Archive - Jun 2008

During the 2004 Presidential election, Rock the Vote was one of many voter education campaigns that became prominent among youth. Although non-partisan, much of the success of youth voter turn out had to do with the hopes of unseating George Bush. 2008 candidate Barack Obama has been able to grow youth excitement around this years' election even more. We spoke with two of them, 19 year-old Andrew McCrackin and 26 year-old Neesha Pierre as they stood on a street corner in Washington DC soliciting contributions for the Democratic Party.

PART 2:

• Iraq's Oil Contracts
• United States Holding Clandestine Operations In Iran
• Massive Protests Against US-South Korea Free Trade Deal
• Trans March Kicks of San Francisco Pride
• First Pride in New Delhi
• Community Wind Power

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• Abu Ghraib Torture Suits Filed
• Canadian Deported by US to Syria Loses Appeal
• Bush Signs War Funding
• African Union Summit
• Britain’s National Healthcare Open for Bids

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The Iraqi government has opened up production of some of its oil fields to international companies. The US State Department has been helping write contracts and work out negotiations with some of the companies and the Iraqi government, which raises questions about the reason for the invasion of Iraq. FSRN Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.

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Congress has funded clandestine military operations against Iran, to the tune of up to $400 million in secret spending. That's according to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who writes in the New Yorker that both Republican and Democratic leaders agreed to a request, called a Presidential Finding, to fund covert operations to back dissident group and to collect intelligence about Iran's nuclear weapons plans. Hersh writes that Bush made the secret request to Congress despite the National Intelligence Estimate report that made clear that Iran put an end to its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Hersh was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now today, where he said that it looks as if the United States is ready to attack Iran immediately.

Mass demonstrations in South Korea over the lifting of a ban on US beef erupted over the weekend. This coincides with a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Labor unions, who oppose the ratification of the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, are in part being blamed for a surge in violence. From Seoul, FSRN's Jason Strother has the story.

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