June 30th handover a sham

Aaron Sarver

It should come as no surprise that the Bush administration has long terms plans in Iraq. Just like were doing a nice two-step with legal definitions of torture, sovereignty for the Iraqi people beginning June 30th is a joke. from Global Policy Institute We???re not going to spend a billion on a embassy in Iraq and walk away La Times article

Aaron Sarver is an independent audio producer and writer based in Chicago. His work has appeared in In These Times, The Chicago Reader, Alter​net​.org, and on Free Speech Radio News. For nearly three years he produced and co-hosted the radio program, Fire on the Prairie, which featured interviews with progressive writers and activists, and is archived at fire​on​thep​rairie​.com.
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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