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textBush names Negroponte as national intelligence director by wsws (reposted)
President Bush’s nomination Thursday of John Negroponte as US director of national intelligence serves as another warning that his second term will be marked by an escalation of military aggression abroad and attacks on democratic rights at home....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 11:32pm PST
textAmerica's refuseniks by Al-Ahram Weekly (reposted)
The movement to refuse military service in Iraq is on the rise, reports Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from Washington...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 7:31pm PST
textLibel law review over McDonald's ruling by Karen Dawn
DawnWatch: "Libel law review over McDonald's ruling" Guardian front page and NY Times 2/16/05...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 3:08pm PST
textSeeking a Theology for Another Possible World by WCC
"The other world we are thinking of is the one we have, not a world beyond," said Rev. Orlando Santos de Oliveira....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 10:26am PST
textEnding State Terrorism by Johan Galtung
Since 1945 the US has intervened 67 times in foreign countries and caused twelve million dead, half through public overt actions (Pentagon) and the other half through secret covert actions (CIA). This is practically unknown to most Americans and is seldom mentioned.....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 7:15am PST
textBillion dollar scam exposed by Paul King
This seemingly genuine study turns out to be a carefully engineered piece of propaganda intended to give the green light to manditory testing. The result would be billions of dollars in sales for these multi million dollar machines. Behind every 'AIDS' story lies a money making scam....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 3:05am PST
text"Community" Radio Favors Peace, Not Justice by WSnyder
"Free Speech Radio" Cancels Black Community Talk Show Host...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 12:01am PST
text CAGW Highlights Wasteful Spending in War on Drugs by Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today called upon the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to significantly reduce funding and re-organize its high-intensity drug trafficking program, which has devolved into little more than another method for members of Congress to bring tax dollars home to fund superfluous projects....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:36pm PST
textEx-S.F. supervisor named to civil rights panel by louis bettencourt & edward epstien
Washington -- Former San Francisco Supervisor Michael Yaki was named Tuesday to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he will be one of the few liberal and Democratic voices on a panel that under President Bush has come under solid conservative control...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:11pm PST
textProposal would house prisoners in Mexico by JACQUES BILLEAUD
PHOENIX (AP) -- Some lawmakers want to explore the possibility of the state contracting to have a private prison built in Mexico to house illegal immigrants now incarcerated in Arizona....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 10:59pm PST
textCall for Feb. 20th National Day of Solidarity by Blue Triangle Network
ON FEBRUARY 20TH, TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WEAR A BLUE TRIANGLE WITH THE NAME OF A MUSLIM, ARAB OR SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANT ROUNDED UP AND JAILED IN SECRET BY THE US GOVERNMENT AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:49pm PST
textBay Area Lawyers Guild Rallies Around Lynne Stewart by Carlos Villarreal
Members of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in the Bay Area are calling on local attorneys, legal workers, law students as well as legal and social justice organizations to sign on to a Pledge Of Resolve in solidarity with a “National Day of Outrage” across the country to protest the conviction of NLG Member Lynne Stewart....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 7:35pm PST
textSpecial Forces GI dies of illness after Iraq visit by strange
Munoz died last week of a staph infection, two weeks after returning from Iraq and two days after his first wedding anniversary. He was 29....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 6:18pm PST
textTenth Pittsburgh Restaurant Ditches Foie Gras by Anonymous
More victories in Pittsburgh......
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 6:08pm PST
textSAMHSA Suicide Prevention: no gay, lesbian, bi or transgender by Susan Forrest
Feds refuse to allow "gay" "lesbian" and "transgender" in federally funded suicide prevention workshop...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 2:53pm PST
textBlast from the Past: Choicepoint and the 2000 election by RWF (repost)
in 2000, Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush used ChoicePoint to purge the voter rolls of Florida of tens of thousands of African American "felons", and here they are, back in the news again, pay particular scrutiny to the description of their database...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 12:18pm PST
textImportance of French Workers' Struggle to Keep 35 Hour Week Shouldn't be Underestimated by Richard Mellor
The real reason for U.S. capitalism's attempt to create anti-French sentiment is the French workers' stand for the 35 hour week at a time when U.S. and global capitalism is trying to normalize going backwards....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:32am PST
textThe End of Globalization by thk
The economy ought to serve humanity; humanity should not serve the economy. Beware the neo-liberal idolization of growth and competition! If growth becomes a law, ecological collapse is unavoidable. If competition is made absolute, mass unemployment will occur everywhere....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 7:35am PST
textYusuf Islam Updates by corporate reposts
SINGER ISLAM GETS LIBEL DAMAGES and THE SUN AND SUNDAY TIMES AGREE TO PAY SUBSTANTIAL LIBEL DAMAGES TO YUSUF ISLAM...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 12:03am PST
textSupremacist Charged in Machine Gun Sales by louis bettencourt & gene johnson
SEATTLE -- Federal agents arrested three men on gun and explosives charges Tuesday, including a white supremacist who once served time for plotting to kill Martin Luther King Jr....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:44pm PST
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