House Democrats pass historic health care overhaul, 219 to 212

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by David Lightman and William Douglas
McClatchy Newspapers
March 21, 2010

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives late Sunday passed by a 219 to 212 vote the biggest overhaul of the nation’s health care system in more than four decades, sweeping changes expected to make coverage easier and cheaper to obtain.

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The vote sent a bill passed on Dec. 24 by the Senate to Obama for his signature. The House, however, will consider later Sunday another bill that would make major changes, called reconciliation.

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Nader attacks Israel for eluding NPT

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March 21, 2010

Veteran liberal, citizens’ rights campaigner and former US presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, has criticized Israel for possessing nuclear weapons and refusing to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

“Israel has 250 nuclear bombs and they don’t belong to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, so they aren’t even part of international law,” Nader told Press TV during an anti-war demonstration in Washington DC on Saturday.

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Seven Years of War in Iraq: Still Based on Cheney’s Torture and Lies

by Andy Worthington
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www.andyworthington.co.uk
21 March, 2010

Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq, but by now, it seems, the American people have become used to living in a state of perpetual war, even though that war was based on torture and lies. Protestors rallied across the country on Saturday, but the anti-war impetus of the Bush years has not been regained, as I discovered to my sorrow during a brief US tour in November, when I showed the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (directed by Polly Nash and myself) in New York, Washington D.C., and the Bay Area.

The Specter of Bigotry in Health Care Demonstrations by Walter Brasch

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Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.walterbrasch.com
March 21, 2010

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The Republican leadership was quick to apologize, Saturday, for racist and anti-gay comments made by some citizens against Democrats who supported the health care bill.

Anti-reform demonstrators at the nation’s capitol yelled racial slurs against Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who had marched with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and two other congressmen. One demonstrator spit at Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.). Several protestors yelled anti-gay slurs at Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) “I heard people saying things today that I have not heard since March 15, 1960, when I was marching to try to get off the back of the bus,” Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters at the Capitol.

Cindy Sheehan’s Speech at the Anti-war Protest + More videos of her arrest + Going over the barricade!

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Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
March 21, 2010

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March 21, 2010

Cindy Sheehan’s Speech

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Cindy Sheehan arrested at D.C. protest

thestrugglevideo
March 21, 2010

Video of Cindy Sheehan arrested for breaching police cordon in front of White House.

Cindy Sheehan arrested at D.C. protest 3-20-10 #1

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also:

Cindy Sheehan arrested in D.C. 3-20-10 Photo Slideshow

Ann Wright’s Speech at the Antiwar Protest

9/11 Truth Activist Jon Gold Arrested At White House Anti-War Protest

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Cindy Sheehan arrested at the White House, anti-war rally March 20, 2010

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March 21, 2010

Cindy Sheehan was arrested at the White House in an anti-war rally, where thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Washington DC on March 20, 2010, calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and an end to U.S. wars across the globe.

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Antiwar march report (in San Fransisco, CA)

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March 21, 2010

March 20 in SF

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Anti-War Protest White House Barrier Failure

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March 21, 2010

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see

Cindy Sheehan Arrested At War Protest In D.C.

Scott Horton Interviews Cindy Sheehan on the anti-war movement in the age

Democracy Now!: Cindy Sheehan Sets Up “Camp OUT NOW” in Antiwar Protest

Greetings from Germany – Together we will end these wars!

Cindy Sheehan Arrested At War Protest In D.C.

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March 20, 2010

March 20, 2010

Thousands of protesters, many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama, marched through the nation’s capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. (March 20)

Greg Craven: Utopia Konferenz (2008; must-see)

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March 10, 2010

A presentation I was invited to give to 500 “movers and shakers” in Berlin, Germany in November of 2008.

No earth-shaking new insights here that aren’t already in my book, and I had to talk slow because English was the audience’s second (or third, or fourth) language.