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08 September 2005
Free Press Heroes
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Free Press Staff
Freep Hero - Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan reminds us of the power of peaceful dissent. Her stance in Crawford, Texas, at George W. Bush's converted pig farm and faux photo-op ranch, has galvanized America's peace...
08 September 2005
Linking anti-war and global justice protests
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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues.

More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of...
08 September 2005
Keeping his eyes on the prize
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Jesse Jackson
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, announced today that he plans to hold a rally outside the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington in late September to keep the spotlight on the issue of...
07 September 2005
From Mitch to Katrina: nature is politics
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Alexander Cockburn
Nature really kicks the door down once in a while and lets us know how humans have made a mess of things. A few years ago, Hurricane Mitch laid waste much of Guatemala and neighboring countries. The hills crumbled and topsoil sluiced into...
06 September 2005
Firing Michael Brown is not enough. How about Bush and Cheney?
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Norman Solomon
Calls for firing Michael Brown are understandable. Aptly described as “the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA” by columnist Maureen Dowd a few days ago, he’s an easy and appropriate target.

President Bush met with Brown...
04 September 2005
Katrina: A tragedy made worse
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Jesse Jackson
Reverend Jesse Jackson is working in the Louisiana region with the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Last week, Rev. Jackson and a Rainbow/PUSH delegation visited Venezuela, and are grateful for the relief aid offered by President Hugo...

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