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Sun May 11 2008

Burma blocks aid, fearing subversive foreigners
by Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma has blocked the cyclone-stricken country from most international relief efforts, and is instead telling citizens to vote on Saturday for a new constitution which will entrench the military regime's domination.
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Burma not thankful for U.S. warships offering cyclone aid
by Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When Burma's biggest enemy the United States offered to send emergency cyclone relief, it probably sounded like North Korea wanting to send its warships and troops to New Orleans to rescue people in the aftermath of Katrina.
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Did the US Supreme Court deliver the Indiana Primary to Hillary Clinton?
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
Imagine Hillary Clinton's luck.
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Did Republicans give Hillary her victory in Ohio?
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
Hilary Clinton's larger-than-expected victory in Ohio may have been won with votes from Republicans, and from independents who usually vote Republican.
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City of Peace
by Bob Fitrakis
The great moral issue of our era is the illegal war in Iraq. Like the issues of slavery, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War in past epochs, silence on this issue equals complicity.
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Making YOU pay for the next Chernobyls ... in advance!!
by Harvey Wasserman
Are you ready to pay for the next Chernobyls---in advance? Are you willing to have nuclear power PREVENT a solution to the climate crisis?
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Ohio Secretary of State confirms 2004 election could have been stolen
by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
Ohio's Secretary of State announced this morning that a $1.9 million official study shows that "critical security failures" are embedded throughout the voting systems in the state that decided the 2004 election. Those failures, she says, "could impact the integrity of elections in the Buckeye State." They have rendered Ohio's vote counts "vulnerable" to manipulation and theft by "fairly simple techniques."
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Free Press Annual Awards Dinner
Join us to recognize local community activists. Also presenting awards are the Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio, the Native American Indian Center, and a local African American activist will be honored. The event begins at approximately 6pm. Admission is $15 single, $25 couple, or $10 for low-income.

Location: Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, 67 Innis, south of German Village off High Street
Phone: 253-2571
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