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Belarus: My Country, My Hope
I am from Belarus and live in USA for one year. I wrote some articles in local newspapers about my country. I am looking for others who care- who worry and want to do something about the state of affairs in my native country. I hope you can help to me with it....
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 2:59pm PST
The Green Scare and the Government’s “Case” Against Rod Coronado
The federal government has been chomping at the bit to put Rod Coronado back in prison since the moment he got out, and his indictment in San Diego for an exercise of pure speech is a flimsy pretext to do just that. [ed: Updated 02 March 2006]...
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 12:45am PST
CIW MEMBERS, ALLIES GEAR UP FOR McDONALD'S TRUTH TOUR 2006
On April 1st – the fifth anniversary of the launch of the successful Taco Bell Boycott – the caravan will be joined by supporters from throughout the region for a major rally in Chicago, where they will call on the fast-food giant McDonald’s to work with the CIW and help establish real labor rights for the workers who pick tomatoes for McDonald’s suppliers....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 8:27pm PST
FBI Green scare continues more arrests this week
Repost, please educate yourselves and support these victums of state scapegoating.
The “green scare” intensifies across the nation this week as eighteen people have now been indicted for more than a dozen actions of property damage and one incident of "teaching and demonstrating."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 3:14pm PST
Telecom Companies Participated in NSA Spy Ring
A short article about telecom companies participating in the NSA's illegal
spy scheme....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 2:56pm PST
Bush administration shields corporations from safety rules, lawsuits
Federal agencies under the Bush administration are systematically gutting state regulations aimed at safeguarding the public and consumers from corporate wrongdoing, while imposing new rules to protect private industry from civil lawsuits, according to an investigation published in the February 19 edition of the Los Angeles Times....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 9:36am PST
White House report on Katrina: no blame, no accountability for hurricane disaster
At a press conference on Thursday, Bush domestic security adviser Frances Townsend unveiled a White House report entitled “The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned.” It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the Bush administration that the document—billed as a comprehensive review of the government’s response and a list of measures to prevent a similar debacle in the future—is a transparent cover-up....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 9:33am PST
What the ports controversy says about Washington’s “war on terror”
The political uproar in Washington over the sale of cargo facilities in six US ports to an Arab-owned company has exposed the cynicism of the Bush administration’s so-called “war on terror” and its claim that military aggression abroad and attacks on democratic rights at home are aimed at protecting the American people from new terrorist attacks like those of September 11, 2001....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 9:32am PST
Singer Morrissey Quizzed By FBI
British pop star Morrissey was quizzed by the FBI and Britain's Special Branch after he called President Bush a "terrorist".The singer said he was "baffled" to be held and interviewed by the authorities. But he was released when they realised the melancholic warbler was not a threat to the free world....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 9:07pm PST
MJ Urine Detection Time Shorter Than Previously Assumed
Marijuana Detection Time Shorter Than Previously Assumed
Maternal Marijuana Use Not Associated With Childhood Leukemia, Study Says...
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 3:30pm PST
Danny Schechter Calls For March 21 Protests Targeting Media's Complicity in the Iraq War
We are joined today in our Firehouse studio by Danny Schechter the News Dissector – veteran journalist, media critic and co-founder of mediachannel.org, the world’s largest online media issues network. Schechter discusses the upcoming anti-war and media protest day, dangers journalists face in Iraq, coverage of the war, and more. And we play an excerpt of his documentary "Weapons of Mass Deception."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 7:35am PST
Financial Times columnist warns about social inequality in US
The Financial Times columnist Samuel Brittan, one of the first monetarist economists in Britain, has issued a warning that the United States cannot allow the gap between the pay of top executives and the rest of society to continue to grow on the present scale. He calls for redistributive taxation to redress the situation....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 6:22am PST
Lawrence Summers resigns as Harvard president
The resignation this week of Lawrence Summers from the post he has held for the last five years as president of Harvard has provoked an extraordinary firestorm of political controversy far from the ivied halls of what has long been considered one of the premier US universities....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 6:22am PST
U.S. occupation of Iraq assailed from all sides
As protest and opposition grow, war-makers step up air attacks...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 11:21pm PST
NSA Spy Scandal Enough to Bring Down the House (audio/mpeg 1.2MB)
This 1 minute audio clip is proof enough to warrant impeachment.
This is not new news, but it's been buried by the flood of scandals. There are so many scandals, the left is continually diverted by the next big scandal. Enough of that BUllSHit. This is undeniable evidence, using Bush's own words to prove that he is lying....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 5:12pm PST
Tell Senators to Oppose Patriot Act
PATRIOT Act Up for Senate Vote on Tuesday, Feb. 28...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 4:51pm PST
South Dakota Bans Abortion
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota (PPMNS) denounced the South Dakota Senate's vote to ban abortion today. PPFA and PPMNS announced they will fight the ban in court to protect Planned Parenthood patients....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 4:07pm PST
How the Feds make bad food cheaper than good food, Grist, 20060222
CORN SYRUP is deadly and subsidized...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 2:17pm PST
South Dakota bans all abortions. reject exceptions for Women' health
February 23, 2006
Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 1:01pm PST
Ecosystem and labor under attack in Florida
Florida's ecosystems, human and civil rights all coming under attack by corporate influenced development. Some ideas for local communities in FL to regain their health, land and dignity from profit hungry corporations....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 8:41am PST