[Shadow_Group] Special: Interview with Anti-War GI

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Latest Release: Monday, November 29, 2004

Left Hook Exclusive: An Interview with an Anti-war Veteran from the Iraq 
War

Derek Seidman with Jim Talib HM3 (FMF/PJ)

 Jim Talib is an antiwar vet who served in Iraq earlier this year for 
nearly seven months. He has recently begun speaking out against the war 
and occupation. Derek Seidman, co-editor of /Left Hook/, was able to 
catch up with Jim Talib and ask him some questions about the war and 
occupation, his personal experiences in Iraq, and issues concerning the 
relationship between antiwar soldiers and the broader antiwar movement.

- (Read the interview) 
<http://lefthook.org/Interviews/SeidmanTalib112904.html<http://lefthook.org/Interviews/SeidmanTalib112904.html>>

U.S. Hiring Increases, But Slow Job Growth Continues

Seth Sandronsky

Despite the apparent resolution of the presidential race, the U.S. 
economy still faces many problems. One is slow job growth. This, and not 
abortion and gay marriage, is the social issue of the day, determining 
for the majority in blue and red states who does get by and who falls by 
the wayside.

In October, the U.S. economy added 337,000 new, nonfarm jobs, the 
highest total since March. The creation of new jobs, as revised by the 
Labor Department, was 139,000 in September and 198,000 in August. Policy 
makers with the Federal Reserve Bank issued cheery comments concerning 
recent U.S. job growth on November 10.

- (Read full) <http://lefthook.org/Politics/Sandronsky112904.html<http://lefthook.org/Politics/Sandronsky112904.html>>

His Own Fault: John Kerry's Failure

Igor Volsky

John Kerry has lost his bid for the presidency. To most Democrats who, 
expecting a Kerry victory, were confirming their celebration-party 
catering, the loss was a major disappointment. But President Bush had 
been confident all along. When asked if he had any doubts about winning 
a second term, Bush would fiercely shake his head from side to side with 
the conviction of a two-year-old refusing to eat his broccoli.

Throughout the election, I had been quick to dismiss the president's 
confidence as arrogance; convinced that his policies had alienated so 
many Americans that his defeat was inevitable. But this election was not 
decided by the issues. Instead, the vote turned into a referendum on gay 
marriage and Kerry's service in Vietnam.

- (Read full) <http://lefthook.org/Politics/Volsky112904.html<http://lefthook.org/Politics/Volsky112904.html>>

What PSA's Can Teach Us About American Democracy

Chad Faldt

How many of you saw the televised exhortations to vote? I'm not talking 
about the 'rock the vote' events, or other such crap, but a couple of 
particularly and unintentionally enlightening commercials. Every 
presidential election is accompanied by a fusillade of rhetoric 
expounding on the civic virtues and duties of voting. The newest 
commercials display a brilliant sense of irony. The message is, perhaps, 
only a cynical and candid acknowledgement of the substance, or lack 
thereof, of the electoral process.

- (Read full) <http://lefthook.org/Culture/Faldt112904.html<http://lefthook.org/Culture/Faldt112904.html>>

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