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 Activists
say gov't needs to aid needy,
stop war-time hand-outs to big business
WASHINGTON�National consumer groups say it�s time for President Bush and
Congress to stop the corporate milking of America by wartime opportunists.
From industry bailouts to sweetheart deals and wildly skewed tax breaks,
big business is taking advantage of calls to patriotism, critics complain.
This new round of �corporate welfare� has an alliance of citizens groups
organizing protests through cards, letters and emails and the power of
their vote.
WEBCAST - 56k Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks on WTC, Pentagon Attacks
09-16-01
Text Transcript from September 16, 2001 Press
Conference
09-16-01
Anti-terrorism called new cover for rights
abuses
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)�A senior UN
official expressed serious concern Nov. 6 over the erosion of human rights
in the wake of the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told delegates that
some countries�which she refused to identify by name�are introducing
measures in apparent violation of core human rights safeguards.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is the most
treasured holiday in the United States. Work comes to a halt as families
gather, eat turkey and count their blessings. A presidential proclamation
sanctifies the day. Thanksgiving Day celebrates the Pilgrim colony�s
survival of their first winter in New England after they arrived aboard
the Mayflower in 1620. In reality, the English colonists were able to
avoid starvation because the Wampanoug nation generously shared their corn
and meat with the newcomers, and taught them useful wilderness skills.
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Black revolutionaries and the F.B.I.