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Mark Lause | 1 Mar 03:22
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FW: Former Black Panther seeking Green Presidential Nomination

Elaine Brown calls for "broadening of the Green Party base" to make it a
voice for the "disaffected and disenfranchised poor and working people,
women and blacks, to galvanize them to vote for a real second party."

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Elaine Brown to Seek Green Party Presidential Ticket

Former Black Panther Party leader, noted author, community and prison
justice activist Elaine Brown announced this week that she intends to seek
the Green Party¹s nomination for a presidential bid in 2008. "The 2006
elections signified a mass rejection of Bush¹s policies--not a shift to the
Democrats. We have arrived at a powerful moment when the majority of the
country is seeking a political alternative, toward embracing progressive
values and realizing a progressive agenda. I haven¹t seen this potential
since the 1960s."

Brown, who ran as a Green in the 2005 Brunswick, Georgia, mayoral election
where Republicans succeeded in illegally removing her name from both the
ballot and the voter roll, intends to run on a platform that addresses the
interests of poor and working families, in terms of living wages, free
healthcare, decent housing and increased funding for public education and
higher education; ending the war in Iraq; restoring the environment and
bringing about economic parity. Strategically, she intends to target
non-voters, specifically women under 30 and African Americans,
constituencies she believes are not represented by the nearly identical
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Fred Feldman | 1 Mar 03:24

US-Saudi anti-Iran bloc aids groups tied to al-Qaeda: Goodman interviews Hersh

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SEYMOUR HERSH:  U.S. INDIRECTLY FUNDING
AL-QAEDA-LINKED SUNNI GROUPS IN MOVE TO COUNTER IRAN 

By Amy Goodman 

** Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh joins us to talk about his explosive
new article (http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5834/)  in the *New Yorker*
magazine.  Hersh reports that John Negroponte's decision to resign as
National Intelligence Director was made in part because of the Bush
administration's covert actions including the indirect funding of radical
Sunni groups -- some with ties to al-Qaeda -- to counter Shiite groups
backed by Iran.  Hersh also reports the Pentagon has established a special
planning group to plan a bombing attack on Iran and U.S. military and
special-operations teams have already crossed the border into Iran in
pursuit of Iranian operatives. 

Democracy Now! February 28, 2007 

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/28/150251 

John Negroponte was sworn in to his new position as Deputy Secretary of
State on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by President Bush.  Negroponte
resigned from his post as National Intelligence Director in early January.
His career includes stints as Ambassador to Iraq after the U.S. invasion and
ambassador to Honduras, where he was accused of overseeing the arming of
Nicaraguan rebels during the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s. 

In an explosive new article, the *New Yorker* magazine reports that
Negroponte's decision to resign as national intelligence director was made
in part because of the Bush administration's covert actions in the Middle
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Lajany Otum | 1 Mar 03:29
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Radio interview with the Angry Arab

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Fred Feldman | 1 Mar 03:41

London Times: "There is simply no stomach for [attacking Iran} in Pentagon


This story appearing in the London Times, which has pro-Bush and pro-war up
till now, indicates that the unrest in the top US military is real and
likely gaining strength. Take that along with the indications that Petraeus,
the would-be organizer of victory, is now griping about not getting enough
support.

Note also should be taken that the US strategy for attacking Iran seems to
be a variation of the Israeli strategy for attacking Lebanon which assumed
that Hezbollah could be destroyed politically and physically by air attacks,
without a major ground invasion. Now it is being suggested that Iran's
political-military structure can be crushed from the air, and that no US
troops need get into the act.  If the last eighty years of warfare indicate
anything, it is that this is so improbable as to be de facto impossible. 
Fred Feldman

U.S. GENERALS 'WILL QUIT' IF BUSH ORDERS IRAN ATTACK 
By Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter 

Sunday Times (London) February 25, 2007 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece  

WASHINGTON -- Some of America's most senior military commanders are prepared
to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran,
according to highly placed defense and intelligence sources. 

Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is
becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The
*Sunday Times* has learned that up to five generals and admirals are willing
to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.
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Philip Ferguson | 1 Mar 03:49
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The decline in ANC electoral support - the figures

Walter and Fred went very quiet after a couple of us pointed out that,
in fact, ANC electoral support had declined significantly since 1994.  I
missed some posts but the last I saw of Walter he was still claiming ANC
support had gone up.

Here are the actual stats (rounded out to nearest few thousand):

1994: 
total voting age population: 22,700,000
total valid votes cast: 19,530,000 (another 170,000 were invalidated)
ANC vote: 12,237,000

2004:
Total voting age population: 27,430,000
Total valid votes cast: 15,600,000
ANC vote: 10,880,000

So while the total voting age population grew by almost five million in
the first decade of the ANC in power (and the vast bulk of this growth
was black), the ANC vote dropped by almost 1.4 million.

Their experience of a decade of the SACP-ANC in government has led
millions of black South Africans to abstain at the elections and a whole
chunk of the ANC support from 1994 to disintegrate.

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Dbachmozart | 1 Mar 04:54
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Troubles for the Iraq Oil Deal


Parliamentarians and Iraq's oil unions have already begun mobilizing against 
the draft legislation, arguing that it is a desperate attempt by al-Maliki's 
government to satisfy Western demands, which could damage Iraq's economic 
future and speed the country's ultimate disintegration. 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1594388,00.html 
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Fred Fuentes | 1 Mar 10:08
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Venezuela May Day brigade - register now!

 The registration deadline for the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network's
(www.venezuelasolidarity.org) 2007 May Day Brigade to Venezuela has been
extended to March 14. Inserted below is an email notice that we hope you can
send out in the next day or so to everyone in your email address books and
all political e-lists you are subscribed to.
The itinerary for the brigade is now being put together (it looks very
exciting!). There are contact details for more information about the brigade
at the end of the notice below.

Thanks.
In solidarity,
AVSN national coordinating committee
**********

*Please forward widely*

*Join the May Day solidarity brigade to **Venezuela**!*

Registrations close: March 15, 2007

"Any Australian worker who has a chance to visit Venezuela should grab the
opportunity with both hands. The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela offers a
genuine alternative to a world in which the market rules and profits always
come before people. It is inspiring people in Latin America and beyond to
believe that `another world is possible'.

"Being part of a brigade makes it possible to meet the workers who are
reshaping their workplaces in this new environment. Many are involved in the
democratic renewal of their unions, after many years of corrupt leadership.
Others are creating cooperatives, with government support, to reopen and
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Fred Feldman | 1 Mar 11:49

US admits facts may have been wrong on N Korea "uranium enrichment"

www.nytimes.com

March 1, 2007
U.S. Concedes Uncertainty on North Korean Uranium Effort 
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 - Last October, the North Koreans tested their first
nuclear device, the fruition of decades of work to make a weapon out of
plutonium.

For nearly five years, though, the Bush administration, based on
intelligence estimates, has accused North Korea of also pursuing a secret,
parallel path to a bomb, using enriched uranium. That accusation, first
leveled in the fall of 2002, resulted in the rupture of an already tense
relationship: The United States cut off oil supplies, and the North Koreans
responded by throwing out international inspectors, building up their
plutonium arsenal and, ultimately, producing that first plutonium bomb. 

But now, American intelligence officials are publicly softening their
position, admitting to doubts about how much progress the uranium enrichment
program has actually made. The result has been new questions about the Bush
administration's decision to confront North Korea in 2002. 

"The question now is whether we would be in the position of having to get
the North Koreans to give up a sizable arsenal if this had been handled
differently," a senior administration official said this week. 

The disclosure underscores broader questions about the ability of
intelligence agencies to discern the precise status of foreign weapons
programs. The original assessment about North Korea came during the same
period that the administration was building its case about Iraq's
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Fred Feldman | 1 Mar 11:54

High officers say US is nearing "Vietnam-style collapse" in Iraq

US commanders admit: we face a Vietnam-style collapse
Elite officers in Iraq fear low morale, lack of troops and loss of political
will

Simon Tisdall
Thursday March 1, 2007

Guardian

An elite team of officers advising the US commander, General David Petraeus,
in Baghdad has concluded that they have six months to win the war in Iraq -
or face a Vietnam-style collapse in political and public support that could
force the military into a hasty retreat.
The officers - combat veterans who are experts in counter-insurgency - are
charged with implementing the "new way forward" strategy announced by George
Bush on January 10. The plan includes a controversial "surge" of 21,500
additional American troops to establish security in the Iraqi capital and
Anbar province.

But the team, known as the "Baghdad brains trust" and ensconced in the
heavily fortified Green Zone, is struggling to overcome a range of
entrenched problems in what has become a race against time, according to a
former senior administration official familiar with their deliberations.

"They know they are operating under a clock. They know they are going to
hear a lot more talk in Washington about 'Plan B' by the autumn - meaning
withdrawal. They know the next six-month period is their opportunity. And
they say it's getting harder every day," he said.

By improving security, the plan's short-term aim is to create time and space
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Fred Feldman | 1 Mar 11:58

Organizers of March 17 DC protest win march permits, support broadens

1) Free Speech Victory! Pentagon March Route is Now Set
2) Pro-impeachment organizations uniting for Pentagon March
3) Speakers list for the March on Pentagon

*Please forward widely to friends, family, fellow students and e-mail lists*

Pentagon March Route is Now Set

Make a donation today

We need to raise $100,000 in the coming days. The contracts for stage, sound
and other logistical needs for a mass protest must be paid. 

If you’ve never donated, please consider doing so now. If you’ve made a
donation already and you can give again, please act today. You can make an
online donation today by clicking on this link. 

The Free Speech battle with the State of Virginia has been won! The attempt
to obstruct the demonstration has collapsed. More than 2,000 people sent
letters to the Virginia Attorney General and people everywhere expressed
their outrage that Virginia would attempt to create barriers preventing
demonstrators from marching to the Pentagon. This could not have happened
without everyone's participation. This combined political and legal
challenge, waged with the assistance of the Partnership for Civil Justice,
made all the difference. Legal and security issues have been dealt with to
ensure a safe and secure march for the participation of the whole family.
Click to see more logistical information for the March on the Pentagon.

Pro-Impeachment Organizations Uniting for the March on the Pentagon
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