[IMC-DC] BTL Summary 7-15-05: "Staying the Course" in Iraq; Military Base Closings; AFL-CIO's Rift

[Scott Harris]

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FOR THE WEEK ENDING July 15, 2005

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1) Bush Call to 'Stay the Course in Iraq'
Echoes Pronouncements Made During Vietnam War

Interview with Ray McGovern,
retired CIA analyst,
conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Military Base Closings Force Communities
to Plan for Sustainable Economic Development

Interview with Joanne Sheehan,
of the War Resisters' League,
conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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3) Civil War Looms in AFL-CIO as Dissidents
Demand Reform and Threaten
to Break Up Federation

Interview with journalist Joanne Wypijewski,
conducted by Scott Harris

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http://www.btlonline.org/wypijewski071505.ram
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4) This week's summary
of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

* Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Sri Lankan government
is preparing for a political storm as it announced a deal in late June
to distribute aid with the rebel Tamil Tigers, who control much of the
northeast of the country and have been engaged in a 20-year war for
independence that has left 65,000 people dead.
* The rice market in Ghana has collapsed and critics blame the struggle
of local farmers on structural adjustment loans given by the
International Monetary Fund in the early 1980s. The loans mandated the
import of cheap rice subsidized by the U.S. and European governments.
* Anti-gay violence inspired by religious extremists boiled over at
Jerusalem's annual gay pride parade on June 30.

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