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White House blocked Senate ban on torture The Bush White House intervened late last year to kill a piece of Senate legislation that would have barred the US Central Intelligence Agency from torturing foreign prisoners, the New York Times revealed Thursday. The White House action followed an intervention by the Pentagon six months earlier to quash a similar measure prohibiting the US military’s use of abusive and inhumane treatment in the interrogation of detainees....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:19am PST
Iraqi Insurgents Responsible for Fewer "Collateral" Casualties than American Forces In a much publicized article in The Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche wrote: "For the most part, . . . the insurgents' attacks are less nihilistic than they are logical and precisely focused, whether against the American coalition and its camp followers or their Iraqi agents and collaborators. The truth is that however vicious or even sadistic the insurgents may be, they are acutely aware of their popular base, and are responsible for fewer unintentional 'collateral' casualties than...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 7:19am PST
Social Insecurity Diverting our taxes into wealthy Republicans' portfolios is the American way: making the rich get richer....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 6:17am PST
Like a bag of baby bunnies in a herd of dinosaurs Thoughts about the Bushian economic quagmire, and roadkill on the globalization superhighway, with references to Bruce Sterling. (A rant, in other words.)...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 4:24am PST
Action Alert: 1/24-27 Welcome Congress Back with a Demand
to Defend and Expand Democracy!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 11:09pm PST
Why we are in "Mesopotamia a.k.a. Iraq" I am a 1965 Vietnam Combat Infantryman Airborne (101stAbn) Vet....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 9:27pm PST
In Defense of Animals News (with MLK in mind) The world celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this Monday, January 17 to honor the great civil rights leader and peace advocate. Reverend King inspired people toward justice by preaching a gospel of love, forgiveness and harmony.
Following in the footsteps of Gandhi, he led a non-violent revolution to bring about equality between races and peace to our divided society. The struggle that Dr. King fought continues today - not only between races, but also between species. Fro...
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 4:46pm PST
Today's News on the Draft Issue (Jan 14) News and updates on the draft issue....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 11:59am PST
West Virginia Governor Knee-Deep in scandal The State of West Virginia is no stranger to election fraud, cronyism, and vote buying scandals. The former secretary of state and governor-elect, it seems, isn't either....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 11:14am PST
Update on PETA's Investigation of KFC - Help Needed Last July's undercover investigation revealed shocking cruelty at a KFC-supplying slaughterhouse in Moorefield, West Virginia. Workers were caught on video stomping on live chickens, ripping their wings, legs, and beaks off, and committing other acts of hideous cruelty....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 10:33am PST
Building Bridges Radio: Fighting Wal-Mart in N.Y.C & Quebec Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:09pm PST
A Video Message from the Iraqi Resistance Reuters obtained from Iraqi guerrillas "an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes" (Michael Georgy, "Iraq Rebels in Video Taunt," January 12, 2005), promising protection to soldiers who heed their call. The Information Clearing House has made the video and a transcript of its content available: "A Message from the 'Iraq Resistance.'"...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 6:24pm PST
From Full Spectrum Dominance to Full Spectrum Disorder Iraqi insurgents are "responsible for fewer unintentional 'collateral' casualties than are the clumsy and overarmed American forces," says William Langewiesche in the Atlantic Monthly....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 12:43pm PST
New Report Shows States Increasing Restrictions on Women's Access to Birth Control New Report Shows States Increasing Restrictions on Women's Right to Choose and Access to Birth Control; Access Threatened in 38 States if Roe vs. Wade is Overturned - Nation's Overall Grade Falls to D minus...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 12:36pm PST
Ten Reasons to be Concerned about the Draft While the all-volunteer army is racist and classist, now - during war - is not the right time for the left to advocate for a draft. That's because the war effort will only get stronger through a draft, and we'll miss the opportunity to oppose the war and the draft on moral grounds. No American - for whatever reason (poverty, forced participation) - should be denied the right to moral refusal in an illegal and immoral occupation....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 12:16pm PST
Worker Bees & Soldier Ants: America’s Fascist Army It is in times of fascism rising that armies of ignorance are once more resuscitated from the bowels of a society bordering on the edge of mass psychosis. The America at the dawn of the twenty-first century is no exception, for an army of fascism is being born inside its womb......
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 11:28am PST
News on the Draft Issue (jan 13) The draft issue presents an opportunity for anti-war activists. Reasonable fear of the draft brings the war home to many who would otherwise not consider the war on personal grounds. The draft also provides opportunities for discussing the moral objections to the US occupation of Iraq. News and links on the draft issue....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 11:02am PST
Public Editor: Why the NY Times Doesn't Cover Environmental and Social Justice Issues! I just received the following e-mail from the NY Times Public Editor, Daniel Okrent. My request: The NY Times should start an environmental and social justice section...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 9:52am PST
A Moralist on the Social State A hundred years ago eight farmers worked to feed one non-farmer. Today one farmer feeds 88 persons..Income from assets and business activities have been consistently relieved of taxes in the last 25 years. Profits soar and investments fall while the social fabric is shredded....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 9:22am PST
George W. Bush, Man of the Year or Man of La Mancha? Bush has been compared to Don Quixote many times. In reality it is more accurate to portray him as the Sancho Panza to Grover Norquist's Don Quixote....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 3:36am PST
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