Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.06.08

NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War | 07.11.2008 03:17 | Palestine | Terror War | World

"The basic difference is going to be style."

NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
NYCLAW Antiwar Digest
November 6, 2008


NYCLAW Website
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/

Subscribe to NYCLAW Listserv
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-nyclaw-listserv/



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENTS

*TWO DAYS AFTER
*WHAT IS RAHM EMANUEL?
*AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
*IRAQ
*NYCLAW LINKS



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TWO DAYS AFTER

Symbolism v. Substance
Celebrating the end of the ugly Bush era is one thing. Celebrating the continuation of their policies with a different administration in the White House is quite another.
 http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380

A Matter of Style
"The basic difference is going to be style," said Edward Walker, a former U.S. diplomat who is now a scholar at the Washington-based Middle East Institute.
 http://www.freep.com/article/20081106/NEWS15/81106086



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT IS RAHM EMANUEL?

Under the Hood
Emanuel's made it a point to cozy up to big business, making him one of the most effective corporate fundraisers in the Democratic Party. He's also a staunch advocate of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. . . . Emanuel's shinning moment came in 2006 as he helped funnel money and poured ground support into the offices of dozens of conservative Democrats, expanding his party's control of the House of Representatives. Emanuel, who supports the War on Terror, and expanding our presence in Afghanistan, worked hard to ensure that a Democratic House majority would not alter the course of US military objectives in the Middle East.
 http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380

Son of Irgun Terrorist, a Hardline Zionist
Rahm Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959, the son of Benjamin Emanuel, a pediatrician who helped smuggle weapons to the Irgun, the Zionist militia of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, in the 1940s. The Irgun carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians including the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946. . . . One of the most influential politicians and fundraisers in his party, Emanuel accompanied Obama to a meeting of AIPAC's executive board just after the Illinois senator had addressed the pro-Israel lobby's conference last June. . . . In Congress, Emanuel has been a consistent and vocal pro-Israel hardliner, sometimes more so than President Bush.
 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9939.shtml

Top Recipient of Wall Street Money
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman who was an aide in the Clinton White House, was the top House recipient in the 2008 election cycle of contributions from hedge funds, private equity firms and the larger securities/investment industry
 http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?92ff77a3-e51f-4b6a-8f98-fc2b420a7f87



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN

The Beat Goes On: More Atrocity as Afghanistan Braces for Obama's Surge
The Democratic candidate's stated polices on the conflict dovetail exactly with those of Rove, Bush and McCain: Thousands of more troops. More military hardware. More drone missile strikes, not only in Afghanistan but in Pakistan as well.
 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m48559&hd=&size=1&l=e

Taliban Warns Obama Against Escalation
"Till the time American forces leave Afghanistan and Iraq, and till the US pressure on the Pakistan government is maintained, the change in America's leadership will be a meaningless thing."
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm

Pakistanis Skeptical About Obama
"Like every Pakistani, I feel scared of his intentions to attack our tribal areas."
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IRAQ

Iraqis Worry About Obama
"We have seen nothing positive from any American president, and McCain and Obama are two faces of one coin, one policy."
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081105/wl_mcclatchy/3092953

Iraq Puppet Regime Confident Obama Won't Withdraw Troops Quickly
Obama has "reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions."
 http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=443331

Iraq Vet Calls on Antiwar Movement to Press Obama for Immediate Withdrawal
I'm very excited about what an Obama candidacy -- or Obama presidency, the kind of racial unity it can bring, but I'm worried that people in this country believe he is truly going to be an antiwar president, and he's not. . . . If we want to see peace, the people need to get out and make that a reality. And they're going to do that by supporting service members refusing to deploy to Iraq. They're going to do that by opposing Barack Obama's narrative of Afghanistan as somehow being good.
 http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/5/iraq_vet_calls_on_antiwar_movement



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NYCLAW LINKS

NYCLAW Website
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/

About NYCLAW
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/about-nyclaw/

Contact NYCLAW
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/contact-nyclaw/

End the Occupation of Iraq -- Bring the Troops Home Now
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/nyclaw-button-end-the-occupation-of-iraq-bring-the-troops-home-now/

Labor for Palestine
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/labor-for-palestine-logo/

Subscribe to NYCLAW Listserv
 http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/subscribe-to-nyclaw-listserv/ __

NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
- e-mail: nyclaw01@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://nyclaw01.wordpress.com/

Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

Global IMC Network


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech