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“The Warrior Wind” Newsletter: First Issue Available Now!
The first issue of “The Warrior Wind,” a newsletter against our society of confinement, is out now....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 12:43pm PST
Cindy Sheehan Describes Her Arrest at Bush State of the Union Address
Cindy Sheehan describes how she was manhandled and arrested at Bush's State of the Union Address and the grief she felt as she contemplated the true state America finds itself in today....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 11:23am PST
Bush Delivers Sixth State of The Union
President Bush delivered his sixth State of the Union address at a time when he is facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. With his address, Bush hoped to lift his political standing and give a boost to his Republican allies in Congress who will be facing tough mid-term elections in November. However, the speech was noticeable for its absence of grand proposals to address the many challenges that the country faces. Among his few proposals, Bush called for a 75% reduction...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 7:13am PST
Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps
A little-known $385 million contract for Halliburton subsidiary KBR to build detention facilities for "an emergency influx of immigrants" is another step down the Bush administration's road toward martial law, the writer says....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:54am PST
Super Bowl: Where will the Homeless Go
As Sunday’s Super Bowl draws near, some elected officials and homeless advocates are concerned about the fate of the city’s homeless population in day leading up to the event, which is expected to draw tens of thousands to Detroit....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:51am PST
US tax agency targets poor
The Internal Revenue Service’s taxpayer advocate recently revealed that the agency froze tax refunds owed to hundreds of thousands of poor Americans, labeling them fraudulent. Refunds were withheld by the IRS without notifying taxpayers that their claims were under review, thereby eliminating any opportunity to respond to the agency....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:40am PST
Oregon Democrats, GOP join forces against independent candidates
“The American political system is profoundly undemocratic. The two-party system perpetuates itself by seeking to exclude from the ballot all independent alternatives, especially those on the left. It does so through of a welter of election laws that impose arbitrary and prohibitive signature requirements for independent and third-party candidates, deadlines for filing nominating petitions that are designed to block rather than facilitate ballot access, and a corporate-controlled media that sy...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:39am PST
The legacy of US Fed chairman Greenspan
While it was not planned that way, it is perhaps appropriate that the trial of Enron’s top two executives, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, for fraud and conspiracy, should have begun just one day before Alan Greenspan stepped down from his position as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:38am PST
The State of the Union speech: Bush repeats litany of lies on Iraq war
The State of the Union speech Tuesday night was a typically choreographed affair in which George W. Bush appeared before a fawning audience and an uncritical media to deliver a stale rehash of the lies which the administration has employed to justify the war in Iraq and its attacks on democratic rights at home....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:37am PST
Major Mobilization Set for April 29th in NYC
We are pleased to announce the kick-off for the organizing of what promises to be a major national mobilization on Saturday, April 29th....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 11:23pm PST
Peaceful SOA Demonstrators Sentenced to Months in Federal Prison
The week after a military jury in Colorado decided not to jail an Army interrogator even after they found him guilty of negligent homicide in the torture and killing of an Iraqi detainee, a federal judge in Columbus, Georgia sentenced Donte Smith, a 19 year old activists from Georgetown University to three month in federal prison....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 10:30pm PST
Bush's Comparisons Between Marriage Fairness and Dirty Politicians Off The Mark
President Bush delivered his fifth State of the Union
address before a joint session of Congress tonight, outlining many
challenges facing our country but not forgetting the need to appease
extremist groups....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:08pm PST
Wounded Soldiers Told They Owe Money To The US Army
It started with a phone call from his wife, home with their four children. She didn't have enough money to pay the bills....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:56pm PST
Cindy Sheehan cuffed in House chamber before Bush's State Of the Union
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House chamber after she unfurled an anti-war banner before President Bush's State of the Union address.
Capitol police arrested Sheehan and questioned her for about an hour in a separate area of the House, a senior House official said....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:48pm PST
Alito Confirmation Threatens Fairness Proving Need to Look Toward 2006 Elections
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement as the Senate confirmed Judge Samuel Alito's
nomination to the Supreme Court....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:24pm PST
Coretta Scott King Leaves Behind Legacy of the Everlasting Pursuit of
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement on the passing of civil rights leader Coretta Scott
King....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:23pm PST
What Alito's confirmation means for you
Let's not sugar-coat it: this is a bad day for our nation, and the American values of freedom and privacy....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:21pm PST
Steve Kubby January 31, 2006 evening update: STILL IN CUSTODY IN JAIL!
Steve Kubby January 31, 2006 evening update: STILL IN CUSTODY IN JAIL! Will Steve Kubby be allowed to watch President George W. Bush's State of the Union Speech in Jail in Placer County, California? If not, why?...
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 4:30pm PST
Is the Anti-War Movement a Dying Shark?
There has been much discussion, mostly in the alternative media, about the lack of participation of blacks and other minorities in the current anti-war protests....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:37am PST
US military recruiters target rural and depressed areas
As the quagmire the US confronts in Iraq deepens and casualties continue to mount for US forces, the military’s ability to replace those fallen with fresh recruits from high schools, colleges and workplaces throughout America has become increasingly difficult. Military recruiters and their commanding officers are taking desperate measures to meet the recruitment numbers needed to sustain a war that is as rapidly losing support within the military as it has with the American public....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:34am PST