 13 proposal by Iran to the UN secretary general suggested six months of
negotiations on regional security, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, energy cooperation, and
narcotics trafficking, as well as ways to improve international nuclear safeguards and monitoring
and prevent the diversion of nuclear material. This March 13 proposal had referred to the
consortium idea but had included no details. Nevertheless, the question arises, "Why aren't
people paying attention to Iran's May 13 proposal?")
t. "Iran will revise cooperation with IAEA if bias persists," Tehran Times Political Desk, June 2, 2008
u. "Latest IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program and the U.S. Media," Nader Bagherzadeh,
v. "NAM (presently representing 119 non-aligned countries, with 15 more countries having observer
status) behind Iran on nuclear question," CASMII and Press TV, June 4, 2008
w. "McCain at AIPAC: Drumbeats of War? McCain ignores facts and claims Tehran poses an
unacceptable risk," Aijaz Ahmad, The Real News, June 4, 2008
x.
"New security agreement lets US strike any country from inside
Iraq; Agreement calls for permanent
U.S. bases in Iraq, and also for U.S. supervision over Iraq's Defense, Interior,
and National Security
ministries, as well as armament contracts, for ten years;
Agreement effectively gives the United
States government control of Iraq's oil." Basil Adas, Gulf News Correspondent, June 03, 2008
y. "Analysis: Growing Talk of Attack on Iran," BBC, June 6, 2008
z. "U.S. Should Change Course and Hold Talks With Iran," George Desnoyers, Endusmilitarism,
aa. Iran's May 13, 2008, proposal to the United Nations for "Constructive negotiations" [Item includes
an introductory note, plus transcripts of both the one and one-half page cover letter which
accompanied the proposal and the two and one-half page proposal for negotiations itself.]
ab. "Bush again warns Iran 'all options' on table, including nuclear attack," BBC, June 11, 2008
ac. "Twenty Reasons to Oppose Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran," CASMII, November 9, 2007
ad.
1981 Algiers Accords [The
Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981, were brokered by the Algerian
government between the USA and Iran to resolve the Iran hostage crisis that
arose by the capture
of American citizens in the American embassy in Tehran and holding them hostage
for over 440
days. By this accord the American citizens were set free.
Among the provisions of the Accords, it
was stated: The U.S. would not intervene in Iranian
internal affairs.
There is considerable evidence
of clandestine operations by the U.S., British, and
Israeli agents who are arming, training and
funding terrorist entities such as Jundollah in
Baluchistan, Arab separatists in Khuzestan, and PJAK
in Kurdistan. U.S. participation in these
concrete attempts at promoting the disintegration of Iran, as
well as the 100 million dollars
in congressional funding for ‘democracy' promotion in Iran, clearly
violate the 1981 Algiers Accords, constitute aggression,
and are interference in Iran's domestic
affairs and Iranian people's rights of sovereignty.]
ae. "Israeli politician threatens Iran with attack over nukes," CNN, June 6, 2008
af. "War Against Iran Near: Bush accuses Iran of placing world in danger," June 14, 2008
ag.
"5+1 group welcomes Iran's diplomatic package: Jalili," Tehran Times Political
Desk, Associated
Press, June 23, 2008
ai. "Israeli air exercise probably message to Iran, U.S. official says," CNN, June 20, 2008
aj. "The Myth of Diplomacy with Iran," Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs, June 21, 2008
ak.
"Iran's
nuclear program?: The REAL issue behind the conflict,"
Cyrus Safdari,
Iran Affairs,
June 19,
2008
al. "EU nations agree to increase sanctions against Iran," CASMII & AFP, June 23, 2008
am.
"Bomb
Iran? What's to Stop Us?," Ray McGovern, Antiwar.com, June 20, 2008
[Ray McGovern was a
CIA analyst for 27 years – from the John F. Kennedy administration to that of
George H. W. Bush.
This article, especially the quotes it contains following
the 90-minute June 4 meeting between
George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, will
make clear to readers just how certainly
war against Iran is going to happen, and how soon it
almost certainly will occur. It is imperative that
antiwar activists act quickly and loudly.]
an. "Iran right and U.S. wrong on enrichment issue," George Desnoyers, June 23, 2008
ao.
"Pentagon 'three-day blitz' plan for Iran," Sarah Baxter, The Sunday Times
[London],
September 2, 2007
ap. "U.S. escalating covert operations [terrorism] against Iran," Reuters, June 29, 2008
aq.
"Bush
Administration Steps Up its Terrorist Activities in Iran:
Goal
is to prepare the
battlefield for a larger war aimed at regime change,"
Seymour M. Hersh, The New
Yorker,
July 7, 2008
ar.
"Iran's Nuclear Program: Sanctions or force? A false dilemma!", Cyrus Safdari,
Iran
Affairs,
June 28, 2008
as. "Warning from Israeli 'Spy': 12 Months to Iran Nukes," Cyrus Safdari, Iran
Affairs,
June 29, 2008
at.
"CASMII
Exclusive: Interview with Iran's Ambassador to IAEA,"
Mohammad Kamaali,
CASMII, Sunday, June 29, 2008 [In
this interview Dr Soltanieh explains the reasons
behind Iran's determination to develop an indigenous
uranium enrichment capability
and why Iran believes the countries pursuing or relying on
nuclear weapons are making
a mistake. He also gives his viewpoint on how
international institutions such as the UN
Security Council are in practice used as instruments of
political pressure by a select
few member states, ultimately undermining the authority
and credibility of those
institutions.]
au. "U.S.
Wants to Have It Both Ways on Iranian Non-intervention Pact," Reese Erlich,
The
Baltimore
Sun,
November 29, 2007
[The
1981 Algiers Accords, successfully defended by Bush as
legally binding on the U.S. (with a 2004 Appeals Court
victory), declares, “It is now and will
be the policy of the United States not to intervene,
directly or indirectly, politically or
militarily, in Iran’s internal affairs."]
av.
"CIA agent:
Evidence that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program was ignored,
Cyrus
Safdari,
Iran Affairs,
July 01, 2008
aw. Information
on Two Important
AIPAC-Sponsored
Congressional Bills
Relating to Iran (as of
July 1, 2008)
ax.
"U.S. admiral urges caution on
Iran," Justin Webb, BBC News, July 2, 2008
ay.
"Anniversary of a Massacre: The
USS Vincennes Incident of July 3, 1988," Cyrus Safdari,
Iran Affairs, July 3, 2008
az.
"U.S. admiral: Iran strike on
Israel 'likely'," Amir Oren, Haaretz.com, July 4, 2008
ba.
"Response expected tomorrow on world
powers’ incentives package to Iran," Reuters,
July 04, 2008
bb.
"Iran Issues Response to Nuclear
Offer from 5+1: Iran Responds Obliquely to Nuclear
Plan," Elaine Sciolino, The New York Times, July 5, 2008
bc.
"U.S. Exports to Iran
Increased More than Tenfold During Bush Years:
U.S. ships
cigarettes, bras, more to Iran," Sharon Theimer, Associated Press, July 8, 2008
bd. "New U.S. nuclear sanctions placed on Iran," BBC News, July 8, 2008
be.
"Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad Plays Down War Talk: Ahmadinejad
displays ignorance of U.S. system; says American people will not allow Bush to
start war against Iran," BBC News, July 8, 2008
bf.
"U.S. tells Iran to not test
any more missiles: Pentagon plumbing
Iran's latest missile
tests for clues on Iran’s capabilities," Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, July
9, 2008
bg.
"Iran missile
test called 'provocative'; But Israel’s
recent 200-plane exercise in the
Mediterranean wasn’t?,"
BBC News, July 9, 2008
bh.
"Iran "heightens tension" in
Mideast with rocket tests ...really?," Cyrus Safdari, Iran
Affairs,
July 09, 2008
bi.
"Seymour
Hersh: U.S. Training Jondollah and MEK for Bombing Preparation," CASMII,
July 8, 2008
bj.
"Bush
turns to diplomacy (?) to deter Iran; If
Iran will suspend its fully legal enrichment
activities, the 5+1 will suspend their illegal sanctions. But use of force still
threatened.,"
Barry Schweid, Associated Press, July 10, 2008
bk.
"Iran test-fires more
missiles in Persian Gulf," Nasser
Karimi, Associated Press,
July 10, 2008
bl. "McCain again jokes about killing Iranians," MD/HGH, Stop War on Iran, July 9, 2008
bm.
"Red
Alert - Apparent Missing Nuclear Weapon could be used for cover story to launch
globally catastrophic war against Russian ally, Iran; It could be used in a
'terrorist'
strike against a U.S. target, for which Iran would be blamed and then
'obliterated,'
possibly (depending on timing) providing McCain with the bump he needs to win
the
U.S. presidency,"
Edited by George Adams, The Canadian – Canada’s new socially
progressive and cross-cultural national newspaper,
July 11, 2008
bn. "A Letter from Iran to the U.S. Congress," by Mehrdad (Khalil) Shahabi, July 8, 2008
bo.
"Ahmadinejad
favors expanded contact between Iranian, U.S. citizens,"
Tehran
Times,
July 14, 2008
bp.
"President
George W. Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on Iran; Bush has already given
the
‘amber light’ to Israel, and claims the right to give the ‘green light’ for an
Israeli attack
on Iran,"
Uzi Mahnaimi,
Sunday Times
[London],
July 13, 2008
bq.
"The Legal
Case Against War With Iran," Mary
Ellen O’Connell, Jurist,
University of
Pittsburgh School of Law, February 13, 2007
br.
"How to Get Justice for
Ahmadinejad: Rationalizing war against
Iran," Michael M. Rosen,
TCS Daily, January 12, 2007
bs.
"Retired
Military Leaders Oppose Provocative House Resolution on Iran,"
CASMII
[Source: Council for a Livable World], July 13, 2008
bt.
"U.S. sees participation in
Iran talks as 'smart step': Bush sends envoy to
participate in
talks; stuns world by doing something smart," Sue Pleming,
Reuters, July 16, 2008
bu.
"U.S.
to establish presence in Tehran: UK Guardian: Bush move an endorsement of
Obama's stance on talks with Iran,"
Andrew
Dobbie and Sue Pleming,
Reuters,
July 17, 2008
bv.
"Gandhi
defends India-U.S. nuclear agreement: Major opposition in India over deal with
U.S.; pact’s ability to pass through India’s parliament in serious doubt;
government
releasing prisoners and bribing members of minor parties in effort to swing
election;
Sonia Gandhi denies deal has sacrificed ‘our independence in foreign policy’
despite
the known tie of pact to India’s votes against Iran at IAEA meetings,"
Chris Morris, BBC
News
in Delhi, July 17, 2008
bw.
"Live Debate over Iran's Nuclear Program:
Zimmerman(?) responds to
Casey, and Cyrus
Safdari umpires,"
Iran Affairs,
July 16, 2008
bx.
"Six world powers to give
non-power Iran a test: 5+1 will test Iran's desire to end nuclear
row at the expense of its right to enrich;
U.S. envoy will make an appearance at talks, but
U.S. insists that ‘real negotiations’ can only begin after Iran has verifiably
stopped its fully
legal
uranium enrichment program; Iran maintains its enrichment program will not
be
stopped, even if a suspension of illegal UN sanctions is promised in return,"
Mark John,
Reuters,
July 18, 2008
by.
"Iran
'appeasement' the last time: This is not the first time Iran has been threatened
with
the
use of force because it wanted to be in control of its own energy resources,"
Cyrus
Safdari,
Iran Affairs, July 19, 2008
bz. "‘Diplomacy’
[Bush-style] failed!
Real diplomacy was never tried!
Iran
didn't cave in to our
threats and ultimatums; Iran
refuses to stop its fully legal enrichment activities for a
promise
that the illegal sanctions against Iran will be lifted," Cyrus Safdari,
Iran Affairs,
July 19, 2008
ca.
"Obama urges Iran to end
dispute: Obama tells Iran to freeze its nuclear enrichment
program; calls program ‘illicit;’ offers no explanation as to why Iran hasn’t
the same right to
a full-cycle nuclear energy program as all other signatories to the NPT," BBC,
July 26, 2008
cb. "Non-Aligned Movement countries endorse Iran's nuclear stance: July 31, 2008
cc.
"U.S.
reaffirms weekend deadline for Iran in nuclear showdown,"
Lachlan
Carmichael,
AFP,
August 2, 2008
cd.
"Ahmadinejad
says Iran won't give up nuclear rights: President says Iran will not give up ‘a
single iota' of its nuclear rights; deadline imposed by 5+1 is rebuffed; Iran
remains open to
international talks as it had proposed earlier,"
Nasser Karami, Associated Press, August
3, 2008
ce.
"Attacking Iran Because of South
Ossetia:
Could the conflict
between Russia and Georgia
be the excuse the Bush administration has been looking for to bomb Iran? Will
the Bush
team accept that the last major confrontation between it and the ‘bad guys’ will
be one that
the ‘bad guys’ won? Or will the Bush administration lash out in what they deem
is a ‘blaze
of glory’ by attacking Iran, a fight they feel they can’t lose?,"
Stephen Kinzer, UK Guardian,
August 20, 2008
cf.
"Driving
Force of U.S. Policy toward Iran? The U.S. Raid on the Nuclear Fuel Market,"
Rudo
de Ruijter,
Independent researcher,
March 2, 2007
cg. Iran's Agreement with the IAEA - December 13, 1974
ch.
"An Objective
Analysis of Ahmadinejad’s ‘World Without Zionism’ Speech:
Let’s go beyond
the cut & paste snippets which caused the ruckus, and objectively look at the
speech’s
structure, purpose, and context. Only after filling in these blanks, omitted in
nearly all of
the world’s press reports, does one learn the truth, that Ahmadinejad’s words –
even if
unwise in their timing – were neither new for Iran, nor surprising.", Arzu
Celalifer, [With some
editing by G. J. Desnoyers],
Turkish Weekly, October 30, 2005 (This article is especially
good in its explanation of the context of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s
October 25,
2005, speech, “The World Without Zionism,” delivered to approximately 3000
students in
Tehran. When the context of the speech is understood, even if Ahmadinejad did
say “wipe
Israel
off the map,” which has been seriously disputed, the speech should still not
have
created the furious uproar it did.)
ci.
"Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and Israel,"
From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia, August 26,
2008
cj
"Message to the American People
from Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,"
November
28, 2006
ck. "‘Wiped off the Map’ – The Rumor of the Century," Arash Norouzi, January 25, 2007
cl.
"Statement
by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Iran's Nuclear Issue," CASMII Press
Release, August 23, 2008 (Full text of NAM statement included)
cm.
"Nuclear Supplier Group OKs
Landmark U.S.-India Nuke Deal: India promises not to
allow proliferation; NSG approval follows last month’s IAEA signoff on
U.S.-India
agreement, William J. Kole,
Associated Press, September 6, 2008
cn. "Iran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is freely interviewed on NPR: Morning Edition's
Steve Inskeep interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on September 22,
2008; President Bush refuses to submit to similar open interview,"
Joel Riddle, National
Public Radio, September 22, 2008 [Includes full text of the Ahmadinejad
interview]
co.
IAEA Director General’s September 15, 2008, Report on Iran [The report itself,
in html
followed by an analysis by Cyrus Safdari of Iran Affairs]
cp.
"Re-framing
the nuclear dispute: The logical near-impossibility of disproving a negative
requires the Iranian government to re-frame the nuclear enrichment controversy,"
Cyrus
Safdari,
Iran Affairs, September 24, 2008
cq.
"New National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) Issued by Sixteen U.S.
Spy Agencies: NIE
says Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003," Pamela Hess, Associated
Press, December 3, 2007
cr.
"Director General Mohamed ElBaradei Opens IAEA
Meeting with Address to the Board
of Governors," September 29, 2008 [Four articles, including the full text of
ElBaradei's
opening statement]
cs. "Iran and ‘clandestine nuclear activity’", Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs, September 29, 2008
[This excellent short article explains well the spin placed on IAEA reports in
order to
make it appear that Iran is guilty of 'clandestine nuclear activity' when there
is absolutely
no evidence that is the case.]
ct.
"The Alleged Iranian 'Speedboat Incident' of January
6, 2008:
the 'gunboat-incident-that-never-was'," a collection of four articles [Note:
To understand
the possible implications of the "gunboat-incident-that-never-was,"
these four
articles
should be compared with the truth about the Vincennes Incident of July 3, 1988,
paying
particular attention to the provocative nature of the mission the Vincennes was
on. Also,
there is a lot of similarity between the January 6, 2008,
gunboat-incident-that-never-was
and the fictitious event Lyndon B Johnson used to justify ramping up the Vietnam
War. In
August 1964, the U.S. claimed the North Vietnamese navy attacked two of their
destroyers. Recent releases of previously classified information by the U.S.
National
Archives show conclusively that the U.S. government knew "no attack happened
that
night"; they just wanted a casus belli.]
cu.
"Iran:
Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities," National Intelligence Estimate (NIE),
November 2007
(Released to Public in December 2007)
cv.
"Iranian
FM Mottaki Reveals How the U.S. Launders its Bullshit," Cyrus Safdari, Iran
Affairs,
October 3, 2008
cw.
"U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Activity -- Cultural Intelligence for Military
Activity: Iran,"
A comprehensive Cultural Field Guide to Iran, UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
cx.
"Inside Iran's
Fury: Scholars
trace the nation's antagonism to its history of domination
by foreign powers,"
Stephen Kinzer, Smithsonian, October 2008
cy.
"Joint Experts' Statement on Iran," Ambassador Thomas Pickering et al., November
2008
cz.
"U.S. invites Iran to conference on Afghanistan,"
Robert Burns And Anne Gearan,
Associated Press, March 5, 2009
da.
"Obama reaches out to Iran with video message,"
Philip Elliott, Associated Press,
March 20, 2009
db.
"Iran's
supreme leader dismisses Obama's videotaped overtures;
Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei wants to see new behaviors from the U.S., not new words,"
Ali Akbar
Dareini, Associated Press, March 21, 2009
dc.
"How
high did Khamenei set the bar in his response to Obama? Iran's response to
U.S. is called a sign of theocracy's mind-set,"
Brian Murphy, Associated Press,
a. UN's November 29, 1947, Partition Plan for Palestine
b. UN's November 29, 1947, Partition Plan for Palestine (pdf format)
c. Israel's "Land Redemption" Program
d.
"The Lavon Affair:
Israel bombs UK and US targets in Egypt; targets bombed on July 2
and July 14, 1954; Israeli President Moshe Katsav publicly honors the surviving
operatives in March, 2005, and presents each with a certificate of
appreciation,"
Wikipedia, July 19, 2008
e. List of UN Resolutions Concerning Israel
f. Sixty-five UN Security Council Resolution against Israel from 1955 to 1992
g.
May 14, 2008 to mark sixty years of Middle East division
h.
"A Human Rights Crime in Gaza," a trip report by Jimmy Carter, May 9, 2008
i.
"Sixty Years of Palestinian Displacement, Occupation and Suffering," Stephen
Lendman, May 8, 2008
j.
Chronology of Palestine (1876-1949) and Information Related to the Nakba
(Catastrophe, Cataclysm)
k. "On the Future of Israel and Palestine: An Interview with Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky," Frank Barat,
l. "U.S. admiral: Iran strike on Israel 'likely'," Amir Oren, Haaretz.com, July 4, 2008
m.
"Israel's
Olmert says peace deal closer than ever,"
Amy Teibel, Associated
Press,
July 13, 2008
n. "AIPAC
spying trial date set for October 28, 2008,"
Cyrus Safdari, Iran
Affairs,
July 17, 2008
a.
"A Sunday in Baghdad's Shorja Market With John McCain," Frank
Rich, New York
Times, April 8, 2008
b.
"McCain
believes Iraq war can be won by 2013: Candidate
gives mystical speech
revealing
conditions at the end of his first term,"
Glen Johnson, Associated Press,
May 15, 2008
c. "McCain
(MIs)Speaks: How the experts - and John McCain - got nearly everything
wrong on Iraq,"
Christopher
Cerf, Victor S. Navasky, and Tom Engelhardt,
From
TomDispatch,
May 30, 2008
d.
"John
McCain’s 'Stroll' through the Shorja Market, One Year Later:
How McCain
Flunked the Test,"
Joseph A. Palermo,
April 1, 2008
e. "McCain aide hopes for terror attack on U.S.", BBC, June 24, 2008
f.
"McCain
adviser Gramm quits campaign after embarrassingly idiotic 'whiners'
remark,"
Devlin Barrett,
Associated Press, July 18, 2008
g. "Who the hell is Sarah Palin? Let us tell you.," MoveOn, July 30, 2008
h.
"McCain throws fit: says
Rep. John Lewis unfair to remark on McCain’s campaign
almost entirely made of negative advertisements," Ann Sanner,
Associated Press,
October
13, 2008
A. Mexico (Non-Zapatista)
B. Zapatistas
a. "Emiliano Zapata," Article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
b.
"The
Zapatistas,"
Zapatista Army of National Liberation [EZLN], From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
a. Hey, what's the difference between ethics and morality?
a. Quotations: Native Americans Meet the White People
a. Chronology of NATO's 1999 Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia (over Kosovo), March 24 to June 24
b.
"Poland rejects U.S. missile
shield offer," Patryk Wasilewski and
Gareth Jones, Reuters,
Friday, July 4, 2008
c.
"United
States troops trained Georgian troops up to just days before Georgia’s invasion
of South
Ossetia: Georgian [USA] boy helped train Georgian troops; Soldier returned home
just days before
invasion,"
Alexander Cain,
The Union-Recorder,
Milledgeville, Georgia
[USA], August 20, 2008
b. 200 Tactics of Nonviolence from Gene Sharp's 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolence
Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
a. Toward True Security: Ten Steps the Next President Should Take to Transform U.S. Nuclear
Policy (A February 2008 report by the Federation of American Scientists, Union of Concerned
Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, and several independent experts in nuclear
b.
"Driving
Force of U.S. Policy toward Iran? The U.S. Raid on the Nuclear Fuel Market,"
Rudo
de Ruijter,
Independent researcher,
March 2, 2007
c. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Members
d.
THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ( NPT ),
Signed -
July 1, 1968,
Became Effective - March
5, 1970, and Extended Indefinitely - May 11, 1995
e. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - Wikipedia article as of August 26, 2008
f. "IAEA approves India-specific Safeguards Agreement," AndhraNews.net, August 1, 2008
g.
"Nuclear Supplier Group OKs
Landmark U.S.-India Nuke Deal: India promises not to
allow proliferation; NSG approval follows last month’s IAEA signoff on
U.S.-India
agreement, William J. Kole,
Associated Press, September 6, 2008
h. "History and make-up of the Nuclear Suppliers Group," September 6, 2008
i. Full Text of India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement of July 9, 2008 [Approved August 1, 2008]
j. "Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement," From Wikipedia, September 6, 2008
k.
"Arms
Control Association Comments on Proposed Indo-U.S. Nuclear Pact:
U.S. proposal
for India-specific exemption from Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines circulated.
Despite
Congressional warnings, the proposal fails to include
the Hyde Act conditions and
restrictions." Arms Control Association, August 13, 2008
l.
Full text of the Hyde Act, an act overwhelmingly passed by Congress setting
restrictions and
conditions on any exceptions from the 1954 Atomic Energy Act made for India in
the India-
United States nuclear agreement proposed by President George W. Bush
m.
"Reinforcing
the Global Nuclear Order for
Peace and
Prosperity: The Role
of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond," A
Report prepared by an independent Commission of
Eminent Persons at the request of the Director General of the International
Atomic Energy
Agency, May 2008
A. Articles About the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb Against Japan in WW II
a.
"The Gar Alperovitz Discussion: The Discussion Resulting from
the Publication of Gar
Alperovitz's book, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, and a Review of
the Book
by John Bonnett" [This item is given first because of
its thoroughness. It is
perhaps
the best discussion of the decision to use the atomic bomb that can
be found on the Internet.]
b.
"Hiroshima:
Was it Necessary,"
Doug Long, copyright
©
1995-2000
[This is
an excellent
article covering most of the important questions asked and/or debated relative
to the
subject.
Be sure not to miss the section on "Additional thoughts
relative to the article."]
c.
"Was President Truman Duped?
Contrast: Harry S. Truman’s Diary Versus the
Official
Bombing Order He Signed on July 25, 1945, and also Versus the Minutes of the May
10-11, 1945, Meeting of the Targeting Committee
d.
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Who
Disagreed? Quotations from notable dissenters over the
the use of atomic bombs against Japanese cities," compiled by Doug Long
e.
"International
Law on the Bombing of Civilians," a
compilation by Gene Dannen, [Note:
The compilation is not intended to be exhaustive. Instead, it is intended
to illustrate the
general principles involved, especially in relation to the bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.]
f.
"The Franck
Report," Report of the Committee on Political
and Social Problems,
June 11,
1945. The Franck Report,
written by a seven-man panel of Manhattan Project
scientists at the
University of Chicago, urged that the atomic bomb be
demonstrated "before the eyes of
representatives of all United Nations, on the desert or a
barren island." The Report continued:
"The
best possible atmosphere for the achievement of an international agreement [on
control of
nuclear weapons] could be achieved if America would be
able to say to the world, 'You see
what weapon we had but did not use. We are ready to
renounce its use in the future and to join
other nations in working out adequate supervision of the
use of this nuclear weapon.' This may
sound fantastic, but then in nuclear weapons we have something entirely new in
the order of
magnitude of destructive power, and if we want to capitalize fully on the
advantage which its
possession gives us, we must use new and imaginative methods. After such a
demonstration
the weapon could be used against Japan if a sanction of the United Nations (and
of the public
opinion at home) could be obtained, perhaps after a preliminary ultimatum to
Japan to
surrender or at least to evacuate a certain region as an alternative to the
total destruction of this
target."
The Franck Report of June 11, 1945, accurately predicted
the nuclear armaments race
that took place because the politicians did not heed the
warnings given by the seven
enlightened men who wrote the report.
g.
Minutes
of White House meeting on Monday, June 18, 1945, at 1530, Three Versions [Three
versions of the minutes were declassified and released: the Original Version,
before any
corrections; the Second Version, after one round of corrections; and the Final
Version, after
two rounds of corrections]
h.
"President Truman Did Not Understand: An interview
of Dr. Leo Szilard, the first scientist who
conceived of how an atomic bomb could be built," U.S. News & World Report,
August 15, 1960
i.
"The Decision to Drop the Atomic
Bomb: Truman and the Bomb, a Documentary History," Robert
H. Ferrell, 1996 (Contains descriptions of the book's chapters and links to
important documents
related
to President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japanese cities
j.
"President
Truman’s Deception of the Nation as to the Nature of the First Japanese Target
of the
Atomic Bomb," Excerpt from President Truman's Speech to the Nation on August 9,
1945. (In
a
radio speech to the nation on August 9, 1945, President
Truman called Hiroshima "a military
base." It seems likely, considering his July
25 diary entry, that he was not aware that Hiroshima
was a city. Otherwise, he was being untruthful about the nature of the target.
See item above:
"Was President Truman Duped?," which contrasts Truman's diary entry for July 25,
1945, with the
official bombing order he signed on the same day and with the minutes of the May
10-11, 1945,
meeting of the Targeting Committee which indicate that the Committee favored
bombing a city
with a large population over bombing a purely military target.)
k. "Methodology for Estimating Casualties or KIA," George Desnoyers, August 2008
l.
"Casualty
Estimates: D. M. Giangreco’s Rebuttal of Barton J. Bernstein," July 31, 1998.
(This article
is important on the subject of WW II casualty estimates for a proposed invasion
of Japan. It
is
especially thorough on the estimate of 63,000 casualties
made by Fleet Admiral William D.
Leahy. That
estimate was ultimately accepted by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space
Museum during the long [1981-2004] fight over the Museum's Enola Gay exhibit.)
m. "Fleet Admiral William D.
Leahy’s Estimate of 63,000 American Casualties in an Invasion of
Japan, and the Use of the Number by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space
Museum," Excerpt
from: "Casualty
Estimates: D. M. Giangreco’s Rebuttal of Barton J. Bernstein,” July 31, 1998
n. Chronology on Decision to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
o.
Tainted Decision: The Atom Bomb and America's Rush to End World War II,
Major Lee T.
Wyatt, III (U.S. Army), 1986
p.
"CASUALTY PROJECTIONS FOR THE U.S. INVASIONS OF
JAPAN, 1945-1946: PLANNING
AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS," D. M. Giangreco, Journal of Military History,
61 (July 1997):
521-82 (Article also on line at
http://home.kc.rr.com/casualties/ )
q.
"Atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
September
9, 2008
r.
"Operation
Downfall: The U.S. Plan to Invade Japan to Force Surrender, From Wikipedia, the
free
encyclopedia, September 9, 2008
s.
"Debate
over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," a pretty thorough
presentation
of arguments pro and con,
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
B. Policy Related Articles
a. Eight Reasons Why U.S. Field Commanders May Use Nuclear Weapons (U.S. policy)
b. Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan, but Again Rejects a "No first use pledge" - September 11, 2005
c. Toward True Security: Ten Steps the Next President Should Take to Transform U.S. Nuclear
Policy (A February 2008 report by the Federation of American Scientists, Union of Concerned
Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, and several independent experts in nuclear
d.
"Reinforcing
the Global Nuclear Order for
Peace and
Prosperity: The Role
of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond," A
Report prepared by an independent Commission of
Eminent Persons at the request of the Director General of the International
Atomic Energy
Agency, May 2008
e. "U.S. nuclear weapons decline charged in technology, handling, and deterrent capabilities,"
Robert Burns, Associated Press, October 26, 2008
C. Threatening the Use of Nuclear Weapons
a. "The
Words None Dare Say: Nuclear War," by George Lakoff,
CommonDreams.org,
Feb. 28, 2007
b.
"U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now," Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen,
Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists,
September/October, 2006 (html version)
c. "U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now," Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists, September/October, 2006 (pdf version)
d. "Remember, Bush threatened nuclear genocide against Iran,", Cyrus Safdari, Iran Affairs,
e. "Bush again warns Iran 'all options' on table, including nuclear attack," BBC, June 11, 2008
f.
"Empire and Nuclear Weapons," by
Joseph Gerson, Foreign Policy in Focus, December 4,
2007, Edited by John Feffer, an adaptation from the book, Empire and the Bomb,
Joseph
Gerson, University of Michigan Press, 2007
a. Barack Obama's March 18, 2008 racial division speech in Philadelphia, "A More Perfect Union"
b. "Obama Is a True Expansionist," John Pilger, http://www.antiwar.com, June 13, 2008
c.
"Barack
Obama's First Day as President: How Obama could achieve more popularity
worldwide than even Muhammad Ali ever had," George Desnoyers, November 9, 2008
d.
"Obama to use executive orders
for immediate impact," Stephen
Ohlemacher,
Associated Press, November 9, 2008
e.
"Obama's
true colors: Black, white, or neither?",
Jesse Washington,
Associated Press
December 13, 2008
f. Inaugural Address of President Obama, Tuesday, January 20, 2009
g.
"Obama
sides with Bush on Bagram detainees;
President decides to refuse Bagram
detainees habeas corpus rights,"
Agence France Presse, February 21, 2009
h.
"Nine
Secret Bush-Era Documents Released: Nine Secret
Memos Said to Provide a Blueprint
for Police State,"
truthdig.com, March 4, 2009
i.
"U.S. invites Iran to conference on Afghanistan,"
Robert Burns And Anne Gearan,
Associated
Press, March 5, 2009
j.
"Obama reaches out to Iran with video message,"
Philip Elliott, Associated Press,
March 20, 2009
k.
"Justice
Department Releases Four More Bush Administration Torture Memos: Bradbury
and Bybee
memos are released in response to long-running ACLU lawsuits; Obama
promises criminals they will not be prosecuted by his Department of
Justice; The
Nuremberg Defense (“I just did what I was told; they said it was legal.”)
persuades Obama
to allow torturers to get off scot free.", ACLU,
April 16, 2009
a.
"Poland rejects U.S. missile
shield offer," Patryk Wasilewski and
Gareth Jones, Reuters,
Friday, July 4, 2008
a. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Includes articles and complete poll results)
b. NY Times/CBS NEWS Poll published April 4, 2008 (Complete poll in pdf format)
c. Results from Polls on Religion and Public Life [to April 2008]
a. Barack Obama's March 18, 2008 racial division speech in Philadelphia, "A More Perfect Union"
b.
"Race questions cast doubt
on presidential polls: Doubts raised concerning the “Wilder Effect”
(or "Bradley Effect"); Do whites still lie to pollsters about willingness to
vote for a black candidate?,"
Jesse Washington, Associated Press, August 12, 2008
a. Results from Polls on Religion and Public Life [to April 2008]
a.
"Bush, doing poorly at home,
tries his hand at running Russia and ranking the world's
governments;
Just being 'friendly,' and demonstrating his 'good relationship,' Bush
says Russians have derailed reforms," Jennifer Loven, Associated Press, June 5,
2007
b.
"U.S. criticizes 'bellicose'
Russia: U.S. belittles Russia's concerns over the U.S. tracking
radar deal with the Czech Republic as being a threat to Russia which must be
countered,"
BBC News, July 8, 2008
c.
"Rice advises Russia on how to behave:
Says
Russia should back off regional threats
and just accept U.S. missile defense system in Europe,"
Anne Gearan, Associated
Press, July 9, 2008
d.
"Provoke Russia and Get Georgia in Trouble, But Attack Iran:
Could the conflict between
Russia
and Georgia
be the excuse the
Bush administration has been looking for to bomb
Iran?
Will the Bush team accept that the last
major confrontation between it and the ‘bad
guys’ will be one that the ‘bad guys’ won?
Or will the Bush administration lash out in what
they deem is a ‘blaze of glory’ by attacking
Iran, a fight they feel they can’t lose?,"
Stephen Kinzer, UK Guardian, August 20, 2008
e.
"Bush
tells Russia not to recognize Georgia's breakaway provinces:
U.S. president, not
doing so well at home, tries hand at ruling Russia,"
Jeremy Pelofsky,
Reuters,
August 25,
2008
f.
"United
States troops trained Georgian troops up to just days before Georgia’s invasion
of South
Ossetia: Georgian [USA] boy helped train Georgian troops; Soldier returned home
just days before
invasion,"
Alexander Cain,
The Union-Recorder,
Milledgeville, Georgia
[USA], August 20, 2008
a. Articles on U.S. Involvement and Bombings in Somalia
Sudan (and Darfur)
a.
"International Criminal Court to
Look into Sudan War Crimes," Anthony Deutsch,
Associated
Press, June 5, 2005
b.
"Iran and Sudan accuse U.S.
of creating Mideast strife," Aziz El-Kaissouni, Reuters,
February 28, 2007
c.
"Federal judge rules against
Sudan in bombing of USS Cole," Sonja Barisic,
Associated Press, March 14, 2007
d.
"United Nations Approves
Darfur Peacekeeping Force," Edith M. Lederer,
Associated
Press, August 1, 2007
e.
"Dangers to UN staff increase
following ICC arrest warrant for President Bashir; ICC
prosecutor
attempts to have Sudanese President Omar Bashir arrested; Sudan’s
Foreign Ministry refuses to recognize the ICC and says any of its decisions are
“non-existent”;
non-essential UN staff to be evacuated," BBC, July 14, 2008
f.
"Sudan to conduct its own
Darfur trials," Sarah El Deeb,
Associated Press,
October 13, 2008
a. U.S. Torture Policy Goes to the Top
b.
Full Text of John Yoo's 81-page March 14, 2003 Torture Memo (Memo finally
released on April 1, 2008)
c.
John Yoo's infamous Torture memo of March 14, 2003 - Part 1 (first 39 pages in
pdf format)
d. John Yoo's infamous Torture Memo of March 14, 2003 - Part 2 (pages 40-81 in pdf format)
e. "Broken
Laws, Broken Lives:
Medical Evidence of Torture by
U.S. Personnel and Its
Impact,"
A
Report
by Physicians for Human Rights, June 2008
(html version for easier navigation through report)
f. "Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by U.S. Personnel and its Impact," A Report
by Physicians for Human Rights, June 2008 (pdf version for better accuracy, especially in footnotes)
g.
"Inside the Interrogation and
Torture of a 9/11 Mastermind," Scott Shane, The New York Times,
June 22, 2008 (A largely sanitized and self-serving account of U.S. torture and
interrogation; U.S.
excuses torture on grounds of worries over new 9/11 style attacks)
h. "British
soldiers commit sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14; Brits prove themselves
in
same league as U.S. when it comes to torture and abuse;
Just days after the MoD has to
pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse
emerge," Andrew Johnson, UK Independent, Sunday, July 13, 2008
i.
"Canadian
Judge Finds Treatment of Omar Khadr Described by U.S. Official Violated
Human Rights,"
CBC,
June 25, 2008
j. "Canada
Complicit in Torture of Canadian, Omar Khadr, 16:
PM Harper says
Canada
won't intervene despite latest Khadr developments,"
CBC, July 10, 2008
k.
"Gitmo
video offers glimpse of torture & interrogations of Canadian, Omar Khadr, 16:
Pentagon denies Khadr was mistreated; Canadian Federal Judge ordered the
Canadian government to release the video to the defense team after the court
ruled the
U.S. military's treatment of Khadr broke human rights laws, including the Geneva
Conventions; Tapes were made by U.S. authorities and are U.S. property,"
Charmaine
Noronha, Associated Press, July 15, 2008
l. View some of the released Khadr interrogation documents
m. "MPs
call for inquiry into MI5 role in torture of Brits: New allegations that abuse
of Britons
was outsourced to Pakistani agencies,"
Ian Cobain,
The Guardian, July 15,
2008
n.
"Justice
Department Releases Four More Bush Administration Torture Memos: Bradbury
and Bybee
memos are released in response to long-running ACLU lawsuits; Obama
promises criminals they will not be prosecuted by his Department of
Justice; The
Nuremberg Defense (“I just did what I was told; they said it was legal.”)
persuades Obama
to allow torturers to get off scot free.", ACLU,
April 16, 2009
a.
"Court cases sharpen Turkey
divide: Speculation rampant over political parties’ intentions
and depth of support; military coup among worries; country severely divided
between
advocates of Islamic rule and advocates of secular rule,"
Roger Hardy, BBC News,
July 14, 2008
a. Statement by Respect Coalition Party MP George Galloway on the July 7, 2005 subway bombings
b. "British
soldiers commit sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14; Brits prove themselves
in
same league as U.S. when it comes to torture and abuse;
Just days after the MoD has to
pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse
emerge," Andrew
Johnson, UK Independent,
Sunday, July 13, 2008
c.
"MPs
call for inquiry into MI5 role in torture of Brits: New allegations that abuse
of Britons
was outsourced to Pakistani agencies,"
Ian Cobain,
The Guardian, July 15,
2008
a. UN's November 29, 1947, Partition Plan for Palestine
b. UN's November 29, 1947, Partition Plan for Palestine (pdf format)
c. UN Security Council Reform: An urgent need, and what should be done
d.
Information
Gathered by UNSCOM Was Shared with the U.S. Military and Used in Targeting
During the December 1998 Operation Desert Fox Bombings of Iraq (a collection of
articles)
United States Supreme Court
a.
Full text of the Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Sandford, March 6,
1857 (Dred Scott Decision)
b.
Full text of the Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Sandford, March 6, 1857
(Dred Scott Decision) (pdf format)
d. Supreme Court to torture victim, "Drop dead!"
e. Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. - U.S. Supreme Court (1st Amendment case)
h. Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. White
i.
Supreme Court's Decision on Habeus Corpus Rights of Guantanamo Detainees,
BOUMEDIENE ET
AL. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.
j. Full text of the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290 (pdf version)
k. Full text of the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290 (html version)
a. Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
b. Why do Pat Robertson and Some Other Rick Folk Want Hugo Chavez
Assassinated? (Or, Good Things Happening in Venezuela)
a. "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" - Rev. M. L. King
a.
"Roadmap
for Peace:
More than 30 organizations agree: Our current foreign policy
hasn’t worked.",
With AFSC leadership, more than 30 organizations developed
five
key principles
on war, weapons, sustainable agriculture, the environment, and human
rights.
b.
"Listening
Process," WIN
Magazine,
Special Issue devoted to growing the peace
and antiwar movement, Spring/Summer 2008, June 23, 2008.
b.
"International
Law on the Bombing of Civilians," a
compilation by Gene Dannen, [Note:
The compilation is not intended to be exhaustive. Instead, it is intended
to illustrate the
general principles involved, especially in relation to the bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.]
c. "Law of War," a fairly comprehensive article from Wikipedia with many links and references
d. Charter of the United Nations
e. Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, from Wikipedia, with full text of the Treaty added
f. "A Short History of War Law," [International Law and UK Law]
Yugoslavia & successor states
a. Chronology of NATO's 1999 Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia (over Kosovo), March 24 to June 24
b. "A Review of NATO's 1999 War Over Kosovo," Noam Chomsky, Z Magazine, April-May, 2001
d. "What NATO Should Do in Kosovo," From a December 4, 2002, Internet article
e. Kosovo declares independence from Serbia on Sunday, February 17, 2008
f. Summary of events in the partition of Yugoslavia (1991 through 2008)
g.
"Kosovo's Serbs feel heat from
all sides: New Serbian government hints of new priorities,
particularly with respect to UN and EU; the matter of Kosovo seems to be taking
second
place to Serbian membership in the EU,"
Patrick Jackson, BBC, July 14, 2008
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