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The Second Bush Plan for a Fascist Coup of the US

News from US Citizens Against Fascism.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In 1933 Prescott Bush, who made the Bush fortune in Nazi Germany, attempted a Fascist coup in the United States on behalf of himself and various corporations.

He wanted a system like Hitler's and Mussolini's here. He was not executed or imprisoned. The House Un-American Acttivies committee did nothing. The Justice Department did nothing.

History of Agent Orange

Video explores a root problem in American culture, called Monsanto.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - This video is from the documentary “The World According to Monsanto.” It gives us a history of Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War, as well as used on American fields for several years for agriculture use as a herbicide.

Monsanto brought us Agent Orange. Yet, farmers are still trusting this company’s assurance that GMOs are safe, that widespread use of Roundup is safe and that GM seed will save us all from an overpopulated planet.

Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence

“This, to me, is a red flag. What are they trying to hide?” - Wayne Dwernychuk, chief scientist formerly in charge of identifying dioxin hotspots on past-US bases in South Vietnam

(OKINAWA) - In September 2011, The Asia-Pacific Journal published my research into the presence of US military defoliants, including Agent Orange, on Okinawa during the 1960s and early ‘70s.

The article catalogued the storage, spraying and burial of these dioxin-tainted chemicals on 14 American installations...

Genetically Modified Crops - Contamination without Representation

If Oregon allows GM sugar beets to be deregulated, we may not stand a chance against full federal deregulation of all GM crops.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A public hearing is being held in Corvallis, Oregon this Thursday, November 17th to determine if Genetically Modified sugar beets will be deregulated in Oregon.

Meanwhile, the public comment period maybe just a local distraction giving way to full federal deregulation without any representation of organic and conventional crop farmers.

Parliamentary speech by Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon on Agent Orange

by Lee Rhiannon in Parliament, Speech, Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security, Health - Adjournment speech, Tuesday 8 November 2011

(NEW SOUTH WALES) - Senator RHIANNON: Earlier this year, I attended the launch of Agent Orange Justice.

This is the Australian section of the international campaign to hold the United States government responsible for the disaster it created for millions of Vietnamese people as a result of its 10-year spraying of the chemical weapon Agent Orange.

Basic Problems of Human and Environmental Consequences of Toxic Chemicals/Dioxin in Vietnam

Vietnamese scientists, in their research, have discovered alteration of genes, chromosome, protein, immunodeficiency among those with historical exposure to chemicals/dioxin and with high concentration of dioxin in blood.

(HANOI) - With about 80 million liters of herbicides, containing at least 366 kg dioxin, the chemical/dioxin war by the America in Southern Vietnam is the largest chemical one in the history of humankind.

The high and very high concentration of dioxin residues in the environment, animals and humans, at present, in some hot spots is clear evidence for the long-term impacts of chemicals/dioxin, confirming the origin of dioxin from warring herbicides used by the US.

Vietnam approves Czech-funded Agent Orange project

During the Vietnam War, the communists quietly shipped deadly chemicals to the ‘imperialist’ Americans through back channels.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project funded by the Czech government to aid victims of “Agent Orange”.

It's the notorious defoliant and extremely toxic dioxin compound used by the US military in its herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War that left some 500,000 children with birth defects and killed or maimed as many adults.

Veterans Toxic Exposure ~ TCE

Please write to us if you know of anyone that spent time on Guam, from the 40's through the 90's, chances are they were exposed to TCE and/or PCE in the water supply plus AO in the 60's/70's.

(PERTH, Aust.) - Andersen AFB was placed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) National Priorities List (NPL) on October 14, 1992, due to the extent of groundwater contamination under the base.

As early as WWII, United States Air Force and other Military bases used and disposed of chemical degreasers and other toxic substances that were later determined to contaminate drinking water and pose multiple health risks including: Cancers, Reproductive disorders, Birth defects, and Multiple other serious difficulties.

Agent Orange--Vietnam`s Last Battle

This essay is part of the Vietnam Reporting Project, a journalism fellowship program created by the Renaissance Journalism Center and funded by the Ford Foundation.

(DANANG, Vietnam VTimes) - The famed China Beach where war-weary GIs once went on R&R is now lined with luxury beachfront villas, five-star resorts, and even a golf course designed by the great Greg Norman.

Not far from this sun-drenched, white-sand stretch of paradise, I met a 57-year-old illiterate subsistence farmer and her 19-year-old severely deformed son, who share a one-room shack with a leaky roof and no running water.

Agent Orange can be Deadly

Agent Orange: over 21,000,000 gallons of this toxic herbicide was sprayed in Vietnam to defoliate crops to lessen the food supply and to thin out foliage.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Some Land, Air and Sea service members, better known as having Boots-On-Ground who were infected by suspect elements of Agent Orange, in some cases receive Veteran Administration (VA) compensation for their disability.

For most Navy Veterans, not ever having Boots-On-Ground who served onboard Naval ships within the coastal waters of the Vietnam combat zone are known as Blue Water Sailors. These sailors are not eligible for VA compensation.