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A Special Appeal to All Our Online Readers:We Need Your Help to Keep News & Letters alive!News and Letters, December 2003Lead Article Energy bill peddles weird science to loot environment Keeping the world on its present ecologically catastrophic track is the thrust of the energy bill crafted secretly by Congressional Republicans. If passed, it promises production and more production of energy from oil and gas, at the expense of human health, the environment, the integrity of science, and conditions of life and labor. Editorial Will U.S. lose control of Iraq? Physical reconstruction, political reorganization, and ordinary security are elusive goals for the U.S. occupiers of Iraq. Casualties feed doubts at home as the goodwill bestowed on the U.S. for ending Saddam Hussein's rule evaporates. Yet we should avoid comparisons with the U.S. quagmire in Vietnam. From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Marxist-Humanist Archives On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion tiny Grenada, we should not forget the consequences of reducing dialectics of revolution to "leadership methods." For before Reagan invaded, the first shot of the counter-revolution was fired by "revolutionaries." Essay Revolutionary life of Charles Denby "The 75 years of Charles Denby's life are so full of class struggles, Black revolts, freedom movements that they not only illuminate the present, but cast a light even on the future." Article Women in Iraq struggle for freedom "If people want to practice religion, they should do so personally inside mosques, not through law and government," Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed told a New York audience recently. She condemned bloody repression of women in Iraq under Hussein, the U.S. destruction of communities, and the attitude of progressives who dare say that a culture of oppression suits the women of Iraq. Article October 22 Coalition controversy Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people experience police brutality throughout this land. On a national day to protest police abuses, it's time to listen to and act on these communities' demands of "No more!" It's hard to believe some activists don't see it that way. Article General strike in Dominican Republic On Nov. 11 more than 20 mass organizations in the Dominican Republic called a 24-hour general strike. The strike shut down businesses, the transportation system, schools, factories and offices around the country in a protest against deteriorating living conditions, high inflation, and corruption in the public and private sectors. Article Miami police attack FTAA protesters The Free Trade Area of the Americas threatens to undercut workers' rights, gut environmental protections, and undermine direct democracy. When protesters against these threats arrived in Miami last month, swarms of police in battle gear greeted them with truncheons, arrests and torture. MORE ARTICLES...
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