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February 8, 2002

John Blair
Criticize Cheney,
Go to Jail

Cockburn/St. Clair
Dita Sari Tells Reebok
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February 7, 2002

Patrick Cockburn
Taliban's War on Chess

John Chuckman
Howdee, Dick!

Tariq Ali
Mullahs and Heretics

February 6, 2002

Amira Hass
On the Edge of the
Non-Violent Demonstrations

Vivian Berger
Sentenced to Rape

Vladimir Georgiyev
Russian Intelligence:
War on Iraq Begins in Sept.

Tom Turnipseed
"Axis of Evil" a Cover for Corporate Corruption?

David Vest
The Enron Creature

February 5, 2002

Norman Madarasz
Dispatch from Pôrto Alegre

Tom Malinowski
What to do with
Our "Detainees"?

Dita Sari
Why I Rejected the
Reebok Human Rights Award

February 4, 2002

Eric Miller/Beth Daley
Five Weapons Systems
That Bilk the Taxpayers

Kenneth Roth
Dear Condoleezza,
You've Misstated the
Geneva Convention

Robert Jensen
The Occupation Must End

Shahid Alam
How Different Are
Islamic Societies?

David Vest
Everybody Says I Loathe You

John Chuckman
American Politics of Grief

February 3, 2002

Zoltan Grossman
War and New Military Bases

February 2, 2002

Francis Schor
Carlucci's Strange Career

February 1, 2002

Dr. Susan Block
The Great Ashcroft Cover Up

Jeremy Voas
Why We're Suing Ashcroft

David Vest
10 Things I Know About Him

January 31, 2002

Rahul Mahajan
The State of the Union:
A New Cold War

Dave Marsh
Miles Copeland, War
and the Future of Music

John Pilger
The Colder War

Alexander Cockburn
American Journal:
Killer Dog, Weird Couple

Dr. Susan Block
Blowback and Daniel Pearl

January 30, 2002

Jeffrey St. Clair
Linda Lay, Hill and Knowlton and the Tears of a Clown

Jack McCarthy
Free Noelle Bush!

Michael Ratner
Memo to Bush: Adhere to
the Geneva Convention

Jay Moore
Proud to be an American?

Susan Block
The Great Pretzel Swallower
and Guantanamo Porn

January 29, 2002

Gary Leupp
Why This War Was, and Remains, Utterly Wrong

Alexander Cockburn
The Birds of Kandahar

Patrick Cockburn
Afghan Opium Trade
Back in Business

January 28, 2002

Larry Chin
Brosnahan for the Defense

Mokhiber/Weissman
Tyranny of the Bottom Line

George E. Curry
Civil Rights Nominee Called Affirmative Action "Racist"

Sen. Russ Feingold
Campaign Finance Reform?
Think Enron

John Chuckman
Liberal? Media?


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February 8, 2002

Ashcroft the Bigot

ADC Calls for Attorney General's Resignation Following Anti-Islamic Remarks

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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the largest Arab-American civil rights organization, called on President George W. Bush to distance himself from anti-Islamic statements attributed to Attorney General Ashcroft and demanded the latter's immediate resignation.

ADC President Ziad J. Asali and Vice President Khalil E. Jahshan, wrote President Bush to express Arab-American condemnation of the Ashcroft statement which they described as "inflammatory, fanatical and inexcusable, particularly coming from the Attorney General of the United States."

In an article by Cal Thomas in Crosswalk.com News Channel, Ashcroft is quoted as saying that "Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you."

Asali and Jahshan emphasized to President Bush that the statement attributed to Ashcroft negates the goodwill sought by the President throughout the past five months and added that the statement "contradicts your personal position and that of your Administration regarding Islam as a religion. An irresponsible and bigoted statement of this sort will undoubtedly derail your tireless efforts in emphasizing that the war against terrorism is not one against Islam or Muslims."