The notion of American exceptionalism has worn itself transparent. We’re making the world a worse place, not a better one. Our counterproductive wars have nothing to do with national security. The al-Qaeda that attacked us with 19 guys on 9/11 who didn’t have the equivalent of a Chicago school system high school diploma is, for all practical purposes, dead and gone. Their work is finished. They suckered us into massive commitments of national blood and treasure into sinkholes that shouldn’t matter to the world’s sole superpower.
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Time is running out. On November 29th, the Honduran military and business junta that illegally seized power on June 28th and that has since violently repressed the country’s people and press will hold “elections” effectively closing all possibility for a reversal of the coup d’ etat that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009.
( all text in this entry is from http://www.porlademocracia.org/actividades.html ,
Hondurans for Democracy, the organizers of the protest )
The announcement in late October of an agreement between President Zelaya and the coup regime, although extremely flawed, gave to many the hope that a semblance of the democratic process would be restored in Honduras after all. However, the coup regime has reneged on its obligations under the accord by refusing to allow President Zelaya to be reinstated prior to the elections. The coup regime is attempting to launder the coup d’etat with martial law elections that the opposition cannot meaningfully contest.
 
President Zelaya, the National Front Against the Coup, and a broad-based popular movement in Honduras have called for a boycott of the elections. Twenty-three Latin American nations are echoing the cry of the Honduran people and have expressed that they will refuse to recognize the coup-regime elections. These nations have opted to instead recognize the widespread violations of human rights committed by the cup regime. The U.S. State Department representatives continue to deny having heard any reports of human rights abuses.
In a recent and shocking policy shift, the U.S. plans to almost unilaterally recognize these elections as legitimate. While the State Department claims the elections represent a way for Honduras to “move forward” out of the crisis, those who know the history of Latin America know that without justice and accountability, Honduras is in danger of repeating the repression and suffering of dirty wars throughout Latin America’s history.
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Written by Benjamin Milikowski
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Sunday, 22 November 2009 11:19 |
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Israeli government officials gave the final approval on Tuesday to a plan that will expand the 'Gilo' settlement, near Bethlehem, by 900 units. Gilo, like all Israeli settlements constructed on Palestinian land in the West Bank, is considered illegal under international law.
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Monday, 09 November 2009 02:40 |
They showed up while we were protesting Benjamin Netanyahu
at the Wardman Park Marriott. They travel all over the USA
spreading hate against virtually everyone. Just take a look at
their website.
http://www.godhatesfags.com
yes, they are serious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church
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Monday, 09 November 2009 01:38 |
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Hardline right-wing Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
is featured as a guest speaker at the United Jewish Communities "General Assembly" meeting. We need to show him that we do not approve of his presence at our nation's capital, nor do we support the grave injustices against the Palestinian people in which his government is fully participating in.
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