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Stories from 2002-08-26
"It is necessary to hold a national dialogue on the future of our ties with the United States because we are getting repeated signals from Washington that they no longer see our relations in the same way," read a recent editorial in the ultra-conservative Riyadh daily newspaper. [more]
"The theme of the 10-day conference, which will be attended by at least 104 heads of state or government but not by President George W. Bush, is how to ensure global development now without ruining the environment for future generations. " [more]
" 'All were bound hand and foot either with their own turbans or with strips ripped from their clothing, he says. Then they were packed in container trucks 'like cattle,' he says. He reckons that about 100 people died in his container. The drivers remain tormented by what they took part in. 'Why weren't there any United Nations people there to see the dead bodies?' asks one. 'Why wasn't anything being done?' " [more]
"If we go to war, we will be the initiators of aggression. It would be a mistake, however, to take this as fresh cause for doubt about the link between democracy and peace. We ought instead to view this imminent possibility as an occasion for raising hard questions about whether, in the critical matter of waging war, we still function as a genuine democracy." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more] |
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