November 12, 2001 Issue
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Features
Security With Liberty: A Forum
On October 26, President Bush signed into law an antiterrorism package dismantling many privacy protections that Americans had long taken for granted.
Amy Bach
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Uzbekistan’s Human Rights Problem
TASHKENT--In the markets, on the streets, even in the privacy of their homes or cars, the people of Uzbekistan are sphinxlike. They think things are going...well, as best as could be expected.
Matt Bivens
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FOIA Request
Click here for background and other related information on the attempt to gain information on the more than 800 people detained by US authorities since September 11.
The Nation
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Pro Patria, Pro Mundo
It's time to ask "borderless" corporations: Which side are you on?
William Greider
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Letter From Nicaragua
Conditions are so bad that the discredited Daniel Ortega could regain power.
John Lantigua
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MUD-Wrestling in California
San Franciscans will vote on whether to create a public power company.
John Nichols
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Editorials
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Columns
With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind?
Swept away by the fury of their impotence, huddled in temporary congressional offices, unable to capture anyone responsible for the terrorist assault on the United States, Congress and the Presiden
Robert Scheer
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Day-O, an Afghan Calypso
(With apologies to Harry Belafonte, among others)
Bombed all night by dat Yankee bunch
Daylight come and de bombers go home
Now dey'll drop some cashew crunch
Daylight come and de bombers go homeDay-o, day-o
Bad guys hide in dere catacomb
Day-o, day-o,
'Til dose bombers have said shalom.Hey, Mr. Taliban, shoutin' your hosannas
Daylight come and de bombers go home
You're de Kool-Aid makin' dese Guyanas
Daylight come and de bombers go homeDay-o, day-o,
Daylight come and de bombers go home
Day-o, day-o,
Daylight come and de bombers go home.Calvin Trillin
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