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Washington: A leading Republican senator said Sunday the war in Iraq is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago....

One was a skinny 20-year-old discharged from the Army who couldn't shake the piercing rat-a-tat-tat reminders of combat. The other, a decorated Marine family man whose job preparing bodies of U.S. soldiers for burial had caused clammy, restless nights. Both home from duty in Iraq, they were on opposite ends of the country, but their stories have much in common....

Crawford, Texas: At high noon yesterday, a dozen interfaith clergy walked the line of nearly 2,000 wooden crosses before holding a service decrying a "silent war" in Iraq that keeps on killing, "for what noble cause?" Later in the evening, under a newly errected massive tent, award winning artist Marcia Ball preformed....

My name is Julio and I'm 28. I grew up in the Bay Area but moved to Southern California in my late teens. Since I came back to the Bay Area seven years ago, I've been homeless off and on. Originally it was due to the cost of living not being very easy to keep up with. For a while I lived in hostels and crack hotels, but soon gave that up and started squatting, which was an easy way for me to live rent-free. A few years later I began hopping trains and have since traveled across the country, s...

[There have been problems with mail delivery to Crawford Peace House, including demands that if full 9-digit zip code wasn't used, mail wouldn't be delivered.] This incident has been reported today by jaysunb at Democratic Underground. Don't know how accurate the report is, but I thought people would like to hear about it (and possibly use email contacts to let the media know about it.)...

HOUSTON — The Texas AFL-CIO held its 45th convention at the new, all-union Hilton Americas Hotel here Aug. 11-13. Among its decisions, the convention took a strong stand in support of immigrant rights and against racism — particularly against the “Minutemen” vigilantes who are threatening to carry out their anti-immigrant program in Houston this October....

CRAWFORD, TEXAS (Aug. 18, 2005): The stand off continues in Central Texas as over 200 folks from across Texas and the country camp along side the road leading to the Bush vacation ranch. Due to a family emergency, Cindy Sheehan left for California for a couple of days and plans on returning this weekend. This evening, a march of over a hundred women marched a couple of miles up towards the Bush ranch in order to deliver a basket of messages to Bush's wife Laura....

We have added a PDF of a petition to the Canadian government against the extradition of Marc Emery on marijuana conspiracy charges. If you would like to download a copy of it to circulate, here is the link:...

Cindy's 74-year-old mom has had a stroke, and she's returning to CA to be with her....

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is calling for an investigation into the role of former Attorney General John Ashcroft in the outing of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Conyers' call comes after a new report by investigative journalist Murray Waas that a special prosecutor was appointed in the case in large part because FBI investigators had begun to specifically question the veracity of accounts provided to them by Karl Rove. We speak with Conyers and Waas. [includes rush transcript]...