Friday, August 20, 2004

40 Years After Tonkin

A nearly unanimous vote by Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on Aug. 7, 1964, thus authorizing President Lyndon B. Johnson “to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the
United States and to prevent further aggression.” Over the next two years,
400,000 U.S. soldiers shipped out to South Vietnam.

Of this scenario, we can ask the same question being proposed today: Was
this military response based on a legitimate threat or a fabricated pretext?

To read the complete article, visit:
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/mickeyz08202004/

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

Jeffrey St. Clair says:

“A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, the founding purpose of the Green party was to be a party of resistance. It was never about party building, or getting school board candidates elected, or anything but being a monkeywrench against a corrupt political system. Once the Greens decided to play nice, they ceased to exist as a force of opposition. Why be a Green when you can be a Dem? Why be a Dem when you can be a Republican? The only choice now is not to vote. Staying home on Election Day under these circumstances isn’t apathy or laziness or political mopery (as much as I admire all of those things) but an act of supreme resistance, particularly against those hysterical Dems who yelp that this is the most important election of our lifetime. Bunk.”

(from an interview with Josh Frank)


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Woman is Still the Nigger of the World

My friend, Greg Elich, has written a powerful and important piece on the
treatment of women in U.S.-occupied and liberated (sic) Iraq:

“Women in Iraq are under siege. Hopes for a brighter future after the fall of Saddam Hussein have been rudely dashed and smothered by a climate of fear and repression. Far from the promised “liberation,” women in Iraq find themselves increasingly imprisoned by lawlessness and medieval attitudes, while recent events portend calamitous developments for women.”

To read the complete article, click here:

http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/July/28o/Assault%20on%20Iraqi%20Women%20By%20Gregory%20Elich.htm

Please forward widely…


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