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Plea for Political Utopias "A world map where the land utopia is not noted does not deserve a cursory glance because the land that humanity has sought since time immemorial is missing" (Oscar Wilde). This article decries the false equation of utopias and totalitaria-nism and emphasizes the right of criticism....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:42am PST
CNN: Martin Luther KingJr shot by other than James Earl Ray I am uploading this transcript, because I think it is interesting that CNN is actually covering it. Their framing of the topic is a bit off. 'Conspiracy' magazines and websites which mix in complete trash with historical events where there is abundant evidence to indicate that something other than the mainstream press account occurred do a disservice....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 9:38am PST
Cheryl Jacques to Leave Human Rights Campaign Citing a difference in management philosophy, the Human Rights Campaign’s boards and its president, Cheryl Jacques, announced that she will resign from her position....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 11:42pm PST
Man Denied US Citizenship Because Wife Is Transsexual A lawsuit filed Monday against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services alleges the agency discriminated against a Filipino couple when it denied the husband's legal residency because his wife had a sex change operation nearly 24 years ago....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 11:40pm PST
Miami Herald Recount Shows Kerry Likely Won Florida This is a post from DemocraticUnderground.com dated 11/30/04....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 4:49pm PST
Five Years After WTO Protests: Seattle Weekly Trashes Anti-Globalization Movement The media spin cycle leading up to major anti-globalization protests has become so predictable that activists have been forced to come up with better media strategies to keep up with the lies and disinformation. The mainstream media starts the cycle several months in advance with articles and coverage about the upcoming summit and accompanying protests....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 4:32pm PST
Enlightened institutions have a First Amendment right to exclude bigots Colleges and universities are free to limit military recruiters' access to their campuses, for now......
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:54pm PST
NRHA Releases National PSA in Response to HIV Rates in Rural Communities of Color The National Rural Health Association Releases a National Public Service Announcement in Response to the Increasing Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Rural Communities of Color...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:17pm PST
Transcript of Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at Press Conference Earlier today, I submitted a formal letter of resignation to the President, and with his concurrence it is my desire to continue to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security through February 1st of next year unless my successor is confirmed by the Senate earlier....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:13pm PST
911 Families Launch National Ad Campaign Insisting Immigration Safeguards Be Part Of 911 911 Families Launch National Ad Campaign Insisting Immigration Safeguards Be Part Of 911 Bill; Ads Criticize Lieberman for Obstructing Bill By Refusing Drivers License and Immigration Protections...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:12pm PST
Statement of the Family Steering Committee on Stalled Intel. Reform Bill Last week, the American people saw Washington at its worst. Partisan politics, turf battles and status quo complacency took precedence over Congress's most fundamental and sacred obligation - to protect the citizens of this country against our enemies....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:10pm PST
The war against women I'm posting this in the anti-war section because it isn't working for me at all, anymore to see the general erosion of reproductive rights and the utter lack of reproductive justice placed within the unnacceptably discreet catagory of women's rights/women's pages....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 1:23pm PST
National Public Radio (NPR) Covers Controversy of Elephants at Detroit Zoo NPR interview about elephants in zoos....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 1:22pm PST
Drug War Chronicle Report from the Supreme Court You have probably heard about this Monday morning's Supreme
Court hearing on the Raich v. Ashcroft medical marijuana case,
in which patients have challenged the federal government's right
to ban medical marijuana. Drug War Chronicle editor Phillip S.
Smith attended this historic event, and we are pleased to bring
you the following special report....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:38pm PST
New "Safe Haven" Rules May Endanger Asylum Seekers, Says Immigration Equality Starting soon, asylum seekers, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-positive asylum seekers, will be barred from filing for asylum in Canada if they have traveled through the United States....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:16pm PST
CWA Wins $113,000 Federal Grant for Conference to Fight Sex Trafficking Concerned Women for America (CWA) received notification today that it is receiving a $113,000 grant from the U.S. State Department to host a conference to fight sex trafficking for Mexican leaders....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:13pm PST
NSBA Urges Supreme Court to Limit Title IX Lawsuits The U.S. Supreme Court should not grant individuals who complain of sex discrimination directed at others the right to sue for alleged retaliation, according to a friend of the court brief submitted by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and other education groups....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:11pm PST
Greyhound Protection Group Complains to Attorney General After Dog Tests Positive for Coke GREY2K USA, the largest greyhound protection organization in the United States, today filed a complaint with Attorney General Tom Reilly after the Massachusetts State Racing Commission failed to provide the group with records related to a greyhound that tested positive for cocaine in 2003....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:10pm PST
Comprehensive Sexuality Education is HIV-Prevention Comprehensive Sexuality Education is HIV-Prevention; World AIDS Day 2004 -- Women, Girls, and HIV and AIDS...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:05pm PST
The Economy of the Plundered South The panacea of export orientation that the IMF and the World Bank promoted in the last 25 years for the South has led to absolute disaster.. There is an alternative, abandoning export orientation and strengthening domestic demand....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 8:22am PST
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