Tuesday 08.18.09 Headlines... Left-Leaning Legislators Revolt Over Public Option http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-1 'The Clunkers of the Power-Plant World' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-12 Afghan Civilians Soured on US Security Contractors http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18 Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-10 Labor Warns Dems: We'll Sit Out Election If You Oppose Public Plan http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-13 US Troops to Return to Iraq Despite Barack Obama's Withdrawal Plan http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-9 Protesters Descend on Chevron's Richmond Refinery For Climate Justice, To 'Cap The Crude' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/18-7 and more... **************************************************** Video... Obama's Compromise on Health Care Reform http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/08/18-0 Heal or No Heal - Medicine Brawl http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/08/18 **************************************************** Views... Malalai Joya: Why Afghans Have No Hope in This Week's Vote http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-10 Slavoj Zizek: Quiet Slicing of the West Bank Makes Abstract Prayers for Peace Obscene http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-0 William Greider: Squandered Opportunity http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-11 Wendell Potter: Is Obama Planning to Sign Congress' Health Care Reform Bill With Lipstick? http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-8 John Buell: Weight of Government's Hand on Capitalism's Scale http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18 Ramzi Kysia: Nonviolent Direct Action, Solidarity and Struggle http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-2 George Monbiot and Paul Kingsnorth: Is There Any Point in Fighting to Stave off Industrial Apocalypse? http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/18-6 and more... **************************************************** Newswire... Public Citizen: Public Citizen Urges Public Outcry, Launches Web Campaign In Advance of Pivotal Campaign Finance Case http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/18-4 Greenpeace: Millions Living In Chemical Disaster Zones in 16 States http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/18-3 Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Afghan Elections http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/18-0 and more... |