Issue 372 - February 2007

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The ASVAB is a Trojan Horse, as it includes the entire content of the Armed Forces Qualifying Test.

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Events, Gatherings, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources

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Eric would have been indicted with the Chicago 8 for "conspiracy to cross state lines to incite a riot" -- but the FBI couldn't figure out where and how he crossed the Illinois state line.

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Attending the World Social Forum makes people feel happy because they discover that it is possible to do politics without having to fight for power.

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While the new legislation reforms the infamous Hudood laws to a limited extent, its greater significance is that it shows that persistent work led by the Pakistani women's rights movement can make a difference.

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Violence committed by US soldiers is a product of institutionalized violence of the military and its training, US racism against Asians, and the patriarchal social structure of host countries.

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The US maintains an unprecedented infrastructure of more than 700 US foreign military bases.

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Enrique wanted both education and higher wages for the peasants -- ideas that were anathema to the Salvadoran aristocracy.

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When these communities and their leaders refuse to cooperate with the military, they are treated as terrorists -- a pattern being recreated across the nation, largely as a result of the US-funded war on drugs and terror.