By Russ Wellen, who frequently writes about nuclear terrorism and is the editor of
www.freezerbox.com.
Nov 30-Dec 14, 2005, Issue #89

[originally entitled, "Magical Realism: 9/11 Survivor Detects Sleight of Hand." Edited by cross-poster for relevance.]

Photo is of William Rodriguez with pResident Bush.

January 3, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri. Several St. Louis community organizations say that the City of St. Louis is rebuffing their invitations to discuss problems with its lead programs. "The City says that it wants to discuss lead with citizens; but it will not give us an answer," charges Barbara Chicherio, Co-Coordinator of the Gateway Green Alliance. "We've sent Ron Smith an invitation by mail; we invited him by e-mail; and he has not returned any of my calls."

Don't let Bush distract you from his crimes.

Board of Adjustment Grants CAMP an Occupancy Permit after long months of struggle.

Professor invents Internet browser to placate capitalist pigs.

The ACLU says it'll supply North Siders with cameras to monitor police behavior.

But of course, the kinds of folks who push an ideology that required the expulsion of three-quarters-of-a-million Palestinians from their lands, and then lied about it, claiming there had been no such persons to begin with (as with Golda Meir’s infamous quip), can’t be expected to place a very high premium on truth. -- Tim Wise, anti-racist, anti-Zionist, Jewish-American activist, essayist & public speaker

* A member of the group promoting the Alternative Social Forum explains why the World Social Forum (WSF), taking place in Caracas during January 2006, is another attempt by the Chavez government to impede the autonomous development of social struggles in the country.

Good soldiers follow orders and hundreds of American military men and women returned to the United States on holiday leave this month with orders to sell the Iraq war to a skeptical public.

The program, coordinated through a Pentagon operation dubbed “Operation Homefront,� ordered military personnel to give interviews to their hometown newspapers, television stations and other media outlets and praise the American war effort in Iraq.