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To: stockman_scott who wrote (695)	1/21/2003 12:15:38 AM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1296

swans.com January 20, 2003 -- In this issue: The U.S. is currently delaying food assistance to a people in the midst of a famine to achieve political aims... The humanitarian aid to North Korea is tied, as Bush II has confirmed, to the politics of the latest fabricated nuclear crisis in East Asia, and is merely presented in the media as tough diplomacy and dialogue, not a genocidal policy, which it clearly is. The term genocide has been quite efficiently applied to US-defined miscreants -- do you recall how in 1999 the moralizing crowds were pontificating that if the Serb leadership's intent was to kill even one Muslim, that very intent in and by itself was proof of genocide? (Milosevic is in the imperial dock accordingly). It's only the bad people du jour who are genocidists, right? Well, Ed Herman turns the matter upside down on its head and applies the term to the U.S. and its client state in the Middle East. Let's brace ourselves for another volley of flames! Following the media you would believe that the only real problems faced by the good guys are the "terrorists" (what little we hear of them), Iraq and its blood-thirsty leader, the wicked Palestinians, and the other dictator in the Hermit Kingdom, the Land of Morning Calm, bound to defy the peace and freedom loving people of the world with his mini-nukes (quiz: who last called for using nukes?) but if you follow Gilles d'Aymery you'll see a wider picture of the many predicaments (choking pretzels?) that are piling up on Bush's plate. But then, as Milo Clark explains, it may have to do not with ignorance but with the ignorance of ignorance... Talking about the media, The New York Times reported that "tens of thousands" of demonstrators had gathered in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and various other cities around the world. Of course, if you keep adding up the tens of thousands you'll get close to 200,000 in San Francisco and 4 or 500,000 in D.C., and that's just two cities among over 30! It won't be reported as such, but the antiwar demonstrations of January 18 were a huge success. How do we know? Simple, Michael Stowell was there! Not only does he present his rationale for participating but in a second piece he offers his live impressions of the moment. Now, go back to the International A.N.S.W.E.R coalition and find out about the next events. Get ready for February 15! While the masses were demonstrating and celebrating the legend of Martin Luther King Jr., Resident Bush, so as not to be left out of the inspiration mix, declared January 19 to be National Sanctity of Human Life Day. Jan Baughman, in a letter to Mr. Bush, shows the hypocrisy of a government that is chipping away at abortion while diverting funds from health care, education, and just about every social service, to the military and the wealthy. With this suffering economy, William Funke describes the likely disastrous consequences of Bush's faulty tax plan packaged and marketed as an 'economic stimulus plan,' and offers some better alternatives. Philip Greenspan explains the cost in human dividends that a "patriotic" investment in war will impose. We have two powerful poems to share -- one by Alma Hromic, for the migratory birds facing a loss of protection along with the US wetlands, and one by John Bart Gerald, with a superb and haunting drawing by Julie Maas, for the casualties of a US bombing of a civilian shelter in Baghdad in 1991. Finally, Milo Clark reviews the prophetic and pioneering works of Robert A. Heinlein. Enjoy this edition. As always, form your OWN opinion and let your friends (and foes) know about Swans. It's your voice that makes ours grow. Here is the list of all the pieces: swans.com Parallel And Linked Genocides: Iraq And Palestine by Edward S. Herman swans.com A World Full Of Choking Pretzels - by Gilles d'Aymery swans.com Typology Of Ignorance - by Milo Clark swans.com Demonstration - by Michael W. Stowell swans.com The Magical Mystery Tour - by Michael W. Stowell swans.com National Sanctity Of Human Life Day: A Letter to the President by Jan Baughman swans.com Bush Economic "Plan" (giggle, snort) - by William Funke swans.com Dividends From A Patriotic Investment - by Philip Greenspan swans.com The Birds - A Poem by Alma A. Hromic swans.com to all those lost 2/13/91 4:30 a.m. A Poem by John Bart Gerald with Drawing by Julie Maas swans.com Future History: The Work of Robert A. Heinlein by Milo Clark swans.com Letters to the Editor