The Nation has a good essay by Adrienne Rich, titled "Making the Connections," regarding the fact that the pro-corporate, pro-war, anti-civil liberties activities of the current regime are all parts of the same agenda.
This makes a good excuse to link to the Blue Button Project -- I set up the web site.
Head over to James's site to read more about it.
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you've awesome links, thanks for this one, will be checking back to see what you think of other current events.