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PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS ON HOW THE 'FREE TRADE' CASE FOR OFFSHORING AMERICA'S JOBS HAS COME UNGLUED Roberts on the sensational exposure of the faked "gains" and phantom stats of the free traders. Who was America's most anti-imperialist president? Try Grover Cleveland! JoAnn Wypijewski on the unlikely hero of Hawai'i's restoration movement. Alexander Cockburn reports on evangelical Christians in crisis amid fresh onslaughts by forces of darkness. The Warbler's Parable: Rosa Miriam Elizalde on the black-masked visitors to Cuba defying the US economic blockade.
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Today's Stories June 23 / 24, 2007 Alexander
Cockburn Robert
Fisk Alison
Weir Robert
Fantina Dave
Lindorff June 22, 2007 Andy
Worthington Sherwood
Ross Eliana
Monteforte Robert
Weissman Richard
Rhames Christopher
Brauchli Ramzy
Baroud Ehud
Krinis, David Shulman and Neve Gordon David
Michael Green Kathryn
Webber Website
of the Day
June 21, 2007 Peter
Linebaugh Natsu
Saito Ron
Jacobs Saree
Makdisi John
Stauber Scott
Liebertz Tom
Clifford Robert
Jensen Michael
J. Smith Jeb
Sprague Website
of the Day
Omar
Barghouti Andy
Worthington Margaret
Kimberley Robert
Weissman Russell
D. Hoffman Rannie
Amiri Stephen
Lendman Dave
Lindorff David
Swanson Anne
Dachel Website
of the Day
June 19, 2007 Ralph
Nader Dr.
Shepherd Bliss Bill
and Kathleen Christison Jeff
Leys Dave
Zirin Chris
Floyd Ben
Terrall Anthony
Papa VIPS Linda Flores Website
of the Day
John
Ross Paul
Craig Roberts Martha
Rosenberg Norman
Solomon Don
Santina Isabella
Kenfield James
Brooks Eva
Liddell Sam
Husseini Akiva
Eldar Website
of the Day
Alexander
Cockburn John
Halle Robert
Fisk Andy
Worthington Uri
Avnery Fred
Gardner Saul
Landau P.
Sainath Missy
Comley Beattie Alan
Gregory Walter
Brasch Website
of the Weekend
June 15, 2007 Alan
Farago Andy
Worthington Michael
Simmons Franklin
Lamb Gary
Leupp John
Ross Website
of the Day
June 14, 2007 Michael
Donnelly
Faisal
Kutty Harry
Browne Charles
Jonkel Steven
Higgs Bruce
Dixon Bruce
K. Gagnon
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of the Day June 13, 2007 Glen Ford Marjorie Cohn Bill Christison Charles Jonkel Silvia Cattori Richard Gott Firmin DeBrabander William S. Lind Keith Rosenthal Website of the Day June 12, 2007 Jeffrey St.
Clair Paul Craig
Roberts P. Sainath Ralph Nader Omar Waraich Dave Lindorff Harvey Wasserman Malini Johar
Schueller Ramzy Baroud Website of
the Day
June 11, 2007 Patrick Cockburn Paul Craig
Roberts Uri Avnery Norman Solomon Eva Liddell Rannie Amiri Rachel Voss Christopher
Brauchli D. K. Wilson Website of
the Day
Alexander Cockburn George Ciccariello-Maher Saul Landau Robert Fisk Brian Cloughley Ron Jacobs Ward Boston Conn Hallinan Leonard Peltier Lawrence Davidson John Ross Kate Allan Fred Gardner Stephen Fleischman Monica Benderman Geoff Bailey Missy Beattie Patrick Dyer Tim Lengerich James Irani
Gary Leupp Michael Tillery Michael Simmons Poets' Basement Website of the Weekend
June 8, 2007 Serge Halimi Patrick Cockburn Jeffrey St. Clair
Paul Craig Roberts William Blum Joshua Frank Lance Selfa Dave Lindorff Lawrence Ferlinghetti Website of the Day
Marjorie Cohn Soldz, Reisner
and Olson: Soldz, Reisner
Paul Craig Roberts Bill Quigley Silvia Cattori Carl G. Estabrook Ellen Taylor Corporate Crime
Reporter Brenda Norrell D. K. Wilson Kevin Zeese Website of
the Day
Alain Gresh Gary Leupp Steven Sherman Bruce Dixon Corporate Crime Reporter Brian M. Downing Ron Jacobs George Bisharat Nicole Colson Bruce K. Gagnon Website of the Day
June 5, 2007 Michael Neumann Jonathan Cook David Vest Robert Fantina Hoffman, Parsneau and Chowdhury John V. Walsh Richard Cretan Adam Engel William S. Lind Myles Hoenig Jim Minick Website of
the Day
Nizar Latif Diana Johnstone Gregory Wilpert Paul Watson Susan Rosenthal,
MD Richard Ward Eva Liddell Zahi Khouri Evelyn Pringle China Hand Karyn Strickler Website of the Day
June 2 / 3, 2007 Alexander Cockburn Marc Levy Martin Smith Diana Johnstone John Ross Uri Avnery Sunsara Taylor Richard Neville P. Sainath Missy Comley
Beattie Nisrine Abiad Rannie Amiri Margot Pepper Eric Stewart Ralph Nader Dan Bacher Shaun Harkin Richard Rhames Frederick Hudson Poets' Basement Website of the Weekend
Dave Marsh Saul Landau David Phinney Robert Jensen Stanley Heller Yifat Susskind Robert Weissman Paul Buchheit William S.
Lind Sherwood Ross Stephen Lendman Website of the Day
Robert Bryce Patrick Cockburn Gary Leupp Kathy Kelly Marjorie Cohn Chris Kutalik
Corporate Crime Reporter Dave Lindorff Website of the Day
May 30, 2007 James Ridgeway Franklin Lamb Terrence E. Paupp Uri Avnery Alan Maass Rock and Rap
Confidential Ralph Nader Nirmal Ghosh Jean Daniels Tom Barry Website of the Day
Stephen Soldz Eliza Ernshire Ron Jacobs Dave Lindorff Evelyn Pringle Mike Whitney David Swanson John Holt Cynthia McKinney Martha Rosenberg Website of the Day
Bill Quigley Col. Dan Smith Cindy Sheehan Dr. Susan Block Jeeni Criscenzo Douglas Valentine Website of the Day 
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Edition The Catholicization of TonyBlair's ConversionBy MICHAEL DICKINSON On his last official overseas engagement, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair will have an audience with Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Saturday, fuelling speculation about his imminent conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. A regular attendant at mass over the last few years with devout Catholic wife Cherie and four church-baptized children, it's been reported that Anglican Blair would have converted earlier, but becoming Britain's first Catholic Prime Minister might have caused constitutional difficulties in advising the queen on the appointment of bishops for the Church of England, and in dealings with both sides in the Northern Ireland peace process. But once he steps down from office later this month, Tony can throw caution to the wind, and change his religion. From the Protestant religion to the Catholic. But aren't both supposed to be 'Christian'? And what exactly does that word mean? Let's suppose that it means someone who follows the teaching of the prophet Jesus, referred to in the New Testament as 'Christ', who called people to repent and prepare for the Kingdom of God. How does Blair stand as a Christian in those terms? Not very well, it has to be admitted. One of the Old Testament commandments that Christ repeated was 'Thou shalt not kill'. And yet, although Tony Blair has not actually put his own hand physically to the act of murder, (as far as I know), during his term in office as Britain's Prime Minister he has been responsible for the violent painful deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men women and children in the Middle East, killed by so-called Christian soldiers sent to that country on his orders, using weapons explicitly manufactured by British arms companies with the sole purpose of killing and destroying. 'Thou shalt not bear false witness' means 'don't lie' - another commandment blatantly broken by Blair, who used the excuse for the invasion of that country, that Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction aimed at the West. There weren't any. I think he knew. That makes him a liar. Earlier this week English fashion designer Joseph Corre announced that he would be handing back the MBE recently awarded him:
How embarrassing for the PM! But true. A murderer and a liar. 'You cannot serve God and Mammon', said Jesus, but Mr. Blair is known to have traded favours for money a long way back. When he became a candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party in 1994, Gideon Meir, a senior official at the Israeli Embassy in London, introduced Tony to Michael Levy (an extremely wealthy Jewish businessmen). Levy agreed to help Blair to become leader of the party. With the help of four other Jewish businessmen (Sir Emmanuel Kaye, Sir Trevor Chinn, Maurice Hatter, and David Goldman) Levy provided Blair with £7m. This money paid for his campaign plus the running of his private office, and allowed Blair to become independent of Labour Party funding. Levy was awarded a lordship and became Blair's special envoy to the Middle East, a position he plans to leave on the day the Prime Minister leaves office. It's rumoured that President Bush will offer Blair a similar role for the so-called Quartet, overseeing Middle East peace work. Ironic, or what? Above all, the teaching of Jesus was encapsulated in the phrase: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Tony hasn't done that. Jesus wasn't talking about rewarding wealthy friends for favours rendered, but doing good and ministering to the poor and unfortunate until they are poor and unfortunate no more. Welfare. Commonwealth. These words once had meaning, just as 'Prime Minister' used to mean 'First Helper of the People," rather than corrupt corporation puppet. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," is really the core of the 'Christianity'. Attacking other people and killing them, treating them as second-class citizens, exploiting them, robbing them, holding them in servitude and slavery and exploitation has nothing to do with the teaching of Jesus. And neither has the pomp and wealth and ostentation of the Roman Catholic Church which gave its blessing to the conquest, rape and pillage of the New World, to the subjugation and slavery of the poor in the old. Blair is a clever hypocrite, and his Catholic Church of choice, headed by perhaps an even bigger exploiter and hypocritical manipulator than himself the Pope may convince some ignorant souls, but most of us see through his Tony phoniness. As you chant your litany, Tony, amidst the incense and candles, remember the words of Jesus:
Have you done that, Tony? Do you do that? You may shortly discover that you have built your house on sand and great the fall of it! Coming soon! Michael Dickinson lives in Istanbul . He can be contacted through his Saatchi Gallery
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