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03 April 2008
Fire and race
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Robert Koehler
What could be more brittle than “Americanism”? What could be more tedious than the mass defense of its teary-eyed, ahistorical ignorance?

We are still in the toddler stage of national awareness, apparently, too young to be...
27 March 2008
Keep the Republic
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Robert Koehler
The ground feels a little soft, but we’re going to stand it.

Premise one: Having a fair election — all votes counted, all who are eligible and want to vote allowed to vote — is far, far more important, even in 2008, than who...
24 March 2008
Building an activist movement to end the occupation of Iraq
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David Swanson
Remarks at American University Teach-In on March 22, 2008

Robert Dreyfuss's presentation that I now have to follow was tremendous and I learned a lot, but I disagree with his pessimism. I am fond of the saying "Let's...
24 March 2008
Where war meets peace
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Robert Koehler
"I trained my weapon on him," Kristopher Goldsmith said. It was a little boy, 6 years old maybe, standing on a roof, menacing the soldiers with a stick. "I was thinking, I hate these Iraqis who throw rocks. I could kill this kid."
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24 March 2008
Can SuperDelegates stop the scorched earth campaigning?
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Paul Loeb
No matter how well Clinton does in the remaining primaries, her future is going to be in the hands of the superdelegates.  It's time for them to exercise their power to rein in scorched-earth campaigning.

Oregon Congressman...
13 March 2008
The day after the bombing of Iran
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David Swanson
Imagine yourself sitting down transfixed and watching video footage of U.S. bombs hitting Iran. You see children ripped limb from limb, mothers screaming and wailing, people panicked, tortured, traumatized, and killed. Imagine asking...

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