02 December 2003
Freep Heroes
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Free Press Staff
Freep Heroes - Students at Swarthmore College

They are our heroes for staging an “electronic civil disobedience” campaign against Ohio-based voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems. Diebold has been sending out “...
21 November 2003
Linking the Occupation of Iraq With the 'War on Terrorism'
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Norman Solomon
Reuters is one of the more independent wire services. So, a recent news story from Reuters -- flatly describing American military activities in Iraq as part of “the broader U.S. war on terrorism” -- is a barometer of how powerfully the...
19 November 2003
Media Clash in Brazil: A Distant Mirror
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Norman Solomon
RIO DE JANEIRO -- After a quarter-century of intensive grassroots organizing and a victorious presidential campaign a year ago, Brazilian social movements are in a strong position as they push the left-wing Workers Party government...
05 November 2003
The steady theft of our name
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Norman Solomon
One of the worst things about today’s ultramodern systems of communication is hiding in plain sight: They waste our time.

     Sure, gizmos like computers and cell phones and pagers can be real time-savers. But what’s less...
05 November 2003
Give Poverty-Stricken Cuba a Break
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True Majority
Ask Your Member of Congress to Lift Restrictions on Travel to Cuba Our Country Will Win Friends Through Compassion-Not Hatred

The U.S. government does not allow Americans to spend money in Cuba, effectively banning travel...
26 October 2003
More issues in the business section
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Holy smoke! I know hellzapoppin' with the news here lately, but let's try keeping our eye on the shell with the pea under it. Fascinating as all this inside-D.C. stuff is about Rummy and Cheney, and who leaked the CIA...

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