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Move Heaven and Earth to Defend the Life of Chairman Gonzalo
Move Heaven and Earth to Defend the Life of Chairman Gonzalo
By Cde. Majdur Travail...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 10:56am PDT
Milk Money: How Corporate Interests Shaped Government Health Policy for Women
Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services unveiled an ad campaign to promote breast-feeding in the United States. We look at how baby formula corporations put intense pressure on the government to change its approach and eventually reshaped the campaign....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 7:47am PDT
Bay Area's Own Tom Lantos Votes To Ammend The Bill Of Rights
Three Bay Area members of Congress voted Wednesday for a perennial proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw the burning of the Stars and Stripes.
Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo; Rep. Richard Pombo,
R-Tracy; and Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, were among the 286 yea votes, which was eight more than the amendment needed to pass the House....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 6:12am PDT
US: mass layoffs continue
The bankrupt supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it would sell or close 326 stores and cut 22,000 jobs. The company currently operates 901 stores in nine Southern states and 12 in the Bahamas....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:15am PDT
The New York Times’ Joseph Lelyveld: another “liberal” defense of torture
In the lead article in the New York Times Magazine of June 12 (“Interrogating Ourselves”), Joseph Lelyveld weighed in on issue of torture and abuse of prisoners held by the United States government. Lelyveld, a former managing editor of the New York Times and frequent political commentator, set out an argument for the legalization of some forms of abuse, and in doing so joined the growing list of American “liberal” apologists of torture....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:13am PDT
Bill Moyers On The Radical Right Undermining Of The Independence Of Public Broadcasting
With the increasing politicization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the threat of funding cuts in Congress, public media in this country is facing a serious crisis. We spend the hour with legendary journalist Bill Moyers - the subject of much of the pressure brought by CPB chair Kenneth Tomlinson....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:10am PDT
protesters charged with killing cop at biotech/skateboard demo
Look at the updated newswire at Philadelphia IMC. A biotech Industry conference which was held in San Francisco last year was held in Philadelphia this week, and received a similar protest due to ethical/economic concerns. Yesterday, skateboarders were holding a convergence, and decided to have a parade/protest by skating in Love Park where it had been banned. A police officer who hadn't been in the center of a small conflict suffered a heart attack and died in the stressful situation, and fo...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 8:22pm PDT
CHEAR Campaign Update
The Campaign to repeal the Higher Education Act (HEA) Drug Provision
has continued to pick up steam this Congress. I'm forwarding along
this campaign update in case you want the details. Please review the
issue abstracts for a quick run down, but if you want the full
coverage, just read on...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 9:42am PDT
Nat'l Council of Churches calls for Withdrawal from Iraq
The National Council of Churches in the US calls for withdrawal from Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 7:35am PDT
Bush, Congress snatch funds from injured 9/11 workers
Ever since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has invoked the mass killings of that day and, in particular, the heroism of firefighters and other workers who responded to the catastrophe to promote a policy of global militarism and attacks on democratic rights....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:16am PDT
The Washington Post and the Downing Street memo
"the Washington Post, the capital’s leading “liberal” newspaper, not only relegated Conyers’s hearing to its inside pages, it published a sneering and derogatory account that did not seek to conceal the newspaper’s fury over the congressman’s attempt to break through the wall of silence on the memo."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:15am PDT
He's trying to block birth control - help us block him!
To make matters worse, Bush has nominated Lester Crawford, who has
helped
block attempts to improve women's access to birth control, for the top
job at the
FDA. During his tenure as acting commissioner, the FDA has ignored the
recommendation from its own scientific and medical experts and blocked
an
application to make the morning-after pill available without a
prescription....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 12:36am PDT
SHAC7 mistrial -- case now delayed until September at least
Ill lawyer prompts mistrial in animal extremist case...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 4:58pm PDT
Study Says "To Cut Fat, Eat Less Meat"
DawnWatch: Washington Post health column, "To Cut Fat, Eat Less Meat" 6/21/05...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 4:40pm PDT
Chicago: PETA sues to block transfer of 4 elephants from farm
DawnWatch: Chicago Tribune front page "PETA sues to block transfer of 4 elephants from farm." 6/17/05...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 1:25pm PDT
Nevada medical marijuana activist arrested on drug charge
A medical marijuana activist was in custody Thursday after his second arrest in 17 months on felony drug charges....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:58am PDT
Crystal meth's comeback a lethal dose for gay men
In the embrace of this easily and cheaply available drug known on the street as "mambo jambo," "crystal," "Tina," "crank" or "crissy," inhibitions vanish. The shy grow bold; the ugly, handsome; the flabby and middle-aged, svelte and virile....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:20am PDT
New Bipartisan Bill Would Give Bi-National Couples Equal Treatmen
The Human Rights Campaign today lauded the introduction of
the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in the House of
Representatives
and Senate - a bill that would treat same-sex couples the same as
opposite sex-couples for the purposes of immigration....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:14am PDT