MILITARIZE THIS! CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AT #1600 BOB DYLAN ON PBS Crises can bring governments down, but they can also concentrate power and have even worse outcomes. In the case of President Bush, the branch of government he seems to like best is the one that follows orders and does not talk back. CNN reports that [...]
THE MEDIA MESS Bob Fitrakis reports for Free Press: I knew the rally was going to be huge when the majority of the people on my transportation pod at Dulles were dressed in peace signs, with signs, talking about the protest. Three middle-aged women were saying that this was the first time they had ever [...]
YOUR LETTERS: FROM THE MARCH Ed Kriner writes from Reading, Pa: In my local paper (The Reading Eagle) there was an article on the demo in Washington which ran about 6 x 4 inches. This was about 100,000 + people. In the local paper today there is about the same amount of space for a [...]
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