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US confession: Weapons were not made in Iran after all. Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII). 5/10/2008.

Emptying the Breadbasket. Dan Morgan. Wa. Post. 4/29/2008.

Transparency International researches and monitors global corruption of governments and corporations.

India rules out new farm debt aid. BBC. 4/22/2008.

Bangladesh Faces Climate Change Refugee Nightmare. Masud Karim. Reuters. 4/14/2008.

I.R.S. Scrutiny of Big Firms Plummets, Study Says. Lynnley Browning. NY TImes. 4/14/2008.

Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'. Stevern Schifferes. BBC. 4/09/2008.

For Many, a Boom That Wasn't. David Leonhardt. NY Times. 4/09/2008.

In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials. Eric Lichtblau. 4/09/2008.

Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of Selected Weapon Programs. General Accounting Office Report to Congress. March 2008.

How much will it cost to fix the climate? The numbers vary. Brad Knickerbocker. Christian Science Monitor. 3/27/2008.

Faculty Are Liberal -- Who Cares?. Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed. 3/27/2008

Q&A: EU and U.S. Offering Special WTO Deal to Lure South Africa. International Press Service. 3/25/2008.

Debt: Our 9 Trillion Pound Gorilla. Susan Douglas. In These Times. 3/25/08.

Domestic Spying Program Could Aid Terrorists, Experts Say. Justin Rood. ABC News. 2/01/2008.

Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis: Survey. Reuters. 1/31/2008.

Early WMD dossier draft released. BBC. 2/18/2008.

Peru roads blocked in trade protest. Al Jazeera. 2/18/2008.

Drug Traces Common in Tap Water. AP. 3/10/2008.

What Created This Monster?. Nelson Schwartz & Julie Creswell. NT Times. 3/23/08. The role of deregulation of the financial industry and the use of derivatives to "spread risk."

'National crisis' for Iraqi women. BBC. 3/06/2008.

11 Sep: Unknown e-mailer makes last call for intelligence material or here

September dossier conclusion (left out of final draft) or here

19 Sep: Experts' suggested dossier revisions or here

20 Sep: John Scarlett's note on the final dossier version or here

24 September: Final version or here

Immigrants Come Here Because Globalization Took Their Jobs Back There. Jim Hightower. The Hightower Lowdown. 2/07/2008.

Surveillance states. The Economist. 2/06/2008.

Book: 911 Commission Executive Director Had Closer White House Ties Than Publicly Disclosed. Hope Yen. AP. 2/04/2008.

Baghdad Drowning in Sewage: Iraqi Official. Agence France Presse. 2/04/2008.

Is Religion a Threat to Democracy?. Ira Chernus. Mother Jones. 1/14/2008.

Oil Wars: Transforming the American Military into a Global Oil-Protection Service. Michael Klare. Tom Dispatch. 4/29/2004.

Iran: Nuclear Intentions
and Capabilities
. National Intelligence Estimate summary. Dec. 3, 2007

Former press aide blames Bush in CIA leak case. JoAnne Allen. Reuters. 11/20/07

Israel’s Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran. Gareth Porter. IPS. 11/20/07.

Blackwater’s Loopholes

CIA agent alleged to have met Bin Laden in July. Anthony Sampson. The Guardian. Nov. 1, 2001.

Iraq war source's name revealed. BBC, 11/02/2007.

Orders From The Top:
Retired General Dunlavey: Guantanamo Mission Came Straight From Bush, Rumsfeld
. Lisa Thompson, 11/02/2007, Erie Times News.

U.S. Space Command Vision for 2020

Impacts of Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Programs. Mathematica Policy Research. April 2007 (164 page pdf report)

A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters. Department of Justice. March 2007.

The Global Dominance Group: 9/11 Pre-Warnings & Election Irregularities in Context. Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler. Project Censored 2007 (Or here)

Political Views Surveys

War Propoganda and the Language of Fascism (2005) 30 mins.

Democracy 1945 Encyclopedia Britanica. Companion piece to Despotism-Democracy. Approx 11 min. Presents nature of meaning of democracy; develops keen appreciation for meaning of democracy by analyzing 4 major concepts on which exists substantial body of general agreement. Points out that true democracy is characterized by at least 2 signs.

Despotism-Democracy Approx. 11 minutes. 1946 Encyclopedia Britanica. Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?

Lie by Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold: August 1990 to March 2003 10/05/06 Mother Jones

9/20/06 Stephens, NYT,  Quiet Break for Corporations

9/12/06 Rupert Cornwell, Independent, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?

9/04/06 BBC, How 9/11 changed America: In statistics

Despotism - Democracy Internet Archive: Video 1946

Media Power Sources On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups

Non-Violence Resources. Albert Einstein Institution. Numerous texts and articles

Albert Einstein Institution (Non-violence - excellent resource)

On Strategic Non-violent Conflict Robert Helvey. Albert Einstein Institution (pdf)

From Dictatorship to Democracy Gene Sharp. Albert Einstein Institution. (pdf)

Uprooting War, Brian Martin. 1984.

Center for Public Integrity: Outsourcing the Pentagon

Political Compass Note that the results of this survey does not use the typical rhetorical categorizations

UCSD Data Collection

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet

Statistical Resources (Great links to good research anf information)

Star Site U.S. Depository Reference Collection

Library of Congress Home Page

Politics and Government

9/12/06 Rupert Cornwell, Independent, The Big Question: What is neo-conservatism, and how influential is it today?

'National crisis' for Iraqi women. BBC. 3/06/2008.

9/20/06 Stephens, NYT,  Quiet Break for Corporations

A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters. Department of Justice. March 2007.

Albert Einstein Institution (Non-violence - excellent resource)

Baghdad Drowning in Sewage: Iraqi Official. Agence France Presse. 2/04/2008.

Bangladesh Faces Climate Change Refugee Nightmare. Masud Karim. Reuters. 4/14/2008.

Blackwater’s Loopholes

Book: 911 Commission Executive Director Had Closer White House Ties Than Publicly Disclosed. Hope Yen. AP. 2/04/2008.

11 Sep: Unknown e-mailer makes last call for intelligence material or here

September dossier conclusion (left out of final draft) or here

19 Sep: Experts' suggested dossier revisions or here

20 Sep: John Scarlett's note on the final dossier version or here

24 September: Final version or here

CIA agent alleged to have met Bin Laden in July. Anthony Sampson. The Guardian. Nov. 1, 2001.

Center for Public Integrity: Outsourcing the Pentagon

Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'. Stevern Schifferes. BBC. 4/09/2008.

Debt: Our 9 Trillion Pound Gorilla. Susan Douglas. In These Times. 3/25/08.

Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of Selected Weapon Programs. General Accounting Office Report to Congress. March 2008.

Democracy 1945 Encyclopedia Britanica. Companion piece to Despotism-Democracy. Approx 11 min. Presents nature of meaning of democracy; develops keen appreciation for meaning of democracy by analyzing 4 major concepts on which exists substantial body of general agreement. Points out that true democracy is characterized by at least 2 signs.

Despotism - Democracy Internet Archive: Video 1946

Despotism-Democracy Approx. 11 minutes. 1946 Encyclopedia Britanica. Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?

Domestic Spying Program Could Aid Terrorists, Experts Say. Justin Rood. ABC News. 2/01/2008.

Drug Traces Common in Tap Water. AP. 3/10/2008.

Early WMD dossier draft released. BBC. 2/18/2008.

Emptying the Breadbasket. Dan Morgan. Wa. Post. 4/29/2008.

Faculty Are Liberal -- Who Cares?. Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed. 3/27/2008

For Many, a Boom That Wasn't. David Leonhardt. NY Times. 4/09/2008.

Former press aide blames Bush in CIA leak case. JoAnne Allen. Reuters. 11/20/07

From Dictatorship to Democracy Gene Sharp. Albert Einstein Institution. (pdf)

9/04/06 BBC, How 9/11 changed America: In statistics

How much will it cost to fix the climate? The numbers vary. Brad Knickerbocker. Christian Science Monitor. 3/27/2008.

I.R.S. Scrutiny of Big Firms Plummets, Study Says. Lynnley Browning. NY TImes. 4/14/2008.

Immigrants Come Here Because Globalization Took Their Jobs Back There. Jim Hightower. The Hightower Lowdown. 2/07/2008.

Impacts of Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Programs. Mathematica Policy Research. April 2007 (164 page pdf report)

In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials. Eric Lichtblau. 4/09/2008.

India rules out new farm debt aid. BBC. 4/22/2008.

Iran: Nuclear Intentions
and Capabilities
. National Intelligence Estimate summary. Dec. 3, 2007

Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis: Survey. Reuters. 1/31/2008.

Iraq war source's name revealed. BBC, 11/02/2007.

Is Religion a Threat to Democracy?. Ira Chernus. Mother Jones. 1/14/2008.

Israel’s Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran. Gareth Porter. IPS. 11/20/07.

Library of Congress Home Page

Lie by Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold: August 1990 to March 2003 10/05/06 Mother Jones

Media Power Sources On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups

Non-Violence Resources. Albert Einstein Institution. Numerous texts and articles

Oil Wars: Transforming the American Military into a Global Oil-Protection Service. Michael Klare. Tom Dispatch. 4/29/2004.

On Strategic Non-violent Conflict Robert Helvey. Albert Einstein Institution (pdf)

Orders From The Top:
Retired General Dunlavey: Guantanamo Mission Came Straight From Bush, Rumsfeld
. Lisa Thompson, 11/02/2007, Erie Times News.

Peru roads blocked in trade protest. Al Jazeera. 2/18/2008.

Political Compass Note that the results of this survey does not use the typical rhetorical categorizations

Political Views Surveys

Q&A: EU and U.S. Offering Special WTO Deal to Lure South Africa. International Press Service. 3/25/2008.

Star Site U.S. Depository Reference Collection

Statistical Resources (Great links to good research anf information)

Surveillance states. The Economist. 2/06/2008.

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet

The Global Dominance Group: 9/11 Pre-Warnings & Election Irregularities in Context. Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler. Project Censored 2007 (Or here)

Transparency International researches and monitors global corruption of governments and corporations.

U.S. Space Command Vision for 2020

UCSD Data Collection

US confession: Weapons were not made in Iran after all. Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII). 5/10/2008.

Uprooting War, Brian Martin. 1984.

War Propoganda and the Language of Fascism (2005) 30 mins.

What Created This Monster?. Nelson Schwartz & Julie Creswell. NT Times. 3/23/08. The role of deregulation of the financial industry and the use of derivatives to "spread risk."

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