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Last Release: Sunday, June 13, 2004

Palestinian Misery in Perspective

| Paul de Rooij |

The media usually focuses on the latest casualty and quickly forgets
those who died even a few days before. The American media in particular
has a Dracula-like predilection for warm bodies, and no interest in
cases where blood has already dried. Unfortunately this ahistoric focus
on the last victim hides the scale of mass crimes and the responsibility
of various perpetrators. Whether in Iraq, Palestine, Colombia, or Haiti,
it is necessary to locate human rights abuses in a wider context to
appreciate the scale of what is occurring on the ground.

- (Read full) http://lefthook.org/Politics/Rooij061304.html

John Kerry, Cheerleader for Israeli Brutality

| Josh Frank |

Even if he turns out to be the second worst president in US history,
John F. Kerry will still be better than our sitting president. At least
many liberal and progressive Americans are stating as much in order to
justify their support for the leading Democrat. However, such rationale
does not dilute the fact that most people in the world will not be able
to sense any tangible variation between either, Bush or Kerry.

Just ask the Palestinians who, as the Washington Post reported, suffered
19 (other estimates range between 25-30) deaths in the last nine days
(prior to the May 19 attack by the Israeli military on a Palestinian
demonstration in Rafah that killed at least 19 more people) due to
hostile Israeli military aggression in Rafah, a Palestinian refugee camp
located in the Gaza Strip.

- (Read full) http://lefthook.org/Politics/Frank061304.html


Guatemala: A Short Political History

| Rob Segovia-Welsh |

In December the ballot boxes of Guatemala showed victory to the
center-right party of Berger. Although many promises were made by the
several parties running in the national election few Guatemalan´s expect
much from the new government.

Although it was Berger that claimed victory it was Rios Montt, the
ex-military dictator, who gave the Guatemalan people much to talk about.
Montt´s right wing party (FRG) won about 20% of the population´s vote in
the primary election. This was not enough to carry him through but
certainly enough to raise an eyebrow. Afterall, this is the man who came
to power in 1982 by force and caused the death and diappearance of
thousands, not to mention the destruction of whole villages.

- (Read full) http://lefthook.org/History/Welsh061304.html

How Ray Charles Got Over

| Seth Sandronsky |

Ray Charles, the superb African American musician who died on June 10,
got over in more ways than one.

He appealed to Americans of all ages and backgrounds. For five decades,
they enjoyed Charles' music.

He expressed his people's efforts to transcend the racial lines of
America, a struggle recognized around the world. Credit should partly go
to Charles for this global recognition.

- (Read full) http://lefthook.org/Culture/Sandronsky061304.html

April in the Empire

| Nikki Marterre |

April is the cruelest month
Forgotten skies haze over the atrocities
That keep coming without blinking
The large eye that watches
The large eye that blinds us
With night-vision and yellow flashes
And in that haunting
The roar
That imperceptible second
When all that is lost is forgotten

- (Read full) http://lefthook.org/Culture/Marterre061304.html

El Che [Digital Artwork]

| M. Junaid Alam |

http://lefthook.org/Culture/Che061304.html



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