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Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 1:25pm PST
The Iraqi Women Have Arrived. Cindy Sheehan & Medea Benjamin Jailed Delivering Message
Breaking News: Following a very successful event Sunday in NYC, the Iraqi women
finished their press conference in the UN just in time to watch their friends, Cindy
Sheehan and Medea Benjamin be dragged off by cops and jailed for trying to deliver
the truth. The week of International Women?s Day has begun....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 12:32pm PST
Oscar Winning Hip Hop Song Promotes 'Culture of Death'
The Oscar winning song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" promotes the culture of death, so writes NAM contributor David Muhammad. Muhammad is the Executive Director of The Mentoring Center in Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:45am PST
Best Picture is a 'Crash' Course in Racial Perceptions
Want to know what's really behind Americans' racial biases? See the Oscars' Best Picture winner "Crash," writes regular NAM contributor Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and social issues commentator, and the author of The Crisis in Black and Black....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:45am PST
A Nation Polarized Between Rich and Poor: America's Bleak Jobs Future
On February 20 Forbes.com told its readers with a straight face that "the American job-generation machine rolls on. The economy will create 19 million new payroll jobs in the decade to 2014." Forbes took its information from the 10-year jobs projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor, released last December....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:34am PST
Former aide to Powell: authorization for torture came from “the very top”
The CBS News program, “60 Minutes”, broadcast a segment Sunday night examining the brutal deaths of two Afghan prisoners at the hands of American military jailers in December 2002. The program included the accusation that authorization for the murderous abuse came from the “very top of the United States government.”...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:33am PST
The Second Death of Rachel Corrie: Censorship of the Worst Kind
I am urging the Royal Court Theatre to sue the New York Theatre Workshop for the cancellation of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie". Not because I donated money for this production, which the Royal Court have been fundraising for--a target of 50,000 pounds, underwritten by Alan Rickman....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:27am PST
An Investigation Reopens: Why Did Pat Tillman Die?
Paging Mr. Orwell. In explaining why the Army was finally launching a criminal investigation of the April 2004 friendly fire death of NFL star-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace sighed, "Although there is no evidence there was criminal activity the investigators did not specifically look at whether there was criminal activity. In other words, the previous four investigations were flawless except for the fact that they didn,t investigate a...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:25am PST
AT&T acquisition of BellSouth to eliminate 10,000 jobs
AT&T said Monday that its deal to acquire BellSouth will mean the destruction of 10,000 jobs over three years. The acquisition, valued at $67 billion, will, if it is approved by government regulators and withstands anticipated legal challenges, mark a major further step in the monopolization of telecommunications services in the US. As is clear from Monday’s announcement, it will spark an even more aggressive attack on the jobs, wages and conditions of telecommunications workers....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:17am PST
Sheehan, Benajamin Violently Arrested at U.N. Without Cause
On Monday, Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and three other CODEPINK members attempted to peacefully enter the United States mission to the U.N. -- and were violently arrested.
There were no grounds for their arrest, they had alerted local law enforcement about their presence and they were completely nonviolent. According to reports, the women were slammed up against brick walls and, at one point, Cindy Sheehan was exposed while police were roughing her up....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 12:25am PST
South Dakota has banned abortion - is your state next?
Please join us in sending a message to U.S. governors asking them to hold the line on a woman's right to choose.
Help protect the right to choose in your state by volunteering with your state affiliate...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:50pm PST
Supreme Court Decision Allows Military To Circumvent Non-Discrimination Measures
today's unanimous Supreme Court upheld a federal law that requires universities to allow the military
recruiters on campus, circumventing anti-discrimination measures...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:39pm PST
Coverup: Toxic Rocket Fuel Now in Most Americans, 20060303
not just Colorado...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 1:03pm PST
Michael Eric Dyson on Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
As President Bush prepares to pay a visit to the Gulf Coast six months after Hurricane Katrina hit, we speak with University of Pennsylvania professor and preacher Michael Eric Dyson about his new book "Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:34am PST
Army to Launch Criminal Probe of Tillman's Death
The Army said Saturday that it would launch a criminal probe into the death of Pat Tillman, the onetime National Football League star who was inadvertently killed by gunfire from fellow soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan in April 2004.
The Army's decision came after the Pentagon's inspector general reviewed the case and recommended further investigation into whether soldiers in Tillman's unit should be charged with negligent homicide....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:14pm PST
Westinghouse Workers Have the Highest Levels of PCBs Ever Recorded
Dying for Their Work
By STEVEN HIGGS...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:12pm PST
Iditarod article in New York Times - LETTERS NEEDED
From the Sled Dog Action Coalition: The New York Times had an Iditarod article on the main page of Saturday's national section. While the article talks about the lack of snow and announces the start of the race, nothing is said about the dogs' suffering. Please send them a letter. This is a good chance for us to educate the newspaper about the cruelties the dogs endure in the Iditarod. For information about the race visit: http://www.helpsleddogs.org...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 6:18am PST
Diebold Whistleblower Facing Charges
An open letter to Bruce McPherson and the citizens of the United States...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 5:01pm PST
Someone Accessed 40 Palm Beach County Voting Machines Nov 2004
The internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the election, sometimes in the middle of the night....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 4:32pm PST