James J. Martin, 1916 – 2004
by Jeff Riggenbach
The noted revisionist historian James J. Martin, who died at around six o’clock in the morning on Sunday April 4, 2004 at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the author of Men Against the State: The Expositors of Individualist Anarchism in America, 1827-1908 (1953), American Liberalism and World Politics, 1931-1941 (1963), the collections Revisionist Viewpoints: Essays in a Dissident Historical Tradition (1971) and The Saga of Hog Island and Other Essays in Inconvenient History (1977), as well as dozens upon dozens of as yet uncollected essays, articles, book reviews, introductions, and prefaces. Martin, who was eighty-seven years old at the time of his passing, will be sorely missed by everyone who looks at the historical record and, in the words of William Appleman Williams, "sees basic facts in a different way and as interconnected in new relationships" (338). Williams, writing in 1973 in his famous essay "Confessions of an Intransigent Revisionist," was trying to put his finger on just what sorts of qualities tended to lead an historian into revisionism in the first place. Whether his attempt was successful, each reader must decide for himself. But one thing is certain: whatever that combination of qualities was, he himself had it, and so did James J. Martin.
http://www.antiwar.com
Edmonton Police Investigate Hate Crime Seizure
Last Updated Fri, 14 May 2004 22:50:19
EDMONTON - A police investigation is underway in Edmonton following last Friday's seizure of forty items bearing Nazi symbols which were taken from the home of Glenn Bahr.
http://www.cbc.ca
Taking a Closer Look at the Patriot Act
Where Are You Heading, America?
By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY
The parallels with 1930s Germany are ominous . . .
http://www.counterpunch.com
Pre-empting the Bill of Rights
The Other War, One Year Later
By ELAINE CASSEL
A year ago, I started writing about the Bush Administration's war on civil liberties. Having just completed a book on the topic (The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights, Lawrence Hill Books, September 2004), I am mentally and emotionally exhausted from keeping up with the bad news on many fronts. And, for the past month, engrossed in the tedious copy-editing and other end-of-stage publication details, I have been unable to write about developments in this war. But I have not stopped keeping up with the news.
http://www.counterpunch.com
FBI Agent: 2004 Will Be Remembered as 'Summer of Terror'
Today on "Fox News Live," former FBI Special Agent Harold Copus said that the summer of 2004 will be remembered as the "Summer of Terror."
http://www.newsmax.com
Frank Rich: The Unraveling of U.S. Propaganda
By Frank Rich (NYT)
May 14, 2004
NEW YORK: It’s almost too perfect. Two young working-class women from opposite ends of West Virginia go off to war. One is blond and has aspirations to be a schoolteacher; the other is dark, divorced and now carrying an out-of-wedlock baby.
http://www.iht.com
Comments by U.S. Congressman on Holocaust Spurs Squabble with Austria
By Tom Tugend
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (JTA) Austrian diplomats in the United States have taken issue with an indictment of their country’s attitude toward the Holocaust by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.).
http://www.jta.org
Serving Two Flags: Neocons, Israel and the Bush Administration
By Stephen Green
Since 9/11, a small group of “neoconservatives” in the administration have effectively guttedthey would say reformedtraditional American foreign and security policy. Features of the new Bush doctrine include the pre-emptive use of unilateral force, and the undermining of the United Nations and the principle instruments and institutions of international law...all in the cause of fighting terrorism and promoting homeland security.
http://www.wrmea.com
Israeli War Crimes
Who to Trust: AIPAC or Amnesty International?
By RAY HANANIA
In a speech recently, President Bush says Israel has a right to defend itself against terror but he made no mention of Israel's government's "war crimes."
http://www.counterpunch.com
Israel Seeks Mass Gaza Surrender
Israeli troops on a raid in southern Gaza have called for a mass surrender of male residents in part of the Rafah refugee camp.
Reports say army loudspeakers told males aged 16 or over in the Tel Sultan area to gather at a local school or risk demolition of their family homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Forgotten Christians
Not all displaced Palestinians are Muslims.
By Anders Strindberg
Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” is playing to full houses in the Syrian capital Damascus. Watching it here turns out to be much the same as watching it on opening night in New Yorkcustomarily rowdy moviegoers observe a reverent silence, the usual sound of candy wrappers is replaced by sobbing and gasping, and, at the end of it all, the audience files out of the theater in silence and contemplation. Many of those watching the movie on this occasion are Palestinian Christian refugees whose parents or grandparents were purged from their homelandthe land of Christat the foundation of Israel in 1948.
http://www.amconmag.com
Torture in Iraq: Appalling
Politicians’ Reactions: Not Much Better
By Ivan Eland
If the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. military personnel is revolting, almost as shocking is the reaction of American politicians to the scandal. Under political pressure, President Bush grudgingly apologized only after the apologies by his subordinates. His description of the abuses as “abhorrent“ failed to dampen the furor. In interviews with networks broadcasting in the Middle East, the president probably further inflamed the Islamic world by using the arrogant and commanding phraseology, “people in Iraq must understand…” and, “the people of the Middle East must understand…” The New York Times characterized the president’s tone in the interviews by writing, “In responding to the Muslim rage over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Mr. Bush sometimes sounded as if he was chiding angry Arabs for not appreciating the United States’ good intentions.”
http://www.independent.org
Rancid from Top to Bottom
Green Lights for Torture
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
So there were WMDs in Iraq after all. They're called digital cameras. Partly because of them the US faces one of the most humiliating defeats in imperial history. But there's also a clear paper trail. Not just the long and copiously documented record of US torture, with many of its refinements acquired by the CIA from the Nazis after World War Two, but the more recent lineage of encouragement.
http://www.counterpunch.com
Could N. Berg's Execution be Fake?
by Pater Havlasa
PRAVDA, Moscow, 14 May 2004
Given the incomprehensible jungle of information, the very first question, when viewing this video of an American civilian, N. Berg"s execution, should be whether it is even true?
http://globalresearch.ca
Berg Decapitation Video was Filmed Inside the Abu Ghraib Prison
by Hector Carreon
Editor's Note
We bring this incisive analysis by Hector Carreon to the attention of our readers. The article first published by Voz de Aztlan provides compelling analysis and photographic evidence on the Berg execution.
A word of caution:
The article does not constitute proof that the execution was staged in the Abu Ghraib prison. It nonetheless casts serious doubt on the official story. Together with other inconsistencies, which have been brought to light in several articles, it points to the need for a full-fledged international criminal inquiry into the circumstances of the execution and death of Nicholas Berg.
http://globalresearch.ca
98% Chance That This is a Military-Industrial Complex Psyop
Infowars.com
Alex Jones
May 14, 2004
One would have to be totally blind to ignore the incredible stench of P2OG Pentagon theater in the case of Nick Berg. We've got Nick Berg in US custody for 13 days, a diplomat's email confirms this, the FBI admits it and the Iraqi puppet government confirms it.
http://www.infowars.com
Lebanon Cracks 'Israeli Spy Ring'
Lebanon has cracked a spy ring recruited by Israel to help assassinate the head of the resistance group Hizb Allah, says a Beirut newspaper.
A Palestinian woman in her forties is in custody, accused of being recruited by Israeli agents in Tunisia to establish a spy ring comprising Arab workers in Lebanon, the daily Al-Safir said in a front-page story on Tuesday
http://english.aljazeera.net
Hungry Alien Fish May be Nearing Nation's Capital
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) A second northern snakehead has been caught by a fisherman in the Potomac River, Maryland officials said, a sign that the destructive alien species may have invaded the Washington area's largest river.
http://www.usatoday.com
Bloodthirsty Bedbugs Stage Comeback in U.S., Europe
James Owen
for National Geographic News
May 13, 2004
"Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite." This old saying may be becoming newly relevant. Bedbugs, which feast on human blood at night, are biting back in developed countries around the world.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com
Polygraphs Don't Give True Story
By Noah Shachtman
02:00 AM May. 14, 2004 PT
The military may have ways -- gruesome ways -- of making people talk, as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has shown. But it still doesn't have a reliable method for figuring out whether those people are telling the truth or not.
http://www.wired.com
Tag Talk Delay for RFID Chips
Confusion over standards is stalling the introduction of electronic tagging of retail goods, writes Ken Young. But Europe's collaborative approach may pay dividends in the long run
Thursday May 13, 2004
The Guardian
Retailing is on the verge of a revolution in terms of how it tracks products from manufacture to final sale, thanks to radio frequency identification technology (RFID), which uses tiny microchips in tags to replace bar codes. But some retailers are concerned that the revolution is being stalled because worldwide standards for the technology are still some way off.
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Wal-Mart: 'Smart' Tags Test Goes Well
May 18, 4:38 PM (ET)
CHICAGO (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said a pilot program to introduce radio-frequency identification tags, a technology that's intended to replace bar codes, to its stores and distribution network has begun without a major hitch.
http://apnews.excite.com
New Biometric Approach Secures ID Cards
19:00 19 May 04
Exclusive from New Scientist
A novel biometric identification system could counter many of the objections to ID card schemes such as the one being proposed by the UK government.
http://www.newscientist.com
Poll Suggests ID Card Backlash
The government could face a public backlash to its proposals on ID cards a new survey has found.
Up to 5 million people (28%) would demonstrate against ID cards the survey conducted by online research firm YouGov found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Ananova: Nightclub 'Chips' Punters
A Spanish nightclub is giving guests the chance to pay for drinks and admission using a tiny microchip implanted under the skin.
http://www.ananova.com
OPM Ends Diploma Mill Acceptance
BY Judi Hasson
May 14, 2004
The Office of Personnel Management pulled the plug Thursday on using credentials from so-called diploma mills to qualify for a federal job and cut off tuition reimbursements to federal workers who take courses from those unaccredited institutions.
http://www.fcw.com
Vaccines Not Linked to Autism, Second Study Reports
By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
An Institute of Medicine report has found no evidence that mercury-laced vaccines cause autism, as many parents of children with the disorder insist.
http://www.washingtontimes.com
The Maypole – More Than a Symbol of Prosperity
by Sabine Barnhart
Many, many years ago when I was a seven-year old German girl, with pig-tails dressed in a homemade dirndl (traditional dress), I enjoyed going to the spring festivals in May. Taking a break from running around and gliding down make-shift slides made out of folding tables, I would retreat to a shady spot with my bratwurst and my lemonade to admire the Maypole in our town.
http://www.lewrockwell.com
Hundreds of Mummies Found in Egyptian Caves
Nancy Gupton
For National Geographic News
May 19, 2004
An underground maze found packed with mummies was most likely an ancient multifamily cemetery, Egypt's top archaeologist said.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com
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