Articles Posted September 2009
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Isn’t it Time For An Early Afghanistan Exit Strategy?
What is the cost of the War in Afghanistan so far? The War (2001–present) has cost the lives of 830 Americans due to hostile and non-hostile actions. In addition, the War has caused the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians directly from insurgent and foreign military action, as well as the deaths of possibly tens of thousands of Afghan civilians indirectly as a consequence of displacement, starvation, disease, exposure, lack of medical treatment, crime and lawlessness resulting from the war.
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Global Warming: Activists Fear Sea Level Rise
Will Cause Toxic Soup at Naval Superfund Site Bayview Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Photo courtesy US Navy. By Carol Harvey, guest contributor September 29, 2009 As a child, Marie Harrison, Greenaction environmental justice activist and Bayview Hunter’s Point resident, fished in San…
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Preparing for Peak Oil:
How Our Lives Will Change ForeverBy William Chadwick September 29, 2009 “We are a society that is addicted to oil, and we don’t want to hear that it is going to run out.” – James Howard Kunstler What do the…
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Police State Raids Against Immigrants
Along with Muslims, Latinos are its prime targets, often using militarized unconstitutional tactics against vulnerable, defenseless people. Post-9/11, the Bush administration initiated them, and they continue under Obama.
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Alioto-Veronese Exploring District 2 Candidacy
Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Veronese to the San Francisco Police Commission in 2004. Despite political pressure from Newsom, Veronese cast the deciding vote to elect Theresa Sparks as commission president, the first transgendered person to head a big city commission in the U.S.
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Mirkarimi Warns NCPA
of PG&E Monopoly-Protecting Ballot InitiativeThe ballot initiative, deceptively dubbed “The Taxpayers Right to Vote Act,†would, if passed by voters, amend the California constitution to require the assent of two-thirds of voters to “expand electric delivery service to a new territory or new customers, or to implement a plan to become an aggregate electricity provider,†according to the measure’s statement of purpose.
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Will Ferrell stands up for the real health care victims
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell September 22, 2009 A lot of people are saying mean things about insurance company executives. Let’s give them a break. After all, only 80 percent of Americans want…
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