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 pure wind
 

Political language. . . is designed

to make lies sound truthful

 and murder respectable,

and to give an appearance

 of solidity to pure wind

~~~George Orwell

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 Refugee Camp... coming soon, to a city near YOU!
 

Doctors Without Borders

brings you:

Refugee Camp

in the Heart of the City

 

Coming in 2006 to:

Central Park, New York City, NY
September 15-17, 2006

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
September 20-24, 2006

Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA
September 27 - October 1, 2006

Centennial Park, Nashville, TN
October 4-8, 2006


War has forced an estimated 33 million in the world today from their homes. To educate people about the hardships the displaced face, Doctors Without Borders is building a mock refugee camp inside New York City's Central Park (September 15-17). The exhibit will then move to Brooklyn, New York; Atlanta; and Nashville, Tennessee.

http://www.refugeecamp.org/refugeecamp.htm

Click on above link.  Be patient.

Feel Blessed.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders-usa.org/

 

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 wake up
 

All is change in the world of the senses,
But changeless is the supreme Lord of Love,
Meditate on him, be absorbed in him,
Wake up from this dream of separateness.

-Shvetashvatara Upanishad

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 Over every life.
 

NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN

 

Wealth Creates Poverty?

Dr. Michael Parenti: "Terrorism, Globalization and Conspiracy"

Globalization is an attempt to extend corporate monopoly control over the whole globe. Over every national economy. Over every local economy Over every life.

OCTOBER 9, 2002, VANCOUVER: Dr. Michael Parenti, one of North America's leading radical writers on U.S. imperialism and interventionism, fascism, democracy and the media, spoke to several hundred people at St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver.

Dr. Parenti has taught political science at a number of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries. He was written 250 major magazine articles and 15 books and is frequently heard on public and alternative radio.

Click on link below to HEAR Dr.Parenti

( RealAudio and Windows Media available )

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm

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 "Take democracy seriously."
 

 

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12208.htm

World in peril, Chomsky tells overflow crowd

By Brian Liberatore
Press & Sun-Bulletin

03/05/06 "Press & Sun-Bulletin " -- --There are dire consequences to the current direction of the U.S. foreign policy, said Noam Chomsky in a speech Saturday at Binghamton University. Among those consequences, he said, is a nuclear Armageddon.

"Under the current U.S. policies, a nuclear exchange is inevitable," the 77-year-old MIT professor said in his presentation, "Imminent Crises: Paths Toward Solutions." He spoke to an over-capacity crowd in BU's Osterhout Concert Theater.

Chomsky cited nuclear proliferation and environmental collapse as the two greatest crises that "literally threaten survival."

Since the 1960s Chomsky, a widely acclaimed professor of linguistics, has crusaded against political contradiction, nuclear proliferation and Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Regarded by many as the greatest intellectual alive today and dismissed by others as a radical, Chomsky has voiced harsh criticism against the foreign policy of the United States since World War II.

About 1,500 people crammed into the main theater, while a television broadcast the speech to a room of about 500 next door. Ushers were forced to turn hundreds of people away as the building filled beyond its capacity.

Asked whether he had anticipated the number of people, the building's operations director, Darryl Wood, responded, "Not this many, no."

Inside the theater, Chomsky delivered an account of the world's ills. He addressed the history of the Iraq conflict, the unrest it has fostered, and Iran's intentions for nuclear armament - a path, he said, that is directly tied to U.S. aggression in the Middle East. Chomsky outlined a course of action. "All of this is under our control if we're not willing to observe passively and obediently," he said. "Take democracy seriously."

Peter Klotz drove two hours from Siena College in Loudonville to see the professor. "He knows what he's talking about," Klotz said. "His ideas are certainly not new, but he presents things in a very concise manner."

John Hamilton, who drove from Ithaca to see Chomsky, stood up to ask a question during the question-and-answer period following Chomsky's speech. "My question is, what do you find hopeful?" Hamilton said.

"I think one should be very optimistic for the reasons I just mentioned," Chomsky said. "The large majority of the population already agrees with the things activists are committed to. All we have to do is organize people who are convinced."

© 2006 Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

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