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Friday, March 9, 2001
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"Shareholders for Justice" Campaign Launched and Activist Tells Nike "To Just Do It"
Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, Jim Keady, a former soccer coach announced the launch of "Nike Shareholders for Justice" at theUniversity of Oregon, the alma mater of Nike CEO, Phil Knight.
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Porkbarrel Politics: The Bush Administration Overrides Another Democratic Vote: This Time Hog Farmers Fightingagribusiness
When President George Bush arrives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, today to pitch his tax plan, he will be met by a demonstration of angryfarmers. They charge that the Bush administration is continuing a tax that was voted down by a majority of hog farmers and that raises norevenue for the federal coffers.
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Bush Nominates Key Hospital Industry Lobbyist and the Health of America’s Medical System
Thomas A. Scully, President Bush’s leading candidate to run Medicare and Medicaid, is lobbyist for the hospital industry and director ofa managed care company. This is Scully’s second swing through the revolving door between business and government. After working inPresident George Bush, Senior’s administration, he rejoined the private sector as director of Oxford Health Plans and became president ofthe Federation of American Hospitals, a trade group for 1,700 investor-owned hospitals.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
