Future historians may conclude that the key issue in the 2008 presidential campaign was not Iraq, but whether the United States should go to war with Iran
Article: Salon.com 

When will we have a country-wide massive general strike?         

Click here to read Cindy Shehan's article at Information Clearinghouse 

 (The following is an exerpt from Scott Ritter's September 27 article) ... 

The highest priority for the antiwar movement in America today must be the prevention of a war with Iran. The strategic objectives should include getting Congress to repeal the war-powers authorities currently on the books, thereby forcing the president to seek new congressional approval for any new war. Likewise, a concerted effort must be undertaken to counter the disinformation being spread by the Bush administration and others about the nature of the Iranian threat. Every action undertaken by the antiwar movement must be connected to one or both of these strategic objectives. This is not the time for one-off sophomoric newspaper advertisements, but rather for sustained action focused on generating congressional hearings and public debate across the entire spectrum of American society. From the colleges and universities to the churches and on to the public square of small-town America, public information talks, presentations and panels must be held. Communities should flood local media outlets with requests for coverage and appeal to regional media to run stories. Mainstream media will follow. Demonstrations, if useful at all, must be focused events linked to an overall campaign designed to facilitate a strategic objective.

Click here to read the whole article at Truthdig 

Read the New York Times article posted by Information Clearinghouse 

 Military Families Speak Out and Gold Star Families Speak Out member
Celeste Zappala responds to Ari Fleischer's $15 million pro-war
advertising campaign with this video posted on YouTube.    
Thanks to U.S. Labor Against the War for sending the link. 

The U.S. Guest Worker Program for Exploiting Mexican and Central American Workers

 ... The stakes of the unfolding U.S. strategy to exploit millions of Mexican and Central American laborers as transient servants through a national guest worker program are staggering. Since a major component of the plan is to recruit or deport the unauthorized migrant population currently residing and working in the United States, a look at the target population suggests the scope of the strategy and its consequences.

 article in  Monthly Review, Volume 58, Number 7

A climate ‘tipping point’ is a point beyond which it will be very difficult if not impossible to prevent catastrophic climate change, truly apocalyptic climate change.

We may be seeing one unfolding right now. That is how serious the climate crisis is. And that is why, a month from now, on September 4^th, the day Congress returns to D.C., a Climate Emergency Fast will be launched which will see some of us go without food for weeks. For me personally, it will be open-ended; there is no set ending date.

...   One concrete proposal would be to request donations for Iraqi families from friends and groups like yourselves.  The money could be put in separate envelopes, perhaps with a message from the sender, and given directly to the person or family in need.  It could be for a month's rent, or for a quantity of insulin.

In grasping and exercising presidential powers, Cheney has dulled political accountability and concocted theories for evading the law and Constitution that would have embarrassed King George III.
Slate 

How recent U.S. wars of choice, driven largely by war profiteering, are plundering not only defenseless peoples and their resources abroad, but also the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens and their resources at home.
Information Clearinghouse

While Gaza Burns, Israelis and Palestinians Talk

(Article sent by David McReynolds and originally published in the Comments section of the Guardian: