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Fierce fighting erupts between US/coalition troops, Shiite militia in Iraq

Two US soldier and at least 17 civilians killed, at least 12 US soldiers and 5o 
civilians wounded and one US helicopter downed by guerrilla fire

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Coalition troops backed up by US airpower battled Shiite 
Muslim followers of a radical Iraqi cleric in the fiercest fighting since a 
truce was brokered in June.

At least 17 people were killed Thursday and a US helicopter was shot down. 
Officials reported more than 100 people wounded in the Shiite south and the 
Baghdad slum stronghold of radical militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr.

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San Francisco Immigrants Voting Rights Proposal: A Step Forward

By Simon Morales

Photographs and video by Rene Amini

Since 1996, when Frontlines editor Carlos Petroni and immigrant advocate 
Lucrecia Bermudez co-wrote the ?Immigrant Voting Rights Act?, the Immigrant 
Rights Movement (MDI) has campaigned intensively for legislation that grants 
non-citizens the right to vote in local elections.

It has done so in public meetings, massively organizing Immigrant Pride Day in 
the Mission District with tens of thousands of participants and lobbying 
progressive organizations and politicians.

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Green Party remains divided by rigged Milwaukee Convention

By Carol Miller and Forrest Hill

How did David Cobb become the Green Party presidential nominee against the 
overwhelming majority of the Green Party?

The answer is quite simple. The Green Party followed a policy that is 
fundamentally undemocratic and allowed the will of its members to be 
manipulated.

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Iraq to Explode: Can't Blair see that this country is about to explode? Can't 
Bush?



  "Much of Iraq has fallen outside the control of America's puppet government 
in Baghdad but we are not told. Hundreds of attacks are made against US troops 
every month. But unless an American dies, we are not told. This month's death 
toll of Iraqis in Baghdad alone has now reached 700 - the worst month since the 
invasion ended. But we are not told."

by Robert Fisk

Bagdhad: The war is a fraud. I'm not talking about the weapons of mass 
destruction that didn't exist. Nor the links between Saddam Hussein and 
al-Qaida which didn't exist. Nor all the other lies upon which we went to war. 
I'm talking about the new lies.

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Under Kerry's Tent: He's the (Any) One

By ALEXANDER COCKBURN

Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset? I 
wouldn't have thought so, but here's John Kerry, just about 90 days shy of 
election day, promoting himself as a man of presidential caliber entirely on 
the basis that he's the Anyone in "Anyone But Bush". Aside from the flag 
wagging , that's what it comes down to, unless you take the probably realistic 
view that when it comes to war-fighting in the service of Empire he's far more 
bloodthirsty.

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Interview with Lucrecia Bermudez (District 9 race)

By Ildefonso Rodriguez

?I have no interests different from those whom I?m looking to represent. I 
don?t see them as my instrument to rule, rather I see myself as a tool for 
their struggles and right to rule their own lives.?

-Lucrecia Bermúdez

Lucrecia Bermudez is running for Supervisor of District 9 again. Last time 
around, in 2000, when Ammiano was at the peak of his popularity, Lucrecia came 
in third.

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Renee Saucedo: "It's All About Me" (District 9 race)

By Ildefonso Rodriguez

"Tom Ammiano had his opportunity, now it's the turn of someone like me."

"Lucrecia had her opportunity, now it's my turn." -- Renee Saucedo

To the Bay Guardian, to El Tecolote, at Green party meetings and during a 
debate with candidate Lucrecia Bermudez, she is telling anyone who would like 
to listen that it is her turn and nobody else?s. And she is very protective of 
the mantle. So much so that last year she broke with her long term political 
ally and personal friend Erik Quezada over which of the two should make a run 
this year.

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Crisis in the San Francisco Green Party

By Simon Morales

The local SF Green Party chapter is currently in a state of disarray and 
dysfunctionality. Some local activists attribute this situation to the control 
of the organization by a clique of Demogreens who have stifled the work of the 
party. Others claim that the current state is a price paid for the success of 
the party, that the problems represent growth pains that will resolve 
themselves as the politics of the organization are further defined.

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The Green Left

By Simon Morales

After the Milwaukee Convention of the Green Party, most leaders of the Green 
Party have lined up to oppose and denounce the Demogreens, who rigged the 
Convention with fake delegations and stuffed the ballot boxes with the votes of 
unknown small bureaucrats.

David Cobb was successful in defeating the endorsement of Ralph Nader-Peter 
Camejo, but he does not seem to be acquiring much capital out of it. In fact, 
it?s possible that his candidacy will deprive the Green Party of its ballot 
status in several states, as he is not likely to overcome the death kiss of the 
one percentile candidates.

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New Progressive Left Movement Organizing in Communities of Color and among 
Immigrants

By Chris Finn

On July 10th within view of the closed, but still radioactive and contaminated, 
Naval shipyard, two polluting power plants and a slew of other toxic spots that 
surround Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) residents, the New Progressive Left 
Movement (NPLM) held its fourth public conference.

The object was to address the issues of environmental racism and violence in 
the BVHP community.

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